Once my life was plain and clear
I recall
Once my ignorance was bliss
Nightfall came
Like a serpent's kiss
To my troubled mind

Why... oh why my god...
Have you abandoned me
in my sobriety
Behind the old façade
I'm your bewildered child
So take me cross the river wide

Binding promisses were made
On my soul
Grand illusions lead astray
Ice cold winds swept my heart away
bring me back to you

Why... oh why my god...
Have you abandoned me
in my sobriety
Behind the old façade
I'm your bewildered child
So take me cross the river wide

(Helena)
I remember a song
like in a dream
Where September was long
And winter unreal

Why my God?
Have you abondoned me
in my sobriety
Behind the old façade
I'm your bewildered child
So take me cross the river wide

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Tom Waits Shore leave Lyrics
Between the Buried and Me The Primer Lyrics