When all the star gazes bloomAnd throw their stars around the roomI was waiting for the dayFor you to love me When all the elements conspireWith shiny things that catch the eyeI was waiting for the dayFor you to love me Precious precious thingYou are the thought that makes me singWanna leave all my possessionsIt’s […]
Category Archives: Bic Runga
Counting The Days
Counting the days on the calendarStrange how they bleed into each otherAll that I need Is a day with youPencil me in on your SaturdayTaking my leaveShould I be waylaid please wait for me On a day with you Maybe for now an hour will doRemember my dear this time last yearThe sunsets were late […]
She Left On A Monday
She left on a MondayShe’s a siren down the roadIn your herringbone overcoatThat you don’t expect to get back And it’s an ordinary skyToday’s like any other dayWhen all of the aeroplanes Write her name in the clouds And nothing’s wrongBut it’s already SundayAnd you know just how SundayWas the day that she would come […]
All Fall Down
Daylight Let it stir youLet it kiss the sleep out from your eyesFeel this weight nowLift into the skyOn and on and onOn and on and on CradleSo deeplySo sleeply when I close my eyesSprinkle morningAll over you and IOn and on and onOn and on and on Sleep tonightDrains into a morningLet it feel […]
Gravity
If gravity let us goWe would all go flyingAnd I’ll meet you somewhere in the milky nightAway past the satellites The breeze is dressed so lightlyAnd it breathes onto this fire escapeWhere all our secrets melt like iceLeaving only water Night will close us downAnd change the viewAnd I’ll promise you what I canI forget […]
Something Good
Just wanna know yaJust wanna talk to yaI wanna hear about your dayI’d never leave yaNever be mean to yaI’d always let you get your way Something good will come our wayAnd maybe this good thing’s gonna happen today If I were honest I ‘d tell you everythingBut it keeps coming out as liesIt’s not […]
Gracie
Gracie takes the bottles from the porch where you have left them There are age old dregs of wine you never shared Drivin’ down the motorway with all the best intentions She’s a picture of perfection with her cotton colored hair But its you she thinks of in the hours while she’s awake She takes […]
Get Some Sleep
From here to there to everywhereAnd back to Union SquareWhere do I get some sleep?Anywhere the sleep dust lies It decorates your eyesWhere do I get some sleep? Stranded in JuneWhistling the same old tuneBut I do believe I might be having funI believe I might be having funI’mpeccably dressed in your second hand vestWe […]