I'd paint the walls bright red with a gun and my head
If I thought it would send me to you
And as our thoughts explode we'll be older than old
And they'll find me in tangles with you
They will find me in tangles with you
And the time will pass slower than you might guess
It's the same nothing has happened to you
You will always be sunlight dappled on leaves
There are things about you I can't recall
There are things about you I can't recall
I'd paint the walls bright red with a gun and my head
If I thought it would send me to you
And as our thoughts explode we'll be older than old
And they'll find me in tangles with you
They will find me in tangles with you


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    Does anyone else listen to Nineteen Forty-Five? They are absolutely incredible, this album means so much...it's so raw and flawed and powerful. This is an explicit, heartbreaking song.

    joemitchell3on September 08, 2007   Link

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