B i o g r a p h y (by John Bush)
Named for a halloween costume based on an Edgar Allan Poe short story, Poe gained a contract with Atlantic during the boom of female singer/songwriters during the mid-'90s. Originally from New York City, she moved around frequently with her parents — a director and an actress — but returned to New York at the age of 16 when they divorced. Poe enrolled at Princeton, and played in a band during her time there. Signed to Atlantic in 1994, she recorded an album with several producers and co-writers and released Hello the following year. The single "Angry Johnny" pushed Hello into the album charts, and during 1996 Poe supported Lenny Kravitz with a band including guitarist Darius Adkins, drummer Dan Jones, bassist Toby Skard and cellist Cameron Stone and headlined several tours of her own. Five years after her critical debut, Poe returned with Haunted, an album rhythmically adjacent to her brother, Mark Z. Danielewski's novel House of Leaves.
Hello - 1995-10-10 - Hello Trigger Happy Jack (Drive By a Go-Go) Choking the Cherry That Day Angry Johnny Dolphin Another World Fingertips Beautiful Girl Junkie Fly Away
Non Albums tracks - Misc - Anything Center of the sun Endless Dream Extraordinary Way Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer Hey Pretty (Drive-By 2001 Mix) How long I cain't say no Jane Says Make a wish My lips are sealed One Word Padre fear Rise and shine Rose is a rose Strange wind Today Which Way To The Top
Hello
Hello, hello Are you out there M.O.D. are you out there I can't see your face But you left a trace on a data back-road That I almost erased Not even God takes this long to get back So get back 'Cause I hit a fork in the road I lost my way home I'm cut off from the main line Like a disconnected modem Hello Tap in the code I'll reach you below No one should brave the underworld alone Hello, hello, hello How do I reach you Word has it on the wire That you don't know who you are Well if you could jack into my brain You'd know exactly what you mean here Mothers are trails on stars in the night Fathers are black holes that suck up the light That's the memory I filed on the fringe Along with the memory of the pain you lived in Hello I don't have the password But the path is chainlinked So if you've got the time Set up the tone to sync Tap in the code I'll reach you below Hello, hello Are you out there Trigger happy Jack
He scares easily It makes him so angry At me And his head it spins around Just like the Exorcist and I Find it ever so Hard to resist his cries But there's nothing more sadistic than an infant Waving his pistol in my face He wants me right down on my knees Crumbling in disgrace But he underestimates my mind I know he's messing with my head My only weakness is I can't believe the guy could be entirely dead Can't talk to a psycho like a normal human being Can't talk to a psycho like a normal human being Trigger Happy Jack You're gonna blow But I'm gonna get off before you go My Trigger Happy Jack is just a Drive by a go-go And after awhile he calms down And he looks at me like a prince But I know I better bite the bullet 'Cause it's just another one of his Jedi mind tricks But this ain't no headtrip honey This is a collision on the road And you've got me feeling oh just like a roadkill and you know deep down I know Can't talk to a psycho like a normal human being Can't talk to a psycho like a normal human being Trigger Happy Jack You're gonna blow But I'm gonna get off before you go My Trigger Happy Jack is just a Drive by a go-go Why do you make me feel like this? (1-2-3-4) Why do you gotta be such a dick? (1-2-3-4) Why do you make me feeling like this? (1-2-3-4) Why do you gotta be such a dick? (1-2-3-4) Go-go And I hate myself Just enough to want him But I hate him just enough to get off But I understand him Maybe I'm just crazy enough To love him Why not? (Why not?) Can't talk to a psycho like a normal human being Can't talk to a psycho like a normal human being Can't talk to a psycho like a normal human being Can't talk to a psycho like a normal human being Can't talk to a psycho like a normal human being
*** Thanx a lot to Chogu who corrected these lyrics *** Choking the cherry
I can see it out my window That stupid sunshine And those trees A voice my head It cuts me down in I try to shut it up but I can't let it go (oh!) It sounds a lot like you do Always saying shit I know it's not true It sucks me in It spits me out I try to shut it up 'cause I must let it go Chorus: Hey man don't you know you're choking the cherry Hey man don't you know me better than that Sucking me in Spitting me out One day I may just leave you far behind me I can hear it in the hallway It's out there laughing with its friends It's a voice in my head It cuts me down in I try to shut it up 'cause I must let it go (oh!) It looks a lot like you do It looks like--uh--I don't wanna say it It sucks me in It spit it out I try to shut it up 'cause I must let it go Chorus Woah man don't you know you're choking the cherry I'm frustrated why don't you get off my back Hey man don't you know you're the choking the cherry Hey man you know I deserve better than that One day I may just leave you far behind me Hey man don't you know you're choking the cherry Hey man don't you know me better than that Hey man don't you know you're choking the cherry Hey man don't you know me better than that Hey man That day
Tomorrow's coming 'round like a hair-pin curve in the road She's got a run in her stocking and she's missing the heel of her shoe Got up this morning rolled out of bed I spilled a Diet Coke Called my mother Said, "Hi." What I meant to say was: "Why is your life a joke?" Then I went down to that ugly bar and I clicked my heels three times just like you said And I climbed that road to your empty house The anticipation was a turn-on...but you let me down 'Cause I stood on that empty stood alone I said, "I'm ready for my close-up now, Mr. Demille." I waited for the light but it never shone Well I wonder what you do with that expensive piece of land That overlooks a billion years of history (I have a sneaking suspicion) You will never understand Hey maybe I'll see you down by the Rocky & Bullwinkle And we can talk to that charlatan psychic And she can paint a prettier picture of your future. 'Cause that day in my life... That day in my life... I dreamt tomorrow had a prettier face I dreamt tomorrow would have better things to say Than, "You look like shit, what's your problem, bitch? You're legs feel like sandpaper, you can't do anything right." 'Cause that day never should have taken place 'Cause this day in my life still cannot explain Why I listened in the first place to you Oh yeah, something else... I hope one day you call up your father And you have the guts to tell him how he hurt you And how he made you hurt another 'Cause it makes me sad.
*** Thanx a lot to Matt who corrected a few mistakes *** Angry Johnny
Johnny, Angry Johnny, this is Jezebel in Hell I wanna kill you, I wanna blow you...away I can do it you gently I can do it with an animal's grace I can do it with precision I can do it with gormet taste Chorus: But either way Either (way), either way I wanna kill you I wanna blow you... Away I can do it to your mind I can do it to your face I can do it with integrity I can do it with disgrace Chorus Johnny, Angry Johnny, this is Jezebel in Hell Johnny, Angry Johnny, this is Jezebel in Hell I can do it in a church I can do it any time or place I can do it like an angel To quiet down your rage Chorus I can do it in the water I can do on dry land I can do it with instruments I can do it with my own bare hands But either way Either way, you know where it stands I wanna kill you I wanna blow you... Away Johnny, Angry Johnny, this is Jezebel in Hell Johnny, oh my Johnny Where did your pleasure go When the pain came through you Where did your happiness go This force is running you around now Getting you down now Where is your pleasure now Johnny Where has your pleasure gone now Johnny, Angry Johnny... Dolphin
There's a broken beam inside of the big big bridge I guess that whole thing is caving in Maybe it is time I learn how to swim I'll be a dolphin, I'll be a dolphin Sometimes I think I'm breaking down And other times I think that I'm fine But something got into my engine It slowed me down Now I got to turn this whole thing around I'm gonna be a dolphin... I'm gonna be a dolphin I'm gonna be a dolphin... I'm gonna be a dolphin There's not a lot I believe anymore I mistrust everything I had been longing for There's not a lot that I know anymore But I know if the good bridge is burning You gotta be a dolphin... You gotta be a dolphin You gotta be a dolphin... You gotta be a dolphin Sometimes I think you're crazy and sick And other times I think you're so fine But I know I'm in danger 'cause you feel like a stranger And I know that something's gonna give Oh, make it ??... make it ??... When I dive into that ocean God I hope I don't sink like a stone -- no I'm gonna move like a dolphin There may be a lot I don't know about you But I know if I don't swim I'm already drowning 'Cause a broken bridge Is a broken bridge So I swim to you now Oh, here I come... Oh, here I come Oh, here I come... Oh, here I come I'll be a dolphin There's a broken beam inside of the big big bridge I guess that this time I'll have to swim (I'll swim...)
*** Thanx a lot to Chogu who corrected these lyrics ***
Another world
(Wanna hear it?) What's the crime, man Caught in space Nothing and everything is Always always always What's your hurry What's the hurry There's no need to drive yourself so crazy Solar reaction, ruptures the skin And the sky above is saying The world is caving in Don't worry, don't worry Chorus: Another world Another time Another place Don't you worry, my baby See you're afraid to make that change Just close your eyes Then let me explain it to you, it's easy Oh so easy, There's no need to drive yourself so crazy Bypass those channels of your memory Why don't you mute those crenvulses And those frequencies, and don't worry No don't worry, it's just living Chorus Drop everything This must be the end of the world This might be heaven or hell Or it may just be another world Or it may just be another world Chorus Another world Another time Another place Don't you worry, my baby Don't worry Fingertips
Your fingertips...your fingertips Sometimes I feel it burning That deep and primal yearning I feel it burn, burn, burning I try live without it But then I think about Those fingertips, those fingertips, those fingertips Chorus: Anyone will do, anyone will do Could be you It's in the way they move and They catch that simple groove and They tell a story all their own about the human heart alone I try to get a grip but I find I always slip on fingertips Those fingertips, those fingertips Chorus Chorus Sometimes I get so lonely The time it passes slowly, so so so slowly I know I'm just a fool 'Cause they're writing all the rules Those fingertips, those fingertips, those fingertips Chorus Whoever, whoever you are I got my light on Whenever, whenever you can I'll be there I swear I swear... Let it be me Let me be your love Beautiful girl
Someone's gotta hear this... Beautiful girl, You must've been a beautiful baby too Beautiful woman, You must've had your moments inside the sun Beautiful girl Beautiful stranger Why do you have to walk with your head hung low Beautiful girl Your eyes are mockingbirds inside a guilded cage Your life's a silent movie that I haven't heard for ages Tell me everything, someone's gotta hear this beautiful thing Beautiful mother, frozen in ice I've waiting for you to grow for my whole life Beautiful girl Your eyes are mockingbirds inside a guilded cage Your life's a silent movie that I haven't heard for ages Tell me everything, someone's gotta hear this Beautiful thing (so beautiful) Junkie I know how wear the costume I know how to wear the mask I even like the feel of having to ask I like the sound of your whistle I like the way you wear your grin I even like the taste of my will caving in Chorus: I'm not a junkie for your love I'm not a junkie I'm not a junkie for you love I'm not a junkie Don't tell the captain Don't you tell him what I've done * Keep it coming Keep it coming Stop This is such a sweet collaboration You got the power & I got the shame Funny thing is we both want somebody to blame Chorus I'm not a junkie for your love... Go tell tell captain Won't you tell him what I've done Fly away It makes sense that it should happen this way That the sky should break, and the earth should shake As if to say: Sure it all matters but in such an unimportant way As if to say: Fly away, sweet bird of prey Fly fly away Nothing can stand in your way Sweet bird, if you knew the words I know you'd say: fly, fly away It makes sense that it should hurt in this way That my heart should break, and my hands should shake As if to say: Sure it don't matter except in the most important way As if to say: Fly away, sweet bird of prey Fly fly away I won't stand in your way Sweet bird, if you knew the words I know that you'd say: fly, fly away It makes sense that it should feel just this way That you slowly fade and yet still remain As if to say: Everything matter in such an invisible way As if to say: It's O.K. Fly...away [ Spoken words at the end : ] Goodbye, Bye, Goodbye I'm back Am I gonna get sued for saying that? Call Me later See ya, I love you, bye I'm gone Okay
Haunted
Exploration B Intro : call to mother I thought you should know Daddy died today He closed his eyes and he left here At 12:03 He sends his love He wanted you to know He isn't holding a grudge And if you are you should let go Pick up, pick up please, mom? hello?
Haunted Ba da pa pa ba da pa pa... Come here Pretty please Can you tell me where I am You won't you say something I need to get my bearings I'm lost And the shadows keep on changing And I'm haunted By the lives that I have loved And actions I have hated I'm haunted By the lives that wove the web Inside my haunted head Ba da pa pa ba da pa pa... Don't cry, There's always a way Here in November in this house of leaves We'll pray Please, I know it's hard to believe To see a perfect forest Through so many splintered trees You and me And these shadows keep on changing And I'm haunted By the lives that I have loved And actions I have hated I'm haunted By the promises I've made And others I have broken I'm haunted By the lives that wove the web Inside my haunted head Hallways... always I'll always want you I'll always need you I'll always love you And I will always miss you Ba da pa pa ba da pa pa... Come here No I won't say please One more look at the ghost Before I'm gonna make it leave Come here I've got the pieces here Time to gather up the splinters Build a casket for my tears I'm haunted (By the lives that I have loved) I'm haunted (By the promises I've made) I'm haunted By the hallways in this tiny room The echos there of me and you The voices that are carrying this tune Ba da pa pa... Father : What is it Annie? Daughter : You think I'll cry? I won't cry! My heart will break before I cry! I will go mad.
*** Thanx a lot to Omer who corrected some mistakes ***
Control Don't you mess with a little girl's dream 'Cause she's liable to grow up mean Surprised you to find that I'm laughing? You thought that you'd find me in tears You thought I'd be crawling the walls Like a tiny mosquito and trembling in fear Well you may be king for the moment But I am a queen understand And I've got your pawns and your bishops And castles All inside the palm of my hand While you were looking the other way While you had your eyes closed While you were licking your lips 'Cause I was miserable While you were selling your soul While you were tearing a hole in me I was taking control Now I have taken control Now I have taken control... This is beginning to feel good Watching you squirm in your shoes A small bead of sweat on your brow And a growl in your belly you're scared to let through You thought you could keep me from loving You thought you could feed on my soul But while you were busy destroying my life What was half in me has become whole While you were looking the other way While you had your eyes closed While you were licking your lips 'Cause I was miserable While you were selling your soul While you were tearing a hole in me I was taking control Now I have taken control Now I have taken control... So this is how it feels To breath in the summer air The feel the sand between my toes And love inside my ear All those things that you taught me to fear I've got them in my garden now And you're not welcome here Come here! Come a little bit closer Let me look at you I gave you the benefit Of the doubt it's true But keep in mind my darling Not every saint is a fool (Don't) While you were looking the other way (You mess) While you had your eyes closed (With me) While you were licking your lips 'Cause I was miserable (Don't) While you were selling your soul (You mess) While you were tearing a hole in me I was taking control Now I have taken control Now I have taken control... Don't you mess with me Father: This cannot be all that there is to life, because in our confrontation with an enormous and cold universe, there is something comical to the idea that we can really enforce our will on humanity. Power...corrupts! It's your world. Do with it what you want! No. That's not the way to do it. Power...That's not the way to do it. Paradox No. It's your world No. It's your world No. It's your world NO! Control it! Control it! Daughter : This is scaring me. Daughter : I live at the end of a 5 and 1/2 minute hallway I live at the end of a 5 and 1/2 minute hallway Father: And at the end of it all lies, of course, the final phenomenon of deterioration - entropy, which is a predictable deteriortion when the creative energy ceases: Everything has evolved. Daughter: Why are you always so serious?!
*** Thanx a lot to Omer & Joyce & Adam who corrected some mistakes ***
Terrible thought A terrible thought has moved into my mind Like an unwanted room-mate drunk on wine It feeds on my happiness won't pay the rent I must take proper measures to evict it A terrible thought has moved into my mind A giant rat that's nibbling on my pride It's tearing away my patience and my wit I must take proper measures set a trap for it What a terrible thought I don't care what you've done I don't care who you've won I know in the end you'll have your fun But you can't have it here And I won't let you steer You know I don't want you in my mind what a terrible thought what a terrible terrible thought I must stay calm you know and I must be clear It's gonna take a hundred thoughts to make this one disappear A train like that could travel a soul for years A terrible thought could have a terribly long career what a terrible thought What minds have you shredded I bet they regretted Having ever thought you up Just look at you shine Commiting your crimes You know I don't want you in my mind 'Cause you're breaking my stride You poisonous vine You're strangling me inside You're breaking my stride You poisonous vine You're strangling me inside You're breaking my stride What a terrible thought What a terrible thought What a terrible, terrible thought What a terrible, terrible thought What a terrible, terrible thought What a terrible, terrible thought... Father : What is your greatest worry because you seem to be worried all the time Daughter: Sometimes I can't hear myself think Father: You have to speak a little louder, I can't understand a word you're saying Daughter : Sometimes I can't hear myself think
*** Thanx a lot to Doxie for this one ***
Walk the Walk
( aka : Beat of my own drum ) Mother spent ten years sitting by a window Scared if she spoke she would die of a heart attack She listened as her dreams silently screamed They drowned like little dolphins caught in a fishnet Dear world I'm pleased to meet you Hey everybody when you walk the walk You gotta back it all up can you talk the talk? Hey everybody when I hear the knock Don't wanna measure out my life to the tick of a clock Hey everybody when my daddy died He had a sad sad story living in his eyes Hey everybody when you walk the walk You can not measure out your life to the tick of a clock I wanna walk to the beat of my own drum I wanna walk to the beat of my own drum Walk to the beat of my own drum I wanna walk to the beat of my own drum Hey everybody When you walk the walk You gotta back it all up Can you talk the talk? Hey everybody When I hear the knock You wanna measure out my life To the tick of a clock Hey every-, hey everybody Can you walk the walk? I wanna walk to the beat of my own drums (Say wha-wha-what you wanna?) I wanna walk to the beat of my own drums (Say wha-wha-what you wanna?) Walk to the beat of my own drums (Say wha-wha-what you wanna?) I wanna walk to the beat of my own drums (Say wha-wha-what you wanna?) Walk to the beat of my own drum I wanna live to the beat of my own drum I wanna laugh to the beat of my own drum I wanna hang ten, hi, say pleased to meet you Take to the beat of my own drum I wanna give to the beat of my own drum Fly, cry, win, lose, live, die, take five Pleased to meet you My daddy spent ten years living on the outside looking in He thought that he would never get back, hey, get back Watched his dream walk across a silver screen And he was standing there when the theater went pitch black Dear world I'm pleased to meet you Hey everybody when I walk the walk I gotta back it all up can I talk the talk? Hey everybody when I hear the knock Don't wanna measure out my life to the tick of a clock Hey every-, Hey every-, Hey every-, Hey everybody Can you walk the walk? Walk, walk, walk Can you walk the walk? I wanna walk to the beat of my own drums (Say wha-wha-what you wanna?) I wanna walk to the beat of my own drums (Say wha-wha-what you wanna?) Walk to the beat of my own drums (Say wha-wha-what you wanna?) I wanna walk to the beat of my own drums (Say wha-wha-what you wanna?) Hey, Play to the beat of my own drum I wanna sing to the beat of my own drum I wanna play to the beat of my own drum I wanna hang ten, hi, say pleased to meet you Screw up to the beat of my own drum I wanna dig it out of dirt and do it to my drum Scream shout Wipe out Win, lose, wipe out Saunter down my street Make love to my baby To my baby Make love to my baby To my baby, oh Father : It's a wonderful idea, but it doesn't work. My own drum, my own beat My own drum, my own beat Did you ever get the feeling that it's really a joke You think you've got it figured out and then you find that you don't So you say goodbye to the world and now you're floating in space You got no sense of nothing not even a time or a place Suddenly you hear it is the beat of your heart And for the first time in your life you know your life is about to start Oh, yeah, when you're alone Hey everybody Hey everybody Hey everybody when you walk the walk You gotta back it up, back it up, back it up, back it what? Say wha-wha-wha-wha-wha-wha-wha-wha-wha-what you wanna? Say wha-wha-wha-wha-wha-wha-wha-wha-wha-what you wanna? I wanna walk to the beat of my own drums Hey everybody, hey everybody I wanna walk to the beat of my own drums Hey everybody, hey everybody I wanna walk to the beat of my own drums Daughter : There's someone knocking in the wall. Was it like an echo? Ba da pa pa...
*** Thanx a lot to Omer & Desiree & Andrea & Chogu who corrected some mistakes ***
Terrified Heart
Second phone call to mother Daughter: Mom - you there? - you sleeping? I'm so bummed Listen, I'll sing you a little song, and maybe - maybe you'll pick up. Sometimes, I'm terrified of my heart How its constant hunger for whatever that it is it wants The way it stops.... and starts
*** Thanx a lot to Joyce who corrected some mistakes ***
Wild I go wild cause you break me open Wild cause you left me here I go wild 'Cause your promises are broken Wild because the chips are down Wild because there isn't anybody else around Wild when the waves start to break And God knows they're breaking in me now I go wild 'cause it doesn't make sense For me to cry out in my own defense Wild 'cause I would do anything To tear you off your precious fence So this is what it's like living in limbo First I'm high then I'm so low I go wild 'Cause you break me open Wild 'Cause you left me here I go wild 'Cause your promises are broken Wild When I know you're near I go wild I go wild Tell me what you've come for Moving like a hunter through my back door Leaving the perfume of all you adore To die nameless on my floor Yeah well we both know you don't play fair I guess you really think that you get me there Let's be honest perhaps this little ride Is too much for even you to bear You've got some nerve to come back here You're not the only one who can smell fear I go wild 'Cause you break me open Wild 'Cause you left me here I go wild 'Cause your promises are broken Wild Don't you get it dear You're not the only one who runs on instincts No I've got instincts of my own You've got a lot of nerve to come back Plan your attack yeah I am still waiting You wrote the rules to try to contain me You broke 'em Now you have untamed me I go wild I go wild Tell me what you've come for What is it you adore Won't you tell me? What would you Go wild for? You've got a lot of nerve to come back here Speak up my darling I have been waiting I go wild 'Cause you break me open Wild 'Cause you left me here I go wild 'Cause your promises are broken Wild Don't you get it dear You're not the only one who runs on instincts No I've got instincts of my own You've got a lot of nerve to come back Plan your attack and I am still waiting Did you want something? You wrote the rules to try and contain me You broke 'em Now you haven't tamed me I go wild I go wild Father : Communication is not just words; communication is architecture. Because of course it is quite obvious that a house which would be built without the sense... without that desire for communication, would not look the way your house looks today!
*** Thanx a lot to Martin & Omer & Lisa & Joyce who corrected some mistakes ***
5 and 1/2 Minute hallway
I live at the end of a 5 and 1/2 minute hallway But as far as I can see you are still miles from me In your doorway And oh by the way When the landlord came today He measured everything I knew he'd get it wrong But I just played along Cause I was hoping that would fix it all But there's only so far I can go When you're living in a hallway that keeps growing I think to myself 5 more minutes and I'll be there Inside your door But there's more to this story Than I've been letting on There are words made of letters Unwritten And yes I forgive you For leading me on You can think of it like this When you can't resist I'm in your hallway standing on a cliff And just when I think I've found the trick I'm tumbling Like an echo 'Cause there's only so far I can go When you're living in a hallway that keeps growing I think to myself 30 seconds and I'll be there Daughter: You never listen to me Father: We cannot really experiment with love as freely as we wish It is really a much more complicated topic
Not a virgin I'm not a virgin anymore I just thought you should know Darlin' I've been around Yeah, I've been up and down your block In fact I have been all over town Down by the lake And underneath the table in my living room Outside by the blue blue moon You can call me what you will Call me a slut call me a jaded pill But darlin I've got your number now I'm not a virgin anymore I've been taken I've been hung up I get down and start it over again I've been open And I've been closed like a book And burned down like a written sin I just thought you should know my darling Before we begin I'm not a virgin anymore Just thought you should know Before you let another lie Get through your crooked little teeth I don't think you wanna start that shit with me Much better yet Tell me something dangerous and true Oh yeah that looks much sexier on you Careful what it is you say 'Cause I can see right through you On a cloudy day and darlin' I think you wanna play I'm not a virgin anymore I've been taken I've been hung up I get down and start it over again I've been open And I've been closed like a book And burned down like a written sin I just thought you should know my darling So if you wanna play dirty darling I'm gonna win I'm not a virgin anymore Been there done that (Say what?) Get the hang of it Get screwed I screw you I had a whole lot of fun with it I've had enough now so you better take a bow It's gonna be a new experience if you wanna play with me Daisy chains and maryjanes Happy ending fairy tales Cannot fool me now I've been taken I've been hung up I get down and start it over again I've been open And I've been closed like a book And burned down like a written sin Hell I've been divided Out of my mind and reinvented again I've been ignited and then uninvited So honey You break it up I'm gonna put it back together again I just thought you should know my darling Before we begin I'm not a virgin anymore Female voice: Oh sir, I'm...I'm sorry. (I'm sorry) Cuida me Do you get the gist of the song now?
*** Thanx a lot to Omer & Pink who corrected some mistakes ***
Hey pretty Well it's 3 a.m. I'm out here riding again Through the wicked winding streets of my world I make a wrong turn brake it now I'm too far gone I got a siren on my tail and that ain't the fine I'm looking for I see a stairway so I follow it down Into the belly of a whale Where my secrets echo all around You know me now but to do better than that You've got to follow me Boy I'm tryin' to show you where I'm at Hey pretty Don't you wanna take a ride with me? Through my world Hey pretty Don't you wanna kick and slide Through my world Well I've got a mind full of wicked designs I've got a non-stop-hole in my head-imagination I'm in a building that has two-thousand floors and when they all fall down I think you know it's you they're fallin' for I can't forget I am a sole architect I built the shadows here I built the growl in the voice I fear You add it up but to do better than that You've got to follow me Boy I'm tryin' to show you where I'm at Hey pretty Don't you wanna take a ride with me? Through my world Hey pretty Don't you wanna kick and slide Through my world Hey pretty My pretty baby Rockin' through my world (my world) Hey pretty my pretty baby Rockin' through my world (my world) Hey now Can't you feel me longing (Do you get the gist of this song now?) Hey now Can't you feel me? (feel me) Hey pretty... Hey pretty hey pretty baby my pretty baby hey pretty baby don't you Wanna take a ride with me... (my baby)... et cetera. Do you get the gist of this song now? Do you get the gist of this song now?
*** Thanx a lot to Jennifer for this one ***
Dear Johnny
(a.k.a : Johnny dear) Johnny dear don't be afraid I will keep your secrets safe Bring me to the blind man who Lost you in his house of blue
Could've gone mad I'm so glad that you decided to come Go ahead make yourself comfortable darlin' I've got a proposition for you There's a room available inside of my heart And I hope it will be taken by you You can bring whatever you wanna bring baby Each and everyone of your friends And if you want a dog or a big bullfrog Hell I've even got room for them I'm so glad you decided to come Another day and I could've gone mad Another day and it might've gotten bad Another day and I might have betrayed Every scruple I have You cause in me an impossible craving That cannot be denied If I decided to make you my religion I think God would be kind So I made a wish on a million of her stars And registered your name on a few That way if you forget who you are You can look up and see a picture of you I'm so glad you decided to come Another day and I could've gone mad Another day and it might've gotten bad Another day and I might have betrayed Every scruple I have I'm so glad you decided to come Another day and I could've gone mad Another day and it might've gotten bad Another day and I might have betrayed Every scruple I have to keep a hold of myself Is that really you or is it someone else I swear it looks just like him I wonder can he see what a state I'm in Like a broken bridge I gotta swing on him like a jungle gym Father: I've been inside her house I've experienced her madness And I rejected the entire experience Another day and I could've gone mad Another day and it might've gotten bad Another day and I might have betrayed Every scruple I have I'm so glad you decided to come Another day and I could've gone mad Another day and it might've gotten bad Another day and I might have betrayed Every scruple
Lemon meringue Hold on you've gotta wait just a minute See the cookie jar I've got my hand caught in it Just let me try and explain You know I've been a good girl But I hit a limit I know there's not a lot of logic in it But my life's been feeling to me (Like lemon) Sometimes it tastes so bitter (Like lemon) I've gotta make it sweeter Stop right there before I get bitter (Bitter) There's got to be a better way! (???) There's got to be a way to make it sweeter (Sweeter) A little more like lemon meringue So the other day well I found me a lover Had a little hustle under the covers It was delicious to me Can't you see me there Day dreaming of our future I painted such a pretty picture But my prince he never got back to me (Like lemon) Sometimes it tastes so bitter (Like lemon) I've got to make it sweeter Stop right there before I get bitter (Bitter) There's got to be a better way! (???) There's got to be a way to make it sweeter (Sweeter) A little more like lemon meringue Father: It is November 6th. We are in Madrid, Spain. It is a very, very important day. To celebrate it, Anne will sing a song.
*** Thanx a lot to Mario for this one ***
Spanish doll This place feels so unfamiliar Yet I know it well I think I used to belong here But the only way I can tell Is that I miss you still And I cannot find you here You left me tattered and torn Just like that sweet Spanish doll Sweet spanish, sweet spanish... doll I went down to the alley way Sierra la Bonita And found that you were gone Si nunca te fueras You left no word no message I still don't know exactly what went wrong Lágrima But now no matter where I go I always seem to return Búscame To where you left me tattered and torn Estoy rompida mi muñeca Just like that sweet spanish doll Sweet, spanish, sweet spanish doll A memory guilded in red and gold De oro Beauty guarded and never sold Cuídame I keep it with me wherever I go And I love you still Recuérdame No matter how a story will unfold You know I always will Está conmigo Have part of you here In this souvenir Spanish doll A stranger in this world without you Is all that I can ever be All I know that's pure and clear You left it with me here In this souvenir Spanish, spanish, spanish... Father: We hear of a lovely daughter, shot down in her mistaken flight- unaware yet how her life will be affected by this experience. Daughter: Mommy how come you cry? Father: While what was really happening in the years of her childhood... Perhaps that's where the real story is - in her family house Daughter: How come it's a house of leaves?
*** Thanx a lot to Margarita & Omer & Chogu for this one ***
House of leaves Into the house: Spanish Schoolteacher: Well now after all that thinking, wouldn't it be fine if we could take a little trip? We will do it. I know a game we all like to play inside la casa-the house. We will play hide and seek. Daughter: I can hear myself; I'm somewhere in there... What's happening? Can you hear me? Brother: I still get nightmares. Daughter: Daddy? Mother: Nobody's home... Nobody's home... Father: I think he was dead. Daughter: Where are you? Father: Dead I wasn't sure if I'm going to survive this horror... Brother: No-one should brave the underworld alone. (Mother and Father sing "Dominique") Dominique, nique, nique S'en allait tout simplement Routier pauvre et chantant En tous chemins, en tous lieux Il ne parle que du bon Dieu Il ne parle que du bon Dieu Father: Try now to take the next step (You sing very well Annie) Mother: Hello? Hello? Daughter: Mom ?
Amazed
It's amazing to me I can't Seem to say what I'm doing here My tongue is all twisted around the air I'm looking for words that were so well rehearsed But I can't find them anywhere With you there's no easy answer It's true You change the equation that I add up to And all of the things that I thought I knew You turn it around I'm amazed When push comes to shove what I'd give to you Everything I'm amazed The hallways I wouldn't mind crawling through And I'd do it for days and days I'm amazed, I'm amazed That places your taking me to Wait, I thought I had this down I built all my cages and my hide out And I covered all my bases I locked the door, I shut all my windows But you You creep in like a whisper I try not to listen, yeah, but I hear you I'm not really sure just what it is you do But do it again I'm amazed When push comes to shove what I'd give to you Everything I'm amazed The walls that I wouldn't mind crashing through And I'd do it for days and days I'm amazed, I'm amazed At all of the things I know you have done 'Cause this time I think we've really won The tables have turned Now I'm taking my hat off to you You said "we'll see" But darling it's all clear to me I'm amazed And here in the foyer the hallway is small I don't really think it's a hallway at all It's a maze Johnny your suitcase was finally received She's packed up her things and she's ready to leave It's amazing All of the ink that was bled from your hands Has painted a picture that she understands It's amazing And here by the ocean the sky's full of leaves And what they can tell you depends on what you believe The ash is a tree and the voices were three And all that is gone is here sweeping through me It's amazing It's a maze The voice of my father still loud as before It used to scare me but not anymore It's a maze Father : What is it Annie Daughter: I miss you
*** Thanx a lot to Omer who corrected this one *** If you were here
Daughter: If you were here I know that you would Truly be amazed At what's become of what you made If you were here You would know how I treasured every day How every single word you spoke Echoes in me like a memory of hope When you were here You could not feel the value that I placed On every look that crossed your face When you were here I did not know just how I had embraced All that you hid behind your face Could not hide from me 'cause it hid in me too Father: How are you tiger? This is great fun, to be able to talk with you, like this--in fact I'm going to do it more often Daughter: Now that I'm here I hear you And wonder if maybe you can hear yourself Father: (laughs) Daughter: Ringing in me now that you're somewhere else Father: I miss you a lot Daughter: 'Cause I hear your strange music gentle and true Father: I'm sharing with you some of my reflections Daughter: Singing inside me with the best parts of you Now that I'm here Father: But I'm so proud of everything you do there I love you most Daughter: I hope somewhere you hear them too Father: Next time I see you you'll proudly sing it back to me Daughter: Now that I'm here I love you It's okay you can go now
*** Thanx a lot to Omer who corrected this one ***
Non Albums Tracks Anything When I was a kid, I was older than everyone. When I was a kid, I could it make it easier, Easier on everyone, And anything at all. Before I was a girl, Well I could be anyone, Magician or a physicist, A Doctor Strangeglove too. Yeah I could be anyone, Hell I could even be you. Before you were a boy, You told me everything, Nothing in your closet, Bad enough too keep you, All alone, If you could be anyone, Or anything at all. And once you deceive me, I close my eyes, I could not see. You wouldn't believe me, So I look in deep, 'Cause I know I see. I see you there I see you there I see you there I see you there I'll see you there I'll see you there I'll see you there (Anytime) I'll see you there (Anytime) I'll see you there (Anytime at all)
Center of the Sun
( Appears on Conjure One LP ) (I hear) Young girl in the market gives it to the men When the men leave her eyes are red When her eyes are closed again She sees a dark market of a violin And she sings they say the most horrible things But I hear violins When I close my eyes I am at the centre of the sun And I cannot be hurt By anything this wicked world has done Young boy in the market follows all the men When the men leave he is out of his head When his eyes are closed again He sees a dark market of a violin And he says they break the most beautiful things But I hear violins When I close my eyes I am at the centre of the sun And I cannot be hurt By anything this wicked world has done I look into your eyes and I am at the centre of the sun And I cannot be hurt By anything this wicked world has done Young boy in the market sees the girl alone And asks her have you lost your way home She sings you say the most beautiful things Just like my violins I look into your eyes I am at the centre of the sun And I cannot be hurt By anything this wicked world has done When I close my eyes I am at the centre of the sun And I cannot be hurt By anything this wicked world has done I hear violins at the centre of the sun I hear violins
Endless Dream
( Appears on Conjure One LP - 2005 )
It's all coming, it's all coming It's all coming, it's all coming, it's all coming, it's all coming It's all coming back to me now That strange and almost endless dream Where I was you and you were me You opened up your eyes and I could see That you were falling from the world As aimless as a shooting star In all that around me thinking I was somebody else And terrified to look at me and See yourself, well... You and I could dream And I am just a trip you are on When the trip is over You will go back to the places that you once belonged You will look for comfort there And when you do you'll find that it has gone That is when you'll dream a dream Where I am you and you are me And then you'll know my love So don't be afraid Your heart is in me and it's racing so fast now 'Cause everything we ever were or ever will be Is shapeless as a changing cloud Your letter written on the sky I need you now to read it through my eyes When you see just what I see And tenderly Watch it change and just let it be 'Cause I am like a dream And you are just a trip that I am on When the trip is over I will go back to the places that I once belonged And I will look for comfort there And when I do I know it will be gone That is when I'll dream a dream Where I am you and you are me And then I'll know your love So quiet... Now... We are the ... same This is just some trip that we are on When the trip is over we will think of this As someplace that we once belonged When I find no comfort here I'll look again to find it in your arms That is where I'll dream a dream Where I am you and you are me And that's where I know love
Extraordinary Way
What I have is nothing to my name No property to speak of And no trophy for my game Intangible and worthless My assets on the page My coffers are empty Any offer of safety has faded away But what I have What I have is On an ordinary day The extraordinary way You take what I can give and you treasure it On an ordinary day The extraordinary way You turn to me and say, I believe in this That makes me lucky God, I'm lucky, so much luckier than I ever thought I'd be 'Cause what I have (what I have) Means so very little to this world A promise that I kept and a bridge that I saved before it burned The sacrifice that I made Brought me to my knees A choice that cost me everything and set somebody else free But what I have Is the value that you see in these things On an ordinary day The extraordinary way You take what I can give and you treasure it On an ordinary day The extraordinary way You turn to me and say, I believe in this That makes me lucky God I'm lucky, so much luckier than I ever thought I'd be 'Cause what I have Is the value that you see in these things And everytime I forget those things you bring them right back to me With your patience When I'm blinding mad And your passion When I'm really, really bad And your eyes Taking in everything I am And your body and soul and the way that you know How I treasure you On an ordinary day The extraordinary way You take what I can give and you treasure it On an ordinary day The extraordinary way You turn to me and say, I believe in this That makes me lucky God I'm so lucky So much luckier than I ever thought I'd be On an ordinary day The extraordinary way You take what I can give and you treasure it On an ordinary day The extraordinary way You turn to me and say, I believe in this
Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer Grandma got run over by a reindeer Walking home from our house Christmas Eve. You can say there's no such thing as Santa, But as for me an' Grandpa, we believe. She'd been drinking too much eggnog, And we begged her not to go. But she forgot her medication, And she staggered out the door into the snow. When we found her Christmas morning, At the scene of the attack She had hoof prints on her forehead, And incriminating Claus marks on her back. Now we're all so proud of Grandpa, He's been taking this so well. See him in there watching football, Drinking beer and playing cards with cousin Mel. It's not Christmas without Grandma, All the family's dressed in black. And we just can't figure out Should we open up her gifts or send them back? Grandma got run over by a reindeer Coming home from my house Christmas Eve. You can say there's no such thing as Santa, But as for me an' Grandpa, we believe. As for me an' Grandpa, we believe. As for me an' Grandpa, we believe.
*** Thanx a lot to Chogu for these lyrics ***
Hey Pretty (Drive-By 2001 Mix)
( Poe and Mark Danielewski )
( "Listen To The House, Read The House" 4:00 Version ) Mark: Kyrie suggested we go for a drive in her new 2-door BMW coupe In the parking lot, we slipped into her bucket seats Kyrie took over from there. At nearly 90 miles per hour she zipped us up to that windy edge Known to some as Mullholland, that sinuous road running the ridge of the Santa Monica Mountains Where she then proceeded to pump her vehicle in and out of turns Sometimes dropping down to 50 miles per hour, only to immediately gun it back up to 90 again Fast, slow, fast fast slow Sometime a wide turn sometimes a quick one she preferred the tighter ones The sharp controlled jerks, swinging left to right before driving back to the right Only so she could do it all over again until after enough speed And enough wind, and more distance than I had been prepared to expect Taking me to parts of the city I rarely think of and never visit... Poe: Hey pretty Don't you wanna take a ride with me? Through my world Hey pretty Don't you wanna kick and slide Through my world Mark: I can't remember the inane things I started babbling about then, I know it didn't really matter, she wasn't listening She just yanked up on the emergency brake, dropped her seat back, and told me to lie on top of her On top of those leather pants of hers, extremely expensive leather pants Mind you, her hands immediately guiding mine over those soft, slightly oily folds Positioning my fingers on the shiny metal tab, small and round, like a tear Then murmuring a murmur so inaudible that even though I could feel herlips tremble against my ear She seemed far, far away Pinch it, she said, which I did, lightly, until she also said pull it, Which I also did, gently parting the teeth, one at a time, down under And beneath, the longest unzipping of my life... Poe: Hey pretty Don't you wanna take a ride with me? Through my world Hey pretty Don't you wanna kick and slide Through my world Hey pretty My pretty baby Rock it through my world (through my world) Hey pretty (Hey pretty) My pretty baby Rock it through my world (my world) Mark: We never even kissed, or looked into each other's eyes Our lips just trespassed on those inner labyrinths hidden deep within our ears Filled them with the private music of wicked words Hers in many languages, mine in the off-color of my only tongue Until as our tones shifted and our consonants spun and squealed, rabbled faster, hesitated, raced harder Syllables soon melting into groans or moans, finding purchase in new words, or old words, or made-up words Until we gathered up our heat and refused to release it, enjoying too much the dark lane which we had suddenly stumbled upon Prayed to, carved to, not a communication really, but a channeling of our rumored desires, hers for all I know gone to black forests and wolves, mine banging back to the familiar form, that great revenant mystery I still could only hear the shape of Which in spite of our separate lusts and individual prize, still continued to drive us deeper into stranger tones, our mutual desire to keep gripping the burn Fueled by sound, hers screeching, mine...I didn't hear mine, only hers, probably counter-pointing mine A high pitched cry, then a whisper dropping unexpectedly, to practically a bark, a grunt, whatever, no sense anymore, and suddenly no more curves either, just the straightaway Too bad dark languages rarely survive..." Das nicht zu Hause sein x2 ( = who isn't home in german ) Ba da da da (da x 8 echoes ) *** Thanx a lot to Jennifer, Stan, Jessica & Samantha & Alex & Toni for this one ***
( "Haunted" Bonus Track 3:45 Version ) Mark: Kyrie suggested we go for a drive in her new 2-door BMW coupe In the parking lot, we slipped into her bucket seats Kyrie took over from there. At nearly 90 miles per hour she zipped us up to that windy edge Known to some as Mullholland, that sinuous road running the ridge of the Santa Monica Mountains Where she then proceeded to pump her vehicle in and out of turns Sometimes dropping down to 50 miles per hour, only to immediately gun it back up to 90 again Fast, slow, fast fast slow Sometime a wide turn sometimes a quick one she preferred the tighter ones The sharp controlled jerks, swinging left to right before driving back to the right Only so she could do it all over again until after enough speed, and enough wind, and more distance than I had been prepared to expect Taking me to parts of the city I rarely think of and never visit... Poe: Hey pretty Don't you wanna take a ride with me? Through my world Hey pretty Don't you wanna kick and slide Through my world Mark: I can't remember the inane things I started babbling about then, I know it didn't really matter, she wasn't listening She just yanked up on the emergency brake, dropped her seat back, and told me to lie on top of her On top of those leather pants of hers, extremely expensive leather pants mind you, her hands immediately guiding mine over those soft, slightly oily folds Positioning my fingers on the shiny metal tab, small and round, like a tear Then murmuring a murmur so inaudible that even though I could feel her lips tremble against my ear, she seemed far, far away Pinch it, she said, which I did, lightly, until she also said pull it, which I also did, gently parting the teeth, one at a time, down under and beneath, the longest unzipping of my life... Poe: Hey pretty Don't you wanna take a ride with me? Through my world Hey pretty Don't you wanna kick and slide Through my world Hey pretty My pretty baby Rock it through my world (through my world) Hey pretty (Hey pretty) My pretty baby Rock it through my world (my world) Mark: We never even kissed, or looked into each other's eyes, our lips just Trespassed on those inner labyrinths hidden deep within our ears, Filled them with the private music of wicked words Hers in many languages, mine in the off-color of my only tongue Too bad dark languages rarely survive... Poe: Hey pretty... Hey pretty hey pretty baby my pretty baby hey pretty baby don't you Wanna take a ride with me... (my baby)... et cetera. Do you get the gist of this song now? Do you get the gist of this song now?
*** Thanx a lot to Katie for this one ***
How long I can hear the tick of the clock, Too close to my head. It's giving me a headache, To think of all, Of all the tick tocks, I've ever heard, Only one second counted Now didn't it, Once long ago. It was like an atom bomb went off in my house, And everybody left. I wish I were a superhero like the X-Men in the comics, 'Cause maybe then I could've withstood the blast. Oh but I shattered like an ordinary sheet of glass, And there's not enough superglue in the world. How long...how long...how long till I feel whole again How long...how long...how long till I feel whole again. Oh I wish I were just like the T1000 in Terminator 2, 'Cause he could melt back together again, Even after Schwartznegger blew him to bits. Yeah he was mean, but he knew exactly who he was. Oh, and incidentally, so did that guy, Kiser Soze, In Usual Suspects, but he had to blow his whole family away. How long...how long...how long till I feel whole again How long...how long...how long till I feel whole again. I wish I could lie, I wish I didn't care, I wish I could like just like that guy. I wish I could lie, I wish I didn't care, I wish I could like just like that guy. I wish I could lie, I wish I didn't care, I wish I could like just like that guy. I can hear the tick of that clock, Still close to my head Maybe if I couldn't hear the seconds pass, I wouldn't have to ask: How long...how long...how long till I feel whole again How long...how long...how long till I feel whole again. How long...how long...
I cain't say no
( Welcome To Woop Woop Original Soundtrack )
It ain't so much, a question, of not, knowing what to do I've known what's right and wrong since i've been ten I've heard a lot of stories, and i reckon, that they're true About how girls are put upon by men I know i mustn't fall into the pit But when i'm with a fellar i forget Don't.. Stop,don't, don't ...stop Don't...stop....don't, don't stop I'm just a girl who can't say no I'm in a terrible fix I always say hey come on le'ts go Just when i oughta say nix When a person tries to kiss a girl I know she oughta give his face a smack But as soon as someone kisses me I somehow sorta wanna kiss him back I'm just a fool when lights are low I can't be prissy and quaint I ain't the type that can faint How can i be what i ain't I cant sayyy no Don't...stop, don't, don't stop Don't...stop, don't- Whatcha gonna do when a fella gets flirty, Starts to talk dirty? Whatcha gonna do? Supposin' that he says that your lips are like cherries, Roses or berries? Whatcha gonna do? Supposin' that he says that you're sweeter than cream And he's gotta have cream all day? Whatcha gonna do when he talks that way, huh? Spit in his eye? *spit* I'm just a fool who can't say no Kissin's my favorite food With or without the mistletoe Hey i'm in a holiday mood Other girls play coy and hard to catch But other girls ain't having any fun Everytime i lose that wrestling match I have a funny feeling that i've won Though i can feel the undertow I never make a complaint Till its too late for restraint Then when i want to i can't I can't sayyyyyy oh no Don't stop...don't, don't stop Don't stop...don't, don't stop Don't...stop...don't, don't stop x2 Don't stop...don't, don't stop x2 I can't say no oh oh no oh oh no ohoh no no no no yeah Yeah..... Yes yes yes
*** Thanx a lot Aric for this one ***
Jane Says
( Jane's Addiction cover played several times live ) Jane says "I'm done with Sergio He treats me like a ragdoll" She hides The television Says "I don't owe him nothing, But if he comes back again Tell him to wait right here for me Or, try again tomorrow" "I'm gonna kick tomorrow..." "I'm gonna kick tomorrow..." Jane says "Have you seen my wig around? I feel naked without it" She knows They all want her to go But that's ok man She don't like them anyway Jane says "I've never been in love" She don't know what it is She only knows if someone wants her "I only want 'em if they want me..." "I only know if they want me..." She gets mad And she starts to cry She gets mad And she starts to cry She gets mad And she starts to cry She can't hit! She don't mean no harm She just don't know What else to do about it Jane says... Jane says... Oh Jane, Oh Jane...
Make a wish
( Appears on Conjure One LP )
You can close your eyes it's over now It's over now You can close your eyes it's over Baby, baby, baby Make a wish Tell me have you ever been afraid like this (It's over now) I've seen it watching me That misty thing Without a face It weaves my thoughts Lined them up in black lace It buries my shape And leaves no trace Tomorrow I will have no shame And I will start again Make a wish Tell me have you ever felt alone like this (Over now) Better do it, sure Just wishing I could move in some more Tomorrow I will have no shame And I will start again Make a wish You can close your eyes it's over now Baby I have never been afraid like this You can close your eyes it's over now Make a wish... I took off my shoes I took off my face And then I undid the buttons on my dress (I will start again) Make a wish You can close your eyes it's over now Tell me have you ever been exposed like this Maybe we could savour that now Baby, baby, baby Feels like a kiss You can close your eyes and start again I bet you never thought that I could feel like this Tomorrow I will have no shame Tomorrow I will have no shame Make a wish
*** Thanx a lot Omer & Steven for this one *** My Lips Are Sealed (Go-Go's cover From GOSSIP Original Soundtrack) Can you hear them? They talk about us Telling lies That's no suprise Can you see them? See right through them They have no shield, no secrets to reveal It doesn't matter what they say In the jealous games people play My lips are sealed Careless talk Through paper walls We can't stop them Only laugh at them Spreading rumours So far from true Dragged up from the underworld Just like some precious pearl It doesn't matter what they say In the jealous games people play My lips are sealed Pay no mind to what they say It doesn't matter anyway My lips are sealed Early in the morning In the middle of the night They said two dead boys got up to fight Back to back, they faced each other Drew their swords and shot each other The deaf policeman heard the noise Said he came and shot those two dead boys If you don't believe this lie is true Go ask the blind man He saw it too. Hush, my baby Don't you cry Quiet, angel Forget their lies There's a weapon That we must use in our defence: Silence When you look at them Look right through them That's when they'll disappear That's when we will be feared It doesn't matter what they say In the jealous games people play My lips are sealed Pay no mind to what they say It doesn't matter anyway My lips are sealed X6
One Word
With only one word You took the ice out of the air again And put the heat back in the sun again With only one word With only one word You put the weapons of the world away It's funny how one single thing you choose to say Will change the world and then It suddenly means something better Every single thing I see, good or bad You make it mean something better Every pleasure, every pain Every nightmare that I dream Make it mean something better With only one word You change the ending of a tragedy And summon power from the injuries With only one word It's funny how one single thing you choose to say Will change the world and then It suddenly means something better Every single thing I see, good or bad, You make it mean something better Every pleasure, every pain Every nightmare that I dream Make it mean something better Every time that I can't make a sound And I think that I'm starting to drown Even when I try to take you down Every time that I think I'm alone And I can't find a word of my own You take me home And then you change the world again With only one word You took a war out of my history It's funny how one single thing you choose to see Could change the world And give mine back to me so much better Every single thing I see (better) Every single thing I dream (better) So much better Every pleasure, every pain (better) Every nightmare that I dream (I dream) Make it mean something better
Padre fear I'm sorry. The number you have reached has been disconnected. Are you afraid of love, Are you afraid of me, Are you afraid of love, Is that why you retreat, Are you afraid of me? Angel calling the angels here, Angels calling the angels here, Angels calling the angels here, Are you an angel too? {...party has been disconnected.) Are you, 'Cause I would love but nobody's home. Are you (are you) afraid (afraid) of love (of love), Are you (are you) afraid (afraid) of memory (of memory), Are you afraid of what you cannot see, Are you (are you) afraid (afraid) of love (of love), Are you (are you) afraid (afraid) of me (of me), Are you afraid of being free? Angels calling the angels here, (I'm sorry. This number has been disconnected.) Angels calling the angels here, Angels calling the angels here, Are you an angel too? Are you, (I'm sorry this number has been disconnected.) 'Cause I would love but nobody's home. And some midnight when I'm howling at the moon, It's midnight and I'm howling for you. Are you afraid of love, Are you afraid of love, Angels calling the angels here, Angels calling the angels here, Angels calling the angels here, 'Cause I want love but nobody's home. It's midnight...It's midnight...
Rise and Shine
Rose is a Rose ( Lounge-A-Palooza LP )
Jezebel...From Israel, Who never read a book, Charmed the literati, And a smile was all it took. I was laughing with Picasso, When she first entered the room, But Gershwin, Tristan, Tzara, And Man Ray saw her too. There was never any doubt, All would try to take her home, But she refused their every move, Preferred to be alone. And a rose...A rose is a rose. Zelda had a breakdown, Fitzgerald hit the bar. His hand was broken, words were spoken, Didn't get too far. Hemmingway was smoother, More debonaire and fun, But he would say her repartee, Was meaner than a gun. Chorus: And a rose... A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose is a rose... Said my good friend Gertrude Stein. She knows that I go to the ol' Deux Magots, And I drink Pernod through the night. Jezebel...From Israel, Who never read a book, She charmed the literati And a smile was all it took. Before her Joyce will babble, And Pound has gone insane, Eliot is paralyzed by, Thoughts of April rain. When she refused Lenin, He vowed to start a war. Stravinsky beat The Rite of Spring, Right there on the floor. Chorus And then one night she's missing, A riot soon began. No one could stand the thought of Jezzie with another man. I raced down winding streets, I broke into her house. You never guess who Jezebel, Was kissing on the couch. A rose...A rose is a rose... Hi Jezzie. Hi there, Gertrude. Am I interrupting something? On non non non on ne fait que discuter de la couleur du café et des sofas! (french) A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose is a rose...
*** Thanx a lot to Pascal who helped me for this one *** Strange Wind
I hear you in my head All of the things that you said I'm listening again and again 'Cause I never used to think of you as a friend Now I hear it in my head (My head that) That strange wind that cries It wakes me up inside (Inside) That strange wind that cries It makes me feel alive To see it in your eyes That strange wind (Strange wind) that cries Yeah I'm still here, thumbing through the book that you left A hundred different symbols, I always wondered what they meant. A circle, a jagged edge, a cross Holding little bits of the truth Whatever I may be hiding I think that I could show it to you (To you) When I hear it in my head (My head that) That strange wind that cries It wakes me up inside (Inside) That strange wind that cries It makes me feel alive To see it in your eyes That strange wind (Strange wind) that cries Oh, I've got so much to tell you I've been lonely, I've been wild And when I see it in your eyes a wilder cry than even mine I know something's hidden inside Strange Wind That Cries I hear you in my head There it is again That strange wind that cries It breaks me up sometimes That strange wind that cries It makes me feel alive To see it in your eyes That strange wind (Strange wind) That strange wind (Strange wind that) Cries I hear you in my head All of the things that you said I'll be keeping all your secrets 'till the end 'Cause I'm getting used to Thinking of you as a friend Strange wind
***Thanx a lot to Omer & Bigserg & Daniel for this one ***
Today Standing in the doorway Of my life in this house Trying to find a way to get out Looking for a sign That I should open the door This craziness is getting me down But today is the day We break free Today is the day We break free Walking down the stairway To the traffic below Anything could happen I know Hey but I'm sick of everybody Telling me what to do I hear you Hey but I already know 'Cause today is the day We break free Today is the day We break free It's clear in my mind After all of this time What I feel, my love There are so many times That the sun doesn't shine But I'm here, my love Today is the day Maybe I should wait Just a minute or two It's getting cold now I feel so insecure The future is a mistress That is so hard to please And the past Is a pebble in my shoe But today is the day We break free Today is the day We break free It's clear in my mind After all of this time What I feel, my love There are so many times That the sun doesn't shine But I'm here, my love And today is the day Ah... Oh yeah... Here we go now Today is the day Today is the day, is the day Today is the day It's clear in my mind after all of this time (Today... is the day) Today is the day, (Today) is the day Today is the day 'Cause you and me and we break free (It's clear in my mind) You and me (After all of this time) Today is the day, today is the day (Is the day) Today is the day 'Cause you and me and we break free (It's clear in my mind) You and me (After all of this time) Today is the day, today is the day (Is the day) Today is the day (Oh no) If you and me and we break free (It's clear in my mind after all of this time) (Today... is the day) You and me and we break free today! (Today is the day) Today is the day (Today is the day) (Oh oh today!) Today is the day (Today is the day) It's clear in my mind (Today... is the day) After all of this time (Today is the day) Today is the day (Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!) Is the day (Today-ay-ay-ay!) Today is the day (Ah ah ah oh oh) It's clear in my mind (Today is the day) (Ah ah ah oh oh) After all of this time (Is the day) (Ah ah) Today... is the day Today is the day, aaah yeah Today is the day It's clear in my mind (Today... is the day) After all of this time (Today is the day)
Which Way To The Top (Fastball & Poe) Where did you leave your baby Bleeding in her bed Her ghost has come to stay Oh, you can try, you can't chase her away In the bar we sit like blackbirds With our broken wings Like clocks without their springs Just like time doesn't mean anything Won't you tell me Which way to the top? You know that I can't stay Down here We used to ride around in a broken down old car But now I'm changing trains Oh, and I'll hit all the notes in between Mom and Dad are fast asleep now But I'll be wide awake A surfer in the break Oh, just waiting for the perfect wave And a place in the shade Won't you tell me Which way to the top? You know that I can't stay Down here You better get it now while The getting's good While the getting's good Get it now while it's happening While is happening to you Get it now while The getting's good While the getting's good Get it now while it's happening What is happening to you, oh yeah, oh yeah... Won't you tell me Which way to the top? You know that I can't stay Down here Won't you tell me Which way to the top? You know that I can't stay Down here