The Magic Beads
Jane Siberry

I reached the desert as the sun was rising
On the day that you were passing through
The caravan you travelled in was crowded
I didn't like the people around you

Those people hushed me when I tried to call you
The pushed me back and would not let me through
And these thin arms weren't strong enough to part them
So back into the roadside rocks I withdrew

Sometimes I am nervous when the night comes
I hear so many noises that are new
But I try not to think of you too often
I try not to use the beads you threw

Oh babe I conjured you up by mistake
I know that I'm supposed to wait
But when will I see you again

In daytime I do dances for the tourists
I strike a pose I hope they can't ignore
My hope is to attract your caravan to me
And then beat them to your side before they know

Oh babe I'm really sitting by the road
I hug my knees and hope that I'll see you
I made up that bit about the dances
But it keeps me from using the beads you threw

Oh babe I conjured you up by mistake
I know that I'm supposed to wait
But when will I see you again

Your caravan told me I was not one of them
Because the way I talked was not part of their school
I made too much fun of California
Well--I made too much fun of paper tools

You yourself--you told me not to join them
You said I would do better where I was
But is this really true--I get so lonely
The only wine that fills me up is you

Oh babe I conjured you up by mistake
I know that I'm supposed to wait
But when will I see you again

I am not as nervous when the night comes
And darkness falls among these desert rocks
Even though I still touch your beads and wish for you
Waiting becomes easier than not

Oh babe I conjured you up by mistake
I know that I'm supposed to wait
I just wanted to see you again
But when will I see you again
when?


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  Above The Treeline   Adam And Eve   All The Candles In The World   All Through The Night   An Angel Stepped Down (And Slowly Looked Around)   Angel Voyeur   Anytime   Are You Burning, Little Candle?   As I Roved Out   At The Beginning Of Time   Barkis Is Willin'   Begat Begat   Bessie   Bound By The Beauty   Broken Birds   Burning Ship   Calling All Angels   Caravan   Carol of the Bells   Count Your Blessings   Dancing Class   Everything Reminds Me Of My Dog   Extra Executives   False False Fly   First Word   Flirtin' Is A Flo-Thing   Foecke   Follow Me   Freedom Is Gold   Goin' Down The River   Goodbye   Goodbye Sweet Pumpkinhead   Grace Hospital   Half Angel Half Eagle   Hockey   Honey Bee   Hotel Room 417   I Muse Aloud   I Paddle My Canoe   I Will Survive   In The Bleak Mid-Winter   In The Blue Light   Ingrid And The Footman   It Can't Rain All The Time   Jacob's Ladder   Jesus Christ The Apple Tree   La Jalouse   Last Word   Lena Is A White Table   Let's Not Talk Now   Love Is Everything   Love Is Everything (Harmony Version)   Love Is Everything [Harmony Version]   Lovin' Cup   Map Of The World (Part I)   Map Of The World (Part II)   Map Of The World (Part III): Are We Dancing Now?   Marco Polo   Maria   Maria Wanders Through The Thorn   Mary Had...   Mary's Lullaby   Mein Bitte   Mimi On The Beach   Mimi Speaks   Miss Punta Blanca   Nasty And Delicious   Nasty And Delicious (Reprise)   O Holy Night   O Shenandoah / Sail Away   Oh My My   Oh My Sister   Ol' Man River   One More Colour   Pontchartrain   Puppet City   Quoi, Ma Voisine, Es-Tu Fachée?   Red High Heels   Sail Across The Water   See The Child   Seven Steps To The Wall   She's Like The Swallow   Shir Amami   Silent Night   Slow Tango   Something About Trains   Song To My Father   Streets Of Laredo   Sweet Incarnadine   Swing Low, Sweet Chariot   Symmetry (The Way Things Have To Be)   Temple   Temple (Ambient Mix)   Temple (Orinoco Mix)   Temple (Sanctuary Mix)   Temple (Single Mix)   Temple [Album Version]   Temple [Sanctuary Mix]   The Bird In The Gravel   The Bridge   The Christmas Song   The Empty City   The Gospel According To Darkness   The Life Is The Red Wagon   The Lobby   The Long Pirouette   The Mystery At Ogwen's Farm   The Sky Is So Blue   The Slow Tango   The Squirrel Crossed The Road   The Strange Well   The Taxi Ride   The Valley   The Very Large Hat   The Vigil (The Sea)   The Waitress   The Walking (And Constantly)   The Water Is Wide   The White Tent The Raft   This Girl I Know   Trumpeter Swan   Up The Loggin' Road   Valley Of The Dolls   Viking Heart   Vladimir Vladimir   We Should Be There By Morning   What Child Is This?   What Is This Lovely Fragrance Stealing?   When Last I Was A Fisherman   When Spring Comes   Wildwood Carol   Would You Go?   Writers Are A Funny Breed   You Don't Need   You Say I Say   You Will Be Born

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