joanna newsom you and me, bess

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joanna newsom you and me, bess Lyrics, singer by JOANNA NEWSOM

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we picked our way down to the beach
watching the waves dragging out of our reach
tangling tails, like a sodden sheet
dangling entrails from the gut of the sea

hoarding our meals, alfalfa and rolls
trying not to catch the cold eye of the gulls
i hope mother nature has not overheard
though she doles out hurt like a puking bird

we stayed for the winter
no one told us about the laws of the land
i hold my own, but you with your hunger
you, on the other hand make yourself known

and when we were found i know we both grieved
my heart made the sound of snow falling from eaves
you and me, bess, we was as thick as thieves
so i swore, nonetheless, up and down, it was only me

so they took me away and after some time
studying my case must have made up their minds
by the time you realized i was dying
must have been too late, i believe you were not lying

it is the day, i wake with my ears cocked up like a gun
like every day, of course
yanked by my wrists to the sugar front courtyard
now tell me, what have i done?
seems i have stolen a horse and i step to the gallows
who do you think that you are?
arching your hooves like a crane
in the shallow gutter that lines the boulevards
crowded with folks who just

stare as i hang, it's all the same
kindness comes over me, what was your name?
it makes no difference, i'm glad that you came
forever, i'll listen to your glad neighing