B i o g r a p h y (By Allmusic)
Fiona Apple defied categorization or any easy career path, almost running the pattern in reverse, opening her career as a highly touted and popular alternative singer/songwriter, then transitioning into a cult artist. Apple certainly benefited from the open-door policy of modern rock in the mid-'90s, following the path of crossover alt-rock piano-based songwriters like Tori Amos, but Apple was hardly an Amos copycat: she had a strong jazz undertow in her vocal phrasing and melodies, she had richer arrangements, she had a poppier bent to her songs. All these things helped her 1996 debut, Tidal, find a wide audience, one that increased considerably in the wake of the controversial video for the single “Criminal,” but Apple made it abundantly clear that she wasn't an amateur provocateur with her sophomore album, When the Pawn Meets the King, an album that increased her critical reputation and cult, which would be pillars of support during her intense battles while making her third album, Extraordinary Machine. Born to singer Diana McAfee and actor Brandon Maggart in 1977, Fiona Apple started playing and writing songs at the age of 12, in an effort to work out a traumatic childhood that included a rape at the age of 11. Apple continued to write, leaving high school for Los Angeles at the age of 16. She cut a demo tape that eventually earned her a contract with Sony Music in 1995. Teamed with producer Andrew Slater, she cut her debut, Tidal, releasing the album in the summer of 1996. Tidal was a slow build, earning critical acclaim and a cult that exploded when the controversial video for “Criminal” turned the single and album into a hit. Mark Romanek's seedy, suggestive clip was overtly sexual -- a path Apple notably avoided afterward -- but it did the trick, helping the album reach the Top Ten and earning Apple a Grammy. Despite this titillation, Tidal appealed to the middle of the road, a path Apple definitively rejected with her next album, 1999's When the Pawn Meets the King. The entire title was a 90-word poem, a fair indication of the artistic ambition that lay within. Produced by Jon Brion, the album was dense, literate, and melodic, not matching the commercial success of the debut but deepening her cult. Despite a romance with director Paul Thomas Anderson -- she contributed to the soundtrack of his 1999 magnum opus Magnolia -- Apple retreated from the spotlight, fostering an element of mystery that only grew when her next album experienced a series of delays. The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do By 2003, the lack of a sequel became a sensation among some music message boards, where rumors swirled that Sony rejected her newest music for being uncommercial. Within the next year, unfinished mixes leaked onto the Internet and the saga of the album spilled over into the mainstream, earning ink in The New York Times. All this helped usher the album to completion in the fall of 2005, when the original Brion productions were tweaked and expanded with producer Mike Elizondo, who helped Extraordinary Machine reach its final shape. The album was greeted by generally positive reviews -- some compared it not entirely favorably to the leaked album -- and the record received healthy sales. In its wake, Apple maintained a moderate presence, touring with Nickel Creek in 2007 and appearing with the Watkins Family at times during their residency at the Largo in Los Angeles. In 2012, Apple previewed three songs from her fourth studio album (which boasted a typically enigmatic title in The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do) to a wildly enthusiastic audience at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas. Produced by Apple with her touring drummer, Charley Drayton, the album earned excellent reviews upon release in June 2012.
On the bound To your love Limp Love ridden Paper bag A mistake Fast as you can The way things are Get gone I know
Extraordinary machine Get him back O' sailor Better version of me Tymps Parting Gift Window Oh well Please please please Red red red Not about love Waltz
Every Single Night Daredevil Valentine Jonathan Left Alone Werewolf Periphery Regret Anything We Want Hot Knife
Non AlbumS TRACKS - Misc -
7 O’Clock News / Silent Night Across The Universe After you've gone All Alone All in Good Time Angel Angel Eyes Blue Skies Bridge Over Troubled Water Crazy Desolation Row Don't Get Around Much Anymore Don't Worry 'Bout Me Dull Tool Everyday Father and son Frosty the Snowman Here We Have Idaho I Can't Wait To Meet You I'll be Home for Christmas / Let Me Call you Sweetheart / Love Me Tender I Want You I'm In The Middle Of A Riddle I Walk A Little Faster It's Only Make Believe Kissing my love Largo Left Handed Kisses
Let Me Roll It Love More Money changes everything Oh, Sister On A Slow Boat To China Pig Trouble little Tina Please Come Home For Christmas Please Send Me Someone To Love Poem Pure Imagination River Stay Away From My Door Sally's Song Shabby Doll Sitting in Limbo Still I The Whole of the moon Tiny Hands Tombstone Blues Tonight You Belong to Me Trump's nuts roasting on an open fire Use me We'll Cry Together When I Get Low I Get High Why Try To Change Me Now You don't own me Your Molecular Structure
Tidal
Sleep To Dream I tell you how I feel but you don't care I say tell me the truth but you don't dare You say love is a hell you cannot bear And I say gimme mine back and then go there for all I care I got my feet on the ground and I don't go to sleep to dream You've got your head in the clouds and you're not at all what you seem This mind, this body and this voice cannot be stifled by your deviant ways So don't forget what I told you, don't come around, I got my own hell to raise I have never been so insulted in all my life I could swallow the seas to wash down all this pride First you run like a fool just to be at my side And now you run like a fool but you just run to hide and I can't abide I got my feet on the ground and I don't go to sleep to dream You've got your head in the clouds and you're not at all what you seem This mind, this body and this voice cannot be stifled by your deviant ways So don't forget what I told you, don't come around, I got my own hell to raise Don't make it a big deal, don't be so sensitive We're not playing a game anymore You don't have to be so defensive Don't you plead me your case, don't bother to explain Don't even show me your face, 'cause it's a crying shame Just go back to the rock from under which you came Take the sorrow you gave and all the stakes you claim And don't forget the blame I got my feet on the ground and I don't go to sleep to dream You've got your head in the clouds and you're not at all what you seem This mind, this body and this voice cannot be stifled by your deviant ways So don't forget what I told you, don't come around, I got my own hell to raise I got my feet on the ground and I don't go to sleep to dream You've got your head in the clouds and you're not at all what you seem This mind, this body and this voice cannot be stifled by your deviant ways So don't forget what I told you, don't come around, I got my own hell to raise Sullen Girl Days like this, I don't know what to do with myself All day and all night I wander the halls along the walls and under my breath I say to myself I need fuel to take flight And there's too much going on But it's calm under the waves, in the blue of my oblivion Under the waves in the blue of my oblivion Is that why they call me a sullen girl, sullen girl They don't know I used to sail the deep and tranquil sea But he washed me shore and he took my pearl And left an empty shell of me And there's too much going on But it's calm under the waves in the blue of my oblivion Under the waves in the blue of my oblivion Under the waves in the blue of my oblivion It's calm under the waves in the blue of my oblivion Shadowboxer Once my lover, now my friend What a cruel thing to pretend What a cunning way to condescend Once my lover, and now my friend Oh, you creep up like the clouds And you set my soul at ease Then you let your love abound And you bring me to my knees Oh, it's evil babe The way you let your grace enrapture me When well you know I'd be insane To ever let that dirty game recapture me You made me a shadowboxer, baby I wanna be ready for what you do I been swinging all around me 'Cause I don't know when you're gonna make your move Oh, your gaze is dangerous And you fill your space so sweet If I let you get too close You'll set your spell on me So darlin' I just wanna say Just in case I don't come through I was onto every play I just wanted you Oh it's so evil, my love The way you've no reverence to my concern So I'll be sure to stay weary of you, love To save the pain of once my flame and twice my burn You made me a shadowboxer, baby I wanna be ready for what you do I been swinging all around me 'Cause I don't know when you're gonna make your move Yeah I'm a shadowboxer baby, I wanna be ready for what you do And I been swinging all around me 'Cause I don't know when you're gonna make your move Criminal I've been a bad, bad girl I've been careless with a delicate man And it's a sad, sad world When a girl will break a boy just because she can Don't you tell me to deny it I've done wrong and I want to suffer for my sins I've come to you 'cause I need guidance to be true And I just don't know where I can begin What I need is a good defense 'Cause I'm feeling like a criminal And I need to be redeemed To the one I've sinned against Because he's all I ever knew of love Heaven help me for the way I am Save me from these evil deeds before I get them done I know tomorrow brings the consequence at hand But I keep living this day like the next will never come Oh help me but don't tell me to deny it I've got to cleanse myself of all these lies 'till I'm good enough for him I've got a lot to lose and I'm bettin' high so I'm begging you Before it ends just tell me where to begin What I need is a good defense 'Cause I'm feeling like a criminal And I need to be redeemed To the one I've sinned against Because he's all I ever knew of love Let me know the way Before there's hell to pay Give me room to lay the law and let me go I've got to make a play To make my lover stay So what would an angel say the devil wants to know What I need is a good defense 'Cause I'm feeling like a criminal And I need to be redeemed To the one I've sinned against Because he's all I ever knew of love What I need is a good defense 'Cause I'm feeling like a criminal And I need to be redeemed To the one I've sinned against Because he's all I ever knew of love Slow Like Honey You moved like honey in my dream last night Yeah, some old fires were burning You came near to me and you endeared to me But you couldn't quite discern me Does that scare you ? I'll let you run away But your heart will not oblige you You'll remember me like a melody Yeah, I'll haunt the world inside you And my big secret, gonna win you over Slow like honey, heavy with mood I'll let you see me, I'll covet your regard I'll invade your demeanor And you'll yield to me like a scent in the breeze And you'll wonder what it is about me It's my big secret, keeping you coming Slow like honey, heavy with mood Though dreams can be deceiving Like faces are to hearts They serve for sweet relieving When fantasy and reality lie too far apart So I stretch myself across like a bridge And I pull you to the edge And stand there waiting Trying to attain The end to satisfy the story Shall I release you? Must I release you? As I rise to meet my glory But my big secret Gonna hover over your life Gonna keep you reaching When I'm gone like yesterday When I'm high like heaven When I'm strong like music 'Cause I'm slow like honey, and heavy with mood
The First Taste I lie in an early bed thinking late thoughts Waiting for the black to replace my blue I do not struggle in your web because it was my aim to get caught But daddy longlegs, I feel that I'm finally growing weary Of waiting to be consumed by you Give me the first taste Let it begin, heaven cannot wait forever Darling just start the chase I'll let you win, but you must make the endeavor Oh, your love give me a heart contusion Adagio breezes fill my skin with sudden red Your hungry flirt borders intrusion And I'm building memories on things we have not said Full is not heavy as empty, not nearly my love Not nearly my love, not nearly Give me the first taste Let it begin, heaven cannot wait forever Darling, just start the chase I'll let you win, but you must make the endeavor The first taste Let it begin, heaven cannot wait forever Start the chase, I'll let you win But you must make the endeavor Never Is A Promise You'll never see the courage I know Its colors' richness won't appear within your view I'll never glow the way that you glow Your presence dominates the judgements made on you But as the scenery grows I see in different lights The shades and shadows undulate in my perception My feelings swell and stretch I see from greater heights I understand what I am still to proud to mention, to you You'll say you understand But you don't understand You'll say you'll never give up seeing eye to eye But never is a promise and you can't afford to lie You'll never touch these things that I hold The skin of my emotions lies beneath my own You'll never feel the heat of this soul My fever burns me deeper than I've ever shown to you You'll say "don't fear your dreams" It's easier than it seems You'll say you'd never let me fall from hopes so high But never is a promise and you can't afford to lie You'll never live this life that I live I'll never live the life that wakes me in the night You'll never hear the message I give You'll say it looks as though I might give up this fight But as the scenery grows I see in different lights The shades and shadows undulate in my perception My feelings swell and stretch I see from greater heights I realize what I am now too smart to mention, to you You'll say you understand You'll never understand I'll say I'll never wake up knowing how or why I don't know what to believe in You don't know who I am You'll say I need appeasing when I start to cry But never is a promise and I'll never need a lie The Child Is Gone Darling, give me your absence tonight Take the shade from the canvas and leave me the white Let me sink in the silence that echoes inside And don't bother leaving the light on 'Cause I suddenly feel like a different person From the roots of my soul come a gentle coercion And I ran my hand o'er a strange inversion A vacancy that just did not belong The child is gone Honey, help me out of this mess I'm a stranger to myself But don't reach for me, I'm too far away I don't wanna talk 'cause there's nothing left to say So my darling, give me your absence tonight Take all of your sympathy and leave it outside 'Cause there's no kind of loving that can make this alright I'm trying to find a place I belong And I suddenly feel like a different person From the roots of my soul come a gentle coercion And I ran my hand o'er a strange inversion As the darkness turns into the dawn The child is gone The child is gone Pale September Pale September, I wore the time like a dress that year The autumn days swung soft around me, like cotton on my skin But as the embers of the summer lost their breath and disappeared My heart went cold and only hollow rhythms resounded from within But then he rose, brilliant as the moon in full And sank in the burrows of my keep And all my armour falling down, in a pile at my feet And my winter giving way to warm, as I'm singing him to sleep He goes along just as a water lily Gentle on the surface of his thoughts his body floats Unweighed down by passion or intensity Yet unaware of the depth upon which he coasts And he finds a home in me For what misfortune sows, he knows my touch will reap And all my armour falling down, in a pile at my feet And my winter giving way to warm, as I'm singing him to sleep All my armour falling down, in a pile at my feet And my winter giving way to warm, as I'm singing him to sleep All my armour falling down, in a pile at my feet And my winter giving way to warm, as I'm singing him to sleep Carrion Won't do no good to hold no seance What's gone is gone, and you can't bring it back around Won't do no good to hold no searchlight You can't illuminate what time has anchored down Oh, honey I've gone away Honey I've gone away I've gone away Won't do no good to sing no love song No sound could simulate the presence of a man Won't do no good asking no questions Your divination should acquaint you with the plan Oh honey I've gone away Honey I've gone away Honey, I've gone away My feel for you, boy, is decaying in front of me Like the carrion of a murdered prey And all I want is to save you, honey Or the strength to walk away Won't do no good to go no distance The space between us is as boundless as the dark Won't do no good to throw no fist, babe You can't intimidate me back into your arms Because honey, I've gone away I've gone away I've gone away I've gone away I've gone away I've gone away My feel for you, boy, is decaying in front of me Like the carrion of a murdered prey And all I want is to save you, honey Or the strength to walk away My feel for you boy, is decaying in front of me Like the carrion of a murdered prey And all I want is to save you, honey Or the strength to walk away Oh my feel for you boy, is decaying right in front of me Like the carrion of a, a murdered prey And all I want is to save you, honey Or the strength to walk away
When the pawn ... On the bound
All my life is on me now Hail the pages turning And the future's on the bound Hell don't know my fury You're all I need, you're all I need, you're all I need You're all I need, you're all I need, you're all I need You're all I need And maybe some faith would do me good I don't know what I'm doing, don't know should I change my mind I can't decide, there's too many variations to consider No thing I do don't do no thing but bring me more to do It's true, I do imbue by blue unto myself, I make it bitter Baby, lay your head on my lap one more time Tell me you belong to me Baby say that it's all going to be alright I believe that it isn't You're all I need, you're all I need, you're all I need You're all I need, you're all I need, you're all I need You're all I need And maybe some faith would do me good And maybe some faith would do me good And maybe some faith would do me good
To your love Here's another speech you wish I'd swallow Another cue for you to fold your ears Another train of thought too hard to follow Chugging along to the song that belongs to the shifting of gears Please forgive me for my distance The pain is evident in my existence Please forgive for my distance The shame is manifest in my resistance To your love To your love To your love I would've warned you, but really, what's the point Caution could but rarely ever helps Don't be down when my demeanor tends to disappoint It's hard enough even trying to be civil to myself Please forgive me for my distance The pain is evident in my existence Please forgive for my distance The shame is manifest in my resistance To your love To your love To your love My derring-do allows me to Dance the rigadoon around you But by the time I'm close to you I lose my desideratum and now you, so Now you have it, so tell me baby what's the word Am I your gal, or should I get out of town I just need to be reassured Do you just deal it out, or can you deal with, what I lay down Please forgive me, for my distance The pain is evident in my existence Please forgive me for my distance The shame is manifest in my resistance To your love, to your love, to your love To your love, to your love, to your love To your love, to your love, to your love
Limp
You wanna make me sick You wanna lick my wounds Don't you, baby You want the badge of honour when you save my hide But you're the one in the way of the day of doom, baby If you need my shame to reclaim your pride And when I think of it, my fingers turn to fists I never did anything to you, man But no matter what I try You'll beat me with your bitter lies So call me crazy, hold me down Make me cry, get off now, baby It won't be long 'till you'll be Lying limp in your own hand You feed the beast I have within me You wave the red flag, baby you make it run run run Standing on the sidelines, waving and grinning You fondle my trigger, then you blame my gun And when I think of it, my fingers turn to fists I never did anything to you, man But no matter what I try You'll beat me with your bitter lies So call me crazy, hold me down Make me cry, get off now, baby It won't be long till you'll be Lying limp in your own hand And when I think of it, my fingers turn to fists I never did anything to you, man But no matter what I try You'll beat me with your bitter lies So call me crazy, hold me down Make me cry, get off now, baby It won't be long till you'll be Lying limp in your own hand
Love Ridden
Love ridden I've looked at you With the focus I gave to my birthday candles I've wished on the lidded blue flames Under your brow And baby I wished for you Nobody sees when you are lying in your bed And I wanna crawl in with you But I cry instead I want your warm But it will only make me colder when it's over So I can't tonight, baby No, not "baby" anymore, if I need you I'll just use your simple name Only kisses on the cheek from now on And in a little while, we'll only have to wave My hand won't hold you down no more The path is clear to follow through I stood too long in the way of the door And now I'm giving up on you No, not "baby" anymore, if I need you I'll just use your simple name Only kisses on the cheek from now on And in a little while, we'll only have to wave No, not "baby" anymore, if I need you I'll just use your simple name Only kisses on the cheek from now on And in a little while, we'll only have to wave
Paper bag
I was staring at the sky Just looking for a star To pray on, or wish on Or something like that I was having a sweet fix Of a daydream of a boy Whose reality I knew Was a hopeless to be had But then the dove of hope began its downward slope And I believed for a moment that my chances were Approaching to be grabbed But as it came down near, so did a weary tear I thought it was a bird, but it was just a paper bag Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad, oh it kills 'Cause I know I'm a mess he don't wanna clean up I got to fold 'cause these hands are too shaky to hold Hunger hurts, but starving works, when it costs too much to love And I went crazy again today, looking for a strand to climb Looking for a little hope Baby said he couldn't stay, wouldn't put his lips to mine, And a fail to kiss is a fail to cope I said, "Honey, I don't feel so good, don't feel justified Come on put a little love here in my void" He said, "It's all in your head" And I said, "So's everything'" but he didn't get it I thought he was a man but he was just a little boy Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad, oh it kills 'Cause I know I'm a mess he don't wanna clean up I got to fold écause these hands are too shaky to hold Hunger hurts, but starving works, when it costs too much to love Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad, oh it kills 'Cause I know I'm a mess he don't wanna clean up I got to fold because these hands are too shaky to hold Hunger hurts, but starving works, when it costs too much to love Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad, oh it kills Because I know I'm a mess he don't wanna clean up I got to fold because these hands are too shaky to hold Hunger hurts, but starving works, when it costs too much to love
A Mistake
I'm gonna make a mistake I'm gonna do it on purpose I'm gonna waste my time 'Cause I'm full as a tick And I'm scratching at the surface And what I find is mine And when the day is done, and I look back And the fact is I had fun, fumbling around All the advice I shunned, and I ran Where they told me not to run, but I sure had fun, so I'm gonna fuck it up again I'm gonna do another detour Unpave my path And if you wanna make sense What you looking at me for I'm no good at math And when I find my way back The fact is I just may stay, or I may not I've acquired quite a taste for A well-made mistake I wanna make a mistake Why can't I make a mistake I'm always doing what I think I should Almost always doing everybody good Why Do I wanna do right, of course but Do I really wanna feel I'm forced to Answer you, hell no I've acquired quite a taste for A well-made mistake, I wanna make a mistake Why can't I make a mistake I'm always doing what I think I should Almost always doing everybody good Why
Fast As You Can
I let the beast in too soon I don't know how to live Without my hand on his throat I fight him always and still O darling, it's so sweet You think you know how crazy How crazy I am You say you don't spook easy You won't go, but I know And I pray that you will Fast as you can, baby Run-free yourself of me Fast as you can I may be soft in your palm But I'll soon grow hungry for a fight, and I will not let you win My pretty mouth will frame the phrases that will disprove your faith in man So if you catch me trying to find my way into your heart from under your skin Fast as you can, baby Scratch me out, free yourself Fast as you can Fast as you can Baby scratch me out, free yourself Fast as you can Sometimes my mind don't shake and shift But most of the time, it does And I get to the place where I'm begging for a lift Or I'll drown in the wonders and the was And I'll be your girl, if you say it's a gift And you give me some more of your drugs Yeah, I'll be your pet, if you just tell me it's a gift 'Cause I'm tired of whys, choking on whys, Just need a little because, because I let the beast in and then I even tried forgiving him, but it's too soon So I'll fight again, again, again, again, again And for a little while more I'll soar the uneven wind, complain and blame the sterile land But if you're getting ay bright ideas, quiet dear I'm blooming within Fast as you can, baby wait watch me, I'll be out Fast as I can, maybe late but at least about Fast as you can leave me, let this thing run its route Fast as you can, fast as you can Fast as you can, fast as you can
The way things are I wouldn't know what to do with another chance If you gave it to me I couldn't take the embrace of a real romance It'd race right through me I'm much better off the way things are Much much better off, better by far, by far I wouldn't know what to say to a gentle voice It'd roll right past me And if you chalk it up you'll see I really don't have a choice So don't even ask me I'm much better off, the way things are Much much better off, better by far, by far So keep on calling me names, keep on, keep on And I'll keep kicking the crap till it's gone If you keep on killing, you could get me to settle And as soon as I settle, I bet I'll be able to move on How can I fight When we're on the same side How can I fight beside you So keep on calling me names, keep on, keep on And I'll keep kicking the crap till it's gone If you keep on killing, you could get me to settle And as soon as I settle, I bet I'll be able to move on So keep on calling me names, keep on, keep on And I'll keep kicking the crap till it's gone If you keep on killing, you could get me to settle And as soon as I settle, I bet I'll be able to move on
Get gone
How many times do I have to say To get away, get gone Flip your shit past another lasses Humble dwelling You got your game, made your shot And you got away With a lot, but I'm not turned-on So put away that meat you're selling 'Cause I do know what's good for me And I've done what I could for you But you're not benefiting, and yet I'm sitting Singing again, sing, sing again How can I deal with this, if he won't get with this Am I gonna heal from this, he won't admit to it Nothing to figure out, I got to get him out It's time the truth was out that he don't give a shit about me 'Cause I do know what's good for me And I've done what I could for you But you're not benefiting, and yet I'm sitting Singing again, sing, sing again How can I deal with this, if he won't get with this Am I gonna heal from this, he won't admit to it Nothing to figure out, I got to get him out It's time the truth was out that he don't give a shit about meow many times can it escalate 'Till it elevates to a place I can't breathe And I must decide, if you must deride That I'm much obliged to up and go I'll idealize, then realize That it's no sacrifice, because the price is paid And there's nothing left to grieve Fucking go 'Cause I've done what I could for you And I do know what's good for me And I'm not benefiting Instead I'm sitting singing again, singing again Singing again, sing, sing, sing again How can I deal with this, if he won't get with this Am I gonna heal from this, he won't admit to it Nothing to figure out, I got to get him out It's time the truth was out that he don't give a shit about me How can I deal with this, if he won't get with this Am I gonna heal from this, he won't admit to it Nothing to figure out, I got to get him out It's time the truth was out that he don't give a shit about me
I know
So be it, I'm your crowbar If that's what I am so far Until you get out of this mess And I will pretend That I don't know of your sins Until you are ready to confess But all the time, all the time I know, I know And you can use my skin To bury secrets in And I will settle you down And at my own suggestion I will ask no questions While I do my thing in the background But all the time, all the time I know, I know Baby I can't help you out While she's still around So for the time being I'm being patient And amidst the bitterness If you'll just consider this Even if it don't make sense All the time, give it time And when the crowd becomes your burden And you've early closed your curtains I'll wait by the backstage door While you try to find The lines to speak your mind And pry it open, hoping for an encore And if it gets too late For me to wait For you to find you love me, and tell me so It's ok, don't need to say it
Extraordinary Machine
Extraordinary machine I certainly haven't been shopping for any new shoes, and I certainly haven't been spreading myself around I still only travel by foot and by foot, it's a slow climb But I'm good at being uncomfortable so I can't stop changing all the time I noticed that my opponent is always on the go, and Won't go slow so's not to focus and I notice He'll hitch a ride with any guide as long as they go fast from whence he came But he's no good at being uncomfortable so he can't stop staying exactly the same If there was a better way to go then it would find me I can't help it, the road just rolls out behind me Be kind to me or treat me mean I'll make the most of it, I'm an extraordinary machine I seem to you to seek a new disaster every day You deem me due to clean my view and be at peace and lay I mean to prove I mean to move in my own way and say I've been getting along for long before you came into the play I am the baby of the family It happens so everybody cares And wears the sheeps' clothes while they chaperone Curious you're looking down your nose at me while you appease Courteous to try and help but let me set your mind at ease If there was a better way to go then it would find me I can't help it, the road just rolls out behind me Be kind to me or treat me mean I'll make the most of it, I'm an extraordinary machine Do I so worry you You need to hurry to my side, it's very kind But it's to no avail I don't want the bail I promise you everything will be just fine If there was a better way to go then it would find me I can't help it, the road just rolls out behind me Be kind to me or treat me mean I'll make the most of it, I'm an extraordinary machine If there was a better way to go then it would find me I can't help it, the road just rolls out behind me Be kind to me or treat me mean I'll make the most of it, I'm an extraordinary machine
*** Thanx a lot to Brett & Echo & Dan who corrected a mistake ***
Get him back
One man, he disappoint me He give me the gouge and he take my glee Now every other man I see Remind me of the One man who disappointed me But wait till I get him back He won't have a back to scratch Yeah, keep turning that chin And you will see my face As I figure how to kill what I cannot catch So I say "and on I go" To another one who disappoint me so, oh oh The next one up A contemptible snob He lived to put things in their place He did a commendable job He put himself so low He can hardly even look me in the face But wait till I get him back He won't have a back to scratch Yeah, keep turning that chin And you will see my face As I figure how to kill what I cannot catch Oh, he made my blood just burn I flipped so far I thought that I would not return But the last one I had Who was getting my hopes up I might have been a little fast to dismiss I think he let me down when he didn't disappoint me He didn't always guess right but he usually got my gist So wait till I get him back I'm gonna bring him home And I'll watch him unpack He keep turning that chin And you will see my face Is fixed on the one I'm gonna get back I'm gonna get him back I am I'm gonna get him back I really am I'm gonna get him back I... I'm gonna get him back I... I'm gonna get him back Gonna get him back...
*** Thanx a lot to Sophia & Stephen & Steven & for this one ***
O' sailor I'm undecided about you again Mightn't be right that you're not here It's double-sided 'cause I ruined it all But also saved myself By never believing you, Dear Everything good I deem too good to be true Everything else is just a bore Everything I have to look forward to Has a pretty painful and very imposing before O' sailor why'd you do it What'd you do that for Saying there's nothing to it And then lettin' it go by the boards O' sailor why'd you do it What'd you do that for Saying there's nothing to it And then lettin' it go by the boards I have too been playing with fifty-two cards Just 'cause I play so far from my vest Whatever I've got, I've got no reason to guard What could I do but spend my best O' sailor why'd you do it What'd you do that for Saying there's nothing to it And then lettin' it go by the boards O' sailor why'd you do it What'd you do that for Saying there's nothing to it And then lettin' it go by the boards And after waiting, fighting patiently on my knees All the other stuff tired itself out first, not me And in its wake appeared the touch and call of a different breed One who set to get me wise and got me there and then, got me And what a thing to know what could be instead Oh what a blessed curse to see It took the agenda from its place in my bed Made a merry paramour of me O' sailor why'd you do it What'd you do that for Saying there's nothing to it And then lettin' it go by the boards O' sailor why'd you do it What'd you do that for Giving me eyes to view it As it goes by the boards O' sailor why'd you do it What'd you do that for Saying there's nothing to it And then lettin' it go by the boards O' sailor why'd you do it What'd you do that for Saying there's nothing to it Then lettin' it go by the boards O' sailor why'd you do it What'd you do that for Giving me eyes to view it As it goes by the boards O' sailor why'd you do it What'd you do that for Giving me eyes to view it As it goes by the boards
*** Thanx a lot to Steven & Brett who corrected a mistake ***
Better version of me
The nickel dropped When I was on My way beyond The rubicon What did I do And of the games that I can handle None are ones worth the candle What should I do I'm a frightened, fickle person Fighting, cryin', kickin', cursin' What can I do Oooh, after all the folderol And hauling over coals stops What will I do Can't take a good day without a bad one Don't feel just to smile until I've had one Where did I learn I make a fuss about a little thing The rhyme is losing to the riddling Where's the turn I don't want a home I'd ruin that Home is where my habits have a habitat Why give it a turn Oh, after all the folderol And hauling over coals stops What did I learn I am likely to miss the main event If I stop to cry or complain again So I will keep a deliberate pace Let the damned breeze dry my face Oh mister wait until you see What I'm gonna be I've got a plan, a demand and it just began And if you're right, you'll agree Here's coming a better version of me Here it comes, a better version of me Here it comes, a better version of me
*** Thanx a lot to Beth & Ivan & Brett & Matt & Rebecca & Ricardo who corrected a mistake ***
Tymps
Those boon times went bust My feet of clay, they dried to dust The red isn't the red we painted It's just rust And that signature thing That used to bring a following I have trouble now, even remembering So why did I kiss him so hard Late last friday night And keep on letting him change all my plans I'm either so sick in the head I need to be bled dry to quit Or I just really used to love him I sure hope that's it I knew that to keep in touch would do me deep in dutch 'Cause it isn't the rush of remembering, it's just mush And that signature thing is only growing harrowing I should have no trouble now to keep from following So why did I kiss him so hard Late last friday night And keep on letting him change all my plans I'm either so sick in the head I need to be bled dry to quit Or I just really used to love him I sure hope that's it Those boon times went bust My feet of clay, they dried to dust The red isn't the red we painted It's just rust That signature thing That used to bring a following I have trouble now, even remembering So why did I kiss him so hard Late last friday night And keep on letting him change all my plans I'm either so sick in the head I need to be bled dry to quit Or I just really used to love him Or I just really used to love him Or I just really used to love him I sure hope that's it
*** Thanx a lot to Sophia & Stephen & Tess & Stan & Steven for this one ***
Parting Gift I opened my eyes While you were kissing me once more than once And you looked as sincere as a dog Just as sincere as a dog does When it's the food on your lips with which it's in love I bet you could never tell That I knew you didn't know me that well It is my fault you see You never learned that much from me Oh you silly, stupid pastime of mine You were always good for a rhyme And from the first to the last time The signs says 'stop' But we went on whole-hearted it ended bad But I love what we started They said 'stop' But we went on whole-hearted it ended bad But I love what we started I took off my glasses While you were yelling at me once more than once So's not to see you see me react Should've put 'em, should've put 'em on again So I could see you see me sincerely yelling back I bet your fortressed face Belied your fort of lace It is by the grace of me You never learned what I could see Oh you silly, stupid pastime of mine You were always good for a rhyme And from the first to all the last times All the signs says 'stop' But we went on whole-hearted it ended bad But I love what we started They said 'stop' But we went on whole-hearted it ended bad But I love what we started
*** Thanx a lot to Shadowboxer25 & Rae who helped me with this one ***
Window I was staring out the window The whole time he was talking to me It was a filthy pane of glass I couldn't get a clear view And as he went on and on It wasn't the outside world I could see Just the filthy pane that I was looking through So I had to break the window It just had to be Better that I break the window Than him, or her, or me I was never focused on just one thing My eyes got fixed when my mind got so It may look like I'm concentrated on a very clear view But I'm as good as asleep I bet you didn't know But take the lot of it away if you do So I had to break the window It just had to be Better that I break the window Than him, or her, or me I had to break the window It just had to be it was in my way Better that I break the window Than forget what I had to say Or miss what I should see Because the fact being that Whatever is in front of me, is coloring my view So I can't see what I'm seeing in fact I only see what I'm looking through So again I've done the right thing I was never worried about that The answer's always been in clear view But even when the window's clean I still can't see for the fact That when it's clean it's so clear I can't tell what I'm looking through So I had to break the window It was in my way Better that I break a window Than him, or her, or me I had to break the window It just had to be it was in my way Better that I break the window Than miss what I should see I had to break the window It just had to be it was in my way Better that I break the window Than forget what I had to say Or miss what I should see Or breaking him or her or me Especially me
*** Thanx a lot to Brett & Stephanie who corrected a mistake ***
Oh well What you did to me made me see myself something different And though I try to talk sense to myself But I just won't listen Won't you go away Turn yourself in You're no good at confession Before the image that you burned me in Tries to teach you a lesson What you did to me made me see myself something awful A voice once stentorian is now again meek and muffled It took me such a long time to get back up the first time you did it I spent all I had to get it back, and now it seems I've been out-bidded My peace and quiet was stolen from me When I was looking with calm affection You were searching out my imperfections What wasted unconditional love On somebody Who doesn't believe in the stuff You came upon me like a hypnic jerk When I was just about settled And when it counts you recoil With a cryptic word and leave a love belittled Oh what a cold and common old way to go I was feeding on the need for you to know me Devastated at the rate you fell below me What wasted unconditional love On somebody Who doesn't believe in the stuff Oh, well
*** Thanx a lot to Stephanie & Bruce & Steven & Gerard & Brett & KT & Joy & Ricardo who corrected a mistake ***
Please please please Please please please No more melodies They lack impact, they're petty They've been made up already Please please please No more maladies I'm so tired of crying You'd think I was a siren But me and everybody's on the sad same team And you can hear our sad brains screaming Give us something familiar Something similar To what we know already That will keep us steady Steady Steady going nowhere Please please please No apologies At best they buy you time Till you next step out of line Please please please No more remedies My method is uncertain It's a mess but it's working And maybe if you want to try it out You won't like it so, when you're crying out Give us something familiar Something similar To what we know already That will keep us steady Steady, steady Steady going nowhere Please please please No more melodies They lack impact, they're petty They've been made up already Please please please No more maladies I'm so tired of crying You'd think I was a siren But me and everybody's on the sad same team and You can hear our sad brains screaming Give us something familiar Something similar To what we know already That will keep us steady Steady, steady, steady Steady going nowhere Please please please No apologies At best they buy you time Till you next step out of line Please please please No more remedies My method is uncertain It's a mess but it's working And maybe if you want to try it out You won't like it so, when you're crying out Give me something familiar Somethin' similar To what we know already That will keep us steady Steady, steady Steady going nowhere
Red red red
I don't understand about complementary colors And what they say Side by side they both get bright Together they both get gray But he's been pretty much yellow And I've been kind of blue But all I can see is Red, red, red, red, red now What am I gonna do I don't understand about Diamonds and why men buy them What's so impressive about a diamond Except the mining But it's dangerous work Trying to get to you too And I think if I didn't have to Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill myself doing it Maybe I wouldn't think so much of you I've been watching all the time And I still can't find the track But what I want to know Is it ok Is it just fine Or is it my fault Is it my lack I don't understand about The weather outside The harmony in a tune Or why somebody lied But there's solace, a bit in submitting To the fitfully cryptically true What's happened has happened What's coming is already on its way With a role for me to play I don't understand I'll never understand But I'll try to understand There's nothing else I can do
*** Thanx a lot to Brett & Ricardo & Joy & Ricardo & Clayton who helped with this one ***
Not about love
The early cars Already are Drawing deep breaths past my door And last night's phrases Sick with lack of basis Are still writhing on my floor And it doesn't seem fair That your wicked words should work In holding me down No, it doesn't seem right To take information Given at close range For the gag And the bind And the ammunition round Conversation once colored by esteem Became dialogue as a diagram of a play for blood Took a vacation, my palate got clean Now I can taste your agenda While you're spitting your cud And it doesn't make sense I should fall for the kingcraft of a meritless crown It doesn't seem right To take information Given at close range For the gag And the bind And the ammunition round This is not about love 'Cause I am not in love In fact I can't stop falling out This is not about love 'Cause I am not in love In fact I can't stop falling out I miss that stupid ache "What is this posture I have to stare at" That's what he said when I was sittin' up straight Change the name of the game when he lost it He knew he was wrong but he knew it too late But I'm not being fair 'Cause I chose to listen to that filthy mouth But I'd like to choose right Take all the things that I said that he stole Put 'em in a sack Swing 'em over my shoulder Turn on my heels Step out of this sight Try to live in a lovelier light This is not about love 'Cause I am not in love In fact I cant stop falling out This is not about love 'Cause I am not in love In fact i cant stop falling out I miss that stupid ache
*** Thanx a lot to Sophia & Stephen & Mercer & Stan & Brett & TB & Jim & Jakey & Joy & Ricardo for this one ***
Waltz If you don't have a song To sing you're ok You know how to get along Humming Hmmm If you don't have a date Celebrate Go out and sit on the lawn And do nothing 'Cause it's just what you must do Nobody does it anymore No I don't believe in the wasting of time But I don't believe that I'm wasting mine If you don't have a point to make Don't sweat it You'll make a sharp one being so kind And I'd sure appreciate it Everyone else's goal's to get big-headed Why should I follow that beat being that I'm Better than fine
*** Thanx a lot to Steven who corrected a mistake ***
The Idler Wheel...
Every Single Night Every single night I endure the flight Of little wings of white-flamed Butterflies in my brain These ideas of mine Percolate the mind Trickle down the spine Swarm the belly, swelling to a blaze That's when the pain comes in Like a second skeleton Trying to fit beneath the skin I can't fit the feelings in Oh every single night's alright with my brain What'd I say to her Why'd I say it to her What does she think of me That I'm not what I ought to be That I'm what I try not to be It's got to be somebody else's fault I can't get caught If what I am is what I am 'Cause I does what I does Then brother, get back 'Cause my breast's gonna bust open The rib is the shell And the heart is the yolk And I just made a meal for us both to choke on Every single night's a fight with my brain Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin I just wanna feel everything I just wanna feel everything I just wanna feel everything So I'm gonna try to be still now Gonna renounce the mill a little while and If we had a double-king-sized bed We could move in it and i'd soon forget That what I am is what I am 'Cause I does what I does And maybe I'd relax, let my breast just bust open My heart's made of parts of all that surround me And that's why the devil just can't get around me Every single night's alright Every single night's a fight And every single fight's alright with my brain I just wanna feel everything I just wanna feel everything I just wanna feel everything I just wanna feel everything
Daredevil I guess I just must be a daredevil I don't feel anything until I smash it up I'm caught on the cold, caught on the hot Not so with the warmer lot And all I want is a confidant To help me laugh it off And don't let me ruin me I may need a chaperone Say I'm an airplane And the gashes I got from my heart-break Make the slots and the flaps upon my wing And I use them to give me lift Hip hip for the lift Hip hip for the drag I want them all in my bag Oh give me anything And I'll turn it into a gift But don't let me ruin me I may need a chaperone Seek me out Look at, look at, look at, look at me I'm all the fishes in the sea Wake me up Give me, give me, give me what you got In your mind, in the middle of the night Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin And maybe you let me look out for you Protect what I found in you And never let it starve And then that way, you'll let me stay Skirting the skirt like I want to And I will try hard to hold on To you with open arms But don't let me ruin me I may need a chaperone Valentine You didn't see my valentine I sent it via pantomime While you were watching someone else I stared at you and cut myself It's all I'll do 'cause I'm not free A fugitive too dull to flee I'm amorous but out of reach A still-life drawing of a peach I'm a tulip in a cup I stand no chance of growing up I've made my peace I'm dead, I'm done I watch you live to have my fun I root for you, I love you You, you, you, you I root for you, I love you You, you, you, you I made it to a dinner-date My teardrops seasoned every plate I tried to dance but lost my nerve I cramped up in the learning curve Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin I'm a tulip in a cup I stand no chance of growing up I'm resigned to sail on through In the wake of tales of you I root for you, I love you You, you, you, you I root for you, I love you You, you, you Oh I root for you, I love you You, you, you, you, you, you, you I root for you, I love you You, you, you Jonathan Jonathan, call again Take me to Coney Island Take me on the train Kiss me while I calculate And calibrate and heaven's sake Don't make me explain Just tolerate my little fist Tugging on your forest-chest I don't wanna talk about I don't wanna talk about anything I don't wanna talk about I don't wanna talk about anything Jonathan, anything And anyone that you have done Has got to be all right with me If she's part of the reason you are how you are She's all right with me Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Just tolerate my little fist Tugging on your forest-chest I don't wanna talk about I don't wanna talk about anything I don't wanna talk about I don't wanna talk about anything You'd like to captain A cap-sized ship But I like watching you live You'd like to captain A cap-sized ship But I like watching you live Jonathan, call again Take me to Coney Island Take me on the train Kiss me while I calculate And calibrate and heaven's sake Don't make me explain Just tolerate my little fist Tugging on your forest chest I don't wanna talk about I don't wanna talk about anything I don't wanna talk about I don't wanna talk about anything Left Alone You made your major overtures When you were a sure and orotund mutt And I was still a dewy petal Rather than a moribund slut My love wrecked you You packed to twirl your skirt at the palace It hurt more than it ought to hurt I went to work to cultivate a callus And now I'm hard, too hard to know I don't cry when I'm sad anymore, no no Tears calcify in my tummy Fears coincide with the tow How can I ask anyone to love me When all I do is beg to be left alone Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Oh, and I tried to love And I can love the same man In the same bed, in the same city But not in the same room, it's a pity But, oh, it never bothered me before Not until this guy, what a guy, oh god What a good guy, and I can't even enjoy him 'Cause I'm hard, too hard to know I don't cry when I'm sad anymore Tears calcify in my tummy Fears coincide with the tow How can I ask anyone to love me When all I do is beg to be left alone How can I ask anyone to love me When all I do is beg to be left When all I do is beg to be left When all I do is beg to be left alone Alone, alone My ills are reticulate My woes are granular The ants weigh more than the elephants Nothing, nothing is manageable So couldn't we skip the valedictories I can see a door there Shut it and forget my number 'Cause I'm hard, too hard to know I don't cry when I'm sad anymore, no no Tears calcify in my tummy Fears coincide with the tow How can I ask anyone to love me When all I do is beg to be left When all I do is beg to be left When all I do is beg to be left alone Werewolf I could liken you to a werewolf The way you left me for dead But I admit that I provided a full moon And I could liken you to a shark The way you bite off my head But then again I was waving around a bleeding open wound But you were such a super guy ‘Til the second you get away from me We were like a wishing well And a bolt of electricity But we can still support each other All we gotta do is avoid each other Nothing wrong when a song ends in the minor key Nothing wrong when a song ends in the minor key Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin The lava of a volcano Shot up hot from under the sea One thing leads to another And you made an island of me And I could liken you to a chemical The way you made me compound to compound But I'm a chemical too Inevitable you and me would mix And I could liken you to a lot of things But I always come around 'Cause in the end I'm a sensible girl I know the fiction of the fix But you were such a super guy ‘Til the second you get away from me We were like a wishing well And a bolt of electricity But we could still support each other All we gotta do is avoid each other Nothing wrong when a song ends in the minor key Nothing wrong when a song ends in the minor key Nothing wrong when a song ends in the minor key Nothing wrong when a song ends in the minor key Periphery Oh, the periphery They throw good parties there Those peripheral idiots Always have a bite to bare Bear it if you can If you really want to Go to the periphery Have them celebrate your name Have them forge you a pedigree And then you'll be Left to run the races lame Run it if you want If you think it's worth it But not with me 'Cause I don't appreciate People who Don't appreciate All that loving must've been lacking something If I got bored trying to figure you out You let me down I don't even like you anymore at all Oh, the periphery I lost another one there He found a prettier girl than me With a more even-tempered air And if he wants her, he should get her 'Cause I think he thinks she's worth it And maybe they'll move from the periphery Buy themselves their own plot of land And I'll care in a different capacity, I'll just be Hoping he makes a good family man Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin And if he finds himself yearning For his throne on the silly-side There's nothing wrong as long as he's learning Besides, he can take it up with his brethren Or with his bride Just not with me 'Cause I don't appreciate People who Don't appreciate All that loving must've been lacking something If I got bored trying to figure you out You let me down I don't even like you anymore at all All that loving must've been lacking something If I got bored trying to figure you out You let me down I don't even like you anymore at all Oh, the periphery Oh, the periphery Oh, the periphery Oh, the periphery Stay away Stay away Away, away Stay away, away Regret Member when we argued over the concept of regret You were an expert even then but not me, not yet Now all you gotta do's remind me that we met And there you got me, that's how you got me You taught me to regret Member how I asked you why are you so mean You didn't know how to react to being seen I tried to be your friend, you made me shamed so I'm getting even And there you got me, that's how you got me You taught me to be mean Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin But I ran out of white doves' feathers To soak up the hot piss that comes from your mouth Every time you address me Oh I ran out of white doves' feathers To soak up the hot piss that comes from your mouth Every time you address me Member when I was so sick and you didn't believe me Then you got sick too and guess who took care of you You hated that, didn't you, didn't you Now when you look at me, you're condemned to see The monster your mother made you to be And there you got me, that's how you got free You got rid of me But now I ran out of white doves' feathers To soak up the hot piss that comes from your mouth Every time you address me I ran out of white dove feathers To soak up the hot piss that comes from your mouth Every time you address me Alone Leave me alone Anything We Want My cheeks were reflecting the longest wavelengths My fan was folded up and grazing my forehead And I kept touching my neck To guide your eye to where I wanted you to kiss me When we find some time alone My scars were reflecting the mist in your headlights I looked like a neon zebra shaking rain off her stripes And the rivulets had you riveted To the places where I wanted you to kiss me When we find some time alone Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin And then we can Do anything we want And then we can Do anything we want And then we can Do anything we want We started out sipping the water And now we try to swallow the wave And we try not to let those bastards get us down We don't worry anymore 'cause we know When the guff comes we get brave After all, look around It's happening, it's happening, it's happening now Let's pretend we're eight years old playing hooky I'll draw on the wall and you can play UFC rookie Then we'll grow up, take our clothes off And you'll remember that I wanted you to kiss me When we find some time alone And then we can do anything we want And then we can do anything we want And then we can do anything we want And then we can do anything we want Hot Knife If I'm butter, if I'm butter If I'm butter then he's a hot knife He makes my heart a cinemascope screen Showing a dancing bird of paradise If I'm butter, if I'm butter If I'm butter then he's a hot knife He makes my heart a cinemascope screen Showing a dancing bird of paradise He excites me Must be like the Genesis of Rhythm I get feisty whenever I'm with him Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin If I'm butter, if I'm butter If I'm butter then he's a hot knife He makes my heart a cinemascope screen Showing a dancing bird of paradise I'm a hot knife, I'm a hot knife I'm a hot knife, he's a pat of butter If I get a chance, I'm gonna show him that He's never gonna need another never need another If I'm butter, if I'm butter If I'm butter then he's a hot knife He makes my heart a cinemascope screen Showing a dancing bird of paradise...
I Want You to Love Me I've waited many years Every print I left upon the track Has led me here And next year it'll be clear This was only leading me to that And by that time I hope that You love me You love me I move with the trees in the breeze I know that time is elastic And I know when I go All my particles disband and disperse And I'll be back in the pulse And I know none of this will matter in the long run But I know a sound is still a sound around no one And while I'm in this body I want somebody to want And I want what I want and I want You to love me You And I know that you do In the dark, I know that you do And I know that you know that you got The potential to pick me up And I want you to use it, blast the music Bang it, bite it, bruise it Whenever you want to begin, begin We don't have to go back to where we've been I am the woman who wants you to win And I've been waiting, waiting for You to love me You You Shameika I used to walk down the street On my way to school Grinding my teeth to a rhythm invisible I used my feet to crush dead leaves like they had fallen from trees Just for me just to be crashed cymbals In class, I passed the time Drawing a slash every time The second hand went by a group of Five, ten, twelve times is a minute But Shameika said I had potential Shameika said I had potential Shameika said I had potential Shameika said I had potential I used to march down the windy, windy sidewalk Slapping my leg with the riding crop Thinking it made me come off so tough I didn't smile, because a smile always seemed rehearsed I wasn't afraid of the bullies, and that just made the bullies worse In class, I passed the time Drawing a slash every time The second hand went by a group of Five, ten, twelve times is a minute But Shameika said I had potential Shameika said I had potential Shameika said I had potential Shameika said I had potential Hurricane Gloria in excelsis deo That's my burden, my dream My dog, and my man, and my music is my holy trinity Hurricane Gloria in excelsis deo That's my burden, my dream My dog, and my man, and my music is my holy trinity Tony told me he described me as pissed off, funny and warm Sebastian said I'm a good man in a storm Back then I didn't know what potential meant And Shameika wasn't gentle and she wasn't my friend but She got through to me and I'll never see her again She got through to me and I'll never see her again I'm pissed off, funny and warm I'm a good man in a storm And when the fall is torrential, I'll recall Shameika said I had potential Shameika said I had potential Shameika said I had potential Shameika said I had potential Tony told me he described me as pissed off, funny and warm Sebastian said I'm a good man in a storm Back then I didn't know what potential meant But Shameika wasn't gentle and she wasn't my friend But she got through to me and I'll never see her again She got through to me and I'll never see her again I'm pissed off, funny and warm I'm a good man in a storm And when the fall is torrential, I'll recall Shameika said I had potential Shameika said I had potential Shameika said I had potential Shameika said I had potential Shameika said I had potential Shameika said I had potential Shameika said I had potential Shameika said I had potential Fetch the Bolt Cutters I've been thinking about when I was trying to be your friend I thought it was then, but it wasn't, it wasn't genuine I was just so furious but I couldn't show you 'Cause I know you and I know what you can do And I don't wanna war with you, I won't afford it You get sore even when you win And you maim when you're on offense But you kill when you're on defense And you've got them all convinced That you're the means and the end All the VIPs and PYTs and wannabes Afraid of not being your friend And I've always been too smart for that But you know what? My heart was not I took you like a kid, you see The cool kids voted to get rid of me And I'm ashamed of what they did to me What I let get done They stole my fun, they stole my fun Fetch the bolt cutters, I've been in here too long Fetch the bolt cutters, I've been in here too long Fetch the bolt cutters, I've been in here too long Fetch the bolt cutters He sings so nice, I guess he tries (I've been thinking about when I was trying to be your friend) (I thought it was then, but it wasn't, it wasn't genuine) Fetch the bolt cutters, I've been in here too long Fetch the bolt cutters (I've been in here too long) Whatever happens, whatever happens Fetch the bolt cutters, I've been in here too long Fetch the bolt cutters While I had not yet found my bearings Those it girls hit the ground Comparing the way I was to the way she was Sayin' I'm not stylish enough and I cry too much And I listened because I hadn't found my own voice yet So all I could hear was the noise that People make when they don't know shit But I didn't know that yet I grew up in the shoes they told me I could fill When they came around I would stand real still A girl can roll her eyes at me and kill I got the idea I wasn't real I thought being blacklisted would be grist for the mill Until I realized I'm still here I grew up in the shoes they told me I could fill Shoes that were not made for running up that hill And I need to run up that hill, I need to run up that hill I will, I will, I will, I will, I will Fetch the bolt cutters, I've been in here too long Fetch the bolt cutters, whatever happens, whatever happens Fetch the bolt cutters, I've been in here too long Fetch the bolt cutters, whatever happens, whatever happens Fetch the bolt cutters (I've been in here too long) Whatever happens, whatever happens Fetch the bolt cutters, fetch the bolt cutters Fetch the bolt cutters, fetch the bolt cutters Fetch the bolt cutters, fetch the bolt cutters Fetch the bolt cutters, fetch the bolt cutters Fetch the bolt cutters, fetch the bolt cutters Fetch the bolt cutters, fetch the bolt cutters Whatever happens, whatever happens Whatever happens, whatever happens Fetch the bolt cutters, fetch the bolt cutters Under the Table I would beg to disagree But begging disagrees with me I would beg to disagree But begging disagrees with me I told you I didn't wanna go to this dinner You know I don't go for those ones that you bother about So when they say something that makes me start to simmer That fancy wine won't put this fire out, oh Kick me under the table all you want I won't shut up, I won't shut up Kick me under the table all you want I won't shut up, I won't shut up I'd like to buy you a pair of pillow-soled hiking boots To help you with your climb Or rather, to help the bodies that you step over along your route So they won't hurt like mine Kick me under the table all you want I won't shut up, I won't shut up Kick me under the table all you want I won't shut up, I won't shut up And if I don't wanna go, leave me alone Don't push me cookie, don't push me, don't you push me If you get me to go and I open my mouth To the fucking mutton they're talking about You could prowl, but don't you, don't you Don't you, don't you, don't you shush me Kick me under the table all you want I won't shut up, I won't shut up Kick me under the table all you want I won't shut up, I won't shut up Kick me under the table all you want (I would beg to disagree) I won't shut up, I won't shut up (But begging disagrees with me) Kick me under the table all you want (I would beg to disagree) I won't shut up, I won't shut up (But begging disagrees with me) And if I don't wanna go, leave me alone Don't push me cookie, don't push me, don't you push me If you get me to go and I open my mouth To the fucking mutton that they're talking about You could prowl, but don't you, don't you Don't you, don't you, don't you shush me! I would beg to disagree But begging disagrees with me I would beg to disagree But begging disagrees with me I would beg to disagree But begging disagrees with me Kick me under the table all you want I won't shut up, I won't shut up Kick me under the table all you want (I would beg to disagree) I won't shut up, I won't shut up (I would beg to disagree) Kick me under the table all you want (I would beg to disagree) I won't shut up, I won't shut up (But begging disagrees with me) Kick me under the table all you want (I would beg to disagree) I won't shut up, I won't shut up (But begging disagrees with me) Relay Evil is a relay sport When the one who's burnt Turns to pass the torch Evil is a relay sport When the one who's burnt Turns to pass the torch Evil is a relay sport When the one who's burnt on Turns to pass the torch Evil is a relay sport When the one who's burnt on Turns to pass the torch Evil is a relay sport When the one who's burnt on Turns to pass the torch Evil is a relay sport When the one who's burnt on Turns to pass the torch I resent you for being raised right I resent you for being tall I resent you for never getting any opposition at all I resent you for having each other I resent you for being so sure I resent you presenting your life like a fucking propaganda brochure And I see that you keep trying beat me And I love to get up in your face But I know it if I hate you for hating me I will have entered the endless race Evil is a relay sport When the one who's burnt Turns to pass the torch Evil is a relay sport When the one who's burnt Turns to pass the torch Evil is a relay sport When the one who's burnt on Turns to pass the torch Evil is a relay sport When the one who's burnt on Turns to pass the torch I resent you for being raised right I resent you for being tall I resent you for never getting any opposition at all I resent you for having each other I resent you for being so sure I resent you presenting your life like a fucking propaganda brochure And I see that you keep trying beat me And I love to get up in your face But I know it if I hated you for hating me I will have entered the endless race Evil is a relay sport When the one who's burnt Turns to pass the torch Evil is a relay sport When the one who's burnt Turns to pass the torch Evil is a relay sport When the one who's burnt on Turns to pass the torch Sorry Evil is a relay sport When the one who's burnt Turns to pass the torch Evil is a relay sport When the one who's burnt Turns to pass the torch Wipe it all away Wipe it all away I used to go to the ferris wheel every morning Just to throw my anger out the door Rack of His I gave you pictures and cards on non-holidays And it wasn't because I was bored I followed you from room to room with no attention And it wasn't because I was bored It was because I was loving you so much It's the only reason I gave my time to you And that's it, there's a kick and you've given up 'Cause you know you won't like it when there's nothing to do Check out that rack of his! Look at that row of guitar necks Lined up like eager fillies, outstretched like legs of Rockettes They don't know what they are in for and they don't care but I do I thought you would wail on me like you wail on them but it was just a coochie-coo-coo! And meanwhile I'm loving you so much It's the only reason I gave my time to you And that's it, there's a kick and you've given up 'Cause you know you won't like it when there's nothing to do Meanwhile I'm loving you so much That's the only reason that I gave my time to you And that's it, there's a kick and you've given up 'Cause you know you don't like it when there's nothing to do And I've been used so many times I've learned to use myself in kind I try to drum, I try to write I can't do either well but Oh well, that's fine, I guess 'Cause I know how to spend my time (I know how to spend my time) (I know how to spend my time) (I know how to spend my time) (And meanwhile I'm loving you so much) (And meanwhile I'm loving you so much) (And meanwhile I'm loving you so much) Newspaper I too used to want him to be proud of me And then I just wanted him to make amends I wonder what lies he's telling you about me To make sure that we'll never be friends And it's a shame because you and I didn't get a witness We're the only ones who know! We were cursed the moment that he kissed us From then on, it was his big show I grew concern when I saw him start to covet you When I learnt what he did, I felt close to you In my own way, I fell in love with you But he's made me a ghost to you I watch him let go of your hand, I want to stand between you But it's not what I'm supposed to do I watch him walk over, talk over you, be mean to you And it makes me feel close to you It makes me feel close to you It makes me feel close to you It's not what its supposed to do It makes me feel close to you I too used to want him to be proud of me And then I just wanted him to make amends I wonder what lies he's telling you about me To make sure that we'll never be friends! And it's a shame because you and I didn't get a witness We're the only ones who know! We were cursed the moment that he kissed us From then on, it was his big show From then on, it was his big show From then on, it was his big show You're wearing time like a flowery crown Sitting there, sitting that big cat down! And I'm alone on the summit now Trying not to let my light go out I too used to want him to be proud of me And then I just wanted him to make amends I wonder what lies he's telling you about me To make sure that we'll never be friends! And it's a shame because you and I did not get a witness We're the only ones who know We were cursed the moment that he kissed us From then on, it was his big show I grow concern when I saw him start to covet you When I learnt what he did, I felt close to you In my own way, I fell in love with you But he's made me a ghost to you I watch him let go of your hand, I want to stand between you But it's not what I'm supposed to do I watch him walk over you, talk over you, be mean to you And it makes me feel close to you And you're wearing time like a flowery crown Sitting there! Sitting that big cat down! And I'm alone on the summit now Trying not to let my light go out Trying not to let my light go out You're wearing time like a flowery crown Sitting there! Sitting that big cat down! And I'm alone on the summit now Trying not to let my light go out Oh, I too used to want him to be proud of me And then I just wanted him to make amends I wonder what lies he's telling you about me To make sure that we'll never be friends To make sure that we'll never be friends To make sure that we'll never be friends To make sure that we'll never be friends Ladies Ladies, ladies, ladies, ladies Ladies, ladies, ladies, ladies Ladies, ladies, ladies, ladies Ladies, ladies, ladies, ladies Ruminations on the looming effects of the parallax view And the figure and the form and the revolving door That keeps turning out more and more good women like you Yet another woman to whom I won't get through Ruminations on the looming effects of the parallax view And the figure and the form and the revolving door That keeps turning out more and more good women like you Yet another woman to whom I won't get through Ladies, ladies, ladies, ladies! Take it easy! When he leaves me, please be my guest To whatever I might have left in his kitchen cupboards In the back of his bathroom cabinets And oh yes, oh yes, oh yes! There's a dress in the closet Don't get rid of it, you'd look good in it I didn't fit in it, it was never mine It belonged to the ex-wife of another ex of mine She left it behind with a note One line that said: "I don't know if I'm coming across, but I'm really trying" She was very kind Oh, man Cuter than a button, mutton head maniac Oh, man Cuter than a button, mutton head maniac Nobody can replace anybody else So it would be a shame to make it a competition And no other love is like any other love So it would be insane to make a comparison with you Ruminations on the looming effects and the parallax view And the figure and the form and the revolving door That keeps turning out more and more good women like you Yet another woman to whom I won't get through Ruminations on the looming effects of the parallax view And the figure and the form and the revolving door That keeps turning out more and more good women like you Yet another woman to whom I won't get through Oh, cuter than a button, mutton head maniac Ladies, ladies, ladies, ladies Ladies, ladies, ladies, ladies Ladies, ladies, ladies, ladies Ladies, ladies, ladies, ladies And no love is like any other love So it would be insane to make a comparison with you Ladies, ladies, ladies, ladies Ladies, ladies, ladies, ladies Ladies, ladies, ladies, ladies Ladies, ladies, ladies, ladies Yet another woman to whom I won't get through Yet another woman to whom I won't get through Yet another woman to whom I won't get through Yet another woman to whom I won't get through Heavy Balloon People like us, we play with a heavy balloon Keep it up to keep the devil at bay but it always falls way too soon People like us, we play with a heavy balloon We keep it up to keep the devil at bay but it always falls way too soon People like us, we play with a heavy balloon We keep it up to keep the devil at bay but it always falls way too soon I spread like strawberries! I climb like peas and beans! I've been sucking it in so long That I'm busting at the seams I spread like strawberries! I climb like peas and beans! I've been sucking it in so long That I'm busting at the seams In the middle of the day, it's like the sun But the Sahara one, staring me down Forcing all forms of life inside of me to retreat underground It grows relentless like the teeth of a rat It's just got to keep gnawing at me And it constricts like a ball on a hose, nothing flows So the pressure grows instead of the sea People like us get so heavy and so lost sometimes So lost and so heavy that the bottom is the only place that we can find We get dragged down, down to the same spot enough times in a row The bottom begins to feel like the only safe place that you know But you know what I spread like strawberries! I climb like peas and beans! I've been sucking it in so long That I'm busting at the seams I spread like strawberries! I climb like peas and beans! I've been sucking it in so long That I'm busting at the seams (I spread like strawberries) (I climb like peas and beans) (I spread like strawberries) (I climb like peas and beans) (I spread like strawberries) (I climb like peas and beans) (I spread like strawberries) (I climb like peas and beans) Cosmonauts Your face ignites a fuse to my patience Whatever you do is gonna be wrong There's no time to interrupt the detonation Be good to me before you're gone When I met you I was fine with my nothing I grew with you and now I've changed What I've become is something I can't be without your loving Be good to me, it isn't a game Now let me see, it's you and me, forgive a good God How do you suppose that we've survived Come on, that's right, left right Make light of all the heavier 'Cause you and I will be like a couple of cosmonauts Except with way more gravity than when we started off Oh, you and I will be like a couple of cosmonauts Except with way more gravity than when we started off When you resist me, hon, I cease to exist Because I only like the way I look I look into your eyes And when you come back You commemorate the penetration of the sun Into the deep dark sky Now let me see, it's you and me, forgive a good God How do you suppose that we've survived Come on, that's right, left right Make light of all the heavier Cause you and I will be like a couple of cosmonauts Except with way more gravity than when we started off Oh, you and I will be like a couple of cosmonauts Except with way more gravity than when we started off Started, started off, started off Started off, started off, started off, baby Started off, started off, started off, now Started off, started off, started off, baby Started off, started off, started, started Started, started You and I will be like a couple of cosmonauts Except with way more gravity than when we started off Oh, you and I will be like a couple of cosmonauts Except with way more gravity than when we started off Started, started off, started off Started off, started off, started off, baby Started off, started off, started off, now Started off, started off, started off, baby Started off, started off, started, started Started, started Started off, started off, started off, baby Started off, started off, started off, now Started off, started off, started off, baby Started off, started off, started, started Started, started And I will be like a couple of cosmonauts Except with way more gravity than when we started off Oh, you and I will be like a couple of cosmonauts Except with way more gravity than when we started off For Her Look at how feathered his cocks are! See how seamless his frocks are Look at his paper-beating over that rockstar Look at how long she walks and how far Was she lost or Maybe she was not for travelling in the stock car, anymore Maybe she spent her formative years Dealing with his contentious fears And endless jeers and her endless tears And maybe she's got tired of watching him Sniff white off a starlet's breast Treating his wife like less than a guest Getting his girl to clean up his mess Never showing weakness unless it's award season It's the season of the ward And she's trying to cut the cord She's tired of planting her knees on the cold, hard floor of facts Trying to act like the other girl acts And you strike me a been exact But you know that you never really go to the mat You tie everything all pretty in the second act When you know that it didn't go exactly like that! You arrive and drive by, like a sauced up bat Like you know you should know but you don't know where it's at Like you know you should know but you don't know where it's at Like you know you should know but you don't know where it's at You arrive and drive by, like a sauced up bat Like you know you should know but you don't know where it's at! You arrive and drive by, like a sauced up bat Like you know you should know but you don't know where it's at! Like you know, you should know, but you don't know what you did Like you know, you should know what happened when I came to bed Like you know, you should know, but you don't know Like you know, you should know, but you don't know Like you know, you should know, but you don't know what you did Well, good morning! Good morning! You raped me in the same bed your daughter was born in Good morning! Good morning! Good morning! Good morning! (Like you know, you should know, but you don't know Like you know, you should know, but you don't know Like you know, you should know, but you don't know) You were so high You were so high You were so high Drumset The drumset is gone And the rug it was on Is still here screaming at me Why did you take it all away Why did you take it all away And the dialing of the phone Is no longer wrong Since you've been done with me And you don't want to talk with me at all Why did you take it all away I did nothing wrong I don't believe it, I don't believe it I don't believe your reasoning Now I understand, you're a human And you got to lie, you're a man And you got to get what you want How you want it, cause so do I And I wanted to try Why did you not want to try Why did you take it all away Why did you not want to try Why did you take it all away Why did you not want to try Why did you take it all away Why did you not want to try Why did you take it all away Why did you take it all away? (You took it all away) Why did you take it all away? (You took it all away, took it) Why did you take it all away? (You took it all away) Why did you take it all away? (You took it all away) The drumset is gone And the rug it was on Is still here screaming at me (You took it all away, took it) Why did you take it all away? Why did you take it all away? (You took it all away, took it) And the dialing of the phone (You took it all away, took it) Is no longer wrong (You took it all away, took it) Since you've been done with me And you don't want to talk with me at all Why did you take it all away? I did nothing wrong I don't believe it, I don't believe it I don't believe your reasoning Now I understand, you're a human And you got to lie, you're a man And you got to get what you want How you want it, cause so do I And I wanted to try Why did you not want to try Why did you take it all away Why did you not want to try Why did you take it all away Why did you not want to try Why did you take it all away Why did you not want to try Why did you take it all away And On I Go On I go, not toward or away Up until now it was day, next day Up until now in a rush to prove But now I only move to move On I go, not toward or away Up until now it was day, next day Up until now in a rush to prove But now I only move to move On I go, not toward or away Up until now it was day, next day Up until now in a rush to prove But now I only move to move On I go, not toward or away Up until now it was day, next day Up until now in a rush to prove But now I only move to move On I go, not toward or away Up until now it was day, next day Up until now in a rush to prove But now I only move to move On I go, not toward or away Up until now it was day, next day Up until now in a rush to prove But now I only move to move On I go, not toward or away Up until now it was day, next day Up until now in a rush to prove But now I only move to move On I go, not toward or away Up until now it was day, next day Up until now in a rush to prove But now I only move to move On I go, not toward or away Up until now it was day, next day Up until now in a- Ah, fuck, shit Oh! In the long run If I get there in In the long run (It could be alright) It could be alright (If I get there in time) In the long run If I get there in (If I get there in time) It could be alright (If I get there in time) Be alright (If I get there in time) In the long run In the long run In the long run On I go, not toward or away Up until now it was day, next day Up until now in a rush to prove But now I only move to move On I go, not toward or away Up until now it was day, next day Up until now in a rush to prove But now I only move to move On I go, not toward or away Up until now it was day, next day Up until now in a rush to prove But now I only move to move On I go, not toward or away Up until now it was day, next day Up until now in a rush to prove But now I only move to move On I go, not toward or away Up until now it was day, next day Up until now in a rush to prove But now I only move to move
Non Albums Tracks
7 O’Clock News / Silent Night (Phoebe Bridgers Featuring Matt Berninger & Fiona Apple) Silent night, holy night! All is calm, all is bright Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child Holy Infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace Silent night, holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight Glories stream from heaven afar Heavenly hosts sing 'Alleluia! Christ the Savior is born Christ the Savior is born Silent night, holy night! Son of God, love's pure light Radiant beams from Thy holy face With the dawn of redeeming grace Jesus Lord, at Thy birth Jesus Lord, at Thy birth
Across The Universe ( The Beatles - Pleasantville OST ) Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup They slither while they pass, they slip away across the universe Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my open mind Possessing and caressing me Jai guru de va om Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes That call me on and on across the universe Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe Jai guru de va om Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Sounds of laughter shades of earth are ringing Through my open views inciting and inviting me Limitless undying love which shines around me Like a million suns, it calls me on and on across the universe Jai guru de va om Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Jai guru de va om, Jai guru de va om Jai guru de va om, Jai guru de va om Jai guru de va om Jai guru de va om Jai guru de va om
After you've gone
( Creamer / Live The Wiltern Theater, LA, Katrina Benefit - 22-09-2005 )
Now won't you listen honey while I say, How could you tell me that you're goin' away Don't say that we must part Don't break my aching heart You know I've loved you truly many years I loved you night and day Oh don't you look at me honey, can't you see my tears? Now listen while I say After you've gone, and left me crying After you've gone, there's no denying You'll feel blue, you'll feel sad You'll miss the bestest pal you've ever had There'll come a time, now don't forget it There'll come a time, when you'll regret it Some day, when you grow lonely You heart will break like mine and you'll want me only After you've gone, after you've gone away After you've gone, after we break up After you've gone, you are gonna wake up And you will find that you were blind To let somebody come and change your mind After the years that we've been together Their joy and tears and all kinds of weather Someday, blue and downhearted You'll long to be with me right back where you started After you've gone, after you've gone away Oh babe, think what you're doing You know my love for you will drive me to ruin After you've gone, after you've gone away
All Alone ( Irving Berlin Cover / Live at Largo 2007 ) Just like a melody that lingers on You seem to haunt me night and day I never realized till you had gone How much I cared about you I can't live without you All alone I'm so all alone There is no one else but you All alone By the telephone Waiting for a ring A ting-a-ling I'm all alone every evening All alone feeling blue Wondering where you are And how you are And if you are All alone too All alone I'm so all alone There is no one else but you All alone By the telephone Waiting for a ring A ting-a-ling I'm all alone every evening All alone feeling blue Wondering where you are And how you are And if you are All alone too
All In Good Time (Iron & Wine Feat. Fiona Apple) All in good time, I gave it my best I was alone till I found myself Grew up to be a man more or less All in good time All in good time, I drifted away I ran my mouth till I'd nothing to say You broke my heart then I was okay All in good time All in good time, I trusted my eyes Treated my losses like clouds in the sky Finally picked on someone my size All in good time All in good time, I followed my nose Learned where to bleed when a night comes to blows Tried on your love then I folded those clothes All in good time Throw your bread to falling birds Buried friends and wasted words Something wants to eat us all alive All in good time, my angel came back Made us some money, but that didn't last We wouldn't cry, but we couldn't laugh All in good time All in good time, we fell like a star We closed our eyes and we opened our arms Ran off the road in our own stolen car All in good time All in good time and that's what it was Mistook that cash in the mattress for love Dropped all our weapons and shrank from the blood All in good time All in good time, we'd nothing to prove We took the bait till we lost a tooth No one believed it, but we told the truth All in good time All in good time, our plan went to shit I told my future by reading your lips You wore my ring until it didn't fit All in good time All in good time, we suffered enough We met our muscle when push came to shove Swept all that broken glass under the rug All in good time Dancing till we both collapse Wishing we could hide our tracks Something wants to eat us all alive All in good time, we'll remember when Say our goodbyes and our hellos again Huff and we'll puff until they let us in All in good time All in good time, we'll land on our feet Your mother will sigh and my soldier will sleep We'll swim the ocean, fishes set free All in good time We'll swim the ocean All in good time Angel ( Jimi Hendrix ) Angel come on down from heaven yesterday Stayed with me just long enough to rescue me And she told me a story yesterday About the love between the moon And the deep blue sea Then she spread her wings high above me And she said she gonna come back tomorrow And I said Fly on by, sweet angel Fly on through the sky Fly on, my sweet angel Tomorrow I will be right by your side Sure enough, this woman came home to me Silver wings, silhouette against a child's own prize Oh, angel, she said unto me Today is the day for you to rise Take my hand, take my hand You're gonna rise And then, she took me high over yonder And I said Fly on by, sweet angel Fly on through the sky Fly on, my sweet angel Forever I will be right by your side Ooh, ooh, ooh, hoo, ooh I, uh-huh, I, uh-huh Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh I, I, uh, uh, uh, uh Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
Angel Eyes ( Ella Fitzgerald Cover / Live at Largo ) Try to think that love's not around But it's uncomfortably near My old heart ain't gaining no ground Because my angel eyes ain't here Angel eyes, that old devil sent They glow unbearably bright Need I say that my love's mispent Mispent with angel eyes tonight So drink up all you people Order anything you see Have fun you happy people The laughs and the jokes are on me Pardon me but I got to run The fact's uncommonly clear Got to find who's now number one And why my angel eyes ain't here Oh, where is my angel eyes Excuse me while I disappear Angel eyes, angel eyes
Blue Skies ( Irvin Berlin Cover / Live at Largo 2007 ) Blue skies smilin' at me Nothin' but blue skies do I see Bluebirds singin' a song Nothin' but bluebirds all day long Never saw the sun shinin' so bright Never saw things goin' so right Noticing the days hurrying by When you're in love, my how they fly Blue days, all of them gone Nothin' but blue skies from now on Never saw things goin' so right Noticing the days hurrying by When you're in love, my how they fly Blue days, all of them gone Nothin' but blue skies from now on Nothin' but blue skies from now on
Bridge Over Troubled Water
( With Johnny Cash - Simon & Garfunkel Cover ) When you're weary, feeling small, When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all I'm on your side. When times get rough And friends just can't be found, Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down When you're down and out When you're on the street When evening falls so hard I will comfort you I'll take your part When darkness comes And pains is all around Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down Sail on silvergirl Sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine If you need a friend I'm sailing right behind Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind
Crazy ( Patsy Cline Cover / Live Largo 2007 ) Crazy, I'm crazy for feeling so lonely I'm crazy, crazy for feeling so blue I knew I'd love me as long as I wanted And then someday you'd leave me for somebody new Worry, why do I let myself worry Wondering what in the world did I do Crazy for thinking that my love could hold you I'm crazy for trying and crazy for crying And I'm crazy for loving you Worry, why do I let myself worry Wondering what in the world did I do I'm crazy for thinking that my love could hold you I'm crazy for trying and crazy for crying And I'm crazy for loving you
Desolation Row (Bob Dylan / Live with the Watkins Family Hour house band) They're selling postcards of the hanging They're painting the passports brown The beauty parlor is filled with sailors The circus is in town Here comes the blind commissioner They've got him in a trance One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker The other is in his pants And the riot squad they're restless They need somewhere to go As Lady and I look out tonight From desolation row Cinderella, she seems so easy "It takes one to know one," she smiles And puts her hands in her back pockets Bette Davis style And in comes Romeo, he's moaning, "You belong to Me I Believe." And someone says, "You're in the wrong place, my friend You'd better leave." And the only sound that's left After the ambulances go Is Cinderella sweeping up On desolation row Now the moon is almost hidden The stars are beginning to hide The fortune-telling lady Has even taken all her things inside All except for Cain and Abel And the hunchback of Notre Dame Everybody is making love Or else expecting rain And the Good Samaritan, he's dressing He's getting ready for the show He's going to the carnival tonight On desolation row Ophelia, she's 'neath the window For her I feel so afraid On her twenty-second birthday She already is an old maid To her, death is quite romantic She wears an iron vest Her profession's her religion Her sin is her lifelessness And though her eyes are fixed upon Noah's great rainbow She spends her time peeking Into desolation row Einstein, disguised as Robin Hood With his memories in a trunk Passed this way an hour ago With his friend, a jealous monk Now, he looked so immaculately frightful As he bummed a cigarette Then he went off sniffing drainpipes And reciting the alphabet You would not think to look at him But he was famous long ago For playing the electric violin On desolation row Dr. Filth, he keeps his world Inside of a leather cup But all his sexless patients They are trying to blow it up Now his nurse, some local loser She's in charge of the cyanide hole And she also keeps the cards that read "Have Mercy on His Soul" They all play on the penny whistle You can hear them blow If you lean your head out far enough From desolation row Across the street they've nailed the curtains They're getting ready for the feast The Phantom of the Opera In a perfect image of a priest They are spoon-feeding Casanova To get him to feel more assured Then they'll kill him with self-confidence After poisoning him with words And the Phantom's shouting to skinny girls "Get outta here if you don't know" Casanova is just being punished for going To desolation row At midnight all the agents And the superhuman crew Come out and round up everyone That knows more than they do Then they bring them to the factory Where the heart-attack machine Is strapped across their shoulders And then the kerosene Is brought down from the castles By insurance men who go Check to see that nobody is escaping To desolation row Praise be to Nero's Neptune The Titanic sails at dawn Everybody's shouting "Which side are you on?" And Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot Fighting in the captain's tower While calypso singers laugh at them And fishermen hold flowers Between the windows of the sea Where lovely mermaids flow And nobody has to think too much About desolation row Yes, I received your letter yesterday About the time the door knob broke When you asked me how I was doing Or was that some kind of joke? All these people that you mention Yes, I know them, they're quite lame I had to rearrange their faces And give them all another name Right now I can't read too good Don't send me no more letters no Not unless you mail them From desolation row
Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Lyrics by Bob Russel, Music by Duke Ellington / Live at Largo 2007) Missed the Saturday dance Heard they crowded the floor Couldn't bear it without you Don't get around much anymore Thought I'd visit the club Got as far as the door They'd have asked me about you Don't get around much anymore Oh, Darling I guess my mind's more at ease But nevertheless, why stir up memories Been invited on dates Might have gone but what for Awfully different without you Don't get around much anymore
Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra / Feat. Fiona Apple) Don't worry 'bout me I'll get along Forget about me Just be happy my love Let's say that our little show is over And so the story ends Why not call it a day the sensible way And still be friends Look out for yourself That should be the rule Give your heart and your love To whomever you love Darlin' don't be a fool Darlin' why should you cling to some old faded thing That used to be So if you can forget Then don't worry 'bout me Why should we cling to some old faded thing That used to be So if you can forget Then you don't worry 'bout me
Dull Tool ( “This Is 40" Soundtrack ) Come on out, come on out, Where'd you go, where'd you go I don't mean to play here Figure out, figure out What you know, what you know Figure out how to say it clear Cause you're more likely to get cut With a dull tool Than a sharp one You, you stuck around You stuck around You stuck around Until you got me Then, then you dropped me You, you don't kiss when you kiss You don't fuck when you fuck You don't say what you mean You don't talk loud enough No pulse in your impulse Celebration's impossible You forgot the difference Between equanimity and passivity You forgot you have to try You have to try, you have to try You forgot that glorious feeling That you get when you get the truth So tell that girl you don't love her And if you do, tell her two times 'Cause you're more likely to get cut With a dull tool Than a sharp one You, you don't kiss when you kiss You don't fuck when you fuck You don't say what you mean You don't talk loud enough No pulse in your impulse Celebration's impossible When you don't kiss when you kiss You don't fuck when you fuck You don't say what you mean You don't talk loud enough No pulse in your impulse Celebration's impossible You don't kiss when you kiss You don't fuck when you fuck You don't say what you mean You don't talk loud enough No pulse in your impulse Celebration's impossible when You don't kiss when you kiss You don't fuck when you fuck You don't say what you mean You don't talk loud enough No pulse in your impulse Celebration's impossible Celebration's impossible Celebration's impossible Celebration's impossible
Everyday ( Duet with Jon Brion / Rave On Buddy Holly LP ) Everyday, it's a gettin' closer Goin' faster than a roller coaster Love like yours will surely come my way Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Everyday, it's a gettin' faster Everyone says go ahead and ask her Love like yours will surely come my way Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Everyday seems a little longer Every way, love's a little stronger Come what may, do you ever long for True love from me Everyday, it's a gettin' closer Goin' faster than a roller coaster Love like yours will surely come my way Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Everyday seems a little longer Every way, love's a little stronger Come what may, do you ever long for True love from me Everyday, it's a gettin' closer Goin' faster than a roller coaster Love like yours will surely come my way Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Love like yours will surely come my way
Father and son
( With Johnny Cash - Unearthed LP CD3 - Cat Steven Cover )
Johnny Cash : It's not time to make a change Just relax and take it easy You're still young, that's your fault There's so much you have to know Find a girl, settle down If you want well you can marry Look at me, I am old but I'm happy I was once like you are now And I know that it's not easy To be calm when you've found Something going on But take your time, take a look Think of everything you've got You will still be here tomorrow But your dreams may not Fiona Apple & Johnny Cash : How can I try to explain When I do he turns away again And it's always been the same The same old story From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen Now there's a way and I know That I have to go away I know I have to go Johnny Cash : It's not time to make a change Just sit down and take it slowly You're still young, that's your fault There's so much you have to go through Find a girl settle down If you want, you can marry Look at me, I am old but I'm happy Fiona Apple & Johnny Cash : All the times that I cried Keeping all the things I knew inside It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it If they were right, I'd agree But it's them they know not me Now there's a way and I know That I have to go away I know I have to go
*** Thanx a lot to Chogu for these lyrics ***
Frosty the Snowman Frosty the Snowman Was a jolly happy soul With a corn-cob pipe and a button nose And two eyes made out of coal Frosty the Snowman Is a fairy tale they say He was made of snow But the children know How he came to life one day There must have been some magic In that old silk hat they found For when they placed it on his head He began to dance around Frosty the Snowman Was alive as he could be And the children say He could laugh and play Just the same as you and me Frosty the Snowman Knew the sun was hot that day So he said, "Let's run And we'll have some fun Now before I melt away" Down to the village With a broomstick in his hand Running here and there All around the square Saying, "Catch me if you can" He led them down The streets of town Right to the traffic cop And he only paused a moment When he heard them holler, "Stop!" Frosty the Snowman Had to hurry on his way But he waved goodbye Saying, "Don't you cry I'll be back again some day
Here We Have Idaho (Official state song of Idaho, USA / NPR's This American Life podcast) You've heard of the wonders our land does possess Its beautiful valleys and hills The majestic forests where nature abounds We love every nook and rill And here we have Idaho Winning her way to fame Silver and gold in the sunlight blaze And romance lies in her name Singing, we're singing of you Ah proudly too, all our lives thru We'll go singing, singing of you Singing of Idaho There's truly one state in this great land of ours Where ideals can be realized The pioneers made it so for you and me A legacy we'll always prize And here we have Idaho Winning her way to fame Silver and gold in the sunlight blaze And romance lies in her name Singing, we're singing of you Ah proudly too, all our lives thru We'll go singing, singing of you Singing of Idaho
I Can't Wait To Meet You (Solangie Jimenez & Thomas Cabaniss / Hopes & Dreams: The Lullaby Project LP) Gabriela, mommy love you I cannot wait to meet you I'm so happy to have you in my life I can't wait to meet you for the first time I don't know what I'll do that day I'll cry and I'll laugh and I'll kiss you I will have you, you will have me The world will be different and new The world will be different and new I hope you can do more things than I have I hope you can follow your dreams I will have you, you will have me The world will be different and new The world will be different and new
I'll be Home for Christmas / Let Me Call You Sweetheart / Love Me Tender
( Live at Christmas Spectacular, Largo, LA, 2002) [ with Grant-Lee Phillips & Jon Brion ] I'll be home for Christmas You can count on me Please have snow and mistletoe And presents on the tree New Year's eve will find you Where the love light gleams I'll be home for Christmas If only in my dreams Uuuh...New Year's eve will find you Where the love light gleams I'll be home for Christmas If only in my dreams Let me call you sweetheart I'm in love with you Let me hear you tell me that you love me too Keep the lovelight shinning In your eyes so blue Let me call you sweetheart I'm in love with you Love me tender Love me true All my dreams fulfill Oh, my darling I love you And I always will Love me tender Love me true All my dream fulfill For my darlin' I love you And I always will For my darlin' I love you And I always will
I'm In The Middle Of A Riddle (Anton Karas / Maude Maggart feat. Fiona Apple) Are you true, I wish I knew I'm in the middle of a riddle 'Cause I'm so in love with you Can't you see I'm up a tree Right in the middle of a riddle 'Cause you won't belong to me Though I show I love you so I've got a feeling you're concealing Something that I ought to know If you love me, say that you do I'm in the middle of a riddle over you Though I show I love you so I've got a feeling you're concealing Something that I ought to know If you love me, say that you do I'm in the middle of a riddle over you I'm in the middle of a riddle 'Cause I'm so in love with you Right in the middle of a riddle 'Cause you won't belong to me Though I show I love you so I've got a feeling you're concealing Something that I ought to know If you love me, say that you do I'm in the middle of a riddle over you
I Want You ( Elvis Costello Cover ) Oh my baby baby I love you more than I can tell I don't think I can live without you And I know that I never will Oh my baby baby I want you so it scares me to death I can't say anymore than "I love you" Everything else is a waste of breath I want you You've had your fun you don't get well no more I want you Your fingernails go dragging down the wall Be careful darling you might fall I want you I woke up and one of us was crying I want you You said "Young girl I do believe you're dying" I want you If you need a second opinion as you seem to do these days I want you You can look in my eyes and you can count the ways I want you Did you mean to tell me but seem to forget I want you Since when were you so generously inarticulate I want you It's the stupid details that my heart is breaking for It's the way your shoulders shake and what they're shaking for I want you It's knowing that she knows you now after only guessing I want you It's the thought of her undressing you or you undressing I want you She tossed some tattered compliment your way I want you And you were fool enough to love it when she said "I want you" I want you The truth can't hurt you it's just like the dark It scares you witless But in time you see things clear and stark I want you Go on and hurt me then we'll let it drop I want you I'm afraid I won't know where to stop I want you I'm not ashamed to say I cried for you I want you I want to know the things you did that we do too I want you I want to hear she pleases you more than I do I want you I might as well be useless for all it means to you I want you Did you call her name out as she held you down I want you Oh no my darling not with that clown I want you, oh you I want you You've had your fun you don't get well no more I want you No-one who wants you could want you more I want you I want you I want you I want you Every night when I go off to bed And when I wake up I want you I'm going to say it once again 'til I instill it I know I'm gonna feel this way until you kill it I want you I want you
I Walk A Little Faster ( The Best Is Yet To Come The Songs Of Cy Coleman ) Pretending that we'll meet Each time i turn a corner I walk a little faster Pretending life is sweet 'Cause love's around the corner I walk a little faster Can't begin to see my future shine as yet No sign as yet you're mine as yet Rushing to a face I can't define as yet Keep bumping into walls and taking lots of falls And even though I meet 'Round each and every corner With nothing but disaster I set my chin a little higher I hope a little longer Build a little stronger castle in the air And thinking you'll be there I walk a little faster Can't begin to see my future shine as yet No sign as yet you're mine as yet Rushing to a face I can't define as yet Keep bumping into walls and taking lots of falls And even though I meet 'Round each and every corner With nothing but disaster I set my chin a little higher And I hope a little longer I build a little stronger castle in the air And thinking you'll be there I walk a little faster
It's Only Make Believe ( Conway Twitty cover / Live 2012 ) My one and only prayer Is that some day you'll care My hopes, my dreams come true My one and only you No will ever know How much I love you so My only prayer will be That some day you'll care for me But it's only make believe My hope if my dreams come true I will give my life for you My hearts a wedding ring You are my everything My only prayer will be That some day you'll care for me My hopes, my dreams come true If you will say you love me too But it's only make believe Yes, my love my only prayer Is one day that you will care My hope, my dream come true My one and only you No one will ever know Just how much I really really love you so My only prayer will be That some day you'll care for me But it's only make believe
Just one of those things
( Cole Porter / Live cover 2000 )
It was just one of those things Just one of those crazy flings One of those bells that now and then rings Just one of those things It was just one of those nights Just one of those fabulous flights A trip to the moon on gossamer wings Just one of those things If we'd thought a bit, of the end of it When we started painting the town We'd have been aware that our love affair Was too hot, not to cool down So good-bye, my dear, and amen Here's hoping we meet now and then It was great fun But it was just one of those things If we'd thought a bit, of the end of it When we started painting the town We'd have been aware that our love affair Was too hot, not to cool down So good-bye, my dear, and amen Here's hoping we meet now and then It was great fun But it was just one of those things Just one of those things
Kissing my love
( Bill Withers ) When I'm kissing my love I can hear a thump thumping in my head Mmm when I'm kissing my love I close my eyes and see A pretty city With a million flowerbeds Ah I can hear the angels sing Songs that only angels sing He's such a pretty thing That I can feel my heart Just a thumping and a skipping When I'm kissing my love Mmm ah when I'm kissing my love I feel the blood pumping in my veins Mmm when I'm kissing my love He's such a tender sender With a sweet young frame Oh he's so good at what he does All I wanna do is kiss and hug He's got me in love And I can feel my heart Just a thumping and a skipping When I'm kissing my love When I'm kissing my love When he's kissing me When I'm kissing my love When he's kissing me When he's kissing me When I'm kissing my love When he's kissing me When I'm kissing my love When I'm kissing my love When he's kissing me When I'm kissing my love When he's kissing me When he's kissing me When I'm kissing my love When he's kissing me When I'm kissing my love When he's kissing me When I'm kissing my love When he's kissing me When I'm kissing my love Ah when I'm kissing my love I feel the blood pumping in my veins Oh when I'm kissing my love He's such a tender sender With a sweet young frame Oh now he's so good at what he does All I wanna do is kiss and hug He's got me in love And I can feel my heart Just a thumping and a skipping When I'm kissing my love When I'm kissing my love When he's kissing me (repeat chorus)
Largo ( The Idler Wheel Bonus Track )
I was recently rid of a man again So I caught me a cab to see Flanagan I told the cabbie 'To the alley in back' I told myself coming would keep me intact Flanny shouts from the second floor As I crossed the lot to the kitchen door I see Guillermo and give him some lip And I cross to the bar, Ellen pours me a nip And I look to the stage it's the rock of rage, as Jon is on And how could I listen without wanting to be with them And how could I have thought that I was ever alone I feel like singing and drinking and stuff And I don't wanna care if I stumble or cry Handle me like family and that'll be enough To keep me from dying when I want to die When over the rainbow's too far Go to Largo to Largo to Largo When over the rainbow's too far Go to Largo to Largo to Largo I'm hopping scotches with Loretta and Bob, But, but barely containing my rapturous song Jon's calling names here like Santa's reindeer On Palmer on Leisz on Sarah on Sean I love watching the Watkins when there rocking with Garza I want to be part of the band though And when Mr. Tench is on the bench I want to be the piano I feel like singing and drinking and stuff And I don't wanna care if I stumble or cry Handle me like family and that'll be enough To keep me from dying when I want to die When over the rainbow's too far Go to Largo to Largo to Largo When over the rainbow's too far Go to Largo to Largo to Largo
Left Handed Kisses (Andrew Bird Featuring Fiona Apple - Are you Serious LP) I don't believe everything happens for a reason To us romantics out here, that amounts to high treason I don't go in for your star-crossed lovers In the heart of a skeptic There's a question that still hovers near For it begs the question How did I ever find you Now you got me writing love songs With a common refrain like this one here, baby Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin And all your left handed kisses Were just prelude to another Prelude to your backhanded love song, baby But it begs a question How did I ever find you Drifting gently through the gyre Of the great Sargasso sea, Atlantic Ocean Got me writing love songs With a common refrain like this one here The point your song here misses Is that if you really loved me You'd risk more than a few 50 cent Words in your backhanded love song For it begs the question How did I ever find you Drifting gently through the gyre Of the great Sargasso sea, Atlantic Ocean The point your song here misses You got me writing love songs Is that you really love me With a common refrain like this one here, baby Is prelude to another of your backhanded love songs Now it's time for a handsome little bookend Now it's time to tie up all the loose ends Am I still a skeptic or did you make me a believer If you hesitate, you'll hear the click of the receiver
Let Me Roll It (Paul McCartney cover / Fiona Apple & The Roots / Live at Late Night with Jimmy Fallon) You gave me something I understand You gave me loving in the palm of my hand I can't tell you how I feel My heart is like a wheel Let me roll it, let me roll it to you Let me roll it, let me roll it to you I want to tell you and now's the time I need to tell you that you're going to be mine, oh mine Oh I can't tell you how I feel My heart is like a wheel Let me roll it, let me roll it to you Let me roll it, let me roll it to you Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin I can't tell you how I feel My heart is like a wheel Let me roll it, let me roll it to you Let me roll it, let me roll it to you You gave me something I understand You gave me loving in the palm of my hand I can't tell you how I feel My heart is like a wheel Let me roll it, let me roll it to you Let me roll it, let me roll it to you
Love More (Sharon Van Etten cover / Epic Ten LP) Chained to the wall of our room Yeah, you chained me like a dog in our I thought that's how it was I thought that we were fine Then the day was night You were high, you were high While I was doomed And dying for With no life With no light Tied to my bed I was younger then I had nothing to spend But time on you But it made me love It made me love It made me love more It made me love It made me love It made me love more It made me love more Do what you said The words she said "left out" Over into the sky where I'll soon fly And she took the time To believe in, to believe in What she said Love She made me love She made me love She made me love more She made me love She made me love She made me love more She made me love She made me love She made me love more
Love Ridden Love ridden I've looked at you With the focus I gave to my birthday candles I've wished on the lidded blue flames Under your brow And baby I wished for you Nobody sees when you are lying in your bed And I wanna crawl in with you But I cry instead I want your warm But it will only make me colder when it's over So I can't tonight, baby No, not "baby" anymore, if I need you I'll just use your simple name Only kisses on the cheek from now on And in a little while, we'll only have to wave My hand won't hold you down no more The path is clear to follow through I stood too long in the way of the door And now I'm giving up on you No, not "baby" anymore, if I need you I'll just use your simple name Only kisses on the cheek from now on And in a little while, we'll only have to wave No, not "baby" anymore, if I need you I'll just use your simple name Only kisses on the cheek from now on And in a little while, we'll only have to wave
Money Changes Everything (The Brains / We Rock With Standing Rock Benefit 2016) He said I'm sorry baby I'm leaving you tonight I found someone new she's waitin' in the car outside Ah honey how could you do it We swore each other everlasting love He said well yeah I know but when we did There was just one thing we weren't thinking of And that's money Money changes everything Money Money changes everything We think we know what we're doing That don't mean a thing It's all in the past now Money changes everything They shake your hand and they smile And they buy you a drink They say we'll be your friends We'll stick with you till the end Oh but everybody's only looking out for themselves And you say well who can you trust I'll tell you it's just Nobody else's money Money changes everything Money Money changes everything We think we know what we're doing But we don't pull the strings It's all in the past now Money changes everything Money changes everything Oh, money changes everything
Oh, Sister (Bob Dylan / Live with Andrew Bird Ace Hotel Theater May 15, 2016) Oh, sister, when I come to lie in your arms You should not treat me like a stranger Our Father would not like the way that you act And you must realize the danger Oh, sister, am I not a brother to you And one deserving of affection And is our purpose not the same on this earth To love and follow his direction We grew up together From the cradle to the grave We died and were reborn And then mysteriously saved Oh, sister Oh, sister When I come to knock on your door Don't turn away, you'll create sorrow Time is an ocean but it ends at the shore You may not see me tomorrow
On A Slow Boat To China ( Frank Loesser / Live Largo 2007 ) I'd love to get you On a slow boat to China All to myself alone Get you to keep you in my arms evermore Leave all your lovers Weeping on the faraway shore Out on the briny With the moon big and shinny Melting your heart of stone I'd love to get you On a slow boat to China All to myself alone
Pig Trouble little Tina (Bob’s Burgers Halloween Episode OST) There's an oink, oink in the night And it gives you such a fright He's got a tail that's curly And he's coming for you, girly You got pig trouble Pig trouble, little Tina And you can try your best to shout When you're smooching on that snout But you kissed a fetal pig And now you two are boyfriend-girlfriend You got pig trouble Pig trouble, little Tina
Please come home for Christmas Bells will be ringing the sad, sad news Oh what a Christmas to have the blues My baby's gone I have no friends To wish me greetings once again Choirs will be singing Silent Night Christmas carols by candlelight Please come home for Christmas Please come home for Christmas If not for Christmas by New Year's night Friends and relations send salutations Just as sure as the stars shine above This is Christmas, yes christmas my dear The time of year to be with the one that you love So won't you tell me, you'll never more roam Tell me christmas and New Year Will find you at home There'll be no more sorrow No grief or no pain I'll be happy, I'll be happy that it's Christmas once again There'll be no more sorrow No grief or no pain I'll be happy, I'll be happy once again
*** Thanx a lot to him who corrected a mistake ***
Please Send Me Someone To Love ( Percy Mayfield - Pleasantville OST ) Heaven please send to all mankind Understanding and peace and mind But if it's not asking too much Please send me someone to love Someone to love Show the world how to get along And peace we'll enter when hate is gone But if it is not asking too much Please send me someone to love Please send me someone to love And I wake up and ponder the world's trouble And my answer is always the same Now let's put an end to this damn all of sin Hate will put the world in a flame, what a shame Just because I am in misery I don't beg for no sympathy But if it is not asking too much Please send me someone to love Please send me someone to love Just because I am in misery And I don't beg for no sympathy But if it is not asking too much Please send me someone to love Please send me someone to love Heaven please send to all mankind Understanding and peace of mind But if it is not asking too much Please send me someone to love
Poem ( Recited before performing Sleep To Dream ) "When the pawn hits the conflicts he thinks like a king What he knows throws the blows when he goes to the fight And he'll win the whole thing before he enters the ring There's nobody to batter when your mind is your might So when you go solo you hold your own hand And remember that depth is the greatest of heights And if you know where you stand then you know where to land And if you fall it won't matter 'cuz you know that you're right"
Pure Imagination (Gene Wilder) Come with me and you'll be In a world of pure imagination Take a look and you'll see into your imagination We'll begin with a spin Traveling in the world of my creation What we'll see will defy explanation If you want to view paradise Simply look around and view it Anything you want to, do it Want to change the world There's nothing to it There is no life I know To compare with pure imagination Living there, you'll be free If you truly wish to be If you want to view paradise Simply look around and view it Anything you want to, do it Want to change the world There's nothing to it
River Stay Away From My Door
( Live at Christmas Spectacular on Largo, 2002 ) You keep going your way I'll keep going my way River stay away from my door I just got a cabin You don't need my cabin River stay away from my door Don't come up any higher I'm so all alone Leave my bed and my fire That's all I own I ain't breaking your heart Don't go breaking my heart River stay away from my door Oh lord ain't been faithful And worked damn hard in the sweat and sun Oh lord didn't i pray for you and thanked you for all you've done Oh lord you made the river But won't you try to remember that you made me too Oh lord hear me pray to you and Make the river hear my plea I'll keep breaking your heart Don't go breaking my heart Oh river stay away from my door River stay away from my door
*** Thanx a lot to Chogu & JuniperFlower for these lyrics *** Sally's Song ( The Nightmare Before Christmas OST Special edition ) I sense there's something in the wind That seems like tragedy's at hand And though I'd like to stand by him Can't shake this feeling that I have The worst is just around the bend And does he notice, my feelings for him And will he see, how much he means to me I think it's not to be. What will become of my dear friend Where will his actions lead us then Although I'd like to join the crowd In their enthusiastic cloud Try as I may it doesn't last And will we ever, end up together No i think not, it's never to become For I am not the one And will we ever end up together No I think not, it's never to become For I am not the one
*** Thanx a lot to Kim fort his one ***
Shabby Doll ( Elvis Costello / Live duet with E.C ) Giving you more of what for Always worked for me before Now I'm a shabby doll What's going on behind the green elevator door With just a shabby doll There's a hit man facing A compromising situation With just a shabby doll And a very neat line in character assassination She's just a shabby doll She's just a shabby doll She's putting him off and putting you on She's just a shabby doll She's just a shabby doll You're swearing upon you know in your heart She's gone you know in your heart She's just a shabby doll There's a girl in this dress There's always a girl in distress She's just a shabby doll She's so sure she's self-possessed Then again she's half undressed She's just a shabby doll The boy that I used to be Showed no sign of sympathy For just a shabby doll I have betrayed you and me And paid for my own bribery With just a shabby doll She's just a shabby doll She's putting him off and putting you on She's just a shabby doll She's just a shabby doll You're swearing upon you know in your heart She's gone you know in your heart She's just a shabby doll He's the tired toy that everyone enjoyed He wants to be a fancy man but he's nothing but a nancy boy He's all pride and no joy And being what you might call a whore Always worked for me before Now I'm a shabby doll Untie the gag the cat's out of the bag But won't show his claws He's just a shabby doll She said you must be joking Some things are left unspoken You're just a shabby doll He's lying limp and soaking He was openly broken By just a shabby doll She's just a shabby doll She's putting him off and putting you on She's just a shabby doll She's just a shabby doll You're swearing upon you know in your heart She's gone you know in your heart She's just a shabby doll She's just a shabby doll She's just a shabby doll
Sitting in limbo ( Jimmy Cliff ) Sitting here in limbo And I know it won't be long Sitting here in limbo Like a bird ain't got a song They keep putting up resistance But I know that my faith will lead me on Sitting here in limbo Waiting for the dice to roll Sitting here in limbo Got some time to search my soul They keep putting up resistance But I know that my faith will lead me on I don't know where I'm going But I know where I've been I don't know what life will show me But I know what I've seen Tried my hand at love and friendship But all that is passed and gone This little girl is moving on Sitting here in limbo Waiting for the dice to roll Sitting here in limbo Knowing that I have to go But I know they'll keep putting up resistance But I know that my faith will lead me on I don't know where I'm going But I know where I've been I don't know what life will show me But I know what I've seen Tried my hand at love and friendship But all that is passed and gone This little girl is moving on Sitting Sitting Sitting in Sitting in limbo Limbo
*** Thanx a lot to Reagan for this one ***
Still I ( Duet with Christophe Deluy ) Still I Still I believe in you And still I trust you Into your eyes I can see What can be seen through If I still If I still love you But so tell me you can And whatever I do I'll be here I'll be there All over around you "Puisqu'on a mieux à faire Que rester silencieux" Aimons-nous peu à peu Be in love step by step Still I Still I believe in you And still I trust you Into your eyes I can see What can be seen through If I still If I still love you But so tell me you can And whatever I do I'll be here I'll be there All over around you "Puisqu'on a mieux à faire Que rester silencieux" Aimons-nous peu à peu So tell me you can And whatever I do Be in love step by step Be in love Be in love Be in love step by step Be in love step by step But so tell me you can And whatever I do I'll be here I'll be there All over around you And whatever I do But so tell me you can And whatever I do I'll be here I'll be there All over around you All over around you Aimons-nous Step by step
The Whole of the Moon (The Waterboys / The Affair OST) I pictured a rainbow You held it in your hands I had flashes But you saw the plan I wandered out in the world for years While you just stayed in your room I saw the crescent You saw the whole of the moon You were there in the turnstiles With the wind at your heels You stretched for the stars And you know how it feels To reach too high Too far Too soon You saw the whole of the moon I was grounded While you filled the skies I was dumbfounded by truth You cut through lies I saw the rain dirty valley You saw Brigadoon I saw the crescent You saw the whole of the moon I spoke about wings You just flew I wondered, I guessed and I tried You just knew I sighed But you swooned I saw the crescent You saw the whole of the moon The whole of the moon With a torch in your pocket And the wind at your heels You climbed on the ladder And you know how it feels To get too high Too far Too soon You saw the whole of the moon The whole of the moon, hey yeah Unicorns and cannonballs Palaces and piers Trumpets, towers and tenements Wide oceans full of tears Flags, rags ferryboats Scimitars and scarves Every precious dream and vision Underneath the stars Yes, you climbed on the ladder With the wind in your sails You came like a comet Blazing your trail Too high Too far Too soon You saw the whole of the moon The whole of the moon The whole of the moon
Tiny Hands (Women's March Chant feat. Fiona Apple) We don't want your tiny hands, anywhere near our underpants We don't want your tiny hands, anywhere near our underpants We don't want your tiny hands, anywhere near our underpants We don't want your tiny hands, anywhere near our underpants We don't want your tiny hands, anywhere near our underpants We don't want your tiny hands, anywhere near our underpants We don't want your tiny hands, anywhere near our underpants We don't want your tiny hands, anywhere near our underpants
Tombstone Blues (Bob Dylan / Live with the Watkins Family Hour house band) The sweet pretty things are in bed now, of course The city fathers, they're trying to endorse The reincarnation of Paul Revere's horse But the town has no need to be nervous The ghost of Belle Starr, she hands down her wits To Jezebel the nun, she violently knits A bald wig for Jack the Ripper, who sits At the head of the Chamber of Commerce Mama's in the factory, she ain't got no shoes Daddy's in the alley, he's lookin' for food I'm in the kitchen with the tombstone blues The hysterical bride in the penny arcade Screaming, she moans, "I've just been made" Then sends out for the doctor, who pulls down the shade And says, "My advice is to not let the boys in" Now, the medicine man comes and he shuffles inside He walks with a swagger and he says to the bride "Stop all this weeping, swallow your pride You will not die, it's not poison" Mama's in the factory, she ain't got no shoes Daddy's in the alley, he's lookin' for food I'm in the kitchen with the tombstone blues Well, John the Baptist, after torturing a thief Looks up at his hero, the Commander-in-Chief Saying, "Tell me, great hero, but please make it brief Is there a hole for me to get sick in?" The Commander-in-Chief answers him while chasing a fly Saying, "Death to all those who would whimper and cry" And, dropping a barbell, he points to the sky Saying, "The sun's not yellow, it's chicken" Mama's in the factory, she ain't got no shoes Daddy's in the alley, he's lookin' for food I'm in the kitchen with the tombstone blues The king of the Philistines, his soldiers to save Puts jawbones on their tombstones and flatters their graves Puts the pied pipers in prison and fattens the slaves Then sends them out to the jungle Gypsy Davey with a blowtorch, he burns out their camps With his faithful slave Pedro behind him, he tramps With a fantastic collection of stamps To win friends and influence his uncle Mama's in the factory, she ain't got no shoes Daddy's in the alley, he's lookin' for food I'm in trouble with the tombstone blues The geometry of innocence, flesh on the bone Causes Galileo's math book to get thrown At Delilah, who's sitting worthlessly alone But the tears on her cheeks are from laughter I wish I could give Brother Bill his great thrill I would set him in chains at the top of the hill Then send out for some pillars and Cecil B. DeMille He could die happily ever after Mama's in the factory, she ain't got no shoes Daddy's in the alley, he's lookin' for food I'm in the kitchen with the tombstone blues Where Ma Rainey and Beethoven once unwrapped their bedroll Tuba players now rehearse around the flagpole And the National Bank at a profit sells road maps for the soul To the old folks' home and the college Now, I wish I could write you a melody so plain That could hold you, dear lady, from going insane That could ease you and cool you and cease the pain Of your useless and pointless knowledge Mama's in the factory, she ain't got no shoes Daddy's in the alley, he's lookin' for food I'm in the kitchen with the tombstone blues
Tonight You Belong to Me ( Words & Music by Billy Rose & Lee David, 1926 / Live 2005 )
I know you belong to somebody new But tonight you belong to me Although we're apart You're part of my heart And tonight you belong to me Way down By the stream How sweet It will seem Once more Just to dream In the moonlight My honey I know With the dawn That you will be gone, But tonight you belong to me Way down, way down along the stream How very very sweet it will seem Once more just to dream In the silvery moonlight My honey I know With the dawn That you will be gone But tonight you belong to me Just to little old me
Trump's nuts roasting on an open fire Trump's nuts roasting on an open fire As he keeps nipping at his foes You'll cry creepy uncle Every time he arrives For he keeps clawing at your clothes Everybody knows some money and entitlement Can help to make the season white Mothers of color with their kids out of sight Will find it hard to sleep at night They know that Trump is on his way He's got black boys in hoodies locked up on his sleigh And every working man is going to cry When they learn that Letch don't care how you live or if you die So I'm offering this simple phrase To kids from 1 to 92 Although it's been said many times, many ways Merry Christmas to you Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas Donald Trump, fuck you Use me ( Bill Withers / Live ) My friends Feel it's their appointed duty They keep trying to tell me All you want to do is use me But my answer They know all that use me stuff Yes, I wanna spread the news That if it feels this good gettin' used But you just keep on using me Until you use me up My brother Sit me right down and he talk to me Yeah he told me That I ought not to let you just fuck on me And I know, I know that my brother he meant well But also know when our talk was through And I said brother If you only knew You'd wish that you were in my shoes You keep on using me You keep on using me Until you use me up Until you use me up It's true you really do abuse me You git me in a crowd a high class people And then you act real rude to me I I I ... I wanna spread the news That if it feels this good gettin' used Oh you just keep on usin' me Until you use me up Ah... Until you use me up
We'll Cry Together (Maxine Brown / Live with the Watkins Family Hour house band) We talked it over And we both agree We've come to the End of the line Your taxi's waiting Go now, don't look back I'm the only thing You're leaving behind I know you gotta do What your heart tells you to But if you find your heart's Made a fool out of you Don't let her know, baby Don't let her see Hold back your tears Til you get back to me And we'll cry, cry, cry Together, oh, yes, we will Cry, cry, cry, together Good luck, my darling You have my blessing Don't feel guilty about Leaving me alone Where did I fail you That's the big question That will keep me company When you're gone But if you ever find That you're not satisfied You gotta promise me That you'll swallow your pride Remember that Misery loves company If she makes your heart break Then run back to me And we'll cry, cry, cry Together, oh, yes, we will Cry, cry, cry, together I know it ain't that hard To cry sometimes Cry, cry, cry, together Oh, baby, baby, baby Don't you know Cry, cry, cry, together Lay your head upon My shoulder, baby Cry, cry, cry, together And we'll laugh about it When we get a little older But for now, cry, cry, baby...
When I Get Low I Get High ( Ella Fitzgerald Cover / Live at Largo 2007 ) My fur coat's sold Oh, Lord ain't it cold But I'm not gonna holler 'Cause I've still got a dollar And when I get low Oh oh oh, I get high My man walked out Now you know that ain't right Well, he better watch out If I meet him tonight Because when I get low Oh oh oh, I get high All this hard luck in this town has found me Nobody knows how trouble goes 'round and 'round me Oh oh oh I'm all alone With no one to pet me That ol' rocking chair Ain't never gonna get me 'cause when I get low Oh oh oh, I get high When I get low When I get low I get high
Why Try To Change Me Now ( The Best Is Yet To Come The Songs Of Cy Coleman ) I'm sentimental So I walk in the rain I've got some habits Even I can't explain Go to the corner I end up in Spain Why try to change me now I sit and daydream I've got daydreams galore Cigarette ashes There they go on the floor Go away weekends Leave my keys in the door Why try to change me now Why can't I be more conventional People talk People stare So I try But that can't be 'Cause I can't see My strange little world Just go passing me by Let people wonder Let 'em laugh Let 'em frown You know I'll love you Till the moon's upside down Don't you remember I was always your clown Why try to change me now Don't you remember I was always your clown Why try to change me Why try to change me now Why can't I be more conventional People talk And they stare So I try But that can't be Because I can't see My strange little world Just go passing me by So let people wonder Let 'em laugh Let 'em frown You know I'll love you Till the moon's upside down Don't you remember I was always your clown So why try to change me Why would you want to change me Why try to change me now
You Don't Own Me (Lesley Gore cover / Shirley Manson & Fiona Apple / Live on Girlschool 2018 at Bootlet Theater, LA, 2018-02-03) You don't own me I'm not just one of your many toys You don't own me Don't say I can't go with other boys And don't tell me what to do Don't tell me what to say And, please, when I go out with you Don't put me on display 'cause You don't own me Don't try to change me in any way You don't own me Don't tie me down 'cause I'll never stay And I don't tell you what to say And I don't tell you what to do Just let me be myself That's all I ask of you I'm young and I love to be young I'm free and I love to be free To live my life the way that I want To say and do whatever I please Don't tell me what to do And don't tell me what to say And when I go out with you Don't put me on display I don't tell you what to say And I don't tell you what to do Just let me be myself That's all I ask of you I'm young and I love to be young I'm free and I love to be free To live my life the way that I want To do and say whatever I please You don't own me You don't own me You don't own me You don't own me You don't own me
Your Molecular Structure (If You're Going To The City: A Tribute To Mose Allison) Your molecular structure is really somethin' fine A first-rate example of functional design Those cosmic undulations are steady coming through Your molecular structure baby, me and you Your cellular organization Is really something choice Electro-magnetism about to make me lose my voice Got all my circuits open, my system's reading "go" Your cellular organization baby, stop the show Your molecular structure is really somethin' swell A high-frequency modulated jezebel, Thermodynamically you're gettin' to me, Your molecular structure baby, ooh wee!