Salinas

Album: A Creature I Don't Know (2011)
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  • I am from Salinas where the women go forever
    And they never ever to stop to ask why
    My mother was a saviour of six foot of bad behaviour
    With long, blond curly hair down to her thigh

    Oh my mother
    Oh my friends
    Ask the angels "Will I ever see heaven again?"

    Late into the evening, they would take each other screaming
    Looking darkly to the back of her eye

    The careless beast was bleating that the air behind was breathing
    That they musn't ever look up to the sky

    There are no answers
    There are found
    Ask the angels, "Am I heaven-bound?"
    "Oh am I heaven-bound?"

    Put it down to me
    I, who speak awkwardly
    Any word, if it is heard, is not intended to be
    Not for them, not for her
    Not for him, and not for me

    Oh and that gun would turn before the sun starts to burn, understand

    When the clouds roll in, we start paying for our sins
    With a gun in my hand and my sun at my shoulder
    Believe I will run before that boy gets older

    Oh and that gun would turn before the sun starts to burn, understand
    Oh and that gun would turn before the sun starts to burn, understand

    I am from Salinas where the women go forever
    And they never ever stop to ask why
    My mother, she's a saviour of six foot of bad behaviour
    With long, blond curly hair down to her thigh

    Oh my mother
    Oh my friends
    Ask the angels, "Will I ever see heaven again?"
    "Will I ever see even again?"
    "Will I ever see even again?"

    Punish them all, for they speak too much
    Hate the world for what it did to us

    Will I ever see heaven again? Writer/s: LAURA BEATRICE MARLING
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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