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"Can I Forgive Him (602) Lyrics"
Falling Lyrics
You won't regret falling The bruises you get falling Will all fade away Don't analyze falling Don't try being wise falling Forget all your plans They're out of your hands You're falling, falling, falling Blindly you go falling The last one to know you're falling You suddenly see There's no way to f
You won't regret falling The bruises you get falling Will all fade away Don't analyze falling Don't try being wise falling Forget all your plans They're out of your hands You're falling, falling, falling Blindly you go falling The last one to know you're falling You suddenly see There's no way to f
ESMERALDA
I am Esmeralda Agrn, Seora.
I know I've no right to speak.
My son is not the savage boy you see,
The cape, the sneer, the slicked-back hair
It hides the child I nursed and bathed,
Seora.
Please don't turn your eyes from me
Your son, gone to God, and mine to blame
My fated son,
He too is gone
The state will see to that, I am sure,
Seora
The state will see to that, I am sure.
1ST MOTHER
You Spanish people, you come to this country
Nothing here changes your lives
Wreckage Lyrics
The fussing, the fighting, were always playing Like we think weve got something to say And were always holding out our fingers and mouths Waiting to be put in our place Somethings gonna break, I know its gonna break I know its gonna break in two Someones gonna hurt, I know theyre gonna hurt And better off me than you
Ungrateful immigrants asking for pity
When all of your answers are knives
This city makes a cartoon of a crime
Capes and umbrellas the glorification of
slime
I have to face this horror, Seora.
2ND MOTHER
My religion
Asks me to pray for the murderer's soul
But I think you'd have to be
Jesus on the cross
To open your heart after such a loss
Can I forgive him?
Can I forgive him?
No, I cannot
Can I forgive him
No, I cannot
Friends become strangers<
The fussing, the fighting, were always playing Like we think weve got something to say And were always holding out our fingers and mouths Waiting to be put in our place Somethings gonna break, I know its gonna break I know its gonna break in two Someones gonna hurt, I know theyre gonna hurt And better off me than you
Ungrateful immigrants asking for pity
When all of your answers are knives
This city makes a cartoon of a crime
Capes and umbrellas the glorification of
slime
I have to face this horror, Seora.
2ND MOTHER
My religion
Asks me to pray for the murderer's soul
But I think you'd have to be
Jesus on the cross
To open your heart after such a loss
Can I forgive him?
Can I forgive him?
No, I cannot
Can I forgive him
No, I cannot
Friends become strangers<
Fisted and Forgotten Lyrics
Place those eyes that burn on my lap. I can't grit my teeth without you. Do you believe me? Let me breath. I will never throw that place away. Never stop hitting the ground, pound your fists into the ground. Try to breath. Hear the tick tock making me sweat. Blood starts to clog my pores. How do you like it? Is it better than
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Compassion is hard to express in words
The trembling flowers they bring
Fear in the roots and the stem
What happened to me they know could happen
to them.
Can I forgive him
No, I cannot
Can I forgive him
No
ESMERALDA
Only God can say 'Forgive'
His son too received a knife
But we go on, we have to live
With this cross we call our life
1ST MOTHER
Feels like a bomb fell
And wave after wave come the aftershocks
2ND MOTHER
The Harness Lyrics
Will the rose in all their learning Turning brightness to day Spur the horns of discerning Scout the world along the way And in their firm terms of warning They return to the sea And at the first sign of morning They beat on his disease So they wail As their lies warn them
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You can't believe that it's true
There must be some mistake
You drift through this nightmare from which
you can't wake
BOTH MOTHERS
Can I forgive him?
Can I forgive him,
No, I cannot
Can I forgive him?
Can I forgive him, no, I cannot
Can I forgive him?
Can I forgive him, no, I cannot
Can I forgive him
No, I cannot.
Lead Vocal, Acoustic Guitar-Paul Simon
Recorded at Paul Simon's home
Place those eyes that burn on my lap. I can't grit my teeth without you. Do you believe me? Let me breath. I will never throw that place away. Never stop hitting the ground, pound your fists into the ground. Try to breath. Hear the tick tock making me sweat. Blood starts to clog my pores. How do you like it? Is it better than
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Compassion is hard to express in words
The trembling flowers they bring
Fear in the roots and the stem
What happened to me they know could happen
to them.
Can I forgive him
No, I cannot
Can I forgive him
No
ESMERALDA
Only God can say 'Forgive'
His son too received a knife
But we go on, we have to live
With this cross we call our life
1ST MOTHER
Feels like a bomb fell
And wave after wave come the aftershocks
2ND MOTHER
The Harness Lyrics
Will the rose in all their learning Turning brightness to day Spur the horns of discerning Scout the world along the way And in their firm terms of warning They return to the sea And at the first sign of morning They beat on his disease So they wail As their lies warn them
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You can't believe that it's true
There must be some mistake
You drift through this nightmare from which
you can't wake
BOTH MOTHERS
Can I forgive him?
Can I forgive him,
No, I cannot
Can I forgive him?
Can I forgive him, no, I cannot
Can I forgive him?
Can I forgive him, no, I cannot
Can I forgive him
No, I cannot.
Lead Vocal, Acoustic Guitar-Paul Simon
Recorded at Paul Simon's home