You Can't Fail Me Now-Loudon Wainwright III

[00:00.00]Bonnie Raitt - You Can't Fail Me Now [00:01.02] [00:33.44]I know that fan is moving air, I can see it in your hair [00:41.69]But I can't bear to breathe it in somehow [00:48.56]I'll rise and fall with you 'cause you can't fail me now [00:56.80]I'll rise and fall with you 'cause you can't fail me now [01:03.02] [01:06.41]Salt is sweet upon my mouth [01:10.35]And dark throws sparks against my house [01:14.42]The stain of love's a smudge upon my brow [01:21.65]But you see through me, you can't fail me now [01:29.64]You see right through me, you can't fail me now [01:35.97] [01:39.78]I've bit off more than I can chew [01:43.72]It's something that I tend to do [01:47.12]When fewer words are what we need and how [01:54.70]You bite my tongue, you can't fail me now [02:02.22]I rant and rail but you can't fail me now [02:08.32] [02:47.74]I've lost the thread among the vines [02:52.18]And hung myself in storylines [02:56.93]That tell the tales I never would allow [03:04.04]God knows the name of every bird [03:08.48]That fills my mind like angry words [03:12.54]But you know all my secret heart avows [03:19.09] [03:20.89]We're taught to love the worst of us [03:25.43]And mercy more than life but trust me [03:29.50]Mercy's just a warning shot across the bow [03:36.25]I live for yours and you can't fail me now [03:44.60]I live for your mercy, you can't fail me now [03:58.07]You can't fail me now [04:09.04]