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Musicbrainz DBWell I'm lyin' in my bed, a tangle of arms and legs,
But the one that I'm with is not the one bouncing 'round my head.
I could turn this into song or cheap fantasy,
But whatever I've ignited will still burn in me.
Bread and wine, bread and wine, your heart ain't nearly as guilty as mine.
I'm a dark heavy heart. I'm a soul full of holes.
I'm a boat that is sinking, muddy waters threatening this baggage in my hold.
And there's a line in my head from an old gospel song,
But no matter how hard I try, the words they just come out wrong.
Bread and wine, bread and wine your thoughts aint nearly as wicked as mine.
Bread and wine, bread and wine your cross aint nearly as heavy as mine.
I've been graced by the gift of a gold wedding band.
I've been soothed by the simple caress of my true love's hand.
And yet I'm lyin' in my bed, a tangle of arms and legs,
And the one that I'm with is not the one that I'm dreaming of.
Bread and wine, bread and wine, won't you please be my bread and wine.
Bread and wine, bread and wine, won't you please be my bread and wine.
| hjwurster | Posted: Dec 16, 2012 - 08:09 Awesome bass playing and beautiful singing! |
| d-don (Oregon) | Posted: Nov 30, 2012 - 15:05 Love it. |
| velocette (Puget Sound, beneath the volcanoes) | Posted: Nov 14, 2012 - 23:06 rdo wrote: transubstantiation Brilliant. (The cross-dressers in Rome are not amused.) |
| Stingray | Posted: Oct 14, 2012 - 14:33 romeotuma wrote: This song is track three on a GREAT independent album... love this song, and the album... not the forget the spring in your underwear, this pre-Christmas night in Motel-6. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Sep 28, 2012 - 19:29 This song is track three on a GREAT independent album... love this song, and the album... |
| DanO-1 (Sandia Park, New Mexico) | Posted: Jun 26, 2012 - 10:22 Randomax wrote: Horrid....just have NEVER understood how they (she) has a record contract...sounds like my old garage band....sorry, just my opinion.... Dang, if your garage band sounded like this, I must ask, what are you doing now?  |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jun 10, 2012 - 11:36 love this lovely lovely song... |
| Nadine | Posted: Jun 10, 2012 - 11:32 8 —> 9 |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: May 09, 2012 - 16:30 awesome... love this song... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 07, 2012 - 22:46 This really is a wonderful song... |
| marmelock (Frankfurt, Germany, Home of the EAGLES!) | Posted: Mar 23, 2012 - 03:07 Second CJ track today! Thanks Bill! |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Jan 19, 2012 - 15:38 transubstantiation |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Nov 01, 2011 - 10:14 Randomax wrote: Horrid....just have NEVER understood how they (she) has a record contract...sounds like my old garage band....sorry, just my opinion.... And one that I happen to think is brilliant! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Nov 01, 2011 - 10:04 Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... |
| lsfeder (At the wheel of a Benzo) | Posted: Oct 16, 2011 - 15:43 Liking this band so much |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Sep 30, 2011 - 16:30 I'll dance to this... |
| Frater_Kork (Uppsala, Sweden) | Posted: Aug 30, 2011 - 07:09 Following the Cowboy junkies with Morphine is fitting their tempo pretty well. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jul 29, 2011 - 21:40 Absolutely awesome... I can't believe ten years have passed... |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Jul 14, 2011 - 08:36 Feghoot wrote: Why does every Cowboy Junkies song sound like every other Cowboy Junkies song? This song sounds very different than most of their other material to me; it's nowhere near as catatonic as most stuff I've heard from them. |
| Randomax (Wimberley, TX) | Posted: Jul 14, 2011 - 08:35 Horrid....just have NEVER understood how they (she) has a record contract...sounds like my old garage band....sorry, just my opinion.... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jun 28, 2011 - 11:48 This song is soooo cool... love it... |
| lily34 (lexvegas) | Posted: Jun 12, 2011 - 16:36 got me from the first notes. yeah... |
| Dave_Mack (Surfing the Breakers) | Posted: Mar 25, 2011 - 17:03 bluedot wrote: Why isn't this band HUGE? 'cause most of their songs are snoozeworthy. This is a particularly good one. I do like a lot of their stuff, but it's easy for me to see why their appeal is, in the words of Spinal Tap's manager Ian, "more selective". |
| bluedot (Long Beach, CA) | Posted: Jan 21, 2011 - 23:44 Why isn't this band HUGE? |
| a_genuine_find (not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway) | Posted: Aug 16, 2010 - 10:53 And now for something COMPLETELY different:  Cowboy Junkies - Bread And Wine Louis Armstrong - Skokiaan (South African Song |
| twitterpated | Posted: Jun 29, 2010 - 12:31 should be called "Bread and Whine" |
| SmackDaddy (San Diego) | Posted: Jun 13, 2010 - 16:20 listen_n_sf wrote: She just can't get out of that soft easy chair. Unlike you, who I must assume has a 8-octave range, Margo knows the limitations of her voice and works within that range. If you don't like it don't listen. Duh. |
| listen_n_sf | Posted: May 28, 2010 - 16:39 She just can't get out of that soft easy chair. |
| sqqqrly (Baboosic Lake, NH) | Posted: Mar 26, 2010 - 08:58  randomprime wrote:Margo's husband is the president of the Canadian version of the RIAA. Neat. |
| wenatchee (Duvall, WA) | Posted: Mar 10, 2010 - 13:22 The vocals do not match the rest of the set . . . give me Allison Krause as a replacement on this tune. I understand distinction for CJ, but she could do the same sultry bit but with more oomph |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Feb 22, 2010 - 19:14 This song is good for the ears... |
| wenatchee (Duvall, WA) | Posted: Jan 22, 2010 - 09:02 Kristi wrote: It's their style. Margo's voice is soft, silky, sultry. It's a CJ distinction. Give the vocal lead to someone that can match the intensity of the rest of the music - Where is the button that says "bring to front"? |
| spindrift (Philadelphia PA) | Posted: Jan 22, 2010 - 09:02 Great song, great album — love the Junkies. |
| trashyharry (utica,ny) | Posted: Dec 21, 2009 - 23:13 classic rp-sad,sweet,spooky-alienated/paranoid |
| PeteyGreens (Frederick, MD) | Posted: Nov 20, 2009 - 12:59 Nice junk, cowboy!  |
| dedawson (You never know where you're going til you get there) | Posted: Nov 04, 2009 - 20:35 Feghoot wrote: Why does every Cowboy Junkies song sound like every other Cowboy Junkies song? Rhetorical, right?  |
| Jack_Jefferson (Columbus, OH) | Posted: Sep 18, 2009 - 12:55 I heard she wrote this for a relative's First Communion. |
| Jacob_Kalkan (Sweden) | Posted: Aug 18, 2009 - 01:01 Mmmmm I also wanna be a cowboy junkie. Instead I'm just a junkie |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Jul 01, 2009 - 12:43 Sultry |
| Frawg (Maine) | Posted: Jun 15, 2009 - 14:36 You have GOT to be kidding. They are known to really cut loose live. Of course they also have their quiet parts. That's what I like about them. s slowhand wrote: I'd love to see them "cut this loose" live. |
| slowhand (NC) | Posted: Mar 28, 2009 - 12:27 I'd love to see them "cut this loose" live. |
| bobringer (Wayne, NJ) | Posted: Jan 24, 2009 - 09:47 Oh... Someone kidnapped Richard Ashcroft!!!  |
| TravelRat (Siberia) | Posted: Jan 24, 2009 - 09:44 Generally speaking, I like CJ, although the show I saw in Chicago 8 years ago was pretty dull. |
| randomprime | Posted: Jan 08, 2009 - 11:55 Margo's husband is the president of the Canadian version of the RIAA. Neat. |
| sickels (Boulder, CO) | Posted: Nov 06, 2008 - 08:43 Unfortunately you are right—-I used to lover Cowboy Junkies when I first started listening to them but soon realized that most of their sound is repetitive, also when I sw them in concert wasn't that impressed—but really I do enjoy them. Feghoot wrote: Why does every Cowboy Junkies song sound like every other Cowboy Junkies song? |
| macadavy (Cascadia's attic, eh?) | Posted: Nov 06, 2008 - 08:43 a_genuine_find wrote:  THE CJ really surprised me when I saw them, they really can ROCK, they just don't move AT ALL while they are doing it! It was THEIR joke about the NyQuil  "they really can ROCK, they just don't move AT ALL while they are doing it!" That's sooo canajun, eh? (Les anglos, anyway, mais le rock & roll en francais c'est autre chose!)  |
| a_genuine_find (Nieuw Amsterdam) | Posted: Oct 05, 2008 - 18:33  |
| Feghoot (Renton, WA - the Riviera of the Valley) | Posted: Jul 18, 2008 - 20:09 Why does every Cowboy Junkies song sound like every other Cowboy Junkies song? |
| LowPhreak (Earth (for now)) | Posted: Jul 02, 2008 - 23:48 I always liked CJ. |
| stewliscious (northGA) | Posted: Jun 17, 2008 - 07:17 I really want to like this band, they covered Neil Young after all, but I just can't do it. |
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