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"Bea"
(written by Kristin Hersh)

Banging in fevered ports
Banging in the night
Ankle deep in mud
I can sleep in mud
I was a kind of hooker
My lover was free
I don't speak, I ramble
He was a gamble
I just wanna own something
Young dirty street
Well I can sleep with anything and more
Stripped women, stripped men
I fall instead of him
I'm useless in the light of the distance
I could break you for all the right reasons
I could hate you but what have I got?
Nobody feels your tongue
Nobody sees you run
Nobody sees you make
Nobody knows your face
Love lives your whim
I'm stripped instead of him
I'm harmless in the light of the distance
I could break you for all the right reasons
I could hate you but what have I got?
Nobody sees me old
Nobody feels me cold
Nobody lives my whim
Nobody knows you're him
I roam his head
I cram what's left
I hide myself from her love
Nothing makes me older but the birthmark on your back
But making babies in the field
And the birthmark on your shoulder
Making babies in the field
Makes me older
Banging in fenceposts
Banging in the night
Ankle deep in mud
I can sleep in mud
I was a kind of hooker
But his lover was me
I don't sleep, I ramble
My kids was a gamble
I just wanna own something
Old dirty earth
Well I can sleep with anything and more
'Cause the birthmark on your shoulder
Making babies in the field
Nothing makes me older
Nothing makes me live my life but you
And that mark on your back
Making babies in the field

Guitar Tab (courtesy of Red Eyes)


APPEARS ON:
- Hunkpapa, 1989
- Live At Maxwell's (Kristin solo), 1992
- The Curse, 1992
- Live To Tape, 1997
- Live In Providence, recorded 1992, released 2001
- Live In Brussels, recorded 1989, released 2004
- Live At The Bowery Ballroom, 2006
Live At The Middle East, 2006

Don't worry, dance in the road.