She came from Dakota,
Though some say she hailed from the south.
He tried to believe,
But each time she would leave,
With the venom that dripped from her mouth
Like some angel of old, bent on saving the soul.
Drugged to the knees he would pray
To some rude Russian icon,
That twined like a python,
And blinded the sun night and day.
And he'd say,

"Please, bring me peace.
You say you'll stay just to leave me whole,
All of my soul your passion play."

Though she lies to amuse, she lies to confuse,
Passion with vision and pain.
He lies for possession and time,
Though there's no time to gain.
Squandering feeling, constantly stealing
Away from the sound of her name
Is like thunder and lightning
Hiding the sound of the rain.
And she'd say,

"Please, bring me peace.
You say you'll stay just to leave me whole,
All of my soul your passion play."

So he searches for truth,
In the beauty that once was her name.
Senselessly trusting in time to remind her
Blind, she came,
Suddenly rootless, fashionably useless,
Magically fruitless and tame.
Find more similar lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.com/7NILike some Sunday scholar who lives off the squalor
Of yesterday's knowledge and fame.
And he'd say,

"Please, bring me peace.
You say you'll stay just to leave me whole,
All of my soul your passion play."

Well some overdose, and some wrap like a rose,
'Round the slick perfumed nose of high noon.
Burning their lips as they stoop low to kiss
Some rich man's excuse for the moon.
I must have been lucky, got out with my body
Intact and tomorrow in tune.
Now it's this sense of time that wraps like a vine
'Round the neck of the sun and the moon.
He'd say,

"Please, bring me peace.
You say you'll stay just to leave me whole,
All of my soul your passion play."

Instrumental to end.

PASSION PLAY
Written by: JANIS IAN
Performed by: Janis Ian-1981
Appears on: Restless Eyes-19811, Up 'Til Now-1992, Best of Janis
Ian-2002, Souvenirs: Best of Janis Ian (1972-1981)(LP)-2004, (Bonus
Track)-2004 & (CD/DVD)-2006.

1Transcribed from the track on this album.

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