Songtexte:
Richard Thompson Live From Austin Tx

Bathsheba smiles She smiles and veins turn to ice She smiles and heads bow down She works the room Air-kisses every victim twice She spreads her joy

This time you hurt me You really did it this time you did Did you count your fingers After shaking my hand, God forbid Riff raff crawling from the slums

Call my name? Did you call my name in the night? In the whispers and sighs In the whispers and sighs of the night Ah, ghosts in the wind Yeah, ghosts

My sweetheart, she bounced right out of my arms She was gone before I remembered to cling Was I moving too slowly to catch her Or was she by nature a

In the dark who can see his face? In the dark who can reach him? He hides like a child He hides like a child Keeps his finger on the trigger He can't

fresh face to change the mood I'll find my feet again you say What rock, I had you rolled What rock, I had you rolled away But I live as best I can

Well there's a house in an alley In the squats and low-rise Of a town with no future But that's where my future lies It's a secret, but no secret It

Oh the last bus has gone Or maybe I'm wrong It just doesn't exist And the words that flew Between me and you I must be crossed off your list So I'm walking

who needs me out there She's kind and tender and one day I'll find her I swear So set me free while I've still got time Don't try to hide your shame, dear, from