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Laura Marling : Once I Was An Eagle
2013

  1. Take The Night Off
  2. I Was An Eagle
  3. You Know
  4. Breathe
  5. Master Hunter
  6. Little Love Caster
  7. Devil's Resting Place
  8. Undine
  9. Where Can I Go?
  10. Once
  11. Pray For Me
  12. When Were You Happy? (And How Long Has That Been)
  13. Love Be Brave
  14. Little Bird
  15. Saved These Words

Take The Night Off

Tuning: CGCGGE (Open C5)
You should be gone beast Be gone from me Be gone from my mind at least Let a little lady be I don't want you to want me Wouldn't want you to know I don't care where you've gone beast I care where you go Take the night off And be bad for me Take it right off And be bad for me You're a night bird Early riser You have a kind of wing To take her and surprise her I didn't understand where you had gone Didn't know you'd be right back I didn't hear the night song Calling for you into the black Take the night off And be bad for me Take it right off And be bad for me Didn't ask you to save me Not when you knew me well Wouldn't ask you even to behave for me I know there's no help in hell Take the night off And be bad for me Take it right off And be bad for me

I Was An Eagle

Tuning: CGCGGE (Open C5)
Intro
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Verse 1
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So your grandmother sounds to me A woman I would be proud to be And you say she reminds you of me Every little boy is so naive, oh
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I will not be a victim of romance I will not be a victim of circumstance Chance or circumstance or romance Or any man who could get his dirty little hands on me No, no, no
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When we were in love, if we were When we were in love I was an eagle And you were a dove
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Verse 2
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When we were in love, if we were When we were in love I was an eagle And you were a dove
Outro: same as intro

You Know

Tuning: CGCGGE (Open C5)
Damn all those people who don't lose control Who will never take a foot out of life You might not think that I care But you don't know what I know And damn all those hippies who stomp empty footed Upon all that's good, all that's pure in the world You might not care what I think But you don't know what I know And bless all those mothers who do all they can Just to take their faults out of the line I might not know what it's like But I'm glad that you know Give me a minute there Just a minute now It'll come back to me I was so sure that you free wheelin' troubadour You took my mind off the sea And you know I know I know I know that you know You asked me blind once if I was a child once And I said I'm really not sure How can you know How can you know What it is you don't know

Breathe

Tuning: CGCGGE (Open C5)
You came here to tell me something I already know The dark before the dawn is the darkest I can go The calm before the storm is what leaves me here to breathe So breathe Us of constant banging throwing fists against the wall Screaming at the Earth for what it's done to one and all I came here to tell you something you already know Just breathe Breathe How cruel I am to you Cruel things I do How cruel you were to me How cruel time can be I wrote you a book but I left it out in the rain Left it there to dry but it got rained on once again Us of constant banging throwing fists against the wall Breathe Breathe How cruel you are to me How cruel time can be How cruel I was to you How cruel things I do When you wake you'll know I'm gone Where I'm going there's no one So don't follow me Whatever you may hear or see Don't follow me Whatever you may hear or see

Master Hunter

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I am a master hunter
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I cured my skin, now nothing gets in
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Nothing not as hard as it tries
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You want a woman cause you want to be saved
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Well I'll tell you that I got a little lot on my plate
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Well if you want a woman who can call your name, it ain't me babe
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No, no, no, it ain't me babe
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I don't stare at water anymore Water doesn't do what it did before
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It took me in into the edge of insane when I only meant to swim
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I nearly put a bullet in my brain when the rhythm took me in
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I am a master hunter
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You let men into your bed
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They don't know you well
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They can't get into my head
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They don't have a hope in hell
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See the thing is we are so alone
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There's nothing we can share
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You can get me on the telephone but you won't keep me there
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No, no, no, you won't keep me there
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Take me somewhere I can grow Give me something let me go Tell me something I don't know I, I have some news I have some news Is this what you think I do In life when I'm not being used You're not sad, you look for the blues You're not sad, you look for the blues I have some news
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Wrestling the rope from darkness
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Is no fucking life that I would choose
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I am a master hunter
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I cured my skin, now nothing gets in
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Nothing not as hard as it tries
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I am a master, I am a master, I am a master hunter

Little Love Caster

Yes I am Yes I am a master I have you bad man Little love Little love caster Palm of my hand I wish that I had I wish that I had have told you then Where my kindness ends I would take you home I would take you home and then Our love spell will end You are new to me You are new to me I can't seem to say "I'd like you to stay" Yes I am Yes I am a master I have you, bad man Little love Little love caster They might know you best They might know you best And love you most I would take you home I would take you home and then I would be your ghost I saw a lady dance yesterday She was easily swayed I cannot be tossed And turned in this way I'm not your tiny dancer I can't seem to say "I'd like you to stay" I see a lady dance yesterday She is easily swayed I cannot be tossed And turned in this way I'm not a tiny dancer I can't seem to say "I'd like you to stay" I can't seem to say "I'd like you to stay"

Devil's Resting Place

I woke up one morning to know that I had gone Finally taken the step and jumped right off the wall When you come to call on me that's why my eyes are glazed I've been with the devil in the devil's resting place I am loathe to say that I have been to stay I've been with the devil in the devil's resting place When you ask to drink of me I think out on the case Look down to my aloe cup and take myself a taste Bitterness is thick like blood and cold as a wind sea breeze If you must drink of me, take of me what you please I am loathe to say it's the devil's taste I've been with the devil in the devil's resting place Water won't clean you, water won't clean you You only hold yourself to the things you do Come up here to speak to me and hold your face to mine Any man can hold my gaze has done his job just fine You just sold your life away to be with me tonight Hold your head against my chest, I think you'll be just fine I am loathe to say it's the devil's place I go with the devil where the devil rests his face I've been with the devil where the devil rests his face Water won't clean you, water won't clean you You only hold yourself to the things you do You only hold yourself to the things you do

Undine

My steps towards the water Where Undine last was seen I was told that if you saw her It should make you more naive Made my steps towards the shore She sang her love at me Oh Undine so sweet and pure Make me more naive Oh Undine, sing your love to me Oh Undine, knowing I'd love this lovely scene There were ropes around my wrist And the tide pulled at her hair Pulling her away from me And me away from there Yes the water tried to take her Tried to make poor Undine hide But she fought herself against it Love in her had not yet died Oh Undine, sing your love to me Oh Undine, fight your way, fight your way You live for the sea Undine, you live for the sea You cannot, you cannot What's going on in there? What's going on in there? Let me in It's cold there in December So I took my coat and left Left Undine by the embers That's all our fire had left Left Undine by the shore Where she sang her love at me Oh Undine so sweet and pure Knowing I'd love this lovely scene You live for the sea Undine, you live for the sea You cannot, you cannot What's going on in there? What's going on in there? Let me in You live for the sea Undine, you live for the sea You cannot, you cannot You cannot love me

Where Can I Go?

I was a daddy's girl sometime But I loved my mama 'til the end of the line I am cold and I am bright It's a curse of mine to be sad at night It's a curse of mine to be sad at night Late at night he'll come to me and he'll tell me I'm alone Don't you think I don't already know? All I see is road No one takes me home Where, where can I go? Truth about desire they say Is a need to breathe for another day Truth I heard about regret It's the hardest truth I've come to yet It's the hardest truth I've come to yet Late at night he'll come to me and he'll tell me I'm alone Don't you think I don't already know? All I hear are wars There's something I don't know Where, where can I?

Once

Tuning: DGDGBD (Open G)
In the land I now know to be mine There the heart is so dark it's near blind When I think about the life I've left behind I still raise no praise to the sky With my eyes on the prize of your bed When all that's needed saying has been said When I think about the life that I have led I laid down to the sound of the wise Once, once is enough to break you Once, once is enough to make you think twice About laying your love out on the line With all I now know to be true And all I've figured out about you All the crazy things a mind can do I laid down to the sound of the truth Once, once is enough to break you Once, once is enough to make you think twice About laying your little love out on the line O, I was a child once O, I was happy young When all I didn't know needed doing Had been done

Pray For Me

Where does my lover lie? I don't love I just lie so Pray, Pray for me And where you run, I run in tow And where are you from I long to know How does a child know Where mothers weakness goes? And where? And where the trouble goes? Well you will speak, and it shall be so And what you say will be all I know There was a time of weeks I thought dogs barked at me and I, I have lost my mind And the devil had put his mark on me And calls his branches shake your trees That's not me for my trying, that's the devil and his lying Trying to make me and loose my mind so Pray, Pray for me So you got my letter late When I permanently etched my name Right, oh right into your soul I cannot love I want to be alone I will not love I want to be alone That's not me for my trying, that's the devil and his lying Trying to make me when I'm trying to be good so Pray, Pray for me But where he runs, I run in tow And where you're from I long to know And you will speak and it shall be so But I cannot love I want to be alone Pray, pray for me

When Were You Happy? (And How Long Has That Been)

Hey there, new friend across the sea If you figure things out, would you figure in me? Wouldn't it be a thing To live somewhere quietly where there's a breeze And there's a reason for us to be I look at people here in this city and wonder if they're lonely Or like me they're not content to live as things are meant to be When were you happy? And how long has that been? Who speaks for them and then again Who speaks for me? My vote was never counted So who upon this earth knows what it is that I believe? We're all looking for answers where no answers can be found Or is that a concern of mine Because I have the time To question my ground? Hey there, new friend across the sea If you figure things out, would you figure in me? Hey there, new friend across the sea If you figure things out, would you figure in me? I find the more I think the harder it is for me to breathe When were we happy? And how long has that been?

Love Be Brave

In a world you can't get lost in I find my way to him I am purpose and regret You're a feeling I'll forget What will I do then? How did I sleep at night With you far from my side? Hold me down, make no sound Silence speaks for me Love be brave No one will say it but you And that has not yet been The easy thing for you to do How does he make love seem sweet? Isn't that some heavy feat? Do the birds suffer so? Do they sing because they know? This life don't go slow Love be brave No one will save you but me And that has not yet been The safest place for you to be What will I do then? Here comes a change over me Something strange takes over me I am brave and love is sweet And silence speaks for him and me

Little Bird

Oh Rosie Where have you been? I couldn't save you But I tried Rosie I tried Why did you run From everyone? Who only tried to Love you Rosie Only tried Little bird, if I only knew Maybe I'd be more like you With a feather in my wing Is it spring Do I sing Why do you run From everyone? Who only tries to Love you only tries Maybe I like pleasure pain Of going and coming back again What I leave behind I come back to find It's no longer mine Little bird, if I only knew Maybe I'd be more like you With a feather in my wing Is it spring Do I sing Maybe I like pleasure pain Of going and coming back again What I leave behind I come back to find It's no longer mine Oh Rosie Where have you been? I couldn't love you But I tried Rosie I tried

Saved These Words

When your work is over Your day is done Put down your hammer Into my world come Life is heavy And you're no master, son When you're ready Into my arms come Into my arms come Love's not easy Not always fun Words are sleazy My love is better done My love is better done Should you choose Should you choose To love anyone Anytime soon Then I save these words for you You weren't my curse You weren't my curse Thank you naivety for failing me again He was my next verse Should you choose Should I choose To love anyone Anytime soon Then I save these words for you You weren't my curse You weren't my curse Thank you naivety for failing me again He was my next verse I've saved these words for you