Joanna Newsom - You and Me, Bess lyrics

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
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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

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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 court yard
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

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