Carrie Newcomer - La Paloma lyrics

Sit down here in the alley Where no one can see you cry Trouble dogs us like a shadow Though I cannot tell you why Life is a fine and fleeting moment Bittersweet and hard as stone I can't change what fate has dealt you But no one should walk alone Fly Away La Paloma Take my love when you go Where no one can harm you And there's nothing you need It's not as far as we believe Somewhere a door is opening While another door is closed Sunset wraps its shawl of color From here to Mexico There's the sound of wings around you Like the rustle of a skirt Gone before you know it All those tender little birds Fly Away La Paloma Take my love when you go Where no one can harm you And there's nothing you need It's not as far as we believe I dreamt I was walking In an old familiar country I thought I heard you singing But I think I was just hungry It's so many years behind me Yet there's really no escape No mater where we go We still take our own landscapes The full moon bows her head And the she's putting on her veil A whippoorwill is calling And mourning dove exhale Smell the night jasmine blooming Someone's turning down the sheets Forever opens up her arms As the rain washes the streets Fly Away La Paloma Take my love when you go Where no one can harm you And there's nothing you need It's not as far as we believe Fly Away La Paloma La Paloma Fly Away