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Indigo Girls

"Joking"

you said the world was magic, I was wide-eyed and laughing
we were dancing up to the bright side
forget about your ego, forget about your pride
and you will never have to compromise
and you were only joking
you were only joking, brother

we talked about our mothers, kissed the wounds of our fathers
I could have been your sister, I would have been your brother
you kissed me like I was a soldier, headed for war
I'm a dying man but I don't know what for
and you were only joking
you were only joking, brother
you were only joking
wide-eyed and laughing
you were only joking, brother
dancing up to the bright side

gravel and glass on the bottom of my feet
I bruised my heels on the swollen street
we were girls in bars, boys on the town
bumping like a pinball off a careless crowd
you said, "Good friends are hard to come by"
I laughed and bought you a beer 'cause it's too corny to cry
sentiment given, and sentiment lost
you shake it off with a smirk and a toss
and you were only joking
wide-eyed and laughing
you were only joking, brother
dancing up to the bright side

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"Three Hits To The Heart"

three hits to the heart, son,
and it's poetry in motion
one could send you to the river
three's a strange way to be delivered
would you trade your words for freedom?
that's a barter for a blind man--
three hits to the heart, son,
and it's poetry in motion

are you levied like a treasure?
only words can help me find you
and this world's a fickle measure
I would painfully remind you
from a wise man, to your red hand
you lay covered in our best sins--
three hits to the heart, son,
and it's poetry in motion

well, I dream you, constant stranger
with your best bloods and your anger
you say, "Mother, do you claim me?"
my beloved, do you blame me?
well, the first two might release you,
but the last one sings in me, son--
three hits to the heart, son
and it's poetry in motion
three hits to the heart, son
and the last one sings in me...

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"You and Me of the 10,000 Wars"

you and me of the 10,000 wars
dividing life into factions of pleasures and chores
a bed to be made and a bed to lie in
a hand on the darker side and our sights set on zion

the heart of a skeptic and the mind of a child
put my life in a box and let my imagination run wild
pour the cement for my feet
the heart and mind on a parallel course
never the two shall meet

and oh, the dissatisfied with the satisfied
everybody loves a melodrama
and the scandal of a lie
still, you held your arms open for the prodigal daughter
I see my eyes in your eyes through my eyes still waters

try making one and one make one
and twist the shapes until everything comes undone
watch the wizard behind the curtain
the larger than life and the power of seeming certain

the evil of ego and the vice of pride
is there ever anything else that makes us take our different sides?
I wanted everything to feed me
about as full as I got was of myself
and the upper echelons of mediocrity

and oh, the dissatisfied with the satisfied
everybody loves a melodrama
and the scandal of a lie
still, you held your arms open for the prodigal daughter
I see my eyes in your eyes through my eyes
still waters

after the battles and we're still around
everything that was up in the air has settled down
sweep the ashes, let the silence find us
a moment of peace is worth every war behind us

you and me of the 10,000 wars...

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