Over your shoulder, please don't mind me
if my eyes have fallen onto your magazine
for I've been watching and wondering
why your face is changing with every line you read.
All those lines and circles, to me, a mystery.
Eve pull down the apple and give taste to me.
If she would be wonderful, but my pride is in the way.
I cannot read to save my life, I'm so ashamed to say.
I live in silence, afraid to speak
of my life of darkness because I cannot read.
For all those lines and circles, to me, a mystery.
Eve pull down the apple and give taste to me.
If she could it would be wonderful.
Then I wouldn't need someone else's eyes to see what's in front of me.
No one guiding me.
It makes me humble to be so green
at what every kid can do when he learns A to Z,
but all those lines and circles just frighten me
and I fear that I'll be trampled if you don't reach for me.
Before I run I'll have to take a fall.
And then pick myself up, so slowly I'll devour every one of those books in the Tower of Knowledge.
10,000 Maniacs - Cherry Tree (1989) New Haven, CT (03:01)
10000Maniacs The Palace Theatre New Haven, Connecticut, USA December 5th, 1989 1. Trouble Me 2. City
Of Angels 3. Can't Ignore The Train 4. Cherry Tree 5. You Happy Puppet 6. Gun Shy 7. Poison In The
Well 8. Among The Americans 9. Dust Bowl 10. Eat For Two 11. Headstrong 12. A Campfire Song 13. Like
The Weather 14. Hey Jack Kerouac 15. What's The Matter Here? 16. The Tea Song 17. The Counting Song
18. My Sister Rose 19. The Lion's Share 20. The Painted Desert 21. Don't Talk 22. Hateful Hate ...
Never knew the keyboards were by Natalie. Awsome... she's got the best voice!
Autor: kittokino
2
Saw her perform this at a rock the vote event w/ Toad The wet Sprocket. Great performance!
Autor: oldphoque
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Hi kittokino:) yes, she has the best voice...Natalie Merchant also wrote music and lyrics of this song, beautiful, isn't it?:)
Natalie not only is a very talented artiste, she's also a true humanitarian,
since teenager she worked volunteer with handicapped children...i heard on tv with love she said good about those children:)
Natalie we love you:)
Armand:)
Autor: travisangeli
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Thanks for your help. Here in Brazil we call NOAH by NOÉ. I did not get the meaning and that's why I have not understood! Sorry for my bad englhish!
Autor: srgaeta2
5
Beautiful song by a beautiful and gifted artist. I heard this song as a soundtrack to the Phantom of the Opera movie. The lyrics go quite well with the movie.
Autor: JDean1953
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Noah is from the Bible, Old Testament. He built the arc that "saved" his own family and animals when the flood came; he sent a dove out after the rain stopped to see if there were dry land anywhere. Eventually, the dove came back with an olive branch in its beak, suggesting that the rains had ended and the water had begun to recede and land was available again.