| Ray LaMontagne – Heaven Is a Honky Tonk Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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This is the Austin City Limits version of the song, but there's also live versions which substitute the line "the pushers and the pawns" for "the pussies and the johns". On ACL he describes he was inspired to write this after seeing Townes Van Zandt perform about three months before his death. A few months after that, Johnny Cash died and this song was born. |
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| Iron & Wine – A History of Lovers Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Louise only got from me innocent poetry Although she played to not listen But still I can hear myself speak as if no one else Ever could offer the same Some say she knowingly tasts like a recipe Although so foolish and willing I said Babe I can picture you bend as if wanting to Bow as the curtain went down Coddle some men, they’ll remember you bitterly Fuck ‘em, they’ll come back for more I asked my Louise would she leave and so cripple me Then came a knock at the door “I came for my woman,” he came with a razor blade Bound like us all for the ocean I hope that she’s happy I’m blamed for the death of The man who would take her from me Some they saw in me innocent poetry Some, some they’ll never be certain But still it’s been written, a history of lovers Given and taken in ink Coddle some men, they’ll remember you fittingly Cut ‘em, they’ll come back for more I asked my Louise would she leave and so cripple me Then came the knock at the door Louise came to rescue me; listen, the irony: Blood made her heart change its beating I hope that she’s happy I’m blamed for the death of The man she found better than me |
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