\"Lyrics
SEARCH HERE:
BROWSE 409412 LYRICS BY ARTIST/BAND NAME:
#A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
SITE MENU
Last Updates
Request Lyrics
Submit / Correct
Popularity Charts
VISITORS
Login / Register
Your Thoughts
My Playlists
[ More Carly Simon lyrics ]
add to playlist     see a mistake?    comment

Artist/Band: Carly Simon
Lyrics for Song: Memorial Day
Lyrics for Album: Spy [1979]



It should have been so soft

This morning as we left

But the valley was infected

By a different kind of beauty

And the Indians they knew

It was a devil's sanctuary



Out of this unholy dawn

A car came stirring up the sand

And a woman from a passion play

Held up the limousine that brought me

All this way today



And I didn't need to turn around so strong

Was the message

And the man who planned her life

Commanded all that followed



Well they bellowed, and they hollered

And they threw each other down

Down in this valley

This cruel and lovely valley

Oh it should have been an alley

In some low down part of town



As the lights came up

There was no sun

And brandy splattered all over the ground

As this woman with her head held high

Yelled love and why oh why

You're killing me, oh follow me

As I watched safe and clean

From the frosted windows of my limousine



Well they bellowed and they hollered

And they threw each other down

Down in this valley

This cruel and lovely valley

Oh it should have been an alley

In some low down part of town



Before he'd been so funny

Imagining the best

That he'd escape recrimination

For abandoning the nest

He'd been joking and stoned

While he was entertaining me

But then turned and was stunned

By her panic and her misery



And I was in the get-away car

Giving him a chance, to get away

Get away, get away



And how the valley smoked

As he crossed Route 25

With his cymbals and his shattered crown

Leaving all alone

His eyes fixed on the ground

And he didn't need turn around so strong

Was the message

And he fell into the shallow sky

And was swallowed



Well they bellowed and they hollered

And they threw each other down

Down in this valley

This cruel and lovely valley

Well it should have been an alley

In some low down part of town


Album Lyrics: Spy [1979]


Carly Simon
"Spy [1979]"


1. Vengeance
2. Just Like You Do
3. We're So Close
4. Coming To Get You
5. Never Been Gone
6. Pure Sin
7. Love You By Heart
8. Spy
9. Memorial Day