Listen to The Sounds Are Always Begging by Bonnie "Prince" Billy & The Cairo Gang

The Sounds Are Always Begging

Bonnie "Prince" Billy & The Cairo Gang

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

Bonnie "Prince" Billy

Performer

The Cairo Gang

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Emmett Kelly

Composer

Will Oldham

Lyrics

Lyrics

Wild guitars came from forests

Plainly, woodsmen share a calling

Flailing noises form a chorus

Harmonies of arbors falling

And they play, say Conway

And ring, my girl sing

And plead and beg and plead and beg

Plead and beg and plead and beg

To be heard and had

And carried on

Without us

Song is nothing

My wife turned crazy on me one day

Started chopping up the bed

She looked past me with gaping eyes

Left me too hard to be scared

She left but circled the yard

All night she haunted the home

The kids went crazy, life was hard

The sounds of rings, boom

And they play, say Conway

And ring, my girl sing

And plead and beg and plead and beg

Plead and beg and plead and beg

To be heard and had

And carried on

Without us

Song is nothing

I taught the children to play piano

Singing with sweet voice

Music kept their mom away

Melody fostered choice

And choice brought us these days we have

And choice brought us to our rejoicing

Always choose the noise of music

Always end the day in singing

And they play, don't they?

And ring, and everything

And bounce and boil and bounce and boil

And bounce and boil

And plead and beg

To be heard and had

And carried on

Without us

Song is nothing

Written by: Emmett Kelly, Will Oldham

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