Here are the newest lyrics. Seems ya'll are having a hard time figuring them out. Subject to change, of course:
Let us raise this glass of wine
For your blood burns, just like mine
And we neither feel too much going home
You know, I never really had the mind for an ordinary life
But I guess I'm gonna give it a try
So here goes . . .
And I know we've both had enough
Drinking from this broken cup
That we neither feel too much more like sharing
But again, boys, to your feet one last time on Benefit Street!
Set aside these weary lives
You've been bearing
Though the years have been unkind,
Like a winter clementine,
We can only come of age in the cold
And what small comfort we might take
That we've both been born to break
Leaves us humble, keeps us honest, but bold.
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And we laugh, and we sing,
And we dance up the dance of the wise men
And alone in the dark
We don't know what their secrets mean
And I promise I know
That the poison will surely pass through you
If you scrub and you wash
Then eventually you will come clean
------
And they gather in the gloom --
Shadows love a darkened room --
Playing games of luck and fortune they'll never win
Come, you charlatans and wallflowers,
Counting out your final hours
Go on, take a swing again.
So let us raise this glass of wine
Tra, la, la -- what's yours is mine
And we're none of us in any shape to drive
So we'll tend to all these dying embers,
Promises we'll not remember,
Forgetfullness we've courted all our lives.
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Chorus. Twice.
A Toast from Benefit Street
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Doggit
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Here are the newest lyrics. Seems ya'll are having a hard time figuring them out. Subject to change, of course:
Let us raise this glass of wine
For your blood burns, just like mine
And we neither feel too much going home
You know, I never really had the mind for an ordinary life
But I guess I'm gonna give it a try
So here goes . . .
And I know we've both had enough
Drinking from this broken cup
That we neither feel too much more like sharing
But again, boys, to your feet one last time on Benefit Street!
Set aside these weary lives
You've been bearing
Though the years have been unkind,
Like a winter clementine,
We can only come of age in the cold
And what small comfort we might take
That we've both been born to break
Leaves us humble, keeps us honest, but bold.
------
And we laugh, and we sing,
And we dance up the dance of the wise men
And alone in the dark
We don't know what their secrets mean
And I promise I know
That the poison will surely pass through you
If you scrub and you wash
Then eventually you will come clean
------
And they gather in the gloom --
Shadows love a darkened room --
Playing games of luck and fortune they'll never win
Come, you charlatans and wallflowers,
Counting out your final hours
Go on, take a swing again.
So let us raise this glass of wine
Tra, la, la -- what's yours is mine
And we're none of us in any shape to drive
So we'll tend to all these dying embers,
Promises we'll not remember,
Forgetfullness we've courted all our lives.
-----
Chorus. Twice.
Let us raise this glass of wine
For your blood burns, just like mine
And we neither feel too much going home
You know, I never really had the mind for an ordinary life
But I guess I'm gonna give it a try
So here goes . . .
And I know we've both had enough
Drinking from this broken cup
That we neither feel too much more like sharing
But again, boys, to your feet one last time on Benefit Street!
Set aside these weary lives
You've been bearing
Though the years have been unkind,
Like a winter clementine,
We can only come of age in the cold
And what small comfort we might take
That we've both been born to break
Leaves us humble, keeps us honest, but bold.
------
And we laugh, and we sing,
And we dance up the dance of the wise men
And alone in the dark
We don't know what their secrets mean
And I promise I know
That the poison will surely pass through you
If you scrub and you wash
Then eventually you will come clean
------
And they gather in the gloom --
Shadows love a darkened room --
Playing games of luck and fortune they'll never win
Come, you charlatans and wallflowers,
Counting out your final hours
Go on, take a swing again.
So let us raise this glass of wine
Tra, la, la -- what's yours is mine
And we're none of us in any shape to drive
So we'll tend to all these dying embers,
Promises we'll not remember,
Forgetfullness we've courted all our lives.
-----
Chorus. Twice.
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