Special Performances

Captive
Silence
Basted in Blood
Solsbury Hill
Unchained Melody
Ol' 55
Big Yellow Taxi

Captive
(A song Sarah did on the Touch tour, available on a few bootlegs as well as an MP3 floating around the 'Net.)

streets are dark
and empty now
time for another day

well I walk alone
collecting my thoughts
that have gone astray

all of the memories
all of the dreams
still remains entwined
all that we've heard
and all that we've known
are little by your mind

I only wanted someone
to believe in
oh but your words
their seldom found

cause when it comes
to the problems
that were meant
to be shared
you are not around

oh but you pled
with me now
you always stay
you give it
one breath then
you take it all away

what is this love
that holds me Captive
in your arms
well I wish
I had the strength
to leave it all behind

what studies done
and you do not
give a damn

Just another heartfelt blow
by your careless hands

I never thought
in my life
I could feel
so much pain
trusting in your kind
I never thought
I could feel
so alone
faith in love
so blind

But after all
is said and done
your soul remains
the same

you please yourself
and nobody else
will you ever change?

oh but you pled
with me now
you always stay
you give it
one breath then
you take it all away

what is this love
that holds me Captive
in your arms
well I wish
I had the strength
to leave it all behind

what studies done
and you do not
give a damn

Just another heartfelt blow
by your careless hands

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Silence
(Appears on Delerium album Karma, © 1995 Nettwerk Records. Lyrics and vocals by Sarah McLachlan.)

Give me release
Witness me I am outside
Give me peace
Heaven holds a sense of wonder
And I wanted to believe
that I'd get caught up
When the rage in me subsides
Passion chokes the flower
until she cries no more
Possessing all the beauty
hungry still for more
Heaven holds a sense of wonder
and i wanted to believe that I'd get caught up When this rage in me subsides
In this white wave
I am sinking in this silence
In this white wave...in this silence...
I believe I can't help longing...
comfort me I can't hold it all in...
if you won't let me...
Heaven holds a sense of wonder
and I wanted to believe
that I'd get caught up
When the rage in me subsides
In this white wave
I am sinking in this silence
In this white wave
I am sinking...in this silence
I believe I have seen you...
in this white wave you are silent
you are breathing in this white wave...
I am free

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Basted in Blood
(Sarah performed this song on Saturday Night Live the weekend of American Thanksgiving, 1997. Accompanying her on guitar was comedian Ana Gasteyener, alias "Cinder Calhoun". This is hilarious...)

We gather together
for yams, beans, and cranberry sauce.
But have you given much thought lately
to the turkey holocaust?
200 million noble birds
slaughtered every fall.
Ain't no difference between Hitler, Stalin,
and the folks at Butterball, Butterball.
So set your tables, America
from Birmingham to Branson.
But when you carve that turkey
you're a finger lickin' Charlie Manson.
Enjoy your pumpkin pie,
your buttery Idaho spuds,
Grandma's chestnut stuffing,
and a turkey basted in blood.
basted in blood
basted in blood
basted in blood
Enjoy your turkey, enjoy...
basted in blood
basted in blood
basted in blood
basted in blood
basted in blood
basted in blood.

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Solsbury Hill
(Words and Music by Peter Gabriel. Sarah covered this song on the "Steaming" single.)

Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
I could see the city light
Wind was blowing, time stood still
Eagle flew out of the night
He was something to observe
Came in close, I heard a voice
Standing stretching every nerve
Had to listen had no choice
I did not believe the information
I just had to trust imagination
My heart going boom boom boom
"Son," he said "Grab your things,
I've come to take you home."

To keepin' silence I resigned
My friends would think I was a nut
Turning water into wine
Open doors would soon be shut
So I went from day to day
Tho' my life was in a rut
"Till I thought of what I'd say
Which connection I should cut
I was feeling part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery
My heart going boom boom boom
"Hey" he said "Grab your things
I've come to take you home."

When illusion spin her net
I'm never where I want to be
And liberty she pirouette
When I think that I am free
Watched by empty silhouettes
Who close their eyes but still can see
No on taught them etiquette
I will show another me
Today I don't need a replacement
I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant
My heart going boom boom boom
"Hey" I said "You can keep my things,
they've come to take me home."

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Unchained Melody
(Words and Music by Hy Zaret and Alex North. Sarah performs this on the compilation album "Pine Ridge: An Open Letter to Allan Rock" (songs for Leonard Peltier)

Whoa! My love, my darling,
I hunger for your touch,
Alone. Lonely time.
And time goes by, so slowly,
And time can do so much,
Are you still mine?
I need your love.
I need your love.
God speed your love to me.

Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the sea,
To the open arms of the sea.
Lonely rivers sigh, wait for me, wait for me,
I'll be coming home, wait for me.

Whoa! My love, my darling,
I hunger, hunger!, for your love,
For love. Lonely time.
And time goes by, so slowly,
And time can do so much,
Are you still mine?
I need your love.
I need your love.
God speed your love to me.

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Ol' 55
(Words and music by Tom Waits. Sarah performs this as the last track on "The Freedom Sessions".)

Well my time has come quickly
I go lickety splitly
Down to my ol' 55
Well I pulled away slowly
I was feeling so holy
God knows I was feeling alive

Chorus:
Now the sun's coming up
I'm riding with lady luck
Freeways, cars, and trucks
Stars beginning to fade
And I lead the parade
Just a wishing I stayed a little longer
Oh Lord, lemme tell you
the feeling's getting stronger

And it's six in the morning,
gave me no warning
I had to be on my way
Well there's trucks all a-passing
and the lights are all flashing,
I'm on my way home from your place

(Chorus)
Well my time has come quickly
I go lickety splitly
Down to my ol' 55
Well I pulled away slowly
I was feeling so holy
God knows I was feeling alive
(Chorus)

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Big Yellow Taxi
(Words and music by Joni Mitchell. This song was performed as the closing number to all the Lilith shows in the summer of 1997.)

They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique
And a swinging hot spot
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot.

They took all the trees
And put them in a tree museum
And they charged all the people
A dollar and a half just to see 'em
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot.

Hey farmer farmer
Put away that D.D.T. now
Give me
Spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees
Please!
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot.

Late last night
I heard the
Screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi
Took away my old man
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot.

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