Sinead O'Connor - A Perfect Indian (live)

live performance in spain

A Perfect Indian is he
Remembering him life is sweet
Like a weeping willow
His face on my pillow
Comes to me still in my dreams

And there I saw a young baby
A beautiful daughter was she
A face from a painting
Red cheeks and teeth aching
Her eyes like a wild Irish sea

On a table in her yellow dress
For a photograph feigned happiness
Why in my life is that the only time
That any of you will smile at me

I'm sailing on this terrible ocean
I've come for my self to retrieve
Too long have I been feeling like Lir's children
And there's only one way to be free

He's shy and he speaks quietly
He's gentle and he seems to me
Like the elf-arrow
His face worn and harrowed
Is he a daydreamer like me

I'm sailing on this terrible ocean
I've come for my self to retrieve
Too long have I been feeling like Lir's children
And there's only one way to be free

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[sulyokreka]

Is it Lir's children in the text, not Lear's?

Why Lir's? What's the story behind it?

Sorry if it's some obvious thing... I don't know.

Thanx for eplaining and greetings from Hungary!

Réka from Budapest

[Cerridwen]

Lir is diff from Lear. Lir;s children were turned to swans I think

[Vancat]

She must be an angel....listen her voice and look her face..so beauty...

[Vancat]

Oh yes...very much :)

[dermotjl]

@sulyokreka Lir in Irish mythology is a king whose three children were turned to swans by their stepmother(Aoife) after their real mother died. They had to swim in certain lakes around Ireland for 300 years. Probably he is the same mythic figure as Lear, as the are place names and legends all over the British isles and beyond with various spellings and variations on this name.

[susantwocoats]

Yep remember my perfect lil indian.

[anneke499]

She is always a angel to me,no matter what she looks like,from her early,s till today.

I really love her xxx

[anneke499]

Sinead ,you are my angel ,your voice makes me crying,you are still beautiful today.

My Angel,I love you,perfect !! you are sooo reall.Respect for you ...always...

[airmanchan]

A Perfect Indian

[okiva77]

@markodirrty it was written by o'connor. check the cd booklet again

[katemccrew]

song was written for Kurt Cobain



[dmkext]

She is to good to be human

[countrysidermde]

She was also noted for her appearance: her trademark shaved head, often angry expression, and sometimes shapeless or unusual clothing.