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Sister - Lyrics by Over The Rhine


Lyrics
You say he feels ithis face reveals itmy sweet trepidationan eagerness of my owna shiver slips through my bonescan you see cobblestone roadsrunning through his starehe's so clandestinehe's such a visionso tell me sisterhe sits here in this small divethere's something behind those eyesdid you perceive the wildernessresting there       so did ilaughing he stalls mecrazy he calls mehe thinks me artlessfor not stocking berry winesfrom certain australian vineshave mercy sisterhe's travelled 'round the worldhe's like a shadowthere by the windowbut no man's an islandno man's an artesian wellhe loves the cathedral bellit sings about himwhen he goes home at night       so do i

Book: Shattered Sighs