B i o g r a p h y (by Dave Donnelly)
Rarely anything but unorthodox, Dubliner Cathy Davey's musical development has been almost as atypical as her listening habits. Having initiated a major-label bidding war before she'd ever performed live, Davey took her time assembling a group of musicians who would not only realize her own ideas, but add their own influences to her bare-bones alternative pop. In her spare time, she admits she prefers not to listen to music, instead taking pleasure in reading, drawing, and watching television. Suffice to say, it's difficult to pick out too many of the usual influences in her music. Stock comparisons toPJ Harvey, Björk, and Kate Bush are somewhat useful, in the sense that she inhabits the same sphere of left-field female pop artists, but her use of blues and ambient electronic music sets her apart as an artist, as does her purposeful, playful obtuseness directly recalls her noted idol Tom Waits and contemporaries Radiohead. Cathy Davey was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1979. Claiming to be too poor to buy her own records while growing up, Davey instead latched onto the music of friends, experiencing Guns N' Roses, the Stone Roses, and Radiohead as they reached their creative peaks. Noting that she could never adequately express herself by conventional means, Davey instead turned to the arts, developing interests in composing poetry, music, and art. Through her teenage years and early twenties, Davey composed in private, preferring not to perform in a live setting until she had the financial backing to employ musicians. In 2002, she put together a four-song, self-produced demo tape which she began to shop to record labels. The response to the tape was astounding, and a bidding war ensued between a number of Irish and British labels, with EMI eventually pipping Rough Trade to her signature. Davey took time out in 2002 to add guest vocals to "Jellyman" from Wicklow electronic act Autamata's debut album My Sanctuary, and in 2003 joined Jimi Goodwin of Doves to lend backing vocals to Elbow's "Grace Under Pressure." She spent 2003 assembling a band, which included the then ex-the Verve bassist Simon Jones and keyboardist Diana Gutkind, a longtime member of Blur's touring band, and made her live debut in support of Dublin songwriter David Kitt. In January of 2004, she completed recording Something Ilk, whetting the public's appetite with the hungrily received Come Over EP in April. Something Ilk saw release in the U.K. and Ireland in late August via EMI's Regal Recordings imprint and debuted at number 28 in the Irish Album Chart, buoyed by the hit single "Clean and Neat." Successful tours opening for Elbow, Supergrass, and Graham Coxon followed, as did another single titled "Cold Man's Nightmare." Davey moved toward a more electronic sound for her second studio album, Tales of Silversleeve, although lead single "Reuben" became her most successful single to date on the strength of its Bo Diddley blues beat. "Reuben" spent seven weeks in the Irish Singles Chart, debuting at number 42 in September of 2007. Tales of Silversleeve peaked at number 24 upon its release in October, and had spent 14 weeks in the Top 50 as of January 2008.
Something Ilk Come Over Speed up, you're right behind You go slow you take your time But anymore it won't be so free Anymore it won't be so easy Big bass a temper a bee Why shake, shake at your feet Let it kick what they can't defeat You'll hear me I'm over here I'm over here I'm over here I'm over here Come over here Come over here Come over here Come over here Come over Too slow, how to get you to move You got a hoop you won't need to jump through Stuff you want me to wear and I'll wear it just for you Any day soon, until the day Give me a moment, it won't take you long To make it clear enough I'm over here I'm over here I'm over here I'm over here Come over here Come over here Come over here Come over here Come over Any day soon, until the day Give me a moment, it won't take me so long And any day soon, until the day Give me a moment, it won't take me so long, ah Make you feel light, now there's the money And bend your knees right ra ta ta Make you feel light, now there's the money And bend your knees right ra ta ta Make you feel light, now there's the money And bend your knees right ra ta ta Make you feel light, now there's the money And bend your knees right ra ta ta Make you feel light, now there's the money And bend your knees right ra ta ta Trade Secret If you go, will you promise not to tell them all And if you go, you have to swear you won't reveal it all If you go, will you promise not to tell them all If you go, you've such a lovely voice, I love it Will you promise not to tell them all That's the price you pay That's the price you pay No longer want to stay, you want to get away That's the price you pay If you stay, you can keep the things you learned today You've to promise not to give me away And if you stay, you can keep the things I give you Just to promise not to breathe a word But if you go, you're such a lovely face both of them You've to promise not to tell them all And if you go, I'll never give my trade secrets away Swear you won't reveal it all That's the price you pay That's the price you pay No longer want to stay, you want to get away That's the price you pay If you go, will you promise not to tell them all And if you go, you have to swear you won't reveal a word But if you go, you've such a lovely bum, I love it Will you promise not to tell them all And if you stay, I'll never give my trade secrets away Swear you won't reveal it all That's the price you pay That's the price you pay No longer want to stay, you want to get away That's the price you pay Cold Man's Nightmare It's a cold man's nightmare to be warm, where she lays And he's to go through fire to make sure that's where he stays I'm thinking of you It's a cold man's fever to be loved in return For every warm embrace he acquires the taste of getting burned Don't let it go, even if I said to I'm always thinking of you I'm always thinking of you I'm always thinking of you I'm always thinking of you It's a warm girl’s nightmare to have you by her side For every look you give her sends a chill right down her spine Oh what will I do, I couldn't stop if I had to I'm always thinking of you I'm always thinking of you I'm always thinking of you I'm always thinking of you Oh it hurts sometimes To have you so alive And kicking inside I'm easily blind Happiness is all mine No don't let me go Even if I said so I'm always thinking of you I'm always thinking of you I'm always thinking of you I'm always thinking of you Oh it hurts sometimes To have you so alive And kicking inside Clean and Neat I'm clean and neat I'm ready to eat I'm like a pure white cotton sheet Hanging out, to dry I'm sour, sweet High heeled feet Going to push it on And ready for a treat Oh my Worth a try Could be time to pay You've wasted the day away And I'm too lazy, won't you delay Work no pay Maybe you're right Without you're lie I'm going away Yet you're gone all nice Put your best foot forward But how long it's been there It feels like it ain't going away For the longest day Your game is lame Your rules are getting tame You're on another reel The outcome is the same Once again Let's pretend And days, days don't mean a thing And when you ditch it in a diary If a diary for a brain, but this day You're slipping away Could be time to pay You've wasted the day away And I'm too lazy, won't you delay Work no pay Maybe you're right Without you're lie I'm going away Yet you're gone all nice Put your best foot forward But how long it's been there It feels like it ain't going away For the longest day Hammerhead You have the same stubbornness as hammerhead Don't need to get into it When every which way is wrong and every right is your own And everything is either black or white But even I know the in-betweens and outs My lowly brain can comprehend That if it's easy you want you don't go looking for love It will complicate you in the end I may be hollow but I've had my fill Of idle love I wasn't afraid to spill And in the morning when I'm hollower still There won't be any room for us I have the same stubbornness as my rival Wouldn't even compromise When it was too even Steven didn't want to be eating Such a big piece of the humble pie It was a hard, hard lesson to learn then But I won't go do that again No if it's easy I want I won't go dishing out love Like it's something I've got plenty of I may be hollow but I've had my fill Of idle love I wasn't afraid to spill And in the morning when I'm hollower still There won't be any room for us I have the same attitude as my mother And I think I'll see it out alone It may be sweet to share a bed But when you're fucking with my head Stopping pit is now a no go zone I want to love you but it got too much You have to build it out of stronger stuff We might have something but it's not enough And there isn't any room for us Old Man Rain Old man rain and windy weather they won't mar your way Old man rain is out to dinner with his lady may Room enough for every season Room enough for me Room enough for everybody Room enough for me Rum rum rum rum ready run run away Rum rum rum rum ready run run away Room enough for everybody Room enough for me Room enough for every season Room enough for me Rum rum rum rum ready run run away Rum rum rum rum ready run run away When you see your family courting with a hurricane Whistle down to old man rain he'll bring them home again Room enough for every season Room enough for me Room enough for every season Room enough for me Rum rum rum rum ready run run away Rum rum rum rum ready run run away Room enough for every season Room enough for me Room enough for every season Room enough for me Rum rum rum rum ready run run away Rum rum rum rum ready run run away Swing It Didn't you know me Didn't I swing from tree to tree in your arms And you'd show me That swinging was the only way to your heart So we'd swing it, you and I If what's the point of climbing when swinging gets you by We'd swing it, me and you I'd sooner hang around than walk the ground So this will do Didn't you share me With every breed of monkey that sniffed about your feet Would you blame me We’ll put a plate before me what can I do but eat So we'd swing it, you and I If what's the point of climbing when swinging gets you by We'd swing it, me and you I'd sooner hang around than walk the ground And we'd hang our glory for all to see And everyone who notices knows It's all about territory Didn't you know me Didn't I swing from tree to tree in your arms And you'd show me That swinging was the only way to your heart And we'd hang our glory for all to see And everyone who notices knows It's all about territory
Yak Yak I want to listen, but you're all the time Going ya yak yakking ying When you should be quiet You pull me over when I cross the line But who'll come to pull you in when you take a bite Oh won't you hear me, I'm of steady mind Two arms to hold my own frame when you're out at night I don't care who you are just make me ripe Give me a long back to bare the weight of life No wonder you go under No wonder you go under Only lonely men will act this way Only lonely women then won't run away Who would be lonely in this day and age Only lonely men are like this way Only lonely women then won't run away Who would be lonely in this day and age Who would be lonely And here we are, and here we'll stay And here we are, and here we'll stay Oh, no wonder you go under Oh, no wonder you go under No wonder you go under Go Make It I'm not getting anywhere, It's all falling apart I've figured out an ending But I'm nowhere near the start And maybe I could get away And disconnect the line And they'd run a ring around themselves Slowly loose their minds What about the attitude The one that got you here It came straight for fear Straight for fear Go and make it Go and make it Go and make it Go and make it out And make it Make it loud And go and get it Get it out Go and make it Go and make it Go and make it Go and make it Out of here Out of here I didn't think of anything So I doodled on the page I had families of oddities But none of them could save me What about the good idea The one you had last year It came through here and disappeared Go and make it Go and make it Go and make it Go and make it out And make it Make it loud And go and get it Get it out Go and make it Go and make it Go and make it Go and make it Out of here Out of here They can teach you anything Could teach you how to fly You wouldn't need an aeroplane They'd drop you from that height What about the other girl Didn't she do well Well she can go straight to hell Go and make it Go and make it Go and make it Go and make it out And make it Make it loud And go and get it Get it out Go and make it Go and make it Go and make it Go and make it Out of here Out of here Go and make it Go and make it Go and make it Go and make it out And make it Make it loud And go and get it Get it out Go and make it Go and make it Go and make it Go and make it out You make it out You make it out of here You make it out of here Sugar Uncut no blue pencil Flawless and unguarded Here it is, warm and pure and raw lines No true meaning, no insight, no allusions Here it is, raw and pure and humble No more sugar on the page, no more serenade Your words go unspoken Cruel hearts go unbroken But here it is, no glam or glitz But who cares, you're not out there No-one has any bearing But here it is, cold and dumb and dead No more sugar on the page No more serenade No more sugar on the page No more serenade No more sugar on the page No more serenade Holy Moly I'm all eager to get started Don't want to leave it All undone though One of these days my ego Is going to steal you away Holy Moly, take me on please I'm not one of these trained hounds though I want to lead my own way I'm just another stray I'm all right, he's all right We're all fine, we're all ok Pay your pay, night and day Lead in vain, lean on the old train I'm on a loose train now I'm on a loose train now Tomorrow is in motion I feel it rise and fall again now When I dive he'll receive me But I have a long haul to go I'm all right, he's all right We're all fine, we're all ok Pay your pay, night and day Lead in vain, lean on the old train I'm on a loose train now I'm on a loose train now Sky, sky I'm all eager to get started Don't want to leave it, unsaid now When I dive he'll receive me But I have a long haul to go I'm all right, he's all right We're all fine, we're all ok Pay your pay, night and day Lead in vain, lean on the old train I'm on a loose train now I'm on a loose train now Sky, sky, sky Save Button You should save things, we should save things But I don't, I lose things, I lose things I lost the whole thing in one go When it could have been saved but I let it go It was my heart drive, it won't obey me Takes that information, fills my memory It churns out non-sense when I reload I have to decode every single sentence I don't pour whisky down my neck at night I don't go binging on the weekend, pass out on the floor I take good care of you, but you like to attack By coagulating everything before handing at back We should save things but I don't I break things, I break things I broke my baby, my newest baby When I could have saved it all but I let it go It was a major and it started slow It had a rhythm that could make you move in ways you didn't know It had this wall of string and a lingering feeling But it's all gone thanks to yours truly I don't pour whisky down my neck at night I don't go binging on the weekend, pass out on the floor I take good care of you, but you like to attack By coagulating everything before handing at back You take a chainsaw and drive it centreline Straight through my insides when I lose my mind I'm changing over to a Mac, if you don't give my files back And it better be intact or it's a scrapheap for you You, you, you… About Time Been thrown out of my own head I don't belong anymore Who's been at it again Who's been at it again At it again They say they made a monster Who bore seven deadly sins But they didn't understand It's about time, I untie my binds I'm growing up to the sun And I'll come back when I'm done I'll find a brand new language That won't give me away Could be foul mouthed all day long It's about time, I untie my binds They'll flourish while I fade It's about time, I untie my binds I'm growing up to the sun And I'll come back when I'm done When I'm done They'll flourish while I fade Good riddance anyway I'm, I'm getting bored of this place It's about time It's about time It's about time It's about time Mine For Keeps Very few have hit the mark And fewer still made the radar I didn't need what they offered And there's nothing hear, to be proud of It's possible, I hear them And it's probable, I didn't listen And there's nothing hear, to be proud of But your eyes open Easy come, easy go You started something I never had to question before You started changing my mind when I was always so sure I've starting wondering what happens if I let you in more Should you, should you say it's mine for keeps You should you have left with your airs and graces And you shouldn't leave them or they'd be wasted 'Cause there's nothing here to be proud of But your eyes open Easy come, easy go You started something I never had to question before You started changing my mind when I was always so sure I've starting wondering what happens if I let you in more Should you, should you say it's mine for keeps Something new You started something I never had to question before You started changing my mind when I was always so sure I've starting wondering what happens if I let you in more I've started changing my mind when I was always so sure I wouldn't mind, I wouldn't mind, I wouldn't mind… Honk ( Hidden Track ) Old and numb And I've just begun When they hold my tongue For the world I've spun Into the known In two rowed Eat my word Am I aiming low Does the whole word know And the whole world knows Into my own Into fro Into the known Into rowed
Tales of Silversleeve Sing For Your Supper With an element of oh no With an element of oh no And a leaking in my gut Could you have an idiot With a spanner in my brain And I'll never talk sense again But I'll sing with all I’ve got From the bottom of my leaky gut Will you never come back for more Is the whole thing too familiar With the line of your back so broad But it's me who's knocking down your door Sing for your supper Is all that I can do And one way or the other I'll be making eyes at you There's a woman in my brain And she dabbles with my chemistry I woke her up when I called your name But I'll never wake her up again With an element of oh no Will you never come back for more Is the whole thing too familiar With the line of your back so broad But it's me who's knocking down your door Sing for your supper Is all that I can do And one way or the other I'll be making eyes at you You're filling up an empty room Said I never had one companion But look at me loving you Is there ever any other reason Sing for your supper Is all that I can do One way or the other I'll be making eyes at you Reuben Reuben, I've been told That you've got fire in your pocket Filling every hole And it's old Reuben, you've been told You're bringing fire to the devil You're filling up his hole And he grows, he grows Everytime I hear you I go howling in the half light But everytime I do I wish I’d hear a little howl back Hear a little howl back Reuben, you've been seen You're bringing sunshine before you Riding on the beam And it's old, it's old And how long you keep me still I will be quiet for our lady Quiet for no evil You may keep your business to yourself Everytime I hear you I go howling in the half light But everytime I do I wish I'd hear a little howl back Hear a howl back Reuben, I've been told That you've got fire in your pocket Filling every hole And it's old And how long you keep me still I will be quiet for our lady Quiet for no evil You may keep your business to yourself Everytime I hear you I go howling in the half light But everytime I do I wish I'd hear a little howl back Everytime I hear you I go howling in the half light But everytime I do I wish I'd hear a little howl back The Collector All mine, when the body wakes up All mine, when the body falls down You won't sleep when you lie with me Knuckle and bone come rattling at your window All mine, gall and liver All mine, bony rib and marrow All the dreams you long to keep We’re part of the deal when you came to borrow The collector is collecting And delivering to me Oh you think we've got it all But there's no guarantee All mine All mine, the song your mother wrote you All mine, everything of value All hope you lay aside Saved for the day no hope lies in you All mine, joy and libido Mine mine, plans for tomorrow That heart you smuggled away That beat so fast when we did our little handshake The collector is collecting And delivering to me Oh you think we've got it all But there's no guarantee All mine You won't sleep when you lie with me Body will be gone but the mind won't follow This heart you long to keep Knuckle and bone come rattling at your window All mine, when the body wakes up All mine, when the body falls down The collector is collecting And delivering to me Oh you think we've got it all But there's no guarantee And there's still tomorrow There's still tomorrow All mine Moving He'll be the one for me Even if he do me a little He's the one I'll bend for When I don't bend, I break Where's the yellow punk addition He lay it down in front of me He'll be the one for me Even if he do me a little He's the one I'll bend for When I don't bend, I break Where's the yellow punk addition He lay it down in front of me Keep it moving He'll be the one for me A tidy bum do more than a little We all know what a girl can do But can you keep that toe on the bag Tidy bum do more than a little He lay it down in front of me Keep it moving, keep it moving I like it moving round and round down there Moving, keep it moving I like it moving round and round to nowhere You don't go down All body do as I do You don't make a scene yet We all know how you move But can you keep that toe on the bag Tidy bum do more than a little He lay it down in front of me To go with my outfit He lay it down in front of me Mr. Kill I really really don't think you're on it for me I really really don't think you're cutting it out Oh hardly, hardly, he's the one to take me on Oh hardly, hardly, he's the one If all your bruises were leading We go on and on Hey there, Mr. Kill Never seen you so ill Yoo-hoo, easy Why not just shoot me I'll never rule you out I really really don't think you're on it for me I really really don't think you're cutting it out Do you really really wanna explore Do you really really wanna If all your dreams could live it for you We go on and on Overblown Love Song Only for you, only for you What else am I to do about it Who heard of anything for free Who gives away to not receive That would be mean Are you listening Are you watching closely Lovely, lovely overblown love song No one and nothing could ever give more With a few minor chords Only for you, only for you Don't want to be demure about it But what to say and how to say it Who knows, who knows, who knows Here I go Are you listening Are you watching closely Lovely, lovely and overblown love song Nothing and no one could give you more In a few minor chords No Heart Today I hear you, hear you calling me with an evil eye on I don't want your kid chin, no And all the people you know, they're saying "go on" But I won't be here long And all that you need, let burn at your feet No room in my house no more With all the people you know, the people you know You'll forget what you've been looking for You let your head go With all the people you know I don't have no heart today Someone came over, let it out of the cage And you might have much else to say But I don't have no heart today I hear you calling me with your motor running hard But I don't want your chicken brain It's like the people you know, they're saying "go on" But I won't be that way And all that you needed, burned at your feet And who'll do the talking now? It's like the people you know, people you know, people you know Oh, you'll forget what you've been looking for You let your head go You'll be so loud about it I don't have no heart today Someone came over, let it out of the cage And you might have much else to say But I don't have no heart today I've never had a piece of a broken heart Could never claim to be a breaker of any body parts But I'd love to give it up Put your love into his arms and let your head go You'll be so loud about it Harmony Harmony You're lost to me I know what it is to be Without family Nobody papa, too little mama, no one come easily But I'll be the Toto if you be the little Dorothy Harmony Come lie with me I know what it is to be Without make believe You be the airplane, I'll be the captain Over the sea we'll fly Where nobody know us, nobody care On the other side Harmony You're lost to all I know what we had to do But I don't know anymore You were the loud noise ringing in their ears Come in and calm your head You be the cow bell, I'll be the tambourine Harmony, harmony Can't Help It We know what it's like to always get your way I know, I know I do And we couldn't find the time to accumulate Other than this way I'll be ready When they bite the line I'm losing, I'll lose No hard shell, no armour Can't help it We don't say their name They follow the sandwaves Back to where you are And I bet you nearly made a mistake You'll have to learn to lose all scruples You'll be ready When you bite the line I'm losing, I'll lose No hard shell, no armour Can't help it I'll be ready When they heed the call Rubbish Ocean I'm not ready, no no You see my open mouth And all the words are coming Just let them tumble out Where is my home Where is my person I'm not ready, no no I'm severed down the middle And somewhere over the rubbish sea Is the rest of me Where is my home Where is my person And where do I go where I go You're just a little bit of ocean But oh, what a big deal you can be Well, I've tried and I've tried and I'm trying and I'm tired of trying Oh, what you doing to me Come over, come over the rubbish sea Come on and have me sheltered I'm getting rained on by a jealous cloud That's following me where I go All Of You All of you I've been sewn onto Under your collar Inside your sleeve But in the meantime Some of you is going to have to do I've not decided which part to choose Which bit I'll keep Which bit I'll lose I've not decided All of you All of you Sorry day, not able to engage I'm keeping busy with my candidates They're under the chin Or the shoulder blades Just the whole face All of you Sorry night, you filled up all my time I've been neglectful And you have your pride So don't wait in line while I’m by his side I've things on my mind All of you Sorry day Sorry night
The Nameless
The Nameless In the day, I count the hours And in the night, I count days And when I wake, I count the flowers That grow wild around your grave And so we'd walk this town forever And then we'd run toward the bay And would I were a braver woman I'd gladly sink beneath your wave My heart denied what he would call me The reason why I cannot tell But you would call me nameless For this I know, I know full well My heart denied what he would call me The reason why I cannot tell But you would call me nameless For this I know, I know full well And in the day, we'd count the hours And in the night, we'd count the ghosts And you would call me nameless You'd call me nameless You left the most (?) Army Of Tears I've had enough, these salty drops I've caught a thousand of them, filled a hundred cups And bit by bit, they grew and grew So I begin to turn them into something new Every hour of every night My little soldiers drew a breath and came to life And one by one they formed a line And pledged allegiance to this salty heart of mine And what do you suppose they will do What do you suppose they will say The world will have its day With my army of tears Filled the house in shallow waves I fed them only on revenge and bitter rage And they grew up angry and tall Lo and behold, I have the coldest sea of all I build a boat made out of ice To sail the frozen sea of my own device And there I'll float and there I'll freeze Commander of a fleet, queen of the sea And what do you suppose they will do What do you suppose they will do The whole world will bow down to My army of tears Back in the day, black out the sun The water's flowing over everything and everyone The sirens yell that it's begun My army The whole world will live in fear Of my army of tears And what do you suppose they will do What do you suppose they will do The whole world will live in fear Of my army of tears In He Comes In he comes separate and cool And like a child I go running to Heart of old but heart of a fool No gravity I've no home to go to Why would you be so cruel to me I gave you all a body could receive I won't tell if you kiss me true and gentle Be a man and I'll be a woman too Love long and intimate off with sorrows In open rooms throw it to hear it hit the wall Without accomplice each thing is free But which do you like is there the very one for me Why would you be so cruel to me I gave you all a body could receive I won't tell if you kiss me true and gentle Be a man and I'll be a woman too In he comes well oiled and turning And like a girl I keep running Where do they spend part of the fuel Without head I've no sense too you No sense too you No sense too you Why would you be so cruel to me I gave you all a body could receive I won't tell if you kiss me true and gentle Be a man and I'll be a woman too Habit I have no joy without the boy Oh but I found me another way to make it through the day Twist your mind and soon you'll find Someone to peel away the layers of those broken hearted cares Leave your keys out in the door as you leave So next in line can breathe a sigh easily I know, I know, I know, I shouldn't want I know I shouldn't need you to become A habit I have no joy no flint to flick Oh but I found a flame to borrow when all my joy is licked Now what of the sorrow, the looms, the rooms Well he's just another friend they all get used to in the end Leave your keys out in the door as you leave So next in line can breathe a sigh easily I know, I know, I know, I shouldn't want I know, I shouldn't need you to become A bad habit Leave your keys out in the door as you leave So next in line can breathe a sigh easily Well I'm not one to kiss and wait So if you're here make no mistake you'll become A habit A habit Bad habit Little Red Hey I, I wouldn’t let him in No I, I wouldn't, I wouldn't let him in His eyes are close together And he wears a toothy grin Don’t let him in No, I wouldn't if I were you Let him in Don't you, don't let him walk you home No, no don't, don't let him walk you home There's mischief in his make-up You're better off to do that walk alone No, I wouldn't if I were you Let him walk you home You're all the time believing The very best in all But the devil was an angel 'Til he took a little fall Oh you keep your guard up for lurkers in the dark The day you let it down You get chased through the park Hey you better, better stay awake tonight Yeah, yeah you better, better keep 'em peeled tonight They watch your window closely Creep in when you turn out all the lights No I wouldn't if I were you go to sleep tonight You're all the time believing It won't happen to you But I guarantee one evening Or before the night is through Oh some wolf making out he's a pup Will blow your house right down And gobble you up Happy Slapping When you're alone do you worry about me When I'm alone all I do is worry, worry worry worry Worry 'bout a heart attack, wonderin' who's got your back If you had a healthy lunch, if somebody spiked your punch Do the boys take care of you, or do they leave you home to brew Yeah Doin' fine without you When you're alone do you sit and weep Or do you keep the fire lit with photographs of you and me Is the heaviness letting up, or do you feel like giving up And if you gave up what exactly, what exactly would it mean Overflowing septic tanks and avoiding all the bins 'Till somebody says "I knew the girl, she kept a tidy flat But now the garden's full of rats, I know she used to sing But now she talks to buildings She's doin' swell without you" When you go out, do you dread coming home To an empty house and stale bread and nobody to warm your bed Does it make you scared to die, 'cause that's what keeps me up at night Lying stiff for several days with nobody there to say "wake up honey or are you dead" And that keeps running through my head Doin' sweet without you When you wake up do you get a fright, When suddenly you remember you no longer have a life 'Cause it scares the shit right out of me An avalanche of memories come raging like a bitch on heat So I don't stay in bed soon as I wake I flee the room say "life is great" Stick on the radio and laugh and when the prime time jokes pretend that they relate to me As if I'm not detached or lonely or is that how we all feel And eating crap is how we deal with life and all it's splendid trappings Robbery and happy slapping Yeah Doin' sweet without you Doin' swell without you Dog Your name is gold with diamonds underneath My name is coal with cheapy copper leaf And yeah we were doomed, we were doomed, we were doomed Careful now, just a little rock Your head is open and lets in all the light Now would you throw your illumination all over this hot head of mine Yeah we were doomed, but doom had it's own relief Build up, build up a wall to set you free Oh, and it go Oh, and it go Oh, and it go Like a dog Or a rat Like a dog My arms are open for something I don't want to think And will you think they'd invent some puppet to cradle your heart as it breaks Could you be a pet and just squeeze one out of your eye I can see you through the waterfall, to me you look perfectly dry Oh, and it go Oh, and it go Oh, and it go Like a dog Or a rat Like a dog Careful now, just a little Oh, and it go Oh, and it go Oh, and it go Like a dog Or a rat Like a dog Oh, and it go Oh, and it go Oh, and it go Like it always do Like a dog Bad Weather Bad weather on the line getting between me and mine I think he's mad at me and it's only a matter of time My baby's all ready for the heat but I'm not so ready for the burn So crackle away as he tries to explain that our weather has taken a turn Summer is fine blues skies are divine but don't keep the clouds at bay Bad weather will keep us together if only in a cloudy way Your rattle is melody and drive, sweeter than honey to my ear Oh don't disappear lay away without fear and then maybe we'll call it a day Baby's patient but running out of time and I’m running right out of tears Oh you can be sure we'd be crying much more if your rattle wasn't all i could hear Summer is swell, high corn and bluebell but I won't bid the rain good day Bad weather is oh so much better than having the blues to stay I do not need no barometer to read what conditions we have in store Bad weather be a friend and let me pretend he loves me again as before The Touch I nearly died inside for you, I lit a fire inside for you Feed the flame and cook me through and through With the touch I'm alive with lust And if it's do or die well then I must The only question lies how much for the touch Oh I crawl on my knees, I beg and I plead Nothing says "I love you" like a desperate woman I'd leap a hundred waves for a kiss And end these wretched days in bliss Oh be fair and let me dare to wish for Squeeze that body dry Oh how I tease and I turn and I bite Oh don't be so frigid I'll be tender with it your touch I'd ravage the face, leave little to waste Nothing says "I need you" like a woman with taste I wanna ring the highest bell Fling my soul down the deepest well Leave that withered hollow shell to tell of the touch Split the sky in two for you and me Lay the stars and the moon at our feet Now I float through all the eternity with the touch Wild Rum Hello, hello Wild rum, I've been seduced You sent my urchins running loose So I am free to sober dawn When every cart comes running home Well hello sorrow, goodbye glee Well hello bother, come bother me Wild rum, your some relief You pull that chatter from my teeth Tease that matter from the wall You take that babble, carry woe (?) Rum it's you toast Before I ram you down my throat You twist and rile down every rung So rest awhile here on my tongue Well goodbye sorrow, farewell tears Until tomorrow you're not welcome here Wild rum, your some relief You pull that chatter from my teeth Tease that matter from the wall You take that babble, carry woe (?) Wild rum, you're turning sour Your pickled oil is losing power And so from this we are aware It marks the end of our affair So, so long kisses long and sweet Hello sorrow, hello hello Wild rum, your some relief You pull that chatter from my teeth Tease that matter from the wall You take that babble, carry woe (?) Lay Your Hand Oh I don't know, oh I don't know, oh I don't know How you're suppose to relay the complicated message of desire No I don't know, no I don't know, no I don't know How to do it when you look at me I look away With nowhere to go and nothing to say Lay your hand on me See if it belongs We're all tangled up in evolution We can't work out the simplest of sums Lay your hand on me No one could deny Therein lies the vital information So elegantly put that it could make you sigh Everyone knows, everyone knows, everyone knows That delicate time when all you want is lying beyond your fingertips But language is hard, language is cold, language is too rude and angular No no we need another method for our lips So lay your mouth on mine No one can deny Therein lies a friendly explanation Of how the fundamental laws apply Lay your mouth on mine And I won't ask again If you want to do this one thing for me No question worth asking will remain Lay your hand on me Lay your hand on me See if it belongs We're all tangled up in evolution We can't work out the simplest of sums Lay your hand on me No one could deny Therein lies the vital information So elegantly put that it could make you sigh Universe Tipping There's no way to shout it And no way but to marvel No easy way about it Go on, go on look it in the eye You never linger long around it The tiny fingers are strong But it was you who found it So go on, go on, go on Kick her with your shoe Do your very worst Should it heal or hurt Go on and release Go on and release When it stings, it stings And I'm turning red Oh why would you ever even try With the world conspiring to make you hard Who'd be so foolish as to try Only a rebel would Only a rebel would I jumped the wall But were you ready Carried a house on my back to your door The universe tipped over and I couldn't hold it steady The window melt and blew me over still So come on do your worst Before I burst Go on and release Go on and release Go on and release Go on and release When it stings, it stings And I'm turning red Oh why would you ever even try With the world conspiring to make you hard Who'd be so foolish as to cry Oh but a rebel would Only a rebel would Only a rebel would Only a rebel would End Of The End I'm on the wave and a foreign here for a sale Will you go easy, he'll go easy on me I'm on the wind looking down the end of the end Will it go easy, it go easy on me Women beware, when you build your house on the air It'll blow, it blow away Oh we row and we row And we gather the road To the end of the end Oh the pressure is low Ah but the spirit is high So the end of the end we go He's on the reign Pushing down the sweetest refrain Will he blow east, he'll blow east with me Women be warned when you build your house on the storm It'll blow, it blow away Oh we row and we row And we gather the road To the end of the end Oh the pressure is low Ah but the spirit is high So the end of the end we go
New Forest
New Forest If you don't lose your heart in the forest I shouldn't think you have a heart at all Love swoons through the trees like a goddess In decadence to enrapture and enthral Every bird has a feather just for you Every song that he sings is a wish coming true If I should lose my heart to the forest Never to return I shouldn't care For every raven and crow Every blue tit and sparrow On high and down low is aware Every tree is a castle to explore With a strange little family behind every door You copy you paste you lose Every flower a jewel to be found Every root a world way down underground Every bird has a feather just for you And every song that he sings is a wish coming true Every tree is a castle to explore With a strange little family behind every door Every seed is a whole galaxy
The Pattern Where is my time, where is my time The scattered wind and pattered rain The scattered mind and a tattered brain Leads me again to the pattern If I could grind down caverned grove To move this scattered body through Maybe some time'll come to me I'll be the forest he bends his will to Where is my time, where is my time The scattered wind and pattered rain This scattered mind is gone again Gone back to the pattern
Birdie When my grandmother Bee was a girl she was told Of a towering elm three hundred years old His branches were claws that pulled other trees down He had roots growing wild to the neighbouring town But his heart was as cruel as his looks would suggest Because deep in his bark was a nest Gonna write a letter for someone Gonna write it eloquently So when that someone gets it It'll paint a picture for me You copy you paste you lose Gonna paint them into the forest Under rain clouds heavy as lead And every leaf dead at their feet And every animal fled Fly away, little birdie Fly away, my friend Fly away, little birdie I'll get you in the end Gonna pull the night down from heaven And squeeze the light from the moon If he dare shine down on you I'll pop him like a balloon Gonna flood your heart with a river And sail right into your soul And when I reach that blinding light I'll paint it blacker than coal Fly away, little birdie I'll get you Fly away, little birdie Fly away, fly away
Snitch You say more, I gave more And it opened up the door And out of which came a snitch Who took it to the court And he yelled, and he roared I was too hot to ignore And every word you’d ever heard Came tumbling to the floor Who're you gonna tell my secrets to Who're you gonna tell my secrets to Who're you gonna tell my secrets to Who're you gonna tell my secrets to Who're you gonna tell my secrets to Who're you gonna tell my secrets to Do or don't tell no one (?) There’s a willow at the crossroad All the people travel through And into fair Leafy hair They tell their troubles to And then one day Along came A barber for the king And in whispering his secret He gave the heart a song to sing And he said: Who're you gonna tell my secrets to Who're you gonna tell my secrets to Who're you gonna tell my secrets to Do or don't tell no one (?) Who're you gonna tell my secrets to Who're you gonna tell my secrets to Who're you gonna tell my secrets to Do or don't tell no one (?) You say more, I gave him more And he opened up the door And out of which came a snitch Who took it to the court You say more, I gave him more And he opened up the door And out of which came a snitch Who took it to the court And he sang Who're you gonna tell my secrets to Who're you gonna tell my secrets to Who're you gonna tell my secrets to Do or don't tell no one (?) Who're you gonna tell my secrets to Who're you gonna tell my secrets to Who're you gonna tell my secrets to Do or don't tell no one (?)
*** Thanx a lot to Adder for this one *** Armadillo When I see you, I don't feel sick or reach for my phone And call up everyone I know, and tell them I'd rather be alone When I touch you, I don't feel at all, as if my skins about to crawl Right off my bones and roll into a ball A very pale armadillo You copy you paste you lose Love, love, love, love Love, love, love, love Love, love, love, love Love, love, love, love When I call you, you're so awkward, and you've nothing much to say You've no terrible tales of mischief, and no stories to relay But with you I'm in a quiet field on a bright and sunny day You're a tall tree that I used to hug down the garden to feel safe You're a tall tree that I used to hug down the garden to feel safe Love, love, love, love Love, love, love, love Love, love, love, love Love, love, love, love When I tell you you're an asshole, don't come near me or I'll kill you You know it's just my special brain kissing yours in a special way Everyone uses the same words But they always fail, so why use them at all Love, love, love, love Love, love, love, love Love, love, love, love Love, love, love, love You're a tall tree that I used to hug down the garden to feel safe You're a tall tree that I used to hug down the garden to feel safe Arrow I can see the gunman he's in sporting form today In flannel suit they double shoot Across the blue sky smashing clay Maybe I should get myself a violent outlet for my rage It seeps into my food, it tastes like iron railings on government buildings I'll look to the shoeless girls on hen nights for a go Put a little arrow in my bow Put a little arrow in my bow Draw straight and narrow, oh I Put a little arrow in my bow You copy you paste you lose Do you recall in college that old house that we both shared The landlord owned a shop below with waxen jackets, boots and hardware He'd sneak about when we were out and rifle through our underwear And when the shower powered on, you'd look and he would be there But if you visited the house now beware We may have left a parting gift under the stairs We put a little arrow in our bow We put a little arrow in our bow We drew straight and narrow, oh we Put a little arrow in our bow I've been making strangers cry Why not make some china fly Put a little arrow in your bow Put a little arrow in your bow Draw straight and narrow, oh Draw straight and narrow, oh Put a little arrow in your bow Put a little arrow in your bow Draw straight and narrow, oh Put a little arrow in your bow Thylacine I was dreaming of you, Thylacine The last of so many You were pulled by the moon But she won't find you in this room Of iron and concrete Oh we're ordinary Made of mud, made of clay Pull the night over me For a moment you're home From the seed to the shoot We sever every root A dislocated limb With no words to convey It swam about you all day And bubbled like a hymn You copy you paste you lose Oh we're ordinary Made of mud, made of clay Pull the night over me I can't see you Oh we're ordinary Made of mud, made of clay Pull the night over me For a moment Oh you'd better believe From the ground we're released No amount of concrete will unbind us Oh we're ordinary I am mud out of clay Momentarily she will find us Bucket Life is so much better when you're naked I can see why nudey people do it best If your brain was like a naturist I'd run behind while your mind got mentally undressed I will try to be a record for you I will try to be a record for you Pour your memories into my bucket Into my bucket Let your hair go, let your tackle slacken Let your hide grow duller than a bow that got no rain 'Cause I am witness to your happenings I signed my name in the lining of your favourite things You copy you paste you lose I will try to be a record for you I will try to be a record for you Pour your memories into my bucket (Pour your memories) Pour your memories into my bucket I took a record of your life Collected in my bucket Fed it to the worms who ate the whole thing up They fed it to the earth The flowers grew so high All the people came to see Then the flowers called the bees And the bees attacked the people, so nobody came to weed Now the garden is a jungle Who's evolving very slowly Till the day he'll step about and clear the trees And build a road and I'll have to watch him go I hope he remembers me and I'll have to watch him go I'll put him in my bucket I'll put him in my bucket I'll put him in my bucket I will try to be a record for you I will try to be a record for you Pour it into my bucket Pour it into my bucket I will try to be a record for you I will try to be a record for you Pour it into my bucket Pour it into my bucket I will try to be a record for you I will try to be a record for you Pour it into my bucket Pour it into my bucket
Chrysocoma He came to me dappled in sunlight I bloomed beneath his stare Patiently, I waited all the night To be with him again The whole spring we were never apart He lay underneath my limbs He said I had the biggest heart Won’t you let me crawl right in And then he whispered through my leaves Darling, you’re my favourite tree Won’t you save your love for me Til I return from the city And now I’m nothing but a chrysocoma I cry some more Chrysocoma The love that’s over And ever year he would return To read me haiku poetry I let him hang from my lowest branches Little daydreamer kicking his feet Then I grew up my colour is faded My leaves start falling down What used to be a waterfall was now A great big puddle of brown And then he whispered through my leaves Darling, you know that you’re my favourite tree Oh, but every year I watch you grow It's anotehr the year You grow old And now I’m nothing but a chrysocoma I cry some more I cry all summer for a love that’s over I cry for all the tears I shed Chrysocoma, oh how I wish I was dead I was dead… Then I saw him one last time A chainsaw in his hands He looked at me with the palest blue eyes
*** Thanx a lot to Adder for this one ***
Non Albums Tracks My Surprise Even if you're right, I never had the time Even if I held it steady I heard it in the voice, driving down the line Even if I'm gone already This is how it was, no I'm sorry no because For a moment every little thing will stop So I know your name, so you're in my head So you owe me what exactly A tiny piece of this, a tiny bit of that Soon enough they always want it back This is my surprise, no I'm sorry no goodbyes For a moment every little thing around me heaves a sigh Shake their heads and ask me why, crane their necks for a reply But I couldn't if I tried, so I stop This is my surprise, no I'm sorry no goodbyes For a moment every little thing around me heaves a sigh Shake their heads and ask me why, crane their necks for a reply But I couldn't if I tried, so I, so I Nervous Twitches We don't need to always try so hard Some things have to stay awkward Those nervous twitches gave the game away Some time is all it takes to undo those who'll chosen phrases send To fill in silent spaces, don't forget I'm still the girl you love But I'm on the outside, and we move on But I'm on the outside We don't need to always be polite No go friendship comes without some fines Those nervous twitches gave the game away Some time is all it takes to undo those who'll chosen phrases send To fill in silent spaces, don't forget I'm still the girl you love But I'm on the outside, and we move on But I'm on the outside Oh you... Piece of the Pie You see the blue, we do the room over so nice for you You see the view, we pull the land over the sea for you Only lonely souls allowed, all the rest can wait Reading out to me and loud, a tiny piece of the pie No girl talk No elevated me who goes, except them all Not every one makes the grade you know Only lonely souls allowed, all the world can wait Breathing out to me and loud, a tiny piece of the pie I cut it out, the paper was worn but the memories remain This place of rest, deeper than death, but the price is less You'll pay for more Only lonely souls allowed, all the world can wait outside Reading again to me and loud, a tiny piece of the pie Only lonely souls allowed, all the world can wait Reading again to me and loud, a tiny piece of the pie Some Things I Can't Have It's never too late, to open up to And it's never too much, to ask for And there's a reason for this not to be here And there's an answer for every mind, questions why And the more I see the more I want But they're some things I can't have And the more I need the more I believe But they're some things I can't have And I could spoil myself, treat me to you And you could raise yourself, and damn it all But the more I see the more I want But they're some things I can't have And the more I need the more I believe That they're, the less I'll go through And the more I see, and need to And the more I see