Lyrics for All The World Is Green as interpreted by ST

All The World Is Green Lyrics
I fell into the ocean
When you became my wife
I risked it all aganist the sea
To have a better life
Marie you're the wild blue sky
And men do foolish things
You turn kings into beggars
And beggars into kings

Pretend that you owe me nothing
And all the world is green
We can bring back the old days again
And all the world is green

The face forgives the mirror
The worm forgives the plow
The questions begs the answer
Can you forgive me somehow
Maybe when our story's over
We'll go where it's always spring
The band is playing our song again
And all the world is green

Pretend that you owe me nothing
And all the world is green
We can bring back the old days again
And all the world is green

The moon is yellow silver
Oh the things that summer brings
It's a love you'd kill for
And all the world is green

He is balancing a diamond
On a blade of grass
The dew will settle on our graves
When all the world is green

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patobrien
12-08-2006

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"The face forgives the mirror
The worm forgives the plow
The questions begs the answer
Can you forgive me somehow"

now that is a fucking lyric

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melanieo7
02-21-2007

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This is the first song that my fiance and I ever danced to when we first started dating. Our friend Nathan Asher from the band Nathan Asher and the Infantry will be performing this song at our wedding for our first dance. I can't wait. Go check out my friends band if you love lyrical music. nathanasher.com

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BrokeAccount
10-06-2007

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Holy crap. Where were you that they were playing this? If there was a bar/club near me that played Tom Waits I bet I'd never be out of it... That said, this song is absolutely perfect. To meet a girl who likes this song... Well. It would be a damn miracle.

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caitsith01
12-03-2007

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patobrien - precisely.

And yeah, if I knew of a bar that played this kind of stuff I'd never leave it either.

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SocietysPliers
08-19-2008

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The worm/plow line is a quote from William Blake's 'Marriage of Heaven & Hell,' and Waits and his wife wrote the song for the musical adaptation of the 1913 play "Woyzeck," in which it is performed as a duet.

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relephant23elephant
11-03-2009

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Such a beautiful song. One of Wait's best.

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