The Breadwinner

Airplanes fly over in the night. Lit up, they blink across the sky. And voices murmur down below The streetlights and the dark windows, And cars thump down the empty street, In summer in the heat. He clings to me with burning skin, Covers thrown off

Don't go down to servitude. This is how the crafty capture you, snare your soul and your days. If you sit down at their tables, you will taste delights while they, like wild parasites, suck dry their prey. Don't go down, don't go down, don't go down

I can't figure out what made you cling to me in the doorway of my building. I have this kind-of-disturbing, stomach-upset coffee-drinking feeling. Night goes by without sleep, no use for dreaming. I'm alive, I am awake, my eyes are shining, and my sk

Oh, let that dream never come true. Oh, let that dream never come true. I couldn't sleep until I held you. I watched the clock and waited for you until I heard a noise in your room. I curled my whole body around you. Lord, let that dream never come t

Listen to me, daughter of mine: All kingdoms grow and flourish, then they decline. All that they've won unrighteously This is the ark we'll build on dry ground: I'll teach you to grow your own food and keep it sound, to bake your bread with your own

Shannon Stephens - The One Who Sees Me When I was walking, I was not alone, Although rain was dropping on my blue raincoat As I walked under trees, As I walked under trees, As I stood at the door And fumbled for my keys. When I was walking, I was not

Light on the water, lights on the hills. Driving across the dark highway bridge. I've got the heater blasting on high. Radio sounds like a lullaby. Got to make money, we've got to survive. Rise in the morning at quarter of five. It is a privilege to

Darling, you are always needed, and your tenderness is needed too. And it seems that I'm never tired of loving you, loving you. Never was a feeling stronger, aching for the sweet things that you do. And it seems that I'm never tired of loving you. Sh