Rufus Wainwright

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I don't want to make it rain
I just want to make it simple
I don't want to see the light
I just want to see the flashlight
I don't want to know the answers
To any of your questions
I don't want, no I really don't want
To be John Lennon or Leonard Cohen
I just want to be my Dad
With a slight sprinkling of my mother
And work at the family store
And take orders from the counter
I don't want to know the answers
To any of your questions
I don't want, no I really don't want
To be John Lithgow or Jane Curtain
But I'll settle for love
Yeah, I'll settle for love

Before I reached the gate
I realized I had packed my passport
Before security realized
I had one more bag left
I just want to know
If something's coming for to get me
Tell me, will you make me sad or happy
And will you settle for love
Will you settle for love

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blueandstarry On Apr 09, 2004

Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen cover)

Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk

Across the Universe (The Beatles cover)

La Complainte de la Butte

Gay Messiah

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by rufusworshipper

21y ago

this song is about being content on having the simple things in life

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by myr

19y ago

I think its interesting that he says he doent want to be Leonard Cohen or John Lennon, both of whom have songs hes covered.

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