Ruby's Lament (Ich Bin Sie)

from Live On the Air: KKFI Radio by Alacartoona

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there's no reason to love me
and no sane man would trust me
who wants to have and to hold
what's been bought, what's been sold
just to love me?

there's no reason to know me
and what good man would need me?
who wants to peer through the dust
and forget all the lust
just to know me?

they say that her secrets are buried in stone
they say that her heart is ashes and bone
they say that her passion is empty and cold
that's what they say, that's what we've been told

they say that her love is a talented lie
a lie quite expensive but worthwhile to buy
they say that her passion is empty and cold
that's what they say, that's what we've been told

but don't i have love to give?
and don't i have life to live?
and don't i have dreams and desire
and a heart filled with fire?
ich bin liebe, ich bin leben, ich bin sie
ich bin liebe, ich bin leben, ich bin sie
ich bin liebe, ich bin leben, ich bin sie

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from Live On the Air: KKFI Radio, released March 1, 2006
Words, music: Hankel

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Alacartoona Kansas City, Missouri

Alacartoona's stage show is a visual extension of their all-original songbook. Utilizing a stripped down ensemble of accordion, bass, and drums, with the occasional guitar or brass, they bring to life vivid tales of love and loss, of bedrooms and back alleys, of the solitude and the camaraderie of sex, drugs and cabaret. ... more

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