Iron & Wine - Beneath the Balcony Lyrics

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Let's go out and dance, darling 
our last of days 
and grace the game with a blindfold on 
the cheaters come to play 
and outside the soft-handed boys, 
screaming cars and all their speed 
music, math, a hero begging change 
his sword across his knees. 

And how he prays to find a man to blame 
for every sleepless night he spends 
and for every well that he warned me of 
but wound up falling in 
and then for the kids beneath the balcony 
who disregard the rain 
to make sure the king won't grant the dead man one more day 

Let's go out and see darling 
what shines tonight 
and temper your dream about the 
dying horse 
with traffic, noise, and light 
and somewhere the soft-handed boys, 
bleeding hearts, and worker bees 
give to the holy mother begging change 
Christ across her knees 

And how she prays to find a man to blame 
for every loveless night she waits 
and for every gun that she frowned upon but still some fucker made 
and then for the kid beneath the balcony 
behind the garbage can 
who hopes for the king to come 
and hold his sweaty hand

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lyrics submitted by Libby on 31-01-2005
lyrics corrected on 14-05-2009