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=Ballad Exercise Lyrics - Page #2=

written and performed by Dave Alvin
 * Black-haired Girl **

There’s a black‑haired girl Sittin’ behind the bullet‑proof glass And she takes my money Before I go and pump some gas As the cold rain falls on the parking lot The strip malls and housing tracts I smile at her But she don’t smile back.

Well the black‑haired girl Is starin’ at the gossip magazine And all the glossy pictures Of today’s kings and queens But it’s nearly three a.m. And the whole world is dead, except for her and me And the sound of the rain And the smell of gasoline.

Well that black‑haired girl Looks like a woman I used to know Back in some other world, several lifetimes ago Yeah, we’d lay in her bed Drinkin’ wine and makin’ love And lettin’ time move slow Well we lost touch somehow But that’s just the way things go.

Well that black‑haired girl Catches me lookin’ her way And I feel a little uneasy Maybe there’s something I should say Should I ask her name Or just warn her about all the tricks time can play But I don’t say nothin’ ‘Cause she’s gonna find out anyway.

There’s a black‑haired girl Sittin’ beneath a flourescent light Whatever fate has in store Well I hope that she’ll be alright I hope she finds real love And all her dreams come true Or at least she makes it through tonight Then I drive away as she fades out of sight.

Sinead O'Connor
 * Three Babies **

each of these my three babies I will carry with me for myself I ask no one else will be mother to these three and of course I'm like a wild horse but there's no other way I could be water and feed are not foods that I need for the thing that I've chosen to be

in my soul my blood and my bones I have wrapped your cold bodies around me the face on you the smell of you will always be with me

each of these my three babies I was not willing to leave though I tried I balsphemed and denied I know they will be returned to me each of these my babies have brought you closer to me no longer mad like a horse I'm still wild but not lost from the thing that I've chosen to be

and it's 'cos you've thrilled me silenced me  stilled me  proved things I never believed the face on you the smell of you will always be with me