JESSICA MOORE
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All I Can Do To Stay Warm

Oh love, when you're far from home 
I hover in doorways, I'm drawn to windows 
silence spreads like the fall of a snow 
and it's all I can do to stay warm 

Three white owls above the lake 
frost at the edges at the end of the day 
the world is still as the dark closes in 
on the most beautiful place that I've been 

How long will the willows keep their leaves 
how long, darlin', must I weep 
the lake is clear and cold and deep 
and it's all I can do to stay warm 

On the morning when you're comin' home 
the world's the most open, most shining thing 
at this wide bright window two sparrows come sing 
and we're all that we need to stay warm

Beautiful in Red

All the trees are skeletons in black 
every since I went away 
and darlin' until I come back 
I will only wear black and grey 

and you'll say: 
Baby you're beautiful in red 
and baby you're beautiful in brown 
but baby you're beautiful in black and grey too 
with your long long hair hangin' down 

Used to paint my lips ruby red 
when we'd go out dancin' before the war 
you'd spin me right across the floor in that two-step 
and the whiskey made your eyes shine like stars 

and you'd say: 
Baby you're beautiful in red 
and baby you're beautiful in brown 
and baby you're beautiful out here on the dance floor 
with your long long hair hangin' down 

But I've been gypsyin' too long 
my walkin' shoes are gettin' worn 
oh help me find my way on down the dusty road 
back to you - could you be my home? 

and say: 
Baby you're beautiful in red 
and baby you're beautiful in brown 
and baby you're most beautiful right here next to my heart 
with your long long hair hangin' down

Le Loup

J'ai entendu un bruit pendant la nuit, la nuit, la nuit 
la chambre était toute noire au milieu de la nuit 
da da da da da da da da da 

J'ai entendu un cri pendant la nuit, la nuit, la nuit 
c'était un hurlement d'un loup lointain et gris 
da da da da da da da da da 

Mais les loups lointains peuvent traverser les grandes distances
et cette chambre protégée peut être invadée par la souffrance 
da da da da da da da da da 

Ma tête est traversée par les cris, les cris, les cris 
mon lit est invadé pendant la nuit, la nuit, la nuit 
da da da da da da da da da 

Et si je deviens un loup lointain et gris j'aurais de la chance 
car les loups lointains peuvent traverser les grandes distances 
da da da da da da da da da 

J'ouvre mes oreilles grandes ouvertes pour mieux entendre la nuit 
j'ouvre ma bouche grande ouverte pour mieux goûter la nuit 
j'ouvre mes yeux grands ouverts pour mieux connaître la nuit
J'ouvre mon coeur grand ouvert pour mieux aimer la nuit

The Kite and the Stone

Well I took the long way around 
halfway up and I'm down 
washed up on your shore 

where you were a distant star 
taking me in your arms 
like you though I was yours 

like you could have anything you want, 
anything you want, 
m-hm 

Well one of us is a kite 
flying up to the heights 
tethered to a stone 

and one of us is that stone 
lying on the shore 
where the waves comes slow 

But who is the kite and who's the stone? 
I think I know, 
m-hm 

Well this ain't my first rodeo 
it's a game that I've known 
for a long time now 

and until I can feel you breathe 
like your breath was in me 
I'll just keep movin' slow 

But I know that each time we lay down 
those kite strings are tightening round 
my heart and yours 

so until one of us lets go 
let's just keep movin' slow 
like the waves on the shore 

m-hm

Mercy

Well I left my home, went out all alone, 
down the long winding road 
and the things I did see weigh heavy on me 
and there's no one to help carry this load 

Mercy, oh have mercy on me 
a girl in search of the songs 
mercy, oh have mercy on me 
I've been on the road too long 

And on the plains the rains never came 
and the river was only a dream 
I met a man lyin' parched on the sand 
cryin' 'water, water, oh please' 

'Mercy, oh have mercy on me 
a man whose well has run dry 
mercy, oh have mercy on me 
lest I should thirst til I die' 

And on the sea, the waves roll and heave, 
I woke up on board a boat 
there was a girl who'd sworn off the world 
and these were the words that she spoke - she said: 

'Mercy, oh have mercy on me 
for loving so false of a man 
mercy, oh have mercy on me 
I'll die before I ever love again' 

Where there once was a wood, the redwoods once stood, 
and eagles would come to rest 
I found a boy who had no use for joy 
for sorrows had made him their nest 

'Mercy, oh have mercy on me 
a boy who will forever grieve 
mercy, oh have mercy on me 
without the forests there'll be no reprieve' 

I left my home, went out all alone 
down the long winding road 
and the things I did see weigh heavy on me 
and there's no one to help carry this load 

Mercy, oh have mercy on me 
a girl in search of the songs 
mercy, oh have mercy on me 
I've been on the road too long 

I've been on the road too long 
I've been on the road too long

Sweet William

When will you come, sweet William? 
The sun sinks low and chill 
the grass is overgrown and the monarchs all flown 
and you still have not come, my Will 

We have walked along together 
down the green and winding hill 
and all as we spoke, your wondering brought hope, 
and I loved all your questions, my Will 

You are but a seed, sweet William, 
not yet a breath in the lung 
and the song that I sing will be just the thing 
to bring you to be, my Will 

There are dreams we build in secret 
and a tree of those secret dreams 
and we shake on the tree to see which ones will be 
oh the ones that we'll see into fruit 

When will you come, sweet William? 
All the branches but one are bare - 
you're a dream of yourself held close in myself 
on the dreamer's high shelf, my Will 

I know you will be coming 
down the long gold path ahead 
and how long you will take is how long I will wait 
for my darling boy, my Will

I Won't Stop Running

You don't know what it is, what it is that's eating you 
you call me up from two thousand miles away, tell me you're feeling blue 
baby don't worry, don't you worry, I will ease your troubled mind 
there is no hurry, the place where we're going is somewhere outside of time 

And I've stopped running 
I won't stop running til I'm all the way back to you 

All those years I spent searching, looking for somebody who 
was not afraid to look deep inside, not afraid to see it through 
I was so worried til you came along and eased my troubled mind
now there is no hurry, the place where we're going is somewhere outside of time 

And I'll lay you down 
in a field beyond right and wrong 
I won't stop singing 
til you know every part of the song 
I've stopped running 
I won't stop running til I'm all the way back to you 

The best parts of living are the ones that push us to become most true 
well I'll swear on my lifetimes I've never known someone as true as you 
there is no need for you to worry, I am gentle and I am kind 
so lay down your armour, leave off your harshness, let your heart be here for a while 

cause I've stopped running 
I've stopped running 
I've stopped running 
I won't stop running til I'm all the way back to you

Shooting Stars

I drove to the country, saw nine shooting stars 
the trees in the night river were blacker than tar 
and my life was in the air all around 
and stars fell to the ground 

Those memory-keepers race down from above 
they cause me to remember just what I'm made of 
and this night passes sure as shooting stars 
as sure as the beating of our hearts 

I've stood at the cliff's edge, I've seen the sea of love 
I've leaned into warm arms and felt stars move through my blood
but now is not the season for love 
and I don't know if the memory's enough 

My body's been wastin' in this long lonesome spell 
and the tenderest ribbons seem to tie me to the swell 
with the source of my life all around 
but the star of my heart still to be found

Everything, now

I'll be the one to walk with you 
as leaves turn to gold I'll walk with you 

I'll be the one to wait for you 
if you are held up for a while I'll wait for you 

I'll be the one to write to you 
I'll send this letter by fire to you 

everything, now, is a letter to you 

The sun goes down and I go on 
without you 

I'll be the one to dream of you 
each time I lay me down I'll dream of you 

I'll be the one to long for you 
as waves pour over the shore I'll long for you 

we are built to lose everything 

This life rolls by and I go on 
without you 

I was the one to walk with you 
and I am still the one who walks with you 

and everything, now, is a letter to you 
the sun on this web, the birds in their blue
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