B i o g r a p h y
 (by Heather Phares)

Described by Joan Wasser as "punk rock R&B" and "American soul music," Joan as Police Woman combine two of the biggest influences on her music: classic soul such as Al Green and Nina Simone and the rougher experimental sounds of Sonic Youth and Bad Brains. The mix never sounds contrived, thanks to the intuitive interplay of Wasser's vocals, violins, and guitar, Rainy Orteca's bass, and Ben Perowsky's percussion in the first version of the group. Later, Wasser employed a varied cast of collaborators.

Wasser, who has played with everyone from the Scissor Sisters to Lou Reed, began playing violin at age eight while attending grade school in Norwalk, Connecticut. At Boston University, she studied violin with Yuri Mazurkevich and also played with the Boston University Symphony Orchestra, and expanded her horizons to rock with local acts including Hot Trix (which featured Autoclave member and Helium founder Mary Timony) and the Dambuilders, which went on to national success. Wasser also played with Timony and Shudder to Think's Nathan Larson in Mind Science of the Mind, which released their self-titled album in 1996. The following year, the Dambuilders disbanded and Wasser's boyfriend, Jeff Buckley, accidentally drowned in Memphis, Tennessee. Wasser kept on making music, collaborating with the Grifters' Dave Shouse and Buckley's former guitarist Michael Tighe in Those Bastard Souls in the late '90s, and then with Tighe in Black Beetle, which folded in the early 2000s.

Joan as Police Woman
Along with working as a violinist for hire with artists as diverse as Sheryl Crow, Hal Willner, Rufus Wainwright, and Antony and the Johnsons, Wasser developed her own songwriting, and formed Joan as Police Woman in 2002. The band released its first single, My Gurl, early in 2003, and self-released the Joan as Police Woman EP in 2004. Joan as Police Woman signed to the British label Reveal, which issued their full-length debut, Real Life, in summer 2006, along with the Eternal Flame, Christobel, and The Ride singles. Real Life was released in the U.S. in summer 2007. To Survive, which featured a cameo by Rufus Wainwright, followed in 2008. For 2011's The Deep Field, Wasser reteamed with Bryce Goggin, co-producer of Real Life, and took a happier, more upbeat approach. This uplifting feeling continued on 2014's The Classic, which channeled the feel of vintage soul albums in its often-joyous songs.




Real Life
- 2006-06-12 -



Real Life
Eternal Flame
Feed The Light
The Ride
I Defy
Flushed Chest
Christobel
Save Me
Anyone
We Don't Own It

To Survive
- 2008-06-10 -



Honor Wishes
Holiday
To Be Loved
To Be Lonely
Magpies
Start of My Heart
Hard White Wall
Furious
To Survive
To America

Cover
- 2009-09-01 -

Fire
Overprotected
Ringleader Man
Baby
Whatever You Like
Lady
She Watch Channel Zero
Sacred Trickster
Sweet Thing
Keeper Of The Flame


The Deep Field
- 2011-01-24 -



Nervous
The Magic
The Action Man
Flash
Run For Love
Human Condition
Kiss The Specifics
Chemmie
Forever And A Year
I Was Everyone

The Classic
- 2014-03-10 -



Witness
Holy City
The Classic
Good Together
Get Direct
What Would You Do
New Year's Day
Shame
Stay
Ask Me

Let It Be You
- 2016-10-21 - With Benjamin Lazar Davis



Broke Me in Two
Overloaded
Magic Lamp
Let It Be You
Hurts so Bad
Satellite
Easy Money
Violent Dove
Motorway
Station

Damned Devotion
- 2018-02-09 -



Wonderful
Warning Bell
Tell Me
Steed
(for Jean Genet)
Damned Devotion
The Silence
Valid Jagger
Rely On
What Was It Like
Talk About It Later
Silly Me
I Don'
t Mind

Cover Two
- 2020-05-01 -



Kiss
Spread
Under Control
Not The Way
I Keep Forgettin’
Life’
s What You Make It
Out of Time
On The Beach
There Are Worse Things I Could Do
Running

THE SOLUTION IS RESTLESS
- 2021-11-05 - with Tony Allen & Dave Okumu



The Barbarian
Get My Bearings
Take Me To Your Leader
Masquerader
Dinner Date
Enter The Dragon
Geometry of You
The Love Has Got Me
Perfect Shade Of Blue
Reaction

LEMONS, LIMES AND ORCHIDS
- 2024-09-20 -



The Dream
Full Time-Heist
Back Again
With Hope In My Breath
Long For Ruin
Started Off Free
Remember The Voice
Oh Joan
Lemons, Limes And Orchids
Tribute To Holding On
Safe To Say
Help Is On Its Way

Non Albums Tracks
- Misc -

Ballad Of A Deadman
Billie Jean
Broken English
Could it still be tonight
Creo En La Naturaleza
Game of life
Hearts A Mess
How come you're so solid gold
Let It Be
Lover's Spit
My gurl
Myrrhman
Prime mover
Protect Me From What I Want
Senza Finestra
Show me the life
Stagger into the light
Take me
The Long Run
To One In Paradise
Vapour Trail
What A World
Your Song

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Real Life

Real life

I freeze my hands as I close the door
To wait in line so I can wait some more

And it's true what they say about love
Yes it's true what they say about life
And I'm taking it for all it's worth

I watch the numbers register on the postal scale
I think of your hands and calculate
How a man, desired, feels the weight of a letter

It's true what they say about me
That I'm out of my mind but I think that you like it
So take the chance
Be reckless with me

'Cause I'm real life
And you're real life
And we're real life
We're real life

Is it pleasing
Six hundred thousand miles and all this solitude
I know what is pleasing
What I'll find beneath your new pair of glasses

I've never included a name in a song
But I'm changing my ways for you
Jonathan
I need you to know
I need you to know
That I'm real life

Eternal flame

Yes
I wanna have it
Yes yes
I wanna have you now
But I can't be the lighter
I can't be the lighter

I wanna go there
Yes yes
I wanna show you how
But I can't be the lighter
I can't be the lighter

Just in case you never knew
I can't be the lighter
Of your eternal flame

Oh! Oceans, rivers, lakes
That we could swim as two
But I already own my
Own body of water

You'll follow me and
Yes, yes
I'll follow you,
It's true
But I'm already certain
I've got good directions

Just in case you never knew
I won't be becoming
I am the beginning
And I'm already
Done

These yes days
They've come and gone
Not always going to make
The same mistakes

It's too simple, I saw the truth
And truth is the terror of the one
Who feels their lace can be stained
But I cannot stain your white lace, baby
Even you cannot stain your white lace baby

No
I'll never go there
No no
I'll never take that route
'Cause I won't be the fighter
I won' t be the fighter

Don't ever push me
No, no, don't ever make me shoot
'Cause I won't be the fighter
I won't be the fighter

Just in case you never knew
I won't be the fighter
For your eternal flame

Just in case you never knew
I won't be becoming
I am the beginning
And I'm already
Done

Just in case you never knew
I can't be the lighter
Of your eternal flame

Feed the light

Feed the light
I want to fight about it now
You won't be lost
You won't be found
You won't be lost
You won't be called out by me
For sure
I love you
But you still believe
That blossoms under
Stand when hit
With cold hard wind
It's not the end
Just changing climate
For sure
Be sure
To feed the light
Just feel your right to get it wrong
It's not the end
It never ends
You won't be lost
You won't be found
Unless you want
To be
Found

The ride

Starting now the wait is over
As long as you jump the ride
‘Cause I won't highway-walk forever
As long as you jump the ride

As long as you follow me
This is what I do, like I do
I've been on the ride before
It never stops at all
It never stops at all

You'll start your engines like a virgin
As long as you jump the ride
We'll cut the whip and lose the anchor
As long as you jump the ride

As long as you follow me
This is what I do, like I do
I've been on the ride before
It never stops at all
It never stops at all

As long as you follow me
This is what I do, like I do
I've been on the ride before
It never stops at all
It never stops at all

Don't you feel for us
That we're on the round and round?
Don't you hear
The endless motor sound?

As long as you follow me
This is what I do, like I do
I've been on the ride before
It never stops at all
It never stops at all
It never stops at all

I defy

I defy I love your way
How could it be different
I defy I love your way
(well) how could it be different

Now I'm kissing the real you
Now I'm kissing the real you

Will I get through my dark day
Can you hear me
Can you hear me

Ooh oh ooh oh ooh oh ooh oh
How could it be different

I see the stars around your face
They never seem to hurt at all
The stars around your face
They never seem to hurt at all

Now I'm missing the real you
Now I'm missing the real you

Well, I got through my dark day
Did you fear me
Did you fear for me

Ooh oh ooh oh ooh oh ooh oh
How could it be different

I don't want to see my baby fall
It's the dawn I feel becoming ever after
This is my matter, dear

I defy I love your way
How could it be different
I defy, I love your way
How could it be different

Well I got to know you today
And I adore you
I adore you

Oh now I'm loving you
Oh now I'm loving you
How could it be different

Oh now I'm loving you
Oh now I'm loving you
How could it be different

Flushed chest

I saw you tonight
Through the dim twilight
It was deep deep summer
With that yellow moon
And you were sleeping

I saw you tonight
You were in your ghost
Singing white Christmas
How you know
It's before me

It's your song
So divine
Dying time
Is a part
Of your laughter

I saw you today
Selling all your clothes
You were done with Hollywood
The waterfall was rushing
Through you

I saw you today
Run away finally
Coastal envy got you
And we got you
Blazing

It's your song
So divine
It was time
For the spread
Of your laughter

Greet me with flushed chest again
Morning bird I'll wait for you
How could I not
How could I not

Greet me with flushed chest again
Morning bird I'll wait for you
How could I not
How could I not

I saw you the morning
The early green
Took the back seat
And cream the dream is you
Has begun

I saw you so early
In the whisky dark
Your eyes were brightest black
You were not going back
It was your living

It's your song
From the past
It was back
For the start
Of your laughter

Greet me with flushed chest again
Morning bird I'll wait for you
How could I not
How could I not

Greet me with flushed chest again
Morning bird I'll wait for you
How could I not
How could I not

Christobel

When the moment arrives
You know I will be waiting
Kicking into survival
The seas of life divide
It might seem to appear
That I am dead already
I left it all on the ground
At your feet
Yes
Christobel (gone away)
Christobel (gone away)
Why won''t you just fall in love
With me?
Christobel (gone away)

Let the temperature rise
The birds of prey are mating
And with you by my side
The instinct is alive
It might seem to appear
That I am dead already
I left all at your feet
On the ground
Before I died
Yes
Christobel (gone away)
Christobel (gone away)
Why won''t you just fall in love
With me?
Christobel (gone away)

Yes
Christobel (gone away)
Christobel (gone away)
Why won''t you just fall in love
With me
Christobel (gone away)

Save me

I don't want to live for tomorrow
Save me
I don't want to live for tomorrow
Save me
I don't want to live for tomorrow
I don't want to live for the dying chance
If you're already good as gone
If you're already good as gone

I don't want to live for another
Take me
I don't want to live for another
Take me
I don't want to live for another
I don't want to live for the dying chance
If you're already good as gone
If you're already good as gone

'Cause we live under the common tree
But I'll learn to leave us there
With all the fruit
Still searching (still searching)
Still looking in your eyes
For a sign
I need to know

I don't want to wait any longer
Race me
I don't want to wait any longer
Erase me
I don't want to wait any longer
I don't want to wish and hope and pray
If you're already good as gone
If you're already good as gone

Anyone

I won't cry
Anyone would rather
Shift their eyes
Than open up their leather
But you, you seem to be the one

So try me please
I'm a better dancer
Than it seems
The lightest floating feather
Is how I feel when I'm with you

So now that I know you
I'm ready to show you
How good I feel
'Cause anyone can see through me
But you're not anyone

Blaring car horns howl
Through feedback from this city
But I don't hear it now,
The chaos that surrounds me
No, you, you hold my mind's desire

You give me shelter
From all that's done un-pretty
My sold-out, felt-up
Retreated little secrets
Are tucked inside the warmth of you

So now that I know you
I'm ready to show you
How good I feel
'Cause anyone can see through me
But you're not anyone

It's been a long time a long time
I've walked alone, I've warmed to it
But now I slip right in
I'm ready to start to be ready

So hold me now
You who came in pieces
'Cause I like whole pies
Underdone a little
But I feel how you burn inside

So now that I know you
I'm so ready to show you
How good I feel
'Cause anyone can see through me
But you're not anyone

Anyone can see through me
But you're not anyone

Anyone can see through me
But you're not anyone

We don't own it

You will know by the way
That he cuts his eyes
Looks away from the door
That walked in you
You will know it will go
Down in history
How sweet he was to you
And all the others

So hand it over
Cause we don't own it
It's in the mystery
Our silent fantasy
Cause i
Nor you
Could ever
Know what it's like
To have the night fall
And be felled by the night
No, we don't own it

All you know is the way
That he made you feel
He made you feel safe enough
To feel at all
It's all there in the moment
You understood
That he's not going on
And you're still going on

So hand it over
Cause we don't own it
It's in the mystery
Our silent fantasy
Cause I
Nor you
Could ever
Know what it's like
To have the night fall
And be felled by the night
No, we don't own it

It's his story
Our subtle jealousy
Cause i
Nor you
Could ever
Know what it's like
To have the night fall
And be felled by the night
No, we don't own it

 

To Survive

*** Thanx a lot to Robert for these lyrics ***

Honor wishes

Would you hold me tonight
Would you stay with me anyway
Would you love me and not my need to be loved
Would you honor my wishes

Would you trust me
Do you really want to
In the garden of delight
Will it be my bloom that still excites you
And would you honor my wishes

Will we ever meet again
In the house where we started
Will I feel the suede of your skin
As you move to turn off the light
Would you honor my wishes

Holiday

Little did I know
You're my holiday
The place where I escape
To forget about how I don't see you enough

To displace the rage
Defuse the urge
To throw it all away
And become your slave

I'll take you holiday
Let's go holiday

This is not a dark thought
Not from one who needs constant reassurance
You give me the sword and the power
To slay who I like
And to be who I like

And I will be the one for you, holiday
Yes I will be the one for you, holiday

Where do the arrows point
To my holiday
Where do I feel the sun
In my holiday
Where does my heart start to beat
At the bridge to your eyes
At the path to your scars
At the sway of your diamond black ocean

I feel this serene
When I let myself go
And give up all control
And my worn-out desire
To be free

To be loved

I'm so happy to be loved
Throw me down and light me there
'Cause I'm an awful mess
I haven't a care
We're eternity
Oh I feel the sigh on
Every breath that's met us here
This night dreams fantastic
And it's ours my dear
And you love me too

How on earth could you have found me
Huddled under grapes of wrath
I will never know but forever ask
How I got so lucky
All this time proceeding
Silent in processional
The words they escape me through my singing cage
Of how I love you too

It's safe to be alone
And be lonely
But I found a gun
With no safety
And I am going to shoot down
My ghost town completely
'Cause I know there's a place for us
I made it, I made it

I am through with sharing all my love
I have outgrown crowding up my house
When you found me, I could not be loved
But then I found me and I'm happy to be loved

To be lonely

This is the one
I will try
This is the one
I will try
This is the one
I will try
To be lonely with

This is the one
I just know it
This is the one
I want to show it
This is the one
I will die for
To be lonely
To be lonely with

Anything for you
Anything I'd do
Shameless
I'll brave the night alone
The darkened sky
Uncertain skies

I'll make it through
It's a wondrous night
Protect me, night
I'll make it through

This is the one
I will try
This is the one
I will try
This is the one
I will try
To be lonely with

This is the one
I just know it
This is the one
I want to show it
This is the one
I will die for
To be lonely
To be lonely with

Magpies

I feel us burning infinite alright
'Cause I have been waiting all my life
To hear the words you say
Tonight I'm born again

I feel an ease inside my heart alright
How do you feel
How does it feel to be inspired
Water from a stone
Indeed I'm born again
I am new again
And I feel alive

For the first time
I must make you my wife
'Cause I've lived too long
Already gone
In this life I have you

It's in the turning of your weathervane
You trust the wind to guide you to the place
Where you belong, it's where I belong

In your face I see my life unfolding
But we have so many fears
Let's gather them today
And let them fly away
With the magpies

Yes I love you
With the fire of my namesake
Didn't live too long
Seventeen and gone
But what I learned from St. Joan
Is heed to the voice in your heart
In this life, in this life

I'll cross time
I'll break the hourglass
If the pink smoke cloud will bring me
To the back of your car

'Cause we make the fire work
Just listen to the sound

I never knew this could be true
But now I've got you here
Along with me now to say
In this life, I have you
Yes I see your eyes
They're gazing in me, could it be
The real life, you have me

The start of my heart

You changed me
You chained me down
And taught me
The damage I've done
(damage I've done)
Can show me
The way to my heart

Sing, sing out my love
'Cause I've been here before
And silence
Don't get you a thing
(no it don't get you a thing)
I learned this
On the way to my heart

It was with you
Rivington deep september
We took the long way
And your hand
Led me home
Like Orion
You woke my heart
With your northern lights
With your song

Yes you, you slay me
Origami dog
I wonder if you'll do it again
(please do it again)
I'll thank you from the deep of my heart
I'll thank you for the start of my heart

Hard white wall

I'm watching you become a man
Well how does it feel to be living
This wild enchanting dragon-whipping
You stepped into my better life
Without a seam out of place and I wondered
When you'd struggle from your neatly pleated covers

'Cause I saw you in my life in the end
For better or best
You would be my man

I wanna throw you up against the hard white wall
And make you mine, and make you mine
But there is time I must be gentle with
This rare chance-taking wonder-child

Make it through the jungle
And I'll meet you on the other side

'Cause there was magic in our dancing tonight
For better or best
You would be my man

Man don't you want to dance
To the swing of the bach courante
To the sway of the leaving trains
To the swish of your lash, I cry
To the soar of the shadows
To the hustle of chance
To the mystery in our hands

'Cause you've been moving
Through my wintery night for a long time
And snow has fallen at our feet
We watched the tracks of blood disappear
And you, you, you
You stood by me

So are we go on leaving nothing behind
Leaving nothing behind
You would be my man

The hard white wall
Up against the hard white wall
You're my hard white wall

Furious

Why don't you save your soul
Let loose your dogs of war
Abandon your done capital
Burn all your flags and hold onto
Hold onto nothing

And the stones in your stomach
Become a part of the sea
And the mark that your footprint leaves
In the sand starts to lighten
And finally whispers
Whispers "I am gone"

Don't wait for the last page
Don't wait for your final breath
Don't wait for the pendulum to drop
It swings so low today
Don't wait, don't wait for nothing

And you'll wrap up the tears
Of forty thousand gone
Who wish they'd acted out
When they had time
And they had voice
To tempt the furies
The furies are not gone

Are you not furious
Are you not furious
Are you not furious
Are you not furious
Furious

Wait for, wait for, for what
Wait for, wait for, for what

Are you not furious
Are you not furious, enough
Are you not furious
Are you not furious

To survive

Sleep now, little one
I'll sing to you, little one
There's no one here
Who means you any harm
Little one
I know what it means to be sad
It never goes
So learn to hold it close
As a friend
'Cause we never know
How much we can take
Before we break
The spell in our haunted house

I've never felt alone
Like I do now, this moment
I don't belong here at all
Must find the spark to go on

Little one
'Cause I owe it to us
To tend the fire
And fend off fear
The fear in me
So near to me
It never goes
So learn to let it in
Like the rain
'Cause we never know
How much we can take
Before the storm breaks
The storm of our wild design

I've never felt this way
Or maybe I do everyday
What is this gift to be alive
Must find the spark
The spark to survive

To America

Is it right my love, is it right
Are you happy inside your eyes
Can't you see your lover
Fall apart in her silk threads
In time the hunter will find the trail of blood

I see you alone tonight
When will you tear down
Love will save you
Try not to starve yourself of love
Feed your hunger

Is it right, my love, is it right
It's a question with no reply
I am sure of longing to be on the open sea
To feel the comfort of the mist upon my cheek
No I'm not crying

Lose me in your memory
Turn your head
Let me become a part of it
Let me become a part of it

To America, America
Alone, alone, alarm alive

To America, America
Alone, alone, alarm alive

I am the hunter
And I am the hunted
Alone, alone, alarm alive

Two marigolds
We're marigolds
Alone, alone, alarm alive

 

Cover

Fire

(Jimi Hendrix cover)

You don't care for me
I don't care about that
Got a new fool, ha
I'd like to laugh at
I have only one burning desire
Let me stand next to your fire

Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand next to your

Listen here, baby
And stop acting so crazy
You say your mom ain't home
It ain't my concern
Just play with me
And you won't get burned
I have only one itching desire
Let me stand next to your fire

Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand next to your

Let me stand...

Move over, Rover
And let Johnny take over
You know what I'm talking about
Yeah, get on with it, baby
That's what I'm talking about
Dig this
Ha!
Ha!

You try to give me your money
You better save it, babe
Save it for your rainy day
I have only one burning desire
Let me stand next to your fire

Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand next to your fire
Let me stand next to your

Overprotected

(Britney Spears cover)

Say hello to the girl that I am
You're gonna have to see through my perspective
I need to make mistakes just to learn who I am
And I don't wanna be so damn protected

There must be another way
'Cause I believe in taking chances
But who am I to say what a girl is to do
God need some answers

What am I to do with my life
(You will find it out, don't worry)
How am I supposed to know what's right
(You just have to do it your way)
I can't help the way I feel
But my life has been so overprotected

I tell them what I like
What I want
And what I don't
But everytime I do
I stand corrected
Things that I've been told
I can't believe what I hear about the world
I realize I'm overprotected

There must be another way
'Cause I believe in taking chances
But who am I to say what a girl is to do
God I need some answers

What am I to do with my life
(You will find it out, don't worry)
How am I supposed to know what's right
(You just gotta do it your way)
I can't help the way I feel
(Help the way I feel)
But my life has been so overprotected

Release me
Release me
Release me
Release me
Release me
Release me
Release me
Release

I don't need nobody telling me just what I wanna
What I want, what what I'm gonna
Do about my destiny
I say no
Nobody's telling me just what I wanna do
I'm so fed up with people telling me to be
Someone else but me

What am I to do with my life
(You will find it out, don't worry)
How am I supposed to know what's right
(You just gotta do it your way)
I can't help the way I feel
But my life has been so overprotected

Ringleader Man

(T-Pain cover)

Hey
We gonna have a ripping good time
Just hit rewind
And you can see I'm far too crazy

My rhythms and rhymes
Keep bitchtes in line
'Cause now is not the time to be lazy

I'm the ringleader man
A cane in my hand
And a iced out top hat on my head
Ain't you tired of that wackness
Sick of this wack shit
Wouldn't you like some of me instead
The ringleader man

This is my circus I'm working
I can flip this whole thing with one hand
The ringleader man
I know (I know)
It's a fact that you'd rather just have some of me instead
The ring leaderman
The ring leaderman

Hey, this industry is my circus
I know that it hurts
Just sit back and take pain like I use to
And I'm trying to stop cursing
But I don't give a fuck
I'm gonna curse you with lyrical voodoo

I'm the ringleader man
You can't understand
The shit that comes out of my head
But you like all that wackness
Loving all that wack shit
I'd rather just say fuck you instead
The ringleader man

This is my circus I'm working
I can flip this day with one hand
The ringleader man
I know (I know)
It's a fact that you'd rather just have some of me instead
The ringleader man
The ringleader man

Baby

(Iggy Pop cover)

Baby, don't you cry
Baby, I'll sing you a lullaby

We're walking down the
Street of chance
Where the chance is always
Slim or none
And the intention's unjust

Baby, there's nothing to see
I've already been
Down the street of chance

Baby, you're so clean
Baby, please stay clean

We're walking down the
Street of chance
Where the chance is always
Slim or none
And the intention's unjust

Baby, there's nothing to see
I've already been
Down the street of chance

Baby, you're so young
Baby, please stay young

We're walking down the
Street of chance
Where the chance is always
Slim or none
And the intention's unjust

Baby, there's nothing to see
I've already been
Down the street of chance

Baby, don't you cry
Baby, I've already cried

We're walking down the
Street of chance
Where the chance is always
Slim or none
And the intention's unjust

Baby, there's nothing to see
I've already been
Down the street of chance

Whatever You Like

(T.I. cover)

Stacks on deck
Patrón on ice
And we can pop bottles all night
Baby, you could have whatever you like
I said, you could have whatever you like, yeah

Late night sex, so wet, you're so tight
I'll gas up the jet for you tonight
Baby, you could go wherever you like
I said, you could go wherever you like, yeah

Anytime you want to pick up the telephone
You know it ain't nothing to drop a couple stacks on you
Wanted you could get it, my dear
Five million dollar home, just drop Bentley's, I swear

I want your body, I need your body
Long as you got me, you won't need nobody
You want it, I got it, go get it, I buy it
Tell 'em other broke fools be quiet

Stacks on deck
Patrón on ice
And we can pop bottles all night
Baby, you could have whatever you like
I said, you could have whatever you like, yeah

Late night sex, so wet, you're so tight
I'll gas up the jet for you tonight
Baby, you could go wherever you like
I said, you could go wherever you like, yeah

Shawty, you're the hottest
Love the way you drop it
Brain so good, good
Swore you went to college
Hundred can't deposit
Vacations hit the tropics
'Cause everybody know it ain't tricking if you got it

You ain't never ever gotta go in your wallet
As long as I got rubberband banks in my pocket
Five six, rides with rims and a body kit
You ain't gotta downgrade, you can get what I get

My chick could have what she wants
And go in every store to buy any bag she wants
And know you ain't never had a man like that
To buy you anything your heart desires like that

I want your body, I need your body
Long as you got me, you won't need nobody
You want it, I got it, go get it, I buy it
Tell 'em other broke fools be quiet

Stacks on deck
Patrón on ice
And we can pop bottles all night
Baby, you could have whatever you like
I said, you could have whatever you like, yeah

Late night sex, so wet, you're so tight
I'll gas up the jet for you tonight
Baby, you could go wherever you like
I said, you could go wherever you like, yeah

I'm talking big boy rides
And big boy ice
Let me put this big boy in your life
The thang get so wet, it hit so right
Let me put this big boy in your life
That's right

I want your body, I need your body
Long as you got me, you won't need nobody
You want it, I got it, go get it, I buy it
Tell 'em other broke fools be quiet

Stacks on deck
Patrón on ice
And we can pop bottles all night
Baby, you could have whatever you like
I said, you could have whatever you like, yeah

Late night sex, so wet, you're so tight
I'll gas up the jet for you tonight
Baby, you could go wherever you like
I said, you could go wherever you like, yeah

Lady

(Adam And The Ants cover)

I saw a lady and she was naked
I saw a lady, she had no clothes on
Seen her in the corridor
Lying on her back on the floor
Why she want to pick on me
She was naked

I saw a lady and she was naked
I saw a lady, she had no clothes on
I had a good look through the crack
Footmarks up her back
How did they get there
She was naked

I saw a lady and she was naked
I saw a lady, she had no clothes on
Now she's looking at me
What's that rope I see
I don't like the look of those boots
She was naked
Naked

Naked
Naked

I don't wanna seem crude
But she was nude

She Watch Channel Zero

(Public Enemy cover)

You're blind, baby
You're blind from the facts on who you are
'Cause you're watching that
You're blind, baby
You're blind from the facts on who you are
'Cause you're watching that

The woman makes the men all pause
And if you got a woman
She might make you forget yours
There's a five letter word
To describe her character
But her brains being washed by an actor
And every real man that tries to approach
Come the closer he comes
He gets dissed like a roach

I don't think I can handle
She goes channel to channel
Cold looking for that hero
She watch channel zero
She watch channel zero

You're blind, baby
You're blind from the facts on who you are
'Cause you're watching that
You're blind, baby
You're blind from the facts on who you are
'Cause you're watching that

Two, seven, five, four, eight
She watched she said
All added up to zero
And nothing in her head
She turns and turns
And she hopes the soaps
Are for real, she learns
That it ain't true, nope
But she won't survive
And rather die in a lie
Falls a fool for some dude on a tube

I don't think I can handle
She goes channel to channel
Cold looking for that hero
She watch channel zero
She watch channel zero
She watch channel zero
She watch channel zero

You're blind, baby
You're blind from the facts on who you are
'Cause you're watching that
You're blind, baby
You're blind from the facts on who you are
'Cause you're watching that

Trouble vision for a sister
'Cause I know she don't know, I quote
Her brains retrained
By a twenty-four inch remote
Revolution a solution
For all of our children
But her children
Don't mean as much as the show, I mean
Watch her worship the screen and fiend
For a TV ad
And it just makes me mad

I don't think I can handle
She goes channel to channel
Cold looking for that hero
She watch channel zero
She watch channel zero
She watch channel zero
She watch channel zero
She watch channel zero

You're blind, baby
You're blind from the facts on who you are
'Cause you're watching that
You're blind, baby
You're blind from the facts on who you are
'Cause you're watching that
You're blind, baby
You're blind from the facts on who you are
'Cause you're watching that
You're blind, baby
You're blind from the facts on who you are
'Cause you're watching that
You're blind, baby
You're blind from the facts on who you are
'Cause you're watching that
You're blind, baby
You're blind from the facts on who you are
'Cause you're watching that
You're blind, baby
You're blind from the facts on who you are
'Cause you're watching that
You're blind, baby
You're blind from the facts on who you are
'Cause you're watching that

Sacred Trickster

(Sonic Youth cover)

I want you to levitate me
Don't you love me yet
Press up against the amp
Turn up the treble, don't forget

Getting dizzy, sitting around
Sacred trickster in another tight sound
Getting dizzy, sitting around
Sacred trickster in another tight sound

I wish I could be music on a tree
Noise Nomads and me
Levitating on the ground

What's it like to be a girl in a band
Oh I don't quite understand
That's so quaint to hear
I feel so faint my dear

Getting dizzy, sitting around
Sacred trickster in another tight sound
Getting dizzy, sitting around
Sacred trickster in another tight sound

I wish I could be sitting in a tree
Just you, you and me
K I S S I N G !

Getting dizzy, sitting around
Sacred trickster in another tight sound
Getting dizzy, sitting around
Sacred trickster in another tight sound
Getting dizzy, sitting around
Sacred trickster in another tight sound
Getting dizzy, sitting around
Sacred trickster in another tight sound

Sweet Thing

(David Bowie cover)

It's safe in the city to love in a doorway
To wrangle some screens from the door
And isn't it me, putting pain in a stranger

Like a portrait in flesh who trails on a leash
Will you see that I'm scared and I'm lonely
So I'll break up my room and yawn and I
Run to the centre of things
Where the knowing one says

Boys, boys, it's a sweet thing
Boys, boys, it's a sweet thing, sweet thing
If you want it, boys, get it here, thing
'Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing

I'm glad that you're older than me
Makes me feel important and free
Does that make you smile, isn't that me
I'm in your way and I'll steal every moment
If this trade is a curse, then I'll bless you
And turn to the crossroads of Hamburg, as in

Boys, boys, it's a sweet thing
Boys, boys, it's a sweet thing, sweet thing
If you want it, boys, get it here, thing
'Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing

Is it nice in your snow storm, freezing your brain
Do you think that your face looks the same
Then let it be, it's all I ever wanted
It's a street with a deal and a taste
It's got claws, it's got me, it's got you

Keeper Of The Flame

(Nina Simone cover)

I'm the keeper of the flame
My torch of love lights his name
Ask no pity about my shame
I'm the keeper of the flame

Played with fire and I was burned
Gave a heart but I was spurned
All this time how I have yearned
Just to have my love returned

Years have passed by
And the spark still remains
True love can't die
It smolders in flames
When the fire is burning out
And the angels call my name
Dying love will leave no doubt
That I'm the keeper of the flame

Years have passed by
And the spark still remains
True love, true love can't die
It smolders in flames
When the fire is burning out
And the angels call my name
Dying love will leave no doubt
That I'm the keeper of the flame

Dying love will leave no doubt
That I'm the keeper of the flame
I'm the keeper of the flame

 

The Deep Field

*** Thanx a lot to Jeremy for these lyrics ***

Nervous

I want you to fall in love with me
Can't tell you what's come undone in me
I just want your love
I want it now
I want your face inside of my mind

I need you to know
I need to be worshipped
Like any other queen around
What's different about you
Fits like a glove
But please ready yourself

‘Cause I don't come with a manual
No, I lost it long ago

Truly, you do just make me nervous
And I'm not used to it
It's like they say in all those books I never read
So I'm not used to it
But I'm not the first to feel that bliss
I quite enjoy it
It's like I fell into your well

Might you really write me letters
Yes, I accept long letters
‘Cause I need attention more than you know
More than I'll ever admit

But you, you seem to understand
Right, right from the beginning
Oh you, you seem to comprehend
That I'm ???

Truly, you do just make me nervous
And I'm not used to it
It's like they say in all those books I never read
So I'm not used to it
But I'm not opposed to feeling bliss
I quite enjoy it
It's like I fell into your well

With all the diamonds
I certainly won't mind it
Might even be true
Oh but I'm not used to it

The Magic

I don't want to tell you what you already know
This is me that you're talking to
And anything I say, I have said before
When will it be enough

And something in my mind shifts, and I, I slip on my ears
And I find when I'm face to face with none other than me
I have got the mirror up against the marquee

And all it reads is
I am fine, I am divine
But there's a wild ride going on behind the sign

I'm looking for the magic
I'm feeling for the right way out of mind
Looking on the alchemy to release me from that maze
I'm making myself

I'm looking for the magic
I'm looking for the magic
I'm looking for the magic

Now I don't wanna come off like I am
I'm loosing my head
But the shadow inside of me
Is begging for direction to illicit city
Oh illicit city

Now I wanna do better than to fight this life
‘Cause it is a dream
I wonder if the wild animals living in me
Oh will they ever find freedom

And all I fear is what I fear
Am I a leviathan
I feel the rising of the cove
My ocean opens

I'm looking for the magic
I'm feeling for the right way out of mind
Looking on the alchemy to release me from that maze
I am making myself

I'm looking for the magic
I'm feeling for the right way out of mind
Looking on the alchemy to release me from that maze
I am making myself

I'm looking for the magic
I'm looking for the magic
I'm looking for the magic

I wanna be bad
I wanna be bad
I wanna be bad
I wanna be bad

My shadow must find a window
In the wall

I'm looking for the magic
I'm feeling for the right way out of mind
Looking on the alchemy to release me from that maze
I am making myself

I'm looking for the magic
I'm feeling for the right way out of mind
Looking on the alchemy to release me from that maze
I am making myself

I'm looking for the magic
I'm looking for the magic
I'm looking for the magic

The Action Man

This is the time for you to stop
And ask me to dance
It started raining
My bells ringing, let's dance

And we talked enough already
And don't you wanna be the action man
Let's dance

Who would've thought you'd call me out
Take my cards and take my hand
My washed up feelings
Made a getaway and ran

I felt my heart race as we hit the floor
From then on, I can't tell you much about time
And space

I'm wondering why I never call action
Action into play
What comes so easy
I never want to obey

I'm lucky, I know it
And I am feeling it again today
I say

All I want to be
To dare myself to be
Is this dance
Is this action man

All I want to be
To dare myself to be
Is this dance
Is this action man…

Flash

Oh my lover, won't you tell me now
All the things that you fear
‘Cause I am a lover for the first time
I am ready to hear
I am ready to hear

Show me lover all the things you see
All the apples you find
Show me the colours of the things that move you
In and out of your mind
In and out of your mind

I heard a flash
I heard a flash
I heard a flash
I heard a flash

Sing to me lover all the things you hear
All your moments in time
Let me in the rhythms of your heart
And how your eyes rhyme
And how your eyes rhyme

Part me lover like the red sea
Please don't hold back
Help me remember that I can't forget
And paint me jet black
Paint me jet black

I heard a flash
I heard a flash
I heard a flash

Don't you wonder when the earth will go
Watch the oceans wash away the snow

Oh my lover let me tell you now
All the things that I feel
I already cried a river so deep
Now I'm ready to heal
Now I'm ready to kneel

I heard a flash
I heard a flash
I heard a flash
I heard a flash
I heard a flash
I heard a flash

Run For Love

I run for love
And I am quick
Like the wind
Like Athena
I fly, I fly
Moment to moment
Am I what you have in mind

I don't wanna talk on my future with you
'Cause it's all been written divine revelations
Why don't we make love, make love
Over and over
That is what I have in mind

Go on and read my mind
Although you're just my kind
Oh won't you see
Oh won't you be mine

Go on and read my mind
Although you're just my kind
Oh won't you see
Oh won't you be mine...

You can call me criminal
But I see nothing so evil
With giving it all to me
And I just have to believe you won't say no
So don't say no
'Cause yes comes so easily
Just tell me now
'Cause I can hardly breathe

I lose all control in your presence
What can I do to show you what it's like
Darling please take love, tender love
I am telling you now and forever
I am what you have in mind
Have in mind
Have in mind, oh

Go on and read my mind
Although you're just my kind
Oh won't you see
Oh won't you be mine

Go on and read my mind
Although you're just my kind
Oh won't you see
Oh won't you be mine...

Human Condition

Human, human, human condition
Human, human, human condition
Human, human, human condition
Human, human, human condition
Human, human, human condition

The human condition makes me melt inside
So much hope in people's eyes
So much loving in their hands
It's real that hope
It's true that love

My body is waiting at all times to be thrilled
Someone human starts to sing
I rise up to meet
The sound that reaches
Out for joy

Being a human being
It makes me cry
Oh why
'Cause I feel the bliss
And I won't resist it anymore
Not anymore

This is the only way I know
What would you say to that
That you're sorry
Or that you know the feelings I describe
They've been with you all your life

I smile at strangers knowing it's all alright
When they smile right back at me
I know we agree
That good living requires
Smiling at strangers

Being a human being
It makes me cry
Oh why
'Cause I feel the bliss
And I won't resist it anymore
Not anymore

Being a human being
Makes me smile all right
'Cause I feel the bliss
And I won't resist it anymore
Not anymore

Kiss The Specifics

I dreamed of a place
It was easy, it was real
And I, I will find it in the morning
It was real

'Cause nobody stops in love
This moment won't last for ever
Oh and I, I won't miss this chance to live

Oh I dreamed that I swam
To the bottom of the sea
And when I looked up to the sky
There were silent, scattered moonbeams, warning me

That nobody stops in love
This moment won't last for ever
Oh and I, I won't miss this chance to live

I really like paying attention
It really stirs me up
I won't make it too detailed

Oh I dreamed…

I would never be careful what I wish for
'Cause what I wish for is always right

You can guess, yes all you want about me
Is she high, is she crazy, is she in love
Well yes I'm in love
I will never be out of love

I have flown with the eagle
And the owl, in my dreams
And when I'll return to the sky
I will bring it
All my joy and ecstasy

'Cause stop doesn't mean a thing in love
I've only started to enjoy it
But I'm gonna ease right up to this time
And kiss specifics
And now the slow dance is dancing me

Yes I've only started to enjoy it
I've only stop this car and walk the rest of the way
I'm moving out of the way
To let the slow dance keep dancing me

I dream
I dream
I dream

Chemmie

I always felt a charge
When you and I were close
Couldn't make out what you'd done to me
My mind would not let it go
'Cause inside of me
This side of me
Was saying "Oh no, he's got you girl
I think you've found the one"

'Cause we've got chemmie
We got a naughty chemical reaction
Might call it love at first touch
I'm all struck down

Yeah we've got chemmie
An untamed animal attraction
And I'm finding it hard to keep away
From all that's you

So then we stopped this getting to know
And got to getting down
I felt the melt of space and time
??? make me cry
So easily
We found symmetry
And now my body's taking over
I've lost control, I blame my DNA

'Cause we've got chemmie
We got a naughty chemical reaction
Might call it love at first touch
I'm all struck down

Yeah we've got chemmie
An untamed animal attraction
And I'm finding it hard to keep away
From all that's you

It doesn't happen every day phenomenon
I can finally safely say
I get along with you
We made it through the eighth dimension
The total ascension
We don't have to die to get to heaven

'Cause we've got chemmie
We got a naughty chemical reaction
Might call it love at first touch
I'm all struck down

Yeah we've got chemmie
An untamed animal attraction
And I'm finding it hard to keep away
From all that's you

Yeah we've got chemmie
We got a naughty chemical reaction
Might call it love at first touch
I'm all struck down

We've got chemmie
An untamed animal attraction
And I'm finding it hard to keep away
From all that's you

It's elemental
A force of nature
It's elemental
A force of nature

It's elemental
A force of nature
It's elemental
A force of nature...

Forever and a Year

I found my dream tonight
But it's not you
You're my fantasy
I've always known
I would die alone
So here I go
I like to stay right here
Forever and a year

Don't you be scared
‘Cause I'm in it, I mean it, admit it
I'm into love

I've never dreamed a dream
That feels like you, romancing me
I long to hear you whisper in my ear
Come on let's go
Give in to the night
The legs of afterglow
The last leap open
I'll breathe your atmosphere
Forever and a year

Don't you be scared
‘Cause I'm in it, I mean it, admit it
I'm into love

I've been in love before
And it's been true
Both the love and me
And memory sends
Forward history
That I could go
As soon as now
So I am telling you
I love you forever
And this is always sealed
Within the deep, deep field
I like to stay right here
Forever and a year

I Was Everyone

I ran into the night
'Cause it's all I had
My feet swept past the midnight
Where the reeds grow wild
I looked into the sky
Felt the ages collide
And the wind
I heard it call my name

Said, girl you are the chosen one
You'll make history
So, go, go rally the men
And make them listen
And you will feel the tides turn for you
You will read the eyes of your enemies

With that, that voice was gone
And I stood alone
Had I received a message
From beyond the stone
And why would it be me
I have nothing of worth
Were the voices just my vanity

Said, girl you are the chosen one
You'll make history
So, go, go rally the men
And make them listen
And you will feel the tides turn for you
You will read the eyes of your enemies

And what if I woke up tomorrow not afraid
I could decide to trust the voices and take courage
What if I woke up tomorrow being brave
I could decide to trust the universe, take courage
I could decide and what if I tried

For a moment I could feel it
I could feel it, I could feel it
For a moment I was everyone
Who had never been quiet
How would I spend my whole life
Knowing the message
If I knew they made it through to me
I could not run and hide

And I know everyone wants to be remembered
And I know everyone wants to be a star
But who will believe that they're worth it
Who will believe they've got the right
To stand up and be heard

We are the champions
We are the champions
We are the champions...

Stand up and be heard

 

The Classic

Witness

There's a story that's been in my life
And I've taken it as gospel sure as the day
But now I'm starting to see that it's just an invention
That really wasn't about me
And I'd like to kick it to the corner
But it's hard to eject a tape that's played forever so
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
I need to be the witness to stop this crime
'Cause the criminal inside me has lost her mind
All the things she tells me well they're all lies
So I gotta be the witness to cut this evil vine

Gotta be the witness
Gotta be the witness
Gotta be the witness
Gotta be

I've been playing the part of a prisoner
In a fable created by none other than me
And my mind, well she's more than just dirty
She's a rascal who's set on setting fire to all
That I've learned
I've earned the wisdom of this story
Too many times
I'm starting to get angry so

I need to be the witness to stop this crime
'Cause the criminal inside me has lost her mind
All the things she tells me well they're all lies
So I gotta be the witness to cut this evil vine

The war is over
There is nothing left to say
The pile driver's got to quit
And it's gonna happen today

I will crack the motor
Jam my stiletto into that machine
Yeah I took the power
Got to kick myself out of the dream

I need to be the witness to stop this crime
'Cause the criminal inside me has lost her mind
All the things she tells me well they're all lies
So I gotta be the witness to stop this evil

Gotta to be the witness to stop this crime
'Cause the criminal inside me has lost her mind
All the things she tells me well they're all lies
So I gotta be the witness to cut this evil vine

Gotta be the witness
Gotta be the witness
Gotta be
Gotta be the witness
Gotta be

Holy City

I didn't say anything that I wanted to say to you
I got to talking and your eyes well they blew me away, yeah
Oh this is how I start
My love letter
But I may have missed my mark
My best seller

Here it goes my friend
I need to see you again and then
I'll show you what you do to me

You're like finding the holy city
Right there in front of my eyes
Setting me free, yeah I'm ready
To get up on your wailing wall
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
After my confession well I
I'm feeling freer than the wind
But then I start to shut it down fearing
I'm wondering what it would have been
If I had only, only I have no command
Over tomorrow, so I may as well be grand
And shoot my arrow

'Cause the ocean's wide but I can swim it
The tide is high, want to get in it
I feel the fire, come on let's fan it
You ask me why, 'cause every minute with you

Is like finding the holy city
Right there in front of my eyes
Waiting for me, yeah I'm ready
Oh, oh, oh

You're like finding the holy city
Right there in from of my eyes
Waiting for me, yeah I'm ready
To get up on your wailing wall

I can't feel it
Oh, I can't feel it anymore
I can't, I can't, I can't feel it anymore

You're like finding the holy city
Right there in front of my eyes
Setting me free, yeah I'm ready
Oh, oh, oh

You're like finding the holy city
Right there in from of my eyes
Waiting for me, yeah I'm ready
To get up on your wailing
Up on your wailing
Up on your wailing wall

The Classic

I am home in your arms
And I feel like this is living
It's been a long
Rocky road I have run

Could it be
That you're all
All I need to get by

And I love how it feels
To be so high without sinning
It's been an almighty drop into your heart

And it feels
Like I made it
Made out with all I was hoping for
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
Could it be that you
You are the one
Could it be that you
You are the one

And we blow through the air
Like we're floating on a feather
Rock and roll is for sure
Here to stay

And this song
We've been singing
Feels like it's always been sung

Do you know what that's called
Archetypal, you're the classic
Yes, you hummed me the tune
That enraptured my heart

And you threw out
All my devils
To make room
For monumental love

Could it be that you
You are the one

No I never felt the sun
Warm my heart in the way you do
No I never felt the rain
Fill my tears with joy like you do
No I never felt the earth
Fluster the butterflies like you do
No I never felt anything like you

I am home in your arms
And I feel like this is living
It's been a long
Rocky road I have run

And it feels
Like I made it
Made out with all I was hoping for

Could it be that you
You are the one
Could it be that you
You are the one
Could it be
Could it be that you
You are the one
Could it be

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Good Together

Remember the first time
On second thought please
Don't remember the first time
‘Cause going there and feeling that
Don't do me any good

But wasn't it special
Oh no, no, no
It wasn't so special
‘Cause what would I be doing here
Alone and what about it

It's in the way (heave ho heave ho)
You always want to go there
You wanna mine the gold of
What we had or did we really have it
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
Don't wanna see those eyes
Don't wanna take that ride
No I'm not driving down your sentimental highway
Don't want to be nostalgic
Don't want to be nostalgic
For something that never was
Oh no, no, no

Well you were a looker
And you still are
You're a looker
But looking at you looking at me
Don't do me any good

I thought we were good together
Yes, I did
I thought we were good together
But I was wrong
And I've been wrong before so many times

It's in the way (heave ho heave ho)
You always want to go there
You wanna mine the gold of
What we had or did we really have it
Don't wanna see those eyes
Don't wanna take that ride
Lord knows I'm not driving down your sentimental highway
Don't want to be nostalgic
Don't want to be nostalgic
For something that never was

You will find me at the back of the bathhouse
Waiting for the heat
Oh holy night at the back of the bathhouse
Turn the lights down low

Won't you meet me at the back of the bathhouse
I'll be waiting for you
Oh holy night at the back of the bathhouse
Turn the lights down low

Don't want to be nostalgic
Don't want to be nostalgic
Don't want to be nostalgic
For something that never was

Get Direct

If you would be mine
We could be happy
We could be happy

If you wouldn't mind
We could be happy
We could be happy

So how about it
It'd be so easy to do
Start with you and I just feeling out
The love we have for living
Throwing out the old bath water
It's elementary

If you would be mine
We could be happy
We could be happy

If you wouldn't mind
We could be happy
We could be happy

The corner of my eye
Well it's got some business with you
I'd like to spread your fingers wider
Quit the lights and take you higher
Find the place that we've forgotten
It's elementary
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
Don't take the tangle for my past
I left that ruin long ago
And I moved out to the deep end
Braced myself in case a piece like you
Would walk on, walk on by
Oh baby please

Now I know nobody owns nobody
What I'm trying to say
I wanna get spitting distance to you
Up close and personal
Let's get personal
Let's get direct
Let's get direct
Let's get experimental

You, me, happy, happy
It's elementary
You and me
Imagine us happy
Oh, happy
It's elementary
Oh, happy, oh, happy
It's elementary

Now I know nobody owns nobody
Now I know nobody owns nobody
Now I know nobody owns nobody
Now I know nobody owns nobody

Now I know nobody owns nobody
Now I know nobody owns nobody
Now I know nobody owns nobody
Now I know nobody owns nobody

What Would You Do

What would you do if you saw me dying
What would you do it you saw me dead
What would you do if you knew the story
What would you do if you were the only one

Oh, would you hesitate at all
Or fear breaking it to my family
No, I don't really care if you mind
Got to lay it on the line

What would you do if you caught me leaving
What would you do if I told you look away
What would you do if you heard me screaming
What would you do if you were the only one
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
Oh, would you hesitate at all
Or fear losing me to my misery
'Cause I've already lost you, already lost you
So I don't really care if you mind
Got to lay it on the line

Listen to yourself
There will always be something to learn
However painful
Fear is only what you feel
When you're hitting new ground
Listen to yourself
'Cause there will always be a way in and out

Listen to yourself
There will always be something to learn
However painful
Fear is only what you feel
When you're hitting new ground
Listen to yourself
'Cause there will always be a way out

New Year's Day

Sell it to the sky
Tell it to your shyness
It never goes away
This ache I feel today

Take it like a man
Say it like you mean it
This is the final round
Lord lead me to the sound

'Cause I am so convincing
I have almost tricked myself into thinking
I'd want to do it all on my own
But I'm tired of my lies

Always in a state
A state of overstating
Why can't I find the grace
That let me quit this place

I fear I've lost my power
'Cause even when the feeling is off
When I am asked to dance
I can't resist romance
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
Yeah, I am so convincing
I have almost tricked myself into thinking
I would want to do it all over again
But I'm tired of my lies

You won't find me here
No, you won't find me here
This new year's day

Shame

Shame, give me a reason to keep it around
Shame, 'cause I am tired of wearing the crown of thorns
Hey, hey, I'm not here to be the sufferer
For the fears of all humankind
I'm here to sing and get up in your everything

I didn't know it by sight but believe me
It was snarling at the essence of being alive
And I began to see my way out it looked easy
Just had to kick the double dealer out of my life

But it's a cool player
A greater persuader
It worked me over
And I fell back down into shame

Shame, give me a reason to keep it around
Shame, 'cause I am tired of wearing the crown of thorns
Hey, hey, I'm not here to be the sufferer
For the fears of all humankind
I'm here to sing and get up in your everything

I reckoned all I had to do
Is start on the good foot
And I'd be on my way out of the zoo
But when I tried to put my good foot into it
I tripped up on the doubts I'd been dying to undo
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
Yeah it's a dictator
A dirty space invader
It worked me over
And I fell back down into shame

Shame, give me a reason to keep it around
Shame, 'cause I am tired of wearing the crown of thorns
Hey, hey, I'm not here to be the sufferer
For the fears of all humankind
I'm here to sing and get up in your everything

What would I be without it
I might be so alone
But I could be free without it
I don't need an evil twin
A spitting imagine, a Ms. Hyde
I don't need

Shame, give me a reason to keep it around
Shame, 'cause I am tired of wearing the crown of thorns
Hey, hey, I'm not here to be the sufferer
For the fears of all humankind
I'm here to sing and get up in your everything

It's time
I won't be a part
Of double-crossing my heart
It's time
Bring the future

It's time
I won't be a part
Of double-crossing my heart
It's time
Bring the future...

Stay

I just watch your hands
They move me
Touch my war, my world
And even when I
Try to deny
My dirt-white flag unfurls

Why don't you stay
Why don't you stay
Why not
Why not

I found the fountains rare
Rinse off my burdens there

Desire is a strength
Unwieldy
Wild and come undone
I'm flashing eyes on you
My island
Feel the midnight sun

Why don't you stay
Why don't you stay
Why not
Why not

I found the fountains rare
Rinse off my burdens there
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
Could you know
How close you make me
Feel to feeling me
I release another piece
Of my soul to you
And you hold it
With your own

Why don't you stay
Why don't you stay
Why not
Why don't you stay
Why not
Why not
Why don't you stay
Why not
Why don't you stay
Why don't you stay
Why don't you stay

Ask me

Did you say that you'd love me
When I'm old and confused
Would you open up the window
And let the light in

Impossible maybe
But I've never known
What it is to give up a fight
So I'll have to take it from you

You only loved me
More than yourself
But I never wanted that kind of love
But maybe someday I'll get into it

I know that it hurts you
Well it hurts me too
But I don't know
Any other way to tell you I love you
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
I keep turning back
I keep turning back
I keep turning back
Turning back

If we're only dreaming
I love this dream we're in
Let's keep it going
Impossible maybe not

As I watch the fine peel of your Clementine
I want you now like I never have before

Please will you ask me
Oh ask me
'Cause you might be surprised
At my reply, at my reply

If we're only dreaming
I love this dream we're in
Let's keep it going

Let It Be You

Broke Me in Two

I'm with you, for all time
And I'll play along with anybody else
Who's with you, for all time
'Cause I'm into finding ever-open eyes

Sitting here thinking 'bout you
About the way your hands took me with you
And how I'll never, I'll never hesitate
Because you broke me in two

Like a lightning bolt hits the sea
You cut deep down into me
And you'll never have a thing to prove
Because oh, you broke me in two

I'm with you, for all time
And I'll play along with anybody else
Who's with you, for all time
'Cause I'm into finding ever-open eyes
In the real world did you copy and paste too?
Didn't you ever have a moment when you
When you felt the ground move beneath you
It doubled the rhythm on my tired lonely heart
Because oh, you broke me in two

And I'm ready for the birds and bees
To fly right 'round you and me
'Cause now I hear the song and taste the honey
Oh, oh, oh, oh, you broke me in two

I'm with you, for all time
And I'll play along with anybody else
Who's with you, for all of time
'Cause I'm into finding ever-open eyes

I'm with you, for all time
And I'll play along with anybody else
Who's with you, for all of time
'Cause I'm into finding ever-open eyes

Overloaded

It's overloaded
It's overloaded

So you told me you're not home
When I called you on the phone
All I know is I'm not there
And I do not even care

Don't wanna talk about it
Just wanna scream and shout it
Don't wanna wake up in the morning
Over and over, it's automatic
Baby it's locked and loaded
Until your heart exploded
Don't wanna throw it all away
And away and away, it's overloaded
It's overloaded

All the plastic in the sea
And the ground beneath your feet
All the shadows in your mind
Killing me and killing time

Don't wanna talk about it
Just wanna scream and shout it
Don't wanna wake up in the morning
Over and over, it's automatic
Baby it's locked and loaded
Until your heart exploded
Don't wanna throw it all away
And away and away, it's overloaded
In the real world did you copy and paste too?
Don't wanna talk about it
Just wanna scream and shout it
Don't wanna wake up in the morning
Over and over, it's automatic
Baby it's locked and loaded
Until your heart exploded
Don't wanna throw it all away
And away and away, it's overloaded
It's overloaded

Don't wanna talk about it
Just wanna scream and shout it
Don't wanna wake up in the morning
Over and over, it's automatic
Baby it's locked and loaded
Until your heart exploded
Don't wanna throw it all away
And away and away, it's overloaded

Magic Lamp

Daisy
You stare into the fog of Iceland
And if you wanna dance
Tell me with your eyes
Tell me with your eyes

Aces
Are falling from the sky
And if you wanna
Show me with your hands
Show me with your hands

Neon number ones
Flashing out of time
Get the battle won
Light the dynamite
Light it just in time

Take me
Hollow out the sun
And make me
Follow you, we'll gun
To the other side
Yeah, to the other side
In the real world did you copy and paste too?
Just shake it
Shake it till the stars start shooting
Don't you wanna watch what'll happen now
Oh what'll happen now

Neon number ones
Flashing out of time
Get the battle won
Light the dynamite
Light it just in time

Slip into the passenger side
It takes just a well-placed bribe
You can't say we never tried
I like my good news unmapped
So when you begin to clap
I rub on my magic lamp

Slip into the passenger side
It takes just a well-placed bribe
You can't say we never tried
I like my good news unmapped
So when you begin to clap
I rub on my magic lamp

Neon number ones
Flashing out of time
Get the battle won
Light the dynamite
Light it just in time
Just in time

Just in time to slip into the passenger side
It takes just a well-placed bribe
You can't say we never tried
I like my good news unmapped
So when you begin to clap
I rub on my magic lamp

Slip into the passenger side
It takes just a well-placed bribe
You can't say we never tried
I like my good news unmapped
So when you begin to clap
I rub on my magic lamp
My magic lamp, my magic lamp
My magic lamp, my magic lamp
My magic lamp

Let It Be You

See me
I'm shaking now feeling you move me
You laid me down till I hit empty
Now I levitate and gravity it breaks easy

The one and eight how can I thank you
How will I express all I ought to
Return the dead sea to it's deep blue

Will it be dark when I, I come to
Believe in you I believe in you
Believe in you I believe

This is the way the fever sings let it be you
This is the way the wildfire's licking at you
I feel the embers burning me they're burning you too
Let it be you, let it be you, let it be you
In the real world did you copy and paste too?
Ready
Set go and I'm lost in your melody
Cutting through me like the only true remedy
Sucking out the poison from the love I need madly

My running mate how can I thank you
For turning me onto my rescue
'Cause I never knew what to look up to

Be still my heart when I, I come to
Believe in you I believe in you
Believe in you I believe

This is the way the fever sings let it be you
This is the way the wildfire's licking at you
I feel the embers burning me they're burning you too
Let it be you, let it be you, let it be you

This is the way the fever sings let it be you
This is the way the wildfire's licking at you
I feel the embers burning me they're burning you too
Let it be you, let it be you, let it be you

This is the way the fever sings let it be you
This is the way the wildfire's licking at you
I feel the embers burning me they're burning you too
Let it be you, let it be you, let it be you

Hurts so bad

It hurts so bad how much I love you
Makes me wanna die when I'm thinking of you
Baby when you go far away
Listen when I say
I count every day

It hurts so bad how much I need you
I could never show how I wanna please you
Baby when I lie you on the floor
Asking me for more
Burns me to the core
In the real world did you copy and paste too?
Because the love we share now flickers bright
As the beaming glow of the neon lights

Waiting for the hands that I see in your eyes
To pull me through the mirror and make me hypnotized
Waving at the sky
Goodbye, goodbye
Never thought that I could ever be
So right, so right, so right

I go so mad I need you near me
Anything you ask me to be I will be
Honey I am in all the way
Listen when I say
You're my milky way

I go so mad I hope you hear me
I had never known what it was to feel free
When I get you in the wonderland
Melting in your hand
You will understand

That the the love we share now flickers bright
As the beaming glow of the neon lights

Waiting for the hands that I see in your eyes
To pull me through the mirror and make me hypnotized
Waving at the sky
Goodbye, goodbye
Never thought that I could ever be
So right, so right, so right

It hurts so bad how much I love you
Makes me wanna die when I'm looking at you

Satellite

I'm alone in this town
I'm alone in it
The morning sun runs me down
For the fun of it

So shut your windows it's time
Rev the engines to rhyme
In the blink of an eye
I'm gone satellite I'm gone
In the real world did you copy and paste too?
Oh try to watch me go
Glass in the sky
Oh and I won't be so
Shot through and shy
I'm gone satellite I'm gone
But do me this final one

I'm gone satellite I'm gone
I'm gone satellite I'm gone
I'm gone satellite I'm gone
I'm gone satellite I'm gone

Gonna set it on fire
Put a flame to it
Then we'll all hear the choir
Sing the hymn for it

So spit the poison it's time
The silver lace sent it's sign
In the blink of an eye
I'm gone satellite I'm gone

Oh try to watch me go
Glass in the sky
Oh and I won't be so
Shot through and shy
I'm gone satellite I'm gone
Just do me this final one

I'm gone satellite I'm gone
I'm gone satellite I'm gone
I'm gone satellite I'm gone
I'm gone satellite I'm gone

See the moon in the water
And the train pigeons scatter
Feel the wind sweep me
Waves push me out and then in

Oh try to watch me go
Glass in the sky
Oh and I won't be so
Shot through and shy
I'm gone satellite I'm gone
Just do me this final one

I'm gone satellite I'm gone
I'm gone satellite I'm gone
I'm gone satellite I'm gone
I'm gone satellite I'm gone

Easy Money

It keeps getting clearer
I paid off the dealer
'Cause how could my luck be so damned
Glossy in the mirror
Captured like a killer
It's written all over me and
In the real world did you copy and paste too?
You, you have the power
To beam inside my heart
Fill it with a radiance
And now I find myself in hot water
It's hot but not enough to put me proper
So I will beckon you to let me in your zoo

I'm on the floor in pieces
Don't you want easy money
Oh keep it down, keep it coming

I never seen the weeping jesus
I just want all your honey
Oh keep it up, keep it coming

I'll never know what made it happen
I fell so hard when we were rapping
But I hit the highway running
Wondering if it was the fact that
You had me jumping to your high hat
'Cause you got the heart beat, makes me

Whine oh and I holler
Can't seem to keep down
Man you got me rapturous
And now I find myself enamored with you
There isn't anything I wouldn't give you
So I will beckon you to let me in your zoo

I'm on the floor in pieces
Don't you want easy money
Oh keep it down, keep it coming

I never seen the weeping jesus
I just want all your honey
Oh keep it up, keep it coming

Oh you threw me
I couldn't stop shaking, shaking
Oh when I came to
My heart it was aching, aching
Oh what you do to me
I'm so in love with you, baby

Oh you kissed me
Revealing the stars and stars below
Connection of venus and mars and mars
You know what you do to me
I'm so in love with you baby

I'm on the floor in pieces
Don't you want easy money
Oh keep it up, keep it coming

Violent Dove

I feel your hand
Search for my breaker
And your eyes go dark
Then I know that you're my trouble maker
And I keep on
In the real world did you copy and paste too?
Pretending like the both of us are not in love (not in love)
Bodies start convulsing like a violent dove (like a violent dove)
Beg you for some more I never get enough (I never get enough)
This is the blood of love

Touch your reflection
In this broken mirror
And my inky finger
Holding on to the infinite zero
And I keep on

Pretending like the both of us are not in love (not in love)
Bodies start convulsing like a violent dove (like a violent dove)
Beg you for some more I never get enough (I never get enough)
This is the blood of love

Imagine making it out alive
Tear into taking it for a dive
It only hurts when you think about it
So just jump the pavement will find you somehow

Pretending like the both of us are not in love (not in love)
Bodies start convulsing like a violent dove (like a violent dove)
Beg you for some more I never get enough (I never get enough)
This is the blood of love

Pretending like the both of us are not in love (not in love)
Bodies start convulsing like a violent dove (like a violent dove)
Beg you for some more I never get enough (I never get enough)
This is the blood of love
This is the blood of love

This is the blood of love
This is the blood of love
This is the blood of love
This is the blood of love

This is the blood of love
This is the blood of love
This is the blood of love
This is the blood of love

Motorway

Wander around this block
Dipping my feet off the dock
Wonder will this ever stop, stop
Shaking these walls till they drop

See you on the motorway
Till we find another way
Nothing we can do or say
Have to live another day
Try and make another play
Picking up what we threw away

How can I not notice you
There is nothing else to do
Gonna try and make it through
Have to live another day
Try and make another play
Picking up what we threw away

Wondering where do I go
Watching your feet in the snow
Stung by a thousand poison oaks
Now all you have to do is row row row
In the real world did you copy and paste too?
See you on the motorway
Till we find another way
Nothing we can do or say
Have to live another day
Try and make another play
Picking up what we threw away

How can I not notice you
There is nothing else to do
Gonna try and make it through
Have to live another day
Try and make another play
Picking up what we threw away

See you on the motorway
Till we find another way
Nothing we can do or say
Have to live another day
Try and make another play
Picking up what we threw away

How can I not notice you
There is nothing else to do
Gonna try and make it through
Have to live another day
Try and make another play
Picking up what we threw away

Have to live another day
Try and make another play
Picking up what we threw away

Have to live another day
Try and make another play
Picking up what we threw away

Station

Won't you meet me at the station
'Cause I want so badly to cry
'Cause when I see you
I can't help but crying

Don't you find me rather impatient
'Cause I can't seem to quiet my mind
Anticipation drives me to my madness

But it's all for the love of you

I swear I'll be there 'til the night is gone
And the sky is breaking over me
'Cause I feel, I feel rosy

I learned instant gratification
Never feels half as good in the end
So I will wait here pacing at the station

But it's all for the love of you
Yes it's all for the love of you

Damned Devotion

Wonderful

I've let the water run clear
And now my body whispers
"You don't know my name"

I've been stealing my tears
Pouring buckets out my window
Wondering

Even when the sky is naked
Will I need to fight to make it

Wonderful, wonderful
Wonder what could be
Wonderful, wonderful
Wonder if I'm right
Wonder if I'm ready

I'm losing these junk souvenirs
What did they do for me
But tangle up my game

Keep hearing the end is near
Must mean a new beginning's
Going in for the kill

Every ounce of love, I gave it
But still I need to fight to make it

Wonderful, wonderful
Wonder what will be
Wonderful, wonderful
Wonder if I'm right
Wonder if I'm ready
In the real world did you copy and paste too?
I'm leaving the frame
Yeah, it's about time
Isn't it baby
Don't want to explain
I just want to do this

Trying to re-name
The Triboro Bridge
The Fallen In Love
How will I make it feel

Wonderful, wonderful
Wonder what will be
Wonderful, wonderful
Wonder if I'm right
Wonder if I'm ready

If it's out of sight
Will I still stay steady

Warning bell

Even in the water
You're so soft in the corner
Soft where you shouldn't be
And I just die for it every time

If there was a warning bell
I'd know
But all I hear is music
Soft and low

I never see it coming
I never see it coming on
I never see it coming
I always look the wrong way round

Even when the wind blows
I whisper "light as a feather"
Same as it ever was
But I was never good at levitating

If there was a warning bell
I'd know
But all I hear is music
Soft and low

I never see it coming
I never see it coming on
I never see it coming
I always look the wrong way round
In the real world did you copy and paste too?
I have loved deceivers
I tend to trust the villain
I've been fine with learning it the hard way

But I will stop and listen
Remind myself a cautious heart's
A trophy I'm worthy of

I never see it coming

If there was a warning bell
I'd know
But all i hear is music
Soft and low

I never see it coming
I never see it coming on
I never see it coming
Always look the wrong way round

Tell me

Tell me, tell me, tell me
What do you want
Tell me, tell me, tell me
What do you need

Tell me, tell me, tell me
What do you want
Tell me, tell me, tell me
What do you need

You know the sign says free admission
So what do you say
You can start at the beginning
No one's listening at the doorframe
You gotta separate now
What's real, what's not real

Tell me, tell me, tell me
What do you want
Tell me, tell me, tell me
What do you need

Tell me, tell me, tell me
What do you want
Tell me, tell me, tell me
What do you need
In the real world did you copy and paste too?
You know I want the everlasting
So what do you say
We don't have to write an ending
You know it's all here for the asking
Why don't we separate now
What's real, what's not real

Tell me, tell me, tell me
What do you want
Tell me, tell me, tell me
What do you need

Tell me, tell me, tell me
What do you want
Tell me, tell me, tell me
What do you need

Try taking the invitation
Lay it on me
Animal communication
Stop and spit it honey

Tell me, tell me, tell me
What do you want
Tell me, tell me, tell me
What do you need

Tell me now, tell me all of it
Tell me now, tell me what do you want now
Tell me all of it, tell me now
What do you need now

Tell me now, tell me all of it
Tell me now, tell me what do you want now
Tell me all of it, tell me now
What do you need

Tell me, tell me, tell me
What do you want
Tell me, tell me, tell me
What do you need

Tell me, tell me, tell me
What do you want
Tell me, tell me, tell me
What do you need

Steed (for Jean Genet)

Find me any minter
Who can cast the golden Aries
And I'll make it
And find my revolutionaries

Light gets in his eyes, blink hard
He brushes your hard shoulder
And it's high time
Prime it, prime it, prime it

Press me up against the starry night
Then turn me over
And I'll take you
To meet Our Lady Of The Flowers

All that you imagine
Lies around that shiny corner
He will write it
Over and over and over

Oh baby, won't you buy me a steed
You better get ready, yeah
Oh don't you feel it inside of me
Yeah, you better get ready, yeah
In the real world did you copy and paste too?
Baby won't you buy me a steed
You better get ready yeah
'Cause don't you know that I'm built for speed
You better get ready, yeah

Baby won't you buy me a steed
You better get ready yeah
(Better get, better get, better get)
'Cause don't you know that I'm built for speed
Yeah you better get ready, yeah
(Better get, better get, better get)

Press me up against the starry night
Then turn me over
And I'll take you
To meet Our Lady Of The Flowers

All that you imagine
Lies around that shiny corner
He will write it
Over and over and over

Oh baby, won't you buy me a steed
You better get ready, yeah
(Better get, better get, better get)
Oh don't you feel it inside of me
Yeah you better get ready, yeah
(Better get, better get, better get)

Baby won't you buy me a steed
You better get ready, yeah
(Better get, better get, better get)
'Cause don't you know that I'm built for speed
Yeah you better get ready, yeah
(Better get, better get, better get)

Damned devotion

Take me
And you won't be sorry
No I don't wanna run
I brake for authority

Firebrand my breath
Ember end to end
From our dark
Watermarked body
In the real world did you copy and paste too?
Oh what is it like to feel
The endless open
In slow motion I tasted it
The sound of hunger in my heart
Sparking the flame in me
You stung my ocean
Damned devotion

Dream it
And you won't be sorry
Just tell me how, do it now
I ache for authority

Simmer down
But how can I deny
Wanna believe
There's a thief
On high

Oh what is it like to feel
The endless open
In slow motion I tasted it
The sound of hunger in my heart
Sparking the flame in me
You stung my ocean
Damned devotion

I wanna see you more
I wanna know you more
I wanna touch you more
So real

Oh what is it like to feel
The endless open
In slow-motion I tasted it
The pound of thunder in my heart
Sparking the flame in me
You stung my ocean
Damned devotion

The silence

Attention
Hold me down and fight
'Cause I'm stalling
And I'll use this lull for flight

We have so much to say
Why don't we say it

Then I'm torn
I feel a chance to right this
But I'm assuming
I've said enough tonight

We have so much to give
Why don't we give it

And I'm told
That wounds are where the light gets in
And I feel it
This stranger in the night

We have so much to lose
Why don't we lose it
In the real world did you copy and paste too?
It's the silence, it's the silence
It's the silence, that's dulling the blade
It's the silence, it's the silence
It's the silence, that's dulling the blade

It's the silence, it's the silence
It's the silence, that's dulling the blade
It's the silence, it's the silence
It's the silence, that's dulling the blade

Attention

My body, my choice, her body, her choice
My body, my choice, her body, her choice
My body, my choice, her body, her choice
My body, my choice, her body, her choice

And I'm told
That wounds are where the light gets in
And I feel it
This stranger in the night

We have so much to lose
Why don't we lose it

It's the silence, it's the silence
It's the silence, that's dulling the blade
It's the silence, it's the silence
It's the silence, that's dulling the blade

It's the silence, it's the silence
It's the silence, that's dulling the blade
It's the silence, it's the silence
It's the silence, that's dulling the blade

Valid jagger

Sing, don't lie to me
Run, don't walk to me
Bring your love to me
Try this another way

Don't lie to me
Run, don't walk to me
Bring your love to me
Try this another way

Sing, don't lie to me
Run, don't walk to me
Bring your love to me
Try this another way
In the real world did you copy and paste too?
I've gotta love inside me now
It's bigger than the easter bunny on easter day
And I wanna give it away to
A valid jagger

Honk if you got paranoia
Nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one
It gets you
That's where the numbers don't add up you out of order

Sing, don't lie to me
Run, don't walk to me
Bring your love to me
Try this another way

Don't lie to me
Run, don't walk to me
Bring your love to me
Try this another way

I've gotta a love inside me, yeah
It's bigger than the rockefeller center Christmas tree on Christmas day
All you gotta do is attend to
To simple matters

Gotta give up all the drama
Even when you think without a doubt there's some secret hiding place
Nobody's keeping a thing from
From anybody

Sing, don't lie to me
Run, don't walk to me
Bring your love to me
Try this another way

Rely on

Dying to find spirituality mister
But don't go on trying to pretend
Trying to outdo everything here and now
Will only leave you a piece of what
What is now and then

Fashionable as it may be
It's not gonna look good on you
Desperate to feel you got purpose
But I bet you'll find you're nothing unless you learn to

Oh rely on, rely on, rely on
Oh rely on, rely on, rely on you
In the real world did you copy and paste too?
You can't buy spirituality sister
Though i know you wish that you could own enlightenment
You want a white light moment just visualize
You'll get that golden om

Fashionable as it may be
It's not gonna look good on you
Maybe I do you a disservice
But I bet you'll find you're nothing unless you learn to

Oh rely on, rely on, rely on
Oh rely on, rely on, rely on you

What was it like to be you

I'd race to meet you
At the top of the stairs
You'd come from working
You were always there for me

You'd scare the nightmares
Singing me an old song
You'd learned in osh kosh
You were always there for me
But what was it like to be you

You said
I could never see
What passing judgement
On anybody else
Would ever do for me
Well I love how you see
The things that you couldn't see
You showed me how to live

My dance recitals
They were never concise
You never missed one
You were always there for me
In the real world did you copy and paste too?
You told me softly
That I had what it takes
To make it anywhere
You were always there for me
But what was it like to be you

You said
I could never see
What passing judgement
On anybody else
Would ever do for me
Well I love how you see
The things that you couldn't see
You showed me how to die

You said
I could never see
What passing judgement
On anybody else
Would ever do for me
Well i love how you see
The things that you couldn't see
You showed me how to see
And what to look for in a man

I'd race to meet you
At the top of the stairs
You'd come from working
You were always there for me

Talk about it later

You say we're gonna be alright
I may beg to differ
Why don't we talk about it later
Save your money
Let's talk about it later
Your dirty testimony

Leave it alone, i bet you can't
I'll have to watch you try to do it your way
Cut to the bone, give up your rant
I see you liberated your child's play
In the real world did you copy and paste too?
You say we're gonna be alright
I may beg to differ
Why don't we talk about it later
(Talk about it later)
(Why don't we talk about it later)
(Talk about it, talk about it later)

Once you start up, it's started up
Wrong headed only moves in one direction
Close to the edge, is that what you want
Fast forward over the remaining question

You say we're gonna be alright
I may beg to differ
Why don't we talk about it later
(Talk about it, talk about it later)
And we can talk about it later
Later as in 2020
Let's talk about it later
(Talk about it, talk about it later)
And we can talk about it later
Your dirty testimony

You say we're gonna be alright
I may beg to differ
Why don't we talk about it later
Save your money
Why don't we talk about it later
Save your money

Silly me

Silly me
Why did I have to fall in love with you
Silly me, I'm aching

Silly me
Why did I have to let it come to this
Silly me, I'm breaking

Why did I trust the sky
When I am here
Here I am waiting

Silly me
Why did the sun refuse to shine on me
I'm a fool
I should have known

Silly me
Yes I know that it's impossible
Silly you
I'm learning

How can I justify
When I am here
Here I am
How can I justify
When I am here
Here I am waiting

Once I said I'd never lie
But who believed me
I kept my promise
But now I find the joke's on me, on me
In the real world did you copy and paste too?
God help me
Help me find a way to never see
My reflection in your eyes
Could it be
That I'll have to face the world again
Silly me believing

That I could rise dignified
When I am here
Here I am waiting
Silly me, silly me
Silly me, silly me

I don't mind

I don't mind
Saying I love you all the time
But I can't deny
That I have left myself behind

Then I, I start to wonder
What it says about
About being burned

And who, who have I trusted
I don't know for sure
But surely I know you

I learn my lines
But I can't trust myself to lie
I blame bad design
Face off the chaos
No, I don't mind

Then I, I start to wonder
What about my life
I can't settle on

And who, who have I trusted
I don't know no more
But surely I know you
In the real world did you copy and paste too?
It's a bowl of cherries
It's a bowl of hand grenades come on
I uncover the windows face the light
And what will I see
Instant recognition
Instant camera photographs come on
So long lovers keep up the flame tonight

At once, all the voices
They begin to fall inaudible
And who, who am I left with
I don't know for sure

But through, through the snowfall
I am listening
And hope you're listening too

Cover Two

Kiss

(Prince)

You don't have to be beautiful to turn me on
I just need your body, baby, from dusk 'til dawn
You don't need experience to turn me out
You just leave it all up to me
I'm gonna show you what it's all about

You don't have to be rich to be my girl
You don't have to be cool to rule my world
Ain't no particular sign I'm more compatible with
I just want your extra time and your kiss

You got to not talk dirty, baby
If you wanna impress me
You can't be too flirty, mama
I know how to undress me

I want to be your fantasy
Maybe you could be mine
You just leave it all up to me
We could have a good time

You don't have to be rich to be my girl
You don't have to be cool to rule my world
Ain't no particular sign I'm more compatible with
I just want your extra time and your kiss

Women, not girls, rule my world
I said they rule my world
Women, not girls, rule my world
I said they rule my world

Women, not girls, rule my world
I said they rule my world
Women, not girls, rule my world

Act your age, mama, not your shoe size
Maybe we could do the twirl
You don't have to watch Dynasty to have a sexy attitude
You just leave it all up to me, my love will be your light
In excess love, it's fresh mango in the morning
You're like air, ocean breeze, five-hour conversations
That feel like a minute

'Cause time ceases to matter when love's on the line
Time ceases to matter when love's on the line
Time ceases to matter when love's on the line

Get love, leave time
Get love, leave time
Get love, leave time...

And you don't have to understand
No, you don't have to understand
No, you don't have to understand anything
And I don't have to understand anything
And we don't have to understand

Get love, leave time

And you don't have to be rich to be my man
You don't have to be cool or understand
Ain't no particular sign I'm more compatible with
I just want your extra time and your kiss

Spread

(Outkast / Feat. Me'Shell Ndegéocello)

Fuck the rhythm
Fuck the rhythm under your bosom

I don't want to move too fast
I can't resist your sexy ass
Just spread, spread for me

Don't want to come on too strong
But I'll play in you all day long
Just spread, spread for me

I don't want to move too fast
I don't, I don't want to move too fast
I don't, I don't want to move too fast, but
I can't resist your sexy ass, your sexy ass
Just spread, spread for me

Don't want to come on too strong
Don't want, don't want, don't want
But I'll play in you all day long
Come on, come on, spread, spread for me

And I don't want to move too fast
I can't resist your sexy ass
Just spread, spread for me
I can't wait to get you home

Don't want to come on too strong
But I'll play in you all day long
Just spread, spread for me

I can't read minds, but I can read
I can't read minds, but I can read yous
I think she says that she wants to pour
Pour yourself all over me
Pour yourself all over me
Pour yourself all over me
What you think

I could be wrong, but people don't lie
And if they do, but God, they must fry
You know, like, like electric chair
And they do

The way you stare, yeah I'm there
You committed a crime and I'm the victim
I got an eye out for she who cries out passionately
Well, I do things backwardly, forwardly, horizontally
I'm too young to be settling down
Quick to change my mind tomorrow
So can I borrow your timid torso
More so, more than your soul, honest, me gotta be how I roll
More than your soul, more than your soul
More than your soul, more than your soul

Fuck the rhythm, fuck the rhythm under your bosom
Fuck the rhythm
Fuck the rhythm, fuck the rhythm under your bosom
Fuck the rhythm, fuck the rhythm under your bosom
You're the prism, Shirley Chislom was the first
Let's rehearse making a baby
Put in your order, I want a baby daughter

Dance on the tip of my tongue
Shake the clouds 'til there's no more wetness in them
Shake the clouds 'til there's no more wetness in them
Tell your homegirls that you will send them a postcard
A hundred from three thousand hard

Don't want to make you feel strange
Don't let these words be in vain
So spread, spread for me
I can't wait to get you home
Nature knows that I want you
But not unless you want me too
So spread, spread for me

Under Control

(The Strokes)

I don't want to waste your time
I don't want to waste your time
I just want to say
I've got to say
We worked hard, darling
We don't have no control
We're under control

I don't want to do it your way
I don't want to do it your way
No, I don't want to give it to you, your way
I don't want to know

I don't want to change your mind
I don't want to change the world
I just want to watch it go by
I want to watch you go by
We were young, darling
We don't have no control
We're out of control

I don't want to do it your way
I don't want to do it your way
No, I don't want to give it to you, your way
I don't want to know

I don't want to change your mind
I don't want to waste your time
I just want to know you're alright
I've got to know you're alright
You are young, darling
For now, but not for long
Under control

Not The Way

(Cass McCombs)

Contempt for all
A vocabulary vow
Sifting ash
Can't see in from out
First to know
Quick to criticize
Blow by blow
Cutting boxer eyes

That's not the way
That's not the way to make
That's not the way to make friends

Contempt for love
And everything you've drowned
I know these words can be turned around
I know you think
Politeness is what I need
Well, I don't
But it might as well have been

That's not the way
That's not the way to make
That's not the way to make friends

That's not the way
That's not the way to make
That's not the way to make friends

I Keep Forgettin'

(Michael McDonald)

I keep forgetting we're not in love anymore
I keep forgetting things will never be the same again
I keep forgetting how you made that clear
I keep forgetting

Every time you're near
Every time I see you smile
Hear your hello
Saying you can only stay a while

I know it's hard for you
To say the things we both know are true
But tell me how come I

Forget we're not in love anymore
I keep forgetting things will never be the same again
I keep forgetting how you made that clear
I keep forgetting

Everytime I hear
How you never want to live a lie (lie)
How it's gone too far (too far)
And you don't have to tell me why (why)

Why you're gone
And why the game is through
If this is what's real
If this is what's true
And tell me how come I

Keep forgetting we're not in love anymore (anymore, baby)
I keep forgetting things will never be the same again (never be the same again)
I keep forgetting how you made that clear (very clear)
I keep forgetting (forgetting)

Don't say that, don't say that, don't say that
I know you're not mine
Anymore, anyway, anytime
Tell me how come I

Keep forgetting we're not in love anymore
I keep forgetting things will never be the same again (never be the same again)
I keep forgetting how you made that clear (it's so clear)
I keep forgetting (forgetting)

I keep forgetting we're not in love anymore
I keep forgetting things will never be the same again (be the same)
I keep forgetting how you made that so clear
I keep forgetting

I keep forgetting we're not in love, in love
In love anymore

Life's What You Make It

(Talk Talk / Feat. Justin Hicks)

Baby, life's what you make it
Can't escape it

Baby, yesterday's favourite
Don't you hate it

(Everything's all right)
Life's what you make it
(Everything's all right)

Baby, life's what you make it
Don't backdate it

Baby, don't try to shade it
Beauty is naked

(Everything's all right)
Life's what you make it
(Everything's all right)
Life's what you make it

Baby, life's what you make it
Celebrate it, anticipate it
Yesterday's faded
Nothing can change it
Life's what you make it

(Everything's all right)
Life's what you make it
(Everything's all right)
Life's what you make it

Celebrate it
Life's what you make it



Out Of Time

(Blur)

Where's the love song to set us free
Too many people down
Everything turning the wrong way 'round
And I don't know what love would be
But if we stop dreaming now
Lord knows we'd never clear the clouds

And you've been so busy lately
That you haven't found the time
To open up your mind
And watch the world spinning
Gently out of time

Feel the sunshine on your face
It's in a computer now
Gone to the future way out in space

And you've been so busy lately
That you haven't found the time
To open up your mind
And watch the world spinning
Gently out of time

Tell me I'm not dreaming
But are we out of time

On The Beach

(Neil Young)

The world is turning
I hope it don't turn away
The world is turning
I hope it don't turn away

All my pictures are falling
From the wall where I placed them yesterday
The world is turning
I hope it don't turn away

I need a crowd of people
But I can't face 'em day to day
I need a crowd of people
But I can't face 'em day to day

Though my problems are meaningless
That don't make 'em go away
I need a crowd of people
But I can't face 'em day to day

I went to the radio interview
And I ended up alone at the microphone
I went to the radio interview
And I ended up alone at the microphone

And now I'm living out here on the beach
But those seagulls are still out of reach
I went to the radio interview
And I ended up alone at the microphone

Get out of town
Think I'll get out of town
Get out of town
Think I'll get out of town

Head for the sticks with my bus and friends
I follow the road, but I don't know where it ends
Get out of town
I think I'll get out of town

'Cause the world is turning
I don't want to see it turn away
I don't want to see it turn away
I don't want to see it turn away
I don't want to see it

There Are Worse Things I Could Do

(Warren Casey & Jim Jacobs)

There are worse things I could do
Than go with a boy or two
Even though the neighborhood
Thinks I'm trashy and no good
I suppose they could be true
But there are worse things I could do

I could flirt with all the guys
Smile at them and bat my eyes
Press against them when we dance
Make them think they stand a chance
Then refuse to see it through
That's a thing I'd never do

I could stay home every night
Wait around for Mr. Right
Take cold showers every day
And throw my life away
On a dream that won't come true

I could hurt someone like me
Out of spite or jealousy
I don't steal and I don't lie
But I can feel and I can cry
A fact I'll bet you never knew
But to cry in front of you
That's the worst thing I could do

Running

(Gil Scott-Heron)

Because I always feel like running
Not away because there is no such place
Because if there was, I would have found it by now

Because it's easier to run
Easier than staying and finding out
You're the only one who didn't run

Because running will be the way
Your life and mine will be described
As in the long run
Or as in having given someone a run for his money
Or as in running out of time

Because running makes me look like everyone else
Though I hope there will never be cause for that
Because I will be running in the other direction
Not running for cover

Because if I knew where cover was
I would stay there and never have to run for it
Not running for my life
Because I have to be running for something
Of more value to be running and not in fear

Because the thing I fear cannot be escaped
Eluded, avoided, hidden from, protected from, gotten away from
Not without showing the fear as I see it now

Because closer, clearer, no sir, nearer
Because of you and because of that nice
That you quietly, quickly be causing
And because you're going to see me run soon
And because you're going to know why I'm running then
You'll know then
Because I'm not going to tell you now
No, I'm not going to tell you now
Because I'm not going to tell you now
No, I'm not going to tell you now
Because I'm not going to tell you now
No, I'm not going to tell you now
Because I'm not going to tell you now
No, I'm not going to tell you now
Because I'm not going to tell you now

The Solution Is Restless

The Barbarian

I still have access
To the barbarian
I still have access
But I can never be sure
When I'll find him
’Cause he's got a lot of nerve
He'll throw you off his scent at any moment
So that the wound never gets the message
Never understands the war is over
And we’re safe, safe in the clouds
And I don't even think of the dead
'Til the morning

What were you thinking, Barbarian
What werе you thinking
That I'll never survive without armor
That I'm tеnder like the night
Need you to carry me through
Every moment But man your
Mace started swinging backwards
Swinging right into my heart
Without you knowing
And so I ran, ran for my life
But will I abandon you?
No I won't
You are my brother


Why don't you listen, Barbarian
Why don't you listen
Are you afraid to hear
A gospel so unholy
I know you hate the change
Sound of the slipping chain
Makes us crazy But when
You cast the sun ungolden
You stepped over the line
Forever
Now I see nothing at all
Maybe we can
Help each other
Be free
From each other

I still have access
To the barbarian
I still have access
But I can never be sure
When I’ll find him
’Cause he's got a lot of nerve
He’ll throw you off his scent at any moment
So that the wound never gets the message
Never understands the war is over
And we're safe, safe in the clouds
And you don't even think of the dead
'Til the morning

Get My Bearings

What will you do
With the rest of your day
With the rest of your life
You don't know the sun will rise tomorrow

And isn't it feral
That we don't know how
And we don't know when
The end's the only thing that we can count on

Maybe it's luck that rescues us
Or it may be sending my love to the mountains
Handing my heart to The Revelator

Will I ever get my bearings
Will I ever see

Got bandaids on my arms
Flip-flops on my feet
Head full of something
Lost my mind

Who is this creature
In the mirrored sea?
Looks a lot like me
But I don't recognizе her eyes of thundеr

Isn't it heaven
We can start again
Anytime anywhere
Oh, I just want to lose this standing water

Maybe it's luck that rescues us
Or it may be sending my love to the mountains
Handing my heart to the Revelator

Will I ever get my bearings
Will I ever see

Will I ever see
Do I even care
Does it matter

Take Me To Your Leader

Take me to your leader
'Cause I'm ready to play
Can't hold my breath any longer
Word on the street is she's a healer
I know I'm down to obey
And don't we need a break in the chaos?

Yeah I'd be lying if I said I don't mind
Well won't you please take me on
I'm dreaming you make it right

Take me to your leader
'Cause I'm ready to play
Can't hold my breath any longer
Word on the street is she's a healer
I know I'm down to obey
And don't we need a break in the chaos

I know denying is a way to get by
But hear me now, off the rails
We are so far from alright
Can you make it right?

Take me to your leader
'Cause I'm ready to play
Can't hold my breath any longer
Word on the street is she's a healer
I know I'm down to obey
And don't we need a break in the chaos
Why don't you take me to your leader
'Cause our fabric has frayed to the point of nothing to it
And we need help to reassemble, to start again, to press reset
To make amends, please take us to your leader and we'll listen

Masquerader

And so I put my hands over my eyes
Call me what you want, I don't care
’Cause I know better than you
That I'm a masquerader
Not gonna do what I always do
'Cause I want to live by this song
Just need time to learn the melody
And I will take it with me
When I go I’ll know how to walk away
When I go I know it'll be easy
'Til then I'm in the hollows again
Not long before I know when to run

Without you I am all I could ever be
Is it sad enough for you now?
'Cause you know better than me
That I escaped disaster
Not gonna do what I always do
'Cause I wanna live by this song
Just need time to learn the poetry
And I will take it with me
When I go I'll know how to walk away
When I go I know it'll be easy
’Til then I’m in the hollows again
Not long before I know when to run

Know how to gain on my shadow
Know how to outrun the world
I won't be returning today
Won’t be returning tomorrow
I'll just be turning away

I'm ready to feel the sun on my shoulders
Watch the water fill my footprints in the sand
Just watch me, just watch me go
Not gonna do what I always do
'Cause I wanna to live by this song
Took my time to learn the balladry
And I will take it with me

Dinner Date

We got the Sly singing high "Just Like A Baby"
Oh, what else do we really need
Fireflies are magic but only if we stay alive
Stay alive for the dinner date

Enter The Dragon

"Pray for me girl"
Is all he could say
Hand over heart
Anchor down

"Take it from me
And turn it to sand
I'll be just round the corner"

It's the open hand
That I dream about
I'm running out of time
Oh my lover
Cry out
Come alive come alive come alive

"Play it like that"
Slid from my mouth
A whispering
To nothingness

How could it be
I saw you today
And pulled a thread
From your collar

And the in-between
So suddenly comes clean
Oh my lover
Cry out
Come alive come alive come alive

"Are you ready, are you ready" hе said
"Are you ready to entеr the dragon"

I'm still holding a photograph
What do I do, what do I do
Is it even really me I'm seeing

And the open door
So suddenly I see
Oh my lover
Cry out
Come alive come alive come alive

Geometry Of You

Oh, gotta get me a ticket
To the geometry of you
Yeah, bit of a sticky wicket
Depending who you're talking to
'Cause some have the right angles
But are missing the axiom avenue
Yeah, sinking eureka in it
In the geometry of you

I'm calculating the lines
Finding arrangements
Relative placement
But you just might give me the answer
How do you like it
How do you like it
Oh, how do you like it
How do you like it
How do you like it
Oh, how do you like it

Oh, it'll just take a minute
For the geometry of you
Yeah, to fill the outer limits
Inside the zero, one and two
'Cause you got the right angles
And I got an acute sensation, I do
Yeah, sinking eureka in it
In the geometry of you

I'm calculating the lines
Finding arrangements
Relative placement
But you just might give me the answer
How do you like it
How do you like it
Oh, how do you like it
How do you like it
How do you like it
Oh, how do you like it

Oh, gotta get me a ticket
To the geometry of you
Yeah, bit of a sticky wicket
Depending who you're talking to
'Cause some have the right angles
But are missing the axiom avenue
Yeah, sinking eureka in it
For the geometry of you
Yeah, it'll just take a minute
For the geometry of you
Yeah, to fill the outer limits
Inside the zero, one and two
'Cause you got the right angles
And I got an acute sensation, I do
Yeah, sinking eureka in it
In the geometry of you

'Cause I'm formulating the lines
Making assumptions
Creating hypotheses
When the solution is restless
How do you like it
How do you like it
Oh, how do you like it
How do you like it
How do you like it
Oh, how do you like it

The Love Has Got Me

I got this
I feel it hot in my hand
I sense it deep in my heart
I'm breaking in and breaking out
Find another circus to play out your need
To circumvent your fear of losing it
Your fear of death
Yeah I said it
Oh and I’ll say it again
I am the amethyst sky
I found the switch and turned it on

Take me to the river and rinse off my body
Lay me on the bank and feel the sun's heat on me
Circle in the sand the hand of love has got me
Got me got me got me got me like no other

Have you ever been inside a song
That really changed thе way you feel
That really changed the way you
Look at thе world forever
Find the sound that moves you to forget all of your
Troubles and you must hear it again so you can breathe
"Don't you wonder sometimes ’bout sound and vision?"
This is a song that I play when I must find a way to carry on

Take me to the river and rinse off my body
Lay me on the bank and feel the sun's heat on me
Circle in the sand the hand of love has got me
Got me got me got me got me like no other

Desire is not dirty
Passion is the sky of the mind
Clouds revving up for rain
The unraveling
I love the darkness
I dream of darkness
No light to strike my vision
No fire to light my eyes
Instead my love
I can hear and feel you breathing

I don't know what love looks like
But I know when I feel it
No I don't know what love looks like
But I know when I hear it

Take me to the river and rinse off my body
Lay me on the bank and feel the sun's heat on me
Circle in the sand the hand of love has got me
Got me got me got me got me like no other

Perfect Shade of Blue

You wanna stay or slip away
We could take off so discreetly
There's not a single soul at this party
Who don't know that we've got business to get down to
What will we do? What will we do about it

Why don't we take the scenic route
Along the ocean, maybe we dip in that ocean
I gotta say I love your look
What's it like to live in such a perfect shade of blue
Your whole life through?
Well what will we do about

Go out and get, get what you want
That's how people tend to do it
But I don't want nothing from you
I just want to to get closer
If you want me
If you want me
To get closеr
And I wonder
What will we do about it

No I don't really wanna gеt too high
But it's your eyes, they mystify me
And I just wanna be covered in your perfect shade of blue
That perfect shade of blue, that perfect shape of you
What will we do about it

Do we have some sway over how we feel tonight
Or have the fates taken over
If they have, I do believe they will make it right
Taking on your perfect shade of blue
They've taken on your perfect shade of blue

Reaction

I spy on myself and watch my reactions
Sometimes I approve, sometimes I don't

I trace every reaction back to my unique interaction with life
Anyone who's ever been alive has their own interaction with life
We can grow up in the same country
Live on the same block, be from the same family
And still come from such different sets of circumstance
Right coyote?

Don't wanna stop, stop my reactions
I just want to keep in mind all the lives I haven't lived

I imagine how I could havе done it differently if I'd been ablе to stop
To stop and wait, even for a second, a moment
I don't know what I was thinking, I wasn't thinking to stop and wait

I want the full effect of you
I want the full effect of me
Reaction
It's what makes me feel alive
It's what makes me wanna go on
It's what makes me spy on myself

Tell me about your life and the people
Who made it good for you
And even those who didn't
Tell me about the lives I haven't lived

LEMONS, LIMES AND ORCHIDS

The Dream

I am living a dream
The dream man
Has come to find me here
Has come to take me where
The ocean meets the sand

I am living a dream
The dream man
Has come to find me here
Has come to take me where
The ocean meets the sand

Oh can you see my eyes
They don't betray me
I've spent my life believing
That the way that it feels is the way that it is, lord

My arrow has an arc
'Cause I'm a lover
The shadows that sharpen
The victory garden
Take it all in
It's for the taking

I am living a dream
The dream man
Has come to find me here
Has come to take me where
The ocean meets the sand

I am living a dream
The dream man
Has come to find me here
Has come to take me where
The ocean meets the sand

Full-Time Heist

Go bait the room again
You need more praise
Was it for the capture or the set up
You feed your lawn
With that extra applause
Spread it out over your yard

Your mirror whispers, "You got the secret garden"
But I could never get behind hiding a bloom from no one
So busy lapping up the like
Living in your Vainglory

Pulling that wool tight
Pulling off a full-time heist
Pull the wool so tight over my eyes
Pulling off a full-time heist

You think if you insist enough
Someone will believe you
Sadly you're right
Few think for themselves
And you can use that
Few think for themselves

Dream up your hole-shaped dream of who I am
And proceed to fall in love with your fantasy
You don't even notice I'm not in it
It's not me

Pulling that wool tight
Pulling off a full-time heist
Pull the wool so tight over my eyes
Pulling off a full-time heist

Remove the celebrity
And there's nothing
Remove the celebrity
And you're disappeared

A color that counts on the filter
I don't believe you
Pull the wool so tight over my eyes
Pulling off a full-time heist

Back Again

Don't wanna be saying this
But how can I say it other than
I want you, I want you back again
Don't wanna be saying this
But how can I say it other than
I want you, I want you back again

It's always about the time
And I know this
I know this to be true
I've got to set the scene perfect for listening
I owe this
Owe this to me and you
But I can't seem to hold out any longer
And I, I wonder if you'd try this
Oh baby, just try this on

Don't wanna be saying this
But how can I say it other than
I want you, I want you back again
Don't wanna be saying this
But how can I say it other than
I want you, I want you back again

I'm telling on myself
Just singing this to you
I want you back again
Gotta be saying this
There's no other way, you just say it
I want you, I want you back again

I want you back again

We left it so very uncertain
We know this
We know this to be true
I had the time to think it over and over again
I return to me and you
But I can't seem to hold out any longer
And I, I wonder if you'd try his
Oh baby, just try this on

Don't wanna be saying this
But how can I say it other than
I want you, I want you back again
Don't wanna be saying this
But how can I say it other than
I want you, I want you back again

I'm telling on myself
Just singing this to you
I want you back again
Gotta be saying this
There's no other way, you just say it
I want you, I want you back again

This song is just a start
A hope that you'll slip into the melody
And open up your heart for me
To hold a little longer yeah
I wonder if you'd try this
Oh baby, just try this on

Again, I said
I want you back again

I'm telling on myself
Just singing this to you
(Singing, singing to you)
I want you back again
Gotta be saying this
There's no other way, you just say it
I want you, I want you back again

I want you back again
I want you back
I want you back again
I want you back again and again

Don't wanna be saying this
But how can I say it other than
I want you, I want you back again
Don't wanna be saying this
But how can I say it other than
I want you, I want you back again

With Hope In My Breath

With hope in my breath
Every morning I wake
With the question

Did I dream you
Or are you of this place
To my amazement
The answer is yes

Don't know what to do from here
But I've learned when I don't know
Best to do nothing
Until the answer comes clear
But oh to be in your arms again
Oh to be in your arms

Head half in the clouds
Half in your mouth
You did it
You led to me to the edge
To your impossibly gorgeous shore
And whispered do it for love
Well, come on now
The water's warmer than you
Could ever imagine
Just imagine

Before we became the lovers
You waited with me in the long line
For the girl's room
And under my velvet jacket
I felt the buttons down the back of my blouse
Come undone on their own
Are you undressing me with your mind
An unfamiliar kind of weather
Some unknown power playing us
Have we no control at all
The answer is clear
The answer is yes

Long For Ruin

It's clear to me
We got the mind
To slow this light to Babylon
It's hesitation we can't afford
Unless we secretly long for ruin

Keep your eye on
The middle of the wall
Aim your car right at it
Why not destroy it all
Too hard to just be softer
And cry for another's pain
Try to remember nothing, nothing
Nothing needs to change

Block out the pleading
Keep the music loud
Cover any feelings
Reactions of the crowd
Too hard to just be human
And feel for another's pain
Try to remember nothing, nothing
Nothing is unhuman

It's clear to me
We got the mind
To slow this light to Babylon
It's hesitation we can't afford
Unless we secretly long for ruin

We all need to leave tonight
Follow any enemy
Do you have a fire or light
I do, but it's not ?

It's clear to me
We got the mind
To slow this light to Babylon
It's hesitation we can't afford
Unless we secretly long for ruin

Do we secretly long for ruin...

Long For Ruin

It's clear to me we got the mind
To slow this slide to Babylon
It's hesitation we can't afford
Unless we secretly long for ruin

Keep your eye on the middle of the wall
Aim your car right at it, why not destroy it all
Too hard to just be softer and cry for another's pain
Try to remember nothing, nothing
Nothing needs to change

Block out the pleading, keep the music loud
Cover any feelings, reaction of the crowd
Too hard to just be human and feel for another's pain
Try to remember nothing, nothing
Nothing's inhumane

It's clear to me we got the mind
To slow this slide to Babylon
It's hesitation we can't afford
Unless we secretly long for ruin

We all need to leave tonight
Follow any animal
Do you have the fire, a light
I do, but it's not on me

It's clear to me we got the mind
To slow this slide to Babylon
It's hesitation we can't afford
Unless we secretly long for ruin
Do we secretly long for ruin...

Started Off Free

I and I don't have to own it
It started off free
This time, I see it different
I find another way

You love me like I'm firmament
You love me like I'm worth it
You are working on me
You are working on me

I and I don't have to tame it
It started off free
Watch it run to the sea
It needs to swim alone

You love me like a treasure-found, yeah
You love me like I'm worth it
You are working on me

My heart is like a bridge on fire
The passage to the past is gone
How can I return to dust
Without you

And I and I don't need to trouble
We started off free
Won't you meet me here on this lighted stage
We'll kill the lights and dance

You love me like I'm cushion cut, yeah
You love me like I'm worth it
You are working on me

Remember The Voice

Remember the voice
Slicing into the playboys
Hard to have any recall
Over the noise

Yeah I was a mess
On the street in my nightdress
Acting like I was useless
And maybe I was then

Trouble's just a verb
And love looks like
A word so false, it's true
But I found it
Yeah I found it
I found it in you
Yeah I found it
I found it in you

I tried to fall
In the direction of the great wall
Turning into the corner
Once and for all

The year of the bat
Flying in like a flashback
Is there ever a reason
Well, suddenly yes
I feel it like fact now

Love is just a word
And trouble is the road
Out of the blue
And I found it
I found it
I found it in you
Yeah I found it
I found it in you

Oh Joan

I'm looking everywhere and still I'm coming up empty
I'm just trying to let the spirit un-take me
Untether my mind and let the ghosts idle
Hope and pray it's not a vicious recycle

I really wanna ride, I'm burning, god almighty
It's way past time the angels un-bride me
Unfocus my eyes and feel the drug running
Can't forget that I know how to let the sun in

Oh Joan
What is there to be done
He said, "Oh Joan
What is there to be done"
She said, "Oh Joan
What is there to be done"
They said, "Oh Joan
What is there to be done"
He said, "Oh Joan
What is there to be done"

What is there to be done
What is there to be done

I stepped into the dark, I heard the whip of the ocean
This unleashed the fantasies in slow motion
Uncover my body, let the smoke rise up
Rename the future, get along, give up your giving up

I'm looking everywhere and still I'm coming up empty
I'm just trying to let the spirit un-take me
Untether my mind and let the ghosts idle
Hope and pray it's not a vicious recycle

Oh Joan
What is there to be done
He said, "Oh Joan
What is there to be done"
She said, "Oh Joan
What is there to be done"
They said, "Oh Joan
What is there to be done"
He said, "Oh Joan
What is there to be done"

Oh Joan
What is there to be done
He said, "Oh Joan
What is there to be done"
She said, "Oh Joan
What is there to be done"
They said, "Oh Joan
What is there to be done"
She said, "Oh Joan
What is there to be done"

Oh Joan
What is there to be done
He said, "Oh Joan
What is there to be done"
He said, "Oh Joan
What is there to be done"
He said, "Oh Joan
What is there to be done"
He said, "Oh Joan
What is there to be done"

Oh Joan...

Lemons, Limes And Orchids

Sometimes it was quiet
Enough to scare you senseless
The streets were filthy
Peels of lemons, limes and orchids
Security tags entangled in a great weave
Of humanity

I believe if you were simply
Existing on the west side
You looked guilty
And you were guilty
But only guilty
Of looking for the door

I wonder if our species
Will evolve to birth our babies
Much more able to survive
Like a baby giraffe unfolding
Herself like origami
Right from her mother's womb
Instantly running
From the waiting cheetahs

Does she remember this first taste
Of terror in her new throat
I know I do
I am not angry
It just explains why
I ended up on the west side

So long ago
I witnessed a young woman
Find herself in the road when she shouldn't be
In a dangerous intersection
There were cars honking at her
She had no memory of how she got there
She was not high
Had not taken no drugs or whisky
'Cause all it takes is pain
And overwhelming pain
And pain knows what to do
Go to the west side

And oh
What is more beautiful
Than what really happened
What truly happened
There on the west side

One day I feel like butter
And the next I'm more aligned with the knife
You hear me talking about avoidance
How it breeds the worst anxiety
Well, I can still see the stain
And remember the smoke wall
When no one could find me

I have tried to find my way home
Found that trying to find most anything
Leads to loneliness
Still I have tried to find the deep hole
To fall into for the last time
I have tried and tried
To find a resemblance
Resemblance of a past
Resemblance of a past
But there's nothing left
Left of the west side

And oh
What is more beautiful
Than what really happened
What truly happened
There on the west side

And oh
What is more beautiful
Than what really happened
What truly happened
There on the west side

Tribute To Holding On

Here's a tribute to holding on
What's the point of letting go
Stop your thinking and let me love you
More than you allow
More than you could ever know

Even when I, I talk too loud
Spinning stories, making lies
Won't you me wake me in the middle of the night
Remember me
Leave me breathless on the floor

The sun, the moon reflects her light
We just do the watching
But what would happen if she left him in the dark
If the power went out on the night

Alright, be done
Shred it all
Feed me to the dogs
We'll survive out on our own
Or feed this bloom we call forever
It's the honeycomb
The sweet of holding on

Safe To Say

It's safe to say it's all about running around
Let the cards fall free
Drive me past the place where I figured it out
Let me out and, magic, I walk away on my own

Or start again and try to forgive and forget
Reset the memories
Pretend we're meeting up for the very first time
Pantomime the actions you'd take to rescue our love

Show me how to long to breathe your air again
Tell me what to do when I fail
In some unseemly fashion
Deliver me the keys to your heart and then
Remind me of the reasons why I chose you over others
Not just that you lie

May I suggest you start with befriending my body
She'd like to meet the new you
Extend your hand and know that the time may be wrong
For your song
To touch me the way I need to be touched

This cage of ribs did nothing to safeguard my heart
Just held me there captive, watching
This offer holds if you would just shake me awake
And be here

Show me how to long, to breathe your air again
Tell me what to do when I fail
In some unseemly fashion
Deliver me the keys to your heart and then
Remind me of the reasons why I chose you over others
Not just that you lie
Not just that you lie
Not just that you lie
Not just that you lie

Help Is On Its Way

Help is on its way
Just joking

The water's getting higher
Dirtier
Full of stuff that kills us
And you want me to wait
Wait longer

Well, what if I say
Something quite controversial
Would you leave the table
Or would you consider it
'Cause you know I'm clever
Or maybe just stop thinking
And let your heart breathe easy now
Well, here goes nothing
I am your lover
I'll say it again
You are my lover

Help is on its way
Just joking

 
Non Albums Tracks

Ballad Of A Deadman

(Duet with David Sylvian)

Oh honey take me out I'm a deadman
Oh baby bake me something sweet
Oh honey take me out I'm a deadman
Oh baby give me bread to eat

There are places in the damp Northwest where
The bodies lie down head to feet
There were losses in the California sunshine
Tell you stories that you can't repeat

In the winter when the valley's flooded
Those were times where the rooms were cheap
The summer dirt lines the corner's of your pockets
I'm still buried there ten feet deep

Papa don't place this curse on me
Heaven knows I can't use it
Papa don't place this stone on me
Mama there's no future in it

We travel on the back roads lightly
Through Castle City and through the hills beyond
Me and Joan on the Sacramento
Me and Joan this is where we're from

Oh honey take me out I'm a deadman
Oh baby bake me something sweet
Oh honey take me out I'm a deadman
Oh baby give me bread to eat

Papa don't place this curse on me
Heaven knows I can't use it
Papa don't place this curse on me
Mama there's no future in it

Oh honey take me out I'm a deadman
Oh baby bake me something sweet
Oh honey take me out I'm a deadman
Oh baby give me bread to eat

Oh honey where's the colours of the springtime
The pale green of an organdy dress
Her shadow grows in the California sunshine
But nothing else in the south south-west

Billie Jean

(Michael Jackson cover / Thriller Recovered Compilation LP)

She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene
I said don't mind, but what do you mean I am the one
Who will dance on the floor in the round
She said I am the one who will dance on the floor in the round

She told me her name was Billie Jean and she caused a scene
Then every head turned with eyes that dreamed of being the one
Who will dance on the floor in the round

People always told me be careful of what you do
Don't go around breaking young girls' hearts
And mother always told me be careful of who you love
Be careful of what you do 'cause the lie becomes the truth
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
Hey Billie Jean is not my lover
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid's not my son
She says I am the one, but the kid's not my son

For forty days and for forty nights
The law was on her side
But who can stand when she's in demand
Her schemes and plans
'Cause we danced on the floor in the round
So take my strong advice
Just remember to always think twice

She told my baby we'd danced 'till three
Then she looked at me
Then showed a photo, my baby cried
His eyes looked like mine
Go on dance on the floor in the round, baby

People always told me be careful of what you do
And don't go around breaking young girls' hearts
She came and stood right by me
Then the smell of sweet perfume
This happened much too soon
She called me to her room

Hey Billie Jean is not my lover
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid's not my son
She says I am the one, but the kid's not my son

She says I am the one
She says I am the one
She says I am the one
I am the one

She says I am the one
She says I am the one
She says I am the one
I am the one

She says I am the one
She says I am the one
She says I am the one
I am the one

She says I am the one
She says I am the one
She says I am the one
I am the one

She says I am the one
She says I am the one
She says I am the one
I am the one

Broken English

(Marianne Faithfull cover / The Faithful: A Tribute To Marianne Faithfull LP)

I could have come through
Anytime
Cold, lonely
Puritan
What are you
Fighting for
It's not my
Security

It's just an old war
Not even a cold war
Don't say it in Russian
Don't say it in German
Just say it in broken English
Broken English

Lose your father
Your husband
Your mother
Your children
What are you
Dying for
It's not my
Reality

It's just an old war
Not even a cold war
Don't say it in Russian
Don't say it in German
Just say it in broken English
Broken English

What are you fighting for
What are you fighting for
What are you fighting for
What are you fighting for
What are you fighting for
What are you fighting for

I could have come through
Anytime
Cold, lonely
Puritan
What are you
Fighting for
It's not my
Security

It's just an old war
Not even a cold war
Don't say it in Russian
Don't say it in German
Just say it in broken English
Broken English

What are you fighting for
What are you fighting for
What are you fighting for
What are you fighting for

Could it still be tonight

(Joan as Police Woman EP Bonus Track)

Could it still be tonight
Vanishing in a dream
From your house of burning fire
You move through me
Until I no longer, no longer feel
Remember me
I know I'm blind
It's dreaming time again
And I miss you

Could it still be tonight
Vanishing

Creo En La Naturaleza

(Eliades Ochoa feat. Joan As Police Woman)

No sé si la naturaleza
Por muchos años más
Me diera la energía para ver
Desde mi ventana
Cuando llegue el sol
Anunciando un nuevo día

Quisiera que la naturaleza
Me permitiera ver en la lejanía
Como se ocultan las estrellas
Con la claridad del día

I can't forget
What I am thinking
I am going to write down
All these fantasies
Tomorrow might be a bolero
Or dreaming of you
A poem of pure beauty

I have hoped
For so many years
That all of nature's greatest beauty
Would draw me to my window
To summon the dawn
The light of a new day

Quisiera que la naturaleza
Me permitiera ver en la lejanía
Como se ocultan las estrellas
Con la claridad del día

Voy a escribir
Todo que estoy pensando
Voy a anotar
Todas estas fantasías
Mañana tal vez un bolero
O pensando en ti
Una hermosa poesía

Game of life

(Joan as Police Woman EP)

Could this be my fate tonight
That I could be meeting my match
Or does this card I play really have nothing to do
With the game of life
Cause I've thieved
And I feel hated for
All of the tricks that I've played
In the game of life

Will I walk the line tonight
Even thought there's something missing
I'm afraid my heart is gone
Left me nothing more than a love for a man
So I'll seethe and I'll slither
Towards your hot lights
Red lights giant exploding
Exploding in the name of life

Will I fall into the arms that cannot hold me
Or will I hit the target
And fall into the arms of you
Of you

Something's got to give tonight
Baby baby I need it to
You are me and I am you
So what's the fuss
I'll seethe and I'll slither
Towards you hot lights
Red light giant exploding in the name of life

Will I fall into the arms that cannot hold me
Or will I hit the target
And fall into the arms of you
Of you

Hearts A Mess

(Gotye cover / Songs For Australia compilation)

Pick apart
The pieces of your heart
And let me peer inside
Let me in
Where only your thoughts have been
Let me occupy your mind
As you do mine

You have lost too much love
You just threw away the key
You don't get burned
It makes it easier on you
But that much more difficult for me
To make you see

Love ain't fair
So there you are
My love

Your heart's a mess
You won't admit to it
It makes no sense
But I'm desperate to connect
And you can't live like this

Your heart's a mess
You won't admit to it
It makes no sense
But I'm desperate to connect
And you can't live like this

Your heart's a mess
You won't admit to it
It makes no sense
But I'm desperate to connect
And you can't live like this

Love ain't safe
You won't get hurt if you stay chaste
So you can wait
But I don't wanna waste my love

How come you're so solid gold

(Joan as Police Woman EP)

This is the scent of modern love
This is the scent of modern love
It's in the creep, hideaway
And it's in the sink, hideaway
Start now
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

It's in the holler, modern love
It's in the holler, modern love
Well this is the dark sea, hideaway
And I am your finger maid, hideaway
Start now

It's on the land
I can't forgo the forgotten

Why don't you fall asleep without me, for once, daddy
Why don't you fall asleep without me, for once, daddy
Cause you know I need you
You know I need you
You're the wise child

This is the send-up, modern love
This is the send-up, modern love
Well do it away, child
It's easy
Way away
It's easy now
You're stalling
How come you're so solid gold
Well I'll be your finger maid
I'll be your finger maid
Just start now
Start now.

Oh heart
I see you all around me now
Oh heart
I feel you all around me now
Oh heart
I feel you all around me now

Let It Be

(The Beatles cover)

Trouble, darkness
Trouble, darkness

When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be
Let it be
Let it be

And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be
Let it be
Let it be

Let it be
Let it be
Let it be
Let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be

And when the broken-hearted people
Living in the world agree
There will be an answer
Let it be
Let it be
Let it be

For though they may be parted
There is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer
Let it be
Let it be
Let it be

Let it be
Let it be
Let it be
Let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be

Lover's Spit

(Broken Social Scene cover)

All these people drinking lover's spit
They sit around and clean their face with it
And they listen to teeth to learn how to quit
Tied to a night they never met

You know it's time
That we grow old and do some shit
I like it all that way
I like it all that way

All these people drinking lover's spit
Swallowing words while giving head
They listen to teeth to learn how to quit
Better take some hand and get used to it

You know it's time
That we grow old and do some shit
I like it all that way
I like it all that way
I like it all that way
I like it all that way

You know it's time
That we grow old and do some shit
I like it all that way
I like it all that way
I like it all that way
I like it all that way
I like it all that way
I like it all that way
I like it all that way
I like it all that way
I like it all that way

My gurl

(Joan as Police Woman EP)

The ceiling below
The length of your shoulders
Is slipping
And reeling
In stopped motion
In stopped motion
In stopped motion

On the path, the fine line
Moving to my gurl
My twin, undetectable
My criminal
We're keeping the sea sated

Straight ahead with focus
Moving to my gurl
Amidst the rage, the firing range
And fashion
The clicking of heels surrounds me
Oh-oh
I call to the sky
"we will rise up, against the invisible"
I'll brush the hair from my eyes
Cause it's in my way
And I wanna see you see me shine

I know the way in
And you all the way in
I live in the shake-me
And you so suddenly

Feeling you before me
Moving to my gurl
Black pearls of blood rotation
We're living in true wonder

I call to the sky
"we will rise up, against the invisible"
I'll brush the hair from my eyes
Cause it's in my way
And I wanna see you see me shine
I call to the sky
"we will rise up, against the invisible"
I'll brush the hair from my eyes
Cause it's in my way
And I wanna see you see me shine

Hot flashes the way inside you
I will bend in the ocean
And spread the sky
I know the way in
And you all the way in
I will bend in the ocean
And spread the sky

Myrrhman

(Talk Talk cover / Spirit Of Talk Talk LP)

Place my chair at the backroom door
Help me up, I can't wait anymore
Blessed love, the love I've seen
Stair by idle stair
Faith one path and the second in fear

I start in hope
A half-wit am I read
I start in hope
A half-wit am I read
I start in hope
A half-wit am I read
I start in hope

And tread dependence beneath my feet
Step right up, something's happening here
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
I start in hope
A half-wit am I read
I start in hope
A half-wit am I read
I start in hope
A half-wit am I read
I start in hope
A half-wit am I read
I start in hope
A half-wit am I read
I start in hope
A half-wit am I read
I start in hope
A half-wit am I read
I start in hope

*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***

Prime mover

(Joan as Police Woman EP)

“Follow me”, he said
Staring at my face again
He said, “i want to be your Farrakhan
Forget all the things you heard about
I'm your man”, he said

If I were all together crazy
I wouldn't feel a thing
When he said all those things he said
But I'm not there yet
So I followed him
I followed him instead

I found the prime mover
He's the hero in my head
The pale moonlight
The pale moonlight
Prime mover
He's the hero in my head
The pale moonlight
Even when the sun's blazing

I want everything
I want everything

‘Cause sometimes I don't want to lead
I play the horses all the time
It's true
I like him ‘Cause he let's me hold the fruit
While he tests it out
Over and over again

I found the prime mover
He's the hero in my head
The pale moonlight
The pale moonlight
He's the prime mover
He's the hero in my head
He's the pale moonlight
Even when the sun's blazing
I found the prime mover
He's the hero in my head
In the pale moonlight
Even when the sun's blazing

'Cause
I want everything
I want everything
I want everything

Protect Me From What I Want

(Placebo feat. Joan As Police Woman / MTV Unplugged)

It's the disease of the age
It's the disease that we crave
Alone at the end of the rave
We catch the last bus home

Corporate America wakes
Coffee republic and cakes
We open the latch on the gate
Of the hole that we call our home

Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me, protect me

Maybe we're victims of fate
Remember when we'd celebrate
We'd drink and get high until late
And now we're all alone

Wedding bells ain't gonna chime
With both of us guilty of crime
And both of us sentenced to time
And now we're all alone

Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me, protect me

Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me, protect me

Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me, protect me

Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me, protect me

Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me, protect me

Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me, protect me

Senza Finestra

(Afterhours feat. Joan As Police Woman / Hai Paura Del Buio? LP)

Può piacermi come sei
Ma io non sono come te
Grassa e brutta anima
Senza finestra
Senza finestra

Rispettandoti potrei
Accettare come sei
Ma io non sono come te
Senza finestra
Senza finestra

Let it be love
Love

Puoi piacermi come sei
Ma io non sono come te
Senza finestra
Senza finestra
Senza finestra
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
Sin da quando ero bambino
Sin da quando ero bambino
Sin da quando ero bambino
Sin da quando ero bambino
Sin da quando ero bambino
Sin da quando ero bambino

*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***

Show me the life

(The Ride EP)

I believe you
And I love you
Tell me I will be
In your eyes and
On your lips only
Tell me
I won't forget

Sell me on permanence
I'd never thought of it
Show me daddy
Show me the life
And I'll go there

Strip me
I'm already threadbare
Enough to see
The mark of blueprint
In my makeup
Mapping the ghost in me

Sell me on permanence
I'd never thought of it
Show me daddy
Show me the life
And I'll go there
Show me the life
And I'll go there
Show me the life
And I'll meet you there

Stagger into the light

(Joan as Police Woman EP)

I do
Want every night
To feel like the eagle in flight
I do
And if you feel like you might
Want to share this with me
Well, I beckon you
To me

This is an attempt to recover
The stone in the gold
And the ice, ever-crystalline
And the oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
That acts like it's lost it's place
In this warring world

Listen to me
Stagger into the light
Stagger into the light

The earth is child
Treat her tonight as if she were infant
And you're her first springtime
Remember the human piece
Rips like tissue when trying to get the gift
This gift

This is an attempt to recover
The song in the reed
How it bends to become you
And the oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
That acts like it's lost it's place
In this warring world

Listen to me
Stagger into the light
Stagger into the light
Oh-
Stagger into the light

Cause I do
Feel like tonight could be every night
For forever
And I know you feel the same way
I do, I do

Send you eyes my way
We'll recover the warmth of the dirt
And the shine in the salty air
And the oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
That acts like it's lost it's place
In this warring world

Stagger into the light
Stagger into the light
Oh
Stagger into the light

Take me

(Live 2006)

Just please be real
Don't sit on the sidelines and watch me walk away
Please just do it
Do it to me
Do what you feel and ask me later
Take me please take me
Don't talk, don't talk
Make me forget about us
Make me forget about me
Please just do it
Do it to me
You don't have to worry anymore
Take me please take me
Just move your feet upon this floor
I just need to know for sure
Maybe we'll find
Maybe we'll find
Don't promise me nothing
Just be you
Don't stand on the sidelines and watch me walk away
Please just do it
Do it to me
Do what you want and think later
Take me, please take me

The Long Run

(Rodrigo Leão feat. Joan As Police Woman / Songs (2004-2012) LP)

It's plain to see
You won't be there for me
In the long run
In the long run

It's plain to see
You won't play fair with me
In the long run
Not in the long run

You're not the man you used to be
The man who fell in love with me
The thought of it makes me crazy
I'm caught in the trap that brings me back
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
You're not the man you used to be
The man who fell in love with me
The thought of it makes me crazy
I'm caught in the trap that swings me back to you

Oh baby, remember falling in love
Oh baby, didn't we fall in love

But now it's clear
That you'll be nowhere near
To the long run
To the long run

It's crystal clear
That you'll disappear
In the long run
Yes, in the long run

You're not the man you used to be
The man who fell in love with me
The thought of it makes me crazy
I'm caught in the trap that brings me back

You're not the man you used to be
The man who fell in love with me
The thought of it makes me crazy
I'm caught in the trap that swings me back to you

To One In Paradise

(Poem by Edgar Allan Poe / Music by Kramer / Poe: To One In Paradise LP)

To one in Paradise
By Edgar Allan Poe

Thou wast that all to me, love
For which my soul did pine
A green isle in the sea, love
A fountain and a shrine
All wreathed with fairy fruits and flowers
And all the flowers were mine

Ah dream too bright to last
Ah starry Hope that didst arise
But to be overcast
A voice from out the Future cries
"On, on" but o'er the Past
(Dim gulf!) My spirit hovering lies
Mute, motionless, aghast

For, alas, alas with me
The light of Life is o'er
No more, no more, no more
(Such language holds the solemn sea
To the sands upon the shore)
Shall bloom the thunder-blasted tree
Or the stricken eagle soar

And all my days are trances
And all my nightly dreams
Are where thy grey eye glances
And where thy footstep gleams
In what ethereal dances
By what eternal streams


Vapour Trail

(The Cake Sale cover / Printer Clips feat. Joan As Police Woman / Printer Clips LP)

These white tufts of your vapour trail
Have sprouted and taken root
It's like you're at the big shiny wheel
Where candyfloss is born and grows as the stick turns
Spinning out your vapour trail

I head north, stopping at stations
With rainbow diesel stains
Singing accents of teenagers
And hills not black but green
Rolling out to sea
As you're spinning out your vapour trail

These people hold me and I hold them
These people hold me and I hold them

With these arms that reach beyond the grave
To the lives that grew from such embrace
I was cast as a bit player
Throwing hollow shapes on a hollow stage
As you're spinning out your vapour trail

Your people hold me and I hold them
Your people hold me and I hold them

You underline the sky with all you've left behind
You underline the sky with all you've left behind
You underline the sky with all you've left behind
You underline the sky, spinning out your vapour trail

These white tufts of your vapour trail
Have sprouted and taken root
When thrown in at the deep end
Friendship can be forced
Fondness not so much
And I think we're there

What A World

(Joanthology compilation)

I woke up to the sound
The ocean waves crashing down
What a world, what a world

It's hard to take, but I can't turn away
So many feelings are just like yesterday
What a world, what a world

I'm not alone, this I know
So many people look cold
What a world, what a world

I'm so tired of searching
Why don't I turn on the light
Been left in the dark to find it
What is wrong, what is right

Don't know what's worse, failure or success
Survival skills may soon put me to rest
What a world, what a world

I will not act like I don't understand
But how a man could kill another man
What a world, what a world

If you could hold your own heart in your hands
How would you hold it

So sick and tired of aching
For a taste of the cake
The high just leaves me vacant
What am I is to waste

I've done my part of making misery
There, and I owned it, it's all part of me
What a world, what a world

The answers come when I forget to ask
Riddle to riddle just take me to task
What a world, what a world

What if my fear is just a dream
Would that make me feel less or more in-between
What a world, what a world

I've been on the bus with trouble
Looking good, chasing the bait
Now it's my heart that's dying
Full of fat, underweight

I woke up to the sound
The ocean waves crashing down
What a world, what a world

Your Song

(iTunes bonus track / The Classic LP)

Sing to me
And begin an anthology
I can feel the melody in your mouth

Sing to me
And begin and begin again
I can feel the gravity of your sight (?) of the dust of dawn
In your song

Who would know if life was really worth living
And who would care to live it anyway
But what I know is true
When I hear you, I just want to make it through

Sing to me
And sense the change in the atmosphere
You can feel the softening of my heart

Bring to me
Bring the noise supernatural
Through your voice
The conquering of the wild
You mesmerize this child
And chant all the while
I hear music and the laughter in it
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
Sing to me
The life is really worth living
'Cause I want to care to live it anyway
And what I know is true
When I hear you singing, well, I want to sing too

Who would know if life were really worth living
And who would care to live it anyway
But what I know is true
When I hear you, when I hear you
When I hear you, lover, I just want to thank you

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