Green Grass is a beautiful Tom Waits song. Here it is sung by Cibelle, the Brazilian multi-media performance artist, singer-songwriter, and music producer.
The clip of the song is filmed, edited and then the Brazilian artist Adams Carvalho (b. 1978) drew on each frame.
Album: The Shine of Dried Electric Leaves
Song by Tom Waits, vocals, production, and percussion by Cibelle, harp by Serafina Steer, male vocals by Spleen.
Tom Waits Green Grass lyrics
Lay your head where my heart used to be
Hold the earth above me
Lay down in the green grass
Remember when you loved me
Come closer don’t be shy
Stand beneath a rainy sky
The moon is over the rise
Think of me as a train goes by
Clear the thistles and brambles
Whistle ‘Didn’t He Ramble’
Now there’s a bubble of me
And it’s floating in thee
Stand in the shade of me
Things are now made of me
The weather vane will say…
It smells like rain today
God took the stars and he tossed ’em
Can’t tell the birds from the blossoms
You’ll never be free of me
He’ll make a tree from me
Don’t say goodbye to me
Describe the sky to me
And if the sky falls, mark my words
We’ll catch mocking birds
Lay your head where my heart used to be
Hold the earth above me
Lay down in the green grass
Remember when you loved me
Sources
- Tom Waits on Wikipedia
- Cibelle on Wikipedia
- Adams Carvalho on Instagram
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