Live to Tell Songtext
von Giant Sand

Anyone could become a lawyer
If they pass the bar
Incoming swells of soft paranoia
Only lets you dream that far

Marjorie and Lou-Ellen the lost
Were Marjonal as well
They′ve added up and deducted their losses
Earned the rights to kill and tell
Kill and tell

Look at you now, hmm-hmm-hmm
Look at you now, hmm-hmm


Mother Martha and Sonya the trip
They guard their histories well
They're trading up from Halstons to Harleys
Channel to a burning leather smell

Listen up if you can hear me
There ain′t no point to dwell
If I still stand where the earth tried to swallow
I hope you wait for me to live to tell, live to tell?

Look at you now, hmm-hmm-hmm
Look at you now

Look at you now, all done up and set to dismember
Look at you now
Severe nostalgia and upset to remember
Look at us now
This brilliant mess, this complex entangle

Livin' to tell, livin' to tell, livin′ to tell
Livin′ to tell, livin' to tell now (livin′ to tell)