Lament (Love, I Found You Gone)

by Dinah Washington

From the album: Drinking Again

Track 5 of 12 on Drinking Again (1962).

Duration: 2:17

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Lyrics for Lament (Love, I Found You Gone)

Oh your eyes are so blue, they could double as diamonds, Cut a tango out of Turku and stand in for the sky But your heart is so cold, it could storm troop Karelia, Put a plague on every house and a smile in every lie I forged you from magic metal, a molten stream made you flesh Composed you fresh from the earth, from silver, love and gold But your icy breath of sorrow has poisoned my tomorrow, Shot my veins full of venom, and stilled me with cold Oh my heart is so blue, it could cry you a river, Cry you a Kalevala, cry you this song And my fingers are so frozen they could snap like carrots, Slap down the sun and make night all day long For your soul is so white, it could stand in for winter Fill in for the snow and see the wheat through to spring Your sex is a stone and your blood will never sing I made my hell when I made you and gave you that ring Yes, I gave you life, metal maiden, but you will not be my missus So tearing the heart out of my chest now is my one and only wish But my hands have gone numb from the ice in your kisses So the sea will be my bride – I'll lay me down with the fish

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More from Drinking Again

  1. Drinking Again
  2. Just Friends
  3. I'm Gonna Laugh You out of My Life
  4. I'll Be Around
  5. Lament (Love, I Found You Gone)
  6. I Don't Know You Anymore
  7. Baby Won't You Please Come Home
  8. Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be)
  9. The Man That Got Away
  10. For All We Know
  11. Say It Isn't So
  12. On the Street of Regret