Madeleine Peyroux - Bare Bones Lyrics






I remember what my daddy taught me
'bout how warm whiskey is in a cold ditch
And one more thing about good and evil
You can't tell which is which

Well, if the rest is lost in history
Or maybe wasted on a fool like me
And that these bare bones
Would leave me something after all

Old Hamlet's done now, dead and gone
And there's no ghost who walks
Poor Yorik tells you everything he knows
With no tongue to talk

It seems the truth is hidden where the sun don't shine
And I'm never certain if it's theirs or mine
It's just the bare bones
They give you that much after all

They preached the gospel down in Metairie
They preached it in school
It never made much sense to me
Wonder if it was supposed to

You go on down to Millionaires Road
Watch a while, tell me what you see
The truth itself, nothing but a gamble
It might or might not set you free

I guess, my old man was hard to read
And I don't really know what I believed
But in these bare bones
There's something lovely after all





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  1. M.... C....

    去死了 我的午夜

  2. L.... C....

    0:00 as if it were designed

  3. E.... M....

    10 point sss!!!!! aaaaaauuuuuuu aaaaauuuuuu!!!!!!!!

  4. L.... C....

    I just have to accept that there’s only one hit for my ears

  5. L.... C....

    10 hours plz

  6. V.... A....

    apaixonante

  7. A.... S....

    Cantora intimista, não é para multidões, mas é capaz de atrair fãs incondicionais, pois não lhe falta muita bossa. Não necessita rebolar nem mostrar as pernas; apenas a voz. Está sempre acompanhada de grandes músicos, os quais deve escolher com muito cuidado

  8. G.... G....

    Great song ! Congratulations to miss Peyroux.
    I also found this song in French, great !
    "Au Lieu de"
    https://youtu.be/z1Z9DDeWIgA
    Check it out !

  9. L.... R....

    What a great song.

  10. S.... V....

    No lyrics? ;c

  11. A.... D....

    Just in time!!!!

  12. n.... ....

    how strange, i came home crying about an exam and played a jazz playlist so it would deafen my sobbing and this song played..

    n.... ....

    noinion

  13. D.... T....

    So epic

  14. A.... D....

    can you help me with the original title of the song? I do not find a song named Instead by Billie Holliday..?

    A.... D....

    +Adrian Despi I think it's an original

    A.... D....

    it's an original written by her.

    A.... D....

    Adrian Despi i think it's a joke guys lol

  15. K.... M....

    She has the old rhythm

  16. b.... d....

    I enjoyed Instead!!!👍

  17. O.... C....

    She's Billie Holiday all over again!!

    O.... C....

    agreed, she really does sound like Billie Holliday.

    O.... C....

    +Onilda Cavazos But there's something characteristic about Billie's money range that nobody else does. Her voice is smooth like BIllie's but unique in its own way.

  18. M.... B....

    awesome song

  19. C.... M....

    Lovely voice! Thanks for sharing!

  20. a.... t....

    Awesome song, perfect for summer. <3

  21. P.... C....

    FEEL GOOD SONG  . GREAT FOR DRIVING

  22. 2.... ....

    The message is so powerful, yet so simplistic to understand. A great "Don't Worry Song"

  23. R.... A....

    Great interpretation, rhythm, lyrics, and message : )
    Superbe : )

  24. k.... r....

    groovie

  25. M.... R....

    !!GENIALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL, GENIALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!

  26. w.... ....

    this is my song from now on