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Woman of Custom Lyrics by Richard Wright

Broken China

1996

[Chorus 1/Intro]
Woman of custom just severed ties
What never changed had always died, so
Suddenly she's opened eyes
That fill with tears and come alive
[Verse 1]
Her stifled love sleeping forever was
Unaroused like changeless weather
And little chance that she was ever
Going to smash the precious measure
[Chorus 2]
She never lived with pain, fear or anger
Windowless and tame like a precious stone langoured
A heart enchained, willing to surrender
But now if storms would only blow
She could really feel the roll
[Verse 2]
Those years of sleep, all waking dreams
Unpeopled places on painted screens
And diffused in subdued streams
Her life was cast, traditional schemes
[Chorus 2]
She never lived with pain, fear or anger
Windowless and tame like a precious stone langoured
A heart enchained, willing to surrender
But now if storms would only blow
Then she could really feel the roll
She could really feel the roll
[Verse 3]
A hunger that lasts can have no pain
It's just these words that don't explain
Eaten alive and spat out again
They jam in the memory like ancient remains
[Chorus 1/Outro]
Woman of custom just severed ties
What never changed had always died, so
Suddenly she's opened eyes
That fill with tears and come alive
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Richard Wright

Richard Wright

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"Woman of Custom" appears on "Broken China" in 1996.

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