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Joe Henry — Scare Me To Death
Album: Civilians
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Released: 2007
Length: 4:49
Plays (last 30 days): 0
I've seen the best
And the worst you can be,
And all while you're getting
the better of me.
You're fragile but wicked
And fleeting as breath,
And you move up behind me
And scare me to death.
You're fragile but wicked
And fleeting as breath,
But when you move close to me
You scare me to death

At war between all good intentions
And greed,
My love is the kind
Where want becomes need.
Where lust takes the toll
Of a quick stolen breath,
You stir within me
And scare me to death.
Where lust takes the toll
Of a quick stolen breath,
You stir within me
And scare me to death

A dose now of either heart or of mind
Can be lethal, it seems, if they're not combined.
They show but contempt when considered as two,
And pretend that each is the other to you...

Now, you spit in your hands
And haul on the rope.
And fill up my cup
With the worst kind of hope.
You lift me with words
I haven't found yet,
I fall like your shadow
And you scare me to death.
I fall like a shadow,
You've stolen my breath,
You sleep here beside me
And scare me to death.
You sleep here beside me
And you scare me to death.
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 Excelsior wrote:
This guy is tolerable in small doses. Unfortunately, playing every track from this CD every day does not qualify as "small doses."
 
heard it once , off to hire shotgun

 Excelsior wrote:
This guy is tolerable in small doses. Unfortunately, playing every track from this CD every day does not qualify as "small doses."
I know you don't mean that in a bad way, and I actually agree with you.  I bought the cd (well, Amazon download) through RP link, and I find that I don't enjoy the lone bottle all the way through by itself either.  But sips of it interspersed with other tasty things is Terrific.  Fantastic. Gives me tingles. 


dmax wrote:
...in the Long Black Coat...
Yep. Lots of similarities.
I don't know. Tonight's mix just isn't doing it for me. The last dozen songs . . . nothing special. Signing off for tonight. Maybe tomorrow. The good thing . . . the Octoshape 192k thingy I downloaded is working like a charm. No more iTunes radio, no more VLC, no more F4Mac.. No more frustration trying to get a clean listen. 'Nighty night.
This guy is tolerable in small doses. Unfortunately, playing every track from this CD every day does not qualify as "small doses."
This gets a lot of airplay. The more I hear it the less I like it.
This dude sucks. Really, he just sucks.
I like it.
I like him a lot, just moved this up to a 9....
Not sure..this might grow on me
blah?
dmax wrote:
...in the Long Black Coat...
Bigtime!
A mixture of many...a taste of Dylan, a drop of Young and a hint of the less know Falling Mirror's Johnny Calls the Chemist - I like it!
yes, let's do hear some more joe henry...jerry joseph/bob dyalnish...sort of
Poor guy. Had to follow the Who set.
Interesting - let's hear some more of Joe Henry!
Underwear guy?