B i o g r a p h y (by Jason Ankeny)
A founding member of three of the most successful bands of the post-punk era, singer/songwriter Tanya Donelly was born July 14, 1966 in Newport, Rhode Island. At the age of 16, she and stepsister Kristin Hersh formed Throwing Muses, which in 1985 became the first American band ever signed to the influential British label 4AD; not only did the Muses' dreamy, swirling guitar sound prove highly influential on many of the alternative acts to emerge in their wake, but they also made any number of unprecedented advances into the male-dominated world of underground rock. The group was primarily Hersh's project, however, and in 1989 Donelly sidelined with Pixies bassist Kim Deal in the Breeders, appearing on their debut LP Pod. While originally designed as a forum for both Donelly and Deal, the latter soon assumed control of the group, and by 1991 Donelly had exited both the Breeders and Throwing Muses to form her own band, Belly. After issuing a pair of well-received EPs, Belly released their 1993 full-length debut Star - a superb collection of luminous, fairy tale-like guitar-pop songs - and for the first time in her career Donelly earned commercial success commensurate to her usual critical accolades; not only did the record go gold on the strength of the hit single "Feed the Tree," but the band even garnered a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist. However, when 1995's King failed to live up to high expectations, Donelly disbanded Belly to pursue a career as a solo artist; Lovesongs for Underdogs, her debut LP, appeared in 1997. After a tour in support of the album, she and husband Dean Fisher took a break and traveled to Central America. Two years later, she and Fisher welcomed a daughter whom they named Gracie. Motherhood was now Donelly's focus, but she still found time for music. In between raising a child and weekend trips to the studio, she issued the Storm EP in 2002. A month later, her long-awaited sophomore effort, Beautysleep, was released. Whiskey Tango Ghosts followed in 2004.
Lovesongs for Underdogs - 1997-08-09 -
Pretty deep The bright light Landspeed song Mysteries of the unexplained Lantern Acrobat Breathe around you Bum Clipped Goat girl Manna Swoon
Divine Sweet Divide Every Devil Whiskey Tango Just In Case You Quit Me Butterfly Thing My Life As A Ghost The Center Golden Mean The Promise Story High Fallout Dona Nobis Pacem
Swan Song Series - 2016-05-20 - CD1 Mass Ave Christopher Street Let Fall the Sky Blame the Muse Meteor Shower Still Mary Magdelene in the Great Sky Why So Sad Making Light Miranda (Pacifically)
Written/Unread VivaKaraoke Far Away and Hard to See Hidalgo Street Cygnet Song Salt Worry Doll Cape Ann Flying at Night
Snow Goose and Me Tu y Yo Lucky Love O Me of Little Faith The End to the Dawn Silver in Your Palm Mr. Swan Send Me Your Next Nightmare Wild Love Storm Blown Bird In Your Name Tooraloo
Lovesongs for Underdogs Pretty deep
Do i look like a liar Do i look like a liar to you Fighting crime in this time brings a girl down Makes a body sink so low And i sink pretty deep, pretty deep, pretty deep I sink pretty deep, pretty deep, pretty deep I wish i carried a camera I'd have proof that you're never where you say I wish i could fly up in a helicopter I'd shine a blinding light on your escape Better to show you That i'll sink pretty deep, pretty deep, pretty deep I'll sink pretty deep, pretty deep, pretty deep Do i look like a crier Do i look like a cry baby to you Fighting fire in this town wears a man out Makes a body break so slow Remember when we all went out to fire island You thought you saw a body on the beach When we got closer it was just a tire And you were disappointed i could see So i pretended And now i'm in pretty deep, pretty deep, pretty deep I'm in pretty deep, pretty deep, pretty deep Everything i ever learned is wrong so long so what Pretty deep, pretty deep, pretty deep The bright light Stone cold in this warm bed again Wide awake and waiting for them I send my shadow running on ahead again I wait and wait and....... I'm waving in my beautiful friends over there on the end of the The bright light the bright light begins it The grass is high and the sky is low tonight I wanna be here i wanna be gone And this time i won't cry i won't I'm waving in my beautiful friends over there on the end of the The bright light the bright light begins it and i get sucked into it again Wild and high on the summer wind I'm in for a love so tough i could break my teeth if i bit down hard upon it And a voice so rich just the sound of it is forever nauseating And i get sucked into it again Wild and high on the summer wind Landspeed song I've sunk a lot into this venture i expect returns I've suffered all the slings and arrows i know where it hurts I'm unstable you seem able Organize me start with anything you want Wide awake and sleepwalking in don't you want me don't you We could break the landspeed record don't you want to don't you I've planted all these firecrackers around me like a shield You penetrate you immolate do you understand the deal I'm a living doll disaster Renovate me start with anything you want Don't know why he won't come home Don't know why he won't come home Don't know why he won't come home Don't know why he won't come home Don't you want to live forever I could hook you up We could break the landspeed record Don't you want to don't you Don't you baby don't you baby Want to shine and burn Don't you want to be remembered I do I do I do
Mysteries of the unexplained I heard a song I heard the saddest song on WSUK They play it every other hour of every other day 'Cause the greaser sent them t's and toys for regular airplay All your heroes are whores all your heroes 'Cause it's a tinkertoy world Wouldn't buy a chance to leave it 'Cause sometimes It rains fish from the sky and the statues all start to cry And someone writes another beautiful song And anyway i predict the next meteor to hit will be a monster And I for one am looking forward to it I saw a movie I saw the saddest film Where everyone got killed And the crowd went wild I didn't understand the end i couldn't spot the good guy All your heroes are whores All your heroes I had a dream a shining bright city perfect and clean I made a wish for a sky full of fish Lantern Come on what's-your-name I've got a good game I've got a story Hope you like 'em gory And it's much too late for bed Come on tiger why so tired I've got good game plus i'll let you win again And it's much too late for bed So shi-shine on me Shi-shine on me I crave your company And fall in the dark so be my lantern Never have i seen that face on one so young So shi-shine on me Shi-shine on me I crave your company And fall in the dark so by my lantern Be my lantern Acrobat You'd have to be an acrobat to touch her Where she can feel a thing You'd have to be a racecar diver To catch up with him You'd have to be an astronaut you'd have to be a shrink You'd have to be an acrobat 'Cause where they go Nobody knows She throws out her feet he holds them He stands on her hands she trips him You'd have to be an acrobat You'd have to a saint You'd have to be racecar diver 'Cause where they go where they go Nobody knows Breathe around you I live underwater and you live on the moon You can't breathe around me and i can't breathe around you We start and my heart's in traction I'm living i'm living i'm dying for you 4-3-2-1 breathe Your love is dark inside of me Everything in here is all wrong I don't know some unidentifiable stink And everything you say is satin-lined I don't know is that the way you animals think I am underwater howling at the moon You can't breathe around me and i can't breathe around you Your love is dark inside of me 4-3-2-1 breathe So get back in your ride and drive drive drive Bum Some lucky bum Took away my right to some Sweet honey love Look what's been done to me look what i've become In for the fight fo your life today I'm giving you a head start You better run bum Look what you've done what you've become One unlucky bum Coo coo coo coo quitter Coo coo coo coo quitter Run for cover or run to win What will end your suffering Clipped Winter is on us Winter is watching us Cutting and quiet Winter is all over me I got caught on the wing Now I spin I look down for my feet and i see I'm much higher than i thought i'd be Don't look down don't look down Words about winter Pull you inside the cold But the sun's never brighter than when it's shining off snow I got caught on the wing now i spin I look down for my feet and i see I'm much higher than i thought i'd be Don't look down don't look down I've believed in one magic word For so long now it must be true But the soldier's god isn't what i wanted And i think i could drown i this drink And i think you don't know what i think Goat girl See my child my past Hoping yours is a blast I park my heart in your driveway now i'm healing hell I wanted a lion but i ended up with a man who wanted a gazelle But i am a goat girl i am a goat girl i am a goat girl i am a goat girl And i do my brutish best See my child my past Hoping yours will last I park my heart in your driveway now i'm healing hell I wanted a liom but i ended up with a man who wanted a gazelle But I am a goat girl i am a goat girl i am goat girl i am a goat girl Thinking goatish thoughts Dreaming goatish dreams Digging up tin cans Chewing on your sleeve And i do my brutish best Manna Look inside this milky whiteness No power of the hand to dry I'm swimming in it i'm swimming out to you For reasons, my reasons So photograph it the milky way It spills into the hand and dries I am here now and i'm staying put For reasons, my reasons And so to bed to bed My soul to share An island of the brave my soul to save In hopes that god's awake my soul to take I'm swimming in it i'm swimming out to you For reasons to be home So photograph me in milky white dreams Spill into my head And when i hold you like to tomorrow you might die Well that's because you might But i am here now And i am staying put for reasons my heart knows Swoon Look at him looking Everybody see how he looks at me Like to set me on fire like to burn Like to set me on fire like to burn But i'll always get out i'm not afraid With these hips these lips these getaway sticks I've got it made There's always a greenn door and green gets you out Green is sliding and diving and proteins colliding It's your hipness your fitness your undying witness Leave the lock on the door I can find my own way home For tomorrow i'm sure tomorrow i'll find the green door Everyone out now it's just you and me And i warned you i warned you i warned you i warned you i warned you You look at me like to set me on fire like to burn But i'll always get out i'm not afraid I'll always get out i've got it made
Beautysleep Life Is But A Dream And a shadow fell Bringing sleep to all Life is but a dream Ours When you disappear You are everywhere Life is but a dream Ours In our beauty sleep In big sleep together Nothing ever ends Nothing lasts forever You'll come back again I am waiting then Life is but a dream It's ours Life is but a dream The Storm Look i can't watch you Sleep-walking through this Should we find another party I'm not shining tonight just radioactive You have carbonated my bloodstream When i stumble It will be under your spell, at your command And when i stumble It will be into your hand Too much passion we waste In just trying to get it right one time With our clothes on we're brave And mummified and out of sight When i stumble... Can it be Can it be the storm has passed I'm not finished yet, i'm under construction You can peek behind the curtain if you want You watch, don't stop My reputation's shot I just wanted to get it right Can it be Can it be the storm has passed The Night You Saved My Life In the beginning my love was fierce One heart stopped and another started I flashed my eyes, cracked wise and left them dry Now i sit with my babe at my breast I was never this good at my best Never higher The moon was paper white the night you saved my life When my spirit guide left me behind The wood was closing in, foggy was the night The night you saved my life When my spirit guide left me behind I spy with my third eye Something volatile and vital So say goodnight, sleep tight, don't let them bite Now i stand with the wind at my back Every day brings a new breed of jackass I was never good at monkey-in-the-middle Never a fighter The moon was paper white the night you saved my life When my spirit guide left me behind The wood was closing in, foggy was the night The night you saved my life When my spirit guide left me behind The moon was paper white the night you saved my life When my spirit guide left me behind Keeping You I'm keeping you i'm keeping you I'm keeping you so realize your fate I'm keeping you i'm keeping you I'm keeping you so settle down now You landed here from inner space You landed with that screwed-up look on your face I wanted you from way back when I wanted you for years, then years again I'm keeping you i'm keeping you I'm keeping you so settle in now My return to wildlife by satellite By beautiful moon-shining girl Whether by hard ground or splashdown We're safely back in the world My heart's not new I'm not like you I've loved and been loved well and badly too My body's been through everything I've used and been used I got over it There's something that you learn on a tightrope Just outside the spotlight there's a big net waiting for... My return to wildlife by satellite By beautiful moon-shining girl Whether by hard ground or splashdown We're safely back in the world I'm keeping you Moonbeam Monkey I'm an angel dark, darker than loam Come to steer your runaway home I'm a moonbeam monkey on spec Come to bring your strange kid back No one saw him gimpy going round the bend And no one but me knows the stuff it takes to mend him I will get him back on the right track I will bring your strange kid back He saw something there, something in the ice Sees it still when he closes his eyes He's not talking, just taking it alone I will bring his story home He's not talking, just taking it alone He's a good boy, your good son I'm an angel dark, darker than loam I will bring your strange kid home Wrap-Around Skirt This world is a wrap-around skirt This world is a wrap-around skirt And i'm gonna throw it off I'm gonna throw it off I'm rising up rising up Maybe i worry cause i know how things work I know how things can work out Maybe they don't Maybe that's how This world is a fickle young girl This world is a fickle young girl It's high time we married her off How about to gassy old jupiter Maybe i worry cause i know how things work I know how things can work out Maybe they don't Maybe that's how Someone draw me a map so i can get back To the edge of the world And make my place in negative space Among my kin That's the only way to begin Another Moment All your friends have changed Another moment too soon for you The angle shifts again Another moment too soon Now it's time to take a walk Now it's time to take the walk you've been side-slipping Time to move your sorry bones up off the floor Time to rise above your situation Time to make sure the current pauses at your door Time to seek your own level baby Amazing things have strayed within your reach Are you unfazed and unimpressed by all you could have had with ease Amazing things have strayed within your reach Another moment too soon for you Now it's time to take the walk you've been side-slipping Time to move your sorry bones... So what if you come undone on your way to the sun Your home-made kite melts down and out of sight You'll find that your arms are fine and strong and move you along And not a moment too soon Time to move your sorry bones...
Darkside From the dark side of the sun My supernatural one You fell into grace Move slowly if not carefully Then in silence sometimes Blighted and solo This is where i come in reeling Our future waits on the field of fair play I will meet you there someday You come on like a sunburn baby My runaway old flame I know you come in peace But i'm still afraid From the dark side of the sun My supernatural one You fell into my grace Suffer me if not gladly Then in silence sometimes Our future waits on the field of fair play I will meet you there someday You come on like a sunburn baby My runaway old flame I know you come in peace But i'm still afraid Blighted and solo This is where i come in So Much Song So much to lose Anyway so much to prove Step away from the wreck But leave a match for my last cigarette Someone's got to pay Someone's got to pay for this I know my name has not been easy on your lips And i know that smile is evidence of this And i know my picture will not be carried with you Now someone's got to stay and clean up this mess So much to leave Anyway so much for me Have you held your breath Through this tragic display of my last laugh Someone's got to pay for this I know my name... So much to do Anyway, i'm done with you The Wave My face has never been one to betray me It lies when i need it to It sends out a white blinding light in your eyes 'Till i figure out what i'm gonna do We meet in the kitchen and roll on the floor And i look in your face for something restoring And take from you barely enough for a lifetime of Holding out on you Holding out on you I see my storyline within you And i see the river rise to meet you 'Cause you started you started Harnessing the wave My face has never been one to betray me It lies when i need it to But lately it seems you been laughing at me So i guess you're the one i can't fool I see my storyline within you And i see the river rise to meet you And i see my angel kneel to kiss you Cause you started you started Harnessing the wave You started You started honey The Shadow Walk with me awhile I've got something to say to you or ask you I don't know It's been a long day If the dove falls in the sea Never bringing us a leaf Will you come into the shadow with me Will you follow me under If i wash up on the beach And i've lost all memory Will you come into the shadow with me Will you follow me under If i decide to bring it all down Will you stay and help me figure it out Will you come into the shadow with me Will you follow me under Walk awhile with me I've got something to say to you or ask you Will you come into the shadow with me Will you follow me under I know it stinks Spinning on my fingertips
Head for Math I wish I had a head for math So I could talk to you And hear the song behind the sign And maybe dance there too. Lose my license, lose my breath And lose my precious cool. And fall asleep in the spiral arms of the Milky way with you. Blessed be, your work through me Blessed be, you will be done Found an ancient photograph It looks a lot like you. Wild eyes, and crazy hair reaching out to god knows who I'll be your compass, I'll be your graph, Aand your Rosetta [i.e., Stone] too. I spy, with my third eye, your hippie-dippy ingenue. I can learn, that's all I can do, And fall asleep in the spiral arms of the Milky Way with you. Blessed be, your work through me Blessed be, you will be done Blessed be, your work through me Blessed be, you will be done
*** Thanx a lot to S.H. & Steve for this one ***
Whiskey tango ghosts
*** Thanx a lot to Sylvy for these lyrics ***
Divine sweet divide
I have lost something On the way And i can't explain What you wouldn't Want to hear then anyway Our divine Sweet divide So let's just gaze In the space Between your face and mine Our divine Sweet divide Divine sweet divide Fingers touching toes tipped on the wire Across our great divide Are we shadows on the wall And that's all And should we be as one I'm sorry I'm sorry baby That's not how it works But don't worry You worry too much I love I love you Divine sweet divide Fingers touching toes tipped on the wire Across our great divide Divine sweet divide Divine sweet divide Divine sweet divide Only dreams do us part Only dreams Only dreams do us part Only dreams
Every devil
What it comes down to What could ever take your place What it comes down to Honey what could take your place Not a song Not a thousand strong You will not be turned away Will it come soon The voice in the corner of the room The hissing head by the bed I spit back but it just laughs And then attacks And I reach for you Every devil in this house Wants to have it out But i can reach for you Not in song but with real arms warm And not be turned away I can turn and turn i can turn And still be facing the wrong way And you grab me by the belt And spin me you spin me And we're dancing again Dancing again Every devil in this house Wants to have it out But i can reach for you Every devil in this house Tries to call me out But i can reach for you I can reach for you I can reach for you I can reach for you I can reach for you I can reach for you I can reach for you And not be turned away Whiskey tango
You accuse me of fancy talk When i'm just trying to find my words You've got a funny way of saying my name Like i just ripped it off These whiskey tango ghosts Won't leave us alone But you are too polite to complain Of the art of speaking plain I haven't gathered a thing While I know we're dug in deep here Why can't we live high with the wind You're just a freckle away from changing everything I'll make this easy By calling on my gypsy pedigree These whiskey tango ghosts Won't leave us alone Of the art of speaking plain I haven't gathered a thing While i know we're dug in deep here Why can't we live high with the wind Can't we live Of the art of making waves I had my lesson in spades And these ghosts they make it plain They're never going away And my ghost she makes it plain I haven't gathered a thing Though I know we're dug in deep here Why can't we live high with the wind Can't we live Just in case you quit me
There i said it i've done you wrong The miles i ran away to call you on the phone And whisper uglinesses sweetly down the line I believed your heart was mine I'm unspeakably full of it I keep my heart on hinges just in case you quit me When we were diving gold and pearling in the waves I pretended I was brave But weren't we were we magic and dizzy And weren't we were we deadly and blue And weren't we riding high crossing a thousand fine lines When I was young and ballsy and true, to you Is it hot out there Is it hard to breathe And do you need me I can do this thing I can make it rain I will make sure it finds you There I said it I've done you wrong You say i'm here and i say what took you so long When we were finally free I stumbled in your room Telling stories telling stories But weren't we were magic and dizzy And weren't we were we blinding and blue And weren't we riding high spinning a thousand fine lies When I was young and ballsy and true to you When i was young and ballsy and true to you Butterfly thing
What's that thing About a butterfly wing causing a typhoon If it's true a wire runs through each thing we do Then I better stay in my room Better stay in my room Better stay in my room A dressing man will choose the white By this he saves a life I don't see her there 'till he comes up behind the sun shines on white I see the light i hit the brakes the dead girl walks away And I better stay in my room Better stay in my room Better stay in my room Better stay in my room Better stay in my room Better stay in my Better stay in my room You go for a ride a girl won't come home Or maybe that's not the way it goes Maybe she's fine Maybe you see a light in time People are born blaze and collide We go outside My hand pushes air I don't care I don't think About the butterfly thing Honey come outside And don't think about The butterfly thing My life as a ghost
This perfect day We make our way to the end of it With perfect grace I lay my head in your lap and walk away These days are sweet and strange We're happy in our star-scattered way Always In this my life In this my life as a ghost In this my life My happy life as a ghost I've been lifting out the stains from the stones Planting flowers where you'll never find my bones Seven sisters seven stars shooting home Shouts and whispers of a better fight in better times A day for the sweet and strange Or happy in some star-shattered way Our way In this my life In this my life as a ghost In this my life My happy life as a ghost This perfect day I lay my shield at your feet and beg to stay The center
You're in the room I can feel you I don't want to then I do I hear the voices of the graces in here Swimming around Up in the corners of our room You hold the center and I sing forever And you won't hear the same song twice We're shorter of breath maybe longer in tooth lately You are the love of my life I'm on your side Believe it or not Just don't sneak up on me And we'll do just fine hold out your arm And i will fly you To bring your leather And i will sink my pins in You hold the center and i sing forever And you won't hear the same song twice We're shorter of breath maybe longer in tooth lately You are the love of my life You are the mountain i'm the low-flying bi-plane We come together in the most calamitous ways You're the tsunami i am the fisher in the bay We come together In the most glamorous ways You hold the center I ride the satellite We come together You are the love of my life Golden mean
I'm not afraid Of a voice I hear Calling me strong Calling me on I hold these pretty dreams of mine Struggling between my teeth Like a cat I let you go free Only to drag you back home with me I know I might go crazy from love And probably I won't snap out of it But for now I hold myself back Just out of reach like a cat And suddenly I feel the sun on me Born to strange sight Still i make it through the night And suddenly I'm in a sea of honey pouring down on me And I won't be the freak When I come clean In the golden mean In the golden mean Deep from my heart I know it I feel it i'm about To finally to start moving clearing cleaning the bad luck out But for now i hold myself back And suddenly I feel the sun on me Born to strange sight Still I make it through the night And suddenly I'm in a sea of honey pouring down on me Won't it be a scream When I come clean In the golden mean It starts here I hear the voice calling strong and clear Calling me forward and it starts here And i'm not afraid The promise
Hey, what i meant to say Let's get lost and find our way And chance might shine on us, today We fight we win we fight we lose we fight We get lost and call it a night Our mouths will tire before our devils do There's a promise hidden in my blood In the name of everything I love I will draw the crescent down And set it in your crown Remember what you said Better to run than play dead Here's our chance to prove it Let's just do it I have a dream and we are looking back and laughing And there's a promise hidden in my blood In the name of everything I love I will draw the crescent down And set it in your crown Story high
Wait Wait I'm on the edge of my chair And it's you who put me there You keep me there Wait, wait, wait I'm not complaining I haven't lost anything I can't recover I want to throw our story high But too many words to sky-write Of acrobats and liars Paper moons in mackerel skies Ten years fly stand at your window tonight I'm coming by I'm coming back for you And tonight Honey we ride Hey who let the psycho in He's messing up everything Doesn't anyone see him Wait wait wait I'm not complaining He can't take anything I can't recover I want to throw our story high But too many words to sky-write Of acrobats and liars paper moons in mackerel skies Ten years fly Stand at your window tonight I'm coming by I'm coming back for you And tonight It's alright when we ride When we ride When we ride It's alright when we ride When we ride It's alright I'm coming back for you And tonight Honey we ride Tonight Honey we ride Fallout
Honey won't you let yourself speak free Honey won't you let yourself speak freely 'Cause you're scaring me now You're scaring me Everything is pouring out of me now I spread my hands to catch it but there's too much and there it goes And we thought we'd fool them all We thought we'd fool them all And ha ha ha But there's too much and there it goes And I can't stop the fallout After all Honey I want you I still want you I always do I always will Is that enough 'Cause here we go And I can't stop the fallout And I can't stop the fallout After all
Dona Nobis Pacem
Dona Nobis Pacem Pacem Dona Nobis Pacem Dona Nobis Pacem Dona Nobis Pacem
*** Thanx a lot to Stan for this one ***
This Hungry Life
*** Thanx a lot to Redlight for these lyrics ***
New England It's June and I'm still wearing my boots Come soon, back to New England With its outspread arms And lost charms I do understand New England. Brutal old witch You near had us this year Trapped us inside past the point Of all human behaviour We got out with our lives And also this A secret to take to the grave And a houseful of mad bliss It's June and I'm still wearing my boots Come soon, back to New England With its outspread arms And lost charms I do understand New England. She's the law, She's around by above me She's like a bug in me She can read my mind That's the last time I lie She's like a bug in me Beautiful witch Going to seed Mother to us who just want to be Left alone in peace It's June and I'm still wearing my boots Come soon, back to New England With its outspread arms And lost charms Outspread arms and lost charms Outspread arms and lost charms Outspread arms and lost charms
World on fire How am I still in the dark when the world is on fire Lit by the passing of sparks I crouch low in my shadow When the world is on fire How am I still in the dark A puppet, a toy I am safe in my shadow Backlit by the passing of sparks I wake up from a media blackout Feed my child and we head outside Here be monsters -- How do I tell her about them You know for now I'll just let that one slide I want in on Lucinda's sweet old world If it's there I swear to god there are days that Song's what gets me out of bed The world is on fire So how am I still in the dark I see you there too You're low in your shadow But lit by the passing of sparks I wake up from a deep winter blackout And I see all the summer creeps crawling out I swear to god there are days That thought's what sends me back to bed The world I son fire So how am I still in the dark Out of this madness is something unravelling How am I so in the dark Why am I so in the dark How am I so in the dark When the world is on fire This is not the last time That I'm coming round again I'm still so pissed at you all This is not the last time That I'm coming round again I'm still so in love with you all
Kundalini slide You think it might Turn out all right After the fighting You're sweeter than me You think that people Aren't truly evil That peace will come You're sweeter than me Help me out Help me out Help me out Help me out I've come unveiled Without the veil my resources fail I suck onto you and leech your sweetness This pilot fish will grant one wish As long as it's unrealistic Help me out Help me out Help me out Help me out I've come unveiled Kundalini slide up my spine And blow my mind Let me see this dying rock shine Will this happen in my lifetime Will I see it shine And the doors of the church blow wide And there's nothing but fear inside And the doors of the temple blow wide And there's nothing but fear inside And the doors of the mosque Blow wide And there's nothing but fear inside And it's not going to be all right
This hungry life Night falls and the light fades And still you won't take off your sunglasses I know what you're thinking You think the kids don't care And you're defeated And the rain comes And the rain goes again And you see this as some symbol of your pain This hungry life won't let you out whole But you can change a thing or two Before you go This hungry life Might not leave you with much But you can change your story And throw a hand up from the mud Night falls and the rain comes And the rain goes And the moon is a stain when you've lost something And you wait and you wait And you wait For the end or the girl or the song Or the boy or the faith Or the leader who won't bring you shame And you wait and you wait And you wait This hungry life won't let you out whole But you can change a thing or two Before you go This hungry life Might not leave you with much But you can change your story And throw a hand up from the mud This hungry life won't let you out whole But you can change a thing or two Before you go This hungry life Might not leave you with much Kick up some dust Earn someone's trust Leave a few words behind you If you must Pick a good fight And keep someone up all night Change the story, change the story And throw a hand up from the mud
Littlewing The first time lightning hit me Was the night I met your daddy It flew down the dance tent pol Threw me to the red dirt floor And as I reached to him For the very first time Tiny fire flew from his hand to mine Fixed me to the spot Feu de grace I want to tell you everything I want to spare you everything Littlewing The second time it hit me I was holding you In the dead of night In the dead of night it lit your eyes It lit your eyes and stopped your cries It stopped your cries and Flowed through the bed It flowed through the bed and Fixed you to my breast Fixed you to the spot Feu de grace So I gave you a name that sounds Like far away In hopes that you'll run From this place someday As soon as your feet Can carry your weight Run from your people Littlewing fly We pull the fire from the sky I want to tell you everything I want to spare you everything Littlewing I'd give up everyone I'd give up every one of my days To spare you one moment's pain
To the lighthouse Leave a light on, lightkeeper Leave a light on, lightkeeper 'Cause I think I'm coming in again Yeah I think I'm coming in again And I need your light to find mine So leave a light on I caught the falling star But lost the hand I pulled the princess and Held back the hordes That clamored for her Didn't think i'd have to die for the girl Leave a light on, lightkeeper Leave a light on Seven sisters seven stars Shooting home Shouts and whispers of a better fight In better times And I am touched by the kindness Of a good lie And I think I'm coming in again Yeah I think I'm coming in again And I am touched by I am touched I am touched by the kindness Of a good lie
Invisible one Oh she's right in front of you And a light year away Her hair could be on fire And you'd just ask her How her day went She's an invisible one You say, well some of us are She may be an invisible one But she didn't get there alone Oh it might take a little while To recognize the view Now that you're looking Through her eyes That toxic clown in the corner Must be you She's an invisible one You say, well some of us are She may be an invisible one But she didn't get there alone Somebody helped her disappear There's a flash at your side You could swear it's a howling Careening bloodthirsty Keening carrion feeding And carelessly breeding Hip-checking planets and Flying off-course Screaming my name in the dark Till it's hoarse She-devil from hell Somebody helped her disappear
Days of grace This is easy this sweet cacophony It's like shooting fish in a cyclone I'm on top of this, over my head again It's like taking candy from a psycho Oh where are my enemies Have they abandoned me Where's my evil twin Once my only friend I'm shooting fish again Still eating that candy and Keeping my name in the game Everyday I make myself pretend That a day's just one in this life never-ending Everyday I pray to my selfish ends My healthy friends my crazy baby Everyday I wake in my milky way In these late days of grace Look out above me I seem to be growing Better raise at the roof beams Soon enough we are stardust And soon we are going home To the place where we dream Till then be here with me You who are dear to me Be my evil twin, you my only friend I'm shooting fish again Raising the roof beams and Keeping my name in the game Everyday I make myself pretend That a day's just one in this life never-ending Everyday I pray to my selfish ends My healthy friends my crazy baby Everyday I wake in my milky way In these late days of grace
Long Long Long ( The beatles Cover ) It's been a long long long time How could I ever have lost you When I loved you It took a long long long time Now I'm so happy I found you How I love you So many tears I was searching, So many tears I was wasting, oh oh Now I can see you, be you How can I ever misplace you How I want you How I love you Your know that I need you Oh I love you So many tears I was searching, So many tears I was wasting, oh oh Now I can see you, be you How can I ever misplace you How I want you How I love you Your know that I need you Oh I love you
River girls I caught you down by the river again Down where the river girls lie It's two quiet tearless years it's been And you still can't say goodbye You'd have done better to call a friend You'd have done better to cry This river's gonna run Till the sun in the sky Burns hot enough To boil it dry You keep on following What's running away Then you might as well yourself Just lie down with them Some river girls make their way To the sea Some settle into the bed I caught you down Trying to figure it out When you could have been Calling me instead Come home Leave it alone Lift your pretty face to sun This river's gonna run Till the sun in the sky Burns hot enough To boil it dry You keep on following What's running away Then you might as well yourself Just lie down with them Two quiet tearless years Too quiet
Swan Song Series
Mass Ave Aren't you tired of trying to figure out where you fit in Just let it come and when it does Try not to run for the door Hey I felt the ground open up tonight And I stood up too fast and everybody noticed You were the only one in the room who smiled You copy you paste you lose And I wish that window in the front The one that faces Mass Ave I wished it'd opened on its own And we could have flown out on the wind of that moment And leaving all the puzzle behind us And aren't you tired of puzzles Aren't you ready for a window to open And aren't you tired Just let it come and when it does Try not to run for the door Hey I felt myself open up tonight And I laughed way too loud and everybody noticed You were the only one in the room who saw And I wish that window in the front The one that faces Massachussetts Avenue I wished it'd opened on its own And we could have flown out on the wind of that moment And leaving all the trouble And aren't you ready for a window to open Just let it come and when it does try not to run Just let it come and when it does try not to run Christopher Street Four AM New York time It was raining of course that night You threw your guitar In the back of a car And I just let you go 'Cause sometimes what's right isn't fair And what's fair is just for show But the light, the light, the light Shone lilac through the window And you were all aglow I should have let you know You copy you paste you lose Five AM dark Brought the thought A baby born in the year you died Would be about in high school now And maybe digging up your pretty songs I hear her teen feet As they beat along Christopher Street And the light, the light, the light Shone lilac through the window And you were all aglow The light, the light, the light Flew out of your fingers And set us all aglow And what if I had only kissed you If I'd just leaned into your shoulder Or maybe slashed your tires Or knocked you out somehow What might be different now The light, the light, the light Shone lilac through the window And you were all aglow The light, the light, the light Shone lilac through the window And you were all aglow Should have let you know Should have let you know Let Fall the Sky Let fall the sky Let fall the stars Those noisy lights As long's you're mine Let fall the sky And let fall the night With everything the dark will bring As long's you're mine Let fall the night Here at the edge of the world Watching the firmament fall Wasting our time on the pros and cons When you know we are just broken dolls, so You copy you paste you lose Let's pick up our pieces And bring down the night And as long as you're mine Let fall the sky Blame The Muse Let's throw these flowers in the river And watch them eddy down and away And let's send this argument with them And reset this whole day You want to hear everything I have to say But not in the words that I choose You rewrite my lines, miss everytime And then blame the muse Let's not rage so bitterly into the night Then when the sun comes We cower like dogs in the light Just blow the candle out and get back in this bed It's not the end yet Your voice is the voice of the saints It changes us all who can hear And everyone caught in your net is happy to be here You copy you paste you lose So why do you want to piss off the angels Who faithfully hand you your cues You fumble your lines, miss everytime And then blame the muse Let's not complain about the long black night Then when the sun comes we We cower like dogs in the light Just shoot the candle out and get back in this bed It's not the end yet When you're here, we're up all night And then when you're gone I can't sleep Either way it's always almost day And I'm burned down deep Let's not rage so bitterly into the night Then when the sun comes We shield our eyes from the light Just blow that candle out and get back in this bed It's not the end Exhausting man It's not the end Meteor Shower It was such a good night Everybody agrees Drive our handsome cars Through the humid dark To the airstrip then the beach We meet up along the shore The low tide tastes so sour And the rocks around the campfire Are waiting for the hour Of the meteor shower You copy you paste you lose Are we looking up yet Somebody says We came to see the stars fall But the moon's still too bright yet We don't want to miss the hour Of the meteor shower We sprawl out on the sand There's time before its light And it seems like you could reach up And pluck the eyes right at of the night We are young and we're strong And we're shut down by the thought That this might not be enough Bury a thought Soon it's back and with a friend Like the desperados and bon vivants At every century's end You have a good idea Of all that you are owed But the items on your list Eventually explode In the meteor shower You sprawl out on the sand A stone's throw from the waves And it seems like you could reach up And catch the fireball in your hand We are young and we're strong And you're shut down by the thought That this might not be enough Are we looking up Are we looking up yet Are we looking up Are we looking up yet Are we looking up Are we looking up yet Behold the Geminids Like a squad of teenage kids In a stream of flaming robble Streaking past the hubble To the other edge In the final hour Of the meteor shower Still My God this night is still Day burned so hot, now the chill Sleep in the desert Comes so hard Night's when we break and Make those hearts Beat among the stars God this night is so still We feel the wild release of it Feel in the sand we catch the drift Night's when we break and make these hearts Beat among the stars You copy you paste you lose And the rain came so fast We barely made it in And your breath on my shoulder Was all the warmth I had And the rain came so fast And deep in the heartland My God this night is so still We burned so hot now we chill Sleep in the desert comes so hard Night's when we wake and Make these hearts beat among the stars And the rain came so fast We barely made it in And your breath on my shoulder Was all the warmth I had And the rain came so fast And deep in the heartland Deep in the heartland Deep in the heartland Mary Magdalene in The Great Sky Moths burn on the porch light tonight and every night We hear them fall like coffin balls Meanwhile there's a ripe berry moon above They go for the nearer, easy glow And isn't that something like you and me Isn't that something like you and me St Mary let your long red hair fall down to us all We'd love to hear you laugh again, climb up St Mary let your long red hair fall down to us all We'd love to hear you sing again, climb, climb up Climb, climb up, climb up In the great sky There are no lower lights There are no lesser lights There are no little lights You copy you paste you lose If you can make it past your own guards tonight Close your eyes be still fall in just trust me on this 'Cause isn't that something like what you want Isn't that something like what you want St Mary let your long red hair fall down to us all We'd love to hear you sing again, climb, climb up Climb, climb up, climb up In the great sky there are There are no lower lights There are no lesser lights There are no little lights In the great sky there are There are no lower lights There are no lesser lights There are no little lights There are no, there are no There are no, there are no In the great sky There are no, there are no There are no, there are no There are no, there are no, no In the great sky Moths burn on the porch light tonight and every night Isn't that something Why so sad Last chance to get yourself set up Last chance to settle for me Come out and meet your old dream girl With her pint of Tanqueray And drink up to the romance Of the cactus and the mannaray You copy you paste you lose Last chance for an acre and a third And an orchard of words Come see a show-offy sundown At the end of the world And we could ride off into it But you won't take the bit And you could be a rose, you smell so fine And yours are the biggest thorns along the vine Last chance for a table dance myself And the snake on the shelf Hear a song from a teller of fish tales Obsessed with herself One last chance to make one last mistake So if you take the reins I'll take the speed And if you take the plunge this time I'll take the heat Why so sad This was all right there, in my love letters In red ink right there, in my love letters In red ink right there, in my love letters Making Light Here come the cavalry try again Trying to find a way in Pick them off like ticks And flick them away Was a time they would have slain me Now they look like babies My little milk fed breath dears Milk fed breath dears Let them blow out the candle You and I will just keep making light Let them blow it You and I will just keep getting it right My spaceman We trip and fall and somehow land upright Blow out the candle You and I will just keep making light You copy you paste you lose There goes that phone ringing again Someone wants a quote about a famous friend I haven't seen in years I decide to let it ring Pass it in the hallway Give that thing the finger and ?? Let them blow out the candle You and I will just keep making light Let them blow it You and I will just keep getting it right My spaceman We trip and fall and somehow land upright Blow out the candle You and I will just keep making light Let the stars fall you You and I will just go underground Let the earth stall You and I will just keep spinning around My spaceman We trip and fall and somehow land upright Blow out the candle You and I will just keep making light Let the stars fall You and I will just keep making light Let the earth stall You and I will just keep making light Miranda (Pacifically) We wiped out at the start We washed upon different beaches Seasick after the storm I know no bottle can reach you No message will right these wrongs Put a shell to your ear All you'll hear is the roar Of the thousands of lovers who came before And of oceans that don't give a damn about us You're the piece that won't weave in straight Burr in my hair, rock in my shoe Year after year after year I think about you Wave upon wave upon wave at your door Put a shell to your ear All you'll hear is the roar Of the thousands of lovers who came before And of oceans that don't give a damn about us You copy you paste you lose I feel your rage You thought I was faking it Nothing I say will repair But know I'm as true to you as I am able Know you still trouble me, burr in my hair Put a shell to your ear All you'll hear is the roar Of the thousands of lovers who came before And of oceans that don't give a damn Oceans that don't give a damn about us Written/Unread Everything that goes on in the pages of our book Between the covers brown paper wrapped Hidden in the stacks among the mouthlies Old news and rags and paperbacks That's the way we like it Dusty and away When everyone is gone We brush ouselves off and play Well written and happily unread Your plain spoken love My obsessions Your thing for jazz My thing for ghosts Your challenging musical library My challenging sense of harmony The way you stand, the way you hold your head The way I hold your hand, any chance I get You copy you paste you lose This stuff used to scare me Our unpredicted flights Nut now I'm into it Because when everyone is gone We brush ourselves off and dance I dust off your spine, you dust off mine Written,unread I dust off yours, you dust off mine Well written and happily VivaKaraoke Oh don't hang your head so low We had a good long run Sulking by the stereo Just put a record on Play something heavy Something to move me I wanna feel I wanna feel Play something pretty Something to scare me I wanna feel I wanna feel Something tonight Drag me to the microphone Force me to sing one more Hold on to that black cat bone Make sure you turned it on You copy you paste you lose Leaves fall around us now It's time to put this thing to bed Wrap me in filament See you when it's bloom time again Hey! Play something heavy Something to move me Play something pretty Something to scare me I wanna feel I wanna feel I wanna feel I wanna feel Far away and hard to see There was a sound like low struck bells And the voice of someone looking for someone else In the dark, I think of a woman I loved or tried to once Our wishes were growing out of reach Blurring the life around us magically painful Our wishes were not the same But somehow they met in the dark You can keep going down to the devil Or you can stop here and live with me Faraway and hard to see We were like little pieces of glitter Sad because we knew glitter won't last As long as you read people do Her big glowing eyes golden With wishes like mine, your weight feels good She sighs faraway and hard to see You copy you paste you lose You can keep going down to the devil Or you can stop here and live with me Where the music plays And the singer sings And the lovers kiss on the street Faraway and hard to see Hidalgo street I dig my hands in the sands of Isla Pul out a song buried long buried long It's a song about women and daughters Throwing out their nets in the sky blue water They swam away in the bay of Mujeres Poured out their grief to the reef, to the reef No one to hear but the salt and fishes Those pretty ones they won't grant you any wishes Maria Sophia mother may I Go down to the sea Maria Sophia mother may I Go down to Hidalgo Street There are everywhere, everywhere Songs there everywhere, everywhere In the sun, in the sand, in the sea I dig my hands in the sand of Isla Pull out a song about a daughter of the sun And a man who tried to catch her in the water He lost his grip and then his mind and then his soul I burn my soles on the coal-hot coral Once covered by the wareless bay Bone white, white light, light riptide Pull me away and away and away You copy you paste you lose Maria Sophia mother may I Go down to the sea Maria Sophia mother may I Go down to Hidalgo Street There are everywhere, everywhere Songs there everywhere, everywhere In the sun, in the sand, in the sea The rays, the rays of the sun The rays, the rays of the sun There are everywhere, everywhere Songs are buried everywhere, everywhere In the sun, in the sand, in the sea In the sun, in the sand, in the sea In the sun, in the sand, in the sea Cygnet Song Time for one more, the Coda Adagio Sing a little swan song there's just the time for one more Lights have gone out the signal to move along Sing a little swan song and then we'll get along home One last drink for the band I slip out the side to avoid the goodbye Good night, good life You were always my favorite You were always my favorite You were always my favorite way to say good night Save your sadness for something that might be fixed Sing a little swan song and then we'll get along home Nights are brighter with someone to hold you up Sing a little swan song there's just the time for one more One last drink for the band I slip out the side to avoid the goodbye Good night, good life You copy you paste you lose You were always my favorite You were always my favorite way to say You were always my favorite You were always my favorite way to say good night Good night, good night Salt Come out with me In the salt of the blinding rain Let it leave its trace in the pepper Grays of your sweet holy face While up above the storm The heavens proceed And as above so below In nothing more or less than love Let me bring you in From the salt of the blinding rain Are you in or out or gone or come or gone again Don't you think I want to feel the same rain Don't you think I wanna run too But I stay, feet in clay in the salt of the earth You copy you paste you lose Tell me again we are safe from rain Tell me again we are safe from harm Tell me again we can lift the fingerprints of man From the blueprints of God That we're the salt in the brine The tannin in the wine The bitter fruit tthat kills the bug And maybe it looks to some Like we're fading away But faded has always been my favorite color anyway So come on you dumb runaway It's better to fade away than die young And you're this girl's most needed thing So let me bring you in Tell me again we are safe from rain Tell me again we are safe from harm Tell me again we can wipe the fingerprints of man Off the blueprints of God That we're the bark in the dark that keeps the creeps away That we're the bitter fruit tthat kills the bug That we're the salt in the brine, the tannin in the wine We're the last ones up We're the last ones up We're the last ones up We're the last ones up We're the last ones up Worry Doll Time doesn't fly it trickles by down by your feet Where you can't see it go But you can feel the tickle as it flows My worry doll You mark your days in made up ways Just throw the calendar away And let the sun spin you round the poles You copy you paste you lose See it's alright, it's okay You've got strong blood in your veins Worry doll, worry not You've got strong blood in your veins If I sing the right things Maybe you'll stay forever this way These things I pray It's not the end, the end of days This giant bed we've made in it We lie, lie, lie lie One raindrop putting out a brushfire You throw yourself into the heat This ends predictably and you turn back to me See it's alright, it's okay You've got strong blood in your veins Worry doll, worry not You've got strong blood in your veins If I sing the right things Maybe you'll stay forever this way We got lost And I'm so happy when we get lost When we get lost I'm so happy when we get lost I'm so happy when we get lost Cape Ann When the road was wide We walked side by side Where it narrowed one fell behind It was okay in those days We were headed the same way Didn't care who'd get there first You copy you paste you lose So your bird can sing It's a beautiful thing And you taught her all the songs we knew But your bird, your bird, makes up all her own words Which is just what I loved about you Coming off of Cape Ann Head to toe salt and sand And the stain of the yellowing foan The Atlantic, she loves you, you're the one who got away And she wants you back home When the road is wide We walk side by side Where it narrows one falls behind It's okay, it's okay, we're all heading the same way I don't care who gets there first Coming off of Cape Ann Head to toe salt and sand And the stain of the yellowing foan The Atlantic, she loves you, you're the one who got away And she wants you back home The Atlantic, she loves you And she wants you back home The Atlantic, she loves you And she wants you back home The Atlantic, she loves you You're the one who got away And she wants you back home She wants you back She loves you You're the one who got away The Atlantic, she loves you You're the one who got away She loves you Flying out night Wake up, look out your window We're so high above it now Don't you love flying at night Marveling down at the lights of the grid Fills me with wonder, awe and despair It's so easy to love everyone from up here Skyscrapers contrails white noise dark spaces Between places it's so easy to love from up here You copy you paste you lose Who's gonna know, gonna know, gonna know How it was, how it was, how it was Who's gonna know, gonna know, gonna know How we were, how we were, how we were Down on the ground we fall over Each other sidewalks like tightropes Build temples and tantrums But we don't touch, don't touch But blue screen once upon a dream It's so easy to love, easy to love from up here Who's gonna know, gonna know, gonna know How it was, how it was, how it was Who's gonna know, gonna know, gonna know How we were, how we were, how we were And when we came it was easy So high we were, so high we were And when we laughed it was easy So high we were, so high we were Who's gonna know, gonna know, gonna know How it was, how it was, how it was Who's gonna know, gonna know, gonna know How we were, how we were, how we were Wake up, look out your window We're so high above it now Snow Goose and Me I sneak in I sneak in and nobody sees me 'Round the back where nobody knows me You copy you paste you lose Just snow goose and me Looking to break free And our brand of magic means Always slipping out on stolen dreams Always slipping out on stolen dreams Always Just snow goose and I Looking to go high I see you around a lot I try to catch your eye But no ones have home eyes grass as mine Your lights are out But I swear i'll put you back from the edge this time Just snow goose and me Looking to break free And our brand of selfish means Always slipping out on stolen dreams Always slipping out on stolen dreams Always Just snow goose and I Looking to go high Sweet Jesus all I want Is something impossible Sweet Jesus all I want Is something to lift me up All I want Is to catch your hand in mine To catch your hand in mine Always slipping out on stolen dreams Always slipping out on stolen dreams Always slipping out on stolen dreams Always slipping out on stolen dreams Always Just snow goose and me Looking to break free Tu Y Yo Want me steady on Well here I am So far still standng Want a steady heart You'll have to settle for steady hands Yo y tu Tu y yo Tu y yo Tu y yo Tu y yo No one but the queens on board today Not rook or knight or pawn Knock the stars out of your eyes And nail you to the floor Yo y tu Tu y yo Tu y yo Tu y yo Tu y yo This is how we play Clear the field and fight like tigers This is how we play Tu y yo Tu y yo Tu y yo Tu y yo You copy you paste you lose Want a steady heart and starry eyes girlfriend You'll settle for my steady hands and tongue of fire My steady hands and tongue of fire Lucky love Hello In our garret tower Two blocks from the park Two blocks from the bowery I'm not tired of you You're not tired of me No one's gonna run No one's gonna break free We're all set It's a settled bet You and me You and me We don't live in a fantasy Of the mating of souls and eternity But aren't we lucky, aren't we lucky Don't you feel lucky, love You copy you paste you lose Twenty odd years in Starting to suspect This might be the end game High above St mark's Starting to expect This where we'll land again And I write the same song again About you, about me You and me we don't live in a fantasy Of the mating of souls and eternity But aren't we lucky, aren't we lucky Don't you feel lucky, love Hearts break, hands shake, not again Is all I think to say That old magic won't work in here We're too far gone, it's far too clear It's settled but we're all set No one's gonna run You and me we don't live in a fantasy We're still trying to wrap our heads around monogamy But aren't we lucky, aren't we lucky Don't you feel lucky, love Don't you feel lucky, love Don't you feel lucky, love Hearts break Hands shake Not again O Me of Little Faith We need to fly We're too far away to walk He said as he brushed off his wings I groan and stagger No flying I said I'm still afraid and I need to rest So gone, gone, gone, gone You copy you paste you lose I am sure I think I am sure I am not sure who you are Sure I remember think I know I don't remember who you are My long lost Christopher said Tawny my friend Consider the stars and their age I missed what he meant and I sang out The age of their light their light So long long gone gone I am sure I think I am sure I am not sure who you are Sure I remember think I know I don't remember who you are My long lost I want to use up this night Like a young man on the street Making noise and dancing drunk Just the rats and kids and thieves I am sure I think I am sure I am not sure who you are Sure I remember think I know I don't remember who you are Sure I remember I am sure, I don't know who you are My long lost My long lost, long lost The End of The Dawn Turn your heart away from me Too much to handle now Get back on that bicycle Ride yourself back into town You sold me out and down All of my life, my life And I just pretended I was along for the ride Now you grab my hands Cover your eyes with them You want me to feel what's behind And it's all just a daydream in there You sold me out and down All of my life, my life And I just pretented I was along for the ride I was along for it You copy you paste you lose Turn your heart away from me Turn it away from me, away from me And I thank you, I thank you, I do And I thank you, I thank you, I do For the freedom that comes after grieving And bike rides in sunlight that go on and on And the lies that bring revelation and my evolution And the end to the dawn The end to the dawn
Tooraloo We stumbled through the tangle Half laughing half appalled And recognized this for what it is A stumble and that’s all So tooraloo may the road rise and all Wind at your back and all that jazz And at the end of all your worries Only recognize the girl who loved you Was the one who kept her word And we sat at Missy’s table On the morning we gave up The winter sun sliding down your back won We could not have been more wrong We could not have been more wrong Now call all our friends to arms Raise the flag, sound the alarm I still like you too much to protest This final act of counterfeit So tooraloo may the bluebirds sing your song Wind at your back and all that crap And at the end of all your world Only recognize the girl who loved you Was the one who kept her word
Automatic (The Go-Go's cover) Quiet now Still of night Inside fire burning bright Right moment Laying down Oh still no sound It's all automatic No thought Automatic Golden hair Skin glisten Beating heart but don't listen Angles sharp Crash together Time and consciousness sever Mind in automatic Time stop Automatic Quiet now Still of night Inside fire burning bright (Quiet now) Right moment (Stil of night) Laying down Oh still no sound It's all automatic No thought Automatic
Dance Me To The End Of Love (Leonard Cohen cover) Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the end of love Let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon Show me slowly what I only know the limits of And dance me to the end of love Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the wedding now, dance me on and on Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long We're both of us beneath our love, we're both of us above Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the children who are asking to be born Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn Dance me to the end of love Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in Touch me with your naked hand, touch me with your glove Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the end of love Dance me to the end of love Days (Kirsty MacColl cover) Thank you for the days Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me I'm thinking of the days I won't forget a single day, believe me I bless the light I bless the light that lights on you, believe me And though you're gone You're with me every single day, believe me Days I'll remember all my life Days when you can't see wrong from right You took my life But then I knew that very soon you'd leave me But it's alright Now I'm not frightened of this world, believe me I wish today could be tomorrow The night is long It just brings sorrow, let it wait Thank you for the days Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me I'm thinking of the days I won't forget a single day, believe me Days I'll remember all my life Days when you can't see wrong from right You took my life But then I knew that very soon you'd leave me But it's alright Now I'm not frightened of this world, believe me Days Thank you for the days Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me I'm thinking of the days I won't forget a single day, believe me I bless the light I bless the light that shines on you, believe me And though you're gone You're with me every single day, believe me Days, days, days Ocean Rain (Echo & The Bunnymen cover) All at sea again And now my hurricanes Have brought down this ocean rain To bathe me again My ship's a sail Can you hear its tender frame Screaming from beneath the waves Screaming from beneath the waves All hands on deck at dawn Sailing to sadder shores Your port in my heavy storms Harbours the blackest thoughts I'm at sea again And now your hurricanes Have brought down this ocean rain To bathe me again My ship's a sail Can you hear its tender frame Screaming from beneath the waves Screaming from beneath the waves All hands on deck at dawn Sailing to sadder shores Your port in my heavy storms Harbours the blackest thoughts All hands on deck at dawn Sailing to sadder shores Your port in my heavy storms Harbours the blackest thoughts All at sea again And now my hurricanes Have brought down this ocean rain To bathe me again My ship's a sail Hear its tender frame Screaming from beneath the waves Screaming from beneath your waves Screaming from beneath the waves Screaming from beneath the waves All hands on deck at dawn Sailing to sadder shores Your port in my heavy storms Harbours the blackest thoughts Let Me Roll It (Paul McCartney & Wings cover) You gave me something, I understand You gave me loving in the palm of my hand I can't tell you how I feel My heart is like a wheel Let me roll it (roll it) Let me roll it to you (roll it to you) Let me roll it (roll it to you) Let me roll it to you I want to tell you and now's the time I want to tell you that you're going to be mine I can't tell you how I feel My heart is like a wheel Let me roll it Let me roll it to you (roll it to you) Let me roll it Let me roll it to you I can't tell you how I feel My heart is like a wheel Let me roll it Let me roll it to you (roll it to you) Let me roll it Let me roll it to you You gave me something, I understand You gave me loving in the palm of my hand I can't tell you how I feel My heart is like a wheel Let me roll it (let me roll it) Let me roll it to you Let me roll it Let me roll it to you Kid (The Pretenders cover) Kid, what changed your mood You got all sad, so I feel sad too I think I know Some things you never outgrow You think it's wrong I can tell you do How can I explain When you don't want me to Kid, my only kid You look so small, you've gone so quiet I know you know What I'm about, I won't deny it But you forget You don't understand You've turned your head You've dropped my hand All my sorrows All my blues All my sorrows Shut the light Go away Full of grace You cover your face Kid, precious kid Your eyes are blue, but you won't cry, I know Angry tears are too dear You won't let them go Different Drum (Linda Ronstadt cover) You and I travel to the beat of a different drum Oh can't you tell by the way I run Every time you make eyes at me You cry and moan and say it will work out But, honey child, I've got my doubts You can't see the forest for the trees Oh don't get me wrong It's not that I knock it It's just that I am not in the market For a boy who wants to love only me Yes and I ain't saying you ain't pretty All I'm saying is I'm not ready (I'm not ready) For any person, place or thing (place or thing) To try and pull the reins in on me So goodbye, I'll be leaving I see no sense in this crying and grieving We'll both live a lot longer If you live without me Oh don't get me wrong It's not that I knock it It's just that I am not in the market For a boy who wants to love only me Yeah and I ain't saying you ain't pretty All I'm saying is I'm not ready (I'm not ready) For any person, place or thing (place or thing) To try and pull the reins in on me So goodbye, I'll be leaving I see no sense in this crying and grieving We'll both live a lot longer If you live without me If you live without me Devil You Know (Split Enz cover) I long to see the other side of things Hung on the cliff, in search of something big I can't look down, I can only retreat Who knows one day I'll dive into the sea Here we all are sitting like fools Stuck by the rules of fate Is what we are what we've grown to believe Better the devil you know Live for the day we throw caution to the wind All we need is the courage to begin I might get hurt but never be scared again At once to feel the pleasure and the pain Into the city, into the city every day Into the city, piling through the factory gates It's not easy, it's not easy to escape All the decisions that you've already made I long to see the other side of things Hung on the cliff, in search of something big I can't look down, I can only retreat Who knows one day I'll dive into the sea Here we all are sitting like fools Stuck by the rules of fate Is what we are what we've grown to believe Better the devil you know You Will Be Loved Again (Mary Margaret O'Hara cover) How could he Take you in his arms And help you free Then leave you forgotten And is it enough to cry When you're so broken Her cold eyes Tell you you're not welcome She keeps lies But you'll take her back again And is it enough to die When you're so taken You will be loved again You will be loved again But will he sing and will he dance And will he forever Sometime you will feel a love so deep You'll find someone not lost in sleep And you will be loved again You will be loved You will be loved again
Non Albums Tracks After Your Party (Sleepwalk EP) One half of one bottle of last night's Chianti Some suffering oranges, yesterday's bread You said you might stop by after your party So I'm laying out all that I have When I moved to the city I thought I'd be busy Running from engagement to appointment to date But I'm not and I don't and it looks like I won't be Becoming the new flame in town Well you said you might drop by after your party And that's good enough for me now Jaded young women pass by the handful And by the handful they throw away chance Chances I'd die for, die for and live for And chance is what I live it all up to today One half of one bottle of last night's Chianti Some suffering old oranges, yesterday's bread You said you might drop by after your party And I'm afraid this all that I have Well you said you might drop by after your party And I'm afraid this all that I have
*** Thanx a lot to Sylvy for this one ***
As Tears Go By (The Rolling Stones cover / Sunday Series #1) It is the evening of the day I sit and watch the children play Smiling faces I can see But not for me I sit and watch as tears go by My riches can't buy everything I want to hear the children sing All I hear is the sound Of rain falling on the ground I sit and watch as tears go by It is the evening of the day I sit and watch the children play Doing things I used to do They think are new I sit and watch as tears go by It is the evening of the day I sit and watch the children play Smiling faces I can see But not for me I sit and watch as tears go by
Bless The Telephone (Labi Siffre cover / Sunday Series #2) It's nice to hear your voice again I've waited all day long Even wrote a song for you It's strange the way you make me feel With just a word or two I'd like to do the same for you It's nice to hear you say hello And "How are things with you, I love you" But very soon it's time to go An office job to do While I'm here writing songs for you Strange how a phone call can change your day Take you away Away from the feeling of being alone Bless the telephone It's nice the way you say my name Not very fast or slow, just soft and low The same as when you tell me how you feel I feel the same way, too I'm very much in love with you I'm very much in love with you
Bury my heart (Bright Light EP Part 1) Bury my heart separately It's something that don't belong to me Like Mary did Percy's Now do this for me Bury my heart separately He was a bleeder by '78 Letter to Carter Squared by the straight I was the lucky one I bloom late I bloom late He was a blackheart in '78 He was in danger and quarter and great I followed everywhere On my own On my own Bury my heart separately It's something that don't belong to me Like Mary did Percy's Now do this for me Bury my heart separately In the blizzard of '78 You could fall out of our window And skate all the way to the creamery It was bitter It was great Bury my heart separately It's something that don't belong to me Like Mary did Percy's Do this for me Bury my heart separately Bury my heart separately It's something that don't belong to me Like Mary did Percy's Will you do this for me? Bury my heart separately (yeah yeah) Bury my heart separately Bury my heart separately It's something that don't belong to me Bury my heart separately Bury my heart separately Bury my heart separately (yeah yeah) Bury my heart...
Dream A Little Dream Of Me (Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt cover / Feat. Will Dailey / Sunday Series #7) Stars shining bright above you Night breezes seem to whisper "I love you" Birds singing in a sycamore tree Dream a little dream of me Say nighty night and kiss me Just hold me tight and tell me you miss me While I'm alone and blue as can be Dream a little dream of me Stars fading but I linger on, dear Still craving your kiss I'm longing to linger till dawn, dear Just saying this Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you But in your dreams whatever they be Dream a little dream of me Stars fading but I linger on, dear Still craving your kiss I'm longing to linger till dawn, dear Just saying this Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you But in your dreams whatever they be Dream a little dream of me
Frozen Lake (Buffalo Tom cover / Feat. Bill Janovitz / Big Love Bends Time EP) I'm between the lines just one more time Read it in a book I almost looked In the frozen lake, she comes and takes Give up my whole world She's just a girl In my frozen mind I'm stuck in time I can't get past this thing for one more spring See, she fits to me so easily I, I'm borderline almost every time Give up my whole world She's a translucent girl In my frozen mind I'm lost in time I take one more breath, it's worse than death Turn on all the lights alive with fright See, she fits to me too easily I, I'm borderline almost every time Give up my whole world She's a complicated girl In my frozen mind I'm stuck in time Give up my whole world She's a complicated girl In the frozen lake She comes and takes She comes and takes In the frozen lake I'm stuck in time Stuck in time
Girl With The Black Tights (Dylan In The Movies feat. Tanya Donelly / Sweet Rebel Thee LP) Six o'clock If we keep going then we'll never stop She says she's bad luck Downtown There's a fire in the underground She's all gone now And all the boys are downtown waiting All the kids are singing your song Bright as stars Outlined against the dark You kept us from crashing Against the rocks So come on, come on She says she's sorry She's all out of sparks And all the boys are downtown waiting All the kids are singing your song All the nightlong And it's never too late for a comeback Baby, please, come back Baby, please, come back Put your black tights on And we'll head out to what's going on What's going on (what's going on) what's going on (what's going on) And all the boys are downtown waiting All the kids are singing your song All the nightlong And it's never too late for a comeback (you got the soul of the city in you, girl) Baby, please, come back (baby, please, come back ) Baby, please, come back (baby, please, come back ) Baby, please, come back
Here Comes Your Sun (Pixies cover / Sunday Series #4) Outside there's a box car waiting Outside the family stew Out by the fire breathing Outside we wait till face turns blue I know the nervous walking I know the dirty beard hangs Out by the box car waiting Take me away to nowhere plains There is a wait so long (so long, so long) You'll never wait so long Here comes your man Here comes your man Here comes your man Big shake on the box car moving Big shake to the land that's falling down Is a wind makes a palm stop blowing A big, big stone fall and break my crown There is a wait so long (so long, so long) You'll never wait so long Here comes your man Here comes your man Here comes your man Here comes your man There is a wait so long (so long, so long) You'll never wait so long Here comes your man Here comes your man Here comes your man Here comes your man Here comes your man Here comes your man Here comes your man Here comes your man Here comes your man Here comes your man Here comes your man Here comes your man Here comes your man
How can you sleep (Bright Light EP Part 1) Puzzles that divide you Divide me too Who do you love? What makes you weep? How long do you have? How can you sleep? How can you sleep? The puzzles that divide you Divide me too Who takes care of you? What do you really mean? Why did you do it? How can you sleep? How can you sleep? The puzzles that divide you Divide me too Why can't you shut up? Why can't you speak? Where will you go now? How can you sleep? How can you sleep?
Human (Sliding And Diving EP)
Some sun-faded beauty let you down And I'm supposed to feel bad about it now Do you think you look human to me? Do you think you look human to me? And on that ride you took your sister down And I'm supposed to feel some pity for you now Do you think you look human to me? Do you think you look human to me? I don't know what you expected You're barely Homo-erectus Why do you Why do you Why do you... Some sun-faded beauty let you down And I'm supposed to feel bad about it now Do you think you look human to me? Do you think you look human to me? Do you think you look human to me? I don't know what you expected You're barely Homo-erectus Tell me what you really want Tell me what you really want Tell me what you really want Why do you Why do you Why do you...
Influenza
Two days at the end The light in here is weak And so I weep Two hours at the end The talk in here is cheap And so I weep Did 'ya catch my American flu? The world is young and so are you So tap my American flu Funny old world Funny old world Kill the wine and kiss the girl And tonight, man, you rule the world Falling on back again And put an ending to this losers game No one will play with you Did you catch my American flu? The world is young and so are you So tap my American flu I'll steer you up and fly you to My funny old world Funny old world... (Voice over PA) Se me pego mi enfermedad americana (=i caught my american sickness) El mundo es joven como tu (=the world is young like you) Te voy a robar y te voy a volar (=I'm going to steal you and I'm going to fly you) A mi viejo comico mundo (=to my old, comic world (funny old world)) Tanya Donelly: Se me pego (=i caught) Mi enfermedad (=my sickness) Se me pego (= i caught) Mi enfermedad (=my sickness) Te voy a robar (=I'm going to steal you) Y te voy a volar (=and I'm going to fly you) A tu viejo comico mundo (=to your old, comic world) El mundo es loco por tu (=the world is crazy for you) Te voy a volar a mi viejo y comico mundo (=I'm going to fly you to my old, comic world) A mi comico mundo (=my comic world)
*** Thanx a lot to Vinh Le for this one ***
I Would Like To Call It Beauty (Corinne Bailey Rae / Swan Song EP vol.3) So young for death We walk in shoes too big But you play it like a poet Like you always did And I lay face upturned On the palm of God Pushed on by the fingertips of dreams They haunted me, consoling me You copy you paste you lose And I would like to call, call it beauty, Strained as love's become, it still amazes me And I would like to call it beauty, beauty, beauty, beauty You slept a sigh like the angels speak And we danced into tomorrow on bleeding feet And I had thought that I would die here But you pushed me on You pushed me on You pushed me on Oh and I would like to call, call it beauty Strained as love's become, it still amazes me And I would like to call it beauty, beauty, beauty, beauty You can keep it all locked up in your leaden chest Or you can lay mouth open on the water's edge But all your angels and your God will stitch and wash you Oh I would like to call, call it beauty Strained as love's become, it still amazes me And I would like to call it beauty, beauty, beauty, beauty
Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Bob Dylan cover / Sunday Series #5) Mama, take this badge off of me I can't use it anymore It's getting dark, too dark to see I feel I'm knocking on heaven's door Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door Mama, put my guns in the ground I can't shoot them anymore That long black cloud is coming down I feel I'm knocking on heaven's door Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door Knock, knock, knocking on heaven's door Mama, take this badge off of me I can't use it anymore It's getting dark, too dark to see I feel I'm knocking on heaven's door
Last Rain (Sleepwalk EP) Sometime today it will rain One of the last of the 1900s Should we go out and try to save it Or just let it go, like the days and decades This my stolen time My piece of the sky My storyline My mind How it flies I am so very proud to be here with you So glad to be here, it's kind of pathetic I lose my voice in this noisy love of ours I just let it go like the days I wasted This my stolen time My piece of the sky My storyline My mind How it flies Baby I'm not sentimental about a changing of rain You go on about the end of the world With your prophecy, psychics, well I'm sure that rain is just rain It just falls dumbly down ever I'm letting go of this now Sometime today it will rain (sometime it will rain and you won't remember your own name) Sometime today it will rain (sometime it will rain and you won't remember your own name) This my stolen time My piece of the sky My storyline My mind How it flies So this is where the story ends Talking to myself again When I let you off My heart went on Now it's gone
Life on sirius (Bright Light EP Part 2) Wet dreams and nightmares You'll get both in me I'm far away in a life on Sirius A life on Sirius And that's worth That's worth everything And that's worth That's worth everything East and west meet in me I am the sand between the land and sea I'm far away in a life on Sirius A life on Sirius And that's worth That's worth everything And that's worth That's worth everything And that's worth That's worth everything And that's worth That's worth everything That's worth everything That's worth everything
Midnight Flower (Bob Kendal / Swan Song EP vol.3) This old house was done in Long before I moved in So lets give credit To where it's due The things I've done have come from you You copy you paste you lose These old walls if they could talk Why they'd sing quite a song Glory hallelujah my eyes have seen The coming of the lord Ain't it funny what time can do To people like me and you We blossom like a midnight flower And wilt away in the daylight hours And these old stairs where we stand With each step now you'll take my hand One for forgiveness and the rest for the plan For you to accept me as I am Aint it funny what time can do To people like me and you We blossom like a midnight flower And will away the daylight hours Wilt away in the day light hours Morna (Pretty Deep EP Part 1) Chaperone me through this Peace come to my home I could suffer anything you offer Just leave him alone Power is the way to go higher Bring some danger to it Bring some danger to it Bring some danger to it Bring some danger to it Chaperone me through this (Chaperone me through this) Peace come to my home (Peace come to my home) I could suffer anything you offer (I could suffer anything you offer) Just leave him alone (Just leave him alone) Heyeah (Heyeah) Heyeah Bring some danger to it Bring some danger to it (Heyeah) Bring some danger to it (Heyeah) Bring some danger, some... A stone will fly A stone will fly A stone will fly A stone will fly (I know the story) A stone will fly (and I love the story) A stone will fly (I know the story) A stone will fly (and I love stories) A stone will fly (I know the story) A stone will fly (I know the story) A stone will fly (I know the story) A stone will fly (I know the story) A stone will fly (I know the story) A stone will fly (You know the story) A stone will fly (You know the story) A stone will fly (You know the story) A stone will fly (You know the story) A stone will fly (You know the story) A stone will fly (You know the story) A stone will fly (You know the story) A stone will fly Bring some glory...
Moon Over Boston
(The Bright Light single part 2, written by Greg Kendall) When I'm feeling like this I go down to the river And I stand where we stood When we stood there like that I said something, and you laughed You know I'll keep that forever There's a moon over Boston I had the blues but I lost 'em They just sort of drifted away The river forgives me Falling for your wrong suspecting face There's a chill in the weather You should have brought your sweater But it's not my place to say You showed me Tomorrow just might be a better day Lovers rush by Never knowing They're lost in a world of their own They can't see that you and me We should be where they are going Now the city is sleeping Bar keeps done keeping So I guess I'll remiss the rule I'll miss you But the river will recall You leaning on the wall And looking at the moon over Boston
Only You (Yazoo cover / Sunday Series #6) Looking from a window above It's like a story of love Can you hear me Came back only yesterday I'm moving farther away Want you near me All I needed was the love you gave All I needed for another day And all I ever knew Only you Sometimes when I think of her name When it's only a game And I need you Listen to the words that you say It's getting harder to stay When I see you All I needed was the love you gave All I needed for another day And all I ever knew Only you All I needed was the love you gave All I needed for another day And all I ever knew Only you This is going to take a long time And I wonder what's mine Can't take no more (can't take no more) Wonder if you'll understand It's just the touch of your hand Behind a closed door All I needed was the love you gave All I needed for another day And all I ever knew Only you
Restless (Sliding And Diving EP)
You stare out the wall Like it's a window And hold your side Like your insides might let go Are you restless, baby Are you restless, baby Are you restless, baby Baby, are you... You hold my hand like it's a razor And hold my eyes with yours In a gaze more like a vice Are you restless, baby Are you restless, baby Are you restless, baby Baby, are you... Baby, are you restless I saw a light there before you Baby, are you restless (it was bright and restless) Baby, are you dying Baby, are you dying to fly Still staring out that wall like it's a window A hand on your heart Like your tryina keep it quiet Are you restless, baby Are you restless, baby Are you restless, baby Baby, are you...
Shoplifters Of The World Unite (The Smiths cover / Tanya Donelly with Dylan In The Movies / Please, Please, Please: A Tribute To The Smiths LP) Learn to love me Assemble the ways Now, today, tomorrow and always My only weakness is a list of crimes My only weakness is, well, never mind, never mind Shoplifters of the world Unite and take over Shoplifters of the world Hand it over Hand it over Hand it over Learn to love me And assemble the ways Now, today, tomorrow and always My only weakness is a list of crimes But last night the plans of a future war Was all I saw on Channel Four Shoplifters of the world Unite and take over Shoplifters of the world Hand it over Hand it over Hand it over A heartless hand on my shoulder (A push and it's over) Alabaster crashes down (Six months is a long time) Tried living in the real world (Instead of a shell) But before I began (I was bored before I even began) Shoplifters of the world Unite and take over Shoplifters of the world Unite and take over Shoplifters of the world Unite and take over Hand it over Hand it over Hand it over
Spaghetti (Pretty Deep EP Part 1) Pull on my tail mister Pull on my tail mister If you pull on my tail, I'll drag you down to my hell Pull on my tail mister God knows I won't come to harm Without a man on my arm If you pull on my tail I'll drag you down to my hell Pull on my tail mister Lord knows I won't come to harm Without that man on my arm If you pull on my tail, I'll drag you down to my hell Pull on my tail mister He said, "Come to bed" I don't feel like it When my hair was red Went to bed Woke up dead And I won't be coming home tonight
Sweet Ghost Of Light (Robyn Hitchcock cover / Feat. Gail Greenwood / Big Love Bends Time EP) Sweet ghost of light When you appear You fall around me everywhere I see your face As you pass by As fragile as a dragonfly You jab me in The kidneys like A compass or an iron spike But I can't help Believing you Because I love the things you do Sweet ghost of light I've lived too long I'd die for you inside this song The sweetest death That I can dream Like petals flowing down a stream That turn to blood As they dissolve And it's around you, I revolve Sweet ghost of light You'll never fade By nothing else are you betrayed You fill me till I'm empty and You empty me like grains of sand I love you more than anyone Beneath the moon Beneath the sun
Swim (Madder Rose cover / Feat. Dean Fisher / Big Love Bends Time EP) You're conscious now So you walk around Awake enough To hold your ground The river's edge, you jump right in The current's strong, it makes you spin Your arms in a wild rotation Your arms in a wild rotation The truth's enough to set you afloat Describe the truth as a yellow lifeboat Admitting this, you climb its ladder But now the yellow boat Just looks sadder Hey Rose, hey Madder Hey Rose, hey Madder Hey Rose, hey Madder Hey Rose, do I make you sadder Hey Rose, hey Madder Hey Rose, do I make you sadder Hey Rose, hey Madder Hey Rose, do I make you sadder Hey Rose, hey Madder Hey Rose, do I make you sadder You're conscious now So you walk around Awake enough To hold your ground The river's edge, you jump right in The current's strong, it makes you spin Your arms in a wild rotation Your arms in a wild rotation The truth's enough to set you afloat Describe the truth as a yellow lifeboat Admitting this, you climb its ladder But now the yellow boat Just looks sadder Hey Rose, hey Madder Hey Rose, hey Madder Hey Rose, hey Madder Hey Rose, do I make you sadder Hey Rose, hey Madder Hey Rose, do I make you sadder Hey Rose, hey Madder Hey Rose, do I make you sadder Hey Rose, hey Madder Hey Rose, do I make you sadder
The Law (Leonard Cohen / Swan Song EP vol.2) How many times did you call me And I knew it was late I left everybody But I never went straight I don't claim to be guilty But I do understand There's a Law, there's an Arm, there's a Hand There's a Law, there's an Arm, there's a Hand Now my heart's like a blister From doing what I do If the moon has a sister It's got to be you I'm going to miss you forever Tho' it's not what I planned There's a Law, there's an Arm, there's a Hand There's a Law, there's an Arm, there's a Hand You copy you paste you lose Now the deal has been dirty Since dirty began I'm not asking for mercy Not from the man You just don't ask for mercy While you're still on the stand There's a Law, there's an Arm, there's a Hand There's a Law, there's an Arm, there's a Hand I don't claim to be guilty Guilty's too grand There's a Law, there's an Arm, there's a Hand There's a Law, there's an Arm, there's a Hand That's all I can say, baby That's all I can say It wasn't for nothing That they put me away I fell with my angel Down the chain of command There's a Law, there's an Arm, there's a Hand There's a Law, there's an Arm, there's a Hand There's a Law, there's an Arm, there's a Hand
The Lovecats (The Cure Cover / Just Like A Heaven - A Tribute To The Cure) We move like cagey tigers We couldn't get closer than this The way we walk The way we talk The way we stalk The way we kiss We slip through the streets While everyone sleeps Getting bigger and sleeker And wider and brighter We bite and scratch and scream all night Let's go and throw All the songs we know Into the sea You and me All these years and no one heard I'll show you in spring It's a treacherous thing We missed you hissed the lovecats We missed you hissed the lovecats We're so wonderfully wonderfully wonderfully Wonderfully pretty Oh you know that I'd do anything for you We should have each other to tea huh We should have each other with cream Then curl up by the fire And sleep for awhile It's the grooviest thing It's the perfect dream Into the sea You and me All these years and no one heard I'll show you in spring It's a treacherous thing We missed you hissed the lovecats We missed you hissed the lovecats We're so wonderfully wonderfully wonderfully Wonderfully pretty Oh you know that I'd do anything for you We should have each other to dinner huh We should have each other with cream Then curl up in the fire Get up for awhile It's the grooviest thing It's the perfect dream Hand in hand Is the only way to land And always the right way round Not broken in pieces Like hated little meeces How could we miss Someone as dumb as this How could we miss Someone as dumb as this I love you... let's go... Oh... solid gone... How could we miss Someone as dumb as this
These days (Pretty Deep EP Part 2) You say you alone can love me Give me the reason you do If it's the right reason to know me If you love me I'll ride a camel to you Heaven is Heaven is Heavy these days Heavy with Heavy with Uninvited saints Now bats fly to this ribcage This ribcage My bad form ended strange My bad form ended strange You say you alone can save me Give me the reason it's true If you see the true face of my jailor And you save her too I'll walk on razors to you Heaven is Heaven is Heavy these days Heavy with Heavy with Cross-fingered saints Now bats fly to this ribcage This ribcage My bad form ended strange My bad form ended strange My bad form ended strange
This Little Bird (Marianne Faithfull cover / Tanya Donelly & The Parkington Sisters / The Faithful: A Tribute To Marianne Faithfull LP) There's a little bird that somebody sends Down to the earth to live on the wind Borne on the wind and he sleeps on the wind This little bird that somebody sends He's light and fragile and feathered sky blue So thin and graceful, the sun shines through This little bird who lives on the wind This little bird that somebody sends He flies so high up in the sky Out of reach of human eye And the only time that he touches the ground Is when that little bird Is when that little bird Is when that little bird dies
Three Little Birds (Bob Marley cover / Sunday Series #3) Don't worry about a thing 'Cause every little thing is gonna be all right Don't worry about a thing 'Cause every little thing is gonna be all right Rise up this morning Smile with the rising sun Three little birds Pitch down my doorstep Singing sweet songs Of melodies pure and true This is my message to you Don't worry about a thing 'Cause every little thing is gonna be all right Don't worry about a thing 'Cause every little thing is gonna be all right Rise up this morning Smile with the rising sun Three little birds Pitch down my doorstep Singing sweet songs Of melodies pure and true This is my message to you Don't worry about a thing 'Cause every little thing is gonna be all right Don't worry about a thing 'Cause every little thing is gonna be all right Don't worry about a thing 'Cause every little thing is gonna be all right Don't worry about a thing 'Cause every little thing is gonna be all right Vanilla (Pretty Deep 7")
She strolled into my backyard Drinking wine from a dixie cup Like you would Showed her past my playing cards Laid it down and I pick it up to see What am i made of What am I made of Water, guts, and blood And she looks just like my mother When my mother was a swinger And she laughs just like a young John Wayne And she'd smell just like vanilla If vanilla weren't so sweet 'Cause she's salt and starch and everything harsh And I think I'm falling with her And that's what I'm made of Oh so now that I'm in love Sinking in your bathtub And I know I'm not coming up Flashing in your snagteeth A vision of my day with you What am i made of What am I made of Water, guts, and blood And she looks just like my mother When my mother was a swinger And she laughs just like a young John Wayne And she'd smell just like vanilla If vanilla weren't so sweet 'Cause she's salt and starch and everything harsh And I think I'm falling with her And that's what I'm made of Oh so now that I'm in love There's a reason why you live There's a reason why you live