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Please no more therapy
Mother take care of me
Piece me together with a
Needle and threadWrap me in eiderdown
Lace from your wedding gown
Fold me and lay me down
On your bedOr liken me to a shoe
Blackened and spit-shined through
Kicking back home to you
Smiling back homeSinging back home to you

Laughing back home to you
Dragging back home to youAnd I was so wary then
The ugly American
Thinner than oxygen
Tough as a whoreI said, you can lie to me
I own what's inside of me
And nothing surprises me anymoreBut forests in Germany
Kids in the Tuileries
Broken-down fortresses
In old ItalyAnd claiming his victory
Shrouded in mystery
He went running away with meBack in our home New York
Walking these streets forlorn
We all in our uniforms
Black and blackDoing that slouch and jive
The artist must survive
We've got all we need we cried
And don't look backAnd thinking we had it made
Poised for the hit parade
Knee deep in accolades
The conceptual pairBut ever the malcontent
He left without incident
Vanished into thin airNow I am always amazed
Words can fill up a page
Pages fill up the days
Between him and meBut the vows that we never keep
From bedrooms to business-speak
Make me remember how cheap
Words can beAnd the letters I wrote you of
Were those of the desperate stuff
Like begging for love in a suicide threatBut I am too young to die
Too old for a lullaby
Too tired for life on the ledgeBut I had a dream last night
Of lovers who walked the plank
Out on the edge of time
Amidst ridiculeThey laughed as they rocked and reeled
Over the mining fields
Coming to rest on this ship of foolsBut he just took Polaroids
Of her smile in the light
Of the dawn of the menacing skyAnd before they went overboard
She turned and held up a card
And it said Valentine

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Shawn Colvin (born January 10, 1956 in Vermillion, South Dakota) is an American musician. Best known for her hit single "Sunny Came Home" from the album "A Few Small Repairs".

Colvin's formative years were spent in the town of Carbondale, Illinois, where she attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She learned to play guitar at the age of 10. Her first public concert was at age 15 at the University of Illinois campus. Colvin cites Joni Mitchell as a primary influence on her music, and her initial performances closely mirrored Mitchell's inflections and guitar tunings.

Colvin began working in the music scene in earnest in the late 1970s, first in Austin, Texas and then nationally. She met music partner John Leventhal during this time; Leventhal would go on to be Colvin's producer on several albums. Colvin often lends her talent to contemporaries in the music business - she can be heard singing the backing vocals on the Suzanne Vega hit, "Luka" from 1987. Vega returned the favor, singing backup on Colvin's, "Diamond In The Rough", from her debut album, "Steady On". Colvin, again can be heard singing backing vocals on Mary Chapin Carpenter's, "The Hard Way" and "Come On Come On" and Mary Chapin returns the favor on Colvin's, "Climb On (A Back That's Strong)", from Colvin's "Fat City" album.

Colvin's first several albums were met with critical acclaim, but did not sell in substantial numbers. After several albums of original work, Colvin released "Cover Girl", a collection of cover songs, but the work was a departure for her and was not well received.

Colvin experienced breakthrough success with "A Few Small Repairs" in October of 1996. The single "Sunny Came Home" reached the US Top Ten, and won Grammy Awards for Song and Record of the Year. She has released several subsequent albums that were nominated for Grammys, and has also released a greatest-hits album and a collection of Christmas music.

A new album from Colvin, entitled "These Four Walls", was released on September 12, 2006.

She was the guest vocal artist on the Lisa Loeb single "Falling In Love" as well as appearing at various Lilith Fair music festivals. She also has been featured on the popular live music show Austin City Limits and played at the 2003 Austin City Limits Music Festival. She also appeared in a tribute to her idol Joni Mitchell in 2001 that was broadcast on the cable network TNT.

She has made two guest appearances on The Simpsons as Rachel Jordan, lead singer for a Christian rock band. She first appears in "Alone Again, Natura-diddly," where Rachel wins Ned Flanders' heart after the untimely death of his wife, Maude. Later, in the episode "I'm Going to Praiseland," Ned dates Rachel, only to scare her off when he tries to turn her into a version of Maude.

Colvin lives with her daughter, Caledonia, and husband, Mario Erwin in Austin, Texas, and still participates in the Austin music scene.


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