"Flaming Red" -- Patty Griffin

        Flaming Red

        Flaming Red



        Took a walk around the block
        Bought a candle it was
        Flaming red flaming red
        Thought a thought then
        I forgot so
        I sang a happy song
        In my head in my head

        Wore my red shoes
        Wore my red shoes again
        Getting worn out from
        All of the wandering
        Worn out and holy
        Holy as Jesus
        Me and my red shoes
        Nothing can please us

        Stupid girl
        She was dressed like
        She deserved everything that she got
        bloody pumps
        Dead girl
        Hey, world
        Thanks a lot
        Thanks a lot

        Wore my red shoes
        Wore my red shoes again
        Getting worn out from
        All of the wandering
        Worn out and holy
        Holy as Jesus
        Me and my red shoes
        Nothing can, nothing can please us

        Flaming red (x8)
        Walkin' in my red shoes and I
        Feel so worn out
        walkin' in my red shoes and my
        Soles are torn out
        Walkin' in my red shoes and I'm
        Holy as Jesus and I'm
        Walkin' in my red shoes and
        Nothing can, nothing can please us
        Flaming red ( 12x )

        From Flaming Red
        ©1997 One Big Love Music/Chrome Dog Music (ASCAP)

        One Big Love

        By Patty Griffin and Angelo


        Let's take a ride to the seaside
        We can go out swimming in the high tide
        Just wear your shorts and your long hair
        Don't forget the lawn chair
        Everybody's gone to the movies
        Everybody's gone and its groovy
        They went to the one about the big war
        I didn't, I'd seen it before

        I guess I'm taking my chances
        Giving up the ring throwing in the gloves
        I guess I'm taking my chances
        Trading in my things
        A couple wings on a little white dove
        And one big love, one big love

        Everybody do like a Monkey
        If you want to go on and be funky
        No need to talk like a hero
        Talk a walk count down to zero
        No sense defending your honor
        Just go on and kiss him if you wanna
        Everything before is gone or is going somewhere

        I guess I'm taking my chances
        Giving up the ring throwing in the gloves
        I guess I'm taking my chances
        Trading in my things for a couple wings on a
        Little white dove
        And one big love one big love
        I don't know where we are
        And I don't care
        And now we're out of gas
        And riding on air
        And one big love, one big love

        From Flaming Red
        ©1997 One Big Love Music/Chrome Dog Music (ASCAP)

        Tony



        Does anyone remember Tony
        A quiet boy, little over weight
        He had breasts like a girl
        When I wasn't too busy feeling lonely
        I'd stare over his shoulder
        At a map of the world
        He always finished all his homework
        Raised his hand in homerooom
        He called the morning attendance
        With the pledge alligence to the gloom

        Hey Tony, what's so good about dying
        He said I think I might do a little dying today
        He looked in the mirror and saw
        A little faggot starin back at him
        Pulled out a gun and blew himself away

        I hated every day of high school
        It's funny, I guess you did too
        Its funny how I never knew
        There I was sitting right behind you
        They wrote it in the local rag
        Death comes to the local fag
        I guess you finally stopped believing
        That any hope would ever find you
        Well I know that story,
        I was sitting right behind you

        Hey Tony, what's so good about dying
        He said I think I might do a little dying today
        He looked in the mirror and saw
        A little faggot starin back at him
        Pulled out a gun and blew himself away

        Hey Tony whats so good about dying, dying
        Hey Tony whats so good about dying, dying
        Hey Tony, what's so good about dying
        He said I think I might do a little dying today
        He looked in the mirror and saw
        A little faggot starin back at him
        Pulled out a gun and blew himself away
        Pulled out a gun and blew himself away
        Pulled out a gun and blew himself away
        Tony...

        From Flaming Red
        ©1997 One Big Love Music/Chrome Dog Music (ASCAP)

        Change



        Dog comes howling up behind you, sinks his teeth in your leg
        Tells you how now things are going to be a little different
        And he takes you down a peg
        You make him ashamed for you, he buys you a new dress
        Because you make him ashamed for you, he'd like you to took your best
        So you change oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
        So you change oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
        So you change oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
        And the dog bites down a little harder

        Somewhere out in the wild wild west
        That silly little thing that we tossed, tossed, tossed
        Somehow we don't talk about nothing else but that
        Silly little thing that we lost, that we lost, that we lost
        And now there's no name for you
        Come to find out none of that shit was even true
        But now there's no name for you
        I understand that we lost that too
        When you change oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
        So you change oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
        So you change oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
        And the dog bites down a little harder

        Change ...........

        Man says "Woman I'm a little tired of you"
        And she says "Don't leave me baby I'll do anything you want me to"
        He says "Can't you do something about the mess around this place"
        And she says "Anything baby, anything, I'll cover my face"

        You make him ashamed for you, he buys you a new dress
        Cause you make him ashamed for you in your nakedness
        So you change oh oh oh oh oh oh
        So you change oh oh oh oh oh oh
        So you change oh oh oh oh oh oh
        So you change oh oh oh oh oh oh
        Change

        From Flaming Red
        ©1997 One Big Love Music/Chrome Dog Music (ASCAP)

        Goodbye



        Occured to me the other day
        You've been gone now a couple years
        well, I guess it takes while
        For someone to really disappear
        And I remember where I was
        When the word came about you
        It was a day much like today
        the sky was bright, and wide, and blue

        And I wonder where you are
        And if the pain ends when you die
        And I wonder if there was
        Some better way to say goodbye

        Today my heart is big and sore
        it's tryin' to push right through my skin
        I won't see you anymore
        I guess that's finally sinkin' in
        'Cause you can't make somebody see
        By the simple words you say
        All their beauty from within
        Sometimes they just look away

        But I wonder where you are
        And if the pain ends when you die
        And I wonder if there was
        Some better way to say goodbye

        From Flaming Red
        ©1997 One Big Love Music/Chrome Dog Music (ASCAP)

        Carry Me



        Maybe they come by land
        Maybe they come by sea
        Maybe they've already come
        Maybe they come by me
        Slipping into the twilight
        I ride the broken wave tonight
        An old song on the radio
        You knew a long time ago
        An old song on the radio
        Going out over the ocean

        Maybe it's World War I
        Maybe its World War III
        Maybe it's Vietnam
        Maybe we're on TV
        Falling into the tall grass
        Melting into the tall grass
        Spilling out over the lip and
        Into the ocean
        Into the ocean

        Carry carry carry me
        Over the ocean, over the ocean, over the ocean, over the ocean
        Over the sea

        Maybe I've come so far
        Maybe I'm on my knees
        Maybe I'm dead or alive
        Maybe I'm dead or alive
        Maybe I'm none of these
        Just an old song on the radio
        Someone put on a long time ago
        Going out over the ocean
        Over and over the ocean
        Over and over the ocean
        Over and over the ocean

        From Flaming Red
        ©1997 One Big Love Music/Chrome Dog Music (ASCAP)

        Christina



        If you had the real thing how would you tell
        Liars can say it all just as well
        Every single word you've heard in vain
        Baubles of gold, stars in your hair
        Reflections that told that they were not there
        And the diamonds on your cheeks have turned to flames
        And up in the air they would write your name there
        But love would fall to pieces in the rain
        Who would know better than you
        A hundred love letters and none of them true

        Christina, Christina

        It's a wondrous world of ridiculous things
        With nothing so rare as the love that it brings
        In the silence of a smile that understands
        A piece of the action, pieces of gold
        Everyone's paid well and does what they're told
        For the simple daughter of a simple man
        And up in the air they would write your name there
        Their love will fall to pieces in the rain
        Who would know better than you
        A hundred love letters and none of them true

        Christina, Christina
        Christina, Christina

        From Flaming Red
        ©1997 One Big Love Music/Chrome Dog Music (ASCAP)

        Wiggley Fingers



        I'll never be sad, I'll never be lonely
        I'll never be hungry and I'll never be homely
        Never make a noise when I'm kissing a boy
        Amen amen
        Old John Paul is keepin' a tab
        In his big red folder
        At night he is dreaming
        Of hollow candle holders
        Big is the weight of the world
        on his shoulders
        Amen amen amen amen

        He's keeping those dirty little wiggley fingers to himself
        And he sees you keeping those dirty little wiggley fingers to yourself
        Cause he's always keeping those dirty little wiggley fingers to himself
        Always keeping those dirty little, hey

        Shakin' the tree baby
        You should be shaking the bed
        You know you're rocking the boat baby
        She'll be rocking your head
        All the family's watching
        60 minutes instead
        Amen amen amen amen amen

        You're keeping those dirty little wiggley fingers to yourself
        You're keeping your dirty little, hey
        You're keeping those dirty little wiggley fingers to yourself
        You're keeping your dirty little, oh yeah
        They'll send you flying right out of St. Francis Xavier
        With a note to your daddy about your unspeakable behavior
        And who in the hell is gonna be your savior now
        Everyone says love is a labor
        So I guess you go call a sex line
        If you want to love your neighbor, baby
        I'll just standing right here and I'll just get safer and safer
        Amen amen amen amen amen amen amen amen

        You know I'm always
        Keeping my dirty little wiggley fingers to myself
        I said I'm keeping those dirty little, hey
        Keeping those dirty little wiggley fingers to myself
        Keeping those dirty little, oh yeah
        They'll send me flying right out of St. Francis Xavier
        With a note to my daddy about my unspeakable behavior
        And who in the hell said I need a savior anyhow

        I got the dirty little wiggley fingers
        I got the dirty little wiggley fingers
        I got the dirty little wiggley fingers
        I love the feeling of the wiggley
        I love the dirty little wiggley
        I love the feeling of the wiggley
        I love the dirty little wiggley
        Dirty
        Little
        Fingers
        Yeah

        From Flaming Red
        ©1997 One Big Love Music/Chrome Dog Music (ASCAP)

        Blue Sky

        By Patty Griffin and Jay Joyce


        The farther I come the farther I fall
        Whatever I knew it was nothing at all
        Nothing at all, just making me small
        Smaller and smaller
        I fall back

        Sooner or later with a view from the ground
        Chasing the race and the races run you down
        Sooner or later with a view from the ground
        And a tear in your eye
        You say baby why can’t we fly
        Into the blue sky
        High
        Into the blue sky

        Be my singing lesson
        Be my song
        When I tell you I'm falling
        You tell me I'm strong
        You say trees have grown tall
        birds have flown high
        Higher and higher
        Goodbye goodbye goodbye
        I'll fly over a rainbow
        I'll be sun kissed
        Sail around the planet Venus
        And send a long letter
        Way back home
        That says all that I know
        All that I know is the blue sky
        High in the blue sky

        The farther I come the farther I fall
        Whatever I knew it was nothing at all
        Trees have grown tall, birds have flown high
        Higher and higher
        Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

        From Flaming Red
        ©1997 One Big Love Music/Chrome Dog Music (ASCAP)

        Daddy



        We're rocking big daddy
        How bout that
        How bout that
        Here he comes again
        Me and my friends
        We all laugh at him
        Cuz he's so funny
        Warm and fuzzy
        We're rocking big daddy
        How bout that
        A celebration!
        A celebration!
        He caught a little fish
        He had one wish
        Daddy
        We're rocking big daddy
        A celebration!
        A celebration!
        Please throw the little fish back

        From Flaming Red
        ©1997 One Big Love Music/Chrome Dog Music (ASCAP)

        Go Now



        Here's your moon
        Here's your stars
        Go now
        Go now
        Here's the sun
        Here's the birds
        Here's you are
        Go now
        Go now

        Got a stellar reputation
        As the star that never fell
        As the train that left the station
        As the secret that no one could ever tell
        Here's the lamp
        Here's the landing
        We might never understand it
        Go now
        Go now
        Here's the trees red and gold
        Here's the snow
        Here we go now
        Let’s go now

        I was waiting for the leap year
        And got caught out in the rain
        Singing like a sparrow
        Always planning my narrow escape

        Here's the morning shining on us
        Here's the twilight upon us
        Here's the moon
        Here's the stars
        Here I am
        Here you are
        Let's go now

        From Flaming Red
        ©1997 One Big Love Music/Chrome Dog Music (ASCAP)

        Mary

        Lyrics courtesy of Jerry Zigmont


        Mary you're covered in roses, you're covered in ashes
        You're covered in rain
        You're covered in babies, you're covered in slashes
        You're covered in wilderness, you're covered in stains
        You cast aside the sheet, you cast aside the shroud
        Of another man, who served the world proud
        You greet another son, you lose another one
        On some sunny day and always stay, Mary

        Jesus says Mother I couldn't stay another day longer
        Flys right by me and leaves a kiss upon her face
        While the angels are singin' his praises in a blaze of glory
        Mary stays behind and starts cleaning up the place

        Mary she moves behind me
        She leaves her fingerprints everywhere
        Everytime the snow drifts, everytime the sand shifts
        Even when the night lifts, she's always there

        Jesus said Mother I couldn't stay another day longer
        Flys right by me and leaves a kiss upon her face
        While the angels are singin' his praises in a blaze of glory
        Mary stays behind and starts cleaning up the place

        Mary you're covered in roses, you're covered in ruin
        you're covered in secrets
        Your'e covered in treetops, you're covered in birds
        who can sing a million songs without any words
        You cast aside the sheets, you cast aside the shroud
        of another man, who served the world proud
        You greet another son, you lose another one
        on some sunny day and always stay
        Mary, Mary, Mary

        From Flaming Red
        ©1997 One Big Love Music/Chrome Dog Music (ASCAP)

        Peter Pan



        Hey, Peter Pan
        I'm going home now
        I've done all I can
        Besides I'm grown now
        I'll think of you all painted with the night
        You sit and watch from somewhere
        As one by one the lights go out

        I wrote a note to tell you how you matter
        When the rain came down
        All the letters scattered
        And washed away
        Drifted off to Never
        Where you'll be safe from me now forever

        I believe you now when
        You say that this will hurt
        So I don't have to go and
        Play with you in the dirt now

        Hey Peter Pan
        I'm going home now
        I'm all grown up
        Your on your own now
        I'll think of you all painted with the night
        You sit and watch from somewhere
        As one by one the lights go out

        From Flaming Red
        ©1997 One Big Love Music/Chrome Dog Music (ASCAP)

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