Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns

Album: Shine (1989)
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  • Chloe don't know better
    Chloe just like me, only beautiful
    A couple of years of difference
    But those lessons never learned
    Chloe danced the tables in the french quarter
    She always been given so I can't always make her laugh
    But I'm proud to say
    And I won't forget
    Time spent laying by her side
    Time spent laying by her side
    And dreams like this must die
    And dreams like this must die
    And dreams like this must

    You ever heard the story of Mr.Faded Glory?
    Say he who rides a pony must someday fall
    Been talkin' to my alter
    Say life is what you make it
    And if you make it death well then rest your soul away
    Away away yeah child
    It's a broken kind of feeling
    She'd have to tie me to the ceiling
    A bad moon's a comin' better say your prayers, child
    I want to tell her that I love you
    But does it really matter?
    I just can't stand to see you dragging down Again
    Again
    My baby again, oh, yeah

    So I'm singing
    And this is my kinda love
    It's the kind that moves on
    It's unkind and leaves me alone
    Yes it does

    And this is my kinda love
    It's the kind that moves on
    It's unkind that leaves me alone

    I uses to treat you like a lady
    Now you're a substitute teacher
    This bottle's not a pretty, not a pretty sight
    I owe the man some money so I'm turnin' over honey
    You see Mr.Faded Glory is once again doin' time, oh yeah

    And this is my kinda love
    It's the kind that moves on
    It's the kind the leaves me alone
    Yes, it does
    And this is my kinda love
    It's the kind that moves on
    It's the kind that, it's the kind that
    It leaves me alone, yeah

    Like a crown of thorns
    It's all who you know, yeah
    So don't burn your bridges woman
    'Cause someday, yeah

    Kick it, oh yeah

    And this is my kinda love
    It's the kind that moves on
    It's the kind that leaves me alone, yeah

    This is my kinda love
    It's the kind that moves on
    It's the kind that, it's the kind that, yeah, yeah

    Baby
    I said com' on, com' on, com' on com' on yeah
    I said baby
    Don't burn your bridges, woman
    Don't come back here
    I said good times, tu tu tu
    Tu tu tu
    I said tu tu tu Writer/s: ANDREW WOOD, BRUCE IAN FAIRWEATHER, GREG A. GILMORE, JEFFREY ALLEN AMENT, STONE C. GOSSARD
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • David from CaliforniaDoes anybody know who wrote the piano part?
  • JoshChloe Dancer was released on it's own on the “On The Earth As It Is” compilation album
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