B i o g r a p h y (by Stephen Thomas Erlewine)
During the alternative rock explosion, several female singer/songwriters rose to prominence, but few have proved as distinctive or as widely praised as Polly Jean Harvey. Over the course of her career, Harvey established herself as one of the most individual and influential songwriters of her era, exploring themes of sex, love, and religion with unnerving honesty, dark humor, and a twisted theatricality. At the outset, she led the trio PJ Harvey, which delivered her stark songs with bruisingly powerful, punkish abandon, as typified by the 1992 debut Dry. Over time, however, the subtle and artistic side of Harvey has prevailed. Her 2001 album Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea featured a heady mix of trip-hop, guitar rock, and troubadourism, earning her the prestigious Mercury Prize. Throughout the 2000s and 2010s, Harvey continually shifted gears (to the delight of critics and fans), from the sparse Uh Huh Her to the art rock of Let England Shake. (The latter earned her a second Mercury Prize, making her the only artist to have done so.) Harvey grew up on a sheep farm in Yeovil, England, where she was raised by her quarryman father and her artist mother. As a child, she learned how to play guitar and saxophone, and when she was a teenager, she played in a variety of bands as a sideman. She formed PJ Harvey in 1991 with bassist Steve Vaughan and drummer Robert Ellis, and the trio recorded its debut record for under $5,000. The band signed with the British indie label Too Pure and released "Dress" that fall. "Dress" became a indie rock sensation, as did its follow-up, "Sheela-Na-Gig," with both singles receiving lavish praise in the U.K. music press. Although Harvey was a reluctant interviewee, she cannily used the press to her advantage, whether it was through her candid interviews or startling, occasionally disturbingly sexy photo sessions, which subverted traditional concepts of female sexuality. PJ Harvey's debut, Dry, was released in spring 1992 to considerable praise; it was distributed in America by Island Records. The trio followed it with an extensive tour, culminating with an appearance at that summer's Reading Festival. Shortly after the tour, Harvey moved to London, where she nearly suffered a nervous breakdown due to the extraordinary pressure and expectation surrounding her second album. The group hired former Big Black frontman Steve Albini (Pixies, Breeders) as the producer of their second album, Rid of Me. Albini imposed his trademark noisy, guitar-heavy sound on the record, which mirrored its harder-edged themes. Rid of Me was a major critical success and expanded Harvey's cult greatly. She supported the album with a tour featuring herself in a fake leopard-skin coat and a feather boa, signaling her developing interest in theatricality. At the end of the year, Harvey released 4-Track Demos, a collection of her original versions of the songs on Rid of Me. Following the Rid of Me tour, Ellis and Vaughan parted ways with Harvey, and she recorded her third album as a solo artist, augmented by producer Flood, bassist Mick Harvey, and guitarists John Parish and Joe Gore. Harvey developed a richer, bluesier sound with the expanded band, and the resulting record, To Bring You My Love, was hailed as a masterpiece by many critics upon its February 1995 release. Thanks to considerable press attention, as well as strong support from MTV and modern rock radio for the single "Down by the Water," To Bring You My Love became a moderate hit, entering the U.S. charts at number 40. Harvey spent all of 1995 touring the album, and spent the following year in relative seclusion. During 1996 she was relatively quiet, only appearing twice on record: once in a duet with Nick Cave on his Murder Ballads album -- the pair were reportedly romantically involved -- and later on Dance Hall at Louse Point, a collaborative album that found her teaming up with John Parish. Is This Desire? followed in 1998. Two years later, Harvey reunited with Ellis and Mick Harvey for Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, which returned to her earlier, more aggressive style and was inspired by her six-month stay in New York City in 1999. The album won the 2001 Mercury Prize, making Harvey the first female winner of that award. After extensive touring in support of the album, Harvey split her time over the next two years working on new material and collaborating with like-minded friends and contemporaries. She appeared on Gordon Gano's Hitting the Ground, Giant Sand's Cover Magazine, and John Parish's How Animals Move, but Harvey's most prominent collaboration was with the Queens of the Stone Age side project the Desert Sessions. She performed on more than half of 2003's Desert Sessions, Vols. 9-10, including the single Crawl Home. That summer, she also performed at the V Festival, previewing tracks from her new album, which she claimed was close to being finished. The album, Uh Huh Her, appeared in summer 2004, coinciding with another string of tour dates, including British and European festival appearances at Glastonbury, T in the Park, the Montreux Jazz Festival, and Spain's La Primavera festival. Stateside, Harvey was scheduled to join the revived Lollapalooza festival for select dates, joining Morrissey and Sonic Youth on the main stage. Upon the cancellation of that festival, however, she mounted a solo tour of the States with select opening acts. Three years later, the ever-evolving musician released White Chalk, her first piano-based album. She then resumed her partnership with John Parish for another collaborative project, A Woman a Man Walked By, which arrived in 2009. For 2011's Let England Shake, Harvey took a more political and less personal approach to her songwriting, drawing on current events to add a fresh approach to her work with Parish and Mick Harvey. The album met with widespread acclaim, winning that year's Mercury Prize -- making her the only artist to win the award twice -- as well as Album of the Year at the 2012 Ivor Novello Awards. The following year, Harvey released "Shaker Aamer," a song about the Guantanamo Bay detainee who undertook a hunger strike for four months. To create her ninth album, Harvey traveled to Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Washington, D.C. and recorded parts of the album in public at the London cultural center Somerset House. The results were released as The Hope Six Demolition Project, which arrived in April 2016.
Dry - 1992-03-30 - Oh my lover O stella Dress Victory Happy and bleeding Sheela-na-gig Hair Joe Plants and rags Fountain Water
Rid of me - 1993-05-04 - Rid of me Missed Legs Rub 'til it bleeds Hook Man-size sextet Highway '61 revisited 50Ft Queenie Yuri-G Man-size Dry Me-jane Snake Ecstasy
To bring you my love - 1995-02-27 - To bring you my love Meet ze monsta Working for the man C'mon Billy Teclo Long snake moan Down by the water I think I'm a mother Send his love to me The dancer
Big Exit Good Fortune A Place Called Home One Line Beautiful Feeling The Whores Hustle And The Hustlers Whore This Mess We're In You Said Something Kamikaze This Is Love Horses in my dreams We Float The wicked tongue (Japanese Bonus track)
A Woman A Man Walked By - 2009-03-27 - With John Parish
Let England Shake The Last Living Rose The Glorious Land The Words That Maketh Murder All and Everyone On Battleship Hill England In the Dark Places Bitter Branches Hanging in the Wire Written on the Forehead The Colour of the Earth
Dry
Oh my lover Oh my lover Don't you know it's alright You can love her You can love me at the same time Much to discover I know you don't have the time but Oh my lover Don't you know it's alright Oh my sweet thing Oh my honey thighs Give me your troubles I'll keep them with mine Take at your leisure Take whatever you can find but Oh my sweet thing Don't you know it's alright It's alright It's alright There's no time So it's alright What's that colour Forming around your eyes Waltz my lover Tell me that it's all right Just another Before you go, go away Oh my lover Why don't you just say my name And it's alright Say it's alright There's no time
O stella Stella Marie you're my star Stella Marie you're my star Stand on ground look up at her Just hanging in gold stone Just hanging there face froze But I think I see her smiling Think I see her smiling Think I see her smiling Think I see her smiling Go Go Go Go go Stella Marie you're my star In your blue blue tavern You light my lantern O Stella's large Pink on her face It's glowing this place A place for heroes only Place for heroes only Place for heroes only Place for heroes only Go Go Go Go go go go Stella Marie you're my star I pin you to my chest Sell you to the rest I kiss her gown Send those angels down to woo me now I think I see her smiling Think I see her smiling Think I see her smiling Think I see her smiling Go Go Go Go go
Dress Put on that dress I'm going out dancing Starting off red Clean and sparkling, he'll see me Music play, make it dreamy for dancing Must be a way that I can dress to please him It's hard to walk in the dress, it's not easy I'm swinging over like a heavy loaded fruit tree If you put it on If you put it on If you put it on If you put it on It's sad to see Lonely, all this lonely Close up my eyes Dreamy, dreamy music, make it be alright Music play, make it good for romacing Must be a way I can dress to please him Swing and sway, everything will be alright But it's feeling so damn tight tonight If you put it on If you put it on If you put it on If you put it on "You pretty thing" my man says "But I bought you beautiful dresses" Filthy tight, the dress is filthy I'm falling flat and my arms are empty Clear the way, better get it out of this room A fallen woman in dancing costume If you put it on If you put it on If you put it on If you put it on If you put it on If you put it on If you put it on If you put it on
Victory I stumble in and in You fit me with those angel wings Send me gold Set me high Set it up, I'm in the sky 'Til the storm is gone (and the storm is gone) And the temperature's high (and the temperature's high) And Delight is dining (and Delight is dining) At my table 'Til I think ha ha ha how lucky we are Angel at my table God in my car Get it at sea Take a ship I'd christen her "Victory" she'd make it Vic-to-ry, Vic-to-ry Come on boys, let's push it hard You bump down, push your motor car C'mon boys, you've done us proud You can sweat, dig, I'll mop it right off your brow Vic-to-ry, Vic-to-ry Vic-to-ry, Vic-to-ry So the storm is gone (so the storm is gone) And the temperature's high (and the temperature's high) And delight is dining (and delight is dining) At my table 'Til the storm is gone ('til the storm is gone) And the temperature's high (and the temperature's high) And delight is dining (and delight is dining) At my table Hey
*** Thanx a lot to Clyde who fixed this one ***
Happy and bleeding She'd burst Dropped off Picked the fruit Realize I'm naked I'm naked too So cover my body Dress it fine Hide my linen and lace Been sewing ever since Since time began More than the hills More than the trees More than the mountains, you More than I can see In front of me More than the mountains, you So fruit flower myself inside out I'm happy and bleeding for you Fruit flower myself inside out I'm tired and I'm bleeding for you This fruit was bruised Dropped off and blue Out of season Happy I'm bleeding Long overdue Too early and it's late too Too early and it's late too Mind and body I wouldn't and I would not do Fruit flower myself inside out I'm happy and bleeding for you Fruit flower myself inside out I'm tired and I'm bleeding for you Fig fruit flower myself inside out for you ( X5 ) {happy and bleeding, happy and...} Fig fruit flower myself inside out for you {happy and bleeding, happy and...} Fig fruit flower myself inside out for you {happy and bleeding, happy and...}...
Sheela-na-gig I've been trying to show you over and over Look at these my child-bearing hips Look at these my ruby red ruby lips Look at these my work strong arms and You've got to see my bottle full of charm I lay it all at your feet You turn around and say back to me He said Sheela-na-gig, sheela-na-gig You exhibitionist Sheela-na-gig, sheela-na-gig You exhibitionist Gonna wash that man right out of my hair Just like the first time, said he didn't care Gonna wash that man right out of my hair Heard it before, no more Gonna wash that man right out of my hair Turn the corner, another one there Gonna wash that man right out of my hair Heard it before He said Sheela-na-gig, sheela-na-gig You exhibitionist Sheela-na-gig, sheela-na-gig You exhibitionist Put money in your idle hole Put money in your idle hole Gonna wash that man right out of my hair Just like the first time, said he didn't care Gonna wash that man right out of my hair Heard it before, no more Gonna take my hips to a man who cares Turn the corner, another one there Gonna take my hips to a man who cares Heard it before He said Sheela-na-gig, sheela-na-gig You exhibitionist Sheela-na-gig, sheela-na-gig You exhibitionist Put money in your idle hole Put money in your idle hole He said "wash your breasts, I don't want to be unclean" He said "please take those dirty pillows away from me" He said "wash your breasts, I don't want to be unclean" He said "please take those dirty pillows away from me" He said "wash your breasts, I don't want to be unclean" He said "please take those dirty pillows away from me" He said "wash your breasts, I don't want to be unclean" He said "please take those dirty pillows away from me"
Hair Samson The strength That's in Your arms Oh to be Your stunning Bride Samson Your hair Glistening Like sun Oh would That it Were mine Samson Your hair That's in My hands I'll keep It safe You're mine You're mine He said wait Said wait "Delilah my babe" "Delilah my babe" Said wait Said wait "Delilah my babe" "Delilah my babe" Said wait Said wait "Delilah my babe" "You lied in my face" "You cut off my hair" "You lied in my bed" Samson You'll stay With your 'lilah I hold you in My hands Yeah Your hairy strength My man My man He said wait Said wait "Delilah my babe" "Delilah my babe" He said "Wait" He said "Wait" "Delilah my babe" "Delilah my babe" He said "Wait" He said "Wait" "Delilah my babe" "You lied in my face" "You cut off my hair" "You lied in my bed"
Joe Joe in you, my buddy be Stay with me when I fall and die Always thought you'd come rushing in Clear the shit out of my eye Joe in you, my buddy be Lay my enemies out in lines Come in close now I'll wash your feet With my hair I'll mop them dry With my hair I'll mop them dry Something over there I do not like There's no use in wondering Joe you be my buddy please In this hell and dead-locked time When I'm trusting that head-ache tree Cut me down with your silver knife Cut me down with your silver knife Something over there I do not like There's no use in wondering
Plants and rags Plants and rags Ease myself into a bodybag Plants and rags Ease myself into a bodybag I dreamt of a man He fed me fine food He gave me shiny things I dreamt of a man He fed me fine food He gave me shiny things White and black You looking for the sun, boy? The sun doesn't shine down her No no no White and black You looking for the sun, boy? The sun doesn't shine down her In the shadows House and home Who thought they could take away that place? Outside, and they lead us out quietly Lead us outside, and the lead us out quietly House and home Who thought they could take away that place? Outside, and they lead us out quietly Lead us outside, and they lead us out quietly Fountain Stand under Fountain Cool skin, Washed clean Wash him from me Along comes the wind A big bone shaker Blows off my clothes Completely naked What to do When everything's Left you Out of the blue It is he Vision to me Bearing leaves Petals green Covers me In all my shame Hand in hand He's my big man Stays with me Some forty days No words Then goes away I cry again On my hill I wait for wind And on my hill I wait for wind X5 Water Water Walking Walking on water Walking Walking on for years and years and years Taking it into my head Living by the right lines Reading what the very man said Water I'm walking Walking on water Walking Walking on Lying on eleven years Taking it into my head Mary, Mary drop me softly Been reading what your very man said Lying on eleven years Taking it into my head Leave my clothes on the beach I'm walking down into the sea Prove it to me Prove it to me Prove it to me Now the water to my ankles Now the water to my knees Think of him all waxy wings Melted down into the sea Mary, Mary what your man said Washing it all over my head Mary, Mary hold on tightly Over water Under the sea Water Water I'm walking Walking on water I'm walking Walking on water Walking Walking on water Walking Walking on water
Rid of me
*** Thanx a lot to Joe who updated all this album *** Rid of me Tie yourself to me No one else, no You're not rid of me You're not rid of me Night and day I breathe Hah hah ay hey You're not rid of me Yeah you're not rid of me Yeah you're not rid of me Yeah you're not rid of me I beg you my darling Don't leave me I'm hurting Lick my legs I'm on fire Lick my legs of desire I'll tie your legs Keep you against my chest Oh you're not rid of me Yeah you're not rid of me I'll make you lick my injuries I'm gonna twist your head off, see Till you say don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her I beg you my darling Don't leave me I'm hurting I've been lonely Above everything Above every day I'm hurting Lick my legs I'm on fire Lick my legs of desire Lick my legs I'm on fire Lick my legs of desire Yeah you're not rid of me Yeah you're not rid of me I'll make you lick my injuries I'm gonna twist your head off, see Till you say don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her (Lick my legs I'm on fire) Don't you don't you wish you never never met her (Lick my legs of desire) Don't you don't you wish you never never met her (Lick my legs I'm on fire) Don't you don't you wish you never never met her (Lick my legs of desire) Don't you don't you wish you never never met her (Lick my legs I'm on fire) Don't you don't you wish you never never met her (Lick my legs of desire) Don't you don't you wish you never never met her (Lick my legs I'm on fire) Don't you don't you wish you never never met her (Lick my legs of desire) Lick my legs I'm on fire Lick my legs of desire Lick my legs I'm on fire Lick my legs of desire
Missed He should not be hid He should not be here He's just too big In a cloud please come down I'd put stars at your feet Put Mars at your head Show yourself to me And I'd believe I'd moan and I'd weep Fall silent at your speak I'd burst in Full to the brim Mary lost her head And let it bleed Came crying back to me My son where's he been Don't deny it And don't you hide him No I've missed him No I've missed him No I've missed him No I've missed him No words no sign Mary say I'm not lying How come he's so big But good lord he's been hid Good lord, where you hid Ah ! No I've missed him No I've missed him No I've missed him No I've missed him No I've missed him X8
Legs Oh you're divine Oh you're divine Oh Oh Oh did I tell you you're divine Oh Oh Oh Oh, Oh Oh did I ever when you were alive Did it hurt when you bled Did it, oh lover boy, oh fever head I'll bet you never thought I'd try Your mouth, my love, was open wide Singing oh You were going to be my life Damn it ! Oh Oh Oh Oh you were going to be my life Did you sing "Oh happy day" Sing it Sing it that time I went away Got to ease my aching head Do you know No other way cut off your legs oh Hey oh Did you ever wish me dead Oh lover boy, oh fever head No you must, no you must not go away How will you ever walk again And I, I might as well be dead But I could kill you instead...
Rub 'til it bleeds
Speak I'm listening Baby I'm your sweet thing Believe what I'm saying God's truth I'm not lying I lie steady Rest your head on me I'll smooth it nicely Rub it better 'till it bleeds And you'll believe me Caught out again I'm calling you weak Getting even And I, I was joking Sweet babe let me stroke it Take, I give in God's truth I'm not lying And you'll believe me I'm calling you weak And I'll make it better I'll rub 'till it bleeds I'll rub it until it I'll rub it until it, hey! I'll rub it until it I'll rub it until it I'll rub it until it, hey! I'll rub it until it I'll rub it until it I'll rub it until it
Hook I was blind I was lame I was nothing 'Till you came You said "Babe, Make you sing Make you feel Like some queen" Said "I'll take you Kathleen To your home and mine" Lord, he hooked me Fish hook and line And rolled in, barking mad With a halo of deep black 'Til my love made me gag Call him Daddy, take my hand Said "I'll take you Kathleen To your home and mine" Good Lord, he hooked me Fish hook and line I'm hooked Oh higher Oh beautiful Oh higher Oh beautiful Oh higher I'm lying and I'm lame Left with nothing, but distain "Daddy your maid, she can't sing She can't feel, she's no queen!" Said "I'll take you Kathleen To your home and mine" Lord he hooked me Fish hook and line Said "I'll take you Kathleen To your home and mine" Good lord he hooked me Clean out of time
Man-size sextet I'm coming up man-sized Skinned alive I want to fit I've got to get Man-sized I'm heading on Handsome Got my leather boots on Got my girl and she's a wow I cast my iron knickers down Man-size no need to shout Can you hear can you hear me now I'm man-sized Man-sized I'll measure time I'll measure height I'll calculate My birthright Good lord I'm big I'm heading on Man-sized Got my leather boots on Got my girl and she's a wow I cast my iron knickers down Man-sized no need to shout Can you hear can you hear me now My babe looking cool and neat I'm pretty sure, good enough to eat I'm man-sized no need to shout Let it all let it all hang out I'm man-size Man-size X7 Silence my lady head Get girl out of my head Douse hair with gasoline Set it light and set it free Highway '61 revisited ( Bob Dylan ) Well, God said to Abraham "Kill me a son" Abe said "Man, you must be putting me on" God said "No" Abe said "What?" God said "You do what you wanna, but Next time you see me coming you better run" Abe said "Where do you want this killing done" God said "Out on that Highway 61" Well, Georgia Sam he had bloody nose Welfare department would give him no clothes He asked poor Howard "Where can I go" Howard said "There's only one place I know" Sam said "Quick man, tell me, I got to run" Howard just pointed with his gun And said "That way down on 61" "Well, Mack the finger" said Louie the king "I got 40 red white and blue shoestrings And a thousand telephones that won't ring You know I can't get rid of these things" And he said "Now let me think a minute son" Said "Yes that can be easily done Just take them down on that 61" That highway Highway Highway Highway Highway Now the fifth daughter on the twelve night Told first father that things weren't right "My complexion" she said "is much to white" He said "Come here and stare up into the light" And said "Mmmm you're right, let me tell the second mother it's been done" But the second mother with the seventh son They were out on that highway 61 Now, the roving gambler was very bored Trying to create the next world war And he found a promoter, fell off the floor And said "I've never engaged in this kind of thing before But yep I think it can be easily done" Highway They just put some bleachers there out in the sun And have it out on that 61 50Ft Queenie Hey I'm one big queen No one can stop me Red light red green Sat back, I'm watching I'm number one Second to no one No sweat I'm clean Nothing can touch me I'll tell you my name F U and C K 50ft queenie Force ten hurricane Biggest woman I could have ten sons Ten gods ten queens Ten foot and rising Hey I'm the king of the world You oughta hear my song You come on measure me I'm twenty inches long Glory glory Lay it all on me 50ft queenie 50 and rising You bend over Cassanova No sweat I'm clean Nothing can touch me Hey I'm the king of the world You ought to hear my song You come on measure me I'm twenty inches long Hey I'm king of the world You ought to hear my song You come on measure me I'm thirty inches long Hey I'm king of the world You ought to hear my song You come on measure me I'm forty inches long Hey I'm king of the world You ought to hear my song You come on measure me I'm fifty inches long 50ft queenie X7 Yuri-G Hey there Luna I'd like to tell you How sad am I So love sick I could die Needing water My neck's stiff my head hurts Been looking up all night Been looking up the Moon she's so bright She's so white She's so clean I'm telling you She's everything I'd give it all My sorry eyes Give just everything She's got me so mesmerized Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G It's just the things that she does to me Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G Bring back my memory Told by the doctor To make a figure Needles stick in her She'll be your luna I stuck them in real clean I stuck them in a mile I drew her down on me I drew her with a smile I'd give it all you see I'd give my sorry eyes I'd give just everything She's got me so mesmerized Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G It's just the things that she does to me Yeah I thought I was Yuri-G Bring back my memory I stuck them in real clean I stuck them in a mile I drew her down on me I drew her with a smile I'd give it all you see I'd give my sorry eyes I'd give just everything She's got me so mesmerized Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G It's just the things that she does to me Yeah I thought I was Yuri-G Bring back my memory Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G I'd let her walk all over me Yeah I thought I was Yuri-G Bring back my memory X3 Man-size I'm coming up man-sized Skinned alive I want to fit I've got to getv Man-sized I'm heading on Handsome Got my leather boots on Got my girl and she's a wow I cast my iron knickers down Man-size no need to shout Can you hear can you hear me now I'm man-sized Man-sized I'll measure time I'll measure height I'll calculate My birthright Good lord I'm big I'm heading on Man-sized Got my leather boots on Got my girl and she's a wow I cast my iron knickers down Man-sized no need to shout Can you hear can you hear me now My babe looking cool and neat I'm pretty sure, good enough to eat I'm man-sized no need to shout Let it all let it all hang out I'm man-size Man-size X7 Silence my lady head Get girl out of my head Douse hair with gasoline Set it light and set it free Silence my lady head Get girl out of my head Douse hair with gasoline Set it light and set it free Dry I caught it in the face Coming around again I thought it was worth waiting You're caught up in my hair Wet sides from time to time But mostly I'm just dry You leave me dry You leave me dry You leave me dry You've come all this way No hair out of place You put it on the stage You put right in my face You leave me dry You leave me dry You leave me dry A water well in sight No water at my sides I'm sucking on the well I'm sucking 'till I'm white But you leave me dry You leave me dry You leave me dry You leave me dry You leave me dry Me-Jane Damn your chest-beating just you stop your screaming Splitting through my head and swinging from the ceiling Move it over Tarzan can't you see I'm bleeding I've called you by your first name good Lord it's me-Jane I'm running It's me here I'm leaving Me-Jane Me-Jane Damn your chest-beating just you stop your screaming All the time you're hunting swimming fishing breathing Don't you ever stop and give me time to breathe in I've called you by your first name good Lord it's me-Jane I'm running It's me here And I'm leaving I'm Me-Jane And I'm trying To make sense You're screaming Don't put it on me Don't put it on me Don't put it over me Tarzan I'm pleading stop your fucking screaming You've got me nailing walls and hanging from the ceiling Oh move it over Tarzan can't you see I'm bleeding Good lord you never stop Don't put it on me Don't put it on me Don't put it on me Don't put it on me-Jane Don't put it on me-Jane Don't put it on me-Jane Don't put it on me-Jane Don't put it on me-Jane Snake You snake You crawled Between My legs Said want it all It's yours you bet I'll make you queen Of everything No need for God No need for him Just take my hand You'll be my bride Just take that fruit Put it inside You snake You dog You fake You liar I've burned my hands I'm in the fire Oh You salty dog You filthy liar My heart it aches I'm in the fire You snake I ain't untrue, believe Put rotten fruit inside of me Oh Adam please you must believe That snake put it in front of me That snake put it in front of me In front of me Ecstasy Flying I'm flying Hitting heavens high I'm head on brake too low Floating I'm floating Hanging below the sea I'm telling you, look at me in Ecstasy I'm in ec...ecstasy Singing I'm singing. Yah! Sounding hanging breathe I'm begging you, look at me in Ecstasy I'm in ec....ecstasy Ecstasy
To bring you my love To bring you my love I was born in the desert I been down for years Jesus, come closer I think my time is near And I've traveled over Dry earth and floods Hell and high water To bring you my love Climbed over mountains Travelled the sea Cast down off heaven Cast down on my knees I've lain with the devil Cursed god above Forsaken heaven To bring you my love To bring you my love To bring you my love To bring you my love I know he's gonna be here You know he's gonna be here Yeah alright Forsaking heaven Curse god above Lay with the devil Bring you my love To bring you my love To bring you my love To bring you my love Meet ze monsta See it coming At my head I'm not running I'm not scared Big black monsoon Take me with you I'm not jerking I won't hide Yeah, I'm ready Meet ze monsta tonight Big black monsoon Take me with you ... Ow! What a monsta What a night What a lover What a fight Big black monsoon Take me with you Yeah it's coming Out of this world Yeah, I'm lucky Lucky girl Hell ain't half full Take me with you Big black monsoon Take me with you Working for the man In the night I look for love Get my strength from the man above God of piston, god of steel God is here behind the wheel I'm just working for the man Pretty things get in my car Take them flying, it's not far Take in handsome, take in me Look good in my steel machine I'm just working for the man Don't you know yet who I am Working harder for the man Go around I'm doing good Get my strength from the man above I'm just working for the man I'm just doing what I can Go around I'm doing good X8 C'mon Billy C'mon billy Come to me You know i'm waiting I love you endlessly C'mon billy You're the only one Don't you think it's time now You met your only son ? I remember Lover's play The car was cold and We lay in it for days I remember The things you said My little billy, Come to your lover's bed Come home Is my plea Your home now is Here with me Come home To your son Ttomorrow might never come C'mon billy You look good to me How many nights now Your child inside of Don't forget me I had your son Damn thing went crazy But I swear you're the only one Come along, Billy, now come to me X7 Come along, and come to me. Teclo Long goes the night Longer the day Teclo your death Will send me to my grave I learn to beg I learn to pray Send me his love Send him to me again Let me ride Let me ride Let me ride on his grace for a while Let me ride Let me ride Just let me ride on his grace for a while Hmm Long goes the night Longer the day Teclo your death Will send me to my grave Let me ride Let me ride Just let me ride on his grace for a while Let me ride Let me ride Just let me ride on your grace for a while Just let me ride
Long snake moan
Um-hmmm Dunk you Under Deep salt Water Bring me Lover All your Power I'll be No hell Out of Your spell Over Under Die of Pleasure Hear my Dreaming You'll be Drowning Hell's no God above All drunk On my love You wanna hear my long snake .... moan! You oughta see me crawl my .... roar! Dunk you Under Deep salt Water In my Dreaming You'll be Drowning Raise me Up lord Call me Lazarus Hey Lord Help me Make me Marvel You wanna hear my long snake ... moan! You oughta see me crawl my... roar! Is my voodoo working ( X4 ) Moan! ( X4 ), Woo!, Moan ! ( X3 )
Down by the water I lost my heart Under the bridge To that little girl So much to me And now I'm old And now I holler She'll never know Just what I found That blue eyed girl (that blue eyed girl) She said "no more" (she said "no more") That blue eyed girl (that blue eyed girl) Became blue eyed whore ('came blue eyed whore) Down by the water (down by the water) I took her hand (I took her hand) Just like my daughter (just like my daughter) Won't see her again (see her again) Oh help me jesus Come through this storm I had to lose her To do her harm I heard her holler (I heard her holler) I heard her moan (I heard her moan) My lovely daughter (my lovely daughter) I took her home (I took her home) Little fish. big fish. Swimming in the water. Come back here, man. gimme my daughter. Little fish. big fish. Swimming in the water. Come back here, man. gimme my daughter. Little fish. big fish. Swimming in the water. Come back here, man. gimme my daughter .... I think I'm a mother You think you'll come over I'll give you my number You lover supporter Then give me your mother You come take me home and Take me to your doctor You think you'll come over I think I'm a mother Roll over, roll over And roll me a man-a You lover, my lover You just roll me over You give me your mother A man if I love her I love her, I'll keep her I better just keep her " Come on and support her " I said to the mother She said you come over She said she'd support her I love her, I kept her And then she just left and Alone, I emplore ya I think I'm a mother Need your mother, more than ever Need your mother
** Thanx to Joe who helped me with this one ** Send his love to me Lover had to leave me 'Cross the desert plain Turned to me his lady Tell me "lover wait" Calling Jesus, please Send his love to me Oh, wind and rain they haunt me Look to the North and pray Send me, please, his kisses Send them home today I'm begging, Jesus, please Send his love to me Left alone in desert This house becomes a hell This love becomes a tether This room becomes a cell Mummy, daddy, please Send him back to me How long must I suffer? Dear God, I've served my time This love becomes my torture This love, my only crime Oh lover please release me My arms too weak to grip My eyes to dry for weeping My lips too dry to kiss Calling, Jesus, please Send his love to me I'm begging, Jesus, please Send his love to me The dancer He came riding fast like a phoenix out of fire flames He came dressed in black with a cross bearing my name He came bathed in light and the splendor and glory I can't believe what the lord has finally sent me He said dance for me, fanciulla gentile He said laugh awhile, I can make your heart feel He said fly with me, touch the face of the true God And then cry with joy at the depth of my love 'Cause I've prayed days, I've prayed nights For the lord just to send me home some sign I've looked long, I've looked far To bring peace to my black and empty heart Ah, ah, ah Ah, ah, ah, aaaaaah ! My love will stay 'till the river bed run dry And my love lasts long as the sunshine blue sky I love him longer as each damn day goes The man is gone and heaven only knows 'Cause I've cried days, I've cried nights For the lord just to send me home some sign Is he near ? is he far ? Bring peace to my black and empty heart So long day, so long night Oh Lord, be near me tonight Is he near ? is he far ? Bring peace to my black and empty heart.
Dance hall at louse point Rope bridge crossing And I remember everything Sunrise on a blue horizon With you, your hand in mine I remember the things you said Said "I'll be your lady, way through it all Be there to catch you, after the fall Run through the red light, out of my hair Run from the darkness here to the day" And I dream of running And in the dream I myself could run And I feel the ground beneath my feet And I move like music, You move me, like music Head out of my way Head out to red light "Hold on" the dream says Head out of my life You said "I'd be there" Now I'm treading very carefully And I hope that I don't scream And I hope that I don't fall Off your bridge, crossing over Sunny mountain, Swollen riverfall You said "I'd be there" You said "I'd be there", through it all Head out of my way Head of to red light "Hold on" the dream says Head out of my life All over my way Head out to red light "Hold on" the dream says Head out of my life You said "I'd be there"
City of no sun Love me tenderly my darling In the city of light and truth For this moment forever sing For my darling that I love you The city of no sun (city of no sun) No peace (no peace) In my heart (no joy in my heart) You left me nothing (with nothing) You left me broken (broken) Once sad (sad) Once greed (greed) Once said (he loved me) He loved me (he loved me) He loved me Outside the fields In sunlight The singing breeze And the silence Lover release me (lover release me) I can't move I can't breathe (I can't move I can't breathe) No heart, no peace (no heart, no peace) No more nothing (nothing, peace, love me) Long day, long night (long day, long night) Too long, love lies (too long, love lies) Love lies
That was my veil It starts at daylight I see him Before my sad eyes I hear him breathing Oh lover, need you to lead me No never thought that you'd leave That was my veil That was my time Once held secret But now lies No words can Heal my heart Inside I'm broken Now it's done Was she a pretty girl Does she have pretty hair Was she soft-spoken Was there a love there That was my veil That was my time Once held secret But now lies Give back my veil Give back my time No more secret You give me lies Give me back my veil Give back my life No more secret You give me lies Lies Urn with dead flowers in a drained pool
I need your light Darling love lies And if you gave it to me I'd hold it in the palm of my hand Like a good luck charm or a vice And I'll reach up like a child to receive it There is no more sad There is no more leave I've got sun on my back I'm in love again Take me inside Your war love light And if he took me I'd hold him up to the light Like a god, or a good luck charm, or a vice And I'd open up like a child to believe it There is no more sad There is no more leave I've got sun on my back I'm in love again But still you can't give your peace to me Civil war correspondent Words leave my heart dry Words can't save life Love has no place here No joy, no tears Darling, time's changed Time leaves, time fades Please see through my eyes Save your tears for the next who dies I shout but he don't hear I put down on a page Darling spare me your tears Just send me the light of day I shout but he don't hear Just put down on the page Darling spare me your tears Dear God, please send me the light of day I can feel his heart wired Heart like gunfire Gunfire Gunfire Gunfire Taut Jesus save me Jesus save me Can I tell you something Can I tell you a story It's about me and Billy Because I remember I remember it all started when he bought that car It was the first thing he ever owned, apart from me And the colour was red And the colour was red and he drove me He drove me out of my mind I am over it now It was spring or summer 65, I don't remember Steaming and sweating and sticking against the wheel And I could see the tendons stand out in the back of his neck And he used to make me pray, wearing a mask like a death's head When he put me there in the back seat, and he said Jesus save me Jesus save me Inherited his father's hate, that's what he'd say And he's cussed enough to strip the pain off heaven's gate But somehow He could make joy come loose inside I would feel really, I would feel really and truly alive And I would do anything for him He just wasn't enough He was never enough He'd turn to me and say He'd, he'd say "Even the son of god had to die, my darling" And he'd wanted everything He wanted everything He wanted the honey from the king He used to make me He used to make me pay Hidden in the backseat, such a, Jesus He'd make me pray He wanted everything He wanted all that means from the king Say it! "Even the son of god had to die my darling" "C'mon say it!" Jesus save me Jesus save me
Un cercle autour du soleil She lay Breathing Sunshine Between Time here Lingers Trace with My finger A circle A circle Round the sun The sun The sun The sun No more Laughter Since the Black come But head down Get high Up there's Blue sky And a circle A circle Around the sun The sun The sun The sun Time here Lingers Can trace with My fingers A circle A circle Around the sun The sun The sun The sun Heela P.J Harvey : I was lost in love I was lost inside 'Till he said to me You've got a lovely smile And i'm saved Saved And I'm saved And I'm saved Heal me with his hands Heal me with his heart When he said to me No no, we'd never part P.J Harvey : Heal me with his hands / J. Parish : Oh she feel as though she hit upon paradise P.J Harvey : Heal with his heart / J. Parish : She was a hoola girl, she got her hair done nice P.J Harvey : When he said to me / J. Parish : She said "I've given all I got to my healer man P.J Harvey : No no, we'd never part / J. Parish : He put his hands on me, showed me what I am" P.J Harvey / J. Parish : And I'm saved When I got my healer by my side And I'm pushing daylight, pushing night When I got the healer by my side And I'm pushing daylight, pushing night Repeat 'till the end Is that all there is I remember when I was a girl Our house caught on fire And I'll never forget the look on my father's face As he gathered me in his arms and raced to the burning building out on the pavement. And I stood there shivering and watched the whole world go up in flames. And when it was all over I said to myself "Is that all there is to a fire?, Is that all there is?" Is that all there is? If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing Let's break out the booze and have a ball If that's all there is And when I was twelve years old, my Daddy took me to the circus 'The greatest show on earth'. And there were clowns and elephants, dancing bears, and a beautiful lady in pink tights flew high above our heads. And as I sat there watching, I had the feeling that something was missing I don't know what but when it was all over I said to myself "Is that all there is to the circus?" Is that all there is?" If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing Let's break out the booze and have a ball If that's all there is And then I fell in love with the most wonderful boy in the world. We'd take long walks down by the river or just sit for hours gazing into each other's eyes. We were so very much in love and then one day he went away and I'd thought I'd die, but I didn't. And when I didn't, I said to myself "Is that all there is to love?" Is that all there is? If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep… I know what you must be saying to yourselves if that's the way she feels about it, Then why doesn't she just end it all. O no, not me, I'm not ready for the final disappointment Cause I know just as well as I'm standing here talking to you, That when that final moment comes and I'm breathing my last breath, I know what I'll be saying to myself "Is that all there is?" Is that all there is? If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing Let's break out the booze and have a ball If that's all there is Lost fun zone I believe I am here to stay I believe His Son was sent to say The fun zone is here Right free so Take me one more time Take me one more time Take me one more time I don't believe That I gotta die some day Please take me one more time Take me one more time Take me one more time
Is this desire Angelene My first name Angelene Prettiest mess you've ever seen Love for money is my sin Any man calls I'll let him in Rose is my colour and white Pretty mouth, and green my eyes I see men come and go But there'll be one who will collect my soul And come to me Two thousand miles away He walks upon the coast Two thousand miles away It lays open like a road Dear God, life ain't kind People gettin born then dying But I've heard there's joy untold Lays open like a road in front of me Two thousand miles away He walks upon the coast Two thousand miles away Lays open like a road It seems so far away I see men come and go Two thousand miles until I reach that open road My first name's angelene The Sky Lit Up I'm walking in the city tonight I'm walking in the city at dark Remembering, remember light Thinking of nothing, and the shooting stars And this world tonight is mine A world to be remembered in Think on a faded photograph My hair longer than it's ever been The sky lit up The sky My friend The sky lit up The sky my friend And I'm lighter than I've ever been I saw the trees crossing the moon I saw the stars and heaven above Shine on my own beautiful prayer Shining on my own beautiful love The sky lit up The sky my friend The sky lit up I'm lighter than I've ever been And I'm dancing with him In this city and in this town I don't care what he's thinking of Just take the car, just take my hand The sky lit up The sky lit up The sky lit up The sky lit up The Wind Catherine liked high places High up, high up on the hills A place for making noises Like whales Noises like the whales Here she built a chapel With her image Her image on the wall A place where she could rest and rest And a place where she could wash And listen to the wind blowing And listen to the wind blow And listen to the wind And listen to the wind blow She dreamt of children's voices And torture on the wheel Patron Saint of nothing A woman of the hills She once was a lady Of pleasure and high born A lady of the city But now she sits and moans And listens to the wind blow Listen to the wind blow I see her in a chapel High up on the hill She must be so lonely Oh Mother can't we give A husband to our catherine A handsom one, a deal A rich one for the lady Someone to listen with And listen to the wind blow And listen to the wind blow And listen to the wind blow And listen to the wind blow
My Beautiful Leah Did you see her walking Did she come around here, sir Black hair, brown eyes My beautiful leah She was always so needing Said "I have no-one" Even as I held her She went out looking for someone Looking for someone She only had nightmares And her sadness never lifted And slowly over the years Her lovely face twisted Did she come around here, Sir? I swear you would remember Black hair, brown eyes Late september October, November, December It never leaves my mind The last words she said If I don't find it this time Then I'm better off dead A Perfect Day Elise He got lucky, got lucky one time Hitting with the girl in room five none nine She turned her back on him facing the frame Said, "Listen Joe don't you come here again" White sun scattered all over the sea He could think of nothing but her name Elise God is the sweat running down his back The water soaked her blonde hair black It's a perfect day A perfect day, Elise He got burned by the sun He's a lucky man His face so pale and his hands so worn And the sky Let himself in room five none nine As she turned away Said a prayer, pulled the trigger and cried Tell me why It's a perfect day A perfect day, Elise Ah oh, It's a perfect day A perfect day, Elise Catherine Catherine De Barra You've murdered my thinking Gave you my heart You left the thing stinking I'd shake from your spell If it weren't for my drinking The wind bites more bitter With each light of morning I envy the road The ground you tread under I envy the wind Your hair riding over I envy the pillow Your head rests and slumbers I envy to murderous Envy your lover 'Til the light shines on me I damn to hell every second you breath 'Til the light shines on me I damn to hell every second you breath I envy the road The ground you tread under I envy the wind Your hair riding over I envy the pillow Your head rests and slumbers I envy to murderous Envy your lover 'Til the light shines on me I damn to hell every second you breath 'Til the light shines on me I damn to hell every second you breath 'Til the light shines on me I damn to hell every second you breath 'Til the light shines on me Oh my Catherine For your eyes smiling For your mouth singing With time I'd have won you With wile I'd have won you For your eyes smiling For your mouth singing With time I'd have won you Oh my Catherine With time I'd have won you With wile I'd have won you
Electric Light The beauty of her, under electric light The beauty of her, under electric light Tears my heart out every time Dawn There waiting, right outside Dawn There waiting, right outside She tears my heart out every time Siren rising across the sky Sirens rising across the sky Tears my heart out every time The Garden And he was walking in the garden And he was walking in the night And he was singing a sad love song And he was praying for his life And the stars came out around him He was thinking of his sins And he's looking at his song-bird And he's looking at his wings There, inside the garden Came another with his lips Said "won't you come and be my lover ?" "Let me give you a little kiss" And he came knelt down before him And fell upon his knees "I will give you gold and mountains If you stay a while with me" And there was trouble Taking place Trouble Taking place There, inside the garden They kissed and the sun rose And he walked a little further And he found he was alone And the wind it gathered round him He was thinking of his sins And he's looking for his song-bird He was looking for his wings And there was trouble Taking place Trouble Taking place There was trouble Taking place Trouble Taking place Joy Joy was her name A life un-wed Thirty years old, Never danced a step She would have left these red hills Far behind if not for her condition Would have left these red hills Long ago if not for my condition Pitiful joy She looked away Into a hollow sky Came face to face With her own innocence surrounding her Until it never was a question Innocence so suffocating Now she cannot move, no question No hope for joy No hope or faith She wanted to go blind Wanted hope to stay "I've been believing in nothing since I was born It never was a question" No ! The River And they came to the river And they came from the road And he wanted the sun Just to call his own And they walked on the dirt And they walked from the road 'Til they came to the river 'Til they came up close Throw your pain in the river Throw your pain in the river Leave your pain in the river To be washed away slow And we walked without words And we walked with our lives Two silent birds circled by Like a pain in the river And the pain in the river And the white sun scattered Washed away this slow And we followed the river And we followed the road And we walked through this land And we called it a home But he wanted the sun And I wanted the whole And the white light scatters And the sun sets low Like a pain in the river Like a pain in the river Like a white light scatters To be washed away slow Like a pain in the river Like a pain in the river Like the way life scattered To be washed away slow
No Girl So Sweet In came the girl with the saddened eyes And asked him over again and again "Was I too weak ? Was I a child ? And can't we leave here and start again ?" And I love you Said "I don't mind if you take me down" And "I don't mind if you break it all" But "how much more can you take from me" "How much more can you take from me" "I'd like to take you inside my head" "I'd like to take you inside of me" "You came from heaven is all he said" "You came from heaven and came here to me And I love you He drove it fast to make the night And looked at his angel where she lay Resting her head and closed her eyes And outside the heat and the summer fades Deep in the sky a storm he'd seen Deep in the sky a storm he'd seen "There ain't nothing no girl so sweet" "Took her from heaven and gave her to me" "Took her from heaven and gave her to me" "Took her from heaven and gave her to me" "Took her from heaven and gave her to me" "Took her from heaven and gave her to me" Is This Desire Joseph walked on and on the sunset Went down and down coldness Cooled their desire and Dawn said "Let's build a fire" The sun dressed the trees in green And Joe said "Dawn I feel like a king" And Dawn's neck and her feet were bare Sweetness in her golden hair Said "I'm not scared" Turned to her and smiled Secrets in his eyes Sweetness of desire Is this desire, enough enough To lift us higher, to lift above ? Hour long By hour, may we two stand When we're dead, between these lands The sun set behind his eyes And Joe said : "Is this desire" Is this desire, enough enough To lift us higher, to lift above ? Is this desire, enough enough Enough inside, is this desire ?
Stories from the city, stories from the sea
Big exit
Look out ahead See danger come I want a pistol I want a gun I'm scared baby I wanna run This world's crazy Give me the gun Baby Baby Ain't it true ? I'm immortal When I'm with you But I want a pistol In my hand And I want to go to A different land I met a man He told me straight "You gotta leave It's getting late Too many cops Too many guns All trying to do something No one else has done" Baby Baby Ain't it true ? I'm immortal when I'm with you But I want a pistol In my hand And I want to go to A different land Sometimes it rains so hard And I feel the hurt In my heart Feels like the end of the world I see the children Sharp as knives I see the children Dead and alives Beautiful people Beautiful girls I just feel like it's the end of the world I walk on concrete I walk on sand But I can't find A safe place to stand I'm scared baby I wanna run This world's crazy Give me the gun Baby Baby Ain't it true ? I'm immortal When I'm with you But I want a pistol In my hand I want to go to A different land
*** Thanx a lot to Ginko & Joe for this one ***
Good Fortune
Threw my bad fortune Off the top of A tall building I'd rather have done it with you Your boy's smile Five in the morning Looked into your eyes And I was really in love In Chinatown Hung over You showed me Just what I could do Talkin about Time travel And the meaning And just what it was worth And I feel like Some bird of paradise My bad fortune Slipping away And I feel the Innocence of a child Everybody's got Something good to say Things I once thought Unbelievable In my life Have all taken place When we walked through Little Italy I saw my reflection Come right off your face I paint pictures To remember You're too beautiful To put it into words Like a gypsy You dance in circles All around me And all over the world And I feel like Some bird of paradise My bad fortune Slipping away And I feel the Innocence of a child Everybody's got Something good to say And I feel like Some bird of paradise My bad fortune Slipping away And I feel the Innocence of a child Everybody's got Something good to say So I take my Good fortune And I fantasize Of our leaving Like some modern-day Gypsy landslide Like some modern-day Bonnie and clyde On the run again ( on the run again ) On the run again ( on the run again ) On the run again ( on the run again ) On the run again ( on the run again )
*** A big thanx to Katra for this one ***
A Place called home
One day I know We'll find A place of hope Just hold on to me Just hold on to me Walk tight One line You're wanted This time There's no-one to blame Just hold on to me And I'm right on time And the birds keep singing And you're right on line And the bells keep ringing And the battle is won And the planes keep winging And I'm right on time One day there'll be a place for us And the girl keeps singing I walk I wait With folded hands And lonely I stumble I stumble With you I wait To be born Again With love comes the day Just hold on to me And I'm right on time And the birds keep singing And you're right on line One day there'll be a place for us And the bells keep ringing And the battle is won And the planes keep winging And I'm right on time One day there'll be a place for us And the girl keeps singing Now is The time To follow through To read the signs Now the Message is sent Let's bring it to its final end And I'm right on time And the birds keep singing And you're right on line One day there'll be a place for us And the bells keep ringing And the battle is won And the planes keep winging And I'm right on time One day there'll be a place for us And the girl keeps singing And I'm right on time And the birds keep singing And you're right on line One day there'll be a place for us And the bells keep ringing And the battle is won And the planes keep winging And I'm right on time One day there'll be a place for us And the girl keeps singing One Day I One day there'll be a place for us Know There'll be A place Called One day there'll be a place for us Home
One Line Do you remember the first kiss? Star shooting across the sky To come to such a place as this You never left my mind I'm watching from the wall As, in the streets, we fight This world all gone to war All I need is you tonight And I draw a line To your heart today To your heart from mine A line to keep us safe All through the rising sun All through the circling years You were the only one Who could have brought me here And I draw a line To your heart today To your heart from mine One line to keep us safe And I draw a line To your heart today To your heart from mine And pray to keep us safe Watch the stars now moving 'Cross the sky Keep this feeling Safe tonight
*** Thanx a lot to Joe for this one ***
Beautiful Feeling Sometimes I can see for miles Through water and fire From England to America I feel life meet my eyes And it's the best thing It's the best thing It's the best thing A beautiful feeling A smile from San Diego He is still a boy Two ends to every rainbow And a train from Mexico And he's the best thing He's the best thing He's the best thing A beautiful feeling And when I watch you move And I can't think straight And I am silenced And I can't think straight And it's the best thing It's the best thing The best thing Such a beautiful feeling
The whore hustle and the hustlers whore
Speak to me of universal laws The whores hustle and the hustlers whore All around me people bleed Speak to me your song of greed Speak to me of your inner charm Of how you'll keep me safe from harm I don't think so, I don't see Speak to me of your inner peace Little people at the amusement park City people in the dark Speak to us, send us a sign Tell us something to keep us trying The whores hustle and the hustlers whore Too many people out of love The whores hustler and the hustlers whore This city's ripped right to the core Speak to me of heroin and speed Of genocide and suicide, of syphilis and greed Speak to me the language of love The language of violence, the language of the heart This isn't the first time I've asked for money or love Heaven and earth don't ever mean enough Speak to me of heroin and speed Just give me something I can believe The whores hustle and the hustlers whore Too many people out of love The whores hustler and the hustlers whore This city's ripped right to the core Ohhhh, ohhhhh.....
*** Thanx a lot to Ginko & Joe & Hannah for this one ***
This mess we're in
( Thom Yorke ) Can you hear them The helicopters I'm in New York No need for words now We sit in silence You look me In the eye directly You met me I think it's wednesday The evening The mess we're in And ooooh... ( PJ Harvey ) The city sunset over me The city sunset over me ( Thom Yorke ) Night and day I dream of Making love To you now baby Love making On screen Impossible dream And I have seen The sunrise over the river The freeway Reminding of This mess we're in And ooooh... ( PJ Harvey ) The city sunset over me The city sunset over me ( PJ Harvey ) The city sunset over me The city sunset over me ( PJ talking / Thom singing...together ) What were you wanting / What was he wanted I just wanna say Don't ever change now baby I'd thank you I don't think we will meet again And you must leave now Before the sun rises Above the skycrapers And the city landscape comes into view Swell on my skin Oh This mess we're in Ooooh... ( PJ Harvey ) The city sunset over me The city sunset over me The city sunset over me The city sunset over me
You said something
On a rooftop in Brooklyn At one in the morning Watching the lights flash In Manhattan I see five bridges The Empire State Building And you said something That I've never forgotten We lean against railings Describing the colors And the smells of our homelands Acting like lovers How did we get here To this point of living I held my breath You said something And I'm doing nothing wrong Riding in you car The radio playing We sing up to the eighth floor On a rooftop Manhattan One in the morning You said something That I've never forgotten You said something You said something You said something That was really important
Kamikaze How could that happen? How could that happen again? Where the fuck was I looking When all his horses came in? And he built an army Of kamikaze Ten thousand willing Pilots flying Interfacing Space and beyond Built an army To come and find me Beyond all reason Beyond all my hopes The call of duty Another war zone Make me moan, moan Kamikaze Kamikaze You can't touch me Kamikaze Eight miles high He walks his path And I follow mine One truth for one eye He's come to find me Ten thousand willing Pilots flying Interfacing Space and beyond Here is his army Space and here we come Kamikaze Kamikaze You don't touch me Kamikaze Kamikaze You don't touch me Kamikaze You don't touch me Space here we come *** Thanx a lot to Joe for this one ***
This Is Love I can't believe life's so complex When I just wanna sit here and watch you undress I can't believe life's so complex When I just wanna sit here and watch you undress This is love, this is love that I'm feelin' This is love, this is love that I'm feelin' This is love, love, love that I'm feelin' Does it have to be a life full of dread? Wanna chase you 'round the table, wanna touch your head Does it have to be a life full of dread? Wanna chase you 'round the table, wanna touch your head This is love, this is love that I'm feelin' This is love, this is love that I'm feelin' This is love, love, love, love that I'm feelin' I can't believe that the axis turns On suffering when you taste so good I can't believe that the axis turns On suffering when my head it burns Now, love, love, love that I'm feelin' This is love, this is love that I'm feelin' This is love, love, love, love that I'm feelin' Even in the summer, even in the spring You'll never get too much of a wonderful thing You're the only story that I've never told You're my dirty little secret, wanna keep you so You're the only story that I've never been told You're my dirty little secret, wanna keep you so Come on out, come on over, help me forget Keep the walls from falling as they're tumbling in Come on out, come on over, help me forget Keep the walls from falling on me tumbling in Keep the walls from falling as they're tumbling in This is love, this is love that I'm feelin' This is love, this is love that I'm feelin' This is love, this is love that I'm feelin' This is love, love, love, love that I'm feelin' This is love, love, love that I'm feelin' This is love, love, love that I'm feelin' This is love, love, love, love that I'm feelin' This is love, this is love that I'm feelin'
Horses in My Dreams Horses in my dreams Like waves, like the sea They pull out of here They pull, they are free Rode a horse 'round the world Along the tracks of a train Broke the record, found the gold Set myself free again I have pulled myself clear I have pulled myself clear I have pulled myself clear silent I have pulled myself clear Horses in my dreams Like waves, like the sea On the tracks of a train Set myself free again I have pulled myself clear I have pulled myself clear I have pulled myself clear silent I have pulled myself clear
We Float We wanted to find love We wanted success Until nothing was enough Until my middle name was "excess" And somehow I lost touch When you went out of sight When you got lost into the city Got lost into the night I was in need of help Heading to blackout Till someone told me "Run on in, honey, Before somebody blows your goddamn brains out" You shoplifted as a child I had a model's smile You carried all my hopes Until something broke inside But now we float Take life as it comes We float Take life as it comes So will we die of shock Die without a trial Die on Good Friday While holding each other tight This is kind of about you This is kind of about me We just kind of lost our way We were looking to be free But one day, we'll float Take life as it comes We'll float Take life as it comes But one day, we'll float Take life as it comes But one day, we'll float Take life as it comes Oh, one day...
This Wicked Tongue ( Japanese Version - Bonus Track)
This wicked tongue says God is a million miles away This wicked tongue says He can't see my day to day This wicked tongue says Go on taste everything And this wicked tongue says You know you're not really living And it stares into the sun And it flies from star to star Cursing everyone In my ringing ears And that noise Is as much As I could bare So I asked you where's the heart In the rubbish heap of man And I asked him where's the soul And the silence rangandrangandrangandrang So I stare into the sun And I fly from star to star Cursing everyone In my ringing ears And that noise Is as much As I could bare "I give up" He said "I give up you win creation baby has fell again" *** Thanx a lot to Yuri G for this one ***
Uh Huh Her
*** Thanx a lot to HappyTragicThing for these lyrics ***
The Life and Death of Mr Badmouth
Baby, you got a bad bad mouth Everything is poison that's coming out Cheating, lying since the day you were born Someone outta rinse it out with soap Wash it out, wash it out, wash it out No kind words are coming out of your mouth Plenty goes in but nothing good comes out Badmouth, sad mouth, you were an unhappy child That doesn't make your lying tongue alright Wash it out, wash it out, wash it out Cos everything is poison You'll be the unhappy one Your lips taste of poison You're gonna be left alone When you told me every word you said Came from voices talking in your head Baby, I just think you're out for what you can get Your badmouth has killed off everything we had Wash it out, wash it out, wash it out Cos everything is poison You'll be the unhappy one Your lips taste of poison You'll be in the corner crying Shame
I don't need no rising moon I don't need no ball and chain I don't need anything but you Such a shame, shame, shame Shame, shame, shame Shame is the shadow of love You changed my life We were as green as grass And I was hypnotized From the first 'til the last Kiss of shame, shame, shame Shame is the shadow of love I'd jump for you into the fire I'd jump for you into the flame Tried to go forward with my life I just feel shame, shame, shame Shame, shame, shame Shame is the shadow of love If you tell a lie I still would take the blame If you pass me by It's such a shame, shame, shame
*** Thanx a lot to marianafocusri@hotmail.com who corrected mistakes *** Who the fuck
Who the fuck do you think you are Get out of my hair Who the fuck do you think you are Comin' round here Who the fuck who the fuck who the fuck do you think you are Get your comb out of there Combin' out my hair I'm not like other girls You can't straighten my curls I'm not like other girls You can't straighten my curls No! Who the fuck you tryin' to be Get your dog away from me! What the fuck you doing in there Get your dirty fingers out of my hair Who who who who Fuck fuck fuck you I'm free, you'll see I'm free, you'll see
The pocket knife
Please don't make my wedding dress I'm too young to marry yet Can you see my pocket knife? You can't make me be a wife How the world just turns & turns How does anybody learn? Mummy, put your needle down How did you feel when you were young? Cos I feel like I've just been born Even though I'm getting on How the world slips by so fast How does anybody last? As the world keeps coming And the bees keep humming And I'll keep running Flowers I can do without I don't wanna be tied down White material will stain My pocket knife's gotta shiny blade I'm not trying to cause a fuss I just wanna make my own fuck-ups I'm not trying to break your heart I'm just trying not to fall apart The Letter
Put the pen To the paper Press the envelope With my scent Can't you see In my handwriting The curve Of my g? The longing Oh Who is left that Writes these days? You and me We'll be different Take the cap Off your pen Wet the envelope Lick and lick it Oh I need you The time is running out Oh baby Can't you hear me call? It turns me on To imagine Your blue eyes On my words Your beautiful pen Take the cap off Give me a sign and I'd come running Oh It's you I want you The slow drug
Blue now is the colour Love the drug I'm needing Got to keep this feeling With the headlights burning We're looking up for something Answers on the ceiling Watching out the windows Watch the way the wind blows Soon it will be morning Still the question lingers I twist it round my fingers Could you be my calling See this winged boy falling Falling out of something Hits the drug I'm needing Arrows that he's turning Need to keep this feeling Slow drug in the morning With the headlights burning Looking up for something Something that we're needing Still the question lingers I twist it round my fingers Could you be my calling
No child of mine
I have no time for hate or love Hey child, you're so full of woe I have no time for hate or lying Hey child, you're no child of mine I have no time for hate or love Hey child, you're so full of woe I have no time for hate or lying Hey child, you're no child of mine Hey child, you're no child of mine Hey child, you're no child of mine
Cat on the wall
Turn up the radio Turn up the radio I heard our song on the radio It wasn't long before I think of you Can't get the sound outta my head Don't look now it's coming round again I saved your voice from the telephone I play it back on the message machine It really sounds like you're having fun I'm going out into the midday sun Come night, I'm gonna step outside Take a walk, I'm gonna clear my mind The radio, still playing our song You got me jumping like a cat on the wall Turn up the radio They play the radio in my dreams Takes me back to when I was 17 Dancing in circles on the kitchen floor I'll play this song 'til I can't take anymore
You Come Through
We are waiting For the summer The sun will bring back Treasures for us Come on my friend Drink to good times Golden wishes To your health and mine You come through For me You come true For me You be well For me You come through For me I'll be lifted On this our holiday I'll take you my friend I'll take you with me You come through For me You come true For me You be well For me You come through For me It's you
Oh dear sweet mama I'm not feeling well Can I step out For a little while? But I go missing I steal away And I go kissing In the alleyway All I want to do And all I want to grow up to be Is all caught up with you Look what you're doing to me Oh dearest young man Teach me sweetheart How to love you I'm a clever girl You've got me lying You've got me leaving home You've got me crying When I'm alone When I'm not with you my dreams are so very dark When I'm not with you I dream of my hair falling out When I'm not with you I walk dark tunnels of my heart When I'm not with you everything comes apart When I was younger I spent my days Wondering to whom I was supposed to pray It's you The Desperate Kingdom of Love
Oh love, you were a sickly child And how the wind knocked you down Put on your spurs, swagger around In the desperate kingdom of love Holy water cannot help you now Your mysterious eyes will not help you Selling your reason will not bring you through The desperate kingdom of love There's another who looks from behind your eyes I learn from you how to hide From the desperate kingdom of love At the end of this burning world You'll stand proud, face upheld And I'll follow you, into Heaven or Hell And I'll become, as a girl In the desperate kingdom of love The Darker Days of Me & Him
Promises, promises I'm feeling burned You taught me a lesson I didn't want to learn Why did I come here? Please tell me again Why did you ask me? Don't say you forget I long for, I long for I long for my home I long for a land where No man was ever known With no neurosis No psychosis No psychoanalysis And no sadness I'll pick up the pieces I'll carry on somehow Tape the broken parts together And limp this love around Limp this love around
White Chalk
*** Thanx a lot to Cody for these lyrics ***
The Devil As soon as I'm left alone The devil wanders into my soul And I pretend to myself And I pretend to myself I go out To the old milestone Insanely expecting You to come there Knowing that I wait for you there That I wait for you there Come! Come! Come here at once Come! Come On a night with no moon Because all of my being is now in pining All of my being is now in pining What formerly had cheered me Now seems Insignificant Insignificant Dear darkness Dear darkness Dear darkness Won't you cover, cover Me again? Dear darkness Dear I've been your friend For many years Won't you do this for me? Dearest darkness And cover me from the sun And the words tightening The words are tightening Around my throat And, and... Around the throat of the one I love Tightening, tightening, tightening Around the throat of the one I love Tightening, tightening, tightening Dear darkness Dear darkness Now it's your time to look after us 'Cause we kept you clothed We kept in business When everyone else was having good luck So now it's your time Time to pay To pay me and the one I love With the worldly goods you've stashed away With all the things you Took from us Grow, grow, grow I sowed a seed Underneath the oak tree I trod it in With my boots I trampled it down Grow Grow Grow I sowed a rose Underneath the oak grove With my boots on the ground Into the earth I trampled it down Grow Grow Grow Teach me how to... Teach me how to... Teach me, Mommy How to grow How to catch someone's fancy Underneath the twisted oak grove When under ether The ceiling is moving Moving in time Like a conveyor belt Above my eyes When under ether The mind comes alive But conscious of nothing But the will to survive I lay on the bed Waist down undressed Look up at the ceiling Feeling happiness Human kindness The woman beside me Is holding my hand I point at the ceiling She smiles, so kind Something's inside me Unborn and unblessed Disappears in the ether This world to the next Disappears in the ether One world to the next Human kindness White chalk White chalk hills are all I've known White chalk hills will rot my bones White chalk sticking to my shoes White chalk playing as a child with you White chalk south against time White chalk cutting down the sea at Lyme I walk the valleys by the Cerne On a path cut fifteen hundred years ago And I know these chalk hills will rot my bones Dorset's cliffs meet at the sea Where I walked Our unborn child in me White chalk Gorse-scattered land Scratched my palms There's blood on my hands Broken harp Please don't reproach me For, for how empty My life has become I don't what really happened I watched your disappointment At being misunderstood I forgive you Oh Something metal Tearing my stomach out If you think ill of me Can you Can you Forgive me Forgive me Can you Can you Forgive me Too Too I tried to learn your language But fell asleep half undressed Unrecognizable to myself Silence All those places Where I recall the memories That gripped me And pinned me down I go to these places Intending to think To think of nothing No anticipate And somehow expect You'll find me there That by some miracle You'd be aware I'd risen this morning Determined to break The spell of my longing And not to think I freed myself from my family I freed myself from work I freed myself I freed myself And remained alone And in my thinking Steal you away Though you never wanted me Anyway Silence Silence Silence Silence To talk to you Oh grandmother How I miss you Under the earth Wish I was with you To talk to you To talk to you I found somebody Tried to give myself to Many times I wanted to talk to you If I lay on the earth Could you hear Oh grandmother I'm so lonely All my life If I lay on the earth Could you hear then If I lay... Mary... The piano Hit her with a hammer Teeth smashed in Red tongue twitching Look inside her skeleton My fingers sting Where I feel your fingers have been Ghostly fingers Moving my limbs Oh God I miss you Oh God I miss you Oh God I miss you Oh God I miss you Oh God I miss you Daddy's in the corner Rattling his keys Mommy's in the doorway Trying to leave Nobody's listening Nobody's listening Nobody's listening Nobody's listening Nobody's listening Nobody's listening Nobody's listening Nobody's listening Oh God I miss you Oh God I miss you Oh God I miss you Oh God I miss you Oh God I miss you Oh God I miss you Before departure Farewell, my friends Farewell, my dear ones If I was rude Forgive my weakness Goodbye, my friends Goodbye to evening parties Remember me In the spring To work for your bread Soon you must leave Remember your families And work for your children I don't need much And the older I become I realize My friendships Will carry me over Any course of distance Any cause of sorrow Friends that last Will dance one more time With me I don't need much But this I need The mountain Above the mountain The mountain An eagle Is flying High above the mountain An eagle calling down To the soldier who faulters The soldier on the ground By the mountain I feel nothing For in my own heart Every tree is broken The first tree will not blossom The second will not grow The third is almost fallen Since you betrayed me so Since you
A Woman A Man Walked By
Black Hearted Love I think I saw you in the shadows I move in closer beneath your windows Who would suspect me of this rapture And who but my black hearted love And who but my black hearted love When you call out my name in rapture I volunteer my soul for murder I wish this moment here forever And you are my black hearted love And you are my black hearted love In the rain In the evening I will come again I'd like to take you I'd like to take you To a place I know My black hearted I'd like to take you I'd like to take you To a place I know My black hearted I'd like to take you I'd like to take you To a place I know My black hearted I'd like to take you I'd like to take you To a place I know My black hearted In the rain In the evening In the garden I will come Again In the rain Mouth to mouth In the garden In the evening Again Erica Erica Is watching Daniel Daniel Is hiding Erica Erica Is counting Sixteen, fifteen, fourteen, thirteen, Twelve, eleven, ten, nine... Erica Erica Is coming The sun is setting the scene In the garden it's starting to rain The trees are trembling Erica's repeating There is no laughter in the garden There is no laughter in the garden There is no laughter in the garden Erica There is no laughter in the garden There is no laughter in the garden There is no laughter in the garden Erica Is feeling Something Daniel Is hiding She's counting Sixteen, fifteen, fourteen, thirteen, Twelve, eleven, ten, nine, eight The sun is leaving the scene And took a look and turn away The trees are trembling Erica's repeating There is no laughter in the garden There is no laughter in the garden There is no laughter in the garden Erica There is no laughter in the garden There is no laughter in the garden There is no laughter in the garden Erica.... Leaving California California, leaving California California, leaving California No one but me is walking And the palms that give no shade I'm leaving you today California, leave me, California California, leave me, California How cruel was I to think that I could make you change Oh, give me some shade Oh, England, come soon How could I believe that I could live and breathe in you California, killed me California California, killed me California I think it's time to leave I think it's time to leave I told no one I'd stay I think it's time to leave The Chair Where Where have you gone Daniel, my youngest son I, I keep expecting you To be here in your chair Sitting in your favourite chair When you swam into the water I felt you leave through Thousand yawning miles My heart slowed My heart slowed Never to pick up again Pieces Pieces of my life Are gone Washed away In the water That took my son April April How could I not have seen April You coming April How could I have worn In-appropriate clothing April All that careful stepping Rounding of my soul And now your rain April I feel you leaving I don't know what silence means It could mean anything April Won't you answer me These days just seem to crush me Hatching, collapsing, tumbling down April What if I drown I drown April I see you leaving I don't know what silence means It could mean anything Won't you answer me I dreamed I dreamed April, April That I'm walking That I'm watching April Your rain It overcomes me A Woman a Man Walked By The Crow Knows Where All The Little Children Go I once knew a woman/man "A courageous friend", I thought But turned out so wrong was I When we were up against the wall He had chicken liver balls He had chicken liver spleen He had chicken liver heart Made of chicken liver parts Lily livered little parts Lily livered little parts Prematurely going bald Any passion long-gone-cold But I wanted to explore The damp alleyways of his soul Oh, the times I tried to help He spit in my face and laughed That woman/man I want his fucking ass I want his fucking ass I want his fucking ass I want your fucking ass! Uh huh huh Uh huh huh Hermaphrodite He's looking likely Cramped in a taxi I see you too clearly I'm sucking on a little pee I'm sucking on a little pee My, my, you little toy He's just a mummy's boy Where's your liver Where's your heart What's like your woman parts Now it's my turn to laugh Just to get up your fucking ass Just to get up your fucking ass Just to get up your fucking ass Just to get up your fucking ass The Soldier I imagine a dream In which I'm a soldier And I'm walking On the faces of dead women And everyone I've left behind me It's the year when the troops entered The thirty-ninth, thirty-ninth parallel Send me home restless Send me home damaged And wanting It's the year when some poet said "We must love or accept the consequences" I want you to share every pinprick of guilt That I have felt Send me home restless Send me home damaged Send me home dispossessed Send me home damaged And wanting Pig Will Not I, I, I will I will not I will not No I will not... 'How dare you,' says the angel He crashes down from the heights Shakes the disbeliever Shakes the disbeliever's head Shakes him harder Instructing 'You will' Woof, woof... Hear me and you hear the law All that rubbish inside your rotting mind Woof, woof I am your guardian I am your fairy Do my will Woof, woof... Such love as this it's true love This is true love that we're doing now It's even lovelier than it was before All broken Your face all mashed up I will not I will not I will not... Passionless, Pointless Let's talk, let's talk Let the dirt fall Let heads roll No kind hand is reaching out, for me tonight I slept facing the wall, I dreamt of buildings in pieces You slept, facing the wall, and you wanted less than I wanted Passionless, pointless Where does the passion go I'm asking, there's no kindness in your hands No reaching out, for me, tonight You slept, facing the wall And you wanted less than I wanted I slept, facing the wall But when I met you, how did you enter I don't remember How did we ever Cracks In The Canvas
Let England Shake
Let England Shake The West's asleep Let England shake Weighted down With silent dead I fear our blood Won't rise again Won't rise again England's dancing days are done Another day, Bobby, for you to come Home and tell me indifference has won, won, won Smile, smile Bobby With your lovely mouth Pack up your troubles And let's head out To the fountain Of death and splash about Swim back, forth, back, back And laugh out loud Until the day is ending And the birds are silent And the insects are courting And by the shores Heavy stones are falling Smile, smile Bobby With your lovely mouth Pack up your troubles And let's head out To the fountain Of death and splash about Swim back, forth, back, back And laugh out loud
The Last Living Rose Goddamn' Europeans Take me back to beautiful England And the grey, damp filthiness of ages And battered books And fog rolling down behind the mountains And on the graveyards, and dead sea-captains Let me walk through the stinking alleys To the music of drunken beatings Past the Thames River, glistening like gold Hastily sold for nothing, nothing Let me watch night fall on the river The moon rise up and turn to silver The sky move The ocean shimmer The hedge shake The last living rose quiver
The Glorious Land How is our glorious country ploughed Not by iron ploughs How is our glorious country ploughed Not by iron ploughs Our land is ploughed by tanks and feet Feet, marching Our land is ploughed by tanks and feet Feet, marching Oh, America, oh, England Oh, America, oh, England How is our glorious country sown Not with wheat and corn How is our glorious country sown Not with wheat and corn How is our glorious land bestowed How is our glorious land bestowed Oh, America, oh, England Oh, America, oh, England Oh, America, oh, England Oh, America, oh, England Oh what is the glorious fruit of our land Its fruit is deformed children What is the glorious fruit of our land Its fruit is orphaned children Oh what is the glorious fruit of our land Its fruit is orphaned children What is the glorious fruit of our land Its fruit is deformed children
The Words That Maketh I've seen and done things I want to forget I've seen soldiers fell like lumps of meat Blown and shot out beyond belief Arms and legs were in the trees I've seen and done things I want to forget Coming from an unearthly place Longing to see a woman's face Instead of the words that gather pace The words that maketh murder These, these, these are the words The words that maketh murder These, these, these are the words The words that maketh murder These, these, these are the words Murder These, these, these are the words The words that maketh murder These, these, these are the words The words that maketh murder I've seen and done things I want to forget I've seen a corporal who's nerves were shot Climbing behind a fierce, gone sun I've seen flies swarming everyone Soldiers fell like lumps of meat These are the words, the words are these Death lingering, stunk Flies swarming everyone Over the whole summit peak Flesh quivering in the heat This was something else again I fear it cannot be explained The words that maketh, the words that maketh Murder What if I take my problem to the United Nations What if I take my problem to the United Nations What if I take my problem to the United Nations What if I take my problem to the United Nations... All and Everyone Death was everywhere In the air and in the sounds Coming off the mounds Of Bolton's Ridge Oh death's anchorage When you rolled a smoke Or told a joke It was in the laughter And drinking water It approached the beach As strings of cutters Dropped into the sea And lay around us Death was in the ancient fortress Shelled by a million bullets From gunners, waiting in the copses With hearts that threatened to pop their boxes As we advanced into the sun Death was all and everyone Death was all and everyone As we advanced in the sun As we advanced, every man As we advanced in the sun Death hung in the smoke and clung To four hundred acres of useless beachfront A bank of red earth, dripping down Death is now, and now, and now Death was everywhere In the air and in the sounds Coming off the mounds Of Bolton's Ridge Oh death's anchorage Death was in the staring sun Fixing its eyes on everyone It rattled the bones of the Light Horsemen Still lying out there in the open As we advanced in the sun As we advanced, every man As we advanced in the sun Sing "Death to all and everyone"
On Battleship Hill The scent of Thyme carried on the wind Stings your face into remembering Cruel nature has won again Cruel nature has won again On Battleship Hill's caved in trenches A hateful feeling still lingers Even now, eighty years later Cruel nature Cruel, cruel nature The land returns to how it has always been Thyme carried on the wind Jagged mountains, jutting out Cracked like teeth in a rotten mouth On Battleship Hill I hear the wind Say "Cruel nature has won again" Cruel nature has won again Cruel nature has won again Cruel nature has won again
England I live and die Through England Through England It leaves a sadness Remedies Never were Within my reach I cannot go on as I am A withered vine Reaching from The country dirt I love England You leave a taste A bitter one I have searched for your springs But people, they stagnate with time Like water, like air To you, England, I cling Undaunted Never failing love for you England
In the Dark Places We got up early Washed our faces Walked the fields And put up crosses Passed through The damned mountains Went hellwards And some of us returned And some of us did not In the fields and in the forests Under the moon and under the sun Another summer has passed before us And not one man has And not one woman has Revealed the secrets Of this world So our young men Hid with guns In the dirt And in the dark places Our young men Hid with guns In the dirt And in the dark places Our young men Hid with guns In the forests And in the dark places And not one man has And not one woman has Revealed the secrets Of this world
Bitter Branches Bitter branches Spreading out There's none more bitter Than the wood Into the white world It grows Twisting under Soldier's feet Standing in line And the damp earth underneath Holding up their rifles high Holding their young wives Who wave goodbye Hold up the clear glass To look and see Soldiers standing And the roots twist underneath Their young wives with white hands Wave goodbye Their arms as bitter branches Spreading into the world Wave goodbye Wave goodbye Wave goodbye... Hanging in the Wire Walker sees the mist rise Over no man's land He sees in front of him A smashed up waste-ground There are no fields or trees No blades of grass Just unburied ghosts are there Hanging in the wire Walker's in the wire Limbs pointing upwards There are no birds singing "The white cliffs of Dover" There are no trees to sing from Walker cannot hear the wind Far off, a symphony Do you hear the guns beginning Walker's in the mist rising Over no-man's land In the battered waste-ground The big guns firing
Written on the Forehead
People throwing dinars at the belly-dancers In a sad circus by a trench of burning oil People throw belongings, a life-time's earnings Amongst the scattered rubbish and suitcases on the sidewalk Date, palms, and orange and tangerine trees And eyes are crying for everything (Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn, burn, burn) So I talked to an old man by the generator He was standing on the gravel by the fetid river He turned to me and then surveyed the scene Said, “War is here in our beloved city” (Let it burn, let it burn burn burn) Some dove in the river and tried to swim away Through tons of sewage, fate written on their foreheads Date, palms, and orange and tangerine trees And eyes are crying for everything (Let it burn, let it burn, let it burn, burn, burn)
The Colour of the Earth Louis was my dearest friend Fighting in the Anzac trench Louis ran forward from the line I never saw him again Later in the dark I thought I heard Louis' voice Calling for his mother, then me But I couldn't get to him He's still up on that hill Twenty years on that hill Nothing more than a pile of bones But I think of him still If I was asked I'd tell The colour of the earth that day It was dull and browny-red "The colour of blood", I'd say
The Hope Six Demolition Project
The Community of Hope Here's the Hope Six Demolition Project Stretching down to Benning Road A well-known pathway of death At least, that's what I'm told And here's the one sit-down restaurant In Ward Seven, nice. Ok, now this is just drug town Just zombies, but that's just life. The Community of hope The Community of hope The Community of hope The Community of hope, hope, hope, hope copy paste is killing the internet Here's the highway to death and destruction South Capitol is its name And the school looks like a shit hole Does that look like a nice place Here's the old mental institution Now the Homeland Security base And here's God's Deliverance Center A deli called M.L.K. The Community of hope The Community of hope The Community of hope The Community of hope, hope, hope, hope They're gonna put a Walmart here They're gonna put a Walmart here They're gonna put a Walmart here They're gonna put a Walmart here They're gonna put a Walmart here They're gonna put a Walmart here They're gonna put a Walmart here They're gonna put a Walmart here The Ministry of Defence This is the Ministry Of Defence The stairs and walls are All that's left Mortar holes let Through the air Kids do the same thing Everywhere They've sprayed graffiti In arabic And balanced sticks In human shit copy paste is killing the internet This is the Ministry Of remains Fizzy drinks cans And magazines Broken glass A white jawbone Syringes, razors A plastic spoon Human hair A kitchen knife And the ghost of a girl Who runs and hides Scratched in the wall In biro pen This is how the World will end There's the bus depot To the right Levelled like a A building site those are the children's Cries from the dark These are the words Written under the arch Scratched in the wall In biro pen This is how the World will end A Line in the Sand How to stop the murdering By now we should have learned If we don't then we're sham Bad overwhelms the good Bad overwhelms the good What I've seen Yes, it's changed How I see humankind I used to think progress was made That we could get something right We could get something right copy paste is killing the internet Enough is enough A line in the sand Seven or eight thousand Killed by hand They stepped off the edge They did not step back If we haven't learnt by now Then we're a sham When we first got to the camp Our supplies were not enough I saw a displaced family Eating a cold horse's hoof A cold horse's hoof We set up tents Brought in water Air drops were dispersed I saw people kill each other Just to get there first Oh, just to get there first Enough is enough A line in the sand Seven or eight thousand Killed by hand They stepped off the edge They did not step back If we haven't learnt by now Then we're a sham What we did, why we did it I make no excuse We got things wrong But I believe We also did some good What we did, why we did it I make no excuse I believe we have a future To do something good Chain of Keys Fifteen keys Fifteen keys hang on a chain The chain is joined The chain is joined and forms a ring The ring is in The ring is in a woman's hand She's walking on She's walking on the dusty ground The dusty ground's a dead end track The neighbours won't be coming back Fifteen gardens overgrown Fifteen houses falling down copy paste is killing the internet The woman's old The woman's old and dressed in black She keeps her hands She keeps her hands behind her back Imagine what Imagine what her eyes have seen We ask but she We ask but she won't let us in A key so simple and so small How can it mean no chance at all A key, a promise or a wish How can it mean such hopelessness A circle is broken, she says A circle is broken, she says River Anacostia Oh, my Anacostia Do not sigh, do not weep Beneath the overpass Your saviour's waiting patiently Walking on the water Flowing with poisons From the naval yard He's talking to the fallen reeds Saying "What will become of us" "What will become of us" Oh... copy paste is killing the internet Wade in the water God's gonna trouble the water A small, red sun makes way for night Trails away like a tail light Is that Jesus on the water Talking to the fallen trees Saying "What will become of us" "What will become of us" Oh... Wade in the water, God's gonna trouble the water Wade in the water, God's gonna trouble the water Wade in the water, God's gonna trouble the water What will become if God's gonna trouble the water What will become if God's gonna trouble the water What will become if God's gonna trouble the water Wade in the water, God's gonna trouble the water Wade in the water, God's gonna trouble the water Wade in the water, God's gonna trouble the water Wade in the water God's gonna trouble the water Near the Memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln Oh, near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln Oh, near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln Oh, near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln Oh, near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln At the refreshments stand A boy throws out his hands As if to feed the starlings But really he throws nothing copy paste is killing the internet It's just to watch them jump See the people coming Lumbering over the grass To squeeze into plastic chairs Oh, near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln Oh, near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln Oh, near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln Oh, near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln Three notes, a bugle call A black man in overalls Arrives to empty the trash Hauls it to a metal hatch A doorway opens up To the underworld The boy throws empty hands And the starlings jump Oh, near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln Oh, near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln Oh, near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln Oh, near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln The Orange Monkey A restlessness took hold my brain And questions I could not hold back An orange monkey on a chain On a bleak uneven track copy paste is killing the internet Told me that to understand You must travel back in time I took a plane to a foreign land And said, "I'll write down what I find" Beneath a mountain's jagged shelves Cloaked with snow and shadows sheer Plates tipped up upon themselves The pain of fifty million years And mules and goats were running wild A happy chaos carried on And old men and young boys smiled And worked until the day was gone Packs of sandy-coloured dogs Walked streets that looked like building sites But piles of rocks and dust and smog Could not block out a different light When I returned I ran to meet The monkey, but his face had changed He stood before me on two feet The track was now a motorway Medicinals I was walking through the National Mall Thinking about medicinals And how they used to grow there copy paste is killing the internet When the ground was a marshland Undisturbed by human hands And I heard their voices The sumac said "We are always here" The witch hazel "We are always here" The sassafras "We are always here" Bluestem grasses always here I looked about, what did I see Medicinals growing around me Rising from the gravel The sumac and the witch hazel Come to soothe our pain, our sores Come to soothe our troubles The sumac said "We are always here" The witch hazel "We are always here" The sassafras "We are always here" Bluestem grasses always here But do you see that woman Sitting in the wheelchair With her Redskins cap on backwards What's that she's singing As from inside a paper wrapper She sips from a bottle A new painkiller For the native people The Ministry of Social Affairs See them sitting in the rain As the sky is darkening Three lines of traffic edge past The Ministry of Social Affairs At a junction, on the ground An amputee and a pregnant hound Sit by young men with withered arms As if death had already passed Through every alleyway and left A million beggars' silhouettes Near where the money-changers sit By their locked glass cabinets copy paste is killing the internet What has happened Let's go and ask The Ministry of Social Affairs Near where the money-changers sit By their locked glass cabinets. That's what they want, oh yeah Money, honey That's what they want, oh yeah Money, honey That's what they want, oh yeah Money, honey That's what they want, oh yeah Money, honey That's what they want, oh yeah Money, honey That's what they want, oh yeah Money, honey The Wheel A revolving wheel of metal chairs Hung on chains, squealing Four little children flying out A blind man sings in arabic Hey little children, don't disappear I heard it was twenty-eight thousand Lost upon a revolving wheel I heard it was twenty-eight thousand copy paste is killing the internet Now you see them, now you don't The children vanish behind a vehicle Now you see them, now you don't Faces, limbs, a bouncing skull Hey little children, don't disappear I heard it was twenty-eight thousand All that's left after a year I heard it was twenty-eight thousand A faded face, the trace of an ear I heard it was twenty-eight thousand A tableau of the missing Tied to the government building Eight thousand of sun-bleached photographs Fading with the roses Hey little children, don't disappear I heard it was twenty-eight thousand Lost upon a revolving wheel I heard it was twenty-eight thousand All that's left after a year I heard it was twenty-eight thousand A faded face, the trace of an ear I heard it was twenty-eight thousand And watch them fade out And watch them fade out And watch them fade out... Dollar, Dollar A boy stares through the glass He's saying "Dollar, dollar" Three lines of traffic pass We're trapped inside our car His voice says "Dollar, dollar" I turn to you to ask For something we can offer Three lines of traffic pass We pull away so fast All my words get swallowed In the mirror glass A face pock-marked and hollow He's saying "Dollar, dollar" copy paste is killing the internet I can't look through or past The face saying "Dollar, dollar" The face pock-marked and hollow Staring from the glass
All About Eve
The Sandman Gillian Anderson: The sandman Comes to me In dreams The sandman Brings me love And sleep Into my eyes One thousand joys He leaves The moon appears One thousand fears Arise Arise The sandman's gone When morning comes Goodbye Goodbye The Moth Lily James: Oh ghost moth, hear me, hear me Oh pale moth, shield me, shield me I hear you beating, beating I feel you in me, in me Beyond yourself Into the lights Palest wings Burning bright Oh ghost moth, hear me, hear me Oh pale moth, shield me, shield me I hear you beating, beating I feel you leaving, leaving Lose yourself Into the lights Palest wings Wave goodbye Nothing else but waves of love Nothing else but waves of love I can't wait for night to come Nothing else but waves of love
I Inside the Old Year Dying
Prayer at the Gate Prayer at the Gate As childhood died the new-born year Made The Soldier reappear The ash embowered night and day As at the five-bar gate she prayed Wyman-Elvis, am I worthy Wyman, speak your wordle to me Elms unveiled in secret places A thousand soonere-children's faces And drisk enshrouded in its cloak Holway, river, brook and oak And all souls under Orlam's reign Made passage for the born again So look behind and look before At life a-knocking at death's door And teake towards your dark-haired Lord Forever bleeding with The Word Autumn Term At The Golden Fleece I must ascend Three steps to hell The school bus Heaves back up the hill And turns to OVERWHELEM Look behind yourself Red eyed 'gainst The wilder-mist Last week the aish Gifted their keys Yet none will bring me freedom The woody nightshade Drooped her beads An' bade, Come feed on theosom The sloey spears On Witches Mead Cussed, come and lean on theosom! At the drеad gates I vom Lamlac and sheep nuts On Miss Goater's brogues Lwonesome Tonight Hark the greening of the eth Curl-ed ferns yet to uncurl Hark the zingen of the birds Gurrel yearns yet to un-girl Beach and aller, oak and birch Biddle, bull-head, squirrel’s drey Willow, aspen, elder, larch Soldier-King on Maundy day In er satchel, Pepsi fizz Peanut-and-banana sandwiches For this man her shepherd is Parts her bready lips Are you Elvis, are you God Jesus sent to win my trust “Love Me Tender” are es words As I have loved you, so you must Thrice she draws her lips to kiss Mouthing for his mouth in vain Thrice er lwonesome kisses miss My love, will you come back again Seem an I Bedraggled angels blethered Across Eleven Acres As belling from the bwoneyard A-rangled round the archet The scarlet sky a-warning As wailing from the kitchen From baby gurrel dread-fulled Lone-left on a breadboard This not-girl growed to sarching For the other half of something And waded Riddle river With hummock-bones and tree-tears Her fingernails a-ripped From hauling clay-filled fists Out of the Riddle's edges For pots with happy voicеs Waxen crundels croaking For The Lamb alrеady taken And lost beloved brother Once thickest inkle weaver Conzum-ed with twanketen That's only eased by scratching Wisp-words slim as thistles Or a sickly chicken's whistles Till in the vaulted barn Queer-lit by dummet zun She knew herself a vessel Fit for a different wordle Where footsteps must be Iwone And barefoot upon stones And the northwind's ever-host Gives edges to the ghosts The Nether-edge March 'ull sarch, Eäpril 'ull try Mäy 'ull tell if you'll live or die Ravished 'neath the milchi moon Barefoot with the sylvan Owling to a soonere's tuen Sheathed in veils of evemen Buds a-break and milchi seeps Heady in the meadows Chalky children on the steep Baskets full of shadows Gapmouth spins a rattle song Air's an upturned ocean Swift's an axe hurled in the gloam Splits the Riddle open Quaterevil takes a wife: Chilver meets her maker As the grindstone turns thе knife O'er Elevеn Acres Now it looks it almost zounds Wordle zircles wider With the silence upside down Horse atop the rider Femboys in the forest find Figs of foul freedom Where the old you left behind Valls through nether-Eden Some must watch, while some must sleep So runs the wordle's way; A not-girl zweal-ed at the stake A-births the end of May I Inside the Old Year Dying Zun's a feeble lamp O'er leery land Stares a' chat in code Lark a meagre note Drush repeats 'enself Over UNDERWHELEM Croopied in the reames Shepherd gurrel weaves: I in the holway calling Mary I in the silence of the gawl I inside the old year dying I in each leaf as it valls I in the holway calling Mary I in the silence of the eth I inside the old year dying Vore-right I to my chile-dеath All Souls A carnival, a flesh farewell Heissens rising from the dead Wyman-Elvis! calls our gurrel And counts the ash to where he bled: At the first a crimson mist At the second sleeplessness At the third a broken tryst At the fourth, Iwonesomeness Gawly in the sweethearts leaves Gawly in the soldier's tears As the Riddle river grieves Wyman-Elvis disappears Only in a scrid of flesh Hooked upon the hart's-tongue fern And only by her own gooseflesh Knows she somewhen he'll return A Child’s Question, August Starling swarms will soon be lorn Rooks tell stories 'cross the corn Goocoo soon will 'es leave make Swifts abandon autumn's ache What says dunnick, drush or dove "Love Me Tender"? Tender love Hear the grinding wheel-bird grieve Grief unknits my ravelled sleeve Death of zummer, death of play Waxing night and dwindling day Help me dunnick, drush and dove "Love Me Tender", tender love Help me dunnick, drush and dove "Love Mе Tender", tendеr love Help me dunnick, drush and dove "Love Me Tender", tender love I Inside the Old I Dying The beech buds wait, the ash buds wait The frogs and toads in lagwood holes Hedgehogs in their leafy ditch All waiting for His kingdom The earth waits and the dead brakes That host the holly’s bloody beads They are his crown of thorns He will rise again Oh Wyman, oh Wyman Unray I, unray I for en Oh Wyman, oh Wyman Unray I, unray I for en Slip from my childhood skin, I sing I'm singing through the forest I hover in the hallway Laugh into the leaves Oh Wyman, oh Wyman Unray I, unray I for en Oh Wyman, oh Wyman Unray I, unray I for en I laugh in leaves and merge to meesh Just a charm in the woak With the chalky children Of evermore The chalky children of evermore The chalky children of evermore The chalky children of evermore The chalky children of evermore The chalky children of evermore The chalky children of evermore The chalky children of evermore The chalky children of evermore The chalky children of evermore The chalky children of evermore August Tree-tears vall Wordle wide All'us cross o'er T'other side 'Vore I leave Someone please Love Me Tender 'neath the trees Lorn of leaf Twiddicks sigh Child and season Mortify A Child’s Question, July Hail the hedgerow as it grows Ask the hedgerow all it knows Tell me who has licked the twoad What is hidden 'neath the road Tell me quick as I was born Whivering like a downy horn Hail the hedgerow as it grows Ask the hedgerow all it knows Who's inneath The Ooser-Rod Horny devil? Goaty God What is God in ethly guise One or mampus giant eyes Hail the hedgerow as it grows Ask the hedgerow all it knows Will the sweven's golden kеys Hanging in the aishy trees Open gawly geatеs to Death Who hoards 'es answers in the eth A Noiseless Noise Evemen sent you trapesen Through ripened spiles, thorns and briers That pierced the braims of sleep Drisk wet your hetful brow But couldn' balm your bandon At the absence of birds As cold moon comes curdling Through reddenin' leaves UNDERWHELEM Know you every tree-tear In these woods, every place Of good and not-good 'tween sleep and wake And bellyache, each path Unhealed and stumpied Charkened embers. The end of summer Reeve the Riddle's tardle tongue Of smirched silver Come away love and leave your wandering Just a noiseless noise Just a gawly girl Just a bogus boy Go home now, leave your wandering Trapes the fields of feasen To a chammer of not-sleep Count the ghoul moths trancing at your window
LONDON TIDE London Song This is a story about money And of love Now the lies that I told And the truth that are hidden This is the story of a city Rolling fog and moonlight It’s the story of souls who find themselves And the ones that are lost This is a story about London And of death and resurrection It is a story about London Her stone-hard heart This is the story of a river That springs from the mudbanks That emerges from the marshland And the secrets that lie under water ’Neath the soft, black rain This is a story about London And of death and resurrection It's a story about London Her stone-hard heart It begins like this With the dust and storm and attempts
Eugene Alone (Feat. Jamael Westman) London's full of anger I cannot express My mind, it only wonders To the memory of her dress The night plays tricks upon me The streets become unknown I see her in the lamplight Her dark eyes on the stone Can I find a way to stop this These thoughts I must repress Can I find a way to move on From the memory of her dress I walk into the garden Put my hands into the earth And feel the pulse of London Take me back to her I felt her see into me And now I feel only shame She knows the sins I'm guilty of That I'm the one to blame And though I drink to forget I still need to feel less To forget the way she saw me And the memory of her dress
Bad Sisters Love Will Tears Us Apart (Joy Division cover) When routine bites hard And ambitions are low And resentment rides high But emotions won't grow And we're changing our ways Taking different roads Love, love will tear us apart again Love, love will tear us apart again Why is the bedroom so cold You've turned away on your side Is my timing that flawed? Our respect runs so dry Yet there's still this appeal That we've kept through our lives Mm, love, love will tear us apart again Love, love will tear us apart again You cry out in your sleep All my failings exposеd There's a taste in my mouth As dеsperation takes hold Just that something so good Just can't function no more And love, love will tear us apart again Mm, love, love will tear us apart again Then love, love will tear it apart again Love, love will tear us apart again The Fairy Thorn Tree And so, 'tis said, if to that fairy thorn tree You dare to go, you see her ghost so lone She prays for love of her that you will aid her And give your soul to buy her back her own You Feel Guilty Tread softly because you tread on my dreams Wagon Stew Such body lovers have Such exacting breath That they touch or sigh Every touch they give
Non Albums Tracks
30
(Good Fortune EP)
Over my body the shadows played It wasn't night and it wasn't day Counting something what have I found Thirty diamonds in my hand Thirty miles The world unfolds Thirty miles A pot of gold I often think of America I often dream of shooting a gun Thirty years I'm still a child Looking for something in a smile Thirty miles The world unfolds Thirty miles A pot of gold Listen here in my song Thirty miles won't be long Thirty diamonds Birds of fire Sparkle like the summer sky Thirty diamonds Thirty miles Looking for something in your smile I'm looking for something in your smile I'm looking for something
*** Thanx a lot to John for this one ***
66 Promises
Sixty six promises Fell from your lips Sixty six kisses to Rest on my charred fingertips And Sixty six lovers To come till I tell Sixty six postions to take on this Well-worn trail Sixty six magicians Deliver the goods Documenting our marriage for some Silent film in Hollywood Is it not what you thought it would be? Was it not what you wanted it to be Was I not what you thought I would be? Was it not what you wanted it to be? Sixty miles talking But making no sense A life out of liberty And the pursuit of Happiness Waiting for something To smash a few wholes In the wall of good fortune And the windows to an Outer world And sixty six promises They came in a kiss Provided a meaning Now I see how it reallly is And it's not what I thought it would be And it's not what I wanted ti to be And it's not what I thought it would be And it's not what I wanted it to be
97 (Shame EP) It's already done I'm down on my knees Look what you've done You've made a fool out of me It's already too late You've given me the taste Look what you've done There's no turning round I forget today I couldn't turn it down It's all in the details No reason, just face You'd better give me some Of the magic stuff It's all in the thought I'm burning I'm burning up It's 97 degrees Look what you've done You've ruined everything You better hurry up With that magic stuff It's all your fault I can't get enough
A Dog Called Money The kids, they're rolling dice for change Sitting on the backyard steps Calling Money's name Old guy walking to the store Chewing on a cocktail stick Starts to tell us what is what He says "Everything is staged That's how it is People are just paid to work And I'm tired of it What you gonna do to change it Everything is staged That's what's going on" The kids rolling dice again The sun is beating down I asked the old guy's name He smiles The pitbull runs our way The kids call out for him "Money, money" He says "Everything is staged That's how it is People are just paid to work And I'm tired of it What you gonna do to change it It's all about money That's what's going on"
A Girl Like Me
( Desert Sessions vols. 9 & 10 - 2003 )
Hot skin in the night In the hour when the animals are born And crimes of passion are committed Take me to the morning light Take me to your leader It took a girl like me To bring you to your knees You took a girl like me You are my heart You are my only heart But this cold air is killing me And as we make love The silence, the silence Trying to find the thread Of failed romance It took a girl like me To bring you to your knees You take a girl like me I swing my face towards the sky You put your hand over my mouth Oh, take me, take me To the frozen north Skating, falling Falling down, down, down Into icy water I'll be what you want me to be To bring you to your knees Your lover, your daughter We'll move in slow motion Falling down, down, down Into icy water You took a girl like me I might never leave this room again Shut myself inside the old photographs The faded light of the young girl Patterns, shadows on the walls Painted ladies They look a lot like me It took a girl like me To bring you to your knees You took a girl like me
Airplane blues
( With John Parish - How Animal Move LP - 2002 )
My man's a pilot on the Birmingham airplane line I say my man's a pilot on the Birmingham airplane line When he comes to see me, my man sure comes a flying I know that my flying man ain't true to me I know that my flying man ain't true to me But he's as true as any man can be He takes me flying, flying, right up to the sky He takes me flying, flying, right up to the sky When I'm riding with my man, lord, he rides me so high First he turns me over then he starts to loop the loop First he turns me over then he starts to loop the loop Takes a long long time till his whoops begin to droop He flies me slow, he flies me fast And I'm hoping, I'm praying he don't run out of gas So if he ain't true, there's nothing I'm gonna say Cause I ain't gonna let him burn that good flight away
An Acre of Land (PJ Harvey & Harry Escott / Dark River OST) My father left me an acre of land Sing ivy, sing ivy My father left me an acre of land Sing holly, go whistle and ivy I plowed it with a ram's horn Sing ivy, sing ivy And sowed it all over with one peppercorn Sing holly, go whistle and ivy Sing holly, go whistle and ivy Sing holly, go whistle and ivy Sing ivy I harrowed it next with a team of rats Sing ivy, sing ivy And reaped it with my little tooth comb Sing holly, go whistle and ivy I sent it home in a walnut shell Sing ivy, sing ivy And thrashed it with a goose's quill Sing holly, go whistle and ivy Sing holly, go whistle and ivy Sing holly, go whistle and ivy Sing holly, go whistle and ivy Sing Ivy Sing holly, go whistle and ivy Sing holly, go whistle and ivy Sing holly, go whistle and ivy Sing holly, go whistle and ivy Sing holly, go whistle and ivy Sing ivy
Angel
(You Come Through EP)
Angel, an angel's come An angel, an angel's come I need so, I need someone I need so, I need someone He's ready, look now he's ready, he's ready, ready All of this longing just isn't heaven Look now it's ready, it's ready, ready Just want to be seen The big low, the big lonely The big low, the big lonely Is eating not only me Is eating not only me I'm ready, look now I'm ready, I'm ready, ready I'm tired of this waiting, I'm tired of pity Look now it's ready, it's ready, ready Just want to be seen Falling, falling free Falling, falling I rise to the level, I'm empty to the topple And I rise to the level, I'm empty to the topple I'm ready, look now I'm ready, I'm ready, ready I'm tired of this waiting, I'm tired of pity Look now it's ready, it's ready, ready Just want to be seen I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready
As close as this
With those eyes You could be In movies In the lights Nothing gets as close as this With those eyes Just a breath Can send me back To Bethlehem Nothing gets as close as this I'm hopelessly devoted This world's alive This room awake With tiger's palms and rattlesnakes And nothing gets as close as this I'm hopelessly devoted Every bird Is on the wing You fill the air You're everything Make me run screaming Down the wind Hopelessly In love again And nothing gets as close as this I'm hopelessly devoted Nothing gets as close as this I'm hopelessly devoted *** Thanx a lot to John for this one ***
Baby in a plastic bag ( With Grape )
There was a man who told us all about his yesterdays He said that come the come, come revolution praise And though we talked about him, walked about his yesterdays No crack could snap the fact, he bore them all the way What a day Oh what an education Too bad, too bad Oh what a reputation Baby in a plastic bag Calling out and falling out with everyone He saw no application for this summering Although it hurt a lot and burned a lot of offerings No calling... turned the granary Oh what an education Too bad, too bad Oh what a reputation Baby in a plastic bag Well I don't like your face Well I don't like your taste Well I don't like this place And I don't need your embrace Oh what an education Too bad, too bad Oh what a reputation Baby in a plastic bag Well I don't like your face Well I don't like your taste Well I don't like this place And I don't need your embrace In a white room, in a warm man Warm bizarre Come and get me Come and get me Hang it on, hang heavy Come Oh what an education Too bad, too bad Oh what a reputation Baby in a plastic bag
Bitter Little Bird
( Live 2006 ) I will change I will transform I will turn myself Into a bitter bird Bitter why fly To your garden Bitter why (sit)? By the lilac tree I will change I will transform Don't (chain) me down This bitter bird Bitter why fly In through your window And bitter stories why (?) To your sister tell Oh this sister tell What are your sorrows And ask us advice (?)
Bonnie & Clyde (Serge Gainsbourg / Live) You've heard the story of Jesse James Of how he lived and died If you're still in need of something to read...then fine. Here's the story of Bonnie & Clyde. Here 'tis Clyde had a petite amie She's beautiful her name is Bonnie Together they had left the straight and narrow The gang of two B.Parker and C.Barrow Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie and Clyde I've known Clyde since we were young and carefree He was always laid out bright and clean For you must see the litmus society That drove me to a life of crime and misery Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie and Clyde The newspapers think they have our measure They say we kill for cold-blooded pleasure Well that's not true but sure it's in our nature To shoot first and ask the questions later Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie and Clyde If a Dallas cop is killed or maimed And they have no suspect they can blame For the police there's nothing mysterious They hang it on Clyde Barrow and his mistress Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie and Clyde There's no point in trying to settle down To find a little house in a quiet town By the third day there's a tac tac tac tac Of machine gun who's making sneak attack Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie and Clyde One of these days they will take my life But I just hope that Bonnie will survive No I don't mind how they make me pay Bonnie here just hopes that Clyde can get away. Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie and Clyde Ambushed on a road the end was nigh The only way out for them was to die When more than one of them went down the road When they died Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie and Clyde
*** Thanx a lot to Roderick for this one ***
Bows and arrows
(The Letter EP)
I saw your face Whiter than purity Then I saw savages Standing before me Bows and arrows Tipped with poison Make tenderness please Stand by my pillow I see evil Everytime I dream I see earth's poison I hear violence sing Even your touch Once so pure Comes fates cold hand On my locked door Won't you send those angels to watch over me? I can't catch the bow That this planet has thrown I can't catch this bow On my own In come the arrows Like a needle You pierce my heart And I taste poison You pierce my soul With bows and arrows Won't you send those angels to watch over me?
**** Thanx a lot to HappyTragicThing for this one ***
Broken Homes
(With Tricky)
Choir : Those men will break your bones, Don't know how to build stable homes. Those men will break your bones, Don't know how to build stable homes. Polly Jean Harvey : Those men will break your bones, Don't know how to build stable homes. PJ Harvey & Tricky : We loose our voice more each year, Maybe we won't bring soon Is there cancer in the throat ? No stress Polly Jean Harvey : Maybe it's supposed to kill the success PJ Harvey & Tricky : Because success needs killing Polly Jean Harvey : Murder is media False laugh, Forged autograph, PJ Harvey & Tricky : First my body, now my corpse Polly Jean Harvey : Those men will break your bones, Don't know how to build stable homes. Alive is pain, Murder is fame, PJ Harvey & Tricky : And if you're famous you may get acquitted If you did it Polly Jean Harvey : There's no where to runaway PJ Harvey & Tricky : Damn you I hope you pay Polly Jean Harvey : And finish the day to day Games we play PJ Harvey & Tricky : Those men will brake your bones, Don't know how to build stable homes. Polly Jean Harvey : I'ma stay at home PJ Harvey & Tricky : And talk on the telephone Polly Jean Harvey : There's nothing in this world I want from you, Don't fool yourself, I won't cry.... You're too scared to live Too quick to die PJ Harvey & Tricky : Those men will brake your bones, Don't know how to build stable homes. Those men will brake your bones, Don't know how to build stable homes. Those men will break your bones, Don't know how to build stable homes. Choir : Don't know how to build stable homes. Those men will break your bones, Don't know how to build stable homes. Those men will break your bones, Don't know how to build stable homes. Stable Homes Those men will break your bones, Stable homes Those men will break your bones, Stable homes. Those men will break your bones
Claudine, the inflatable one (Peel Sessions)
Claudine, I love you, don't be shy Come round my place, I'll blow your mind I'll show you heaven sure as I can lie Come on Mister Heaven Let me give you my my my my Mister Heaven Um yeah, I'll be my my my my Mister Heaven I'll make sweet honey I treat you nice I'll show you sugar Add a juggle and a dice Nail my beard to the bathroom door If it's what you want, baby Come on, come on take take your Mister Heaven Um yeah, I'll be my my my my Mister Heaven Um yeah, I'll be my my my my Mister Heaven Claudine je vous aimais la bête ( in French means : Claudine the beast I loved you ) I'll wash your dog, babe, don't forget Inflate your body, my inflatable queen Want to get right in your sack o sack o skin now Mister Heaven Um yeah, I'll be my my my my Mister Heaven My God, I'll be my my my my Mister Heaven Scream blue murder, Scream blue murder...
*** Thanx a lot to Robyn who helped me for this one ***
Colour me grey
( With The Family cat )
Pour yourself into a drink It's what you think I don't have anything to say at all A funny mess, don't you agree Just you and me I don't have anything to do at all Shall we go out tonight Will that be alright Shall we search for our fortune and fame For oil on peaceful waters Always stings the same So just stab me in the back And call me lover For nothing now can ever be the same We'll swap stories of past conquests We'll tell each other lies And I'll try so hard to shoulder all the blame Shall we go out tonight Will that be alright Shall we search for our fortune and fame For oil on peaceful waters Always stings the same
Crawl Home
No more It's done Crawl home Get gone Your love Is evil Lonesome My bones Took me such a long time to figure it out Now is it too late, I can't do it alone Took me such a long time to figure it out Don't take it away, away, oh Snowstorm In my heart Crawl home Your love Is evil I'm lonesome Just get more and more Where you've dared Took me such a long time to figure it out Now is it too late, I can't do it alone Took me such a long time to figure it out Don't take it away, away, oh Took me such a long time to figure it out Now is it too late, I can't do it alone Took me such a long time to figure it out Don't take it away, away, oh
Daddy
(Man Size EP) Daddy hold me It seems so very dark tonight And day Daddy, I can't sleep I need you to come and sing to me That the stars up in the sky Will shine down gently on the two of us tonight And soon enough it will be light We'll hold on tightly to each other, you and I And I won't cry Oh Daddy, your baby is weak and calling out your name Oh my Daddy, oh don't leave me I beg you, sing your song again That the stars up in the sky Will shine down gently on the two of us tonight And soon enough it will be light We'll hold on tightly to each other, you and I And I won't cry or call your name And I won't And I won't...
Dance
(Shame EP 7")
Wedding night, blade knife Shining under orange light See him running, caught under headlight Don't care anyway This scar has seen better days Get it out of my way That's where music playing I'll get dancing I'm here dancing I'm here dancing I'm here dancing Maggie comes fleet foot, face full of black soot Talking that the heat put plants in the bed but Married on Wednesday, written on Thursday Trial on Friday, hung herself on Saturday I'm here dancing I'm here dancing I'm here dancing Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh... Time and time I know time trickle by Hung herself on washing line This girl's drip dry I'm here dancing I'm here dancing I'm here dancing I'm here dancing
*** Thanx a lot to Jesse for this one ***
Dance on the mountain (On Kosovo Field OST) Kalashnikovs were brought across The mountain on the back of mules They stored their weapons In a school There's something wrong Something terrifying Something terrifying And now the slopes of dry grass Hold crouching boys Watch their fathers dance Holding hands they follow the drums Something terrifying is going on The oldest dancer Takes off his hat To place a glass of water On his head Bares his teeth Wakes the dead This is their land They dance upon Something terrifying is going on Something terrifying Something terrifying Something terrifying Something terrifying The dancer falls To kneel before The village elder Stains on his shirt Rising up Growing strong The boy children Start to dance It's terrifying It's terrifying In the distance people call Like a river running home In the distance people call like a river calling out In the distance people call In the oldest language known It's terrifying It's terrifying It's terrifying
Darling be there (C'mon Billy EP)
Take me over Pale blue water Take me under Take me home Darling be there Bring me laughter I'll be happy Ever more Bring me sunshine Bring me love Not tomorrow Never more Darling be there Bring me laughter I'll be happy Ever more Darling be there Bring me laughter I'll be happy Ever more
Death is not end
( With Nick Cave )
When you're sad and you're lonely And you haven't got a friend Just remember that death is not the end And all that you hold sacred Falls down and does not mend Just remember that death is not the end Not the end, not the end Just remember that death is not the end When you're standing on the crosroads That you cannot comprehend Just remember that death is not the end And all your dreams have vanished And you don't know what's up the bend Just remember that death is not the end Not the end, not the end Just remember that death is not the end When the storm clouds gather round you And heavy rains descend Just remember that death is not the end And there is no-one there to comfort you With a helping hand to lend Just remember that death is not the end Not the end, not the end Just remember that death is not the end For the tree of life is growing Where the spirit never dies And the bright light of salvation Up in dark and empty skies When the cities are on fire With the burning flesh of men Just remember that death is not the end And you search in vain to find Some law-abiding citizen Just remember that death is not the end Not the end, not the end Just remember that death is not the end Not the end, not the end Just remember that death is not the end
Driving
(4 Tracks Demos) Tell him I'm driving, it's alright Turn on this wheel Turn on headlights A hundred different bibles by my side In my white gown I go flying down Oh my eyes, it cannot be,; He said no, it cannot be All that time, it cannot be,; Easy said, it cannot be The ghosts fly their asses off tonight I'm just driving till it dies Tell him I'm driving, it's alright You tell him that I had a skin full You tell him that I couldn't sit still Imagine your whole self is filled with light Your voice ringing out Through the whole fucking town Oh my eyes, it cannot be ; He said no, it cannot be All that time, it cannot be ; Oh my eyes, it cannot be You tell him I'm driving ( X4 )
Easy
(4 Tracks Demos) Oyster pearl, You easy girls You're flapping in, You're shouting You're dead good All the men say Legs wide hips swinging like a doorway Easy, Easy, Easy I'm ranting I'm raving I'm taking in just everything You're giving me no leeway I open once and you call me devil's gateway Easy, Easy, Easy, Easy And I deserve it ; I asked for it Have to admit it ; We dress like targets Yeah I deserve it ; Give me no leeway I give you fine times You can call me devil's gateway Oh! Easy, Easy, Easy, Easy, Easy, Easy, Easy, Easy Easy {and I deserve it...and I deserve it} (X3)
Evol
( Peel Session 2004 )
What do you Know about Love You don't Know what I know And how much How much Will you give me To tell you What some Would kill for About love Yeah Love It'll twist out Your lips with Pain It'll stomp out Your eyes and Everything Love Evol Baby how much money Read my lips baby How much money Read my lips baby How much money How much baby Will you give me Some call I the beating heart Some call it The god They're just Romantic fools I call it evol Love you got a lot to answer for Love you got a lot to answer for Love you got a lot to answer for Love you got a lot to answer for Evol Evol Evol Evol Evol
Eyepennies ( With Sparklehorse )
I will return here one day And dig up my bones from the clay I buried nails and strings and hair And that old tooth I believe was a bear's I held my hand in the fire It burned me down to the wires Blood suckers hide beneath my bed And black fumes of skin so gently bled I slept with a cat on my breast Slowing my heart stealing my breath At sunrise the monkeys will fly And leave me with pennies in my eyes I will return here one day And dig up my bones from the clay I buried nails and string and hair And that old tooth I believe was a bear's At sunrise the monkeys will fly And leave me with pennies in my eyes
Featherhead
(With Pascal Comelade)
When will we ever meet Not in this life When will I be a bird Is it this life White doves only see From up high When will another bird Kiss my mind Featherhead all fucked Up and down days No not another night Another dark place White dives only see From up high When will another bird Bend my mind
*** Thanx to Melanie for this one ***
Goodnight (4 Tracks Demos)
Here I am Prairieland Got it all, got Gun in hand Here I sleep Dungarees They're all my husband Put on me We have the stars We have the trees We have everything We need to feed I'll make babes You'll make chairs We'll sell them at The county fair We'll walk on We'll walk tall We'll dance once a week The union hall We'll have the stars We'll have the trees We'll have everything We need to feed Here I am Prairieland I got it all, got Gun in hand I'll sweep the porch I dust his room We'll sleep together On our chair at noon We have the stars We have the trees We have everything We need to feed We have the stars We have the trees We have everything We need to feed
Green eyes
He called me magdalene So much my eyes have seen Cleopatra Would have wept for these of green I watch the people leave I walk this sorry town When I saw him first He was looking down He called me Magdalene My sea queen But he would not look Into these eyes of green When we were there alone No one else around When I returned to him He was still looking down I came, I witnessed Followed, found Returned, returned He's still looking down Still looking down And the people leave Leave this girl Leave this girl Leave this town And still he dares Dares not look at me He's drawing circles in the ground ** Thanx to Stephane who fill out some missing words **
Guilty Rules and regulation Rules and regulation Rules and regulation Rules and regulation There's a little figure on the television Scratching at the ground by a pile of rags Grainy little figures on television screens Weighing up the moment – guilty, guilty What's he doing with that stick What's he doing with that stick Which one is guilty Which one is guilty What's he doing with that stick What's he doing with that stick Which one is guilty Which one is guilty Power to the predator, the Grim Reaper Grainy little suspects running for the shelter The drones have come, come in their thousands But nobody asked us if we wanted them If we wanted them, if we wanted them Back in the bunker in the operations room A bored soldier is eating his lunch While drones in their thousands are unveiled in Texas To roaring voices, but nobody asked us if we wanted them What's he doing with that stick What's he doing with that stick Which one is guilty Which one is guilty What's he doing with that stick What's he doing with that stick Which one is guilty Which one is guilty Power to the predator, the Grim Reaper Grainy little suspects running for the shelter The drones have come, come in their thousands But nobody asked us if we wanted them Nobody asked us if we wanted them Nobody asked us if we wanted them Nobody asked us if we wanted them Nobody asked us if we wanted them Nobody asked us if we wanted them Nobody asked us if we wanted them
Harder (Send This Love To Me EP)
Oh oh my my my My bed's up all night Work me till i moan Drives me out of my mind Why it's so hard You're made out of cold steel Why it's so hard Music man running my wheel Just keep me burning Just keep me yearning Put my whole body on fire Burning whole body desire Why it's so hard Yeah taking me over Why it's so hard My cold steel soldier Harder X3 Vow Oh oh make me beg He's sweet in my bed Work me till i'm done Mad dog can sure hunt Why it's so hard Daddy made out of cold steel Why it's so hard C'mon daddy drive my wheel Harder X3 Wow Why it's so hard You're taking me over Why it's so hard My cold steel soldier Harder X3 Yeah
Hardly wait
(4 Tracks Demos)
I can hardly wait X4 It's been so long I've lost my taste Say angel come Say lick my face Let fall your dress I'll play the part I'll open this mouth wide Eat your heart I can hardly wait X4 Lips cracked dry Toungue blue burst Say angel come Say lick my thirst It's been so long I've lost my taste Here romeo Make my world as great In my glass coffin, I'm waiting X6 In my glass coffin
Harley Davidson (Serge Gainsbourg / Live 96) Je n'ai besoin de personne En Harley Davidson Je ne reconnais plus personne En Harley Davidson J'appuie sur le starter Et voici je quitte la terre J'irai peut être au Paradis Mais dans un train d'enfer Je n'ai besoin de personne En Harley Davidson Je ne reconnais plus personne En Harley Davidson Et si je meurs demain C'est que tel était mon destin Je tiens bien moins à la vie Qu'à mon terrible engin Quand je sens en chemin Les trépidations de ma machine Il me monte des désirs Dans le creux de mes reins Je n'ai besoin de personne En Harley Davidson Je ne reconnais plus personne En Harley Davidson Je vais à plus de cent Et je me sens à feu et à sang Que m'importe de mourir Les cheveux dans le vent Que m'importe de mourir Les cheveux dans le vent
Heaven (B-Sides, Demos & Rarities compilation) Everything's joy in heaven And it's so good to live in this world of ours Breathing the clean air through my lungs Is an endless experience Where I can go for a walk Where I can do what I please Where I can go for a walk Where I can do what I please Without getting picked up by the police Without getting picked up by the police If heaven is a place on Earth Then I must be on the moon If heaven is a place on Earth Then I want to be getting there soon If heaven is a place on Earth Then I must be on the moon If heaven is a place on Earth Then I want to be getting there Getting there soon Getting there soon Where I can release the tension With the pushing of a button Where I can release the tension With the pushing of a button Where I can release the tension With the pushing of a button Where I can release the tension With the pushing of a button Pushing the button Pushing the button When she picked the apple and gave it to him Did she know what she was doing Picked the apple and gave it to him Did she know what she was doing When she picked the apple and gave it to him Did she know what she was doing Picked the apple and gave it to him Did she know what she was doing
Henry Lee
Get down, get down, little Henry Lee And stay all night with me You won't find a girl in this damn world That will compare with me And the wind did howl and the wind did blow La la la la la La la la la lee A little bird lit down on Henry Lee I can't get down and I won't get down And stay all night with thee For the girl I have in that merry green land I love far better than thee And the wind did howl and the wind did blow La la la la la La la la la lee A little bird lit down on Henry Lee She leaned herself against a fence Just for a kiss or two And with a little pen-knife held in her hand She plugged him through and through And the wind did roar and the wind did moan La la la la la La la la la lee A little bird lit down on Henry Lee Come take him by his lilly-white hands Come take him by his feet And throw him in the deep deep well Which is more than one hundred feet And the wind did howl and the wind did blow La la la la la La la la la lee A little bird lit down on Henry Lee Lie there, lie there, little Henry Lee Till the flesh drops from your bones For the girl you have in that merry green land Can wait forever for you to come home And the wind did howl and the wind did moan La la la la la La la la la lee A little bird lit down on Henry Lee
Hip Shake
( j. moore / Live Cover ) I wanna tell you 'bout a dance That's goin' around Everybody's movin' From the grownups down Don't move your head Don't move your hands Don't move your lips Just shake your hips Do the hip shake, babe Do the hip shake, babe Shake your hips, babe Shake your hips, babe What you don't know Don't be afraid Just listen to me Do what I say Don't move your head Don't move your hands Don't move your lips Just shake your hips Do the hip shake, babe Do the hip shake, babe Shake your hips, babe Shake your hips, babe Now ain't that easy I met a little girl In a country town She said what do you know There's slim harpo! Didn't move her head Didn't move her hands Didn't move her lips Just shook her hips Do the hip shake, babe Do the hip shake, babe Shake your hip, babe Shake your hip, babe Now ain't that easy
Hitting the ground ( With Gano Gordon )
I was beaten up, I was beaten down By my life and a photographic sound I was filled with love, I was filled with rage My life book shook with the turning of it's page Hitting the ground, hitting the ground And there ain't no friend round, never be found Hitting the ground, hitting the ground And there ain't no-one there to help you come down I was not on drugs, I was not on beer I was still with love, I was full of fear If I asked the question, life will tell no lie Love will ask the question are you willing to die Hitting the ground, hitting the ground And there ain't no friend round, never be found Hitting the ground, hitting the ground And there ain't no-one there to help you come down I'm gonna go way up in an aeroplane I'm gonna go way out insane I don't know if I'd ever come down I don't know if I can reach the ground Hitting the ground, hitting the ground And there ain't no friend round, never be found Hitting the ground, hitting the ground And there ain't no-one there to help you come down I'm gonna go way up in an aeroplane I'm gonna go way out insane I don't know if I'd ever come down I don't know if I can reach the ground I was beaten up, I was beaten down By my life and a photographic sound I was filled with love, I was filled with rage My life book shook with the turning of it's page Hitting the ground, hitting the ground And there ain't no friend round, never be found Hitting the ground, hitting the ground And there ain't no-one there to help you come down
Homo Sappy Blues A jaw, a leg bone, a reconstructed skull No continents or oceans They died so young What God sent you Sent you from your cave I need your wisdom Homo Sapiens Your path of migration Is lodged upon a map Looking like a tattoo On a kid's forehead What God sent you Sent you from your cave I need your wisdom If only for a day What God sent you What God sent you They die young around here With a hunger in their guts And a taste for vodka Their friends faces on their shirts Last year they killed one Just for his shoes Tell me what God sent you I got the Homo Sappy Blues What God sent you What God sent you
I'll Be Waiting They swept across the land They did not leave a thing They did not leave a person A stone or a tree They did not leave anything They did not leave anything All it's left is sand All it's left is sand I remember, father I remember him Every minute I remember Every moment Now I hate everyone Now I hate everyone Before, I used to love Before, I used to love One day, thorns shall grow One day, thorns shall grow From their graves When they return Throns will grow Over their graves I will be waiting And when they return I will be waiting I will not leave a person Standing I will not leave anything I will not leave anything All I'll leave is sand All I'll leave is sand And then thorns shall grow And then thorns shall grow From their graves When they return Throns shall grow Over their graves I will be waiting When they return Throns shall grow Over their graves I will be waiting
In a silent violent way
( With Spleen ) So your hearts gone round the bend How many roads have I crossed again With a friendly grin all over my face It's a favourite old trick of mine I knew you'd let me down in a silent violent way My eyes, they're in the back of my head How I'd love to look straight ahead Not over my shoulder It's an old favourite trick of mine I knew you'd lket me down in a silent violent way The tap drps on the verdigris With every drop it seems to me I've been here before
Into deep neutral
( With Moonshake ) When you're off-kilter and the World it makes no sense When you spy intruders at your first line of defence Switch into deep neutral Drop everything you know Switch into deep neutral And everything goes When everyone's so uptight their laces are undone Keep taking the tablets, keep the darkness on the run If you switch into deep neutral Your consumer choice is made Switch into deep neutral And the competition fades In a deep neutral state there's no race to be won There's nothing to do cause there's nothing to be done Switch into deep neutral Say "That's the way it goes" Switch into deep neutral And everything flows When I make a small commitment, that's when I get the fear I up the dose of neutral, it's the only legal gear The cost of living's so dear Switch into deep neutral Drop everything you know Switch into deep neutral And anything goes Talking to my best friend, she said that she was going to die I said "Living is for losers, so there's no need to cry" Switch into deep neutral As you hit the endless night Slide along the tunnel To the distant wheel of light
I wanna Make It Wit Chu ( Desert Sessions vols. 9 & 10 - 2003 )
You wanna know if I know where I can't say that I do Don't understand the evil and Or how one becomes two I just can't recall what started it all Or how to begin the end I ain't here to break it Just see how far it will bend Again and again, again and again I wanna make it I wanna make it wit chu Again and again and again I wanna make it I wanna make it witchu Anytime, anywhere Sometimes the same is different But mostly it's the same These mysteries of life That just ain't my thang If I told you that I knew about the sun and the moon I'd be untrue The only thing I know for sure Is what I won't do Anytime, anywhere I wanna make it I wanna make it wit chu Again and again, yeah yeah I wanna make it I wanna make it wit chu I wanna make it I wanna make it wit chu Again and again I wanna make it I wanna make it wit chu You I wanna make it I wanna make it wit chu Anytime, anywhere I wanna make it I wanna make it wit chu Again and again and again and again and again I wanna make it
Janet, Johnny & James
( The Fall Cover / Live ) What if the world crashed in Unfolding behind your eyelids Crash your mind Cracked your mind Janet and Johnny and James Crash your mind Behind your eyelids The people behind you With nepotism Explodes All that rubbish That you create In the lock Suddenly cranking Nepotism Janet and Johnny and James Janet and Johnny and James Dearest Lord, hear me now Janet and Johnny Coming over the mountain From New Guinea They see a star They see a future From you, our creator They see the future That would never happen
Johnny hit & Run Pauline ( With Giant Sand )
Shooting sterilis hypo Sex machine drug 24 hours Shoot Pauline between the legs 96 tears to 24 hours Sex once an hour Johnny hit and run Pauline Johnny hit and run Pauline Johnny hit and run Pauline Johnny hit and run Pauline L.A. bust, doors open Kicking both doors open Arrested on 6th street That's when it (brought) drove our girl inside She was spreading her legs and didn't mind dying He was still awake Johnny hit and run Pauline Johnny hit and run Pauline Johnny hit and run Pauline Johnny hit and run Pauline He was waking up beside the bed Found clumps of hair At least Pauline wouldn't co-operate She was not what you'd call living He was still awake Johnny hit and run Pauline Johnny hit and run Pauline Johnny hit and run Pauline Johnny hit and run Pauline
Just a working girl ( With Moonshake ) A sixteen year-old virgin out drinking with his mates. A layman, with the key to the Pearly Gates, signs his fake name in illegible scrawl, and a right-on type, the most ashamed of all. Just a working girl - schemes and misses appointments Just a working girl - dreams and disappointments. A fishmonger who hasn't washed for a week. A graphic artist who rinses so much he squeaks. A butcher with knotted muscles and a potted belly. Medical students, alls schoolboy chuckles and petroleum jelly. The overalls of bricklayers on a Saturday night. The suits of glum professionals with midweek blight. The glasses of computer freaks who've laid their software down, and the arses of accountants heaving up and down, up and down. A sales assistant with his petty hand in the till. The gasman is collecting just one more bill. A headmaster with a Polaroid and a pleated uniform. The nightwatchman stops by quickly on his long walk home. Just a working girl - schemes and missed appointments. Just a working girl - dreams and disappointments. Just a working girl - creams and dull apartments. ** Thanx to Jim for this one **
Kick it to the ground
(A Place Called Home EP)
Liverpool Tide (The Devil EP) This Liverpool tide comforts my eyes Stings like salty tears I've cried In summer's glow I found a hope And another love to come and go And oh you never never know And then the snow began to fall Like birds it was against the wall And then the sky began to crack Like sticks it was upon my back And oh you never never know When love will come or go Shipwrecks above Liverpool's tide We walk alone against the sky And when the sky begins to crack Please hold me love, don't break my back But oh you never never know When love will come or go And oh you never never know
Lonely Avenue (Ray Charles cover / PJ Harvey & Ben Waters / Boogie 4 Stu: A Tribute To Ian Stewart LP) One, two, three Now my room has got two windows But the sunshine never comes through You know it's always dark and dreary Since I broke it off with you I live on a lonely avenue My little girl wouldn't say I do Well, I feel so sad and blue And it's all because of you I could cry, I could cry, I could cry I could die, I could die, I could die Lonely avenue Lonely avenue Now my covers, they feel like lead And my pillow, it feels like stone Well, I've tossed and turned so every night I'm not used to being alone I live on a lonely avenue My little girl wouldn't say I do Well, I feel so sad and blue You know it's all because of you I could cry, I could cry, I could cry I could die, I could die, I could die Lonely avenue Lonely avenue I could cry, I could cry, I could cry I could die, I could die, I could die Lonely avenue Lonely avenue Now I've been so sad and lonesome Since you've left this town If I could beg or borrow the money I would be a highway bound But I live on a lonely avenue My little girl wouldn't say I do Well, I feel so sad and blue It's all because of you I could cry, I could cry, I could cry I could die, I could die, I could die Lonely avenue Lonely avenue
Long time coming
(Send This Love To Me EP)
In my coat Of many Colors I'm waiting For My child I'm waiting For My journey I'm waiting For My prize My lord My lord Jesus Coming Running Ah sweet jesus Run And hide Yeah i'm on My way To heaven Ah sweet jesus Come Inside My lord Long time coming If I Could call My mother Say mother Dry My eyes If he's left me In These colors Then he ain't No god Of mine My lord Long time coming
Losing ground
(That Was My Veil EP) Losing ground Under my feet There's a rumbling There's a crack in the street It's just no good It's just no good anymore Everything i do Has been done before Yeah I found my voice Yeah I got nothing to say The whole thing started 'Cause my mind has gone away I used to get high Now i just get lost I used to bark at the moon The first one i came across Almost here, almost gone Almost here, almost gone Almost where, we belong Better watch where you step Better watch what you say Speak the truth here, baby Believe in what you say X2 It's just no good anymore X2 You bet i got trouble baby X4
Love too soon (With Pascal Comelade)
I have loved In my life As a child I often cried And love too soon Can fade away Love too soon Can fail away In the sun Light of day I can see Your face change And love too soon Faze away Love too soon Can fail away And this dreadful crime to see Breaks my heart Into pieces Love too soon Can fade away Love too soon Can fail away How false the heart How false the day When you swore your love The branches now decay Love too soon I'm faze away Love too soon I'm faze away ** Thanx to Stephane who fill out some missing words **
Lying in the sun
(Down By The Water EP) I'm lying in the sun I'm lying with my love Into his blackened hair I swear I saw a dove He is the one, my God Comes clear before my eyes I'm kneeling on the ground My love it tastes like wine Come on and step inside Come on and step inside I'm lying in the sun I'm lying with my love Into his blackened hair I swear I saw a dove
M-bike
His m-bike's clean You polish that thing He looks her over more than me But I won't let it get to me Yeah he can play with His machine Night or day Wind or shine Looks at her shape Not at mine But I'm not complaining No I think it's neat Yeah he can play with His machine But all he's speaking And all he sees Is just his motor-bike not me I won't let it get to me Can't stop thinking his god damn machine Motor X4 Take that lady Coast her west Ride his motor Over the edge Yeah I could break her Break her break me But get rid of that God damn machine Yeah I could break her {motor} Break her break me {motor} But get rid of that {motor} God damn machine {motor} Yes I'm gonna break her {motor} Think what you like {motor} I fucking hate {motor} His motorbike {motor)
Maniac
(C'mon Billy EP) I need a man To bring me love To make me sing I sing I need a man To make me feel Like I'm a queen I said to take me to the god eyes And kiss the devil on the lip I need a man To make me moan To make me bad I need a man To drive me slow To drive me mad I said to take me to the god eyes And kiss the devil on the lip To leave me oh no no no no, oh... rha. I need a man His heart is stone His mother's bad I need a man His heart is stone And deepest black His heart is stone His mother's bad His heart is sick The deepest black M-a-n-i-a-c I need...
Memphis
You're breathing in my mouth I'll take it, I'll take it for you You wanna sing Then sing it through me You've got something left to say Untimely, you were taken away Unlikely, out of turn When you still got so much to say Well I'll write it, a song for you But oh What a way to go So peaceful You're smiling Oh What a way to go I'm with you I'm singing You said there's a special place And it's scaring the shit out of me In Memphis on Valentine's Day You wrote it in a letter to me Well I wish I had given you more time To say thank you, my beautiful friend But sometimes you gotta send it away To bring it, to bring it back again But oh What a way to go So peaceful You're smiling Oh What a way to go I'm with you I'm singing You'll always have open eyes You'll always have a special place In Memphis on Valentine's Day Die suddenly at a wonderful age Though were you ready, were you ready to go? When you still got so much to say Somehow I know you're drowning slow Receiving just everything But oh What a way to go So peaceful You're smiling Oh What a way to go I know that You're smiling Oh What a way to go So peaceful I'm singing Oh What a way to go I know that You're smiling You're peaceful You're smiling I know that You're smiling You're peaceful You're smiling
*** Thanx a lot to Lucia who corrected this one ***
Moon River
( Frank Sinatra Cover / Live with Vincent Gallo & John Frusciante )
Moon river wider than a mile I'm crossing you in style someday You dream maker, you heartbreaker Wherever you're going I'm going your way Two drifters off to see the world There's such a lot of world to see We're after the same rainbows end Waiting round the band My huckleberry friend, moon river And me
My own private revolution
Fate has always One might say Driven me From place to place Love on the stage Love on the stage Up and carried Me away I have pursued my dream All across the sky All across the soil And left my joyous town When I was young I watched it from my door With the eyes of a child You seemed so clear My own private revolution My own private revolution In my own private revolution My own private revolution Over the town We fly out Lovers embracing Outside the golden gates Love on the stage Love on the stage Nor must we endure Any separation Over the town Revolution We fly out My own private revolution Over the city Made my own private revolution, revolving We fly out My own private revolution, revolving I have found purity Simplicity Inside the face of children The voice of divinity In my own private revolution My own private revolution Over the town Made my own private revolution Over the city Revolving My own private revolution, revolving Tempt me, must be heaven sent With my own private revolution, revolving
Naked cousin
(Peel Sessions) My naked cousin I see him running All over headland Scared as his shit as he's running His naked skin fries Fries in the sun, oh my My naked cousin can cook till he's good Good and done I hate his smell and I hate his company But, but most of all I hate that he looks just just like me His naked skin fries Fries in the sun my my But my naked cousin can cook till he's Good and done He's running... He run from burning bushes He run from bank of senate He run from everything that upsets his master plan And if he flips And I am as good as done My, my naked cousin He'll just keep keep a'running He's running... Running naked through the trees Scared the shit right out of me Bought my ticket, take my ride Take me to the sunny side Running naked through the trees Scared the shit right out of me Bought my ticket, take my ride Begging all to please, please, please Please... He's running...
Nickel under the foot
( Cradle Will Rock Soundtrack )
Maybe you wonder what it is Makes people good or bad Why some guy, an ace without a doubt Turns out to be a bastard And the other way about I'll tell you what I feel It's just the nickel under the heel Oh you can live like hearts and flowers And everyday is a wonderland tour Oh you can dream and scheme and happily put And take, take and put But first be sure That nickel's under your foot Go stand on someone's neck while you take him Cut into somebody's throat as you put For every dream and scheme, depending on whether All through the storm You've kept it warm That nickel under your foot And if you're sweet then you'll grow rotten Your pretty heart covered over with soot And if for once you're gay and devil-may-care-less And oh so hot I'll know you've got That nickel under your foot
Nina in ecstasy 2 (The Wind EP)
My Nina I feel love I'll be safe I'll be yours ever more I'll be safe Mama... Once Nina was a young girl Now she's dead Grew older Grew colder and Lost her way Mama... Where's your mama gone X6 Far, far away Far, far away
Northwood (A Perfect Day Elise EP)
I went out to the deep northwood Because a fire was in my head Thinking of the face I left The way she looked as I left her bed Her words still ringing in my ears The thrill is gone after all these years I went out to the deep northwood Because a fire was in my head Thinking of the face I left The way she looked as I left her bed Her words still ringing in my ears The thrill is gone after all these years Our love gets blown away He went out to the deep northwood Left a fire raging in my head...
One time too many
(C'mon Billy EP) He sees me So clearly Come over And get my number He'd come around He'll break down Say baby Don't ever leave me You please me, You tease me One time too One time too many
Piano fire
( With Sparklehorse )
I got sunburnt waiting for the jets to land Circus people with hairy little hands Hit it boys strike up the army band I got sunburnt waiting for the jets How do you feel? How do you feel? I can't seem to see through solid marble eyes Fiery pianos wash up on a foggy coast Squeaky old organs have given up the ghost Fire them up and kill the piano birds There's creaky old organs burning on the coast How do you feel? How do you feel? I can't seem to breath with a rusted metal heart I can't seem to see through solid marble eyes
Powdered Wig Machine
( Desert Sessions vols. 9 & 10 - 2003 ) Won't you take this dance This dance with me Spinning Come on Dancing Come on Won't you take my hand My hand and me Dancing Come on Singing Come on Come on Come to me Spinning Come on Dancing Come on Dancing Come on Take off your mask Singing Come on Your mask, kiss me Spinning Dancing Kissing Singing Come on Come with me Spinning Come on Dancing Come on Kissing Dance on, dance on my heart, suit your feet Come on Singing Come on Dancing Come on Singing Come on Come on Come to me Spinning Come on Dancing Come on Kissing Come on Singing Come on Awwwww, come on Come on Spinning Spinning Spinning Spinning Singing You choked the joy right out of me Spinning Spinning Spinning Singing Singing Singing Singing Seduce my mind, make my heart sing
Primed & Ticking (Peel Sessions) I believe I fell from above Primed and ticking for your love I believe I could rub you right Handle all of you day and night I believe I could stretch your hope Widely as a mercy float Come on, baby, give me your time I've seen it in the stars, you're mine I believe my days will end with you It's true I'm too young and I'm too strong Get my blood up when I'm gone Nothing baby's too big for me Take me from his company I could take you to heaven's heights Trust me, baby, I'll rub you right I don't eat, I don't need to sleep Burning desire's enough for me I believe my days will end with you It's true I think I'm ticking I think I'm ticking I'm primed and ticking I think I'm ticking I believe my days will end with you I do I believe my days will end with you You look at me like I shot your dog Venus really the God of love Don't you turn your back, beauty queen Remember how I watched you glean I could stretch your wildest oats As widely as a mercy boat You gorgeous stack of pancakes, you You're going nowhere 'till I'm through I believe my days will end with you It's you I believe my lonesome days are through It's you I think I'm ticking I think I'm ticking I'm primed and ticking I think I'm ticking I believe my days will end with you
Putty
( With Automatic Dlamini )
Silly putty What he was in this sculptress' hands Will gone bendy Done swaying in a rubber band And his feet gone first Then a desert thirst in his throat Lips gonna burst Cap of a bottle Rolled down to the edge of the bin She noticed the beer wasn't cooling him And his feet gone first Then a desert thirst in his throat Lips gonna burst The tip of her knife Cut a nick in his vein She said Model today? You're all the same Silly putty What he was in this sculptress' hands She cut a tension line She had him standing And his feet gone first Then a desert thirst in his throat Lips gonna burst The tip of her knife Cut a nick in his vein She said Hey hey you're all the same
Rebecca
(The Wind EP)
I'm walking slowly about the sea Lover by lover I pass them on the beach The sun is shining so bright today Your voice is singing to me across the waves Ahh... ah.... ah.... And there's a young boy, makes eyes at me Does he mouth my name or is this just a dream I know inside that I can really love The waves are glistening like heaven from above And here we'll stay and sing forever of peace I know we've found love here by the sea Could this be heaven could this be peace No more than sunshine and sand and water's deep I'd always dreamed that life could be like this Forever high and sigh from kiss to kiss I know I've found love here by the sea
*** Thanx to Melanie for this one and me for correct her! ***
Red Right Hand (Nick Cave / Peaky Blinders OST) Take a litle walk to the edge of town Go across the tracks Where the viaduct looms Like a bird of doom As it shifts and cracks Where secrets lie in the border fires In the humming wires Man, you know you're never coming back On a gathering storm comes a tall handsome man In a dusty black coat with a red right hand Where the viaduct looms Like a bird of doom As it shifts and cracks Where secrets lie in the border fires In the humming wires Man, you know you're never coming back On a gathering storm comes a tall handsome man In a dusty black coat with a red right hand
Reeling
I wanna bathe in milk Eat grapes Robert DeNiro sit on my face I can't sleep for thinking Send my head a reeling I wanna go to spain Spend nights Just sipping on nectar and ice I can't sleep for thinking Send my head a reeling You bet that I'm Wayne ... Eliminate a whole race Wanna make the shit hit the fan I can't sleep for thinking Send my head a reeling Even Aphrodite She's got nothing on me Take me to the moon Take me to the moon Dye my hair on stage Call on my man Romeo Come and climb my braids Reeling Reeling Even Aphrodite She'll have nothing on me Reeling Reeling Take me to the moon Take me to the moon Fly me to the moon Take me to the moon Reeling Reeling Reeling Reeling
Rest Sextet ( With Spleen )
I'd kill you Or you'd kill me I could wreck that head of yours Move it from side to side Then we'll see You can't take that away from me Try to be strong Try to be kind Try to pretend But I can't live a lie And nor he Oh he could have been a friend to me No matter what you think or do It always comes back to you Here I am Round again Is this the end? Now you won't ever find me
Right to fly
( With Moonshake )
Bowling along the street like an empty carton Mouthing words to music no-one else can hear Rolling in the gutter like a stolen hubcab The force field means no-one will come near I've got a right to fly And you're wrong to bring me down I've got my head in the clouds And my feet on the ground I've got a right to fly And you're wrong to bring me down I've got a right to fly Try and engage some conversation But people's teeth grind and hackles rise And then they get that glazed look in their eyes They press a tarnished coin into my greasy mitt My clothes catch the rain, the sun, the sweat I've got a right to fly And you're wrong to bring me down I've got my head in the clouds And my feet on the ground I've got a right to fly And you're wrong to bring me down I've got a right to fly One last soldier behind a shield of offense People attacking with curled lips and glances Mind grows propellers and pilots And retro-rockets taking off to where the alley wind dances I've got a right to fly And you're wrong to bring me down I've got my head in the clouds And my feet on the ground I've got a right to fly And you're wrong to bring me down I've got a right to fly You're wrong You're so wrong
River of diamonds
( With The Family Cat )
As I wander madly long this sun-cracked river bed A hundred carrion crows are circling High above my head They cast an evil shadow as they wheel and cry above Me, I'm just walking down the river Searching for Hey Where is the place where I belong Carry on carry on carry on Back to the place where you belong The clouds hand deep and heavy As I see the house below A wind both kind and fragrant melts the last Remnants of snow I'm crazy and you know it as I walk this final mile Me, I'm just walking down the river Searching for Hey Where is the place where I belong Carry on carry on carry on Back to the place where you belong A cat slinks out beneath me as I take a step inside The dust lies thick and heavy on the things I owned with pride The memory of your face still lingers And your spirit too Me, I'm just walking down the river Searching for Hey Where is the place where I belong Carry on carry on carry on Back to the place where you belong
Run On (PJ Harvey and Tim Phillips / Bad Sisters OST) You may run on for a long time Run on for a long time Run on for a long time Let me tell you the God's gonna cut you down Let me tell you the God's gonna cut you down Go and tell that long-tongue liar Tell that midnight rider Tell the gamblers, the ramblers, the back-biters Tell 'em that God's gonna cut them down Tell 'em that God's gonna cut them down You can throw your rock, hide your hand Workin' in the dark against your fellow man Sure as God made the day and night What you do in the dark will be brought to the light You may run on for a long time Run on for a long time Run on for a long time Let me tell you the God's gonna cut you down Let me tell you the God's gonna cut you down Tell you the God's gonna cut you down Mm, my goodness let me tell you the news My head's been wet with the midnight dew I've been down on bended knee Talkin' to the man from Galilee God has spoken his voice so sweet I thought I heard the shuffle of the angel's feet He put a hand up on my head Pray God almighty tell you what he said Go and tell that long-tongue liar Tell that midnight rider Tell the gamblers, the ramblers, the back-biters Tell 'em that God's gonna cut them down Tell 'em that God's gonna cut them down You may run on for a long time Run on for a long time Run on for a long time Let me tell you the God's gonna cut you down Tell you the God's gonna cut you down Tell you the God's gonna cut you down
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards - Live Duo With Björk) Polly Jean Harvey : I can't get no... satisfaction I can't get no... satisfaction And I try And I try And I try And I try I can't get no... No no no When I'm drivin' in my car And the man comes on the radio He's tellin' me more and more About some useless information Designed to Björk & Polly Fire my imagination Polly Jean Harvey I can't get no No, no, no Hey, hey, hey That's what I say Björk & Polly: I can't get no satisfaction I can't get no satisfaction And I try, and I try And I try, and I try Björk When I'm ridin' 'round the world And I'm doin' this and I'm signin' that And I'm tryin' to make some dough, tell me Baby, better come back, maybe next week 'Cause you see I'm on a losing streak I can't get no Oh, no, no, no Polly Jean Harvey Hey, hey, hey Björk I can't get no Polly Jean Harvey That's what I say Björk Satisfaction Polly Jean Harvey Hey, hey, hey That's what I say Björk I can't get no Polly Jean Harvey Say hey, hey, hey Björk I can't get no Björk & Polly Say hey, hey, hey That's what I say
Shaker Aamer No water for three days I cannot sleep, or stay awake Four months hunger strike Am I dead, or am I alive I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake With metal tubes we are force fed I honestly wish I was dead Strapped in the restraining chair Shaker Aamer, your friend In Camp five Eleven years Never charged Six years cleared They took away my one note pad, And then refused to give it back I can't think straight, I write, I stop Your friend Shaker Aamer. Lost The guards just do what they're told The doctors just do what they're told Like an old car I'm rusting away Your friend, Shaker. Guantanamo Bay Don't forget Don't forget...
Shot of love
( Music Of The Millennium Awards ) I need a shot of love I need a shot of love. Don't need a shot of heroin to kill my disease Don't need a shot of turpentine, to bring me to my knees Don't need a shot of codeine to help me to repent Don't need a shot of whiskey, help me to be president I need a shot of love I need a shot of love Doctor, can you hear me? I need some Medicaid I seen the kingdoms of the world and it's making me feel afraid What I got ain't painful, it's just bound to kill me dead Like the men that followed Jesus, they put a price upon His head I need a shot of love I need a shot of love I don't need no alibi when I'm spending time with you I've heard all of them rumors and you have heard em too Don't show me no picture show or give me no book to read It don't satisfy the hurt inside nor the habit that it feeds I need a shot of love I need a shot of love Why would I want to take your life? You've only murdered my father, raped his wife Tattooed my babies with a poison pen Mocked my God, humiliated my friends I don't wanna be with nobody tonight, Veronica ain't nowhere, Mavis just ain't right There's a man that hates me, he's swift, smooth and near Am I supposed to set back and wait until he's here? I need a shot of love I need a shot of love
Somebody's down, somebody's name
(Down By The Water EP) Somebody's down, somebody's name Saw it all happen It took place at my window, I was looking down I had no time Just time to say "hold on, I'm coming" He's lying there It's all just too late Somebody's down, somebody's name Saw it fall and all take place At my window, I was looking down Oh for Pete's sake, hold on, I'm coming He's moved on now And it all passed It's all too late Somebody's down, somebody's name Saw it all with my own eyes Saw it all as clear as day Clear as blue Blue fucking daylight I say Hold on, I'm coming Somebody down, somebody's name Somebody down, somebody's name Hold on No more Hold on no more Hold on, I'm coming Don't you tell me it's too late Somebody's down, somebody's name Pushing up daisies out of the ground Thought I heard him call her name By the time he hit the ground Another day, another town Another body on the ground By the time the sky went grey Nobody down, nobody came I just said Oh Lord, no more X2 Oh Lord, I'm coming Don't you tell me it's too late
So you got a horse
So you got a horse Did it come in a box Almost got my heel caught in the stirrups Woah feeling giddy..er..giddy..er..clip clop Mmmm I like the feel of these reins Kind of power steering Take her out a while There's a bit of play Four feet and something Feels like nothing Careful with that mouth of yours boy I don't want she should bolt So you got a horse So what you gonna do with it Aw she's madonna All cloven hoof and flared nose You whp her ass and you watch her go Hey hey grandad, hey let it go I'm feeling sick, I'm letting go Four feet and something Feels like nothing Careful with that mouth of yours boy I don't want she should bolt
Stone
I don't wanna kiss you I've already kissed you And you said 'kiss me again' And all the hills were rolling And all the clouds unravelled Looked down upon our shadows Looked down upon our history And then you came towards me But my heart has turned to stone What if my heart has gone The world is weary, tired enough I need help to hold this love Was it that you told me That you'd learnt to unfold me To read my heart like a map To throw it away and not bring it back No-one in this house is sleeping We lie awake just listening For something human, something apart To hear something other than our own hearts My heart has turned to stone What if my heart has gone The world is weary, tired enough I need help to hold this love But the words just grind me down When your tears just tire us out When the words just grind us down
Sweeter than anything
(A Perfect Day Elise EP) In photographs I've seen him laugh Hand overboard Sun on his back Summer was here I remember it well How he stood in the shade How we both kissed and fail How can this be There's nothing left here How can this be There's nothing left here So sad our, so sad our So sad our, so sad our So sad our, so sad our Our memory, hey Now he talks in his sleep Says I've never known peace And I don't know him now He's a stranger to me How can this be There's nothing left here How can this be There's nothing left here We were never more than a dream Brief as summer or spring Sweeter than anything
The Ballad of the Soldier's Wife (September songs)
What was sent to the soldier's wife From the ancient city of Prague ? From Prague came a pair of high heeled shoes, With a kiss or two came the high heeled shoes From the ancient city of Prague. What was sent to the soldier's wife From Oslo over the sound ? From Oslo he sent her a collar of fur, How it pleases her, the little collar of fur From Oslo over the sound. What was sent to the soldier's wife From the wealth of Amsterdam ? From Amsterdam, he got her a hat, She looked sweet in that, In her little Dutch hat From the wealth of Amsterdam. What was sent to the soldier's wife From Brussels in Belgian land ? From Brussels he sent her the laces so rare To have and to wear, All those laces so rare From Brussels in Belgian land. What was sent to the soldier's wife From Paris, city of light ? From Paris he sent her a silken gown, It was ended in town, that silken gown, From Paris, city of light. What was sent to the soldier's wife From the South, from Bucharest ? From Bucharest he got her this shirt Embroidered and pert, that Rumanian shirt From the South, from Bucharest. What was sent to the soldier's wife From the far-off Russian land ? From Russia there came just a widow's veil For her dead to bewail in her widow's veil From the far-off Russian land, From the far-off Russian land
*** Thanx to Mélanie who corrected some mistakes ***
The Bay
(A Perfect Day Elise EP) A dead man came calling my name and in need Said Betty you're my girl The strongest I've seen But oh my heart is heading to break They say God forgives But I can't learn the same Said Betty she's fine And Betty she's tall And Betty makes love Like no woman at all But oh my heart is heading to break They say God forgives But I can't learn the same So I gave him my time And I gave him my peace And I gave him my heart Gave it to keep But oh my eyes making fools out of me They say love is blindness I can no longer see Now I've no more to give And I've no more to say And the stars shine less bright now Over this dead man's bay But oh my heart is heading to break They say God forgives Is this love in the grave They say God forgives Is this love in the grave They say God forgives Is this love in the grave
The falling
How to walk and where to run How to walk and where to run I see you kissing in other peoples arms See you kissing in cheap bars How to walk and where to run How to walk and where to run I see you kissing oblivious Loving only your pain I'm walking in oblivion Walking in oblivion I walk with a childs face Remembering our days Walking in oblivion Walking in oblivion It's gotta give, it's gotta change Today is the day To all the men who I've loved To all the men who I've loved Something to free your angry hearts I'm opening up my arms To all the men whom I have loved To all the men whom I have loved Speak of the fear inside It's time to change, there still is time Do you remember walking? Do you remember watching? Our faces in the falling hearts of children To all the men whom I have loved To all the men whom I have loved I dedicate my song saying Today is the day Today is the day So we fall And we fall again And I have come To tell you today That I loved you There's still time to say We're falling hearts of our children Through hating and loving Through lucking and nothing Through all manner of sorrows That I have spoken I open up my tender heart I open up my tender heart To all the men whom I have loved All of those who I adored But I remember something I remember walking When my heart was frozen With that feeling It's gotta give, it's gotta change It's gotta give, it's gotta change Turning round and round saying Today is the day Today is the day So we fall And we fall again And I have come To tell you today That I loved you There's still time to say We're falling hearts of our children Falling Falling Falling Falling Falling
The Crowded Cell (The Virtues OST) I'm in a crowded cell The super calls my name He shoves me in a room He calls two soldiers in They clamp my head with irons Their hands becoming fists You will see us again You will remember this They tie me up with ropes They beat my legs with sticks I cannot use my legs They drag me to a desk Behind it sits a man Fingernails are on the floor He laughs and asks, "What kind Of freedom do you want" They push me down the stairs I'm lying on the ground Behind a cellar door I hear two women howl I see three men on racks Their hands tied to their feet Their faces pinched with clamps Guards pulling at their teeth They drag me to the gate They dump me on the ground The super laughs and says "Walk to your freedom now" This image on repeat A mouth that cannot speak A huge force pressing in A giant, looming fist You will see us again You will remember this
The faster I breathe the further I go
(The Wind EP) I'm walking outside and The headlights are blinding I'm walking on Bleaker The street of no cheer The yellow cabs driving I'm taking a ride and The panic, the laughter, the stink of disaster Disaster Disaster Disaster The faster The faster I'm breathing The further I'm sinking My head aches My mouth dry It feels like It's war time The heat and The traffic There's hell on This planet It's spinning Much faster Disaster Disaster Disaster Disaster I'm breathing I'm breathing I'm breathing I'm breathing Let's walk now On side roads Let's walk in The shadows There's lovers They're kissing I see something missing He's ready To take her I don't even Rate her Loving and loving I hear The flies buzzing Faster Faster Faster Faster I'm breathing I'm breathing I'm breathing I'm breathing Keep walking Keep walking
*** Thanx to Melanie & Lili for this one ***
The Guns Called Me Back Again
( Let England Shake LP Bonus Track ) Shadows lengthening 95 steps I'm taking With every step I'm longing For the luck to keep on living The drum calls me back again To my senses Filled with shame I wish this night Would never end And on no-man's-land The sun would not rise again There was laughing and I could not laugh There was singing and I could not sing The big guns called me back again I hear voices singing I hear the guns beginning Far off, far away I hear the guns again
The Nightingale
( Let England Shake LP Bonus Track ) I have heard the sound of your call I have chosen your path I joined your caravan We called you the nightingale I remember how excited we were The best of life lay ahead for us We marched on wrapped in your song For you I gave my five-year-old son I felt him behind me I felt him helping me Every one of us will go to paradise He sang to the soldiers day and night We called him the nightingale Get ready, get ready, get ready His untorn steers (?) were angels around me His untorn steers became angels around me His untorn steers crushed these angels around me His untorn steers were like angels around me
The phone song
If I could tell you anything I would tell you something If you, if you could miss it That's the loop It can be broken That's the loop It can be broken If I could tell you anything If you, if you could allow it If you, if you could hear me That's the change Changes can happen That's the loop It can be broken That's your heart It can be opened That's the loop It can be broken That's the change Changes can happen That's the look It can be broken That's your heart It can be opened That's the loop It can be broken
There Will Never Be A Better Time
Are we going? Oh, right Ohhhh... There will never be a better time Ohhhh... There will never be a greater time Ohhhh... Yeahhhh, ohhhh.. Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, if I could change, change everything Yeah yeah If I could change my name, learn to forgive Yeah, there's never been a better time Oh, I know, there will never be a greater time Now I look for God and lose my way How I look for you and lose my place Hey, hey, hey yeahhhh... Kissing anything that comes my way Yeah Burning anything that will burn Yeah... Oh, I wanna change, change everything Yeah Learn to change my name, learn to forgive But love, love passes me by in all the wrong places Yeah love passes me by, I lose my way And I wanna catch them all, and there There will never be a greater time No, I know there There will never be a better time And There will never be a better time There will never be a greater time
This is mine
( Stella Does Tricks )
All of this is mine All of this is mine Want it like a crime All of this is mine The beat Of a bird Too fast For my heart All of this All of this is mine All of this is mine (this is mine) Want it like a crime (this is mine) Give these lips of mine (this is mine) The beat Of a bird Too fast For my heart Too fast For my heart This is mine
Uh Huh Her ( Peel Session 2004 )
Rejection Rejection Rejection Don't marry uh huh huh Don't marry uh huh huh her Don't marry uh huh huh Don't marry uh huh huh her The valley is crying Don't ask me why it's grieving Don't marry uh huh huh Don't marry uh huh huh her Don't marry uh huh huh Don't marry uh huh huh her I fill the sea All with my tears I drown the fields You will remember, remember me The valley, it's crying The valley is grieving He's leaving, abandoning me Don't marry uh huh huh Don't marry uh huh huh her Don't marry uh huh huh Don't marry uh huh huh her I fail to see All with my tears I drown your fears You will remember, remember me
*** Thanx a lot to Matt who corrected a mistake ***
Wait
(When Under Ether EP) I thought that if I waited, things might happen There was no need to move myself, what's happening to me? I sit around, and sit around, my legs are underneath me Sit around, and dream around the things I'm going to be But I've waited so long Forgotten what i was waiting for Waited six long years or more Another minute won't make any difference at all Might even happen today, might even happen tomorrow Everyone is waiting, everyone was sighing Ways of moving slowly, but nobody is moving But I've waited so long Forgotten what i was waiting for Waited six long years or more Another minute won't make any difference at all Might even happen when you are looking out the window Might even happen when you are walking down the stairs All I seem to do is wait Waiting for buses, waiting for trains But my bus is always late All I seem to do is wait Spend my life anticipating things that will never happen My God I've waited so long Forgotten what I was waiting for Waited six long years or more Another minute won't make any difference at all
*** Thanx a lot to Cody for these lyrics *** Wang dang doodle (Willie Dixon / Man Size EP)
Tell Automatic Slim Tell razor-totin' Jim Tell butcher-knife-totin' Annie Tell fast-talkin' Fannie We're gonna pitch a ball Down to the union hall We're gonna romp and trump 'til midnight We're gonna fuss and fight 'til daylight We're gonna get your wang dang doodle all night long Tell cooda-crawlin' Ray To tell Abyssinia Ned To tell old Pistol Pete To tell everybody he meets Tonight we need no rest We're gonna really throw a mess We're gonna knock down all the windows We're gonna kick down all the doors We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long All night long X4 Tell Fats and Washboard Sam Everybody gonna jam Tell shaking Boxcar Joe We got sawdust on the floor Not tell Peggy and Collin Dine We're gonna have a heck of a time Now when the fish scent fills the air There'll be snuff juice everywhere We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long All night long...
Water
Pulled the pin Look at that guy Count to three Writing postcards His arm twist like a cat's spine Nothing on his mind Closed his eyes and hummed I'm confused and thirsty Waited to explode He got orangeena by his side Waited to feel fine You speak English? Well he weren't holed up in no bunker you know What a dummy Just walking the bank 21 and never been unbuttoned Watching the river go Yeah - he was already lost Past a queen in crocodile shoes Still gave me a drink of course Square-toes from out of town Was going to ask him if he wanted Past a fridge on wheels forgetting the news Something in it and Past a wrinkled breast that's To send me a card from this little island Going to brown But he stood up brushing lunch Pulled the pin From his shirt Count to three And I'm already back at work He arch his back into the sun Look at that jerk Saw Lawrence on the water On Lawrance on the water He felt the water run He make me wanna run He waited to explode He make me put my head in my hands
We're making war
( With Moonshake ) We're making war, lover We are not getting on I will not change to keep the peace You won't admit you're wrong I've got a bellyful of grudges and I will not let them out The wreckage of your previous life You will not sort it out The dirt we keep on raking The giving up, the taking And we keep on making war, darling The stand off is coming The wounds should heal without a scar But the stitches keep on breaking And you keep on phoning And I keep on moaning And we keep on making war Sweetheart, destroying our best laid plans I will not explain myself and you refuse to understand Our friends all become traitors as we wave our piece of paper The ammunition's loaded And the troops are at the border But I might be bluffing And you might be faking But we keep making war
Who By Fire (Leonard Cohen cover / PJ Harvey & Tim Phillips / Bad Sisters OST) And who by fire Who by water Who in the sunshine Who in the night time Who by high ordeal Who by common trial Who in your merry, merry month of may Who by very slow decay And who shall I say is calling And who in her lonely slip Who by barbiturate Who in these realms of love Who by something blunt Who by avalanche Who by powder Who for his greed Who for his hunger And who shall I say is calling And who by brave assent Who by accident Who in solitude Who in this mirror Who by his lady's command Who by his own hand Who in mortal chains Who in power And who shall I say is calling
Who will love me now (That Was My Veil EP)
In the forest, is a monster It has done, terrible things So in the wood, it's hiding And this is, the song it sings Who will love me now? who will ever love me? Who will say to me, "you are my desire, i set you free?" {Who will love me now?} Who will forgive, and make me live again? Who will bring me back to the world again? In the forest, is a monster And it looks so very much like me Will someone, hear me singing? Please save me, please rescue me Who will love me now? who will ever love me? Who will say to me, "you are my desire, i set you free?" Who will love me now? who will ever love me? Who will say to me, "you are my desire, i set you free?" {Who will ever love me?} {Who will ever love me?} Who will love me now? who will ever love me? Who will love me now? who will ever love me? Who will love me now? who will ever love me?
Why D'Ya Go To Cleveland (B-Sides, Demos & Rarities compilation) Oh baby Oh man Why d'ya do it My dead-end love affair Turned me to alcohol Took me to big nowhere Took me to out of town I was just seventeen He had a motor car Gave me a wedding ring Gave me a rubber doll Man, I believed him And what he say about Cleveland My American dreamboat Yeah, dreamland Ohio He'd say, "Some day I'd be something" My dead-end love affair Drove me to seek out God Turned me from beauty queen Turned me to alcohol Man, I believed him And what he say about Cleveland My American dreamboat Yeah, dreamland Ohio He'd say, "Some day I'd be something" Why d'ya have to go down there Why d'ya have to go down there Why d'ya have to go down there Why d'ya have to go down He'd say, "Someday I'd be Someday I'd be something" Something Say something Damn you, something Say, say something Say something Something My dead-end love affair Why d'ya have to go down there Why d'ya have to go down there Why d'ya have to go down there My dead-end love affair Why d'ya have to go down there
Will's song
Silly boy Have you no place to wait for me? Wait outside Through the window, look and see I am here Sitting straight up in this chair Figuring How a boy like you could care I'm a girl With a rose upon each cheek Lady love That a boy like you would seek I just need Here a bit to hold my thought Where you can't, where you can't See a way it could be bought I am here I'm a girl I just need Had a will I am easy It's too hard to say no A request Helps decide where I should go Have I a will Of my own? It's gone away, it's gone away To the assertive one I am here I'm a girl I just need Had a will You deserted me one day But I don't mind I worked so hard to be safe A waif here (let it rest, okay) Happily blown out to sea
Yell Hollow
Carve yourself another tongue drum Beat upon yourself You find that you're resonating some? Yell hollow Float down this river Make out like a pleasure boat Make out like your day delivers You might be someone's politician You might be someone's wife You might think you're someone's ticket to Eden I think you done nothing with your life Carve yourself into another totem Believe it of yourself You reckon you're filled with something? You might be someone's politician You might be someone's wife You might think you're someone's ticket to Eden I think you done nothing with your life Yell hollow
Your last friend in this town
Well, my clothes are my badge of business My associates are satellites My product's all that you deserve The last ditch my merchandise The only shelter you have found I'm a rumour goes round And I'm your last friend in this town Saw you coming from miles away Whites of your eyes as clear as day I'm a voice fading in from the general hum You wouldn't believe things I have done I'm the only safety net around You slipped and you're going down And I'm your last friend in this town Last friend now In this town Well, one day you'll learn how to read a face When you find your final resting place And when you've learnt all the tricks of the trade In my image, you'll be made You'll be out in the hunting ground Preying on weaknesses you've found With your last friend in this town
Yuri-G demo
Hey there Luna I'd like to tell you How sad am I so love sick I could die Needing water my neck's stiff my head hurts Been looking up all night been looking up the Moon she's so bright She's so white she's so clean I'm telling you she's everything I'd give it all my sorry eyes Give just everything she's got me so mesmerized Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G It's just the things that she does to me Yeah I wish I'd been Yuri-G She's fucked my memory Told by the doctor to make a figure Needles to get her she'll be your luna I stuck them in real clean I stuck them in a mile I drew her down on me I drew her with a smile I'd give it all you see I'd give my sorry eyes I'd give just everything she's got me so mesmerized Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G It's just the things that she does to me Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G She's fucked my memory I stuck them in real clean I stuck them in a mile I drew her down on me I drew her with a smile I'd give it all you see I'd give my sorry eyes I'd give just everything she's got me so mesmerized Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G It's just the things that she does to me Yeah I thought I was Yuri-G She's fucked my memory Yeah I wish I be Yuri-G I'd let her walk all over me Yeah I thought I was Yuri-G She's fucked my memory X4
Zaz Turned Blue
( With Eric Drew Feldman ) Zaz had red hair He didn't care He always laughed loud He wasn't proud Just a real easy guy Wouldn't tell a lie But then one day Zaz turned blue Zaz turned blue What were we supposed to do Yeah, Zaz turned blue What were we supposed to do When Zaz turned blue One night in the park For a lark Zaz let Steve Brown Fool around Steve squeezed his neck Figure what the heck But Zaz hit the ground He was down Oh, Zaz turned blue What were we supposed to do Yeah, Zaz turned blue What were we supposed to do When Zaz turned blue After high school Zaz was cool He worked on cars He went to bars And then one day He went away He became a marine At the age of eighteen But he didn't want to fight Didn't do it out of spite And he didn't want to die No he didn't want to die And he seemed kind of strange Could it be that he changed On that night in the park When he fainted in the dark Zaz didn't die Lucky guy There were no parades How the glory fades Now he shoots lots of pool And as a rule Wears a silly grin On his chin It all started when Zaz turned blue What were we supposed to do Yeah, when Zaz turned blue What were we supposed to do When Zaz turned blue
** Thanx to Eran for this one **