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Woman Of Constant Sorrow
03:48
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2. |
Leaves
04:31
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Leaves that have known
The pressure of your feet
Your weight and your women
Your laughter my sweet
Leaves that have blown
Across your beautiful face
And undressed you like winter
And you, you full of grace
When you and I are finally no one
The weight from our hallowed bones
We will run, we will run
When you and I are finally no- one
The weight from our hallowed bones
We will run, we will run
Darling, I remember
You in your sunday best
Your old car yard
Our rusted hearts
Tin cans blowing a din
In the tatters of my autumn dress
How in your arms i was blessed
In a song that only knew us
Only knew the notes of us
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3. |
In The Pines
03:37
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4. |
Finally We Rest
03:37
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I shout it to the stars
I sing blind
And the wound in my heart
Cause the wind to cry
In the darkest night
I will be lost
I'll drink her wine
At the foot of her mountain
Where you lie
You with a heart like mine
You whose heart would beat like mine
I challenge you to love
I challenge you to come now
For the devil tries to tempt you away
But my widowers will
Is you'll stay
And how the dogs bark and howl here at night
You, you would be smiling
They lament for you
And you whose blood is dark like mine
You slept at the foot of her mountain
And drank her wine
I challenge to stay with me
I challenge the air around you
I suck the life from it
For it's you
Who haunts me here
For the devil
Tries to tempt me to stray
But the widowers will is to stay
You who sang with a heart
Like mine
I'm buried here with you
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5. |
Bloodstain (reprise)
03:58
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This is all I've known
This is all that is
How could you love me
With words like that
It's the kill, it's the bloodstain
It's the kill, it's the bloodstain
Words with no mouth
And you touch with no meaning
With sure footedness
I'll crack the heart of him
Beautifully human
I'm crying out for him now
I thought I'd lost all meaning
I'm crying out for him now
I'm crying out
It's the kill
It's the bloodstain
It's the kill
It's the bloodstain
It's the way he says my name
Over and over and over again
It's the kill
It's the bloodstain
It's the kill
It's the bloodstain
It's the way he says my name
Over and over and over again
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6. |
Coo-Coo
03:58
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8. |
When I Was A Young Girl
03:06
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9. |
Horses
04:29
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Where have I gone without the one
I let myself go
You around a part defined
And now i'm lined my face erased
It wasn't time
It wasn't time we could have spent
And leave without a trace
One day I'd like to be with you
The sad man
The sad man
Ride our ponies on the wind again
We're riding our ponies on the wind again
Ride our ponies on the wind again
We're riding our ponies on the wind again
Bring your wild horses home to me
You're the drunkard in a storm
Bring your wild horses home
Bring your wild horses home to me
You're the drunkard in a storm
Bring your wild horses home
Horses home
Horses home
Bring your horses home
The boy that made me want to cry
And it wasn't out of sadness
The boy that made me want to die
And it wasn't a car crash or anything like it
He made me feel alive
He made me feel alive
Ride our ponies on the wind again
We're riding our ponies on the wind again
Ride our ponies on the wind again
We're riding our ponies on the wind again
Bring your wild horses home to me
You're the drunkard in a storm
Bring your wild horses home
Bring your wild horses home to me
You're the drunkard in a storm
Bring your wild horses home
Horses home
Bring your horses home
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10. |
Ash 'n' Smoke
04:52
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The smell of fire on his clothes
I'm wearing them to carry him home
His high draped pants and shoes so worn
Oh my lover from me has gone
He was my man of the wandering eye
Gave me love on the bye-and-bye
Only my pretty heart he took
My autumn man of ash and smoke
Oh my man of the wandering eye
Took my love till I was dry
Left at night and when I woke
Naught was left but ash and smoke
He had a lover for all the world to see
He had a lover who took his love from me
Her ribbons wild her hair so free
On her finger gold glistenin'
There was a fire in the hills tonight
And this fire burnt everything in sight
I lit a match, I lit it bright
I touched the tinder watched it light
Gold glistenin'
Five young men come looking for me
They're at my door, shotgun's ready
The hill's alight, town people woke
They found dead my man
Of ash and smoke
The scaffold's high, the shadows long
Bury me deep for my man is gone
My shroud be ash, embers my ring
Hell has fires
Gold glistening
The smell of fire on his clothes
I'm wearing them to carry him home
his high draped pants
Shoes so worn
Oh my lover from me has gone
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11. |
Tea To Boil
03:01
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Waiting for the tea to boil
Waiting for the tea to boil
Waiting for the tea to boil
Waiting for the tea to boil
Water's always boiling
Says my daddy with a grin
Water's always boiling
Waiting for the tea to boil
Tea leaves fresh or you will spoil
All your efforts all your toil
I'll read the leaves your fate i'll spin
So many beautiful women
Ginger for a tired throat
Honey for the warmest coat
Add a pod of cardamom
Soon the heart will be mending
Hold this cup like it's your last
All your troubles that you clasp
Tell me all that isn't said
And we'll put all this to bed
Waiting for the tea to boil
Waiting for the tea to boil
Waiting for the tea to boil
Waiting for the tea to boil
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12. |
Girl Of Fire
05:22
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The sun would paw your back
Like ravenous dogs
Your back where
I'd etched our names my love
We were overgrown with weeds and spinifex
Lets burn it all down
Is what you said
The crows would stir in the morning light
And you'd come home
Holiest of sights
I cut out my heart each night for you
And by morning it grows back anew
For I am your girl of fire
Of fire, of fire
For I am your girl of Fire
Of fire, of fire
And you are my boy
Of tinder and sticks
My last fire
Will be with you my love
My last desire
Will burn with you my love
There are diamonds on her thighs
There is fire is his eyes
For I am your girl of fire
Of fire, of fire
For I am your girl of Fire
Of fire, of fire
For I am your girl of Fire
And you are my boy
Of tinder and sticks
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Inga Liljeström Melbourne, Australia
I am an Australian/Finnish composer, vocalist and performer. I've also begun to experiment with film, collage, music for
installations and an iPhone app, and have recently collaborated with universities in Australia and Finland in music and performance art.
Currently based in the UK.
Banner photography by Sarah Delaney. Profile image painted by Esmeralda Raven Aponte
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