Re: shawn colvin

 Yup, it's "Kill the Messenger." Here are the lyrics:



Jane it sure looks like rain


These Canadian plains


And their windblown hair


Jane the bruise colored clouds


The smell of the ground


In the ripening air




I have seen you


In your fluttering dress


And your dry face of steel


As you're dragging your red rowing boat


Cross the forever fields




See Jane something's gone dead


Inside my head


There's nothing but fear


Jane the rivers of grief


The tears of relief


Seem ages from here




Sometimes the beauty of life


Hits like lightening washing everything


clear


And these dimmers of doubt flicker


Fade out and disappear




But Jane that is a luxury


There are those of little faith it seems


And they beg for truth like charity


And I see them on every street corner




They are holding out one righteous hand


While the other leads the marching band


In the shadow hymn of the scratchman


Heed the message, kill the messenger




Jane I heard you found love


Wriggling up from the mud


On the shores of Granville


But Jane in the wink of an eye


The naysayers fly


Like hounds at your heels




Jane they'll whisper your name


And you won't feel the chains


And you won't see the moss


Oh, Jane there's an art to the game


The aesthetics of love


The athletics of loss




Sometimes someone drifts by


And our nets get entwined in the sea


And in time I might find


They still mean something to me




But Jane that is a luxury


There are those of little faith in me


And they pull me down like gravity


And I see them on every street corner




They are masters in the sleight of hand


They are dancers and they step so grand


To the shibboleth of Shadowland


Heed the message, kill the messenger





cheers~

Jeremy





 





 



-----Original Message-----

From: orchidbau .com <[email protected]>

To: [email protected]

Sent: Sat, Sep 19, 2009 4:26 am

Subject: shawn colvin













Hi there....



I've very recently really gotten into Shawn Colvin... such interesting

songs. 



Anyway - I know that she had written a song or two about JS and I'm

wondering what the name of the song(s) and the CD's they come from.



Anyone know?



Your assistance greatly appreciated.



-Orchidbau



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