Lovers' Revolution Lyrics
And we were tapping on the window of the children when the piggy-bank broke
Pitching quite a fifth
But how the makers of the medicine will always say you're looking sick
And we would wear up to the women washing in the form of white gloves
But the funny thing was how in in god and
His people were dreaming about the wilds to leave
And all the fingers that we damaged when all we wanted was a diamond ring
And we were barking at the drug dogs, blood-dried-black on their hands
Never realized,
You never tussle with a giant 'till you can hit him right between the eyes
That no matter how we chose 'em we'll be chocking on the compromised
'Cause all the jaws, all the claws, they're restless by the riverside
And it was a muscle and a shadow that was shoving us into the light
And we were snatching at a war baby’s bottle just to trade it for change
But now it’s come to pass
That every eye beneath the mountain saw the smoke but no one heard the blast
That no one knew the arm was broken although everybody signed the cast
And until the government was good, she said “Man, I thought you’d never ask”
And when love wore out her welcome, they just booked her for a bag of grass
That while she cried on the cross, we were sucking on the laughing gas
And when the head had left the body, not a flag was hanging half-mast
And then we lost our own lovers' revolution but then it all started again
Now we're one
One of the soldiers lost in the dreams that never lose the gun
One of the wise men wandering the podium without a tongue
One of the trophies tarnished by the mess we made of being young
One of the prayers, one of the promises swallowed with our chewing gum
One of the deaf ears, dumber all the time for all the years of drums
One of the wide-eyed soap boxes buried under Washington
One of the beat cops combing every sidewalk crack for love
One of the crowded stars uncounted when the map was done
One of the withered in the garden left to wonder when the rain will come
Corrections, going by what I heard:
I came to you and you to me And we were tapping on the window at the children when the piggy bank broke Pitching quite a fit 'Bout how the makers of the medicine will always say you're looking sick
I came to you and you to me And we would wimper to the women (washing milk?) above their former white clothes But the funny thing Is how when God was with his people we were dreaming bout who else to be And all the fingers that we damaged when all we wanted was a diamond ring
I came to you and you to me And we were barking at the drug dogs blood dried black on their hands And never realized You never tussle with a giant til you can hit him right between the eyes That no matter how we chewed it we'd be choking on a compromise 'Cause all the jaws all the claws lay restless by the river side And it was a muscle and a shadow that was shoving us into the light
I came to you and you to me And we were scratching at a poor baby's bottle just to trade it for change And now it's come to pass That every eye beneath a mountain saw the smoke but no one heard the blast That no one knew the arm was broken although everybody signed the cast Until the government was good she said, "Man, I thought you'd never ask" And when love wore out her welcome they just booked her for a bag of grass And while she cried on the cross we were sucking all the laughing gas And when the head had left the body not a flag was hanging half mast
[instrumental break]
(I came to you) (I came to you)
I came to you and you to me And then we lost our own lovers' revolution but it started again Now we're one
One of the parade waned widows walking home into the setting sun One of the soldier's lost, in their dreams they never lose the gun One of the wise men wandering the podium without a tongue One of the trophy's (taught us?) by the mess we made of being young One of the prayers one of the promises swallowed with our chewing gum One of the deaf ear's dumber all the time for all the years of drums One of the the wide eyed soap-boxers buried under washington One of the beat cops combing every sidewalk crack for love One of the crowded stars uncounted when the bag was done One of the withered and the guarded love to wonder when the rain will come
I couldn't make out some of the lyrics, still can't. It's not "wimper" as it sounds as if it starts w/ a R. And he definitely is saying "they wrestle us by the riverside." And finally, can't make out what he says after trophy's. May have to wait for the official lyrics.
But I we think have most of it now.
I just love this song. Seems like a much angrier Beam but he does jazz very well.
Still sounds like wimper to me. Don't hear the 'R' sound at all. And it's definitely "lay restless by the riverside", sorry... I do agree it's really hard to tell what he says after trophies, taught us sounds closest but doesn't really make much sense. Also, "washing milk"? Doesn't make any sense but that's what it sounds like.
Still sounds like wimper to me. Don't hear the 'R' sound at all. And it's definitely "lay restless by the riverside", sorry... I do agree it's really hard to tell what he says after trophies, taught us sounds closest but doesn't really make much sense. Also, "washing milk"? Doesn't make any sense but that's what it sounds like.