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Jolie Holland - Springtime Can Kill You Stubborn Beast

Contributors

  • ISRC:USEP40608106
  • Recorded:2006
  •  ©2006 Anti-
  • Vocals, Piano, Guitar, Box Fiddle:Jolie Holland
  • Guitars, Piano, Percussion, Rhodes, Electric Bass, Glockenspiel:Brian Miller
  • Upright Bass, Harmony Vocals, Tuba, Lap Steel, Cello, Hawaiiian Guitar:Keith Cary
  • Drums:David Mihaly
  • French Horn, Accordion:Peter Musselman
  • Mellophone:Feddi Price
  • Electric Bass:Olive Mitra
  • Hammond B3 Organ:Sonny Smith

Lyrics

My sullen songs have taken me
Far down this darkened road
I have seen the campfires burning
I have heard the drunkards howl

I'm silent in my solitude
I'm quiet as a theif
I have stolen all these hours
I have gotten no relief

My crazy dreams and tragedies have taken me for a ride
But I can see strange glory on the other side
Oh this has been my misery and the source of my pride
But all along I'm thinking I've been taken for a ride

Why don't you take me when I'm willing
Why don't you take me when I'm willing

But like a stubborn beast when the barn is on fire
I might resist you when you try to save my life
I might resist you when you try to save my life
When the flames rise around us and I can't see the door
This is still my home and it has never burned before
This is where I've taken my solace and my peace
The walls are caving in but I am still a stubborn beast

Why don't you take me when I'm willing
Why don't you take me when I'm willing