Caruso Lyrics

The song Caruso is performed by Joan Baez in the album named The Complete A&M Recordings in the year 2003 .



(Words and Music by Joan Baez)

Infinity gives me chills
So could the waters of Iceland
But there's a difference in finding diamonds in rust
And rhinestones in a dishpan
Miracles bowl me over
And often will they do so
Now I think I was asleep till I heard
The voice of the great Caruso

Bring infinity home
Let me embrace it one more time
Make it the lilies of the field
Or Caruso in his prime

A friend of mine gave me a tape
She'd copied from a record disc
It was made at the turn of the century
And found in a jacket labeled "misc."
And midst cellos, harps, and flugelhorns
With the precision of a hummingbird's heart
Was the lord of the monarch butterflies
One-time ruler of the world of art

Bring infinity home
Let me embrace it one more time
Make it the lilies of the field
or Caruso in his prime

Yes, the king of them all was Enrico
Whose singular chest could rival
A hundred fervent Baptists
Giving forth in a tent revival
True he was a vocal miracle
But that's only secondary
It's the sould of the monarch butterfly
That I find a little bit scary

Bring infinity home
Let me embrace it one more time
Make it the lilies of the field
Or Caruso in his prime

Perhaps he's just a vehicle
To bear us to the hills of Truth
That's Truth spelled with a great big T
And peddled in the mystic's booth
There are oh so many miracles
That the western sky exposes
Why go looking for lilacs
When you're lying in a bed of roses?

Bring infinity home
Let me embrace it one more time
Make it the lilies of the field
Or Caruso in his prime

© 1976, 1977 Gabriel Earl Music (ASCAP)



Joan Baez - The Complete A&M Recordings

Sep 2003

  1. Prison Trilogy (Billy Rose)
  2. Rainbow Road
  3. Love Song To A Stranger
  4. Myths
  5. In The Quiet Morning
  6. Weary Mothers
  7. To Bobby
  8. Song Of Bangladesh
  9. A Stranger In My Place
  10. Tumbleweed
  11. The Partisan
  12. Imagine
  13. Where Are You Now, My Son?
  14. Only Heaven Knows (Ah, The Sad Wind Blows)
  15. Less Than The Song
  16. A Young Gypsy
  17. Mary Call
  18. Rider, Pass By
  19. Best Of Friends
  20. Windrose
  21. Gracias A La Vida (Here's To Life)
  22. Llego Con Tres Heridas (I Come With Three Wounds)
  23. La Llorona (The Weeping Woman)
  24. El Preso Numero Nueve (Prisoner Number Nine)
  25. Guantanamera
  26. Te Recuerdo Amanda (I Remember Amanda)
  27. Dida (1974 Album Version)
  28. Cu-Cu-Rru-Cu-Cu Paloma
  29. Paso Rio (I Pass A River)
  30. El Rossinyol (The Nightingale)
  31. De Colores (In Colors)
  32. Las Madres Cansadas (All The Weary Mothers Of The Earth)
  33. No Nos Moveran (We Shall Not Be Moved)
  34. Esquinazo Del Guerrillero (The Guerilla's Serenade)
  35. Johnny, I Hardly Knew Yeh
  36. Where's My Apple Pie?
  37. Forever Young (Single Version)
  38. Diamonds And Rust (Album Version)
  39. Fountain Of Sorrow
  40. Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer
  41. Children And All That Jazz
  42. Simple Twist Of Fate
  43. Blue Sky
  44. Hello In There
  45. Jesse
  46. Winds Of The Old Days
  47. Dida (1975 Album Version)
  48. I Dream Of Jeannie/Danny Boy (Medley)
  49. Sweeter For Me
  50. Seabirds
  51. Caruso
  52. Still Waters At Night
  53. Kingdom Of Childhood
  54. O Brother!
  55. Time Is Passing Us By
  56. Stephanie's Room
  57. Gulf Winds
  58. (Ain't Gonna Let Nobody) Turn Me Around
  59. Blessed Are
  60. Suzanne
  61. Love Song To A Stranger (Part 2)
  62. I Shall Be Released
  63. Blowin' In The Wind
  64. Stewball
  65. Natalia
  66. The Ballad Of Sacco & Vanzetti
  67. Joe Hill
  68. Love Is Just A Four Letter Word
  69. Forever Young (Live /1975)
  70. Diamonds And Rust (Live)
  71. Boulder To Birmingham
  72. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
  73. Oh Happy Day
  74. Please Come To Boston
  75. Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts
  76. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
  77. Amazing Grace

Caruso