Тексты песен Anaïs Mitchell

I could tell you stories like the government tells lies Oh, but no one listens any more In the rooms the women come and go Talking on the mobile phones And the television talks about the war When I wa

(from Hadestown) PERSEPHONE Hades, my husband, Hades, my light Hades, my darkness if you had heard how he sang tonight you'd pity poor Orpheus! all of his sorrow won't fit in his chest it just burns l

O go to sleep you weary hobo Lay back, lay back and close your eyes I know you've seen a lot of sorrow I know you've heard a lot of lies They said, "work hard and save your money" You were a

This is just to tell you That I wear your dress sometimes The one you made with the gold brocade And the empire waist line You fit it to your figure When it looked just like my own That was Jersey in

Hush you little baby Don't you say a word Here comes the devil All dressed up like a mockingbird And if that mockingbird should try to Steal you off the ground Momma's gonna grab on tight And hold you

just across from the hospital still in sight of the red lights s couple blocks from the orthodox church that's where the old poet lived in his eyeglasses and his necktie at the windows looking down on

hey uncle louie, I wrote you a song I'm glad you got your heart out of pawn I'm glad you got your king out of check at least that's how things stood when I saw you last it was New Orleans before the f

It was late in July At the Quecreek coal mine When the water came rolling down As black as bad blood To where nine good men stood Shuddering, shivering And shouting for deliverance Sure they would dro

when we came we came through the cold we came bearing gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh and there were trumpets playing there were angels looking down on a west bank town and he so loved the wo

I in my longing lie out in the night Unveiled and irreverently dressed I'm lip-stuck and liquored up Picking a fight I'm the wicked wicked witch of the west Over the alley ways, backward and blind And

Why we build the wall, my children, my children? Why do we build the wall? Why do we build the wall? We build the wall to keep us free That's why we build the wall We build the wall to keep us free Ho

HADES Why do we build the wall? My children, my children Why do we build the wall? CERBERUS Why do we build the wall? We build the wall to keep us free That's why we build the wall We build the wall t