B i o g r a p h y (by Kenyon Hopkin)
Named after an Irish goblin, Pooka (guitarists/vocalists Sharon Lewis and Natasha Jones) is most noted for their intertwining harmonies and fairy tale-like lyrics. Born in Manchester in 1971, Lewis and Jones began playing gigs in London and were soon spotted by someone from WEA records, resulting in a contract. In the U.S., Pooka's self-titled debut (produced by the renowned John Coxon) was released in 1993 on Elektra. Tours with Tindersticks, Kristin Hersh, and the Levellers followed. Between their proper recordings, Pooka co-wrote some tracks with electronic band Ultramarine for 1995's Bel Air. After some delay, Pooka's second album, Spinning, was released in September 1997 on Trade 2, a subsidiary of Island, and applied electronic textures to the duo's songwriting
Pooka City Sick Should I reach for you Do you want me to Oh could I stretch my arms to your ... Well I rest my head On a blue moon And I hope I'll be there soon 'Cause I must admit I'm city sick There is no place I'd rather be But it's hurting me so My heart says I should let go I will stay always warm Well it's so easy to be greedy I have learnt This before now You can drink from me You can eat from my body I wouldn't want to pull away 'Cause I don't, I don't want More than you can give Take your time Do as you please...
Graham Robert Wood Graham Robert Wood is flying in the sky You'd think that he'd need wings But it's incredible, I have seen it with my own eyes Graham Robert Wood is flying in the sky You want to feel the sunshine He moves the clouds to the perimeter Makes me feel who I really am You know how it feels So take me I'm yours Here for your taking OK so I've opened my eyes I see the world doesn't compromise To everything people need I've given my money to the children But what more can I do about it When Graham Robert Wood is flying in the sky I too get the feeling I am high And if anybody says,"When you gonna come down?!" I'm gonna spit on them..and won't talk to them Self indulgence did no one harm So take me I'm yours here for your taking... *** Thanx a lot to Mike who corrected some mistakes ***
Breeze I've been waiting over an hour, for just five minutes of yout time And can I ask you just one question, oh am I hard to find Can you see properly, in both eyes Cause it seems to me, that, I must be transparent Let yourself flow, theres more to be felt So little that comes my way is real Feel the breeze, alive, alive Through the trees, floating, floating No need to know the direction, of the flow, gently, gently No push either way When I was not looking, someone did the dirty on me They sprinkled something, I don't know what, and now I am transparent...
Sweet Butterfly Sweet butterfly, don't be afraid It's only the wind come to break you from this, Your silvery crystal case~it' only a few months since we've seen you As soon as you dry you'll be over my head, Flutter alongside a blue moon~lady crush the bird of time Rise from the mud where ancient fishes wallow~sweet butterfly, don't pine on pain Four days until you petal~don't wither away with the worry Summertime I hear spring sing~you're so beautiful when you're happy Pattern your way, land with your wings~upright delicate like two lovers balancing Sweet heavenly velvet thing~in my gaze, see how my need comes to rape you Kissing you is like pressing my face up against freedom...
Non Albums Tracks
Love Song From under the skin, I send him rainbows in a dry sigh If he holds me close, I hear it whispering It falls upon my skin, the curtains trembling I watch it rolling slowly down my aching breast Tender as the night quivering in the sunlight He has taken me in~silence shed it's seed Furled upon the sheet, I barely know how to breathe I watch it rolling slowly down my aching breast His beauty blows under me~the sigh of a moulted feather has Passed between our eyes, the word "forever" It drops like a pin...