Words-Lucinda Williams

[ti:Words] [ar:Lucinda Williams] [al:West] [by:] [offset:0] [00:28.34]I would rather suffer sweet [00:31.99]Silent solitude [00:34.05]Deathly defiant from drowning out [00:39.42]Filthy sounds stumbling [00:42.16]Ugly and cruel [00:45.29]Between the lips of your [00:48.22]Beautiful mouth [00:49.71] [00:50.70]Deep down within me words [00:53.88]Move in phases [00:56.37]Frozen and still [00:59.06]Until they decide [01:01.06] [01:01.94]To melt and drip over [01:05.68]The pages [01:07.42]Until that moment [01:09.61] [01:10.24]They live inside [01:13.04]My words enjoy the [01:15.53]Feel of the paper [01:18.59]Better than me [01:20.57]Lay with your consonants [01:23.44] [01:24.07]Once they get going [01:26.50]They never waver [01:28.99] [01:29.68]And they slip in between your if [01:32.99]Ands and buts [01:35.11] [01:56.82]When my words are [01:58.57]Hiding between the lines [02:03.00]Then i'm afraid they [02:05.37]Won't hear me call [02:08.56]What if they fail me [02:11.05]Without a sign [02:13.49] [02:14.11]What if they hardly [02:16.73]Surface at all [02:18.91] [02:19.60]Screaming and throwing [02:22.03]Your weight around [02:25.09]My words choose [02:26.31]Knowledge over politics [02:29.87] [02:30.68]You can't kill my words [02:33.83]They know no bounds [02:36.19]My words are strong and [02:37.69]They don't make me sick [02:41.87]They still remain my [02:44.68]Only companion [02:47.36]Boiling truth to the [02:50.54]Very end [02:53.04]They'll never ever [02:55.03]Completely abandon [02:58.59]Ever give up the paper [03:01.65]And the pen