PJ Harvey - Memphis video free download

B-side from Good Fortune (Stories from the city, stories from the sea)

A tribute to Jeff Buckley (American singer-songwriter and guitarist). Polly knew him personally and in this song she takes lines from a song on his unfinished album, "Morning Theft", and in her own words reflects on Buckley's death.

You breathing into my mouth

I'll take it

I'll take it for you

You wanna sing

Then sing it through me

You've got somehitng

Left to say

Untimely, you were taking away

Unlikely, out if turn

When you still got so much to say

Well I'll write it, a song for you

But oh

What a way to go

So peaceful

You're smiling

Oh what a way to go

I'm with you

I'm singing

You said

There's a special place

And it's scaring

The shit out of me

In Memphis

On Valentine's day

You wrote it

In a letter to me

Well I wish I had given you more time

To say thank you

My beautiful friend

But sometimes you gotta send it away

To bring it

To bring it back again

But oh what a way to go

So peaceful

He's smiling

Oh what a way to go

I'm with you

I'm singing

You'll always

Have open eyes

You'll always

Have a special place

In Memphis

On Valentine's day

Die suddenly

At a wonderful age

Though were you ready

were you ready to go?

When you still got so much to say

Somehow I know

Somehow I know you're drowning slow

Receiving just everything

But oh

What a way to go

So peaceful

You're smiling

Oh what a way to go

I know that you're smiling

Oh

What a way to go

So peaceful

I'm singing

Oh

What a way to go

I know that

You're smiling

You're peaceful

You're smiling

You're peaceful

You're smiling

I know that

You're smiling

You're peaceful

You're smiling