"Iris (Wide Winged Bird Version)" lyrics - BIG THIEF
We jumped straight into
The iris of the lake
You threw your arms around my neck, you knew
My heart was yours
My heart was yours
Stay up late into
The iris of the day
You said just one more cigarette, you knew
My heart was yours
My heart was yours
Man you change, you do
You grew a face
You chewed my flesh and spit the taste, you knew
My heart was yours
My heart was yours
And everybody and I never knew this part of town
What you needed yeah I need a little
You know you a ten and I need you
Alone alone alone
And everybody and I never knew this part of town
What you needed yeah I need a little
You know you a ten and I need you
Alone alone alone
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You see just through - just through the frame of a - a hill and you can see the sky behind it and this hard, this stark line and the - the image you see horses, four horses, or three horses, starting to come up over the hill, and um, and it's magic, slow motion, and um cinematic, and I am riding one of the horse-
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[Verse 1: Sample of Folk Singing]
I will buy it (I will buy it)
Just to try it (just to try it)
I will buy it (I will buy it)
Just to buy it, yes (yes)
I will buy it (I will buy it)
Woo, just to try it (just to try it)
I will buy it just to try it
[Verse 2: Sample of Folk Singing]
I ain't got money (I ain't got money)
Ain't got money (I ain't got money)
No sir honey (no sir honey)
I ain't got none (I ain't got none)
But I will buy it (I will buy it)
Just to try it (Just to try it)
I will buy it just to try it
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I'm getting to (Don't go too far out there)
Come on, Gina, don't
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Yeah totally
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Totally, totally, totally, totally
Totally, totally, totally
You're totally [?], uh, yeah
You're totally [?], hey, ah
Totally, totally, totally, totally
Totally, totally, totally, totally
You're totally [?]
You're totally [?], ah
Totally, totally, totally, totally
Totally, totally, totally, totally
You're totally [?]
You're totally [?]