The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #32755 Message #432765
Posted By: Joe Offer
04-Apr-01 - 01:46 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Phoenix (Bill Staines)
Subject: Lyr Add: PHOENIX (Bill Staines)^^
PHOENIX (Bill Staines)
There's a dreamer coming down; He's lighting up the town, A flashing spectacle Of light and love and living. When he falls away, Nothing follows but the day And all the memories Of better times for giving.
Oh, Lord, have mercy on this poor, poor heart; Keep it from the ashes, And teach it how to fly again; Oh, Lord, have mercy on this poor, poor heart.
It's hard to wish upon a star When you see that star is falling; It's hard to hold on to a dream When it comes crashing down; But they fill the empty nights, And the cost ain't much for trying, Just a tear or two To a heart that's known some crying.
Oh, Lord, have mercy on this poor, poor heart; Keep it from the ashes, And teach it how to smile again; Oh, Lord, have mercy on this poor, poor heart.
Look into the night: Another dreamer's taking flight, And he's shining with the stars And all the heavens. Listen to the wind: There's another song beginning, And it's looking for a friend, Someone to sing to.
Oh, Lord, have mercy on this poor, poor heart: Keep it from the ashes, And teach it how to fly again; Oh, Lord, have mercy on this poor, poor heart.
Copyright 1980, Folk-Legacy Records and Mineral River Music From If I Were a Word, Then I'd Be a Song, Songs by Bill Staines, Folk-Legacy Records, 1980.
filename[ PHOENIX JRO Apr01 ^^ Later note added: On the First Million Miles CD, Staines sings "take it from the ashes" in the chorus. In the songbook, it's "keep it from the ashes."