Prince Of Darkness

Album: The Indigo Girls (1989)
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  • My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark
    And I do not feel the romance I do not catch the spark
    My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark
    And I do not feel the romance I do not catch the spark

    I don't know when I noticed life was life at my expense
    The words of my heart lined up like prisoners on a fence
    The dreams came in like needy children tugging at my sleeve
    I said I have no way of feeding you, so leave
    But there was a time I asked my father for a dollar
    And he gave it a ten dollar raise
    And when I needed my mother and I called her
    She stayed with me for days
    Now someones on the telephone, desperate in his pain
    Someones on the bathroom floor doing her cocaine
    Someones got his finger on the button in some room
    No one can convince me we aren't gluttons for our doom
    But I tried to make this place my place
    I asked for providence to smile upon me with his sweet face
    Yeah but Ill tell you
    My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark
    And I do not feel the romance I do not catch the spark
    My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark
    (by grace, my sight grows stronger)
    And I do not feel the romance I will not be
    (and I will not be a pawn for the prince of darkness any longer)

    Maybe there's no haven in this world for tender age
    My heart beat like the wings of wild birds in a cage
    My greatest hope my greatest cause to grieve
    And my heart flew from its cage and it bled upon my sleeve
    Oh the cries of passion were like wounds that needed healing
    I couldn't hear them for the thunder
    I was half the naked distance between hell and heavens ceiling
    And he almost pulled me under
    Now someones on the telephone, desperate in his pain
    Someones on the bathroom floor doing her cocaine
    Someones got his finger on the button in some room
    No one can convince me we aren't gluttons for our doom
    But I tried to make this place my place
    I asked for providence to smile upon me with his sweet face
    But Ill tell you
    My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark
    And I do not feel the romance I do not catch the spark
    My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark
    (by grace, my sight grows stronger)
    And I do not feel the romance I do not catch the spark
    (grows stronger)
    By grace
    (my place is of the sun)
    My sight
    (and this place is of the dark)
    Is growing stronger
    (I do not feel the romance)
    I will not be a pawn
    (I will not be)
    For the prince of darkness any longer Writer/s: Amy Elizabeth Ray, Emily Ann Saliers
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Darrell from Eugene, United StatesAnother famous "prince of darkness" is the infamous Lucas electrical system that all pre-classic English cars (until Ford, Honda, BMW and VW bought every company other than Morgan and Bristol), most 1950s Ferraris and most Alfa Romeo 1900s, Giuliettas and 6Cs are equipped with. Lucas systems are actually like any other classic-car electrical system if they are maintained properly.
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