Il testo della You and me, bess

Joanna Newsom

Data di rilascio : 23/02/2010

Durata : 0:07:12

Stile : Alternative

We picked our way
Down to the beach,
Watching the waves
Dragging out of our reach:
Tangling tails, like a sodden sheet;
Dangling entrails
From the gut of the sea.

Hoarding our meals (alfalfa and rolls);
Trying not to catch
The cold eyes of the gulls--
I hope mother nature has not
Overheard!
(though, she doles out hurt
Like a puking bird.)

We stayed for the winter.
No-one told us
About the laws of the land.
I hold my own.
But you, with your hunger--
You, on the other hand--
Make yourself known.

And when we were found,
I know we both grieved.
My heart made the sound of
Snow falling from eaves.
You and me, bess,
We were as thick as thieves.
So i swore, nonetheless, up and down,
It was only me.
They took me away,
And, after some time
Studying my case,
Must have made up their minds.
By the time you realized i was dying,
It must have been too late.
I believe you were not lying.

It is the day.
I wake,
With my ears cocked up like a gun
(like every day, of course),
Yanked by my wrists
To the sugar-front courtyard--
Now tell me, what have i done?
It seems i have stolen a horse.
I step to the gallows.

Who do you think you are--
Arching your hooves like a crane,
In the shallow gutter
That lines the boulevards,
Crowded with folks
Who just stare as i hang?
It's all the same.
Kindness comes over me;
What was your name?
It makes no difference.
I'm glad that you came.
Forever, i'll listen to your glad neighing.