History Book (Live at Lightship95)-Dry the River

[ti:History Book(live版)] [ar:Dry the River] [al:Shallow Bed (Deluxe Version)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]History Book (Live at Lightship95) - Dry the River [00:18.35]Like faithful oxen through the chalk [00:24.07]With dragging tails of history walk [00:27.70]Soon confuse the compass and the cross [00:33.89] [00:35.98]Carefully and cursively fill [00:41.08]We our travelling diaries with loss [00:45.63] [00:53.60]Beneath an angry Bible flood [00:58.91]Did you and I first learn to love [01:03.22]In my father's car we came to know [01:10.24]And shivered in our painted clothes [01:14.80]And paired like every animal below [01:21.73] [01:27.49]Heavy As as a history book can be [01:31.30]I will carry it with me oh Lord [01:38.41] [01:43.30]Maybe And when the bitterness has gone [01:47.10]There'll be sweetness on our tongues once more [01:53.74] [01:59.85]Barefoot in a rowing boat [02:04.56]You lose your shoes and freeze your toes [02:08.05]And say I wear my sorrow like a crown [02:15.02]And throw your arms around my head [02:19.90]And see it there in gold and red and brown [02:27.95] [02:29.78]Heavy As as a history book can be [02:34.04]I will carry it with me oh Lord [02:45.33]Maybe And when the bitterness has gone [02:49.39]There'll be sweetness on our tongues once more [02:56.60] [03:01.29]We'll soon forget our parents' names [03:08.19] [03:08.73]Like dogs will drive the wolves away [03:15.15] [03:16.42]And weep with fingertips opposed [03:21.84]A Like church where nobody congregates [03:27.24] [03:32.49]But sweetness sings in the pasture [03:36.10]We throw ourselves on the mercy of the earth [03:40.19]If sand and salt have the answer [03:43.56]Then the act itself will be louder than the word [03:47.68]And I'll be on your side [03:49.53]And I'll be on your side [03:55.24] [03:56.79]And I'll be on your side