Black Horse and the Cherry Tree

KT Tunstall Black Horse and the Cherry Tree Lyrics
1.Black Horse & The Cherry Tree

(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)

Well my heart knows me better than I know myself
So I'm gonna let it do all the talking.
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)
I came across a place in the middle of nowhere
With a big black horse and a cherry tree.
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)

I fell in fear, upon my back
I said don't look back, just keep on walking.
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)
When the big black horse that looked this way,
Said hey lady, will you marry me?
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)

But I said no, no, no,no-no-no
I said no, no, you're not the one for me
No, no, no,no-no-no
I said no, no, you're not the one for me

(ooooo,woo-hoo)
And my heart had a problem, in the early hours,
So it stopped it dead for a beat or two.
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)
But I cut some cord, and I shouldn't have done that,
And it won't forgive me after all these years
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)

So I sent her to a place in the middle of nowhere
With a big black horse and a cherry tree.
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)
Now it won't come back , cause it's oh so happy
And now I've got a hole for the world to see
(woo-hoo,woo-hoo)

But it said no, no, no,no-no-no
I said no, no, you're not the one for me
No, no, no,no-no-no
Said no, no, you're not the one for me
(ooooo,woo-hoo)
Said no,no, no,no, no, no, no
You're not the one for me
Said no,no, no,no, no, no, no
You're not the one for me

Big black horse and a cherry tree
I can't quite get there cause my heart's forsaken me
Big black horse and a cherry tree
I can't quite get there cause my heart's forsaken me
Big black horse and a cherry tree
I can't quite get there cause my heart's forsaken me
Big black horse and a cherry tree
I can't quite get there cause my heart's forsaken me


2.Barbie

If I could do the splits
I would do them all the time
To remind me
that I could be just like Barbie
Cinderella, settle down
Washing up in glamour gowns
A man who has it all and more
A motor car that I adore
Smiling through the night
A little flash of brilliant white
Reflecting the perfection of the world

Give her sisters, give her brothers
But compared to me and others
She'll always be a motherless girl

Every single day
There's a million parts to play
There isn't any time for being lonely

Going up in aeroplanes
Pulling back on pony reins
Making sure that what she wears
Is looking super like her hair
The emptiness inside
Isn't strong enough to hide
That her features aren't
too pretty for her pearls

Give her sisters, give her brothers
But compared to me and others
She'll always be a motherless girl

Although it's heaven to touch her
She's just like a soldier
She loves
And as she sees you grow older
And no longer hold her
She knows

Give her sisters, give her brothers
But compared to me and others
She'll always be a motherless girl
Oh a history of lovers
But compared to me and others
She'll always be a motherless girl

Girl


3.One Day (Live)

Look up and he'll seem far away
They still see more than you

And on my back I see these clouds above
They still love me
More than you

And I know I don't have to wait for words
I can walk away and listen to the birds
Listen to the birds
They don't sing the things I want to hear
They don't change, they stay the same

I would dearly love to run away
From you're shadow
For just one day
Cause I would dearly love to run away
From you're shadow
For just one day

And I don't ever want to steal your time
Cause you seem fine
But I feel blue
I don't want to say the things I do
Cause I know I feel it more than you

And I know I don't have to wait for words
I can walk away and listen to the birds
Listen to the birds
Cause they don't sing the things I want to hear
They don't change, they stay the same

I would dearly love to run away
From you're shadow
For just one day
Oh and I would dearly love to run away
From you're shadow
For just one, just one, just one day

Oh yeah, yeah,yeah
Well I know I don't want to wait for you
I could turn around and order somebody new,
order somebody new yeah
Someone that says the things I need to hear
Doesn't change someone who stays the same
When I need yeah

Well I would dearly love to run away
From you're shadow
For just one day
Cause I would dearly love to run away
From you're shadow
For just one day oh oh yeah

I would dearly love to run away
From you're shadow
For just one day


4.Black & White

Under my feet
Miles of nothingness
Testing my senses

Strange as it seems
Feels as if I've been
Here before

It's beautiful
So simple
Like black and white

I said goodbye
Waving with a smile
As I left the planet

The message was short
My radio was old
As the universe

It's in the paper
The picture
In black and white


And when I look through
The window
It's black and white