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by Edie Brickell



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"This Eye"
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
_Ghost of a Dog_
                            
one day you just get tired of crying
                                     
runnin' can't escape the beating heart
                            
one day you just get tired of dying
                                     
living can't escape the beating march

                          
        but a higher bloom unveils
                          
        in a lowdown dirty day
                            
        and all that dreams entail
                                         
        come and take your suffering away

                           
        this eye looks with love
                            
        this eye looks with judgement
                                          
        free me take the sight out of this eye

                                
one night the howlin' dog sings a lullaby
                               
drift you into peaceful memories
                                  
one night the howlin' dog cries out lonely life
                                   
break you like the light between the trees

                        
        and they say sacrifice
                             
        is letting sweet love go
                   
        never build a damn
                             
        wall to stop the flow

        this eye...

                              
all I can hope for is a light to see
                               
when I search in the dark for my soul
                            
and when my soul comes to rescue me
                                    
I rest my resistance fall piece by piece into peace
                                 
and slip like the water back into the sea

        this eye....