digger man lay your spade down
i think that i might stick around
and why, watch the colours as they fade

from pawnshop shees to balcony's
we'll parafrase eternities
and all the institutions of decay

and i'm still be coming/calling
as the daylight's drumming
and the feeling fades away

and the bells are jamming
and the heights of diamond
as i'm trying to find my way

silently your secrets crawled
on paper cranes and bathroom walls
but no-one is ever dead.....

she held me like a sinking stone
the one you wish you'd never thrown
but it is too late
too late to dry my out

cause your touch still lingers
on my shaky fingers
as the feeling fades away

but the bells are jamming
and the heights of diamond
and i'm trying to find my wayayay

and it's sundown on the western sea
this one sinks an infomy?
and i watch you watch me
while i walk away

it's pale light on the patio
where lepers leep and whispers blow
and everyone seeks someone to betray

and my load starts beating
but i might be dreaming
as the feeling fades away

but the bells are jamming
and the heights of diamond
as i'm trying to find my wayayay


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    this is the right version...

    "Digger man lay your spade down I think that i might stick around awhile and watch the colors as they fade

    From pawn shop sheets to balconies we'll paraphrase eternities and all the institutions of decay

    And i'm still becoming as the daylight's drumming and the feeling fades away

    And the bells are chiming in the heights of diamond as i'm trying to find my way

    And silently your secrets scrawled on paper cranes and bathroom walls but no one's ever dared figure you out

    So you held me like a sinking stone the one you wish you'd never thrown but it's too late, it's too late to dry me out

    Cause your touch still lingers on my shaky fingers as the feeling fades away

    But the bells are chiming in the heights of diamond and i'm trying to find my way

    And it's sun down on the western sea and this one sinks in infamy and i watch you watch me while i walk away

    And it's pale light on the patio where lepers leap and whispers blow and everyone seeks someone to betray

    And my load stars beaming but i might be dreaming as the feeling fades away

    But the bells are chiming in the heights of diamond as i'm trying to find my way"

    floigy2on October 10, 2009   Link

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