Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands Full Lyrics
[00:08.65] With your mercury mouth in the missionary times
[00:19.15] And your eyes like smoke and your prayers like rhymes
[00:27.70] And your silver cross, and your voice like chimes
[00:37.90] Who do they think could bury you?
[00:47.02] With your pockets well protected at last
[00:56.48] And your streetcar visions which you place on the grass
[01:06.05] And your flesh like silk, and your face like glass
[01:15.73] Who could they get to ever carry you?
[01:26.21] Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands
[01:35.22] Where the sad-eyed prophets say that no man comes
[01:45.99] My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums
[01:59.08] Should I put them by your gate
[02:07.76] Sad-eyed lady, should I wait?
[02:20.94] With your sheets like metal and your belt like lace
[02:30.61] And your deck of cards missing the jack and the ace
[02:39.85] And your basement clothes and your hollow face
[02:49.30] Who among them to think he could outguess you?
[02:58.58] With your silhouette when the sunlight dims
[03:09.07] Into your eyes where the moonlight swims
[03:17.29] And your match-book songs and your gypsy hymns
[03:27.04] Who among them would try to impress you?
[03:37.88] Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands
[03:46.72] Where the sad-eyed prophets say that no man comes
[03:57.15] My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums
[04:09.97] Should I leave them by your gate
[04:18.51] Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait?
[04:31.46] The kings of Tyrus with their convict list
[04:40.96] Are waiting in line for their geranium kiss
[04:49.73] And you wouldn't know it would happen like this
[04:58.99] But who among them really wants just to kiss you?
[05:07.75] With your childhood flames on your midnight rug
[05:17.30] And your Spanish manners and your mother's drugs
[05:26.22] And your cowboy mouth and your curfew plugs
[05:35.54] Who among them do you think could resist you?
[05:45.98] Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands
[05:55.26] Where the sad-eyed prophets say that no man comes
[06:05.43] My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums
[06:17.94] Should I leave them by your gate
[06:26.08] Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait?
[06:39.05] The farmers and the businessmen, they all did decide
[06:48.15] To show you where the dead angels were that they used to hide
[06:57.17] But why did they pick you to sympathize with their side?
[07:06.73] How could they ever mistake you?
[07:15.92] They wished you'd accepted the blame for the farm
[07:25.11] But with the sea at your feet and the phony false alarm
[07:33.74] And with the child of a hoodlum wrapped up in your arms
[07:43.26] How could they ever have persuaded you?
[07:53.53] Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands
[08:03.03] Where the sad-eyed prophets say that no man comes
[08:12.84] My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums
[08:25.51] Should I leave them by your gate
[08:33.37] Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait?
[08:46.03] With your sheet-metal memory of Cannery Row
[08:55.54] And your magazine-husband who one day just had to go
[09:04.53] And your gentleness now, which you just can't help but show
[09:13.88] Who among them do you think would employ you?
[09:22.45] Now you stand with your thief, you're on his parole
[09:31.80] With your holy medallion in your fingers now that hold
[09:40.64] And your saintlike face and your ghostlike soul
[09:49.70] Oh, who among them could ever think he could destroy you?
[09:59.48] Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands
[10:08.99] Where the sad-eyed prophets say that no man comes
[10:18.89] My warehouse eyes, my Arabian drums
[10:31.31] Should I leave them by your gate
[10:38.93] Or, sad-eyed lady, should I wait?
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