A Perfect Indian

Album: Universal Mother (1994)
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  • A perfect Indian is he
    Remembering him life is sweet
    Like a weeping willow
    His face on my pillow
    Comes to me still in my dreams

    And there I saw a young baby
    A beautiful daughter was she
    A face from a painting
    Red cheeks and teeth aching
    Her eyes like a wild Irish sea

    On a table in her yellow dress
    For a photograph feigned happiness
    Why in my life is that the only time
    That any of you will smile at me

    I'm sailing on this terrible ocean
    I've come for my self to retrieve
    Too long have I been feeling like Lir's children
    And there's only one way to be free

    He's shy and he speaks quietly
    He's gentle and he seems to me
    Like the elf-arrow
    His face worn and harrowed
    Is he a daydreamer like me

    I'm sailing on this terrible ocean
    I've come for my self to retrieve
    Too long have I been feeling like Lir's children
    And there's only one way to be free Writer/s: SINEAD O'CONNOR
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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