Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Sparrow, artist - Joe Henry. Album song Invisible Hour, in the genre АльтернативаDate of issue: 29.05.2014
Record label: Worksongs
Song language: English
Sparrow |
| It wasn’t peace I wanted |
| So it wasn’t peace I found |
| I wouldn’t stand for reason |
| And it never would sit down |
| The bird upon my shoulder |
| Has not one kind word to say— |
| My eye is on the sparrow |
| But she looks the other way |
| Carry on, and me away |
| Hey, look alive— the end of days |
| And our very blood |
| Taste like honey now |
| There upon the mountain |
| Is the shadow of a hand |
| Tugging at the stubborn mule |
| Now standing like a man |
| And twitching like the phantom limb |
| Of this whole countryside— |
| Disappearing at the knee |
| And breaking up our stride |
| Carry on, and me away |
| Hey, look alive— the end of days |
| And our very blood |
| Taste like honey now |
| I want time and bread and wine |
| Sugar and a spoon |
| I want for the hungry years |
| To be swallowed by this room |
| I wait out your memory |
| Now singing in the trees— |
| I wait for one grave angel |
| And I know she waits for me |
| Carry on, and me away |
| Hey, look alive— the end of days |
| And our very blood |
| Taste like honey now |