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the bridge - oh susanna lyrics

there’s a bridge that spans two peaks of land where the river rushes through
that’s where i go sometimes to stand and think of me and you
cast my wishes to the wind with every stone i throw
and watch them slowly disappear in the rushes far below

well i once was your tender bride, a veil across my face
too young to own an ounce of pride so innocent and chaste
but you changed all that my love the night that we were wed
and a blackened root of scarlet fear grew from our wedding bed

there’s a bird that spins fast through the sky, its wings are soaked in blood
its breast is stuck with a stone of steel shot from my husband’s gun
he says, “man’s gotta eat, my dear” and he flashes me a grin
and he’s holding up a wiry cage to shut that bird within

at night i dream i climb that cliff with this shack across my back
break these walls down in to boards and build myself a raft
lay my body on that bed of wood, look through to the end of blue
’til silk ribbons of white water have twisted me in two

i’m goin’ down to the murky water because it is my home
and it feels like a broken arrow is buried deep beneath my bones
i will find the place from which i came, the one that gave me breath
and it will bring me shining joy even if it brings me death
well you stood there across from me blocking our front door
you screamed, “don’t go away from me, i swear i’ll love you more.”
but i shot my fist against the pane, threw myself through the glass
and i could hear your screams on me, “now i’ll love you last”

- oh susanna lyrics

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