Over Her Shoulder
Joe Henry Lyrics

03-Mean Flower How beautiful you've made yourself How cruel you've become,…
A Friend To You Day after day I wonder why This still should be Any kind …
After The War A dog-eared mind sniffed my heart Like a pocket full of…
All Blues Hail Mary From the mountain comes a soul And the stones grow up…
All the Eye Can See There goes the sun descending, its light in the street defen…
Angels If I know my angels, I know what they'd say. Be…
Àngels If I know my angels, I know what they'd say Be…
Animal Skin I see in you an animal trace That's quick in your…
Beautiful Hat I’m through with this, this beautiful hat I’ve never let no… Bellwether I'm going to climb that hill and look out across Climb…
Best To Believe She stands and unfurls her Clean bed clothes by the door L…
Bob & Ray There’s something caught in my teeth And a cricket that won…
Buckdancer's Choice Shoot the street light out Leave the porch light on, Give…
Channel I want my story straight But all the others bend From wond…
Civil War I don't know you to wear a hat But I came…
Civilians The carriage horses stamp and fume Until all color's gone Th…
Coda: Light No Lamp When The Sun Comes Down Light no lamp when the sun comes down The dark will…
Cold Enough To Cross Just think what a day's rain can do A bridge once…
Cold Enough To Cross Just think what a day's rain can do A bridge once…
Dark As A Dungeon Oh come all you young fellers so young and so…
Dark Tears My camera doesn't lie to me, I see dark tears behind…
Dead To The World There's a truck pulling up to the house next door However,…
Death To The Storm There's a song we used to know A kind of weary…
Deathbed Versions How do you like your blue-eyed boy? How do you like…
Dirty Magazine A cut-out picture of a sugar tart With olive skin, a…
Edgar Bergen Dear Marion, as I write this down Dear Marion, I just…
Eyes Out For You A fence is stretched across my brow A divided country: then…
Fat Hey, look alive I’m coming down There’s no one Could stop…
Fireman's Wedding There's a fireman's wedding tonight In the Cloverland Dell …
Flag Take that noise out in the street, This rubble out from…
Flesh And Blood Come sit beside me That'll do for now The night has come…
Flower Girl Of course there was no gold mine I freed the dogs,…
Fuse Here comes the night, there go your knees, reaching for…
God Laughs I’ve torn a page from a fallen white sail, I’ve drawn a…
God Only Knows Darkness settles on the ground And leaves the day stumbling…
Good Fortune I will come back for my things then I'll go the…
Grand Street His foot held the door, To the alley in back Where the…
Grave Angels We are gathered together, We are hidden from view— In a ta…
Great Lake Teri comes in laughing Shakes her coat off And I just can'…
HEAVEN'S ESCAPE They're showing a movie on the side of the bank Oh,…
I Flew Over Our House Last Night That old Kentucky moon was shining bright as day The stars…
I Was A Playboy I was a playboy In love with the world I walked with…
I Will Write My Book If anybody asks what's new I say, "not much," and it's…
Invisible Hour I left the yard then came back in, I drank up…
Karen Dalton The names of the living have been changed, every face obscur…
Kindness Of The World I'd like to see your badge Who are you to be…
King I might just change my mind Sometimes you can never tell Whe…
Kitchen Door Spirits rise, roll their eyes right across the room, resting…
Last One Out Somehow I wound up with the keys I guess it’s still…
Lead Me On The day draws a shade Pulls the thread of your frayed…
Leaning I can't stay here in my room I can't hold my…
Lighthouse Oh, my dear, I’ve swallowed the moon, And left it dark lik…
Like She Was A Hammer I know she's right behind me now Without looking back I know…
Lock And Key Holy cow, look what you've done You've got me now so…
Love Is Enough Lincoln Street is howling It's empty, growing colder, The …
Loves You Madly The ground wants you back The ground wants you badly The g…
Mean Flower How beautiful you've made yourself How cruel you've become, …
Medicine Everybody knows the crash Left me on my back, Everybody know…
Mission I knew you in a winter ––both strange to my perception: the…
Monkey I'll keep your monkey I'll treat him good I'll talk to him…
Near to the Ground Yes, there we were, on the floor of your room, talking…
O Beloved O Beloved, I’m going to speak to you now as if…
Odetta Whose chickens are those in my yard? They pick at every…
Ohio Air Show Plane Crash Just before the crash I was at the bridge I remember now,…
One Day When The Weather Is Warm One day when the weather is warm, I'll wake up on…
One Shoe On Norman, take the wheel I’m feeling none too well A light h…
Our Song I saw Willie Mays At a Scotsdale Home Depot Looking at Garag…
Parade What does this look like to you? A mark so fine,…
Parker Where's my sock? Where's my other shoe? I didn't know what t…
Pass Through Me Now Just above us, north of here, September’s rising hand draws …
Piano Furnace Let's pull this piano Out from the wall, Clear the young c…
Plainspeak A blind man looks out through your eye, He hears the…
Progress Of Love This is the progress of love that I fear You retreat…
Reckless Child Won’t you come and lay with we let your easy laugh…
Red Letter Day There will come a day and soon, this cold parade is…
Richard Pryor Addresses A Tear Sometimes I think I've almost fooled myself Sometimes I thi…
Room At Arles Just behind that wall, I think, She pulls her stockings on:…
Rough And Tumble Here's that rainy day That you said was bound to come, Funny…
Safe With Me Sleep while you can Day will come soon Hold on to my…
Sault Sainte Marie In Sault Sainte Marie The hills glow without the help of…
Scar What does, this look like to you? A mark so fine,…
Scare Me To Death I've seen the best And the worst you can be And all…
She Always Goes She will always go Every time this story's told I know it…
She Is Sleeping How neat. I′m impressed... How did you come to be so…
Short Man's Room This is a short man's room The better you watch your…
Shut Me Up The song wants to repeat just now, It sings itself to…
Sign I was born in Montreal, A winter's slip that bloomed in…
Skin And Teeth Have you seen enough? Then go and see. Have you seen enough?…
Small Wonder Someone broke into my eyes and took what they could see, too…
Sold Please don't speak another truth out loud Whatever else you…
Some Champions Why look, he's getting up again Some people just don't know…
Song That I Know I bring in the mail, climb up a tree to hang…
Sparrow It wasn't peace I wanted So it wasn't peace I found, I…
Stars I could have sworn this was the way when we…
Stations Bring me the head of John the Baptist Show it round…
STICKS & STONES Tell the hour: go take another, Or go down, Moses, without…
Stop Don't tell me to stop Tell the rain not to drop, Tell…
Stranger You were no stranger when he Introduced you to me But you…
Struck I've been having wicked thoughts Terribly wicked, selfish an…
Strung I keep wooden boxes like traps strung with wire In the…
Suit On A Frame There's a suit on my frame like a shadow of…
Swayed SWAYED In a scene from better times Your traitor hangs up r…
The Diving Bell Can you tell Is that dog tied? Are your hands that cold…
The Man I Keep Hid Nobody knows the man that I keep hid Nobody knows the…
The World And All I Know The dark great river bends below me, A void of light…
Third Reel Well, they've torn up the streets and Burned off the fields…
This Afternoon On the afternoon That the revolution began, I was in a hot…
This Close To You I'll have to be As brave as you With no star to…
This Is My Favorite Cage Oh this is my favorite cage It grows up around me…
Time Is A Lion Here you go If you fear the angels above while you…
Tiny Voices You wild beasts and you creeping things Get down in your…
Tomorrow Is October Now that fires have been contained These ashes are of our…
Trampoline The floor will have its way it seems It fights me…
Truce I clawed at your skirt like it was a dirt…
Unspeakable You tug at my sleep, A tangle of thread, That knots at…
Untitled King Daddy 2! (Que! Que!) Fino Como El... (Que! Que!) (Que! …
Want Too Much I want too much, and I want you. When I hope…
Wave I waved to you as my boat was leaving Hats flew…
We'll Meet Again We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when,
 But I…
Who Would Know You don’t have to think I'm right And chances are, I'm…
Widows Of The Revolution What can I write home about? The water's cold, the pilot's…
Yearling I left behind all that I could, took what i might…
You Can I know that fan is moving air, I can see…



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