A Running Start Sufjan Stevens

If I imagine myself peaceful On the fire escape Head first, my hands inside my T-shirt, as we run away So now we have a running start My body moves in mystic ways I cross my arms to shield my heart

My Red Little Fox Sufjan Stevens

til it’s lost Drinking words within That spin down Pentecost Kiss me with the fire of gods Just say what you want Say it out within Without that funny little cough Simple minded, simple talk Don’t start

Will Anybody Ever Love Me? Sufjan Stevens

Chase away my heart and heartache Run me over, throw me over, cast me out Find a river running to the west wind Just above the shoreline You will see a cloud Tie me to a tiny wooden raft Burn my body

Eugene Sufjan Stevens

remember I pulled at your shirt I dropped the ashtray on the floor I just wanted to be near you Emerald Park, wonders never cease The man who taught me to swim, he couldn't quite say my first name Like a

Flint (For The Unemployed And Underpaid) Sufjan Stevens

It\'s the same outside Driving to the riverside I pretend to cry Even if I cried alone I forgot the start Use my hands to use my heart Even if I died alone Even if I died alone Since the first

The Dress Looks Nice On You Sufjan Stevens

I can see a lot of life in you I can see a lot of bright in you And I think the dress looks nice on you I can see a lot of life in you I can see a bed and make it too I can see a fireside turn blue And

There's A World Sufjan Stevens

There’s a world you’re living in No one else has your part All God’s children in the wind Take it in and blow real hard Look around it, have you found it?

The Transfiguration Sufjan Stevens

word of what he should accomplish on the day Then Peter spoke, to make of them a tabernacle place A cloud appeared in glory as an accolade They fell on the ground A voice arrived, the voice of God The

Happy Birthday Sufjan Stevens

Like the lantern on a tree Your burden bright as weary be Periwig on parakeet You're God's great paramour and sweet I'm happy, I'm happy Your birthday brings a pardoning I'm happy, I'm happy You're

Sister Sufjan Stevens

What the water wants is hurricanes And sailboats to ride on its back What the water wants is sun kiss And land to run into and back I have a fish stone burning my elbow Reminding me to know that I'm glad

Should Have Known Better Sufjan Stevens

I should have known better To see what I could see My black shroud Holding down my feelings A pillar for my enemies I should have wrote a letter And grieve what I happen to grieve My black shroud I never

to be alone with you Sufjan Stevens

back again In the rest of the room To be alone With you To be alone With you To be alone with you To be alone with you You gave your body to the lonely They took your clothes You gave up a

In The Devil's Territory Sufjan Stevens

Be still and know your sign The beast will arrive in time We stayed a long, long time We stayed a long, long time To see you To beat you To see you At last I saw the dragons drying I saw the witches whine

Javelin (To Have And To Hold) Sufjan Stevens

Searching through snow For the javelin I had not Meant to throw right at you For if it had hit its mark There’d be blood in the place Where you stood It’s a terrible thought To have and hold It’s a

John My Beloved Sufjan Stevens

I am a man with a heart that offends With its lonely and greedy demands There’s only a shadow of me; in a matter of speaking, I'm dead [Verse 2] Such a waste, your beautiful face Stumbling carpet arise

Drawn to the Blood Sufjan Stevens

I’m drawn to the blood The flight of a one-winged dove How? How did this happen? How? How did this happen? The strength of his arm My lover caught me off guard How? Head of a rabbit How?

Carrie & Lowell Sufjan Stevens

3, 4 Carrie and Lowell Such a long time ago Like a dead horse Meadowlark, drive your arrow Season of hope (after the flood) Valentine, spurn my sorrow Head on the floorboards (covered in blood) Drunk as

Everything That Rises Sufjan Stevens

Can you lift me up to a higher place?

Seven Swans Sufjan Stevens

We didn't sleep too late There was a fire in the yard All of the tress were in light They had no faces to show I saw a sign in the sky Seven swans, seven swans, seven swans I heard a voice in my mind I

So You Are Tired Sufjan Stevens

So you are tired of us So rest your head Turning back fourteen years Of what I did and said So you are breathing disaster I did what I was told But I was a man born invisible Was it something I said

All The Trees Of The Field Will Clap Their Hands Sufjan Stevens

And mine is about as good this far And I'm still applied to what you are And I am joining all my thoughts to you And I'm preparing every part for you And I heard from the trees a great parade And I heard

Size Too Small Sufjan Stevens

I was the best man in a size too small You were my best friend, going at it all And what if I put off my inheritance? Where is the best man?

No Shade in the Shadow of The Cross Sufjan Stevens

Now that I fell into your arms My only lover Give out to give in I search for the capsule I lost Drag me to hell in the valley of The Dalles Like my mother Give wings to a stone It’s only the shadow of

Free Man In Paris Sufjan Stevens

Everybody's in it for their own gain You can't please 'em all There's always somebody calling you down I do my best And I do good business There's a lot of people asking for my time They're trying

Death With Dignity Sufjan Stevens

Spirit of my silence I can hear you But I’m afraid to be near you And I don’t know where to begin And I don’t know where to begin Somewhere in the desert there’s a forest And an acre before us But I don

Genuflecting Ghost Sufjan Stevens

Give myself as a sacrifice Genuflecting ghost I kiss the floor Rise, my love, show me paradise Nothing seems so simple anymore Rest assured, words come easy Insecure, love and please me Sacred word,

Fourth of July Sufjan Stevens

The evil it spread like a fever ahead It was night when you died my firefly What could I have said to raise you from the dead Oh could I be the sky on the Fourth of July Well you do enough talk My little

The Only Thing Sufjan Stevens

jack knife into the canyon at night Signs and wonders, Perseus aligned with the skull Slain Medusa, Pegasus alight from us all Do I care if I survive this, bury the dead where they're found In a

A Good Man Is Hard To Find Sufjan Stevens

backyard, she was once like me She was once like me Twice when I killed them, they were once at peace They were once like me Hold to your gun, man and put off all your peace Put off all the beast Paid a

Goodbye Evergreen Sufjan Stevens

release my scattered brain My enemy Something just isn’t right I cut from the inside I’m frightened of the end I’m drowning in my self-defense Now punish me Think of me as what you will I grow like a

Shit Talk Sufjan Stevens

No more fighting No more talking shit Do as I say not as I give up Not as I’ve failed to live In the future there will be A terrible cost For all that we’ve left undone Deliver me from everything I’

All Of Me Wants All Of You Sufjan Stevens

your shadow with my shoe Empty outline changed my view Now all of me thinks less of you On the sheet, I see your horizon All of me pressed onto you But in this light, you look like Poseidon I’m just a

The Predatory Wasp of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us Sufjan Stevens

floor Wearing three layers of coats and leg warmers I see my own breath on the face of the door Oh I am not quite sleeping Oh I am fast in bed There on the wall in the bedroom creeping I see a

He Woke Me Up Again Sufjan Stevens

He was, he was in the churchyardMy father was in the first partHe came, he came to my bedroomBut I was asleepAnd he woke me up again to say...Halle, halle, hallelujahHoly, holy is the soundAnd I ho...

Blue Bucket of Gold Sufjan Stevens

1, 2, 3OoooMy blue bucket of goldFriend, why don’t you love me?Once the myth has been toldThe lens deforms it as lightningRaise your right handTell me you want me in your lifeOr raise your red flag...

Give Me Your Heart Tonight Shakin' Stevens

Cause I'm not waiting for a secret I don't want to hear a lie. Don't want the promise of tomorrow Give me your heart tonight.

Focus Ring Denison Witmer, Sufjan Stevens

Anything at all Anything at all you need Do you live your life in the center of a crowd? Do you stand off to the side just to watch how things play out?

Once Upon A Poolside (feat. Sufjan Stevens) The National

Don't make this any harder Everybody's waiting Walk-on's almost over Teenagers on ice Try to keep my distance Talking of forgiveness Once upon a poolside Underneath the lights What was the worried thing

The Seer\'s Tower Rosie Thomas & Sufjan Stevens

In the tower above the earth There is a view that reaches far Where we see the universe I see the fire, I see the end Seven miles above the earth There is Emmanuel of mothers With his sword, with

Changes IV Cat Stevens

Don't you feel a change a coming From another side of time Breaking down the walls of silence Lifting shadows from your mind Placing back the missing mirrors That before you couldn't find Filling

Bitterblue Cat Stevens

I gave my last chance to you Don't hand it back to me bitterblue No bitterblue Yes, I've done all one man can do Don't pass me up oh bitterblue My bitterblue Cause I've been running a long time

You Drive Me Crazy Shakin' Stevens

And when Im looking in those big blue eyes, I start afloating round in paradise, You drive me crazy, you drive me crazy.

Everytime I Dream Cat Stevens

Every time I dream I keep seeing, Streets and alleyways, places that I've never known, Every time I dream I am being, Lifted to a height, that I too frightened to go, Then I wake up and find everything's

Treat Her Right Shakin' Stevens

I wanna tell you a story Every man oughta know If you want a little lovin You gotta start real slow She's gonna love you tonight now If you just treat her right now Squeeze her real gentle Gotta make her

I Got The Money Rachel Stevens

Yeah You got the time, I got the money We'll have it all and just be happy Oh-oh Yeah You got the time, I got the money We'll have it all and just be happy Wishin' on a star's no good Would

Daytime Cat Stevens

in the daytime time for celebration no use looking down if it's over here it's a world a new creation and the golden light of the morning makes it easy to comb your hair and the love of a child it's the

A Bad Night Cat Stevens

Baby, you're cool And even though you've never been to school I know you're fine but then you change your mind Then you start on driftin' and fall on behind You've been my girl You've been mine all of

Don't She Look Good Shakin' Stevens

Well, now don't she look good When her hips start to shake You know you're in the right place There ain't no mistake And don't she look fine when she gives you the sign For you to come on over and have

Katmandu Cat Stevens

Chop me some broken wood - we'll start a fire white warm, light the dawn and help me see, old Satan's tree Katmandu, I'll soon be seeing you and your strange - bewildering time will hold me down.

Here, There And Everywhere John Stevens

Here, making each day of the year Changing my life with a wave of her hand Nobody can deny that there's something there There, running my hands through her hair Both of us thinking how good it can