Oh, I'll twine with my mingles and waving black hair With the roses so red and the lilies so fair And the myrtle so bright with the emerald hue The pale and the leader and eyes look like blue Oh I'll dance, I will sing and my laugh shall be gay I will

I'd rather die standing Blue tears'll never find me now Black eyes, I don't need 'em Blue tears, gimme freedom Than live on my knees Black eyes I don't need 'em Blue tears gimme freedom Black eyes all behind me Positively never goin' back

Punches for you Love can beat us black and blue But darling, I'll take the punches for you I'm trying to start again Ooh, after all this time, got nothing to lose Ooh, after all this time, see nothing but you You might say, I'm wasted on you But when you

All For You! Destroying myself now.. My neck has been broke, in the noose of life´s rope. Through my loss of you, I have found no hope. Slain emotions, lifeless and blue. Remote Recollection, of tranquility. Terror grotesquely, becoming of me.

Train arrive, it's sixteen coaches long Well, that long black train take my baby and gone Mystery train, rollin' down the track Train, train, rollin' 'round the bend Well, it took my baby, people it won't be coming back Well, it took my baby, people it

Let there be rock In the beginning Back in nineteen fifty five Man didn't know about a rock 'n' roll show And all that jive The white man had the smoltz The black man had the blues No one knew what they was gonna do But Tchaikovsky had the news

I remember "Baby, come home" She's in a long black coat tonight Waiting for me in the downpour outside She's singing "Baby come home" in a melody of tears While the rhythm of the rain keeps time And I remember "Baby, come home" Did you ever love her? Do

Hear their heartbeat We hear their heartbeat Midnight, our sons and daughters Cut down, taken from us In the wind we hear their laughter In the rain we see their tears Night hangs like a prisoner Stretched over black and blue In the trees our sons stand

When I'm looking up at you I'll colour me blue Only seeing myself Anything it takes to make you stay I know you're seeing black and white So I'll paint you a clear blue sky Without you I am colour-blind It's raining every time I open my eyes

If I could only kill a word Bend my body, break my bones Use staff and rod to turn me black and blue 'Cause you can't unhear, you can't unsay But if were up to me to change I'd turn lies and hate to love and truth If I could kill a word and watch it die