Once I Was
once i was a soldier
and i fought on foreign sands for you
once i was a hunter
and i brought home fresh meat for you
once i was a lover
and i searched behind your eyes for you
and soon there'll be another
to tell you i was just a lie
and sometimes i wonder
just for a while
will you remember me
and though you have forgotten
all of our rubbish dreams
i find myself searching
through the ashes of our ruins
for the days when we smiled
and the hours that ran wild
with the magic of our eyes
and the silence of our words
and sometimes i wonder
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song performed by Jeff Buckley
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Despite The Tears (feat. Seedy Arkestra)
he found a letter from his lover
she said she's never coming home
his things were lying on her doorstep
and his tears, they fell like rain
and in his mind, he knew
he'd love her always
despite the tears
and in this town where few knew love
he'd spend his nights all alone, crying
and all the love he'd once shared with her
was gone, long, long, long gone
and he knew a part of him was dying
and in his mind
he knew he'd love her always
despite the tears
don't cry, don't cry, don't cry
lover we tried, we tried, we tried
and in his mind he knew he'd love her always
despite the tears
song performed by Jeff Buckley
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Calling You
(b.telson/j.steele)
Originally performed by jevetta steele. jeff performed it live with gods and monsters (the group formed by him and gary lucas) at the knitting factory, new york, on august 15 1992.
A desert road from vegas to nowhere
Some place better than where youve been
A coffee machine that needs some fixing
In a little caf just around the bend
I am calling you
Cant you hear me
I am calling you
A hot dry wind blows right thru me
The babys crying and cant sleep
But we both know a change is coming
Coming closer sweet release
I am calling you
I know you hear me
I am calling you oh
song performed by Jeff Buckley
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Strange Fruit
(l.allen)
Originally performed by billie holiday. jeff performed it live on air at kcrws man in the moon, on january 1994.
Southern trees bear strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.
Pastoral scene of the gallant south
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.
Here is fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop
Here is a strange and bitter crop.
song performed by Jeff Buckley
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Corpus Christi Carol
He bear her off, he bear her down
He bear her into an orchard ground
Lu li lu lay lu li lu lay
The falcon hath bourne my mate away
And in this orchard there was a hold
That was hanged with purple and gold
And in that hold there was a bed
And it was hanged with gold so red
Lu li lu lay lu li lu lay
The falcon hath bourne my mate away
And on this bed there lyeth a knight
His wound is bleeding day and night
By his bedside kneeleth a maid
And she weepeth both night and day
Lu li lu lay lu li lu lay
The falcon hath bourne my mate away
By his bedside standeth a stone
Corpus christi written thereon
song performed by Jeff Buckley
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Opened Once
(j.buckley)
I once was open, and one with a travelling heart.
I loved this sweet guy.
Just like a fiction rushing in your riverbed,
Arise like applause in my head.
And in the half-light, where we both stand
This is the half-light, see me as I am.
Just like the ocean, always in love with the moon,
Its overflowing now, inside you.
We fly right over the minds of so many in pain
We are the smile of light that brings them rain.
In the half-light, where we both stand
In the half-light, you saw me as I am.
I am a railroad track abandoned
With the sunset fogetting I ever happened,
That I ever happened.
song performed by Jeff Buckley
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Be Your Husband
be your husband if you'll be my wife
be your husband if you'll be my wife
stick to the promise that you made me
you've gotta stick to the promise that you made me
stay away from johnny lee
ooh daddy gotta love me good
ooh daddy gotta love me good
ooh daddy gotta love me good
if you want me to, i'll cook and sew
if you want me to, i'll cook and sew
if you want me to, i'll cook and sew
don't you treat me so doggone mean
please don't treat me so doggone mean
cuz you're the meanest man i've ever seen
oh daddy love me good yeah
oh daddy love me good yeah
oh daddy now love me good
oh daddy now love me good
song performed by Jeff Buckley
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Curtains
(e.john/b.taupin)
Originally performed by elton john. jeff performed it live at mercury lounge, new york, on december 31 1995.
I used to know this old scarecrow
He was my song
My joy and sorrow
Cast alone between the furrows
Of a field no longer sown by anyone
I held a dandelion
That said the time had come
To leave upon the wind
Not to return
When summer burned the earth again
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh...
Cultivate the freshest flower
This garden ever grew
Beneath these branches
I once wrote such childish words for you
But thats okay
Theres treasure children always seek to find
And just like us
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song performed by Jeff Buckley
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I Know We Could Be So Happy Baby (If We Wanted To Be)
There's no easy answer
None to blame or forgive
Two cripples dancing
To the end we live
One last look at the wonder
One last look at the wonder
Oh god i love you
And all of the past we once knew
Some other love becomes you
Whatever else we come to
I know we could be so happy baby
If we wanted to be
I'll sit here and wait
Break out the oldest picture
Hang your ruined letters out to dry
We had a birthplace in common
And seperate beds and lives
I'm not with you but of you
I'm not with you but of you
Oh god i loved you
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song performed by Jeff Buckley
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Thats All I Ask
(h.ott)
Originally performed by nina simone. jeff often performed it live.
Nobody nobody nobody nobody knows
How deep my love for you really goes
Dont try to blow out the sun for me
Im not hopin for what I know cant be
All that I ask is for a smile or two
Nothing in this world could be too good for you
I wouldnt ask you to lift up this great big world
Yes I know youre not that kind of a girl
All I ask is for a kiss each day
Ill give you love that can never blow away
Yes I will
Nobody nobody nobody nobody knows
How deep my love for you really goes
And I want you to know
I wouldnt ask you to hold back the light of dawn
Thats just a little too much to ask of anyone
song performed by Jeff Buckley
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