Singers and the Endless Song-Iron & Wine

[ti:Singers and the Endless Song] [ar:Iron & Wine] [al:Ghost On Ghost] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Singers and the Endless Song - Iron & Wine [00:17.96]When we all ran back into the briars [00:20.49]We told our children about the foreign shore [00:23.40]When we threw our boots into the fire [00:26.01]We told them all about the tug of war [00:28.90]Gonna tell them about the seed and the shovel [00:31.49]About the prison and the promised land [00:34.35]Gonna tell them about the dream of the devil [00:36.97]About the hurting and the healing hand that hand [00:49.80]Cause the music never lasts too long [00:52.44]For the singers and the endless song [01:00.71]When we held our words up in the mirror [01:03.31]We told our children how to hold their tongues [01:06.06]When we held our heads beneath the river [01:08.83]We told them all about the iron lung [01:11.68]Gonna tell them about the sins of the father [01:14.43]About the junkie and the jubilee [01:17.12]Gonna tell them about the roots in the water [01:19.92]About the killing in the quiet line of trees [01:32.49]Cause the music never lasts too long [01:35.20]For the singers and the endless song [01:43.50]All our morning kisses in the covers [01:46.01]And told our children what 'worthy' means [01:48.77]And then you wrapped your arms around another [01:51.55]And told them what was worth a pile of beans [01:54.46]Gonna tell them about the call of the ocean [01:57.14]About the singers and the endless song [01:59.97]Gonna tell them about the body [02:01.29]And the motion [02:02.70]And how the music never lasts too long too long [02:15.47]Cause the music never lasts too long [02:18.13]For the singers and the endless song [02:20.67]About the low lit alley [02:21.80]And the wedding bed [02:22.98]About the first born sucker [02:24.02]And the spider's web [02:26.35]Cause the music never lasts too long [02:29.24]For the singers and the endless song [02:31.77]About the mind and the muscle [02:32.97]And the weary mile [02:34.08]About the heart and the hustle [02:35.34]And the empty sky [02:37.40]Cause the music never lasts too long [02:40.27]For the singers and the endless song [02:42.79]About the tangled up truth in the perfect teeth [02:45.06]About the pilgrim and the picking [02:46.29]Through the chaff and wheat [02:48.49]Cause the music never lasts too long [02:51.22]For the singers and the endless song [02:53.91]About the butterfly kiss [02:54.68]And the call for blood [02:56.09]About the pig and the preacher [02:57.27]And the holy mud [02:59.44]Cause the music never lasts too long [03:02.35]For the singers and the endless song [03:04.77]About the breeze in the summer [03:05.98]And the nose will know [03:07.00]About the sleep through the winter [03:08.24]When the cold wind blows [03:10.40]Cause the music never lasts too long [03:13.26]For the singers and the endless song [03:15.84]About the lame duck lion [03:16.92]And the thorny crown [03:17.99]About the proud punk mule [03:19.08]And the heavy plow [03:21.43]Cause the music never lasts too long [03:23.97]For the singers and the endless song [03:26.62]About the sunburned belly [03:27.47]And the mother's moon [03:28.97]About the end of the music coming way too soon