And She Closed Her Eyes

Stina Nordenstam And She Closed Her Eyes Lyrics
1.When Debbie's back from Texas

When Debbie's back from Texas
This is the last place he'll be leaving
He'll cross the courtyard
Smilingly open the gate
When Debbie's back from Texas
He'll be moving back to Greenwich
It takes you no time
You just follow the bridge
Indian summer evening
Let the shadows backslide
When the pond is drained
You think you can walk on the ground they call it trust
I brought all that I needed
I took all that was mine
I could think of a few more
Things to believe in
But I don't know about love
She'll answer you Like lovers do
She'll answer you Like lovers do
You'll try to figure out
What life would be without her
I'm standing by the window
Suddenly feeling so small
Cars go by and life
I feel like I could try just a little more
I'm a true believer
And no lover of starshine
I know where this is leading
This is my last chance
She'll answer you Like lovers do
She'll answer you Like lovers do
Like lovers do


2.Fireworks

These fires never die
They told me this would help
I'm walking by the water

I'm falling with the tide
They said that this would end
I went as far as I could

I'm on distant ground now
Fishing-boats go by
I fall asleep too early

I scream when no one hears me
The waves will wipe it out
And we'll be even

I turn my face to
From wherever the wind blows
Is it worth so much to try?

I'm at the airport waiting
For lights to fade below
And then: something else

All instant things are fading
The pain will go
I won't remember

And if the lights went out
If the elevator stopped
If we were lost where I was

Or in the deepest tunnel
The train just stopped
But you gave me no chance

I turn my face to
from wherever the wind blows
Is it worth so much to try?


3.Crime

Whatever made me glow
It's gone now
But I pretend I'm having it still

You know it's getting very hard
To go on now
But I pretend I want to

You know it wasn't really me
You know I wasn't really there
I would have thought more carefully
I would have turned away

You know it wasn't really me
You know I wouldn't really care
But someone looking just like me
Just turned around and you were there

My fingerprints are on the wall
Can I go now
Cause I've got nothing more to say

Except I didn't want to fall
So be still now
As I'm walking slowly away

My fingerprints are all over the world
You see my jacket in the street what if they hear your heart
beat
Cause you've been seen with another girl
She's in everyone you meet and I can hear your heart beat


4.Hopefully yours

Wind full of smells
And far-away places
The last thing I said
Are you sure you can do this?
Hands fold together
He says no
Don't turn your head
No don't Just go
I'm here in your yard
And it's getting colder
You're making it hard
He smiled when he told me
Life on the wing
Like a lot of things
Would be better if we didn't try I tried
Like I was walkong out in your garden
Or am I just being foolish
Or am I just being hopefully yours
You know you've been seen
Not quite on the main street
And I was the queen
Till then I had nothing
And I can't go on like
This is not a way of
Telling you be mine
Be mine
Like I was walking on your blue carpet
Or am I just being foolish
Or am I just being hopefully yours


5.Something nice

Almost give it a try
I sure do
I wake up early thinking of you
And I paint my eyes
In light blue
Reflecting every promise I do
There's a brand new note in the middle of this song
I close my eyes and hope that nothing will go wrong

That I'll have something nice
To talk about while I'm walking home
Have something nice to talk about
While I'm walking home

Almost wondering why
You want me
Sometimes I think you're better off on your own
When I make you cry
Over me
I almost want to leave you alone
But when I wake up in the middle of the night
And when I sometimes suddenly remember your smile

And to have something nice
To talk about while I'm walking home
To have something nice to talk about
While I'm walking home


6.Viewed from the spire

Viewed from the spire
It looks more like a coincidence to me
Another bomb in the harbour

But you were there
The place was all crowded but
No one crosses the street that way

It was such a lunatic thing to do
Broken glass was all over

I heard the sirens
Her name on the radio
Should have known there was no escape

They haven't found him
They say it wasn't professional this time
Just a bomb in the harbour

A love affair
Her room-mate won't listen but I-
No one crosses the street that way

She says
No, no. How would I know
Cause you didn't know her

I the sirens
And just suddenly I thought
No one's gonna say it did not take place


7.So this is goodbye

So this is goodbye
So this is how you say it
These are the words It's the voice you're using
It's the picture you've seen
So this is goodbye
So this is how you say it
This is the time it takes you
It didn't take you a lot now did it?
It didn't hurt you a lot now did it?
So this is goodbye
So this is how you spell it
Where you place it in your mouth
What happens if I didn't hear you?
What happens if it wasn't serious?
Well I was around
Maybe it was you I came to see
Maybe it was you who invited me
I remember your eyes were on me
I remember your eyes were on me
Goodbye


8.Little star

Little star
So you had to go
You must have wanted him to know
You must have wanted the world to know

Poor little thing
And now they know

Little star
I had to close my eyes
There was a fire at the warehouse
They're always waiting for a thing like this
Came travelin' from
for you
little star

Little star
So you had to go
You must have wanted him to know
You must have wanted the world to know

Poor little thing
And now they know
for you, little star


9.And she closed her eyes

And she closed her eyes and said
No I'm not in love
I'm not in much
For real

And the hood fell off her head
And her face got wet
I held my part
Of the deal

I've been growing older he thought
And he smiled and said
You've got the saddest face
I've seen

And when she didn't seem to listen at all
He said I'm getting wet
You held your part
Of the deal


10.Murder in Mairyland Park

Things that happen
Just once
If she'd looked she would have seen it
He was standing
All night Cross the street very still
And they go out so easily
The streetlamps
The cars come and go
But I see you
Too clearly I don't trust myself anymore
If it's all true Just say it
I may already know
That sound when it's over
The sidewalks will carry you home


11.Proposal

Sunday morning
No I'm not crying
If you would pretend
You were still asleep
The kids would be playing

While I forget
A lot of things
I had a scar under my left eye
we went skating

Little good
The sun will be doing
To my face


12.I see you again

I see raincoats and newspapers
Cowboy boots
And reflected In a window on a train
I see you Again
Very brief in the night
Between the stations
A passing town
Was illuminating a face
I saw you
Again