Three Babies

Album: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got (1990)
Charted: 42
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  • Each of these
    My three babies
    I will carry with me
    For myself
    I ask no one else will be
    Mother to these three
    And of course
    I'm like a wild horse
    But there's no other way I could be
    Water and feed
    Are not tools that I need
    For the thing that I've chosen to be

    In my soul
    My blood and my bones
    I have wrapped your cold bodies around me, oh
    The face on you
    The smell of you
    Will always be with me

    Each of these
    My three babies
    I was not willing to leave
    Though I tried
    I blasphemed and denied
    I know they will be returned to me

    Each of these
    My babies
    Have brought you closer to me
    No longer mad like a horse
    I'm still wild, but not lost
    From the thing that I've chosen to be

    And it's 'cause you've thrilled me
    Silenced me, stilled me
    Proved things I never believed, oh
    The face on you
    The smell of you
    Will always be with me

    Each of these
    My three babies
    I will carry with me
    For myself
    I ask no one else will be
    Mother to these three Writer/s: Sinead Marie Bernarde O'Connor
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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