The Dresden Dolls Lyrics Part 2, Photos, Pictures, Paroles, Letras, Text for every songs

B I o g r a p h y
(by Alex Henderson)

A variety of noteworthy groups were active on the Boston music scene in the late ‘90s and early 2000s—groups ranging from retro-soul/funk band Superhoney to the quirky, ‘80s-minded synth-pop/new wave trio Freezepop to the hard-to-categorize Moonraker (who have since moved to New York City). But the most unique and intriguing group to come out of Boston during that period may very well have been the Dresden Dolls, a highly unorthodox duo consisting of lead singer/pianist Amanda Palmer (who handles the songwriting) and drummer Brian Viglione. Formed in 2001, the Dresden Dolls have favored a most unlikely blend of alternative pop-rock, riot grrrl catharsis and German cabaret—especially the German cabaret that flourished when the Weimar Republic was in power in Germany in the ‘20s and very early ‘30s (before Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime came to power). The name Dresden Dolls was, in part, inspired by a song from British punk band the Fall, but it also acknowledges Palmer and Viglione's German influences; Dresden, after all, is a German city that was bombed extensively during World War II. However, Palmer doesn't sing or write in German; all of her vocals and lyrics are in English. But even so, the Dresden Dolls' Weimar-era influences are impossible to miss—not only because of their music, but also, because of their physical appearance. When Palmer and Viglione (whose colorful live shows helped them acquire a small but enthusiastic cult following in and around Boston in the early 2000s) perform together as the Dresden Dolls, their clothes and makeup provide a look that is half goth and half Weimar-style burlesque—a look that successfully unites the cultures of different countries and different eras. Like their attire, the Dresden Dolls' clever, darkly theatrical music draws on an unusual variety of influences. Marlene Dietrich and Kurt Weill have influenced the Dresden Dolls, but so have alternative rockers ranging from Tori Amos to PJ Harvey to the controversial Hole founder turned solo artist Courtney Love. And just as the New York City-based, London-born singer/songwriter Nellie McKay has no problem reminding listeners of Doris Day one minute and Alanis Morissette or Randy Newman the next, the Dresden Dolls know how to make their combination of influences from different periods sound perfectly natural and organic rather than forced, pretentious or contrived. In 2003, the Dresden Dolls' A Is For Accident (a collection of live recordings) was released on the Important label; that CD was followed by their first full-length studio album, a self-titled disc that came out on 8Ft. Records in 2004.

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Day after day, I will walk and I will play but the day after today, I will stop
And I will start why can't I get just one kiss there may be something’s that I wouldn't miss
But I look at your pants and I need a kiss
Why can't I get just one screw believe me I know what to do
But something won't let me make love to you
Why can't I get just one fuck guess it's got something to do with luck
But I waited my whole life for just one
Day after day I get angry and I will say that the day
Is in my sight when i’ll take a bow
And say goodnight oh my mum
Have you kept your eye, your eye on your son
I know you’ve had problems, you’re not the only one
When your sugar left, he left you on the run
Oh my mum take a look now at what your boy has done
He’s walking around like he’s number one
Went downtown and you got him a gun
Don’t shoot, shoot, shoot that thing at me
You know you’ve got my sympathy
But don’t shoot, shoot, shoot that thing at me
Going down the kitchen at the top of the stairs
Can I mix in with your affairs share a smoke, make a joke grasp
And reach for a leg of hope words to memorize,
Words hypnotize words make my mouth exercise
Words all failed the magic prize nothing I can say
When I’m in your thighs oh my my, my my mother
I would love to love you lover city is restless,
It’s ready to pounce here in your bedroom,
Ounce for ounce oh my my, my my mother
I’ve given you, decision to make
Things to lose, things to take just as she’s about ready
To cut it up she says wait a minute honey,
I’m gonna add it up. Day after day I get angry
And I will say that the day is in my sight
When i’ll take a bow and say goodnight

Androgynous

( The Replacement cover / Boston 4-24-04 )

Here comes Dick, he's wearing a skirt
Here comes Jane, you know she's sporting a chain
Same hair, revolution
Unisex, evolution
Tomorrow who's gonna fuss

And they love each other so
Androgynous
Closer than you know
Love each other so
Androgynous

Now don't get him wrong and don't get him mad
He might be a father, but he sure ain't a dad
And she don't need advice that's sent at her
She's happy the way she looks
She's happy with her gender

And they love each other so
Androgynous
Closer than you know
Love each other so
Androgynous

Mirror image, see no damage
See no evil at all
Kewpie dolls and urine stalls
Be laughed
The way you're laughed now

Now, something meets Boy, and something meets Girl
They both look the same
They're overjoyed of this world

Same hair, evolution
Unisex, revolution
Tomorrow who's gonna fuss
And tomorrow Dick is wearing pants
And tomorrow Janie's wearing a dress
Future outcasts and they don't last at all
Today, the people dress the way that they please
The way they tried to do in the last centuries

And they love each other so
Androgynous
Closer than you know
Love each other so
Androgynous

A night at the roses

You should see yourself
When will you grow up
Every knob you twist on that machine is like a crutch

But I was just the one
You’d been waiting for
Who says we can’t touch
Ourselves to keep from getting bored
Nothing else is touching that's for sure

A ring around the roses

But I will watch you play
I come here every night
It’s just me the bartender the waitress and the lights
Shining on you not getting it right
We clap not for you but for your kind

A ring around the roses
Everybody poses
Threats and then backs down
The second you put clothes on

A ring around the roses
Everybody knows it
I will sing your fears
If you sing my neurosis

You should back out now
Not a night too soon
I’ll still be here when the last poor soul has left the room
Standing round just like a good friend should
Smiling as if your songs were good

A ring around the roses
Everybody poses
Threats and then backs down
The second you put clothes on

A ring around the roses
Everybody knows it
I will sing your fears
If you sing my neurosis

And I sat there for hours
Waiting on the curb
Thinking you might like a flower from a pretty girl
A ring of fire around the roses’ door
A ring around the waitress from the verse
Put it on before you lose your nerve

Put your hands together and they’ll burst
Put your hands together and they’ll burst
Put your hands together and they’ll burst
Put your hands together and they’ll burst
Put your hands together and they’ll burst

Make a sound that no one’s ever heard
Make a sound that no one’s ever heard
Make a sound that no one’s ever heard
And I hope we get what we deserve

( Britney Spears Cover / Live )

Oh baby, baby
How was I supposed to know
That something wasn't right here
Oh baby, baby
I shouldn't have let you go
And now you're out of sight, yeah
Show me how want it to be
Tell me baby 'cause I need to know now, oh because

My loneliness is killing me
I must confess I still believe
When I'm not with you I lose my mind
Give me a sign
Hit me baby one more time

Oh baby, baby
The reason I breathe is you
Boy you got me blinded
Oh pretty baby
There's nothing that I wouldn't do
It's not the way I planned it
Show me how you want it to be
Tell me baby 'cause I need to know now, oh because

My loneliness is killing me
I must confess I still believe
When I'm not with you I lose my mind
Give me a sign
Hit me baby one more time

Oh baby, baby how was I supposed to know
Oh pretty baby, I shouldn't have let you go
I must confess, that my loneliness is killing me now
Don't you know I still believe (Still Believe)
That you will be here
And give me a sign
Hit me baby one more time

My loneliness is killing me
I must confess I still believe
When I'm not with you I lose my mind
Give me a sign
Hit me baby one more time

Battered bride

This day was meant to be
A day that I would treasure
This day was meant to be
A way to make us closer

Could it be he doesnt see
That we dont fit together?
Could it be that this will be
The way it feels forever?

This day was planned for years
I prayed at every altar
This day confirmed my fears
There's nothing left to wait for

Battered bride dry your eyes
Things will change I promise
Red on white just you wait
You might learn to like it

This day was full of pain
I tried hard not to feel it
The magazines explained
Something completely different

If I could have my way
Id run home to my parents
Im scared but have to stay
I made a firm commitment

Battered bride dry your eyes
Things will change I promise
Red on white just you wait
You might learn to like it

Pay your dues
Bruised and numb
Love means compromises
Black and blue
Love can come
In all shapes and sizes

Battered bride
Dry your eyes
Things will change I promise
Run and hide
All youd like
Only death will part us....

Battered bride
Dry your eyes....

( Fugazi Cover )

I'm not playing with you
I'm not playing with you
I'm not playing with you
I clean forgot how to play

But you can still come around
In fact I invite you down
Maybe together
We can wipe that smile off your face
'Cause what a difference
Yeah what a difference, what a difference
A little difference would make

We'll draw a blueprint, it must be easy
It's just a matter of knowing when to say no or yes
Frustrating, frustrating, always waiting for the bigger axe to fall
A patient game that I can't find my way to play

Never mind what's been selling
It's what you're buying
And receiving undefiled

Never mind what's been selling
It's what you're buying
And receiving undefiled...

I met him at a party and he told me how to drive him home
He said he liked to do it backwards
I said, That's just fine with me,
That way we can fuck and watch TV.

It was four a.m. and the light was gray, like it always is in paperbacks
He asked if I liked playing jacks
I told him that I was good to sixes
But all hell broke loose after that

I told him that I knew Julia Roberts when I was twelve at summer camp
We didn't say anything after that
I dropped him off and I drove on home
'Cause secretly I'm timid

I love you like a brother
And I love you like a child
And I love you like a lover
And I love you dumb and colorblind
And I love you like a mother
Even after all you've done
And I love you like no other
But I know
Youre not the one...

And I loved you in bright orange
And in violet and in green
And I loved you in such colors
As your eyes have never ever seen
And I loved the way you acted
But your one trick pony's dead
And I loved you unprotected
But you only love in
Red

I know its dark for good
I never listen when I should
You only see in black and white
So go on back to your own kind
And i'll go back to mine

I love you like a brother
And I love you like a child
And I love you like a lover
And I love you dumb and colorblind
And I love you like a mother
Even after all she's done
And I love you like no other
But I know youre not the one...

Cosmic Dancer

( T-Rex Cover )

I was dancing when I was twelve
I was dancing when I was twelve
I was dancing when I was aaah
I danced myself out the womb
I danced myself out the womb
Is it strange to dance so soon
Is it strange to dance so soon

Is it wrong to understand
The fear that dwells inside a man
What's it like to be a loon
I liken it to a balloon

I danced myself into the tomb
I danced myself into the tomb
Is it strange to dance so soon
Is it strange to dance so soon

Is it wrong to understand
The fear that dwells inside a man
What's it like to be a loon
I liken it to a balloon

I was dancing when I was twelve

( Leonard Cohen Cover / Live )

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in
Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

Oh let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone
Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon
Show me slowly what I only know the limits of
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

Oh dance me to the wedding now, dance me on and on
Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long
We're both of us beneath our love, we're both of us above
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to the children who are asking to be born
Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn
Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn
Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in
Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

Drunken Butterfly

( Sonic Youth cover / Paris, France 02-23-05 )

Smile like a sun
Back over time
Crazy for you
Pleasure is mine

I love you, I love you, I love you
What’s your name?
I love you, I love you, I love you
What’s your name?

You’re coming thru,
Even it up
Going too far
Try understand

I love you, I love you, I love you
What’s your name?
I love you, I love you, I love you
What’s your name?

Whisper kiss your ear
I’ll tell you what I fear
Whisper kisses in your ear
I’ll tell you what I fear

You’re coming home
Just ain’t fair
Name rock’n’roll
Where love dies

Couldn’t find a soul
Tell it like it is
Deep down inside
Drunken butterfly

I love you, I love you, I love you,
What’s your name?
I love you, I love you, I love you,
What’s your name?
I love you, I love you, I love you,
What’s your name?
I love you, I love you, I love you,
What’s your name?

Eisbär

( Grauzone / Live Hambourg )

Eisbär, Eisbär
Kaltes Eis, kaltes Eis
Eisbär, Eisbär
Kaltes Eis, kaltes Eis

Ich möchte ein Eisbär sein
Im kalten Polar
Dann müßte ich nicht mehr schrei´n
Alles wär so klar

Ich möchte ein Eisbär sein
Im kalten Polar
Dann müßte ich nicht mehr schrei´n
Alles wär so klar

Ich möchte ein Eisbär sein
Im kalten Polar
Dann müßte ich nicht mehr schrei´n
Alles wär so klar

Ich möchte ein Eisbär sein
Im kalten Polar
Dann müßte ich nicht mehr schrei´n
Alles wär so klar

Eisbären müssen nie weinen
Eisbären müssen nie weinen
Eisbären müssen nie weinen
Eisbären müssen nie weinen

Wake... from your sleep
The drying of your tears
Today.. we escape
We escape.

Pack and get dressed
Before your father hears us
Before.. all hell.. breaks loose.

Breathe... keep breathing
Don't lose.. your nerve.
Breathe... keep breathing
I can't do this.. alone.

Sing us a song
A song to keep us warm
There's such a chill
Such a CHILL.

You can laugh
A spineless laugh
We hope that your rules and wisdom choke you
Now we are one
In everlasting peace

We hope that you choke.. that you choke
We hope that you choke.. that you choke
We hope that you choke.. that you choke

God damn the sun

( Swans cover )

When, when we were young
We had no history
So nothing to lose

Meant we could choose
Choose what we wanted then
Without any fear
Or thought of revenge

But then you grew old
And I lost my ambition
So I gained an addiction
To drink and depression

They are mine
My only true friends
And I’ll keep them with me
Until the very end

I'd choose not to remember
But I miss your arrogance
And I need your intelligence
And your hate for authority

But now you're gone
I read it today
They found you in Spain
Face down in the street

With a bottle in your hand
And a wild smile on your face
And a knife in your back
You died in a foreign land

And they found my letter
Rolled up in your pocket
Where I said I’d kill myself
If she left me again

So now she's gone
And you're both in my mind
I've got one thing to say
Before I am drunk again

God damn the sun
God damn the sun
God damn anyone
That says a kind word

God damn the sun
God damn the sun
God damn the light it shines
And this world it shows
God damn the sun

I`ve heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don`t really care for music, do you?
It goes like this the fourth, the fifth

The minor fall the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelu-uuu-ujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe I`ve been here before
I know this room, I`ve walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
I`ve seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

There was a time you'd let me know
What`s real and going on below
Remember when I moved in you
The holy dark was moving too
And every breath we drew was hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe there`s a God above
And all I ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
It’s not a cry you can hear at night
It’s not somebody who`s seen the light
It’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelu-uuuujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelu-uuu-ujah

( Cabaret cover / 07-06-06 Columbus )

I don't care much,
Go or stay,
I don't care very much
Either way.

Hearts grow hard
On the windy street.
Lips grow cold with the rent to meet.
So if you kiss me,
If we touch,
Warning's fair,
I don't care
Very much.

I don't care much,
Go or stay,
I don't care very much
Either way.

Words sound false
When your coat's too thin
Feet don't waltz when the roof caves in
So if you kiss me,
If we touch,
Warning's fair,
I don't care
Very much.

They say we're young and we don't know
We won't find out until we grow
Well I don't know if all that's true
'Cause you got me, and baby I got you

Babe
I got you babe I got you babe

They say our love won't pay the rent
Before it's earned, our money's all been spent
I guess that's so, we don't have a pot
But at least I'm sure of all the things we got

Babe
I got you babe I got you babe

I got flowers in the spring I got you to wear my ring
And when I'm sad, you're a clown
And if I get scared, you're always around
So let them say your hair's too long
'Cause I don't care, with you I can't go wrong
Then put your little hand in mine
There ain't no hill or mountain we can't climb

[HIM:] Babe
[BOTH:] I got you babe I got you babe

I got you to hold my hand
I got you to understand
I got you to walk with me
I got you to talk with me
Igot you to kiss goodnight
I got you to hold me tight
I got you, I won't let go
I got you to love me so

I got you babe
I got you babe
I got you babe
I got you babe
I got you babe

I love Rock 'n Roll

( written by J. Hooker and A. Merrill / Joan Jett Cover )

I saw him dancin' there by the record machine
I knew he must a been about seventeen
The beat was goin' strong playin' my favorite song
An' I could tell it wouldn't be long
Till he was with me, yeah me, singin'

I love rock n' roll, so put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock n' roll, so come an' take your time an' dance with me

He smiled so I got up and' asked for his name that don't matter, he said,
'Cause it's all the same. Said can I take you home where we can be alone
An' next we were movin' on, He was with me, yeah me
Next we were movin' on, He was with me, yeah me, singin'

I love rock n' roll, so put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock n' roll, so come an' take your time an' dance with me

Said can I take you home where we can be alone an we'll be movin' on
An' singin' that same old song, yeah with me, singin'

I love rock n' roll, so put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock n' roll, so come an' take your time an' dance with me

Imagine

( John Lennon Cover / Live with Ryan Ross )

Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

( Momus / Live Cover )

I like you, and I'd like you to like me to like you
But I don't need you
Don't need you to want me to like you
Because if you didn't like me
I would still like you, you see
La la la
La la la

I lick you, I like you to like me to lick you
But I don't need you
Don't need you to like me to lick you
If your pleasure turned into pain
I would still lick for my personal gain
La la la
La la la

I fuck you, and I love you to love me to fuck you
But I don't fucking need you
Don't need you to need me to fuck you
If you need me to need you to fuck
That fucks everything up
La la la
La la la

I want you, and I want you to want me to want you
But I don't need you
Don't need you to need me to need you
That's just me
So take me or leave me
But please don't need me
Don't need me to need you to need me
Cos we're here one minute, the next we're dead
So love me and leave me
But try not to need me
Enough said
I want you, but I don't need you

La la la
La la la

I love you, and I love how you love how I love you
But I don't need you
Don't need you to love me to love you
If your love changed into hate
Would my love have been a mistake?
La la la
La la la

So I'm gonna leave you, and I'd like you to leave me to leave you
But lover believe me, it isn't because I don't need you (you know I don't need you)
All I wanted was to be wanted
But you're drowning me deep in your need to be needed
La la la
La la la la la la la la la

I want you, and I want you to want me to want you
But I don't need you
Don't need you to need me to need you
That's just me
So take me or leave me
But please don't need me
Don't need me to need you to need me
Cos we're here one minute, the next we're dead
So love me and leave me
But try not to need me
Enough said
I want you, but I don't need you

( Jane's Addiction Cover )

Oh baby I’m so tired....
Men from the government
Men from the tax report
Men in the public school
Men owns the golden rule here
I'm everybody's slave
I made you my slave
You said
This I'd do for you
If it would help
To give the world back
What it gave
Then I would
I would
I would
I would
I would for you
I would for you

You say my eyes
Are crazy eyes
Sometimes they are
And so are you
And if you wonder
What I would do
I would do
Anything
If I could
You know I would
I would
I would
I would for you
I would for you
I would for you
I would for you
I would for you

Karma police, arrest this man, he talks in maths
He buzzes like a fridge, he's like a detuned radio

Karma police, arrest this girl, her Hitler hairdo is
Making me feel ill and we have crashed her party
This is what you get when you mess with us

Karma Police, I've given all I can
It's not enough, I've given all I can
But we're still on the payroll

This is what you get when you mess with us

And for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself
Phew, for a minute there, I lost myself, I lost myself

( Violent femmes cover )

I need someone a person to talk to
Someone who’d care to love
Could it be you, could it be you

Situation gets rough then I start to panic
It's not enough it’s just a habit
Hey kid your sick well darling this is it

You can all just kiss off into the air
Behind my back I can see them stare
They’ll hurt me bad but I won’t mind
They’ll hurt me bad

They do it all the time, yeah yeah
They do it all the time, yeah yeah
They do it all the time, do it all the time
Do it all the time, do it all the time

I hope you know this will go down
On your permanent record
Oh yeah well don’t get so distressed
Did I happen to mention that I’m impressed

I take one one one cause you left me and
Two two two for my family and
And three, three, three for my heartache and
And four, four, four for my headaches and
And five, five, five for my lonely and
Six, six, six for my sorrow and
Seven, seven, for no tomorrow and
Eight, eight; I forget what eight was for and
Nine, nine, nine for a lost god and
Ten, ten, ten, ten for everything
Everything, everything, everything

You can all just kiss off into the air
Behind my back I can see them stare
They’ll hurt me bad but I won’t mind
They’ll hurt me bad

They do it all the time, yeah yeah
They do it all the time, yeah yeah
They do it all the time, do it all the time
Do it all the time, do it all the time…

(David Bowie cover)

It's a god-awful small affair
To the girl with the mousy hair
But her mummy is yelling "No"
And her daddy has told her to go
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
Now she walks through her sunken dream
To the seat with the clearest view
And she's hooked to the silver screen
But the film is a saddening bore
For she's lived it ten times or more
She could spit in the eyes of fools
As they ask her to focus on

Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Oh man! Look at those cavemen go
It's the freakiest show
Take a look at the Lawman
Beating up the wrong guy
Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
He's in the best selling show
Is there life on Mars?

It's on Amerikas tortured brow
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
Now the workers have struck for fame
'Cause Lennon's on sale again
See the mice in their million hordes
From Ibeza to the Norfolk Broads
Rule Britannia is out of bounds
To my mother, my dog, and clowns
But the film is a saddening bore
'Cause I wrote it ten times or more
It's about to be writ again
As I ask you to focus on

Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Oh man! Look at those cavemen go
It's the freakiest show
Take a look at the Lawman
Beating up the wrong guy
Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
He's in the best selling show
Is there life on Mars?

Lua

( Bright Eyes cover / Iowa City, IA 10-14-05 )

I know that it is freezing, but I think we have to walk
I keep waving at the taxis, they keep turning their lights off
But Julie knows a party at some actor's West side loft
Supplies are endless in the evening by the morning they'll be gone

When everything is lonely I can be my own best friend
I get some coffee and a paper, hold my own conversations
With the sidewalk and the pigeons and my window reflection
The mask I polish in the evening by the morning looks like shit

And I know you have a heavy heart, I can feel it when we kiss
So many men stronger than me have thrown their backs out trying to lift it
But me I'm not a gamble, you can count on me to split
The love I sell you in the evening by the morning won't exist

You're looking skinny like a model with your eyes all painted black
Just keep going to the bathroom, always say you'll be right back
Well, it takes one to know one, kid, I think you've got it bad
’Cause what is simple in the evening by the morning's such a drag

I got a flask inside my pocket, we can share it on the train
And if you promise to stay conscious I will try and do the same
We might die from medication, but we sure killed all the pain
’Cause what is normal in the evening by the morning seems insane

And I don’t know what the trouble was that started all of this
The reasons have all run away, but the feeling never did
It's not something I’d recommend, but it is one way to live
’Cause what is simple in the moonlight by the morning never is

But the simple in the moonlight now it's so complicated
Was so simple in the moonlight, so simple in the moonlight
So simple in the moonlight, so simple in the moonlight

Some boys kiss me, some boys hug me, I think they're okay
If they don't give me proper credit, I just walk away

They can beg and they can plead, but they can't see the light, that's right
'Cause the boy with the cold hard cash is always Mister Right,

'cause we are living in a material world, and I am a material girl
You know that we are living in a material world And I am a material girl

Some boys romance, some boys slow dance
That's all right with me, if they can't raise my interest then I
Have to let them be

Some boys try and some boys lie but
I don't let them play, only boys who save their pennies
Make my rainy day, 'cause they are

Living in a material world, and I am a material girl
You know that we are living in a material world
And I am a material girl

Living in a material world

Boys may come and boys may go, and that's all right you see
Experience has made me rich and now they're after me,

'Cause everybody's
Living in a material world, and I am a material girl
You know that we are living in a material world
And I am a material girl

Living in a material world

( Pink Floyd cover / 07-06-06 Columbus )

Mother do you think they'll drop the bomb
Mother do you think they'll like the song
Mother do you think they'll try to break my balls
Ooooh aah, Mother should I build a wall

Mother should I run for president
Mother should I trust the government
Mother will they put me in the firing line
Ooooh aah, Mother I’m really tired

Hush now baby, baby don't you cry
Mother's gonna make all of your nightmares come true
Mother's gonna put all of her fears into you
Mother's gonna keep you right here under her wing
She won't let you fly
But she might let you sing
Mama’s gonna keep baby healthy and warm
Ooooh Baby
Ooooh Babe
Ooooh Babe
Of course Mama's gonna help build the wall

Mother do think she's good enough
For me
Mother do think she's dangerous
To me
Mother will she tear your little boy apart
Oooh aah, mother will she break my heart

Hush now baby, baby don't you cry
Mother's gonna check out all your girl friends for you
Mama won't let anyone dirty get through
Mama's gonna wait up until you get in
Mama will always find out where you've been
Mamma's gonna keep baby healthy and clean
Ooooh Babe
Ooooh Baby
Ooooh Babe
You'll always be baby to me
Mother, did it need to be so high.

My Doorbell

( The White Stripes cover / Chicago, IL 10-15-05 )

I'm thinkin' about the doorbell
When you gonna ring it, when you gonna ring it
I'm thinkin' about the doorbell
When you gonna ring it, when you gonna ring it
I'm thinkin' about the doorbell
When you gonna ring it, when you gonna ring it
I’m thinkin' about the doorbell

Oh, well

Well women and children need kisses
Not the man in my life I know
I’ve been going to mystery misses
I respect the art of the show
Take back what you said little girl
And while you're at it take yourself back too
(I'm) Tired of sitting here waiting
Woman whatcha gonna do now, whatcha gonna do about it

I'm thinkin' about the doorbell
When you gonna ring it, when you gonna ring it
I'm thinkin' about the doorbell
When you gonna ring it, when you gonna ring it
I'm thinkin' about the doorbell
When you gonna ring it, when you gonna ring it
I’m thinkin' about the doorbell

Come on

You don't seem to come around
Point your finger and make a sound
You don't seem to come around
Not now since I knocked it down?

Make a sound and I'll make you feel right
Right at home, yeah
Yeah, right at home, yeah

Now you’ve got me waitin' in pain
But how come it's so easy to you
You don't strike me as the type to be callous
But your words seem so obtuse
But then again I know you feel guilty
And you tell me you want me again
But I don't need any of your pity
I got plenty of my own friends
They're all above me

I'm thinkin' about the doorbell
When they gonna ring it, when they gonna ring it
I'm thinkin' about the doorbell
When they gonna ring it, when they gonna ring it
I'm thinkin' about the doorbell
When they gonna ring it, when they gonna ring it
I’m thinkin' about the doorbell

Oh, well

They don't seem to come around
Put your finger and make a sound
They don't seem to come around
Maybe they knock knock 'em down

I'm thinkin' about the doorbell
When you gonna ring it, when you gonna ring it
I'm thinkin' about the doorbell
When you gonna ring it, when you gonna ring it
I'm thinkin' about the doorbell
When you gonna ring it, when you gonna ring it

Oh well
I'm thinkin' about the doorbell
When you gonna ring it, when you gonna ring it
I'm thinkin' about the doorbell
When you gonna ring it, when you gonna ring it
I'm thinkin' about the doorbell
When you gonna ring it, when you gonna ring it
I'm thinkin' about the doorbell
When you gonna ring it, when you gonna ring it

Ooh
I'm thinkin' about the doorbell
When you gonna ring it, when you gonna ring it
I'm thinkin' about the doorbell
When you gonna ring it, when you gonna ring it
I'm thinkin' about the doorbell
When you gonna ring it, when you gonna ring it
I'm thinkin' about the doorbell
When you gonna ring it, when you gonna ring it

Oh well

My Favourite Things

( Sound Of Music cover / 07-06-06 Columbus )

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens,
Bright copper kettles and warm woollen mittens,
Brown paper packages tied up with strings,
These are a few of my favourite things.

Cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudels,
Door bells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles.
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings.
These are a few of my favourite things.

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes,
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes,
Silver white winters that melt into springs,
These are a few of my favourite things.

When the dog bites, when the bee stings,
When I'm feeling sad,
I simply remember my favourite things,
And then I don't feel so bad.

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens,
Bright copper kettles and warm woollen mittens,
Brown paper packages tied up with strings,
These are a few of my favourite things.

Cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudels,
Door bells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles.
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings.
These are a few of my favourite things.

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes,
Snow(flakes)
That stay on my nose and eyelashes,
Silver white winters that melt into springs,
These are a few of my favourite things.

When the dog bites, when the bee stings,
When I'm feeling sad,
I simply remember my favourite things,
And then I don't feel
So bad.
Aaah

( U2 cover )

All is quiet on New Year's Day
A world in white gets underway
I want to be with you
Be with you night and day
Nothing changes on New Year's Day
On New Year's Day

I will be with you again
I will be with you again

Under a blood red sky
A crowd has gathered in black and white
Arms entwined, the chosen few
The newspapers says, says
Say it's true
And we can break through
Though torn in two
We can be one

I... I will begin again
I... I will begin again

Happy New Year
How everybody's feeling tonight

Oh...
Maybe the time is right
Oh...maybe tonight...

I will be with you again
I will be with you again

And so we're told this is the golden age
And gold is the reason for the wars we wage
Though I want to be with you
Be with you night and day
Nothing changes
On New Year's Day
On New Year's Day
On New Year's Day
On New Year's Day

I will be with you again
I will be with you again...

We get some rules to follow
That and this
These and those
No one knows

We get these pills to swallow
How they stick
In your throat
Tastes like gold

Oh, what you do to me
No one knows

And I realize you're mine
Indeed a fool of mine
And I realize you're mine
Indeed a fool of mine
Ahh

I journey through the desert
Of the mind
With no hope
I found low

I drift along the ocean
Dead lifeboats in the sun
And come undone

Pleasantly caving in
I come undone

And I realize you're mine
Indeed a fool of mine
And I realize you're mine
Indeed a fool and mine
Ahhh

Heaven smiles above me
What a gift can be love
But no one knows

A gift that you give to me
No one knows

( Three Dog Night cover with The Ambitious Orchestra / NYC 10-28-05 )

One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
Two can be as bad as one
It's the loneliest number since the number one

No is the saddest experience you'll ever know
Yes, it's the saddest experience you'll ever know
’Cause one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
One is the loneliest number, that you'll ever do

It’s just no good anymore since she went away
Now I spend my time just making rhymes
Of yesterday

Because one is the loneliest number
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
One is the loneliest number one is the loneliest number
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do

One is the loneliest
Number one is the loneliest
Number one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do

One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do
One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do
One is the loneliest number
Much much worse than two
One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do
One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do
One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do
One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do
One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do

One is the loneliest
Number one is the loneliest
Number one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do

One is the loneliest
One is the loneliest
Number one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do

One is the loneliest
Number one is the loneliest
Number one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do

(Amanda speaking, presenting the band…)

One is the loneliest
Number one is the loneliest
Number one is the loneliest
Number one is the loneliest
Number one is the loneliest
Number one is the loneliest
Number one is the loneliest number that you'll ever doooo

One is the loneliest
Number one is the loneliest
Number one is the loneliest number that you'll ever doooo

One is the loneliest
Number one is the loneliest
Number one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do

Perfect Day

( Lou Reed cover / 07-06-06 Columbus )

Just a perfect day,
Drink sangria in the park,
And then later,
When it gets dark,
We go home.

Just a perfect day,
Feed animals in the zoo
And then later,
A movie, too,
And then home.

Oh it’s such a perfect day,
I’m glad I spent it with you.
Such a perfect day,
You just keep me hangin’ on,
You just keep me hangin’ on.

Just a perfect day,
Problems all left alone,
Weekenders on our own.
It’s such fun.

Just a perfect day,
You made me forget myself.
I thought I was someone else,
Someone good.

Oh it’s such a perfect day,
I’m glad I spent it with you.
Such a perfect day,
You just keep me hangin’ on,
You just keep me hangin’ on,
You just keep me hangin’ on,
You just keep me hangin’ ooooooon.

You’re gonna reap
Just what you sow,
You’re goin’ to reap
Just what you sow,
You’re gonna reap
Just what you sow,
You’re going to reap
Just what you sow...

( from the Live in Paradise dvd )

There once was a boy named Pierre
Who only would say I don't care
Hear a story my friend for you'll find at the end that a suitable moral
Lies There

One day his mother said
As Pierre got out of bed
Good morning darling boy, you are my only joy
Pierre said : "I don't care"

What would you like to eat?
I don't care
Some lovely cream of weed
I don't care
Don't sit backward on your chair
I don't care
Or proceed ripping your hair
I don't care
You are acting like a clown
I don't care
And we have to go to town
I don't care
Don't you want to come my dear?
I don't care
Would you rather stay right here?
I don't care
So his mother left him there

His father said : get off your head
Or I will march you up to bed
And Pierre said : "I don't care"

I would think that you could see
I don't care
Your head is where your feet should be
I don't care
If you keep standing upside down
I don't care
We'll never never get to town
I don't care
If only you would say "I care"
I don't care
I'd let you fold the folding chair
I don't care
So his parents left him there

They didn't take him anywhere

Now as the night began to fall
A hungry lion payed a call
He looked Pierre right in the eye
And asked him :
"Would you like to die" and Pierre said :
I don't care

I can eat you don't you see?
I don't care
Then you would be inside of me
I don't care
And you'd never have to bother
I don't care
With the mother and the father
I don't care
Is that all you have to say?
I don't care
Then I'll eat you if I may
I don't care
So the lion ate Pierre

Arriving home at 6 o' clock
His parents had a dreadful shock
They found the lion sitting there
They cried "Pierre is surely dead"
They pulled the lion by the hair
And hit hi with the folding chair
His mother cried "where is Pierre"
And the lion answered : "I don't care"

His father said : "Pierre's in there"
They rushed the lion into town
The doctor shook him up and down
And when the lion gave a roar
Pierre fell out upon the floor

He rubbed his eyes and scratched his head
And laughed because he wasn't dead
His mother cried and held him tight
His father asked "Are you allright?"
Pierre said "I am feeling fine
Please take me home it's half past nine"
The lion said if you would would care
Just climb on me I'll take you there
Then eveyrone looked at Pierre
Who shouted "Yes indeed I care"
The lion took him home to rest
Then stayed home as a wicked guest
The moral of Pierre is "care"

( PJ Harvey cover / Providence 2-5-05 )

Tie yourself to me
No-one else
No, you’re not rid of me
No you’re not rid of me

Night and day I breathe
Ah hah ay
Hey, you’re not rid of me
No, you’re not rid of me
No, you’re not rid of me
No, you’re not rid of me

I beg you, my darling
Don’t leave me, I’m hurting

Lick my legs I’m on fire
Lick my legs of desire

I’ll tie your legs
To keep you against my chest
Oh, you’re not rid of me
No, you’re not rid of me
I’ll make you lick my injuries
I’m gonna twist your head off, see

Till you say don’t you wish you never never met her?
And don’t you don’t you wish you never never met her?
Don’t you don’t you wish you never never met her?
Don’t you don’t you wish you never never met her?

I beg you, my darling
Don’t leave me, I’m hurting
Big lonely above everything
Above everyday, I’m hurting

Lick my legs, I’m on fire
Lick my legs of desire
Lick my legs, I’m on fire
Lick my legs of desire

No, you’re not rid of me
No, you’re not rid of me
I’ll make you lick my injuries
I’m gonna twist your head off, see

Till you say don’t you wish you never never met her?
Don’t you don’t you wish you never never met her?
Don’t you don’t you wish you never never met her?
Don’t you don’t you wish you never never met her?

Don’t you don’t you wish you never never met her?
(lick my legs I’m on fire)
Don’t you don’t you wish you never never met her?
(lick my legs of desire)
Don’t you don’t you wish you never never met her?
(lick my legs I’m on fire)
Don’t you don’t you wish you never never met her?
(lick my legs of desire)
Don’t you don’t you wish you never never met her?
(lick my legs I’m on fire)
Don’t you don’t you wish you never never met her?
(lick my legs of desire)
Don’t you don’t you wish you never never met her?
(lick my legs I’m on fire)
Don’t you don’t you wish you never never met her?
(lick my legs of desire)
Don’t you don’t you wish you never never met her?
(lick my legs I’m on fire)
Don’t you don’t you wish you never never met her?
(lick my legs of desire)

Lick my legs I’m on fire
Lick my legs of desire
Lick my legs I’m on fire
Lick my legs of desire

Say Yes!

( written by Elliot Smith )

I'm in love with the world through the eyes of a girl
Who's still around the morning after
We broke up a month ago and I grew up I didn't know
I'd be around the morning after

It's always been wait and see
A happy day and then you pay
And feel like shit the morning after
But now I feel changed around and instead falling down
I'm standing up the morning after

Situations get fucked up and turned around sooner or later

And I could be another fool or an exception to the rule
You tell me the morning after
Crooked spin can't come to rest
I'm damaged bad at best
She'll decide what she wants
I'll probably be the last to know
No one says until it shows and you see how it is
They want you or they don't
Say yes

I'm in love with the world through the eyes of a girl
Who's still around the morning after

Science fiction double feature

( Written by Richard O'Brien / From The rocky Horror Picture Show )

Michael rennie was I'll the day the earth stood still
But he told us where we stand
And flash gordon was there in silver underwear
Claude raines was the invisible man
Then something went wrong for fay wray and king kong
They got caught in a celluloid jam
Then at a deadly pace it came from outer space
And this is how the message ran:

Science fiction - double feature
Dr. X will build a creature
See androids fighting brad and janet
Ann francis stars in forbidden planet
Oh-oh at the late night, double feature, picture show.

I knew leo g. Carroll was over a barrel
When tarantula took to the hills
And I really got hot when I saw janet scott
Fight a triffid that spits poison and kills
Dana andrews said prunes gave him the runes
And passing them used lots of skills
But when worlds collide, said george pal to his bride
I'm gonna give you some terrible thrills, like a:

Science fiction - double feature
Dr. X will build a creature
See androids fighting brad and janet
Ann francis stars in forbidden planet
Oh-oh at the late night, double feature, picture show.
I wanna go, oh-oh, to the late night double feature picture show.
By rko, oh-oh, at the late night double feature picture show.
In the back row at the late night double feature picture show.

Such great heights

( The postal service cover / Chicago 11-05-04 )

I‘m thinking it's a sign
That the freckles in our eyes are mirror images
When we kiss they're perfectly aligned
And i have to speculate
That god himself did make us into corresponding shapes
Like puzzle pieces from the clay

True,
It may seem like a stretch,
But it’s thoughts like this that catch my troubled head
When you're away
When I am missing you to death
When
You’re out there on the road
For several weeks of shows
And when you scan the radio
I hope this song will guide you home

They will see us waving from such great heights,
'Come down now,'
They'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away,
'Come down now,'
But we'll stay...

I tried my best to leave
This all on your machine
But the persistent beat sounded thin upon listening
And that
Frankly will not fly
You will hear the highest highs and lowest lows
With the windows down when this is guiding you home

They will see us waving from such great heights,
'Come down now,'
They'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away,
'Come down now,'
But we'll stay...

"Amanda arranges a breakfast summit with Liz Phair, Bjork, Tori Amos, Courtney Love
Pink and Avril to hear their individual reflections on signing with a major label"

Liz had practice
Bjork flew from Paris
Ani said she's try to make it
Courtney flirted with the waitress
Pink brought her accountant
Who hid out in the bathroom
Tori ordered eggs and bacon
Avril said she wasn't eating
I said "so the purpose of this meeting,
And thank you all for coming,
I understand we're extremely bizzy,
People to make,
People to see
Just to get you in one place,
All at one time,
I briefed you on our situation,
So lets hear your thoughts,
Who'd like to speak
I expect your total honesty
...liz pher?"
And Liz says "take the money and run"
Bjork says "just make sure you have fun"
Avril says "this isn't any fun, I can’t relate to anyone"
And Courtney says "yeah that's right try taking heroin"
And pink says "leave the kid alone"
And I say "girls girls settle down,
Lets conduct ourselves like ladies, shall we.
Lets start again"

Then I turn to Ani,
I said Ani don't hate me,
We found a major label
We think there pretty stable.
Ani says "don't quote me,
There all wolfs in sheep's clothing,
Wait till your a little older,
Don't come crying on my fucking shoulder"
I said think of tori,
My records strong and pretty happy
Right tori?
But tori just ignored me
So I turn Bjork
But Courtney cut me off
She said "kid I’ve been around the block, they'll rape you and its torture"

Liz says "take the money and run"
Bjork says "once your rich its no fun"
Avril says "your can say that again. Find what it is to go back home"
And Courtney says "Yeah try taking methadone"
And pink said "leave the kid alone"
And I say "girls girls, lets settle down, let’s conduct ourselves like ladies
Shall we? Let’s start again"

Can we please stick to the subject
Here we all all grown ups, mostly
Can I get and answer
Some kinda of consensus
Avril looks at Courtney
Courtney looks at Tori
Tori looks at Ani
Ani shrugs her shoulders
And have you, bjork turns to pink
Who is ordering a drink
And I'm starting to think
This meeting was a big mistake
I said "Ok, I know, I know,
You all have planes you all have to go to,
But please, I’m asking one more time,
What do you think we should sign?"
Ani turns red
Bjork shakes her head
Tori says "yes"
Pink drops her glass
Avril says "sign it"
Coutney says "fuck it"
Tori says"shut up"
Courtney says" make me"
I say "ladies, ladies, ladies,
What is this sixth-fucking-grade,
Can we all just get along and agree,
Cant i get an answer before you all leave?

Liz says "take the money and run"
Bjork says "take the money and run"
Tori says "take the money and run"
Courtney says "take the money and run"
Avril says "take the money and run"
Fame says "take the money and run"
Pink says "take the money and run"
Ani says take "take the money and run,
Fuck all you anyway,
Amanda you write brilliant songs"

The Flesh Failures/Let the Sunshine In

( Covers from The Hair Providence, 10-29-05 )

We Starve-look
At one another short of breath
Walking proudly in our winter coats
Wearing smells from laboratories

Facing a dying nation
Of moving paper fantasy
Listening for the new told lies
With supreme visions of lonely tunes

Somewhere
Inside something there is a rush of
Greatness who knows what stands
In front of our lives

I fashion my future
On films in space
Silence tells me secretly
Everything, everything

Manchester England England
Manchester England England
(Eyes look your last)
Across the Atlantic sea
(Arms that take your last embrace)
And I am genius genius
(And lips on you
The doors of breath)
I believe in God
(Seal with a righteous kiss)
And I believe that God believes in Claude
(Seal with a righteous kiss)
That’s me

The rest is silence
The rest is silence

We Starve-look
At one another short of breath
Walking proudly in our winter coats
Wearing smells from laboratories

Facing a dying nation
Of moving paper fantasy
Listening for the new told lies
With supreme visions of lonely tunes

Singing
Our space songs on a spider web sitar
Life is around you and in you
Answer from Timothy Leary dearie

Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
The sunshine in

Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
The sunshine in

Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
The sunshine in

Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
The sunshine in

So

Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
The sunshine in

Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
The sunshine in

Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
The sunshine in

Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
The sun shine in…

The Ghost in you

( written by Richard Butler / The Psychedelic Furs Cover )

A man in my shoes runs a light, and all the papers lied tonight
But falling over you, is the news of the day, angels fall like rain
And love - is all of heaven away

Inside you the times moves, and she don't fade - the ghost in you
She don't fade, Inside you the time moves, and she don't fade

A race is on, I'm on your side, And here in you
My engines die, I'm in a mood for you - or running away
Stars come down in you and love - you can't give it away

Inside you the times moves, and she don't fade - the ghost in you
She don't fade, Inside you the time moves, and she don't fade

Don't you go it makes no sense when all your talk
And supermen just take away the time and get in the way
Ain't it just like rain and love - is only heaven away

Inside you the times moves, and she don't fade - the ghost in you
She don't fade, Inside you the time moves, and she don't fade

( John Denver cover / Chicago 11-05-04 )

Why are there so many songs about rainbows
What's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions,
Rainbows have nothing to hide.
So we've been told and some choose to believe it
I know they're wrong, wait and see.

Someday we'll find it,
The rainbow connection:
The lovers, the dreamers and me.

Who said that every wish would be heard and granted
When wished on the evening star?
Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it,
And look what it's done so far.
What's so amazing that keeps us stargazing
What do we think we might see?

Someday we'll find it,
The rainbow connection:
The lovers, the dreamers, and me.

All of us under its spell,
We know that it's probably magic...

Have you been half asleep?
And have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name.

Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors?
The voice might be one and the same.
I've heard it too many times to ignore it
It's something that I'm supposed to be...

Someday we'll find it,
The rainbow connection:
The lovers, the dreamers, and me.

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo...

Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles

( Françoise Hardy cover / Lyon, France 03-10-05 )

Tous les garçons et les filles de mon âge
Se promènent dans la rue deux par deux
Tous les garçons et les filles de mon âge
Savent bien ce que c'est d'être heureux

Et les yeux dans les yeux
Et la main dans la main
Ils s'en vont amoureux
Sans peur du lendemain

Oui, mais moi, je vais seule
Par les rues, l'âme en peine
Oui mais moi, je vais seule,
Car personne ne m'aime

Mes jours comme mes nuits
Sont en tous points pareils
Sans joies et pleins d'ennuis
Personne ne murmure "je t'aime" à mon oreille

Tous les garçons et les filles de mon âge
Font ensemble des projets d'avenir
Tous les garçons et les filles de mon âge
Savent très bien ce qu'aimer veut dire

Et les yeux dans les yeux
Et la main dans la main
Ils s'en vont amoureux
Sans peur du lendemain

Oui mais moi, je vais seule
Par les rues, l'âme en peine
Oui mais moi, je vais seule,
Car personne ne m'aime /m’amène

Mes jours comme mes nuits
Sont en tous points pareils
Sans joies et pleins d'ennuis
Oh! quand donc pour moi brillera le soleil?

Comme les garçons et les filles de mon âge
Connaîtrais-je bientôt ce qu'est l'amour?
Comme les garçons et les filles de mon âge
Je me demande quand viendra le jour

Où les yeux dans ses yeux
Et la main dans sa main
J'aurai le coeur heureux
Sans peur du lendemain

Le jour où je n'aurai
Plus du tout l'âme en peine
Le jour où moi aussi j'aurai
Quelqu'un qui m'aime

Train

( featuring and written by Cormac Bride, 27 November 2006, at The Paradise in Boston, MA )

I still control you
I still follow you around
I still control you
I still follow you around
You will never leave me

On this train comes life
There are many wrongs
On this world comes love
There are many bombs

They only hate so much
But you feel like you might die

Only way to survive is to feel it all

Burn me away, right up
Burn me away, right up
Burn me away, right up
Burning

As the love you use burns
But I don’t feel a thing

Want to watch me fail
I’m not broken in

In this held up abyss
I can see myself

I still dream of when I felt I had a chance

Caress me down
Get away from me
My only friend died, saving

And it hurts so much
That you feel like you might die
The only way to survive is to feel it all

Two headed boy

( written by Jeff Mangum / Neutral Milk Hotel Cover )

Two headed boy, all floating in glass
The sun it has passed now it's blacker than black
I can hear as you tap on your jar
I am listening to hear where you are
I am listening to hear where you are

Two headed boy
Put on sunday shoes
And dance round the room to accordion keys
With the needle that sings in your heart
Catching signals that sound in the dark
Catching signals that sound in the dark
We will take off our clothes
And they'll be placing fingers through the notches in your spine

Two headed boy
With pulleys and weights
Creating a radio played just for two
In the parlor witha moon across her face
And through the music he sweetly displays
Silver speakers that sparkle all day
Made for his lover who's floating and choking with her hands across her face
And in the dark we will take off our clothes
And they'll be placing fingers through the notches in your spine

Two headed boy
There is no reason to grieve
The world that you need is wrapped in gold silver sleeves
Left beneath Christmas trees in the snow
And I will take you and leave you alone
Watching spirals of white softly flow
Over your eyelids and all you did
Will wait until the point when you let go

Umbrella

( Rihanna Cover )

You had my heart
And we’ll never be worlds apart
Maybe in magazines
But you still be my star
Baby cause in the dark
You can’t see shiny cars
And that's when you need my there
With you I always share
Because

When the sun shines we'll shine together
Told you I’ll be here forever
Said I’ll always be your friend
Took an oath Imma stick it out till the end
Now that it’s raining more than ever
Know that we'll still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella
(ella ella eh eh eh)
Under My Umbrella
(ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my Umbrella
(ella ella eh eh eh)
Under My Umbrella
(ella ella eh eh eh eh eh eh)

These Fancy Things
Will never come in between
You're part of my entity
If for Infinity
When the world has took its part
When the world has dealt it's cards
If the hand is hard
Together we'll mend your heart
Because

When the sun shines we'll shine together
Told you I’ll be here forever
Said I’ll always be your friend
Took an oath Imma stick it out till the end
Now that it's raining more than ever
Know that we'll still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella
(ella ella eh eh eh)
Under My Umbrella
(ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my Umbrella
(ella ella eh eh eh)
Under My Umbrella
(ella ella eh eh eh eh eh eh)

You can run into my arms
It's okay don't be alarmed
Come into me
There's no distance in between our love
So gonna let the rain pour
I'll be all you need and more
Because

When the sun shines we'll shine together
Told you I’ll be here forever
Said I’ll always be your friend
Took an oath Imma stick it out till the end
Now that it’s raining more than ever
Know that we'll still have each other
You can stand under my umbrella
You can stand under my umbrella
(ella ella eh eh eh)
Under My Umbrella
(ella ella eh eh eh)
Under my Umbrella
(ella ella eh eh eh)
Under My Umbrella
(ella ella eh eh eh eh eh eh)

Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerers of death's construction
In the fields the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh lord, yeah!

Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight
They leave that role to the poor, yeah

Time will tell on their power minds
making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait 'till their judgement day comes, yeah

Now in darkness world stops turning
Ashes where the bodies burning
No more War Pigs have the power
Hand of God has struck the hour
Day of judgement, God is calling
On their knees the war pigs crawling
Begging mercies for their sins
Satan, laughing, spreads his wings
Oh lord, yeah!

Will You Smile Again

( And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Cover )

Close the door and drift away
Into a sea of uncertainty
Where all your hopes and dreams
Have faded out of reach
Remember all the bad dreams
Are not far from reality
Would you write again for me?

Let me whisper something in your ear

And you awake and there you are
Not far off from the line before
And just how long did it take for you to understand
Where your feelings stopped and writing began
Convince yourself to take control
Play to the hilt this unlikely role

Remember all the bad dreams
Are not far from reality
Would you write again for me?
And who bade you stop this living art?
Have you forgotten just what you are?
If you don't want to then you could at least pretend
That the paper's your soul and your blood's the pen
And maybe then you'd see the light
And read the truth that you had to write

If heaven sent you downstream
Where banished eyes haven't been
Would you smile again for me?
You misread your fate line
Had long run out ahead of time
Would you write again for me?

And you awake and there you are
Not far off from the line before
And just how long did it take for you to understand
Where your feelings stopped and writing began
Convince yourself to take control
Play to the hilt this unlikely role

If heaven sent you downstream
Where banished eyes haven't been
Would you smile again for me...

Wintercoat

( Paul Kelly cover / Iowa City, IA 10-14-05 )

We were lovers once
Long ago
Walking through cold winter street
Like lovers do
Stopped inside a market
Kissed behind a stall
Someone said you'd better move on
If you're not buying at all
Then I saw the winter coat
Hanging on the rack
I thought about that winter coat
Hanging on my back
So you helped me try it on
It was just my size
Then you bought that coat for me
After haggling over the price

Now when it's chilly
Up in these cold cold hills
I just put on
My winter coat
My winter coat

Years have come along
And years have gone
Some friends have risen
Some’ve moved on

And my old winter coat still
Hangs by my front door
Holding all the stories
I can’t remember
Anymore

Now when it’s freezing
Up in these cold cold hills
I just put on
My winter coat
My winter coat

My winter coat
My winter coat