16 Horsepower - Alone Lyrics
we met in the springtime
when the blossoms unfold
the pastures green
and the meadow gold
our love was in flower
as the summer grew on
her love like the leaves
have all withered and gone
roses have faded
and there’s frost at my door
the bird of the morning
wont sing anymore
the grass in the valley
has started to die
and out in the darkness
the whippoorwill cry

alone and forsaken
by fate and by man
o lord if you hear me
take hold my hand

where has she gone to
where can she be
she may have forsaken
some other like me
she promised to honor
to love and obey
each vow a plaything
she threw away
the darkness has fallen
the sky turns gray
the hound in the distance
has started to bay
i wonder i wonder
what she’s thinking of
forsaken forgotten
without any love

alone and forsaken
by fate and by man
o lord can you hear me
take hold my hand

alone and forsaken
by fate and by man
o lord can you hear me
take hold my hand

alone and forsaken
by fate and by man
o lord can you hear me
take hold my hand

please understand

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16 Horsepower - Blessed Persistence Lyrics
i changed my mind
and looked no better
hard of hart blind blind to his higher art
my frustration
my anger in disguise i slip under
i slip under quiet
he spots me anyhow
chalk up my name
you burn my bridges for me
to a dry and clackin stalk
i swallow stone
they do not recognize inside with them
the locust has no king
just noise and hard language
they talk me over but i fade slower
on fever
blessed persistence right under my skin
blessed persistence
blessed persistence right under my skin
you burn my bridges for me
to a dry and clackin stalk
blessed persistence
nothing comes to mind
nothing comes to mind
nothing comes to mind
nothing comes to mind
hey chalk up my name
right under your skin
to a dry and clackin stalk
nothing comes
nothing comes to mind
nothing comes
nothing comes to mind
nothing comes to mind

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16 Horsepower - Flutter Lyrics
Word by word
She spoke to me
Hidden neath a mess of bygone linnen
She listens as to dry a thousand tongues
My love is thin and thinning
Some cherised flower
Flutters through
Gentleborn beloved you
Kindness always
Kindness always

I hear the sound
The sound she’s left me
I stood her ground
No
They’ve swayed me

I hear the sound
The sound she’s left me
I stood her ground
I hear the sound
The sound she’s left me

Wrapped tight
Inside your shawl
We wander round this dingy hall
Softly spoken
Shaken tree
The ash grove we come to be
The blood run
The blood run away
From arm and leg to a warm heart
All our colors agree
In the dark

But no man lives upon that land
Far enough for us to see
I hear your voice yeah
In the hum of this machine

I hear the sound
The sound you’ve left me
I stood her ground

I hear the sound
The sound she’s left me

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16 Horsepower - Slow Lyrics
Little darling, beautiful
give me the buttons from your dress
climb down from that dirty bed
and I will kiss you, I guess

Never have I felt such a thought
from the wicked side I am taught
In my life I’ve been furfill in my home
Oh I am scared to the bone

Little darling, waitin’ on me
heaven hounds my heart
I came on over to you, girl
an’ well you tore me apart

Yes, I know what it must look like
with my knees knocking like they are
in the streets to the bed I’m looking
girl, get in the car.

Can’t you see the old school on me
The devil and I flirt
go out and back and fetch a hickory switch boy
I’m gonna hit and make it hurt

Come on girl with your basement eye
Come on girl with your judgment nigh,
I’m too cold and young to be left alone
Oh I am scared to the bone

Yes I know what it must look like
With my knees knockin’ like they are
From the streets to the bed, yeh I’m lookin’
Girl, get in the car.

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16 Horsepower - Haw Lyrics
Don’t let your mind do all your walking
Boy you’ll stumble every time
That road I seen the devil stalking
Dealin’ only with the dyin’

Go on let the door hit ‘em
where my hound dog shoulda bit ‘em
Leave him open, leave him there
I don’t care

But baby don’t look down
Keep your, keep your arms around me

Then he showed me how he caught ya
Like a fish upon the line
Slow reelin’ in he brings you closer
Like a poison that takes its time

Roll over little lady
Back and forth and twice around
You’re gonna bleed to get away
There ain’t no other way round

But baby don’t look down
Keep your, keep your arms around me

Hey, hey little baby
There, there little boy
Where, where little angel
Over here my joy

Hey, hey little baby
There, there little girl
Where, where little angel
Over here my pearl

But baby don’t look down
Keep your, keep your arms around me

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16 Horsepower - I seen what I saw Lyrics
i seen ya in your red room laughin’
with your shinin’ coffee can
so many wrongs all kinds a goins on
held my head an ran

but i hid and did a bit more lookin’
saw ya dancin’ on the pine porch creakin’
mouth open an doors down wide
here’s what was inside
i seen what i saw
an these things i do are wrolg, that%s all
an these tales i tales i tell are tall

then i climbed up on the big horse strapin’
put the spur down to blood
he took off 16 horses strong
left me lyin’ in mud
an there i sit until the sun’s up shinin’
yes an black stands my ride
twenty hands high
an watchin’ spookeyed
my hands on his side

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16 Horsepower - Black Soul Live Lyrics
ain’t none ever seen the face of his foe no
he ain’t made of flesh & bone
he’s the one who sits up close beside you
an when he’s there you are alone

every man is evil yes an every man is a liar
an unashamed with the wicked tongues sing
in the black soul choir

yes an no man ever seen the face of my lord no
not since he left his skin
he’s the one you keep cold on the outside girl
he’s at your door let him in

o i will forgive your wrongs
yes i am abel
an for my own i feel great shame
i would offer up a brick to the back of your head boy
if i were cain

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16 Horsepower - Dead Run Lyrics
the devil’s brand is on my bones
an’ from inside the holy ghost groans
sure as shootin’ the undertaker knows
he lays the headstones in endless rows
ye one an’ all we croak like a raven
it’s the dead an’ the dyin’ we’re cravin’
ye one an’ all
follow the man tall
hear his voice
an’ drop to a dead crawl
hey boy
look straight at the sun
to the center you make a dead run
you’re gonna halfta cut off both my hands
i got pride as big as dixie land
i wanna sit where the velvet is red yes an’
where can i lay this apple core?
i wanna drink of the blood that was shed girl
i can’t breathe anymore
ye that’s right she’s waltzin’ out the door
to dandy lions waitin’
ye that’s right she wants more
she’s my lady in waitin’

March 13, 2007 · Posted in 16 Horsepower