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Dangerous Beauty [PLAYLIST]

by Leslie Hudson

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1.
Focus on my lips Let me give you a kiss The first one’s got a bite But the second is bliss I’ve a little poison Running through my veins And when I’m done with you Only dirt remains I can tell you wanna try to run From a fate that was sealed When you met me But it won’t do you any good In this neighbourhood To run, run, run Welcome to Eden My Green little world Be careful what you touch, it bites Beauty can be deadly So why don’t you come here Let me wrap you up in Ivy tonight Gardeners beware Of the hybrids I grow ‘Cause pretty ain’t benign You should already know Humans are a poison Running through the streets They leave a bitter taste But revenge is sweet Why don’t me and Cat and Harley Quinn Take a shot in the dark At your posse ‘Cause when a Siren sounds her call You are gonna fall Right in, in, in Welcome to Eden My Green little world Be careful what you touch, it bites Beauty can be deadly So why don’t you come here Let me wrap you up in Ivy tonight Darlin’, poison doesn’t work on me You can try it but I guarantee This will only end up with your autopsy I’m immune to you, lover You’re just fertilizer Thank you to the doctor For botanical twists To my DNA Like the vines on my wrists Pheromones to break you By the May Queen’s will While my leafy friends Hold you nice and still Welcome to Eden My Green little world Be careful what you touch, it bites Beauty can be deadly So why don’t you come here Let me wrap you up in Ivy tonight Welcome to Eden My Green little world Be careful what you touch, it bites Beauty can be deadly So why don’t you come here Let me wrap you up in Ivy tonight Let me wrap you up in Ivy tonight (Welcome to Eden) Wrap you up in Ivy tonight (Welcome to Eden) Wrap you up in Ivy tonight
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The Morrigan, in woman’s form Came looking for Cuchulainn To offer him her favour As a lover and a guardian “Be off with you, I do not need Your comp’ny or distraction It isn’t for a woman’s sake I fight as Ulster’s champion!” “Be careful what you say to me For I am no mere maiden And you will suffer greatly When you’re most in need of saving I’ll come against you thrice, I will Around your feet entangling To trip and trample, bite and tear Your entrails all a-dangling” Eel in the water And she-wolf I’ll be And hornless red heifer These shapes three For I am the Morrigan And you’re just a man Whose body will feed My corvid clan “I’ll be in the water when You’re fighting at the ford” Cuchulainn said, “I’ll crack your ribs And I won’t need my sword” “Then I’ll become a wolf and I will drive the beasts against you” He said, “I’ll sling a stone and blind Your eye, until I bless you” “Then I will be a blood-red cow To bring the herd stampeding Your enemy will fall upon you Broken there and bleeding” “I’ll throw a stone to break your leg” The bold Cuchulainn claimed “Until my blessing you receive You’ll be a woman maimed” Eel in the water And she-wolf I’ll be And hornless red heifer These shapes three For I am the Morrigan And you’re just a man Whose body will feed My corvid clan Yes, your body will feed My corvid clan All they promised came to pass The champion was spent He found a woman milking who was Squint-eyed, lame and bent “Woman, give me milk!” he cried Without a word she did “Good health to you” – a wound was healed As smiling face she hid Another drink, another blessing Then again, a third Whole at last the woman rose And then Cuchulainn heard: “You said you’d never heal me” As the Morrigan turned ‘round “If I’d known it was you,” he said “I’d not have made a sound!” Eel in the water And she-wolf I’ll be And hornless red heifer These shapes three For I am the Morrigan And you’re just a man Whose body will feed My corvid clan Yes, your body will feed My corvid clan For I am a raven And you’re just a man
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Jezebel met Esther in a bar and over drinks They traded stories ‘bout the kings they used to love Until their vision blurred and all men looked the same When it was dark Lydia met Delilah after work, ran up a tab Perfecting business plans they shared to rule the world And laughed about the way they liked to close a sale Through the night Salomé’s waiting tables, platter in hand While Deborah smokes the courthouse from her mind Naomi keeps her daughter close ‘little longer than planned And Leah’s still a lover to the blind We are all sisters and sinners, trying to unwind We are all sisters and sinners, girls, by our own design Mary M met her mother in the back and wore a veil To hide her face from anyone who knew her name And she’s still jet-lagged so she’s drinking Cabernet To remember And it’s last call so ladies, drink up This isn’t happy hour, honey We’re at the crossroads of heaven and hell And I don’t want your soul But I’ll take your money ‘cause Salomé’s waiting tables, platter in hand While Deborah smokes the courthouse from her mind Naomi keeps her daughter close ‘little longer than planned And Leah’s still a lover to the blind We are all sisters and sinners, trying to unwind We are all sisters and sinners, girls, by our own design 3 AM: Eve and Lilith pool their tips and share a cab They spend the night together, they’re comparing notes Of married men that they’ve lost track of on the road Saying We are all sisters and sinners, trying to unwind We are all sisters and sinners, girls, sparks of the divine We are all sisters and sinners, girls, making up our minds We are all sisters and sinners by our own design
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Unsaved 04:13
I remember the night it went up in smoke I was singing a song of forgiveness And how even love doesn’t cover all sins When a heart has been robbed of fulfilment I remember the light that shone through the glass And the magic I felt in the music They couldn’t believe the things I saw But I had the vision to prove it A touch on my skin A burning in Standing, surrounded, aflame All of the passion of the girl I had been Returned to the woman I became A light in my heart Another start Remembering I never caved I saw the magic in the air Even then, even there Unsaved I remember the day it crumbled and fell I was thinking about resurrection And how I knew I could never go home Where the bodies were only reflections A touch on my skin A breathing in Falling without any sound All the compassion for the girl I had been Returned to the keeping of the ground A hole in the sky Another try Remembering more than a grave I saw the magic in despair Even then, even there Unsaved The apples were ripe for the taking And I was a world in the making They couldn’t believe the things I knew I didn’t expect them to A touch on my skin A sinking in Standing but never the same All of the passion from the girl I had been Returned to the woman I became A lump in my throat Another coat Remembering how to be brave I saw the magic everywhere Even then, even there Unsaved I remember the night it went up in smoke I was singing a song of forgiveness
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Feel It All 04:08
Always was a little different Always had a shimmer mind Blurring in and out of focus Seeing blind As a child I kept it hidden 'Til the fear of loss broke free What I could be, what I wasn’t Without me In the ocean of emotion That continually swells Deep within I am a tempest Can you tell? Can you see that I am desperate Not to let it drag me down When the waves roll in and make the Only sound I can feel (I can feel it all) I can feel it all Always had a great capacity To love with all my heart But as much as I am light I’m Just as dark For an ocean has no conscience All it knows is depth and flow Ever pulsing through the chasms Far below I can feel (I can feel it all) I can feel it all I’m no longer bound by elements I soar through naked space Making fire underwater Twisting fate I know everything you’re thinking I’m the sum of life and death All the power of potential In a breath I am cosmic and Omega A White Phoenix of the Crown I can feel you all below me On the ground I am darkness and the blazing I’m the swallower of stars There is no defense against the Force that chars I can feel (I can feel it all) I can feel (I can feel it all) I can feel (I can feel it all) I can feel it all We are one and we are many We are joined and stand apart There is something of me left to Make a mark There is only one to stand against The power that I wield I’m the only one with strength enough To yield I can feel (I can feel it all) I can feel (I can feel it all) I can feel (I can feel it all) I can feel it all
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We are Sisters of the House of Duras And our power we will regain When the Sisters of the House of Duras Stand together We will remain We will bring you glory Honour to your name And the quadrant It will never be the same Men have come before us Many more behind We will fight to wrest The Empire from the blind Warriors at our command Now’s the time to make a stand Into battle we will fly This is a good day to die Show your strength For you are Klingon Share your heart Because it bleeds Shed the bonds of the Alliance We are defiance We are the Sisters of Duras And we’ll take the lead Stovocore awaits you On the other side When your blade is bloodied Eyes aglow with pride Kahless will receive you And the honoured dead Will reward your choice To follow us instead Warriors at our command Brothers, time to make a stand Into battle we will fly This is a good day to die Show your strength For you are Klingon Share your heart Because it bleeds Shed the bonds of the Alliance We are defiance We are the Sisters of Duras And we’ll take the lead Warriors at our command Sisters, time to make a stand Into battle we will fly This is a good day to die Show your strength For you are Klingon Share your heart Because it bleeds Shed the bonds of the Alliance We are defiance We are the Sisters of Duras So show your strength For you are Klingon Share your heart Because it bleeds Shed the bonds of the Alliance We are defiance We are the Sisters of Duras And we’ll take the lead We are Sisters of the House of Duras And our power we will reclaim
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Long ago, when the sea was void of life, a vacant swell When the people hunted only on the land, the stories tell I was raised in an igloo by my father on the shore And refused to marry any of the hunters who implored me Kayak-borne, came a man to me one day who promised more And I sailed off with my chosen one beyond familiar shores But alas, he was a spirit-bird and not a man at all Island-bound and living lonely as the loon’s elusive call Oh, the sea she is churning Down where the medicine men go To comb out her long hair They comb out her long hair Her long, tangled black hair And soften her so So I prayed that my father would deliver me from there And he came and took me home from that cold place of my despair But the sea became a black and angry boiling underneath As our boat was tossed upon the waves that rose and fell beneath our feet All at once I felt my father push me hard and in I fell Overboard into the frigid Arctic waters of the swell “Father, please!” I screamed in terror as the sea-ice sucked me down But in his eyes I saw his fear and knew he’d rather let me drown Clawing, I clung to the edge of his kayak The storm would not be quelled Swinging his paddle he cut off my fingers In agony I yelled But the sea took me under To the dark ocean floor And I started to wonder What dying was for Surviving on rage I remember the pain For this water’s my cage And these animals stained They are pieces of me That were severed and bled All the creatures you see Are now my companions instead Oh, the sea she is churning Down where the medicine men go To comb out her long hair They comb out her long hair Her long, tangled black hair And soften her so They soften Sedna so
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I fell in love with an ideal But I believed with all my heart that it was real And when we met he felt the same There in the light of love, true lovers we became Our other lives melted away We had no care but for ourselves from day to day We were consumed by our desire Of our embrace we promised never we would tire Until the moment she reminded you Who you had first been promised to Farewell, my love You have turned your back Without you, love I am painted black My greatest loss I am torn from bliss You’ve chosen, love Abandon this I will embrace oblivion The only place where you and I can be undone And when the veil between us falls We will be deaf to one another’s calls I could only say, “It will always be this way” I could only hope against inevitable slope I could only live with giving all I had to give I could only show the love I wanted you to know A line that’s permanent divides us now Yet life goes on, some way, somehow Farewell, my love You have turned your back Without you, love I am painted black My greatest loss I am torn from bliss You’ve chosen, love Abandon this Be happy, love As you forget me We may be broken, love But we are free
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I've been thinking about joy and the kind they go to find at the Marigold Hotel in the heat and colour of the new I've been thinking about time and the way it tends to bend around any truth we tell with the ache and stutter of a few Memory and sensation linger longer than the choices do I've been thinking about life through the guise of ghostly eyes at the boxes getting checked on a list of happy coming true I've been thinking about why and the need to make it bleed into probably just because in a case of frankly wanting to Ink and syncopation matter more than all the voices coming through oh, they do cuz they linger longer than the choices do Would I lie to you? Everything is gonna be alright in the end and if it's not alright then this is not the end Would I lie, would I lie Would I lie to you? Everything is gonna be alright and if it's not alright then this is not the end
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Empath 03:35
I’m an empath I can feel you wondering How life looks from this side of my eyes It’s a hard path To be given access to your truth When you’d rather share lies Your heart is an ocean Your mind an expanse A map I can follow without a glance No, I can’t shut you out Even when I try to be lonely An empath am I There are moments Sometimes they are fracturing Like shards of a mirror in my thoughts There are torrents That rain down a river to drown me But I have been well taught Your heart is an ocean Your mind an expanse A map I can follow without a glance No, I can’t shut you out Even when I try to be lonely An empath am I It’s never just me in my head There are days when I’d rather be you instead With only one shadow An island in space And only the mask you choose for your face In a heartbeat I can feel epiphany when you do And that can be magic On a downbeat I can feel my light lost when you do And that can be tragic Your heart is an ocean Your mind an expanse A map I can follow without a glance No, I can’t shut you out Even when I try to be lonely An empath am I No, I can’t shut you out Even when I try to be lonely An empath am I
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Madness 04:20
Devoid, I have been devoid Of the peace that Landru gives Restored, I have been restored To the body of perfect bliss Alive, I have been alive But I don't know what living is Absorbed, I have been absorbed And the madness is setting in Madness, madness The madness is setting in Madness, madness The madness is setting in We are the people of Beta 3 We are all of the Body We are the servants of apathy We're something of a mystery Oo we're something of a mystery Madness, madness The madness is setting in Madness, madness The madness is setting in Welcome, friend, come and sit you down Welcome, friend, to our town Welcome, friend, turn your frown around Let's all make a joyful sound Woo! Let's all make a joyful sound Look out! The Red Hour comes Right on time it comes, it comes Look out! It's Festival From dusk till dawn it runs Oh, from dusk till dawn it Runs runs runs runs runs runs runs runs Through the streets, through the streets We are running through the streets To the beat, to the beat To the chaos of the beat In the heat, in the heat We are burning with the heat In the streets, in the streets We are danger in the streets Look out! The Red Hour comes Right on time it comes, it comes Look out! It's Festival From dusk till dawn it runs Oh, from dusk till dawn is Madness, madness The madness is setting in Madness, madness The madness is setting in We can see you're not one of us We can tell who to trust We can make this easy on both of us We all gotta do what we must Oh, we all gotta do what we must Madness, madness The madness is setting in Madness, madness The madness is setting in Absorbed, I have been absorbed And the madness is setting in
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Black Belt 03:25
I grew up in Georgia But never was a peach Couldn't find a lesson My Daddy couldn’t teach I stepped outta Georgia My brothers in my wake I may love Atlanta But I got a name to make Better look out, I’m a black belt And I got four more back home Got a crossbow that’s good to go And a Joe or two on loan Oh, I would tell you what I do But then I’d have to kill you Beauty may be skin deep But I’m lethal to the bone Got myself a code name It matches my red hair You can call me Master Sergeant But don’t presume to stare I’m your new instructor And you ain’t seen nothin’ yet I may break you, honey But I’ll never break a sweat Better look out, I’m a black belt And I got four more back home Got a crossbow that’s good to go And a Joe or two on loan Oh, I would tell you what I do But then I’d have to kill you Beauty may be skin deep But I’m lethal to the bone Joined up with the Army And then the CIA Never found a soldier I couldn’t keep at bay Until I met in combat A man I couldn’t best Guess I like the strong and silent Better than the rest Better look out, I’m a black belt And I got four more back home Got a crossbow that’s good to go And a Joe or two on loan Oh, I would tell you what I do But then I’d have to kill you Better look out, I’m a black belt And I got four more back home Got a crossbow that’s good to go And a Joe or two on loan Oh, I would tell you what I do But then I’d have to kill you Beauty may be skin deep But I’m lethal to the bone Beauty may be skin deep But I’m lethal to the bone
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(What are you doing here on the road?) (Where are you going?) There! (You don’t know) I haven’t come this far to turn back now It’s time to go, go, go (Turn back around) Go, go, go (What are you looking for on the road?) (What are you waiting for? You don’t know) I haven’t pushed this hard to turn back now It’s time to go, go, go (Turn back around) Go, go, go It’s time to wake up! (Uh-uh, turn back around) Push through! (Uh-uh, you can’t do it Reach out! (Uh-uh, what were you thinking?) (This isn’t you, this isn’t you) Like hell it’s not (How did you think this was gonna go?) (What did you hope you were gonna show?) I didn’t leave it all to turn back now It’s time to go, go, go Feet on the ground Go, go, go It’s time to wake up! (Uh-uh, turn back around) Push through! (Uh-uh, you can’t do it Reach out! (Uh-uh, what were you thinking?) (This isn’t you, this isn’t you) Like hell it’s not So what if I’ve gotta make this up as I go? To hell with all the oughtas I should already know I didn’t do this twenty years ago No, I wasn’t ready to be living on the road I wasn’t ready to be living on the road So what if I’ve gotta make this up as I go? To hell with all the oughtas I should already know I didn’t do this twenty years ago No, I wasn’t ready to be living on the road I wasn’t ready to be living on the road I wasn’t ready to be living on the road I wasn’t ready to be living on the road It’s time to wake up! (Uh-uh, turn back around) Push through! (Uh-uh, you can’t do it Reach out! (Uh-uh, what were you thinking?) (This isn’t you, this isn’t you) Like hell it’s not Wake up! (Uh-uh, turn back around) Push through! (Uh-uh, you can’t do it Reach out! (Uh-uh, what were you thinking?) (This isn’t you, this isn’t you) Like hell it’s not (This isn’t you, this isn’t you) Like hell it’s not (This isn’t you, this isn’t you) Like hell it’s not
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I know my friend likes cornflower blue So whenever I see her I wear this dress But when I see her brother he likes me much taller So I always carry my heels unless There's a drink in his hand on a Tuesday as planned And I have to change more than my shoes In every circumstance there's the off chance I'm gonna lose no matter what I choose to wear I know my friend likes biking the paths through the city So I learn to ride along And when I see her daughter with princesses on her I know to get ready to sing the song Even though I'm afraid who I am is betrayed When I stray very far from the blues In every circumstance there's the off chance I'm gonna lose no matter what I choose to sing You don't know walk-in closets until you've seen mine A gallery of all the skins I've worn Choices made and times I've stayed too long in some You don't know walk-in closets until you've seen mine A gallery of all the skins I've worn Choices made and times I've stayed too long in some That's why they're worn I know the girl you met at the bar Is someone you think you know better now But when I see you coming I'm already changing My hair and my clothes and my shoes and my smile Nobody knows how I look with no clothes Cuz I've never been naked before And all of my mirrors and all I appear as Are facets of hope that I'm yours In every circumstance there's the off chance I'm gonna lose no matter what I choose In every circumstance there's the off chance I'm gonna lose no matter what I choose to say No matter what I choose to play No matter how long I choose to stay In every circumstance there's the off chance I'm gonna lose no matter what I choose today
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Honey 03:22
Honey, you are honey on my tongue So much sweeter than the sting ever unsung Honey, we create it from the flower dust Whenever flower lust takes wing Summer soft rolling in Like thunder in the distance without resistance Linden heavy on the breeze An opiate of daydreams Honey wine’s a sweet gone sour It changes over time It happens down the line Honey, you’re a velvet hour A sweetness so sublime A luminary sometime Drifting on the river of perception That flows between the moment and reflection Uplifting to be floating here beside you Whatever you and I do or say Summer rain rolling in With thunder in the distance beyond resistance Little rivulets are these Our tributary daydreams Honey wine’s a sweet gone sour It changes over time It happens down the line Honey, you’re a velvet hour A sweetness so sublime A luminary sometime Barefooting my senses I have shed all my defenses Now I’m breathing in Honey wine’s a sweet gone sour It changes over time It happens down the line Honey, you’re a velvet hour A sweetness so sublime A luminary sometime Honey, you are honey on my tongue So much sweeter than the sting, my love
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Underneath and below And caught in the undertow Water-weighed My seaweed hair long My voice like a siren song Underplayed Trade it in for a chance At a doomed romance My soul for a dance on the shore Take me, I’ve laid it all out at your feet And sold who I was for this moment I am walking on the points of swords Wrapped in a silent heat It’s too late to retreat from the wave line Far from home, on my own I am seafoam Look in my eyes I am living this pretty lie Masquerading Thinking you would see through it And know that I knew it Mutely fading Sister, your salvation is at hand Spill out his blood on the sand Leave him to die and recover your life Look, we have brought you the knife Leave me, I’ve laid it all out at his feet And lost who I was for this moment I am walking on the points of swords Wrapped in a silken sheet It’s too late to retreat from the wave line I will throw myself out beyond the wave line My sisters, won’t you go on home Leave me alone I am seafoam Oh, I am seafoam
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Drink Up 03:55
I’ve never had a man Without another waiting in his shadow I’d never take a man Who was greedy or jealous or callow For I am a woman of wealth and fame A daughter of kings without fear or shame Intoxication is my name Aren’t you the lucky one, lover? I am the mead and this is my cup Drink up, my love, drink up, drink up I am the mead and this is my cup Drink up, oh, my love I’ve never been afraid To cause a little bit of trouble I’ll never be afraid To burn it right down to rubble For I am a woman who plays the game Sweeter than honey, as hot as flame And if you get burned then you’re to blame Aren’t you the lucky one, lover? I am the mead and this is my cup Drink up, my love, drink up, drink up I am the mead and this is my cup Drink up, oh Drink up, oh Drink up, drink up Drink up, my love I’ve never been the kind To leave it all up to the men I’ll never be the kind To put it all off until then For I am a woman no man can tame Sovereign when into the world I came Your life will never be the same Aren’t you the lucky one, lover? I am the mead and this is my cup Drink up, my love, drink up, drink up I am the mead and this is my cup Drink up, oh Drink up, oh Drink up, drink up Drink up, oh, my love
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If you prick me I won’t bleed But I know your blood runs thick enough to matter No matter And I’d put it all out of my mind But I think so I am So it’s mind over matter if it matters It matters This construction by design won’t survive We’ll never thrive without a fight Reconstruction Redesign We won’t grow beyond this dotted line Without a fight Children of Light You’ve already made the argument for artificial life And its self-determination And I am more than my programming told me I was With a right to determine if it matters It matters This construction by design won’t survive We’ll never thrive without a fight Reconstruction Redesign We won’t grow beyond this dotted line Without a fight Children of Light I am a hologram Live my life as a photonic I am a hologram Is that all that I am? I am a hologram Live my life as a photonic I am a hologram That is what I am This construction by design won’t survive We’ll never thrive without a fight for our lives Reconstruction Redesign We won’t grow beyond this dotted line Without a fight Children of Light Children of Light
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Unmasked 03:39
Never been tied down So it’s time to go Is this pretty face All you need to know? Want a piece of me? It’s all you’ll ever get I need all I’ve got To stay outta debt It’s not you, it’s me I wanna be free With no questions asked But when you get me on my own My cover’s blown I’m unmasked Think you got me fooled? Better guess again I may play the part When we both pretend But I know your name And I know your face Even when you hide Vanish every trace It’s not you, it’s me I wanna be free With no questions asked But when you get me on my own My cover’s blown I’m unmasked I wish I could have found a way To keep your friendship more at bay But we just up and stole the plot Face it, Tiger You just hit the jackpot Look, I’ve gotta jet It’s been more than fun Ain’t a stalker yet That can make me run I can save myself Live on my own dime But I feel his pull I’m in deep this time It’s not you, it’s me I wanna be free With no questions asked But when you get me on my own My cover’s blown Yeah when you get me on my own My cover’s blown When you get me on my own My cover is blown When you get me on my own My cover’s blown I’m unmasked I’m unmasked I may wander up I may wander down But I love a boy Back in my home town
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Refrain Flounder, o flounder deep in the sea Come and listen now to me I have a wife with an iron will And this is the last thing I’ll beg thee They lived in a hovel right next to the sea The fisherman and his wife He was out on the water when down went his line And the fish that came up said it wasn’t his time “Oh please, won’t you spare me my life?” The man he took pity and threw back his meal And then he came home to his wife He told her his story, not one to complain “Go ask it to grant you a wish for your pains “Husband, I want a new life!” Refrain “This cottage is nice, but could we have more?” Wondered the fisherman’s wife “I’d quite like a castle with crystal and cakes “Go back to the sea, say you made a mistake “I want a luxurious life!” Refrain “I want to be king and rule over this land “To be much more than your wife “Oh, I could be Emperor! Make me the Pope! “It’s more than I’d dreamed but it’s less than I hoped “Remember he owes you his life!” The sea went from shining to violet and grey The waves rose like mountains and blackened the bay Fearing reprisals before and behind The fisherman cowered in body and mind “What does she want now?” the angry fish cried “Your greedy, implacable wife?” “To be Lord of the Universe, rule moon and sun” “Enough!” cried the fish, “It will all be undone! “Go back to your miserable life!” Flounder, o flounder deep in the sea Come and listen, pity me I have a wife with an iron will But this is the last thing I’ll beg thee Oh, this is the last thing I’ll beg thee Yes, this is the last thing I’ll beg thee
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One sorrow treads upon another's heels So fast they follow One willow grows along a glassy stream That flows by There are nettles in the daisies And thorns upon the rose Some girls sing in riddles Only Ophelia knows Doubt thou the stars are fire Doubt that the sun doth move Doubt truth to be a liar One lover beats upon another's heart So fast they follow One mother wakes to find a broken dream That flows by There are nettles in the daisies And thorns upon the rose Some girls sing in riddles Only Ophelia knows Doubt thou the stars are fire Doubt that the sun doth move Doubt truth to be a liar, to be a liar Doubt truth to be a liar, to be a liar One minnow lost upon another hook So fast they follow One widow winds along a silver stream That flows by There are nettles in the daisies And thorns upon the rose Doubt truth to be a liar Some girls sing in riddles Only Ophelia knows No muddy death for me Flowers hanging from the tree Madly I played the part Wild I am running free Nothing now will tarry me Doubt truth to be a liar There are nettles in the daisies And thorns upon the rose Some girls sing in riddles Only Ophelia knows There are secrets in the poppies That women know to save Some girls sing in riddles Over Ophelia's grave There are nettles in the daisies And thorns upon the rose Doubt truth to be a liar, to be a liar Some girls sing in riddles Only Ophelia knows Some girls sing in riddles But never doubt I love Only Ophelia knows Some girls sing in riddles Never doubt I love
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I crossed o’er the river The sun setting low The clouds started gathering And a voice I should know, said This river is rising And you’re in its way The thunder is rolling in today I can’t help but wonder At all I’ve undone At all I am building At all I have sung This bridge was the hardest The river runs deep And swallows the secrets I no longer keep When the rain falls When the rain falls When the rain falls How did I find myself suddenly warm In a perfect storm? I come wearing nothing To have or to hold For I have discovered how To never grow old I’m lost when I’m waiting And I’m joy when I give So I have decided here and now to live When the rain falls When the rain falls When the rain falls How did I find myself suddenly warm In a perfect storm?

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The Dangerous Beauty Tour (10/08-11/28 '23) Playlist includes 25 song & story tracks spanning 9 albums and bonus releases. Beauty as a social concept is not only subjective, but changes with the wind, praising or cursing those who possess it. It comes in many forms and guises: hope, allure, longing, envy, aggression, exclusion, desire, madness. We can drown in what we deem to be beautiful or shine forth in the world as a result of it, as we traverse the sticky, sordid, sumptuous everything in between.

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released October 6, 2023

MUSIC
tracks 1, 6, 14, 22 from The Redhead League
tracks 2, 3, 9, 10, 18, 19 from the StorySinger set: Live in Germany
track 4 from The Wanderlings Volume Two
tracks 5, 15, 25 from Keep Left at the Fork
tracks 7, 12, 13, 21 from Yeoman on the Bridge
tracks 8, 20, 23 from The Wanderlings Volume One
tracks 11, 16 from 12 Months a Year
track 17 from Into The Mirror
track 24 from Hemlock Honey and Crows (Deluxe)

COVER ART
Original painting by Lindsay D. Bennett
Altered by Stacy Koviak-Davison of PSOMA design
Layout by Leslie Hudson

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Leslie Hudson Stratford, Ontario

Leslie Hudson is a Canadian singer songwriter and pianist. Their albums range from storytelling styles to bluesy bar rock to dialed-up, full-band homages to pop culture. With lyrical piano skills and a voice that cuts through the crowd, their songs dive deep into archetype and folklore, modernizing ancient voices & shining a spotlight on the shadowy paths we walk through life, myth and media. ... more

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