B i o g r a p h y (by Jason Ankeny)
Alternative country-rock singer/songwriter Edith Frost was born in San Antonio, TX, on August 18, 1964. As a child, her family moved sporadically between San Antonio, Austin, and Guadalajara, Mexico; after college she relocated to Brooklyn, where by day she worked as an Internet programmer and by night fronted three different groups: the Holler Sisters (an old-time country covers band), the Marfa Lights (a Western swing outfit), and Edith & Her Roadhouse Romeos (a rockabilly unit). By 1992, Frost was performing her own songs and, inspired by her love for Will Oldham's Palace projects, she sent her demo tape to his label, a receptive Drag City; in the wake of a divorce from her husband, she also relocated to Chicago. After a self-titled EP collection of demo material appeared in the summer of 1996, Frost began recording her debut LP with members of Gastr del Sol, Eleventh Dream Day, and the High Llamas; the result, the superb Calling Over Time, was issued in 1997. Telescopic followed a year later. Love Is Real (1999) featured artwork by the Sea and Cake's Sam Prekop. Wonder Wonder, which followed in summer 2001, included production work by Steve Albini. Four years later, Frost returned with the excellent It's a Game.
Calling Over Time - 1997-04-22 -
Temporary Loan Follow Calling Over Time Denied Pony Song Too Happy Wash of Water Shadows Thine Eyes Give Up Your Love Albany Blues
Walk on the Fire On Hold Light The Very Earth You Belong to No One Telescopic Falling Bluish Bells Through the Trees My Capture Tender Kiss Are You Sure Hide out (Japanese Bonus track)
True Cars and Parties Who Wonder Wonder Hear My Heart The Fear Dreamers Further Merry Go Round Easy to Love Honey Please You're Decided
Ancestors Between us Blame you Cold And On My Mind Evangeline Haiku 1 Haiku 4 Haiku 8 Haiku 11 I've got the craziest feeling Leaving the army Look what thoughts will do Love is real My God Insane My Window Faces The South One-chord complaint Poor Wayfaring Stranger Secrets The last one Waiting Room When The Bees Are In The Hive
Calling Over Time
Temporary loan I sing the blues most every night And i wait for the one i lost He snuck into my secret files And he read my mind He belongs to someone I know how she spells her name I'll consider another day Without the one i love Without the one i love Alone… He no longer loves me I'm supposed to forget about him I was just a harbor A temporary love A temporary love On loan… I think i know what's on his mind And i'll try to be satisfied He sneaks around my secret life And he wrote me down Someone else will help him I'll pretend to forget the past I'll look for a love that lasts A love that never dies A love that never dies Alone… Follow Ahhh… we'll snort with pleasure Ahhh… we'll forego washing We'll hold a holiday of love I'm a green tree you're the air I'll follow you there I'll follow you Engulf me lover Ahhh… we'll take a tumble Ahhh… down in the gravel I'll take your hand to lead me over Hang our colors in the air I wanna follow you there I wanna follow you Engulf me lover And loop me into blue Enfold me lover Ahhh… we'll taste the nectar Ahhh… we'll share the bounty I'll bear the cost of our defense Never looking back again I'm gonna follow you in I wanna follow you Engulf me lover And loop me into blue Enfold me lover Enclose me lover Calling over time Now that you're in paradise Where you've gone to spend your life I'll be calling over time Though we may never unite When will we have an hour To try to fill the circle If we could clear the air Then i'd be there tonight Loving hand turns burning sand to water Loving hand turns burning sand to water Now you are in paradise Where you're bound to spend your life I'll be calling over time Though we never will unite When will we clear the air Of all our aggravation If we could finally sink Descend into the depths now Loving hand turns burning sand to water Loving hand turns burning sand to water Denied I denied i would hide I denied the light I denied i would lie I denied the light Why'd i deny Why would i lie Why would i write Out of the boundaries Out of the words Out of the lines Light up the fire Light up the foundries Ahhh… ahhh… ahhh… I denied i would hide I denied the light I denied i would cry I denied the light Why'd i deny Why'd i divide I'd like to fly Burn off the boundaries I'd like to light Fires in the world Burn out the lights Burn up the foundries Ahhh… ahhh… ahhh… I denied i would hide I denied the light I denied i would lie I denied the light Pony song Will we ever ride On the canyon The thunder high Will we ever ride along And when i see you running Can i call you over? Oh can i call to you? Don't wanna try To take you over To tame your heart I don't wanna give you no reins I'll look out over the fences When i see you running Oh can i call to you? Too happy Oh i imagine I've broken a couple of hearts Sure i've had moments Sudden feelin' hit me too hard I don't wanna be bitter anymore Wanna let the sunshine in my door I don't wanna be too happy Just enough to keep me goin' Cause it won't feel like home Without something to hold me back Without something to pull behind me No it won't be the same Without a reason to say goodbye Without a reason to cry I've clung to the anchor When they tried to be my rescue And i've taken the wrong turn on occasion I could see the thing come crashin' down There was nothin' left there anyhow I don't wanna be too happy Just enough to tide me over Cause it won't feel like home Without something to hold me back Without something to pull behind me No it won't be the same Without a reason to say goodbye Without a reason to cry Wash of water Tears are the ocean The ocean is blood A flood in our souls And now you've washed me down again Oh no I started to twine A line around you It's cut with every goodbye With every time i've felt the wash of water Hotter and hotter Now i cry the ocean And that's where i'll go Until i run dry Cause i'll be tossed around again Whoah oh I started to tie My knots around you They're cut with every goodbye With every time i've felt the wash of water Hotter and hotter I started to twine A line around you It's cut with every goodbye With every time i've felt the wash of water Hotter and hotter Shadows Open up your eyes Cause there's a shadow outside Open up your eyes Cause there's something outside Wake up the drowsy friends You've made along your way Because there's shadows On the horizon my friend There's shadows on the horizon Take this amulet Take this and go And be on your way That's all i got to say You're lucky you've come this far at all You're near the end of your days Because there's shadows On the horizon my friend There's shadows on the horizon Take this amulet Take this and go And be on your way That's all i got to say Thine eyes Oh, you're back again And it's like you never went back home I never knew About the moon until they went there Give me a sign (tonight) Give me some words to go by Give me a lie (to write) Don't wanna look in thine eyes Others lovers disappear And others lovers stayin' Others lovers had their year No matter what they're sayin' Still don't feel like i've tried enough So, you never know When the smoke might blow around your way Oh it's hard to say How they're gonna read the ashes anyway Give me a sign (tonight) Give me some words to go by Give me a lie (to write) Don't wanna look in thine eyes Others lovers disappear And others lovers stayin' Others lovers had their year No matter what they're sayin' Still don't feel like i've tried enough Give up your love Oh no i'm not asking for much More and more to see you In high spirits And you might find some Love in your heart for me Anyway i'll never give up your love Oh no i'm not asking for much More and more to hear you Play for me louder And lest i forget Your eyes remind me I have seen that color In parachutes landing Oh no i'm not asking for much Even if it hurts me I won't give up I'm not selling you Instant coupon love Anyway i'll never Give up your love Oh no i'm not asking for much More and more to see you Play for me louder Someday you will see More and more you love me Nothing comes between You and me now Albany blues When we go down to albany All our problems will just be beginning but Everything just might get better When we finally get to where we're gonna go Oh baby when go down to albany Oh the headaches'll be so amazing cause It's not easy to move your possessions To a place so far away from home Oh yeah we're workin' hard On the redesign We gotta talk Till we get it just right You understand Cause it takes forever And we can't leave nothin' behind Oh no when we go down to albany Don't you know we'll be startin' all over and We got piles of old belongings That we just can't bear to leave behind Oh no no When we go down to albany Everything'll be so much easier Maybe i'll be gone by then Or maybe i'll get left along the way Uh huh we're workin' hard On the redesign We gotta talk Till we get it just right You understand Cause it takes forever And we can't leave nothin' behind Oh no when we go down to albany Everything'll be so much easier Maybe i'll be gone by then Or maybe i'll get left along the way
Telescopic
Walk on the fire I know you I've memorized your smell You hold me Underneath your spell You'd teach me to walk on the fire You'd try to make a liar out of me So please let me know when the moment's real When you find out how you feel Damn this jealousy I know it all too well There'll be no secrets We can't begin to tell You'd teach me to walk on the fire You'd try to make a liar out of me So just let me know when the moment's real When you find out how you feel On hold Better watch your step Better watch your step You'll be puttin' my heart on hold Better hold your breath Better hold your breath You'll be jumpin' in deep hot water Better watch your step Better watch your step Better not go changin' your mind Better look at yourself Better look at yourself You'll be puttin' my heart on hold Better look at yourself Better look at yourself You'll be puttin' my heart on hold Light We'd switch the darkness Over into the light And wouldn't let sickness Take our closest friends Were we so wrong To want them here Now were we so wrong To want them here Take their misery over Don't disappear We'd share the cost Stand up in your defense And wouldn't let sickness Take our closest friends Were we so wrong To want them here Now were we so wrong To want them here Take their misery over Don't disappear Don't disappear Don't disappear Don't disappear The very earth You never said a word about my offering Once happily i presented for your ogling And love it's like a vine that withers over time Or wraps around you with a life of its own Got to learn to forgive you (for bein' so cold) Got to give you time (to be alone) Let you prove your heart is colder than mine I've come to recognize the ogres fuel the rivalry Callously letting me go on regretting you And it seems the very earth is on fire Poised and ready, just about to ignite Down on you Got to learn to forgive you (for bein' so cold) Got to give you time (to be alone) Let you prove your heart is colder than mine Let you prove your heart is colder than mine You belong to no one You'll be lonely with your lover You belong to no one You'll be lonely by yourself You belong to no one You can be happy with someone who loves you You can be lonely with someone you trust You can't just tell your heart where it should go ‘cause darlin' you know You'll only be given the tiniest chance And it won't come back anymore You'll be lonely when you're hollow You belong to no one You'll be lonely when you're dry You belong to no one Whether or not you've got someone who loves you You can be lonely with someone you trust You can't just tell your heart where it should go ‘cause darlin' you know There's only the tiniest chance And you'll always be lonely You'll always be lonely You'll always be lonely You'll always be lonely You'll always be lonely Telescopic While you study stars During the night Telescopic During the night Telescopic And laughing out to the street When they come from the bars There in the night Telescopic And laughing out to the street Falling Before the ice was broken I thought it was only me Before the words were spoken We crept into other dreams Now our shadows whisper We're getting closer We know we're falling We can go on forever We can go on forever We can go on ‘til we hit the ground Don't try to understand it The pleasure is worth the fear They'll watch us launch our rockets We'll grow wings and disappear ‘cause our shadows whisper We're getting closer We know we're falling We can go on forever We can go on forever We can go on ‘til we hit the ground We can go on forever We can go on forever We can go on ‘til we hit the ground Bluish bells There'll be one Who will wait for me And i know it Come running with me darlin' I miss your fire With many bluish bells One fellow shy We did our homework without asking Feeling now You'd be one Who would love me so And i know it Come running with me darlin' I miss our fire With many bluish bells One fellow shy We made our hallmark without it We now know There'll be one Who would look for me And i know it We'll go without speeches I pray for fire Rebel now You would look for me And i know it Come only with me For i miss your fire I miss your fire I miss your fire Through the trees I'd like to be your mirror Before it's someone else's turn And try to get it right And hope my karma improves Or did i do you wrong Or did i wait too long Did i run through the trees Did it cut you Content to rest Between the sky and the sea Or did i do you wrong Or did i wait too long Did i run through the trees Did it cut you Content to rest Between the sky and the sea My capture This is the night We'll come to the surface And pledge our vows to ourselves I'll pour my clean words over your hair And slide close into the stones Oh my captain I'm a bear rider On an open plain I'm a hungry tiger In a kitten suit My ducky i'm just like you And as the night Crawls into its embers We'll beach ourselves along the shore We'll hold our gazes into the hours And drink our glasses down Oh my capture I'm a naked rider On an open plain I'm a mountain climber And in all i see My ducky you're just for me Tender kiss Oh it hurts to stare at your picture And think of how it could have been But you said something about How you'll never fall in love again You'll never fall in love again And i'll try to forget What i'm supposed to forget I'll live in dreams of loneliness ‘cause i can't let go of the love that i know And the memory of your tender kiss The memory of your tender kiss All i wanted was just to be near you Whatever it was meant to be I thought our love was made of gold But you'll never give your heart to me You'll never give your heart to me And i'll try to forget What i'm supposed to forget I'll live in dreams of loneliness ‘cause i can't let go of the love that i know And the memory of your tender kiss The memory of your tender kiss Are you sure Will you make me cry Will you make me sorry I ever loved you Will i cast aside these pages I'd pretend they never saw the light Will i cast them all aside In a fit of anger Loving you no more Loving you no more Are you sure? Are you sure? Are you sure? Are you sure? You were wonderful At the secret showing I almost loved you Will i say goodbye In a fit of anger Pretend i never wrote to you Will i cast the songs aside Will i cast the songs aside Loving you no more Loving you no more Are you sure? Are you sure? Are you sure? Are you sure? Hide out Tell me about your sister I heard you went to see her Does it seem like she's never been So frayed around the edges Did she seem so alone to you Detached from all the others So she told it to her brother And you saw it all so clear She needs to find Someplace to hide out She'll be alright She'll take the time out You're the only one That ever told her She had to get some help To remind her of herself Tell me about your sister She's holding out a picture Does she know what it means to you All torn around the edges Did she always seem so confused Or did it come to know her Did it come to take her over Coming slowly through the years She needs to find Someplace to hide out She'll be alright She'll take the time out You're the only one That ever told her She had to get some help To remind her of herself She needs to find Someplace to hide out She'll be alright She'll take the time out You're the only one That ever told her She needed someone else To remind her of herself
Wonder Wonder
True Blue… like your eyes you left me blue Like my heart you left me blue On the night you told me You could never love me You said you could never let me through To you that was true True… I could hold a torch for you Though you'd never love me true I could rush to meet you Every single morning I can't believe you never knew A true act of gentleness A true act of tenderness True… Cars and Parties Everywhere I go reminds me Of someplace down in Texas And every time I close my eyes I dream of my old home And oh it's gettin' so cold ‘round here There's too many cars ‘round here And though I want to open up my heart There's too many parties Everyone I know reminds me Of someone down in Texas And every strip mall on the highway Reminds me of my home And oh I'm tired of roamin' round There's too many goin' down And though I want to open up my heart There's too many parties Every time I close my eyes I dream of someone in Texas And every strip mall along the highway Reminds me of my home And oh it's gettin' so cold ‘round here There's too many cars ‘round here And though I want to open up my heart There's too many parties And oh it's always so cold ‘round here There's too many cars ‘round here And though I want to open up my heart There's too many parties There's too many cars ‘round here… There's too many cars ‘round here… There's too many cars ‘round here… And too many parties… And too many parties… And too many parties… Who Don't encourage me I'll do anything I want to be loving Who I want to be loving I can't wait to see Circumstances changing over For the chosen few I want to be loving Who I want to be loving I'll say anything It's almost impossible To a stranger I want to be loving Who I want to be loving Who I want to be loving Who I want to be loving Wonder Wonder I don't know what to do about you I don't know what to do about you I learned a lot of rules from the Bible baby But I wonder wonder what I should do I wonder wonder what I should do I don't know why I'm stayin' with you If everything they're sayin' is true I heard about you lyin' to your mama, baby And I wonder wonder what I should do I wonder wonder what I should do Words don't hardly even matter When nothin' seems to satisfy your mind Trust is ready to find Do you think you can make it to tomorrow When everything you're sayin' is true Then i'll know what to do about you As always my wanderin' mind Takes me right down To the bottom of the basement When everything you're sayin' is true Then i'll know what to do about you Whenever you decide what you're wantin' baby Then I wonder wonder what I should do I wonder wonder what I should do Plans don't hardly even matter When everybody's messin' with your mind Love is ready to find Do you think you can make it to tomorrow When everything you're sayin' is true Then i'll know what to do about you As always my wanderin' mind Takes me right down To the bottom of the basement I'm wanderin', I'm a wanderin' child Goin' right down To the bottom of the basement Hear My Heart One to one on Lines you're writing out That's the way you Know me anyhow But the lines stretch out To where you are now Can you hear my heart Can you understand Are these letters only Falling from my hand Can our hearts decode All the text implies Can I look into your Hardened old eyes Set the cards up Watch the dominos fall You don't even Know me hardly at all And the chances are Incredibly small Can you hear my heart Can you understand Are these letters only Falling from my hand Can our hearts decode All the text implies Can I look into your Hardened old eyes Can you hear my heart Can you hear my heart Can you hear my heart Can you hear my heart The Fear Don't get yourself hit by the fear Don't set yourself up for the fear Fear is an opening Causes an actual tear Don't buy yourself into the fear Don't let yourself fall for the fear Love is the spectacles Turning the murkiness clear Fear is a rock in your stomach Fear is a weight in your heart Fear is unorganized Love is the old engineer Fear it perpetuates heartache And love is the only relief Love is the carpenter Love is the old engineer Don't sell yourself out to the fear Don't get yourself next to the fear Fear is an obstacle Love is the old engineer Love is the old engineer Love is the old engineer Dreamers Now that we've Started to find our calling In the half-light We close our eyes Letting everything slide Daylight's much too golden Let me melt into your starry eyes We're both lonely little dreamers We could hold each other for tonight So close your eyes… Close your eyes… Let me take it back to the top We could pass Beautiful moments entwined In the half-light We close our eyes Take it down again I'll show you through the mirror Let me melt into your starry eyes We're just lonely little dreamers We could hold each other for tonight So close your eyes… Close your eyes Close your eyes Further Don't blow out the candle little girl Keep a little flicker glowin' Don't give up the passion little girl Don't you ever let it die down I know how you need his touch I know how you miss him so much There's something that Should be saved and locked away Further down the ladder My brave fireman reaches out He's gonna drop me down and leave me Further behind Don't pull up the garden little girl Keep a little flower growin' Don't you let the passion die down Someday might come back around I know it's an awful wait I know it may not be repaid There's something that Should be saved and locked away Further down the ladder My brave fireman reaches out He's gonna drop me down and leave me Further behind Further down the ladder My brave fireman reaches out He's gonna drop me down and leave me Further behind Merry Go Round I went out to walk At the end of the night Away from the people And out of their sight Went out to the water And out in the air I wanted to see you Imagined you there ...we go round Merry go round Merry go round Merry go round I wanted to see you Imagined you there With that look in your eyes And the wind in your hair Away from the others And out in the air I wanted to see you Imagined you there ...we go round and around Merry go round and around Merry go round And the damn thing never stops Merry go round Merry go round Merry go round Merry go round I waited for you As the moon looked on And the wind cried its heart out On finding you gone Just wandering aimlessly Knowing not where And foolishly hoping You'd follow me there ...we go round and around Merry go round and around Merry go round And the damn thing never stops Merry go round and around Merry go round and around Merry go round And the damn thing never stops Easy To Love You're so easy to love You're so easy to love You make it hard for me To carry through With all the little things That I should do ‘cause You're so easy to love You're just an angel from above You're just the lover That i've always dreamed of It seems you're very easy to love You're so easy to love You're just an angel from above You're just the lover That i've always dreamed of It seems you're very easy to love… It seems you're very easy to love… It seems you're very easy to love… Honey Please Honey please don't believe I'd ever say goodbye To you, to you Honey please don't believe I'd ever make you cry Or break your precious heart in two ‘cause I'm not the kind of girl Who'd ever take your love for granted Or run around with somebody new And I'm not the kind of girl Who'd ever wanna go and leave you As long as you're feelin' the way that I do Then I promise i'll always be true ‘Cause you're not the kind of man Who'd ever take my love for granted Or run around like your old love did you And I'm not the kind of girl Who'd ever wanna go and leave you As long as you're feelin' the way that I do Then I promise i'll always be true You're Decided Off to New York Either that or Maybe Philadelphia tonight I know it isn't right That I'd miss you So what Maybe I'm unhappy And it's hard Maybe impossible As long as you're decided I can't stay mad at you As long as there's a sparkle of light In the ancient heavens I will always love you like this Off to Detroit Or was it New York Might as well be anywhere tonight Get you an emotion detector Check for signs of life But it's hard Close to impossible As long as you're decided I can't stay mad at you As long as there's a sparkle of light In the ancient heavens I will always love you like this In the ancient heavens… I will always love you like this…
It's a game
Emergency Emergency Like I'm heading for the edge of the reef And I've got to find certain relief But I'm pretty sure what that would mean You've been making plans with another woman I don't know why It's got to be an emergency An emergency ‘Cause it feels like you're lying to me Like you're looking for a way to break free And I'm pretty sure what that would mean You want to spend your time with another woman I don't know why It's got to be an emergency An emergency 'Cause it feels like you're lying to me Like you're looking for a way to break free And I'm pretty sure what that would mean You want to spend your time with another woman I don't know why I don't know why You've got so much time for that other woman I don't know why You won't spend your time with me An emergency Like I'm heading for the edge of the reef And I gotta find certain relief But I'm pretty sure what that would mean An emergency ‘Cause it feels like you're lying to me Like you're looking for a way to break free And I'm pretty sure what that would mean An emergency Like I'm heading for the edge of the reef And I've gotta find certain relief But I'm pretty sure what that would mean An emergency ‘Cause it feels like you're lying to me Like you're looking for a way to break free And I'm pretty sure what that would mean
*** Thanx a lot to Aaron for this one ***
It's A Game It's a beautiful day for ice cream And blue rays back of a limousine Just carried away in life's dreams You're cuddling me in a Hollywood pavilion It's a beautiful day for launching Your love beams out into the atmosphere While you and me talk On the steps of the pavilion Hey, let's try to get distracted Hey, let's try to look away Hey, let's try to have a good time Everyone knows it's a game Everyone knows it's a game It's a beautiful day for launching Your love beams to the top of the stratosphere And maybe you'll say you love me While you and me talk On the steps of the pavilion It's a beautiful day for driving So blindly in the back of our limousine And maybe you'll say you love me While you and me talk On the steps of the pavilion Hey, let's try to get distracted Hey, let's try to look away Hey, let's try to have a good time Everyone knows it's a game Everyone knows it's a game... What's The Use It wasn't my body, it wasn't my sex It wasn't my fault, that's what you said I gave you the benefit of the doubt And now you're looking to cross me out I gotta be a man I gotta be a man I gotta be a man about it I gotta be a man I gotta be a man I gotta be a man about it So I wanna know Where did I go wrong in my thinking You'd be the one for a girl like me What's the use of trying When you're only gonna break my heart I went all the way to the western shore I crossed the distance to your door And now you're saying my word ain't true To do what I say I'm gonna do I was there for you I was there for you I was there for you throughout it I was there for you, hot damn! I was there for you I was there for you throughout it So I wanna know Where did I go wrong in my thinking You'd give your trust to a girl like me What's the use of trying again When you're only gonna break my heart Where did I go wrong in my thinking You'd fall in love with a girl like me What's the use of trying When I know you're gonna break my heart I fall in love and I end up blue That's just the story of what I do I fall in love and I end up blue That's just the story of what I do A Mirage As the last boy I loved Told me the day we said goodbye My heart is too sentimental And his love he could only deny As the last boy I loved Kissed me and left me behind He said our love was just an illusion Just a temporary figment of my mind A mirage That disappeared the moment I arrived It was just an illusion in my mind A mirage That went away like a ripple in the light 'Cause it only existed in my mind Yes, it only existed in my mind A mirage That disappeared the moment I arrived It was just an illusion in my mind A mirage That went away like a ripple in the light 'Cause it only existed in my mind When the last boy I kissed Told me he couldn't be true He swore my heart it was lyin' That I'd fall in love with somebody new When the last boy I kissed Left me alone and free Oh, if only I could have predicted What a lonely old world it would be A mirage That disappeared the moment I arrived It was just an illusion in my mind A mirage That went away like a ripple in the light 'Cause it only existed in my mind Yes, it only existed in my mind Playmate I'd be glad to get out of here I don't know nobody I'm so far away from this world Seems like I'm walking around With a broken heart Too heavy to let me breathe I wanna find somebody To press against in the night I wanna find somebody With a broken heart To help me forget this dream I want a playmate to run with To press against in the night Come shine over me, light Come slide into the night Come slowly into my room My Lover Won't Call I won't be going I won't be going I won't be going to the city I won't be leaving at all There's work to do on the old collection I'm sure that my lover won't call I'm sure that my lover won't call I've packed up the last of the boxes And I've counted a hundred or more I'll be glad when they take them away from my home I won't see his face anymore I'll never be seeing his face anymore I won't be going I won't be going These crows are flying around my old eyes They're tapping away at my door My vision is foggy My hands, they are aching My lover won't call me no more My lover, he never will call me no more I've packed up the last of the boxes And I know there's a hundred or more So I'll call up the landlord and shut off the phone I won't hear his voice anymore I'll never be hearing his voice anymore These crows are flying around me They're pecking away at my door My vision is foggy My hands, they are shaking My lover won't call me no more My lover, he never will call me no more I won't be going I won't be going I won't be going I won't be going Lucky Charm Lucky charm From a fairground game Just a souvenir from the midway man But it seemed to seal the guarantee That the blues will never bother me Don't let me lose my lucky charm That I keep in my pocket Just to hold the memory close to my heart Little charm I'd never be without ‘Cause it guards the love I dream about Don't let me lose my lucky charm I know it's just a useless little trinket And the game was rigged against me from the start For my little souvenir will soon be broken And I'll find myself with just an aching heart Lucky charm, my only token To enhance the chance of loving again Just a silly game I choose to play 'Cause I'll only let it slip away Don't let me lose my lucky charm I know it's just an old-time superstition But I keep it for the day the rain comes down 'Cause I know that if I lose my only token That the clouds will come to swallow me back down Lucky charm 'Cause it makes me happy And my fortune will be safe in your guard For as long as I can hold it out I'll have nothing left to cry about Don't let me lose my Don't let me lose my Don't let me lose my lucky charm Lucky charm, lucky charm Larger Than Life Please keep calling me Please keep calling me Please keep calling me Can I pierce the armor Can I crack the shell I have no idea Can the barrier come down I have no idea Even if your heart is meltable You're larger than life And harder Doing handstands against the door Please keep calling me Please keep calling me Please keep calling me Can I melt the glacier Can I touch your heart I'll follow you inside Can the barrier come down I'll follow you inside Could you let your heart this close to the knife You're larger than life And harder to fathom So I wait And so I watch for some kind of sign That's larger than life And harder to bury down inside Just A Friend I've got a bad feeling something's going down soon Invisible to everyone and locked up in my room I want us to be happy, together or apart I wanna be satisfied with the way things are Come on if you need me, I ain't gonna push you away Come on and get closer, oh please tell me what to say Come on and believe me, I ain't gonna push you away Won't you let me get closer, just tell me what I should say I don't it to be over I don't want this thing to end He says he knows he loves me So why's he wanna treat me Like I'm just a friend You gotta forgive me Or is that too much to ask I just wanna love you So tell me what's wrong with that If you don't want me, baby Well, I don't know what I'll do You've gotta forgive me The way I'm forgiving you I don't it to be over I don't want this thing to end He says he knows he loves me So why's he wanna treat me Like I'm just a friend, oh no no I've got a bad feeling something's going down soon Invisible to everyone and locked up in my room I want us to be happy, together or apart I wanna be satisfied with the way things are Come on let me hold you, oh baby, please don't cry Come on and get closer, it's gonna be alright Want you to be happy, we'll find a compromise Your happiness, baby, is just as important as mine I don't it to be over I don't want this thing to end He says he knows he loves me So why's he wanna treat me Like I'm just a friend I don't it to be over I don't want this thing to end He says he knows he loves me And I know he does So why's he wanna treat me Like I'm just a friend Oh no... If It Weren't For The Words I'd be writing all day, if it weren't for the words I'd find something to say, if it weren't for the words It's the words that give me trouble I'd be alright, if it weren't for the words I could pick up the phone, if it weren't for the words I could talk all day long, if it weren't for the words It's the words that make me stumble I'd be doing alright, if it weren't for the words But I've got nothing Stuck without a thought in my head Drumming my fingers against the table Tapping on my cigarette You could never tell a lie, if it weren't for the words Or say goodbye, if it weren't for the words It's the words that always hurt me I'd be doing alright, if it weren't for the words But I've got nothing Haven't got a thought in my head Drumming my fingers on the table Tapping on my cigarette You could never tell a lie, if it weren't for the words Or sing a sad goodbye, if it weren't for the words It's the words that come to nothing I'd be doing alright, if it weren't for the words I'd be alright, if it weren't for the words I'd be just fine, if it weren't for the words Stars Fading Look at the time I'm gonna shut this baby down Let's remain unconscious I can tell it's raining I'm gonna shut the hardware down There has to be a reason I know you Were just what I never knew I always wanted Won't you wait for A note under the door Won't you wait for me Too many miles Me on the coast And you in the middle Too many miles Check out the time They had to shoot the stars back down I only know I love you I can tell it's fading I don't know what it's like for you There has to be a reason I know you Were just what I never knew I always wanted Won't you wait for A note under the door Won't you wait for A note under the door Won't you wait for me Good To Know This is not working, if He doesn't know, oh if He doesn't feel it, then He will not say it, if He doesn't love me, then He won't pretend He won't pretend He won't pretend I need to hear it, if I need to know, oh if He will not tell me, then I won't know anything If he won't love me, then Go to the end Go to the end Go to the end I had to try to find out And so I suppose It's good to know And so I'll go This is not working, if This isn't right, oh if He doesn't feel it, so He will not say it, and He doesn't love me, so We won't pretend We won't pretend We won't pretend I had to try to find out And so I suppose It's good to know I had to try to find out And so I suppose It's good to know And so I'll go Lovin' You Goodbye I'm glad I had you For what little time you could give I couldn't leave without knowing you that much better I couldn't leave without loving you goodbye I couldn't leave without loving you goodbye And yes, I miss you now that I'm gone Yes I guess you'd rather go on Without me, without me I'd like to stay with you To hang by the edge of your fire I'd like to soak up your hunger and lay down in your lap I couldn't leave without loving you goodbye I couldn't leave without loving you goodbye And yes, I miss you now that I'm gone Yes I guess you have to go on Why's it only obvious to me Love is love and love is free And yes I guess you're living alone So tell me how you're getting along Without me, without me, without me
Non Albums Tracks Ancestors ( Ancestors EP )
When we go to glory When our time is over Will we stand unspoken for When the light becomes too blinding When my ancestors come to meet me They'll have questions about my drugging They may look on my enemies kindly When my life becomes a memory Will my ancestors meet me up there They may look upon me They may take it badly All the men I used to love All the things they won't approve of When my ancestors come to meet me Well I hope that they welcome me there They'll forgive me forgetting their names When the place becomes too frightening Will my ancestors meet me up there
Between us
( Love is real EP ) He's a gentle killer Who dreams of fame Sings like sorrow And guides me away He tempts me with whiskey And draws himself near And late in the night It's the one thing i hear At sunset we swallow Another one down Watching the little dogs Chasing around Catching the droplets Of rain in their mouths That fall from the leaves Between us and the clouds We know we were born For this darkening night And something we used to know Says it's alright Catching the droplets Of rain in our mouths That fall from the leaves Between us and the clouds
Blame You
( Edith Frost EP ) I'm tired of thinking so hard You wanna argue out Angles that you've thought about I'm tired of fighting for air I'm gonna rest my eyes For just a little while I'd rather blame you And make it go away I'd rather put it in my pocket Maybe I'm feeling the strain of these times Ask if I'm alright I'm gonna close my eyes awhile I'm taking some time to decide You won't ask me twice Are you still my baby tonight? I'd rather blame you And make it go away I'd rather put it in my pocket Don't go off and leave me Don't go off and leave me You've seen the damage you've made I'm tired of thinking so hard You wanna talk about Angles that you've thought about and I'm tired of fighting for air I'm gonna close my eyes For just a little while I'd rather blame you And just be done with it I won't consider my involvement Don't go off and leave me Don't go off and leave me You've seen the damage you've made I'd rather blame you And make it go away I'd rather put it in my pocket I'm blameless now
Cold And On My Mind
( Ancestors EP ) We'll never know Much about anything Yeah, we hope Winter will turn to spring Winter will turn to Winter will turn to Winter will turn to spring We'll get high Talk about what went down We'll look around Seasons are falling, yeah Seasons are falling Passions are calling Passions are calling, yeah We'll never know where the summer goes We'll never know where the summer goes We'll never know where the summer goes It's cold and on my mind We're talked out Back to the world we go We'll turn around Silence is falling, yeah Silence is falling Passions are calling Passions are calling, yeah We'll never know where the summer goes We'll never know where the summer goes We'll never know where the summer goes It's cold and on my mind Yeah we'll never know where the summer goes We'll never know where the summer goes We'll never know where the summer goes It's cold and on my mind
Evangeline ( Edith Frost EP )
Pan down to Evangeline The bluest eyes you ever saw Standing in the bluish air She rests her hand on the pedestal Mmmm… gather in her courage Evangeline sings to the gods above Sings to the stars And all of the strangers Turn into angels Evangeline sings in the bluish air Sings to the stars With the bluest feathers Falling around her Mmmm… gather in her courage She walks into the bluish light She looks at all the people She scans their faces one by one Standing in the strangest crowd She scans their faces one by one Ever aware of the possible She sees it laid out one by one Mmmm… gather in her courage Evangeline sings to the gods above Sings to the stars And all of the strangers Turn into angels Evangeline sings in the bluish air Sings to the stars With the bluest feathers Falling around her
Haiku One (Sigmatropic feat. Edith Frost / Sixteen Haiku And Other Stories Limited Edition LP) Into the lake spill A single drop of wine Into the lake spill A single drop of wine And there fades the sun And there fades the sun Haiku Four
(Sigmatropic feat. Edith Frost / Comes With A Smile - Issue #13) Could that be the voice Of our dead friends Or could that be the phonograph
Haiku Eight (Sigmatropic feat. Edith Frost / Sixteen Haiku And Other Stories LP) Darkness, the wind Divorce spreads And moves in waves Divorce spreads And moves in waves Haiku Eleven (Sigmatropic feat. Edith Frost / Could That Be The Voice? LP) How can you gather The thousand little pieces Of each person
I've got the craziest feeling ( Floyd Tillman / Demo LP ) I've got the craziest feeling I guess it's cause I'm losing you There's nothing left to do I make the rounds get in jams I've got the craziest feeling Wish I could lose my mind But maybe if I lost my mind Well then maybe I'd learn to forget Before I was born I never had cares I won't have cares when I'm gone Until that day when they take me away I'll do my best but it's hard to go on I've got the craziest feeling I wish it would leave me alone It just goes on and on That crazy feeling you're gone Before I was born I never had cares I won't have cares when I'm gone Until that day when they take me away I'll do my best but it's hard to go on I've got the craziest feeling I wish it would leave me alone It just goes on and on Well that crazy feeling you're gone
Leaving the army
( Drag City Supersession album ) Even as the sun Paints the landscape with its fire It seems the storms they follow me Wherever i go I may perish never knowing why I'm thinking about Leaving the army Turning in my uniform As always awakened By the old explosions Just outside of my door Even as the stars Paint their icons up against the sky It seems that i'll be blinded To their travels tonight That's just what my life is like I'm thinking about Leaving the army Turning in my uniform As always awakened By the old explosions Just outside of my door
Look what thoughts will do ( Lefty Frizzel / Demo LP ) Once I thought I loved just you And I thought you loved me too But just look what thoughts will do For today you say we're through Now another wears the crown And you think that you have found Just what makes your world go round Watch those thoughts they'll get you down If within your future years Your new love should bring you tears Then you'll think of me I'm sure But those thoughts won't help you dear Thought I'd build a home for two Just a home for me and you Thought we'd have some kiddies too But just look what thoughts will do Now I know just how you feel That your love was never real Guess to you I don't appeal So we'll just forget the deal So goodbye and here's to you And I'm happy through and through Yes you thought that I'd be blue But just look what thoughts will do
Love is real ( Love is real EP )
Wonder what you're doing now Listen for your telephone call Nothing to talk about Make up any reason to stall It's exciting me Like playing out the scene on the balcony And it's real And it's real So is there anything at all to talk about My love is real My love is real Wonder what you're doing now Listen for the afternoon call Nothing to talk about Make up any reason at all Write my mythology And find a new way to display the scene And it's real And it's real So is there anything left to talk about My love is so real My love is real I'm not afraid to tell you how i feel My love is so real My love is real Wonder what you're doing now…
My God Insane
( Edith Frost EP ) My god insane He makes me say The strangest things The meanest things My god is blind He asked me not To see these things To just believe in him So occluded we Choose not to see What it means And we'll fail to ask Where we stand So polluted we Stagger round to be Closer to defeat And we'll fail to know Where we go
My Window Faces The South
(Bob Wills cover / The Pine Valley Cosmonauts feat. Edith Frost / The Majesty Of Bob Wills LP) My window faces the South I'm almost halfway to heaven The snow is falling but still I can see Fields of cotton smiling at me My window faces the South And though I'm far from the Swanee I'm never frowning or down in the mouth My window faces the South My window faces the South I'm almost halfway to heaven The snow is falling but still I can see Fields of cotton smiling at me My window faces the South And though I'm far from the Swanee I'm never frowning or down in the mouth My window faces the South I'm never frowning or down in the mouth My window faces the South
*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***
One-chord complaint ( Drag City Supersession album )
There is no comfort so Familiar as the silence Inasmuch as we touch We understand each other As for us we've become Surrounded by the silence Refugees from our dreams We didn't dare surrender I would not love for naught He never seemed to feel it Sometimes i wish that i Could be content without counting Still my words won't be heard Above the crowd i'm playin' And my words stand unheard They'll disappear to silence
Poor Wayfaring Stranger
(Traditional song / Edith Frost vs. Arp Destructor) I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger While traveling through this world of woe But there's no sickness, toil or danger In that bright land to which I go I'm going there to see my mother She said she'd meet me when I come I'm only going over Jordan I'm only going over home I know dark clouds will gather 'round me I know my way will be rough and steep But beautiful fields lie just before me Where God's redeemed there vigils keep I'm going there to see my loved ones Gone on before me, one by one I'm only going over Jordan I'm only going over home
Secrets
( Ancestors EP ) Why'd I give my love away Why'd I call out the unspoken Why'd I change what seemed alright To bring my love out in the open When I socked it away for years I guess I'd made a barricade And hung my key by the door So that's what secrets are for There's a storm coming down in the morning With a freezing rain to add to our worries And I won't speak of these things anymore I'll just bury them down in drifts of snow Where spring may come to see them grow There's a storm coming down from Virginia And a woman's heart that yearns for the sun And I won't speak of these things anymore I'll just bury them down under drifts of snow Where spring may come to see them grow The last one
( Love is real EP ) Everybody wants someone to Compare to the last one in the picture But they never even think of what they're missing And the last one never seems to leave the picture Everybody wants something more Out there in the big world of high business But they don't go off and throw away their labors And abandon everything they've worked so hard for All the evidence in the world Won't say anything about your conscience And i don't believe you think of me that highly And i don't consider this your final offer You took everything that you had And left me to sift through all the pieces And you never even told me what you wanted You're the last one to explain your own behaviour
Waiting Room
( Edith Frost EP ) The emptiness we crave The emptiness that gives us strength Is not without its benefit Fueling our intense dreams Wait… waiting room The emptiness we hold The emptiness we grow Is not without its benefit Fueling our intense dreams Wait… waiting room
When The Bees Are In The Hive
(The Girls Of The Golden West cover / Japanese Rumba: A Yazuka Compilation LP) By the mill stream sits the Miller's pretty daughter And her cheeks are like the first red rose of June And her sweet voice sounds like the rippling water As so tenderly she hums an old love tune But soon her song of joy has turned to sorrow For her sweetheart he has come to say goodbye And she's thinking sadly of lonely tomorrow As he kisses her and mummers with a sigh When the bees are in the hive and the honey is in the comb And the golden sunbeams bend to kiss the dew As the old mill wheel turns 'round I love you Mary When the bees are in the hive I'll come to you But soon her song of joy has turned to sorrow For her sweetheart he has come to say goodbye And she's thinking sadly of lonely tomorrow As he kisses her and mummers with a sigh When the bees are in the hive and the honey is in the comb And the golden sunbeams bend to kiss the dew As the old mill wheel turns 'round I love you Mary When the bees are in the hive I'll come to you