Emiliana Torrini - Beggar's Prayer lyrics

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Mamma said lift your head from the sieve of your hands<br />

Mamma said eventually this hurting will end<br />

But the shock waves on my bones will linger<br />

Like the ghost of you here in my bed<br />

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When I was lost you thought me a beautiful find<br />

Sometimes I think of you sleeping, so sleep for a while<br />

I find myself asking, "Who'd do this to love?"<br />

And the white shouldered mountains, they pointed above<br />

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Lord, you just dropped me here by the side of this road<br />

Out here's too cold and I don't want to walk it alone<br />

I got a bottle of your blood inside me<br />

And an old beggar's prayer on the tip of my tongue<br />

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Mamma said lift your head from the sieve of your hands<br />

Mamma said eventually this hurting will end<br /><br />