B i o g r a p h y (by Jason Ankeny)
Like their namesake � the dog rocketed into orbit by the Soviets renowned as the first living creature to exit the earth's atmosphere � Laika travelled the spaceways, forging a distinct and wildly experimental fusion of hip-hop, jazz, electronica, dub and Krautrock without earthly precedent. A kind of Too Pure label all-star team comprised of former Moonshake vocalist/programmer Margaret Fiedler and bassist John Frenett, onetime PJ Harvey drummer Rob Ellis and noted producer Guy Fixsen as well as ex-God percussionist Lou Ciccotelli and saxophonist/flautist Louise Elliott, Laika formed in London during the autumn of 1993; their debut EP Antenna appeared the following summer. Silver Apples of the Moon, the group's acclaimed full-length debut, followed in early 1995; after a hiatus, Laika resurfaced with Sounds of the Satellites in early 1997, garnering even greater critical praise. Good Looking Blues appeared in 2000.
Prairie dog Breather Out of sight and snowblind Almost sleeping Starry night Bedbugs Martinis on the moon (Instrumental) Poor gal Blood + bones (moody mix) Shut off/curl up Spooky rhodes Dirty feet + giggles (Instrumental)
Black cat bone Moccasin T. Street Uneasy Good looking blues Widows' wead Glory cloud Go fish Badtimes Knowing too little
Girls without hands Falling down Alphabet soup Barefoot blues Leaf by leaf Diamonds & Stones Dirty Bird Fish for nails Oh King Sleepy
A single word He knows Lie low Longwave Looking for the Jackalope Lower than stars Lyin' goat Once Upon a Dream
Silver Apples of the Moon
Sugar daddy
Sugar daddy Sugar daddy take me away From this bad bad place I'm sick and tired of trying And i wanna fly away I guess we got our wires crossed He's thinking driftwood i think twigs Nothing nothing's gonna save us now And i wanna fly away Marimba song
Oh the moon is giving sunshine Sky's full of wine Big ol' bear prickly pear I wanna live in your Fuzzy bits an' kissin' lips Curly hair and squeezy hips Places where i just fit in you Never had the luck to see god's hands Not even his fingernails But if he has a voice it's just like yours Butter and honey and milk and water Milk and water Milk and water Moon is giving sunshine Sky's full of wine Clouds are pouring red Stars are pouring white So much raining down on me i just lose my... Moon is giving sunshine Sky's full of wine Big ol' bear prickly pear I wanna live in your... Night and day day and night Night and day day and night Moon is giving sunshine Sky's full of wine Big ol' bear prickly pear I wanna live in your Flutter-bys and butterflies That frame your big round eyes An' make lightning strike twice inside Make lightning strike twice inside So much light sky's so bright So much light sky's so bright Clouds are pouring red An' the stars are pouring white Clouds are pouring red An' the stars are pouring white Lightning strike twice inside Night and day day and night Lightning strike twice inside Moon is giving sunshine Sky's full of wine Clouds are pouring red Stars are pouring white Let me sleep
Let me sleep i'm through now I'll just close my eyes I know i didn't do it It's too late to explain I'm tired - he's screaming He knows where i've been I was gonna say something Maybe He says i taste like rubber I can't change his mind He thinks he's right He thinks i'm lying I've heard stories like this But not about me I'm tired - he's screaming He knows where i've been
Coming down glass
Them trashy types just outta milk teeth Keep bluffin' me with their big girly eyes Them trashy types them college girls Don't know squat 'bout guys like me She don't do nothin' but flirt an' lie She don't do nothin' but wink an' smile Too tight in the crotch too proud for Daddy's little girl too good for Who's that knocking who who's that knocking He's coming down glass he's coming down glass Who's that knocking who who's that knocking He's coming down glass he's coming down glass Play with a puppy an' he'll lick your mouth Mockingbirds makin' light of me Those pussywillows just break my heart Sweeter than syrup in pinching high heels Who's that knocking who who's that knocking He's coming down glass he's coming down glass Who's that knocking who who's that knocking He's coming down glass he's coming down glass Them trashy types just outta milk teeth Keep bluffin' me with their big girly eyes Them trashy types them college girls Don't know squat 'bout guys like me Who's that knocking who who's that knocking He's coming down glass he's coming down glass Who's that knocking who who's that knocking He's coming down glass he's coming down glass I'm going down that long lonesome road I'm going where cold winds blow I'm going where i've got no name I'm going down and have no shame I'm going down and have no shame I'm going down and have no shame I'm going down and have no If you miss
If you miss Jump at the sun And if you miss You can't help but grab some stars (don't give me an answer i'll wish i never asked) 44 robbers
I got up at half past four Forty-four robbers around my door Forty-four - and maybe more What the hell they want me for? Stubbly faces & gap-tooth grins Ain't no way i'm lettin' them in No way - you can't come in Forty-four robbers stinkin' of gin Uh huh - i ain't lettin' you in I'll hit you with a rolling pin So small can't hurt a fly Get in my way and i'll sure as hell try To kick your butt down the block Can't wait yellin' for the cops Fifty dealers and fifty thieves Starring at the drive-in on my street Shit, over my shoulder there's popeye and bluto Looking nasty - can i remember my judo? It's always like this - going out alone So damn scared might never leave home I've got my freedom i've got my pride All means nothin' with these men outside Puffing and preening and strutting their stuff Blocking my way out - i've had enough! Give me justice - hand it over now Gotta get a gun or maybe just leave town... See ya! Sly stallone and al capone Are giving me grief on the telephone All i want is a swiss cheese sarnie When at the deli stands big arnie Hey jean-claude - move aside That taxi's mine - i'm taking that ride When i go out to get the sunday paper What's my man to think 'someone might rape her'?! I'm just having a beer on my own Don't mean hulk hogan can take me home I've got my mace but my loud-as-fuck whistle Is so ineffective i just pray the epistles For help to come someday soon But until then i'll stay in my room
Red river
Tell me where the blood red river runs From my back door to the rising sun On again away till dawn Never straight and way too long I weighed the trees and hills on scales The zig-zag lightning and killer whales Silver clouds reflected in deep I don't measure up i don't measure up Red water's boiling the wind will blow it Halfway 'cross the ocean the wind will blow it Red water's boiling the wind will blow it Halfway 'cross the ocean the wind will blow it I am a liar i rage on paper A piece of string could only do better Been talking for years it's hard to remember A piece of string could only do better Tell me where the blood red river runs From my back door to the rising sun On again away till dawn Never straight and way too long Way too long Way too long Way too long Red water's boiling the wind will blow it Red water's boiling the wind will blow it Red water's boiling the wind will blow it Red water's boiling the wind will blow Honey in heat
Menfolks just don't understand Sympathy for a wretch like me I'm a handle to wind the tongue Just a bitch in heat Menfolks just can't even see My fifty puppies and tits to my knees Stretch marks - hair like grease Just a bitch in heat Yeah i want it bad So bad i'm howlin' And all you dogs sniffin' butts outside Don't need it half as much as me... Dachshunds and st. Bernards Going mad in my front yard Big and small - i'll have 'em all Just a bitch in heat Menfolks just can't conceive I'm at the mercy of chemistry Every spring you get itchy feet Ain't nothin' compared to this heat I'm honey in heat with nothin' to do 'Cept wait around for mutts like you I guess i'm just an easy lay Until they day they get me... Yeah i want it bad So bad i'm howlin' And all you dogs sniffin' butts outside Don't need it half as much as need it half as much as Yeah i want it bad So bad i'm howlin' And all you dogs swingin' cats outside Don't need it half as much as me Thomas
Sittin' in the corner Eye-in' little jella Her head all clink-clank Scary box of knick-knacks She's always in a scurry-scurry Shakin' with her worry-worry Kickin' up a sandstorm Runnin' up the slide-down Bee buzz buzzing Hummin' bird a hummin' Heart beatin' clip-clop Burstin' like a pea pod Sparky little milk pup Rippin' up the hearthrug Kickin' up a sandstorm Runnin' up the slide-down Kickin' up a sandstorm Runnin' up the slide-down
Sounds of the satellites Prairie dog
Prairie now isn't that a pretty word Rolls off the tongue like a setting sun You should have heard what i heard A shriek a syllable a sleight of hand Prairie now isn't that a lonely word Slips through the hands like a falling star You should have seen what i saw A mask an artifice a skillful smear If i could pull the nerves from my skin If i could pull the nerves from my skin i would Prairie now isn't that an evil word Trips on its feet like a slouching beast Surely things will change now A start a plan a place to go If i could pull the nerves from my skin If i could pull the nerves from my skin i would Prairie now isn't that a pretty word Rolls off the tongue like a setting sun You should have heard what i heard A shriek a syllable a sleight of hand Surely things will change now Surely things will change now Surely things will change now Surely things will change now
Breather
Dead dreams dropping off the heart Like leaves in a dry season Dead dreams dropping off the heart Like leaves in a dry season How long do i take it Can i start to change it You know it's been a long long time Can i grow a new skin Can i try to begin again Dead dreams dropping off the heart Like leaves in a dry season Dead dreams dropping off the heart Like leaves in a dry season I am always waking I am always shaking I think i know this might not end Can i dry the cold sweat Get out of this mess again Dead dreams dropping off the heart Like leaves in a dry season Dead dreams dropping off the heart Like leaves in a dry season Dead dreams dropping off the heart Like leaves in a dry season Dead dreams dropping off the heart Like leaves in a dry season Ease into a new box Shoulder a new lot It's gonna be a long long time A whirlwind among breezes Doing what he pleases again Dead dreams dropping off the heart Like leaves in a dry season Dead dreams dropping off the heart Like leaves in a dry season
Out of sight and snowblind
I watch the lights on the ocean I count the leaves on the trees If it wasn't for your indecision There'd be nothing between you and me I catch your eye - it's a showdown Anticipate your every move Purposely find contradiction Escalate nothing to prove Instants of calm fly by mocking All poking fun at a smile She pulls a face in the mirror Lately it's just not our style Losing control to stay under Fighting and screaming down walls Worry has made you a martyr Washed up and left for the birds I count the leaves on the trees I watch the lights on the ocean I count the leaves on the trees I watch the lights on the ocean Almost sleeping
I'm not talking anymore All the skins of the words fell off in my hands If i told you & showed you you'd laugh I'm not trying anymore All my good intentions fell out of my hands If i told you & showed you you'd laugh You're always right when i'm lonely I can fake it so long only Lose track of days whiling away I don't have strength to get away Lose track of days whiling away I don't have strength to get away I thought it would be so easy That i didn't need to worry I'm safe inside your hands Why'd i listen why'd i fall for that You're always right when i'm lonely I can fake it so long only You're always right when i'm lonely I can take it so long only I'm not talking anymore All the skins of the words fell off in my hands If i told you & showed you you'd laugh I'll stay all night when i'm lonely I can fake it so long only You're always right when i'm lonely I can take it so long only Lose track of days whiling away I don't have strength to get away Lose track of days whiling away I don't have strength to get away Starry night
It is night And life moves At a new pace The air is still The earth sleeps We move with the grace Of the moon sweeping Through the clouds It is night And life moves At a new pace The air is still The earth sleeps We move with the grace Of the moon sweeping Through the clouds One by one the stars Break through One by one the stars Break through One by one the stars Break through One by one the stars Break through One by one the stars Break through One by one the stars Break through One by one the stars Bedbugs
It's gonna swallow me whole The ground'll open up and in i'll fall Down down down Mama set me up with a fine young thing And he was gonna buy me everything But he grabbed the hook and took out for deep water And pretty soon that fish - he pulled me in It's gonna follow me home Somewhere in the shadows there's a place for me In the cold cold ground Trouble's right behind me there's hard times ahead The devil's got his hammer he's poundin' on my bed Lost most my money i'm on my last hand I'm knockin' at hell's door with no weapon and no plan Feelin' kinda timid like an egg without a shell But if i've been just bluffing i ain't gonna tell It's gonna swallow me whole The ground'll open up and in i'll fall Papa set me up with a sharp-eyed boy And i was gonna have him for my toy But he stole my heart and took out for deep water And pretty soon that shark - he pulled me in Sky's full of lightning the wind's spitting sand Sun burning oh so hot it gave the earth a tan The fish have all stopped jumping the bedbugs are asleep I'll lay myself beside you and pray my soul to keep I wish i had a needle as fine as i could sew I'd stitch my baby to my side and down the road we'd go My shovel struck sorrow And the tears came running down My shovel struck sorrow And the tears came running down My shovel struck sorrow And the tears came running down My shovel struck sorrow And the tears came running down Little fishes in the brook Papa catch them with a hook Brother clean it like a man Mama fry it in the pan Poor gal
I'm a poor gal long way from home Before i get to heaven got a way to roam And when i get there gonna take off my shoes Got nothin' now & nothin' to lose All day long you heard me moan You can tell my friends when i am gone A dollar for some bacon a nickel for the lard I'd like to buy some more but times are hard You work me late, you work me soon Sometimes you work me by the light of the moon You work me late, you work me soon Sometimes you work me by the light of the moon Going to see my long haired babe Got her a dress on the last pay day Gonna treat her nice gonna treat her fine Gonna take her home on the railroad line Gonna treat her nice gonna treat her fine Gonna take her home on the railroad line You work me late, you work me soon Sometimes you work me by the light of the moon You work me late, you work me soon Sometimes you work me by the light of the moon Blood + bones (moody mix)
Wake up girl what's wrong with you Blood + bones + black + blue Blood + bones + black + blue All these things i am for you All these things i am for you All these things i am for you All these things i am for you All these things i am for you All these things i am for you...
Shut off / Curl up
Shut off and curl up If it hurts push harder Shut off and curl up If it hurts push harder The best view from this window Still looks like hell And the fists they fall like rain I know it just a little too well Angel i've been beaten Angel i'm a whore I'm just a little bit older Just a little less more and more Shut off and curl up If it hurts push harder Shut off and curl up If it hurts push harder It's too long that i've stayed here Too long that i've tried Angel i'm so naked I can't look you in the eye Oh angel i'm exhausted I think i'm a lie I don't know how i got here I just can't figure out why Shut off and curl up If it hurts push harder Shut off and curl up If it hurts push harder In twenty-five years i'm silver And in fifty gold Angel i just can't imagine What it's like to grow old Angel there's no time left Won't you give me strength To meet you in a different life To see you when this ends Shut off and curl up If it hurts push harder Shut off and curl up If it hurts push harder The best view from this window Still looks like hell And the fists they fall like rain I know it just a little too well Angel i've been beaten Angel i'm a whore I'm just a little bit older Just a little less more and more Spooky rhodes
There are things i can't explain Why a seashell loves the sand Why tornadoes love the plains Why my dreams have lost their wings There are things i can't explain Why tornadoes love the plains Why the city quiets at dawn Why i couldn't stop my tears
Good looking blues Black cat bone
Must have been the devil who changed my mind Must have been the wind blowing not me crying Half the joy of leaving was the space i left behind Now i'm back, angelheaded holloweyed Placed myself at the eye of the storm Just didn't see the signpost to scorn The blue sky wrinkled through my tears Then darkness grounded all my fears I gave him my sugar; he switched it for salt Should have seen him coming that's always my fault Rocks for my pillow and sand for my bed For better or worse i left him for dead But two rivers to each other run Words that shook me like the kick of a gun Had something in my heart ain't got no name Turned out he felt the same Ain't it lonesome, ain't it sad I was the only happiness he ever had By indian river the vows were said In a red devil's dress i was wed Cat cat bone, cat cat cat bone X8 Bitch's baby round lady Came to me in a dream Then lightning struck and thunder roared And nothing was as it seemed A two-headed doctor walked on the water And buried a lemon outside my door He turned and laughed, threw up his hands When i asked him what it was for He sang 'ships in the ocean rocks in the sea, Blond-headed woman made a fool outta me' Then everything went crazy My shoes filled with blood The water rose the wind did howl The river looked ready to flood I left my man asleep to drown And ran without looking back around Ring the bells of mercy Send the sinnerman home The keys to the kingdom are lost and gone And i'm left to die alone All these girls grown old now All that long hair in the grave Realize what's done is done It's far too late to be saved Yeah cat cat cat X3 Cat cat bone, cat cat cat bone ...
Moccasin
Don't get caught in the grass Don't get Don't get caught in the grass Don't get Don't get caught in the grass Don't get caught A night of apologies Just more said-i'm-sorrys Beckoning come-to-mes Thoughts whispered sweetly You girls make no mistake He's cold as a snake He'll put you in your place Barefoot and lonely Don't get caught in the grass Don't get Don't get caught in the grass Don't get Don't get caught in the grass Don't get caught His kiss will pull your teeth To see what's underneath Balanced on fingertips He'll still take you I'm only flesh and bones No match for sticks and stones Look under every home He might be waiting Don't get caught in the grass Don't get Don't get caught in the grass Don't get Don't get caught in the grass Don't get caught A night of apologies Just more said-i'm-sorrys Beckoning come-to-mes Thoughts whispered sweetly You girls make no mistake He's cold as a snake He'll put you in your place Barefoot and lonely Don't get caught in the grass Don't get Don't get caught in the grass Don't get Don't get caught in the grass Don't get caught His kiss will pull your teeth To see what's underneath Balanced on fingertips He'll still take you I'm only flesh and bones No match for sticks and stones Look under every home He might be waiting
T. Street
Something's gotta give And it sure as hell ain't me I'm gonna cut loose Like lightning through the trees I'm green against the water Blue against the sky This girl has counted up Her each and every sigh Loverman has run away Loverman done gone Loverman flew across the sky Loverman left home Damn thing's worried me And i can't see my way through it I run sitting down And falling like the cool rain Can't sleep for dreaming Can't speak for lies I'd rather be the devil's daughter Than seeing from these eyes Loverman has run away Loverman done gone Loverman flew across the sky Loverman left home Nobody's alibi But i'm not loud thunder either Days are troubled by When a cold wind starts to blow Write my dreams on water Send them to the sea I'll meet them at the evening sun As soon as i can leave Loverman has run away Loverman done gone Loverman flew across the sky Loverman left home Loverman has run away Loverman done gone Loverman flew across the sky Loverman left home Loverman has run away Loverman done gone Loverman flew across the sky Loverman left home Something's gotta give And it sure as hell ain't me I'm gonna cut loose Like lightning through the trees I'm green against the water Blue against the sky This girl has counted up Her each and every sigh
Uneasy
I disappoint you You give up on me Dust of the earth and light of the plains When will i know i will see you again You never miss the water till the well runs dry You never miss the sun till it leaves the sky Only know when it's too late to try You never love a man till he says goodbye Cold wind blew my spirit away It's gone for a year and a day I ought to get out of this place One of these days one of these Fate tells lies Maybe tonight maybe here What can i say when words have no place Can the earth beneath shoulder my weight You never miss the water till the well runs dry You never miss the sun till it leaves the sky Only know when it's too late to try You never love a man till he says goodbye Cold wind blew my spirit away It's gone for a year and a day I ought to get out of this place One of these days one of these Fire in my head Cloud in my mouth Fire in my head Cloud in my mouth Old skin don't you know this face Nothing to be gained here in this place Old skin don't you know this face Nothing to be gained here in this place You never miss the water till the well runs dry You never miss the sun till it leaves the sky Only know when it's too late to try You never love a man till he says goodbye Cold wind blew my spirit away It's gone for a year and a day I ought to get out of this place One of these days one of these Feel a bit false Uneasy Feel a bit false Uneasy Raw bony ghost waiting by my door Biding his time what's he waitin' for You never miss the water till the well runs dry You never miss the sun till it leaves the sky Only know when it's too late to try You never love a man till he says goodbye Cold wind blew my spirit away It's gone for a year and a day I ought to get out of this place One of these days one of these
Good Looking blues
Damn girl's gone crazy All these good-looking blues Banshees with bad skin Coming home to roost Boxed into flying Scratching out birds Fed a diet of sharp knives Earthworms and dirt Damn girl's gone crazy All these good-looking blues Banshees with bad skin Coming home to roost Fishing with bare hands Coming up dry Branches without roots Cover my sky Damn girl's gone crazy All these good-looking blues Banshees with bad skin Coming home to roost Boxed into flying Scratching out birds Fed a diet of sharp knives Earthworms and dirt Fishing with bare hands Coming up dry Branches without roots Cover my sky
Widows' weed
Waitin' 'til my dyin' day That's when i pack these tired blues away That's when i go to lay down in my grave That'll be my dyin' day Wonderin' what i'm workin' for Ain't gonna be your lowdown dog no more Ain't gonna bleach an' scrub your kitchen floor I wonder what i'm workin' for Making tiny feet for shoes Didn't have the right to pick 'n choose Didn't know the freedom i would lose In making tiny feet for shoes Workin' dozen to the nine Feels like i'm just servin' time Waitin' in this goddamn line Hell or heaven i'll be fine Cookin' nothin' in the pan That's the way life dealt my hand That'll be my livin' last demand To get somethin' from this land Playin' 'round the toes of time Waitin' for the spark that'll free my mind That'll put unhappiness behind Jus' lookin' for an exit sign
Glory Cloud
Set my heart strings strummin' Resonate in me Stars burst diamond sockets Sounding of the sea Songbird on my shoulder Peaceful when i sleep Be with me as i grow older Glory cloud we'll keep Be the light i see by Reflected in the tide Following the colour of summer You will be my guide Little stabs of laughter Fusing in your eyes Time will pass as we grow closer Glory cloud will rise
Go fish
I'm standing barefoot Lost in the tall grass A place so quiet It's as if i were never born The clouds are leaving Beneath the setting sun Watch out for her She can give you dreams She didn't know i saw her Kneeling by the water Her mother always fought her Didn't love her daughter She didn't know i saw her Waiting by the river I wish her gone So i can want her back She is my laugh I am her laughter I am her face And she is mine I want to join her But i cannot move Now together I cannot lose
Badtimes
( Badtimes lyric is from an anonymous E-mail ! )
If you receive an e-mail with a subject of "badtimes", delete it immediately without reading it. This is the most dangerous e-mail virus yet. It will re-write your hard drive. Not only that, but it will scramble any disks that are even close to your computer. It will recalibrate your refrigerator's coolness setting so all your ice cream melts. It will demagnetize the strips on all your credit cards, Screw up the tracking on your vcr and use subspace field harmonics to render any cds you try to play unreadable. It will give your ex-boy/girlfriend your new phone number. It will mix antifreeze into your fishtank. It will drink all your beer and leave its socks out on the coffee table when there's company coming over. It will put a dead kitten in the back pocket of your good suit and hide your car keys when you are late for work. Badtimes will make you fall in love with a penguin. It will give you nightmares about circus midgets. It will pour sugar in your gas tank and shave off both your eyebrows While dating your current boy/girlfriend behind your back and billing the dinner and hotel room to your visa card. It will seduce your grandmother. It does not matter if she is dead, such is the power of badtimes, It reaches out beyond the grave to sully those things we hold most dear. It moves your car randomly around parking lots so you can't find it. It will kick your dog. It will leave libidinous messages on your boss's voice mail in your voice! It is insidious and subtle. It is dangerous and terrifying to behold. It is also a rather interesting shade of mauve. Badtimes will give you dutch elm disease. It will leave the toilet seat up. It will make a batch of methamphetamine in your bathtub and then leave bacon Cooking on the stove while it goes out to chase high school kids with your new snowblower. These are just a few of the signs. Be very, very careful!
Knowing too little
A misunderstanding born outta contempt That was the rock i was battered against Oh sorrow dogged by sorrow was in my heart Don't even know just where to start I was knowin' too little an' feelin' too much Should've seen the penny dropping just a touch I walked away as mad as could be No matter how i try it's the same damn thing Knowin' too little an' feelin' too much More than a little bit outta touch Knowin' too little an' feelin' too much More than a little bit outta touch Stone dead from standin' still Can't run from the shadow that wishes me ill A bone in the fly a fly in the bone Kept hanging around the door to my home Oh tell it to the river and tell it to the sea This man's gonna be the death of me My tiny fist just isn't a threat Not even enough to make him sweat Knowin' too little an' feelin' too much More than a little bit outta touch Knowin' too little an' feelin' too much More than a little bit outta touch The wrinkle in the sheet next to him Didn't see the trouble that she was in When the ill wind started to blow It was far too late for me to go Sun's gonna shine bright at midnight Before i find out if my hunches were right He knew damn well what lies were for Huff an' puff an' show her the door Life robs you of your bones an' slips by in dreams And absolutely nothing is as it seems That halfway point between life and death Slipped by and now i've less time left I've worn this face far too long I just got used to always bein' wrong I know one thing one thing i know That sweet sweet man's just gotta go Knowin' too little an' feelin' too much More than a little bit outta touch Knowin' too little an' feelin' too much More than a little bit outta touch Knowin' too little an' feelin' too much More than a little bit outta touch Knowin' too little an' feelin' too much More than a little bit outta touch
Wherever i am i am what is missing
Girls without hands
Sunday morning Restless morning I have floated forever In the shadow Sleepless shadow I have fallen far below Out of focus Sickly focus Breathless inbetween hours Creeping morning Rash and warning All was emptied long ago home Safe & sound ... White snow is falling down Falls down hits the ground White snow is falling down Falls down hits the ground Tinned and swollen Poached and frozen I have made it the last time Just a token Rough and broken I was fallen long ago White snow is falling down Falls down hits the ground White snow is falling down Falls down hits the ground White snow is falling down Falls down hits the ground Safe & sound ... White snow is falling down Falls down hits the ground... Safe & sound ...
Falling down
They’re moving out boxes Piled in the hall Birthday gifts and houses Redirect them all I need you like water I love you like air But I am the girl in ill-fitting underwear Walk into nighttime No more than a name Baggage and raindrops Feeding the flames Like footprints in fresh snow I’m easy to see Seemingly hoping For moss to grow on me Watching and willing at you Intoxicating Injury as something to do All reciprocating Still in the same skin All the old clothes Nothing changing Nothing to know A point in the distance A drop of a man Bet double or nothing And never understand Watching and willing at you Intoxicating Injury as something to do All reciprocating
Alphabet soup
Silence please now I don’t want a word Got deep in trouble And my hands got burnt Ain’t nobody love me That’s how I got here With pockets full of nothing And a head full of fear You broke a heart a many a time But you'll never break this heart of mine You broke a heart a many a time But you'll never break this heart of mine I’m a fish outta water A soup in a basket Gotta get to where I’m going But don’t know how to ask it Believed in a young man That’s where I went wrong And now I’m in the gutter And I ain’t got long He was a callous boy That much I could see But the heart’s a crazy fool When it wants to believe It loses all directions Forgets how to drive That honey saw me coming And skinned me alive You broke a heart a many a time But you'll never break this heart of mine You broke a heart a many a time But you'll never break this heart of mine You broke a heart a many a time But you'll never break this heart of mine You broke a heart a many a time But you'll never break this heart of mine
Barefoot blues
Anybody’s better than nobody ‘Cause one’s never better than two Anybody’s better than nobody For me and my barefoot blues I’m spending money like water And drinking life like wine But it’s a big old bed in a lonesome house Unhappiness all I find Once I danced in the sunshine I used to laugh at the rain Did the belly-rub with all kinds of men Lord I’d love to do it again But in this sea of scorn & laughter I look for the silvery moon But there’s no one but me and my lonely key A bare bulb rented room I’m going down to the river Gonna have me a little swim An autumn flower in the frozen rain Can’t believe the state I’m in ‘Cause a body was better than nobody And one seemed worse than two When that anybody turned to nobody And left me to my barefoot blues
Leaf by leaf
Come fly with me Leaf by leaf a bumblebee If I weren’t me who would I be Leaf by leaf rocks and trees All is all is everything Leaf by leaf wedged inbetween A desert rose an ocean breeze Leaf by leaf just let me be Sailing through the milky way Leaf by leaf cares fall away Shining bright all silver-grey Leaf by leaf night and day Gliding by on water wings Leaf by leaf the starling sing Holding on by fragile string Leaf by leaf...
Diamonds & Stones
It is long gone This right went wrong Stop your cryin child Diamonds and stones My skin my bones Stop your cryin child 'Cause the time has been and gone Might as well just move along The days go by I just can't try Stop your cryin child Gave him my hips Offered my lips Stop your cryin' child 'Cause the time has been and gone Might as well just move along Fling a last word I never learn Stop your cryin' child Water the flames Wait for the train Stop your cryin' child 'Cause the time has been and gone Might as well just move along 'Cause the time has been and gone Might as well just move along
Dirty Bird
Damn you dirty bird Put out the fire now It’s all said and done Do I walk away or run What went wrong, what went wrong Shame on, shame on Damn you filthy whore Rain from the heavens now Take the flowers and trees Pluck these eyes from me What went wrong, what went wrong Shame on, shame on Damn you wicked thing You walk on shoes of snow I’ll live to pick your bones Then wait for leaves to grow What went wrong, what went wrong Shame on, shame on Shame on, shame on Shame on, shame on
Fish for nails
Let me out I'm a cloud I can't live here anymore Turn the sky inside out I can't live here anymore Fish for nails in a drought I can't live here anymore Always ash in my mouth I can't live here anymore I can't live here anymore I can't live here anymore I can't live here anymore I can't live here anymore
Oh
We talked like giddy schoolgirls It seemed we turned a corner I remember smiling It was a piecemeal resolution With only best intentions And i'm going frustrations Words designed to pacify It helps the sun is shining And on and on and on and on and oh And on and on and on and on and oh And on and on and on and on and oh And on and on and on and on and oh You're feeling so much better And how you're looking well With only best intentions Imperfect recollections With eyes as big as headlights I remember smiling Words designed to justify It helps the sun is shining And on and on and on and on and oh And on and on and on and on and oh And on and on and on and on and oh And on and on and on and on and oh We'll talk and we will whisper But touch me and you'll burn Girls as sweet as sweet can be I remember smiling With only best intentions And on going frustrations Words designed to crucify It helps the sun is shining And on and on and on and on and oh And on and on and on and on and oh And on and on and on and on and oh And on and on and on and on and oh
King Sleepy
Wind blown A lazy sway Creeping like fire From a slow spark Birds without wings Out of the dust of dreams Head out to sea Seeking the stars Nothing can wake Nothing will break His host Of teasing fancies With aches and fears Sighs and tears We roll like water Caught in a stream A pilot on the wing A weary thing Feeding my soul And reading my mind We can be hurt A piece at a time As the curtains of night Draw back with the light
Non Albums Tracks
A single word
( Uneasy EP )
I can see the mountains Melt the sky into the sea The birds that fly the trackless air The creatures in the deep Where the light just hits the water Where the earth meets sky I shall scatter your desire And mix snow and fire My heart beats wings my steps are streams (my heartbeat swings my steps are strings)
He knows
( Badtimes EP )
Left me in the mountains Left me standing in the rain Jumping over icebergs Wanna see that boy again It's a cryin' shame He only made it harder 2 neat little pockets of grief Bloodstained when we parted He knows he knows he knows.... His hair is a brush fire Thoughts like summer lightning I bit a piece of my tongue off Or did he do the biting He's got my confusion Did he want me for a lover I leapt to wrong conclusions Thought he didn't want another He knows he knows he knows.... An angel flying slowly Singes her wings I flew too close to his sun And burnt everything Never's such a long time Never never seems to end Living in these mountains The rain my only friend He knows he knows he knows...
Lie low
( Uneasy EP ) I don't wanna feel this way You come and I look away Forcing what I have to say It's allright, baby It's OK We'll be together for a million days Finding that i've nothing left Same old words same old tired bets Look around at the face i've kept It's allright, baby It's OK We'll be together for a million days If love is a crop of rocks Exposed by the tide Wrap me up in it Till the day I die When did I become Split in two One half's a liar and The other half's a fool I can't face another day One more phone ring one more drunk display Scrub your back to wash the dirt away It's allright, baby It's OK We'll be together for a million days I don't wanna feel this way You come and I look away Forcing what I have to say It's allright, baby It's OK We'll be together for a million days If love is a crop of rocks Exposed by the tide Wrap me up in it Till the day I die When did I become Split in two One half's a liar and The other half's a fool for you Longwave
Where is my baby Where did he go I'm gonna follow him Through the rain and snow He's gone and left me Left me all alone I ain't got nobody And nowhere to call home Where is my baby How could he leave Now I get so lonesome I can't hardly breathe All night I'm cryin' He don't treat me right Where's my sugar got to Because I can't sleep at night Who's that at the door who's It isn't love isn't love isn't love Who's that at the door who's It isn't love isn't love isn't love Who's that at the door who's It isn't love isn't love isn't love Who's that at the door who's It isn't love isn't love isn't love Where is my baby Which way has he ran I need my sugar I need my man Walkin' in the desert Hot sand in my shoes Where is my honey To take away my blues Where is my baby Where did he go I'm gonna follow him Through the rain and snow He's gone and left me Left me all alone Now I ain't got nobody And nowhere to call home Who's that at the door who's It isn't love isn't love isn't love Who's that at the door who's It isn't love isn't love isn't love Who's that at the door who's It isn't love isn't love isn't love Who's that at the door who's It isn't love isn't love isn't love Looking for the Jackalope
( Breather EP ) The country's breathing a sigh of stars A bitch's baby from a buzzard's egg American fortune seekers West coast gold diggers Southern forgetters There's something wrong I'm panning for hope in a junk sick river Trying to find the other two bits on my dollar Down fault lines and phone lines On every breath of every dawn There's something wrong The prairie's bearing the vulture's child The whippoorwill sails on a lonesome call From the twilight to the horizon There's something wrong I'm looking for the jackalope in a burnt out car In the dirt behind the daydream Through a window painted on a blackened building There's something wrong And the click-clack of the freight train goes This and that, this and that Till your ears are ringing And your vision is clouded Lower than stars
( Antennae #1 compilation ) Lower than the stars There is nothing to Stare at Lyin' goat
( Antenna EP ) Saw kingdoms crushed and crumbled Saw the earth from the rim of a ship Heard the whistle of the damnation train But I didn't see her coming Baby clear sky light That lyin' goat borrowed my heart And now it's broke With big guns booming like thunder I should have struck him cemetery dead 41 dollars and 63 cents won't buy my way out of this mess 41 dollars and 63 cents won't get me a dress to compete with her best God made woman when he took out a bone Gave it to adam so he wasn't alone Fell at his feet - a heap on the floor Now he aint coming back no more I saw him on the lake at Galilee The ship was gliding away from me Sails unfurled in the evening breeze The white caps marbleized into peaks The wind is a woman and the water is too The moon he holds the reins of the tides With big guns booming like thunder I should have struck him cemetery dead
Once Upon a Dream (Jazz Loves Disney) I know you I walked with you once upon a dream I know you That look in your eyes is so familiar a gleam Yet, I know it's true That visions are seldom all they seem But if I know you, I know what you'll do You'll love me at once The way you did once upon a dream Yet, I know it's true That visions are seldom all they seem But if I know you, I know what you'll do You'll love me at once The way you did once upon a dream Once upon a dream