The Lion and the Cobra album

(Sinéad O'Connor)

Jackie left on a cold, dark night,

Telling me he'd be home.

Sailed the seas for a hundred years,

Leaving me all alone.

And I've been dead for twenty years,

I've been a-washing the sand with my ghostly tears,

Searching the shores for my Jackie, oh.

I remember the day when the young men came.

Said, "Your Jackie's gone; he got lost in the rain."

And I ran to the beach and laid me down.

"You're all wrong," I said, and they stared at the sand,

"That man knows that sea like the back of his hand.

He'll be back sometime, laughing at you."

And I've been waiting all this time

For my man to come take his hand in mine,

And lead me away to unseen shores.

I've been a-washing the sand with my salty tears,

Searching the shore for these long years,

And I'll walk the sea forevermore,

'Til I find my Jackie, oh,

'Til I find my Jackie, oh,

'Til I find my Jackie, oh,

Jackie, oh,

Jackie, oh,

Jackie, oh.

(Sinéad O'Connor)

I'm dancing the seven veils.

Want you to pick up my scarf.

See how the black moon fades;

Soon I can give you my heart.

Woo-ooh,

Woo-ooh.

I don't know no shame, I feel no pain,

I can't see the flame.

But I do know Mandinka.

I do know Mandinka.

I do know Mandinka.

I do, oh-oh.

They're throwing it all this way,

Dragging it back to the start.

And they say, "See how the glass is raised?"

I have refused to take part.

I told them, "Drink something new.

Please, let me pull something through."

I don't know no shame, I feel no pain

I can't.

I don't know no shame, I feel no pain,

I can't see the flame.

But I do know Mandinka,

I do know Mandinka,

I do know Mandinka,

I do,

I do,

I do,

I say I do.

Soon I can give you my heart.

I do

Mandinka.

Soon I can give you my heart.

Soon I can give you my heart.

Soon I can give you my heart.

Soon I can give you my heart.

(Sinéad O'Connor/A. McMordie/Mike Clowes/John Reynolds)

Ran down and the lady said it.

It got torn down

And the priest just said it

Got burned.

They give me five years, five years,

It's my turn.

Ran down and the lady said it.

It got torn down

And the priest just said it

Got burned

They give me five years, five years,

It's my turn.

Oh, Jerusalem.

Oh, Jerusalem.

Getting tired of you doing this to me.

I'm gonna hit you if you say that to me

One more time.

I want to see you,

And you're saying you're busy.

I want to stop it,

And you said it would be easy.

It sure takes time.

Hope your next time

Gonna be the last time.

Hope you don't two-time.

It'll be the best time.

There won't be no next time.

It's show time.

I hope you do

What you said

When you swore

You'd make it better,

Deliver all the letters

On time.

Jerusalem.

Jerusalem.

Jerusalem.

Jerusalem.

Jerusalem.

(Sinéad O'Connor/Steve Wickham)

I will walk in the garden,

Feel religion within.

I will learn to run with the big boys,

I will learn how to sink and to swim.

And there's talk in the houses,

And people dancing in rings.

Ah, will you close my eyes, babe?

I can see most everything,

I can see most everything.

It's just like u said it would b.

It's just like u said it would b.

It's just like u said it would b.

It's just like u said it would b.

I can see too many mouths open,

Too many eyes closed, ears closed,

Not enough minds open,

Too many legs open.

Tell me, tell me,

Tell me, tell me do

Why isn't it, why, why?

I don't see my eyes, why, why?

Ah, la, la-la-la-la-la-la-la,

La, la, la-la-la-la-la-la-la,

La, la, la-la-la-la-la-la-la,

La, la, la-la-la-la-la-la-la.

When I've walked in the garden,

When I'm walking off stage,

When everything's quiet

Will you stay?

Will you be my lover?

Will you be my mama?

I said, will you be my lover?

I said, ill you be my babe?

When I lay down my head

At the end of my day,

Nothing would,

Nothing would please me better

Than to find that you're there.

When I lay down my head

At the end of my day,

Nothing would,

Nothing would please me better

Than to find that you're there when I wake.

Just like u said it would b,

Just like u said it would b,

Just like u said it would b,

Just like u said it would b.

Will you be my lover?

Will you be my mama?

Just like u said it would b,

Just like u said it would b,

Just like u said it would b,

Just like u said it would b.

(Sinéad O'Connor)

Tú a chosaint i do shlite go léir.

Iompróidh siad thú lena lámha

Sula mbuailfeá do chos in aghaidh cloiche.

Satlóidh tú ar an leon is ar an nathair;

Gabhfaidh tú de chosa sa leon óg is sa dragan.

Young woman with a drink in her hand,

She likes to listen to rock and roll.

She moves with the music 'cause it never gets old.

It's the only thing that never gets old.

Young man in a quiet place.

Got a hawk on his arm.

Loves that bird,

Never does no harm.

It's the only thing that never can do no harm,

Must be the only thing that never can do no harm.

Sun setting on the avenue,

Everyone walks by.

They live their life undercover, being blind,

Ah, being blind,

Oh, being blind.

Óir thug sé ordú dá aingil i do thaobh:

Tú a chosaint i do shlite go léir.

Iompróidh siad thú lena lámha

Sula mbuailfeá do chos in aghaidh cloiche.

Satlóidh tú ar an leon is ar an nathair;

Gabhfaidh tú de chosa sa leon óg is sa dragan.

Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh,

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh.

Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh,

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh.

Oh, ooh, ah,

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh.

(Sinéad O'Connor)

I remember it--

Dublin in a rainstorm, ah.

Sitting in the long grass in the summer,

Keeping warm.

I remember it--

Every restless night.

We were so young then

We thought that everything

That we could possibly do was right.

And we moved,

Stolen from our very eyes.

And I wondered where you went to.

And tell me, when did the light die?

You will rise,

You'll return, ah, ah.

The phoenix from the flame.

You will learn,

You will rise,

You'll return,

Being what you are.

There is no other Troy for you to burn, ah.

I never meant to hurt you,

I swear I didn't mean those things I said.

I never meant to do that to you;

Next time, I'll keep my hands to myself instead.

Oh, does she love you?

What do you want to do?

Does she need you like I do, oh?

Do you love her?

Is she good for you?

Does she hold you like I do, whoah, aah, ooh, oh-oh?

Do you want me?

Should I leave?

I know you're always telling me that you love me,

But just sometimes I wonder if I should believe.

Oh, I love you.

God, I love you.

I'd kill a dragon for you,

I'll die.

But I will rise,

And I will return

The phoenix from the flame.

I have learned,

I will rise.

And you'll see me return,

Being what I am.

There is no other Troy for me to burn, ah.

Well, you should have left the light on,

You should have left the light on,

Then I wouldn't have tried, and you'd never have known.

Well, I wouldn't have pulled you tighter,

No, I wouldn't have pulled you close,

I wouldn't have screamed, "No! I can't let you go"

If the door wasn't closed.

No, I wouldn't have pulled you to me,

No, I wouldn't have kissed your face.

You wouldn't have begged me to hold you

If we hadn't been there in the first place.

Whoa, but I know you wanted me to be there, oh, ho,

Every look that you threw told me so.

Oh, but you should have left the light on.

You should have left the light on.

Ah, oh-ooh, oh,

Ah, oh-ooh, oh,

But the flame burned away, but you're still spitting fire,

Made no difference what you say,

You're still a liar,

You're still a liar,

You're still a liar.

(Sinéad O'Connor/Mike Clowes/John Reynolds/Dean/Hollifield)

I want your hands on me.

What I want, give me.

You know I wanna please you,

What I wanna do to you.

You don't waste no time, do you?

You know I'm looking through you.

Why you wanna tease me?

I want you to come and please me.

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me.

You know that I can thrill you.

I want you call me to you.

I wanna move with you.

I really wanna feel you.

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me.

Put your hands on me,

Put your hands on me,

Put your hands on me,

Put your hands on me,

Put your hands on me,

Put your hands on me,

Put your hands on me.

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me.

Hands, gimme those,

Hands, gimme those,

Hands, gimme those,

Hands, gimme those.

I want your

Gimme those,

Gimme those.

Aaahhhh.

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me,

Put 'em on, put 'em on, put 'em on me.

Hands, gimme those,

Hands, gimme those,

Hands, gimme those,

Hands, gimme those.

I want your

Gimme those.

(Sinéad O'Connor)

Well, you tell us that we're wrong

And you tell us not to sing our song.

Nothing we can say can make you see,

You've got a heart of stone;

You can never feel.

You say, "Oh, I'm not afraid; it can't happen to me.

I've lived my life as a good man.

Whoa, no, you're out of your mind, it won't happen to me,

'Cause I've carried my weight and I've been a strong man."

Listen to the man at the liquor store,

He yelling, "Anybody want a ?"

And your parents paid you through.

You got a nice, big car; nothing bothers you.

Somebody cut out your eyes; you refuse to see.

Ah, somebody cut out your heart; you refuse to feel.

And you live in a shell, you create your own hell.

You live in the past and talk about war.

And you dig your own grave, yeah,

But it's a life you can save,

So stop getting fussed; it's not gonna happen.

And you'll cry, but you'll never fall, no, no, no,

You're building a wall.

Gotta break it down and start again.

No, no, no, it won't happen to us.

We've lived our lives; basically, we've been good men.

So stop talking of war

'Cause we've heard it all before.

Why don't you go out there and do something useful?

Oh, listen to the man at the liquor store,

He yelling, "Anybody wanna a drink before the war?"

"Anybody wanna a drink before the war?"

Ah, "Anybody wanna a drink before the war?"

Ah, ow,

Ah, ah, yeah, oh-ah, ah-oo.

(Black Moon.E)

We came here across the great divide

Into the city, slander all eyes.

We found a great love as we fell inside.

They could not touch us as we'd go by.

I've seen you the first time in Trogny's bar

But I'll see you later, we'll talk of black.

We'll meet up for sure, oh will we not?

Away from all of the friends that you've got

Oh no, oh no.

I said don't call me sir;

Oh, just call me Joe.

Don't call me lady;

Just call me Joe.

Don't call me mister;

Oh, just call me Joe.

Don't call me sweetheart;

Just call me Joe.

You wear the best clothes that I've ever seen.

I've seen your light and your poetry,

And it's the best thing that there's ever been.

You're both the beauty and the beast.

That's how it is and that's how it end

Into another city where you live far away

That's how it is and that's how it end

You've seen my face but you've never heard my name

Oh no, oh oh.

I said don't call me sir;

Oh, just call me Joe.

Don't call me lady;

Just call me Joe.

Don't call me mister;

Just call me Joe.

Don't call me sweetheart;

Just call me Joe.

"We never said goodbye, I said carry your purses with you now I have regards to you about our night this weekend and i'm giving you information...the leaves, the leaves they like your teeth. Come on I'm not going to force you now I had this, this annoying dream. This technology of ours..there's this place that is ever so refined that one one knows and a storm boomer with white light action..life is the shadow of a fish, multiple electrical systems you fly through, traffic lights that may open a door...a bunch of computer systems as clear as a cut crystal painting...infinite selections as clear as a crystal show...weapons, tanks, lasers, and aircraft moving across the sky, and huge missles, nuclear warheads that stand out more than anything...ultimate satellites, spy cameras, infared sensors, you, you can hear the thunder and positive thnking and start to say: I'll make more human development practices..you don't have to go and stop your field practices..such as human rights violations, yeah come up and see me sometime if you never ever want to intensify all communication, listen to what i'm not saying over and over...I feel as if some traveller returned"