Indigo Girls Holly Happy Days

I am loving the new Indigo Girls, "Holly Happy Days" so here is a little tribute to it!

Sweet Gypsy

Beautiful song...did they write this one or is it a cover?

Sweet Gypsy, Indigo Girls

Sweet gypsy blowing through my mind
And through my heart so full and empty
Well these days seem strange somehow
A billion years isn't what it appears to be

Now you tell me that you're losing hold of time
You can't seem to find your peace of mind
Well Im so far away and Im trying to see you through
I can't help but feel I may be losing you

Should I let you go
For your own sake
Should I hold you close
For mine

Anyway I love you and I couldnt be more sure
These tears cry out please don't let go
Oh but their words
They keep haunting me

You can't build your life around a dream
Well it's too late
Now my world is you
There's nothing they could say or do

Well I remember the first time that I fell
I swear I never thought I'd make it up again
Ive been flying on the wings of your love
And Im not getting down just to fall again

Don't it seem like the road is oh so long
Well everybodys moving out
And were staying on
In this absurdity

Now you don't let go of me
Im begging you
Now you don't let go of me

Anyway I love you

2 great Indigo Girls Songs

This is an amazing song and can be found at the end of Faye Tucker on "Come on Now Social."

I highly recommend it.

Philosophy of Loss, Indigo Girls

Welcome to why the church has died
In the heart of the exiled in the kingdom of hate
Who owns the land & keeps the commands
And marries itself to the state
Modern scribes write in Jesus Christ

Everyone is free

And the doors open wide to all straight men & women
But they are not open to me
And who is teaching kids to be soldiers
To be marked by a plain white cross
And we kill just a little to save a lot more

The philosophy of loss
There are a few who would be true out of love
And love is hard

And don't think that our hands haven't shoveled the dirt
Over their central American graveyards
Doctors & witch hunters stripped you bare
Left you nothing for your earthly sins
Yeah but who made this noise just a bunch of boys
And the one with the most toys wins
Who is teaching kids to be gamblers
Life is a coin toss
And of course what you give up is what you gain

The philosophy of loss

Whatever has happened to anyone else
Could happen to you & to me
And the end of my youth was the possible truth
That it all happens randomly
Who is teaching kids to be leaders
and the way that it is meant to be
the philosophy of loss

Second is a song that I came by through a friend in my undergrad and grad program. It's called Life's So Strange and is another very interesting song that I think was on a cd burned from Kazzaa(sp?) or Napster. Oh remember those lovely days. I do...

Cold black coffee, incessant stream of cars

Cigarette ash lies sprinkled like a fistful of grey stars

Yesterday it rained silver rainbows on the ground
Today the rain's just water - it won't stop from falling down.
I get weary waiting for my muse
But in between the times she comes
I still have to tie my shoes
And get on with my day
There are mornings when I'm with (?)
And there are days I have to take the bus.
Life's so rich...
Life's so empty...
Secret rendezvous, long distance from a phone booth
Like two players in a mystery straight out of our youth
Well I'm finding that dramatics have lost their old appeal
I play the part of stoic lover, but I'm not sure how I feel
I get discouraged waiting for the world
To understand this love affair
To understand the girl
There are mornings when Amelia's right beside me
The next thing I know, I taste the salt of the sea.
Life's so rich...
Life's so empty...
Cold black coffee, incessant stream of cars
Cigarette ash lies sprinkled like a fistful of grey stars
Yesterday it rained silver rainbows on the ground
Today the rain's just water - it won't stop from falling down.
As I grow weary, I'm waiting for the world
To understand this love affair
To understand the girl
There are mornings when Amelia's right beside me
The next thing I know, I taste the salt of the sea.
Life's so rich...
Life's so empty...
Life's so strange