B-Sides, Rarities, and Other Stuff
Prayer of Saint Francis
Dear God
I Will Remember You
Gloomy Sunday
Song for a Winter's Night
Blue
As the End Draws Near
Lord make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon.
Where there is doubt, faith.
Where there is despair, hope.
Where there is darkness, light.
And where there is sadness, joy.O divine master grant that I may
not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
To be loved as to love
For it is in giving that we receive-
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
And it's in dying that we are born
to eternal life.
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Dear God
(Music and Lyrics by Andy Partridge)
Performed by XTC on the album "Skylarking" (Virgin Records, 1986)
Performed by Sarah McLachlan on the album "A Testimonial Dinner: The Music Of XTC" (Thirsty Ears Records, 1995)Dear God,
Hope you got the letter and
I pray you can make it better down here.
I don't mean a big reduction
in the price of beer
But all the people
that you made in your image,
See them starving on their feet
'Cause they don't get enough to eatFrom God
I can't believe in you.Dear God,
Sorry to disturb you, but
I feel that I should be heard loud and clear.
We all need a big reduction
in the amount of tears
And all the people
that you made in your image,
See them fighting in the street
'Cause they can't make opinions meetAbout God,
I can't believe in you.Did you make disease, and the diamond blue?
Did you make mankind after we made you?
And the devil too?!Dear God,
Don't know if you noticed, but...
Your name is on a lot of quotes in this book,
Us crazy humans wrote it,
you should take a look,
And all the people
that you made in your image,
Still believing that junk is true
Well I know it ain't, and so do youDear God,
I can't believe in...
I don't believe in...I won't believe in heaven and hell.
No saints, no sinners, no devil as well.
No pearly gates, no thorny crown.
You're always letting us humans down.
The wars you bring, the babes you drown.
Those lost at sea and never found,
And it's the same the whole world 'round.
The hurt I see helps to compound
That Father, Son and Holy Ghost
Is just somebody's unholy hoax
And if you're up there you'd perceive
That my heart's here upon my sleeve.
If there's one thing I don't believe in.....It's you.....
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I Will Remember You
(Music and Lyrics by Sarah McLachlan, Seamus Egan, and Dave Merenda)
Originally featured on the motion picture soundtrack "The Brothers McMullen" (Unforscene, 1995)I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memoriesRemember the good times that we had?
I let them slip away from us
when things got bad
How clearly I first saw you smilin' in the sun
Wanna feel your warmth upon me,
I wanna be the oneI will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memoriesI'm so tired but I can't sleep
Standin' on the edge
of something much too deep
It's funny how we feel so much
but we cannot say a word
We are screaming inside,
but we can't be heardBut I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memoriesI'm so afraid to love you,
but more afraid to loose
Clinging to a past that doesn't let me choose
Once there was a darkness,
deep and endless night
You gave me everything you had,
oh you gave me lightAnd I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memoriesAnd I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
Weep not for the memoriesBack to Collections
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Gloomy Sunday
Written by Carter / Lewis / Seress
Performed by Billy Holiday, available on the album "The Lady - Billie Holiday - Complete Collection" (Columbia Records, 1986)Sunday is Gloomy,
My hours are slumberless,
Dearest,
the shadows I live with are numberless
Little white flowers will never awaken youNot where the black coach
of sorrow has taken you
Angels have no thought of ever returning you
Would they be angry
if I thought of joining you
Gloomy SundaySunday is gloomy
with shadows I spend it all
My heart and I have decided to end it all
Soon there'll be flowers
and prayers that are sad,
I know, let them not weep,
Let them know that I'm glad to goDeath is no dream,
For in death I'm caressing you
With the last breath of my soul
I'll be blessing you
Gloomy SundayDreaming
I was only dreaming
I wake and I find you
Asleep in the deep of
My heart
DearDarling I hope that my dream
never haunted you
My heart is telling you
how much I wanted you
Gloomy SundayBack to Collections
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Song For A Winter's Night
(Music and Lyrics by Gordon Lightfoot)
Performed by Gordon Lightfoot on the album "The Way I Feel" (United Artists, 1967)The lamp is burnin' low upon my table top
The snow is softly fallin'
The air is still within the silence of my room
I hear your voice softly callin'If I could only have you near
To breathe a sigh or two
I would be happy
just to hold the hands I love
Upon this winter night with youThe smoke is rising in the shadows overhead
My glass is almost empty
I read again between the lines upon the page
The words of love you sent meIf I could know within my heart
That you were lonely too
I would be happy
just to hold the hands I love
Upon this winter night with youThe fire is dying now, my lamp is growing dim
The shades of night are liftin'
The mornin' light
steals across my windowpane
Where webs of snow are driftin'If I could only have you near
To breathe a sigh or two
I would be happy
just to hold the hands I love
And to be once again with with you
To be once again with with youBack to Collections
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Blue
(Music and Lyrics by Joni Mitchell)
Performed by Joni Mitchell on the album "Blue" (Reprise Records, 1971)Blue, songs are like tattoos
You know I've been to sea betore
Crown and anchor me
Or let me sail away
Blue, here is a song for you
Ink of a pin
Underneath the skin
An empty space to fill in
Well there're so many sinking now
You've got to keep thinking
You can make it thru these waves
Acid, booze, and ass
Needles, guns, and grass
Lots of laughs, lots of laughs
Well everybody's saying
that hell's the hippest way to go
Well I don't think so
But I'm gonna take a look around it though
Blue, I love you.Blue, here is a shell for you
Inside you'll hear a sigh
A foggy lullaby
There is your song from me.Back to Collections
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[Chorus]:
Into the valleys
The shadow of death
Griefs silently across the darkened sea
This is it
We stand aloneWe can see it all from here
The starless night across the mountain side
No one left to talk to
There's nothing left to say[Chorus]
You and me
We stand alone
We can see it all from here
Stretched far and wideThe barren skies
Fighting a silence
From deep inside[Chorus]
[Repeats verse 2]
Into the valleys
The shadow of death
Griefs silently it's in you and me
It's in you and meBack to Collections
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