M. Ward Album

When you're absolute beginners, it's a panoramic view
From her majesty Mount Zion, and the kingdom is for you
Uh huh
Uh huh

When you tumble upon that valley
Shark or sparrow line the stairs
When the arrows start descending, then they scatter everywhere
On a bookshelf in Caladonia sits a map of passageways
Best to stumble upon Mount Zion to behold the natural gates
Uh huh
Uh huh

They say the original sinners never felt a drop of pain
Until that second in the garden, then they felt it each and every day
So draw back your bows, you hunters who have never felt that plain
All the absolute beginners, they are safe in the shade for today
Uh huh
Uh huh

When you're absolute beginners, it's a panoramic view
From her majesty Mount Zion, and the kingdom is for you
Uh huh
Uh huh
Uh huh
Uh huh
Uh huh

Well, since time I had a mind, I been lazy
And times before that I was cruel
And times before that I was lean, I was mad
Honey, I ain't never had nobody like you

And the times before that, well, I was crazy
I saw the dark side of the moon
And the stars in the sky, they never caught my eye
'Cause I ain't never had nobody like you
I ain't never had nobody like you

Now it's just like ABC
Life's just like 123
Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah
Ah oh

I watched my own habits die and its painful
sometimes its painful in the light of the truth
but you can be faster than light
I'd like to thank you tonight
Honey, I ain't never had nobody like you
I ain't never had nobody like you

And it's just like ABC
Life's just like 123
Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah
Ah oh

I trusted liars and thieves in my madness
Honey I was wasting away in the room
But now that I been through that hell I got a story to tell
Honey, I ain't never had nobody like you
Mmm, i ain't I never had nobody like you
I ain't never had nobody like you

Jailbird, jailbird, singing through the wires
Cause his cage is closed and he's stuck inside
Said who's gonna hear my "Help me, help me" now?
Yeah, who's gonna hear my "Help me, help me" now?
Help me, help me...help me help me now

Hangman, hangman, knocking on the door
Says heaven can't wait to have you no more
So who's gonna hear your "Help me, help me" now?
Help me, help me...help me, help me now
Yeah, who's gonna hear your "Help me, help me" now?
Help me, help me...help me, help me now
Better go find another best friend somehow

Help me, help me...help me, help me now
Help me, help me...help me, help me now

Angel, angel, coming for me now
On eagle's wings, down from the clouds
Save my soul before they lay my whole body down
Save my soul before they lay me whole body down
Help me, help me...help me, help me now
So there's nothing but skin and bones hiding under a dead man's clothes
Six feet deep in a black box underground

Help me, help me...help me, help me now

You were beyond comprehension tonight
But I understood
I understood
If only I could hold time
Hold time
Hold time

Words have failed me tonight, failed me tonight
But you knew what I meant
You knew what I meant
Yeah, you heard what I said the whole time
The whole time
The whole time

And I wrote this song about it
Cause I didn't care about anyone in this photograph
Yeah, I wrote this song just to remember the endless, endless summer in your life
Endless summer in your life

The little things that you say and do
Make me want to be with you
You rave on, it's a crazy feelin'
I know, she's got me reelin'
When you say I love you, rave on

The way you dance and hold me tight
The way you kiss when we say goodnight
Rave on, it's a crazy feeling
And I, I know it's got me reelin'
When you say I love you, rave on

Rave on, it's a crazy feeling
And I, I know its got me reelin'
I'm so glad that you're revealing your love for me
Rave on, rave on, tell me, tell me not to be lonely
Tell me, you love me only, rave on to me

Oh, oh, rave on, it's a crazy feeling
And I, I know its got me reelin'
I'm so glad that you're revealin' your love for me
Oh, rave on, rave on, tell me, tell me not to be lonely
Tell me, you love me only, rave on to me

The little things that you say and do
Make me want to be with you
Rave on, it's a crazy feeling
And I know, she's got me reelin'
When you say I love you, rave on

Oh, rave on, it's a crazy feeling
And I, I know its got me reelin'
I'm so glad that you're revealin' your love for me
Rave on, rave on, tell me, tell me not to be lonely
Tell me, you love me only, rave on to me
Rave on to me, rave on to me

He push a breath of air and he fills every sail in sight
He push a breath of air and he fills every sail in sight
He spin a big, blue ball and he turns the day into night
And he shifts in his sleep and the earth begins to quake
Yeah, he shifts in his sleep and the earth begins to quake

So, how much difference could it possibly make?
How much effort could it possible take to save me, to save me, to save me, just to save me?
Save me from sailing over the edge

To save me, to save me, to save me, just to save me
Save me from sailing over the edge

And he could strike a match and your world goes up in flames
Yeah, he could strike a match and your world goes up in flames
He spin a big, blue ball and the night turns into day

To save me, to save me, to save me, just to save me
Save me from sailing over the edge

This river that we ride has always been alive
Oh, my soul, one hundred million years
This river that we ride will roll on when we die
Oh, my soul, one hundred million years
And this love, this love between you and I
Is older than that burning ball of fire up in the sky
And the gale that fills our sail

And the lights that shine tonight have always been alive
Oh, my soul, one hundred million years
Yeah, the lights that shine tonight will burn on when we die
Oh, my soul, one hundred million years
And this love, this love between you and I
Is older than that burning ball of fire up in the sky
And the gale that fills our sail

Yeah, this love, this love between you and I
Is older than that burning ball of fire up in the sky
And the gale that fills our sail

I was born on the first day of December
That means the beginning of the end
Between the last in the line of an emotional time
And the patriarchal rash in the wind

And I'm overwhelmed at the range of emotion
I can ride in some high, lonesome sound
I get so low I need a little pick-me-up
I get so high I need a bring-me-down
I get so high I need a bring-me-down

And when I'm high above the sea of love
With the stars of Leo shining
Well, that's a long way to fall into the blue
But it's just a matter of time until I do, yeah

But now I'm under the ground in New York City
I miss the water from the wells back home
And that's exactly what the papers said would happen
If I keep boarding crowded subways alone
So I tried to surround myself with real love
You know, the kind that make them wheels go 'round
I get so low I need a little pick-me-up
I get so high I need a bring-me-down

Like when I'm high above that sea of love
With the stars of Leo shining
Well, that's the hardest way to fall into the blue
But it's just a matter of time until I do, yeah

Like when I'm high above the sea of love
With the stars of Leo shining...

When you're absolute beginners, it's a panoramic view
From her majesty Mount Zion, and the kingdom is for you
Uh huh
Uh huh

When you tumble upon that valley
Shark or sparrow line the stairs
When the arrows start descending, then they scatter everywhere
On a bookshelf in Caladonia sits a map of passageways
Best to stumble upon Mount Zion to behold the natural gates
Uh huh
Uh huh

They say the original sinners never felt a drop of pain
Until that second in the garden, then they felt it each and every day
So draw back your bows, you hunters who have never felt that plain
All the absolute beginners, they are safe in the shade for today
Uh huh
Uh huh

When you're absolute beginners, it's a panoramic view
From her majesty Mount Zion, and the kingdom is for you
Uh huh
Uh huh
Uh huh
Uh huh
Uh huh

Everybody's going out and having fun
I'm just a fool for staying home and having none
I can't get over how she set me free
Oh, lonesome me

A bad mistake I'm making by just hanging around
I know that I should have some fun and paint the town
A love-sick fool, it's blinding, just can't see
Oh, lonesome me

Well, I'll bet she's not like me, she's out and fancy free
Flirtin' with the boys with all her charms
Oh, but I still love her so and brother don't you know
Well, I'd welcome her right back here in my arms

There must be some way I can lose these lonesome blues
Forget about the past and find somebody new
I've thought of everything from A to Z
Oh, lonesome me

Well, I'll bet she's not like me, she's out and fancy free
Flirtin' with the boys with all her charms
Oh, but I still love her so and brother, don't you know
Well, I'd welcome her right back here in my arms

There must be some way I can lose these lonesome blues
Forget about the past and find somebody new
I've thought of everything from A to Z
Oh, lonesome me, oh, lonesome me, oh, lonesome me

I was raised in a Catholic school, learned who to fire with and pray to
I learned how to hold on from a book of old psalms
And if you're trying to sing an old song and you're getting all the words wrong
Well, you're just a-following along too closely in the book

I learned how to keep my head from something Paul said
About keeping the fruit in the spirit from the chorus down to the hook
And sometimes I wonder what in God's name did I do to deserve you
Oh, to deserve you

Cause I just rolled and I tumbled, down a long road, I stumbled
While shooting in the dark as to what's best
And finally, I found you
Without ever learning how to
I put the right foot in front of the leg
And beyond that is anybody's guess

I learned how to keep my head from something Paul said
About keeping the fruit in the spirit from the chorus down to the hook
Oh, and sometimes I wonder what in God's name did I do to deserve you
Oh, to deserve you

Cause I just rolled and I tumbled, down a long road, I stumbled
While shooting in the dark as to what's best
And finally, I found you without ever learning how to
I put the right foot in front of the leg

Cause I just rolled and I tumbled, down a long road, I stumbled
While shooting in the dark as to what's best
Oh, as to what's best, as to what's best
And finally, I found you
Without ever learning how to
I put the right foot in front of the leg
And beyond that is anybody's guess

Death is just a door, Blake said it first
It's just another room we enter, it's a threshold that hurts
Birth is just a chorus, death is just a verse
In the great song of spring that the mockingbirds sing
We come and we go, a-weeping and a-wailing
Our heads in the hands of the nurse
Well, put your head on my shoulder, baby, tell me where it hurts
You say you lost your one and only, could it get any worse?
I said, "Death is just a door, you'll be reunited on the other side"

Birth is just a chorus, death is just a verse
In the great song of spring that the mockingbirds sing
We come and we go, a-weeping and a-wailing
Our heads in the hands of the nurse
Well, put your head on my shoulder, baby, tell me where it hurts
You say you lost your one and only, could it possibly get any worse?
Death is just a door, you'll be reunited on the other side
Yeah, death is just a door, you'll be reunited on the other side
Yeah, death is just a door, you'll be reunited by and by

Up on the sun, this time tomorrow
Fly, walk, or run
But this time no sorrow

First stop ?********?
Next stop, Shangri-La
And I cannot wait to see
The expression on the face of
My sweet Lord

And back on the trail
By this time tomorrow
By foot, wheel, or sail
But this time no sorrow

Bus stop, ?*****?
Next stop, Shangri-La
And I cannot wait to see
The expression on the face of
My sweet Lord

No I cannot wait to hear you call
My name

And forget-me-not
This time tomorrow
I gave all I got
But this time no sorrow

First stop ?********?
Next stop, Shangri-La
And I cannot wait to see
The expression on the face of
My sweet Lord

No I cannot wait to hear you call
My name

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