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The Things I Say Lyrics
If I have the space of half a day
I'm ashamed of half the things I say
I'm ashamed to have turned out this way
And I desire to make amends
But it don't make no difference, now
And no one's listening, anyhow
And lists of sins and solemn vows
Don't make you any friends
There's an old trick played
When the light and the wine conspire
To make me think I'm fine
I'm not, but I have got half a mind
To maybe get there, yet
When the sky goes pink in Paris, France
Do you think of the girl who used to dance
When you'd frame her moving within your hands
Saying this I won't forget?
What happened to the man you were
When you loved somebody before her?
Did he die?
Or does that man endure, somewhere far away?
Our lived come easy and our lives come hard
We carry them like a pack of cards
Some we don't use, but we don't discard
But keep for a rainy day
I'm ashamed of half the things I say
I'm ashamed to have turned out this way
And I desire to make amends
And no one's listening, anyhow
And lists of sins and solemn vows
Don't make you any friends
When the light and the wine conspire
To make me think I'm fine
I'm not, but I have got half a mind
To maybe get there, yet
Do you think of the girl who used to dance
When you'd frame her moving within your hands
Saying this I won't forget?
When you loved somebody before her?
Did he die?
Or does that man endure, somewhere far away?
We carry them like a pack of cards
Some we don't use, but we don't discard
But keep for a rainy day
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This is my favorite song on the record. Just so simple and beautiful. Pretty much a perfect song.
Buddhism, reincarnation does not necessarily mean being reborn after death but in our lifetime we can live many lives. She addresses this when she asks what happened to the man you were when you loved somebody before her. He didn’t literally die he just became a different person as we all do all the time. Sorry this comment is so brief I just had to sketch a few thoughts down since I’m only on my first listen and it takes a lot more than that to get anywhere near the meanings in her songs they are so wonderfully dense and complex