Riding the nightingale
by Mark Lanegan
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Dyin´ mama barely breathin´ in a bed of nails
To wander through the ruin smokin´ and pale
Came upon an angel and a nightingale
Back where the darkness comes
Between the earth and skies above
Dead weight on my body´s bones
I think I dug too deep a hole
Think I dug too deep
a hole
Better run for cover babe you better hide
Don´t do no good to wait til time decides
Time decides
Time
Time
I need a little more time
Riding on my nightingale
So many years to, to ride
Hiding on my nightingale, around my heart
Climbing down the stairs at last
I wouldn´t touch me right
You´re too proud and I´m too scared
And I´m neither here nor there
It´s only fear
Well open up the doors
And let me breathe that air
Better run for cover babe you better hide
Just don´t do to wait til time decides
Time decides
Time
Time
I need a little more time
Mama I´m gonna cry now
Cry, I´m gonna cry now
Oh you´re makin´ me cry now
Cry, I´m gonna cry now
Oh, no, no, no, no, no
I´m gonna cry
Cry
I´m gonna die cryin´
Better run for cover babe you´d better hide
Just don´t to wait til time decides
Tied around my nightingale
So many years to, to hide
Fly my nightingale
Around my heart
Who´s riding on my nightingale [7x]
To wander through the ruin smokin´ and pale
Came upon an angel and a nightingale
Back where the darkness comes
Between the earth and skies above
Dead weight on my body´s bones
I think I dug too deep a hole
Think I dug too deep
a hole
Better run for cover babe you better hide
Don´t do no good to wait til time decides
Time decides
Time
Time
I need a little more time
Riding on my nightingale
So many years to, to ride
Hiding on my nightingale, around my heart
Climbing down the stairs at last
I wouldn´t touch me right
You´re too proud and I´m too scared
And I´m neither here nor there
It´s only fear
Well open up the doors
And let me breathe that air
Better run for cover babe you better hide
Just don´t do to wait til time decides
Time decides
Time
Time
I need a little more time
Mama I´m gonna cry now
Cry, I´m gonna cry now
Oh you´re makin´ me cry now
Cry, I´m gonna cry now
Oh, no, no, no, no, no
I´m gonna cry
Cry
I´m gonna die cryin´
Better run for cover babe you´d better hide
Just don´t to wait til time decides
Tied around my nightingale
So many years to, to hide
Fly my nightingale
Around my heart
Who´s riding on my nightingale [7x]