Bringing Rosa Home

Lyrics

She felt the fever of this century
Rising with each passing year
As a sweat-soaked madness stained the streets
She took herself from here
She took to naming living things
Though they’re already named
And giving house to creatures
And never could be tamed
And losing shoes in river mud
And taking baths by candle light
Until the message filtered back
They’re bringing Rosa home tonight

She learned her lessons in a hand-made way
So very hard to teach
Beneath the tear-gassed cobblestones
She hoped to find the beach
She hoped to mine desire
And set the captives free
Desire, the silent driving force
That sighs in you and me
But reaching for forbidden fruit
Means falling from the greatest height
The modern Eden vanished now
They’re bringing Rosa home tonight

They’re bringing Rosa home tonight
They’re bringing Rosa home
They say she’s lost her guiding light
They’re bringing Rosa home tonight

They’re bringing Rosa home tonight
They’re bringing Rosa home
She said her prayers with dynamite
They’re bringing Rosa home tonight

Appears On

Latin Quarter – Bringing Rosa Home

Album

A Studio Version

Latin Quarter – Angel

CD Single

A Studio Version