B i o g r a p h y (by Official Site)
Tracey was born on 26 September 1962 in Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire, UK. She formed her first band in 1979, Marine Girls (aka the Marine Girls) while still at school with school friends Gina Hartman, and sisters Jane Fox and Alice Fox. Their first official album - recorded in local engineer, Pat Bermingham's garden shed - was 'Beach Party' (1980) released on the TV Personalities’ Dan Treacy’s independent Wham! label before being picked up by London independent, Cherry Red Records for re-release the same year. In October 1981 Tracey started and English Literature academic course at the University Of Hull. During a holiday afternoon in 1982 back down in Pat Bermingham's shed she recorded the eight songs that were to make up her first solo mini-album 'A Distant Shore' released on Cherry Red in August 1982. It's raw emotion and direct simplicity, allied to Tracey's unique voice, drew unanimous plaudits from the rock press and the album was soon topping the UK Independent Album Chart. The album included the single 'Plain Sailing'. The same year she had started recording with another artist at the University of Hull, also coincidentally signed to Cherry Red Records - Ben Watt. They chose the name Everything But The Girl (the name stolen from the shop front of a retro furniture shop in Hull). Capturing the emerging pop-jazz experimentalism of the day, they recorded the 'Night and Day' single for Cherry Red - a cover version of the Cole Porter jazz classic plus two self-penned B-sides. The single went to the top of UK Independent Singles chart in late 1982. Performing on stage at the ICA in London in January 1983 a few weeks later, Tracey famously beckoned the newly jazz-obsessed Paul Weller onto the stage for a secret joint performance - his first appearance since splitting up The Jam a few weeks earlier.
In 1983 the Marine Girls recorded their second album 'Lazy Ways' in London in Brixton's The Fridge studios with Young Marble Giants' Stuart Moxham producing. It was released on Cherry Red. The band toured briefly before imploding and disbanding under an array of personal and geographical pressures. The years between 1984 and 2000 were largely taken up with Everything But The Girl, the story of which is contained in the Everything But The Girl biography on this site. In 1993 however she also accepted an invitation to write and record with Bristol band, Massive Attack who were working on the follow-up to their breakthrough debut, 'Blue Lines'. Supplied only with skeletal demos she wrote the lyrics and the melody to one track, turning it into the seminal title song 'Protection'. Together with Ben she then wrote and sang one more for the project - 'Better Things'. After a lengthy world tour, in 2000 Everything But The Girl played their final concert at the Montreux Jazz Festival before a self-imposed hiatus. Tracey instead chose to focus on the raising of her first children with Ben - twin girls, Jean and Alfie, born in January 1998 - and moved out of the limelight completely. A third child, a boy, Blake, was born in 2001. In 2007, with the family more grown up and Ben now carving out a new career as an established international DJ and record label boss (with his own Buzzin’ Fly Records) she returned to the music scene with the acclaimed album 'Out Of The Woods' (Virgin Records). Teaming up with English producer, Ewan Pearson for the first time, and collaborating with other artist-producers such as Charles Webster, Vector Lovers and Alex Santos, the album blended alternative pop, folk and disco and included the single 'It's All True'.
In late 2007 Tracey travelled to Berlin to work with Ewan Pearson again on new songs. The emphasis was to be on stripped back simplified arrangements. The result was 'Love And Its Opposite' completed in 2009. Recorded in Berlin and London, and featuring guest contributions from Hot Chip's Al Doyle, The Invisible's Leo Taylor and Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman, the album is steeped in a compassionate directness. Like Ben, Tracey too wanted to return to the independent sector and left Virgin to release the album on Strange Feeling, the alt-indie sister imprint to Ben's label Buzzin' Fly. In North America it was released by Merge Records. Two EPs followed - Opposites EP and Night Time EP (on which Ben played guitar). In late 2012 Tracey released 'Tinsel and Lights', an album of winter and Christmas songs on Strange Feeling (ex-North America) and Merge Records. Her autobiographical memoir 'Bedsit Disco Queen - How I Grew Up and Tried To Be A Pop Star' was published by Virago in early 2013, and is now also out in paperback. In 2014 she wrote original soundtrack music for 'The Falling' , the first feature film by English documentary maker, Carol Morley. The soundtrack was released on Strange Feeling Records in 2015. Spring 2015 also saw the publication of her second book - another work of non-fiction, this time about about singers and singing, called 'Naked at the Albert Hall'. 2015 also saw her singing guest vocals on 'Disappointing', the first single from John Grant's album, 'Black Tickles, Grey Pressure.' Tracey's other collaborations over the years - apart from Massive Attack - include guest backing vocals for both Lloyd Cole and The Go-Betweens in the mid 80's, lead vocals for Adam F ('The Tree Knows Everything', 1997), vocals and lyrics for Tiefschwarz ('Damage', 1996), vocals and lyrics for Tevo Howard ('Without Me', 2011).
A DISTANT SHORE Small Town Girl This is all too much for such a small town girl Though I've seen more than you think Of this world, very little did I like And when I did, it was not mine I never have believed in pure coincidence And your distinctions proved such a subtle difference And subtlety was always lost on me, yeah Evenings can go to your head (Some things are better left unsaid) Feelings can get left behind So keep your love and I'll keep mine Keep your love and I'll keep mine Still trying to get over my small town ways But still so much a part of me is my past disgrace And you might say you don't care But how can you when you weren't even there And this is all too much for such a small town girl I can only stand and stare at your world And everything I see, just brings confusion to me Don't know where I am today, but I wish you wouldn't look that way Goes straight to my head Some things are better left unsaid Feelings can get left behind So keep your, keep your love Keep your love and I'll try to keep mine Simply Couldn't Care Why do these things bother me so Why do I lie awake so long after you go Arguments just prove we're not the same We end up talking to ourselves And it seems a shame Well, I'm losing count But I guess that you're still winning How can you be so rational When my head is spinning Why did I let you get to me Why couldn't I have stayed the girl I used to be And you must hate the way I don't see things like you do So get angry, prove your point, I'll believe you You're maddening, but you keep me awake And I would scream at you, but there's too much at stake And why is it when you are there I find about anything else I simply couldn't care I simply couldn't care I simply couldn't care I simply couldn't care Seascape Shadows on a sea wall Watching clouds scudding grey Lingered on a seashore Till the sun went away Watching tides Tides that take me away To a distant shore And I don't want to be saved Breezy on a cliff top Looking at the waves Used to make me sad but But it's not the same today Thought I knew the sea and all its secrets, too But it's different in November with you Femme Fatale (The Velvet Underground) Here she comes You better watch your step She's going to break your heart in two It's true It's not hard to realize Just look into her false colored eyes She builds you up to just put you down What a clown 'Cause everybody knows (she's a femme fatale) The things she does to please (she's a femme fatale) She's just a little tease (she's a femme fatale) See the way she walks Hear the way she talks You're written in her book You're number thirty-seven, have a look She's going to smile to make you frown What a clown Little boy, she's from the street Before you start, you're already beat She's gonna play you for a fool Yes, it's true 'Cause everybody knows (she's a femme fatale) The things she does to please (she's a femme fatale) She's just a little tease (she's a femme fatale) See the way she walks Hear the way she talks 'Cause everybody knows (she's a femme fatale) The things she does to please (she's a femme fatale) She's just a little tease (she's a femme fatale) Dreamy Girl hides behind a slipping smile Drifts away another mile Oh won't you stay awhile Conversation fades away Another place, another day Have stolen her tonight Cast her from your sight Not a single sound she hears But the ringing in her ears The light in her eyes is dead Was it something that you said Set off these thoughts inside her head Tumbles down inside her mind Half afraid of what to find And you worry endlessly And search so desperately For anything to say But she can't hear you anyway Then you think that she's unkind To keep you from her mind Now that you're in love You should know what she's thinking of When what it was she couldn't say But one more wave could sweep her away Plain Sailing Meetings arranged, they say, never work out I say we've proved them wrong without doubt I can't remember now just what we said Though I never could have guessed what lay ahead As I ran towards you up the stairs Did a voice in my ear cry "beware" Even now I'm surprised to recall Such a short time it took me to fall Pretending that my heart still lay elsewhere When in truth I had long ceased to care For one I thought I'd never replace 'Til in my heart you left him no space You say, you wonder what was it I saw I say, "Oh I don't recall anymore" My first impressions have been left behind Replaced now by feelings and more lasting kind Sure that you know but you never can tell When I think I understand you so well Shakes me that you are a constant surprise Or so you appear in my eyes Tempting to think now it will all be plain sailing Old enough now to know there's no such thing New Opened Eyes How you supposed to tell when it's true And when you're only fooling yourself Saying over and over That it's still enough Finding only bitterness When once was love Oh what are you supposed to do When the truth explodes and knocks you down Close your eyes and count to ten When you wake once more Reappears the perfect day That was once before How can you carry on this way When each time you're near you Turn your head away Everything has now been said And the fire is cold and dead Leave behind the love you shed New opened eyes must look ahead Too Happy Just what has happened now, I don't know So happy five minutes ago Laughing and talking of things that we planned Then a wrong word and you drop my hand Sometimes I don't think and say things I don't mean Expect you to read all the spaces between Careless words I know you so soon regret Cry 'cause I can't bear you to think I'm upset Then I joke and say now I'll go home But you should know I'd never leave you here alone Why must we go through these little scenes Each wondering what the other's silence means I wouldn't break it by turning to shout So soon forget what I was angry about I never believed that you could be too happy But I realize now that we can be When we can't cope with this love that we've found Seems we'll say anything to knock it down That I realize I love you more And is that what we go through this for
Lucky Day (Demo) Please, don't look at me that way I'm on the edge of my seat And I'm not being coy I have no need to be discreet All my moods and all my fears I never understand Don't think I'm angry, oh I can't explain It's just the way I am And I can tell when you've seen through me Caught a glimpse of my mind Sometimes I get the feeling That you don't like what you find I could try to change but What should I try to be So call me quiet, call me moody But just don't stop calling me I would sing all my songs But you take my breath away And I don't know what to say Oh could this be my lucky day
Another Bridge (Demo) Your words stung me to the heart I hadn't even noticed how far we had drifted apart Can I still count you as a friend Or have I done too much now to ever make amends 'Cause I once needed just an open mind That's no reason why I now should leave you behind A word from out of the blue Reminds me how much I once needed you Oh but that's all in the past now So much so that I can scarcely remember how I once needed just a hand to hold 'Cause now the few times we meet All I sense is a love grown cold You can't hold on to everything And I've forgotten what we talked about a long time since Can't recall days with regret Tomorrow remember today and all the rest forget 'Cause time's gone by and all the things we did Are now just so much water under another bridge Another bridge Even So (Demo) If I say I'll always stay by your side Stupid things say some nights Can you tell me I am wrong till I cry Tell me, do you have the right And if I say that seas could never sweep me Overboard and far away Do you still say you wouldn't try to keep me If I lost the will to stay And you won't promise this will last much longer Than the time it takes to stray Your excuse is that my heart's much stronger And some of your love has been drained away I can't bear it when the tears fill your eyes And I've said too much once more Don't be angry, now you must realise My only fear's of losing something I adore I still can't understand the reasons why we cry Seems that point is still so sore Never mean to make you sad, it's just that I fear Perhaps you can't love as you did before You won't promise this will last much longer Than the time it takes to stray Your excuse is that my heart's much stronger And some of your love has been drained away
The Spice Of Life (Demo) Something has come between me and the world that I knew What I thought would last is falling apart In the face of something new How can I explain that I had no choice The sound of the waves fills her ears and drowns out Drowns out my voice Oh I'm just too far away For her to believe what I say She couldn't hear me And she wouldn't listen anyway And how can I write a letter, the post is so slow The post is so slow If I'm to disappoint her and that's something She ought to know I can just hear her voice fall as I wait here alone Wait here alone How can so much harm be done by just two minutes Spent on the phone You say that things will get better But she would hate me if I let her And she reads so much into every word that I say I thought that being apart would just bring us some Variety But after some time, it seems clear that she's changed In a different way from me And I would like to shout at someone, but no one's to blame It's just her, it's just me It's just everything that is not the same Sometimes I would turn back the clock And recapture all that we've lost But I couldn't bear to give up all that we have today Fascination (Demo) I won't try to stop you When you speak of the past Doubt is over now And I can join in when you laugh Fascination makes us ask for more Than we'd like to know But I needn't explain I think you know Reassure me when my heart's Not bold enough to bear her name If you were in my shoes and scared I would do the same And though I may ask there's no need For past details For though I may laugh alone My courage fails Did you know See how I've changed now My head's so clear Still there are some things That I don't want to hear There must be so much I know That you cannot forget And I mustn't wish your life began The day we met Places we go remind you When you were here before So you talk to tell me You don't think about it anymore There is something I know Hasn't quite been left behind So I'll ask you once again To prove that I don't mind To prove that I don't mind
OUT OF THE WOODS Here It Comes Again Sometimes it's so close Sometimes you almost can Touch it with your fingers And hold it in your hands It shines like silver It falls on you like rain But you close your hands on air And there it goes again Your mother's blue And your father, too It's in the family So where does that leave you Your eyes are open Your hands are bruised Your wings are broken So what is there to lose And the sun coming through the trees Is much prettier than The glare of the light on the sea And the sun coming through the rain Is more precious than gold And here it comes again Here it comes again Here it comes again A-Z Some things never seem to change Kids still call each other names Should get better, but it's sad and strange Every insult still the same Growing up in small town hell They bide their time till the dinner bell Take a swing with a bag and they wait By the school gate All this pushing and shoving When you need a little loving A little human kindness But where you gonna find it Where you gonna find it So you close your bedroom door And you kneel down on the floor 'Cause you don't want to get caught Packing the bag that your mother doesn't even know you bought "So it's come to this", you cry Not even time to say goodbye You pack some cigarettes and an A-Z Push the suitcase back under the bed You've been balanced on a knife Will the city save your life You've been waiting for so long Just for somewhere to feel like home You've been balanced on a knife Will the city save your life Your life is waiting for you Love is waiting for you So pack your cigarettes and your A-Z It'll be just like that book you read It's All True Just this once Let me tell you you're the sweetest thing The love in every song I sing The music in my ears and everything Happiness writes white Maybe that isn't true tonight And things you know you might forget And other things I haven't told you yet Close your eyes Count to ten Turn around Back again Hit the floor Then once more I'm still here And it's all true And it's all true We don't need any kind of big parade Just this once a little serenade To celebrate this love we've made We don't need Don't need a big fanfare This is just my heart laid bare For anyone who might care Go away Round the world Talk to all Kinds of girls But it's me You won't find And you're mine Close your eyes Count to ten Turn around Back again Hit the floor Then once more I'm still here And it's all true And it's all true Do you feel it, too And it's all true And it's all true Tell me do you feel it, too Get Around To It Show me what the girl does to the boy If you can get around to it Show me what the girl does to the boy If you can get around to it Show me what the girl does Show me what the girl does to the boy If you can get around to it Show me what do you most enjoy If you can get around to it Learning more about you I hope it's never ever finished What it's like when I am your new toy I get excited You get excited I get excited You get excited Why should you fight it Why should you fight it Show me what the girl does to the boy If you can get around to it Show me what the girl does to the boy If you can get around to it Show me what do you most enjoy If you can get around to it Learning more about you I hope it's never ever finished What it's like when I am your new toy If you can get around to it I get excited You get excited I get excited You get excited Why should you fight it I get excited You get excited Sex with you Being right next you Won't do it Being right next you The two of us Won't do it Being right next to you The two of us Being so kind to me Show me what the girl does to the boy If you can get around to it Show me what the girl does to the boy If you can get around to it Show me what do you most enjoy If you can get around to it Hands Up To The Ceiling Here is the street and here is the door Same as it was before And up the stairs and on the wall Is Doisneau's "Kiss" and Terry Hall And Siouxsie Sioux and Edwin, too And Bobby Dee in '63 And everything I knew was good And like it was just understood Now I need that feeling I'm reaching for that feeling Hands up to the ceiling And the rain came down on a cold, gray town And I showed myself to them And I went underground Then I closed my eyes And something passed me by I didn't even try And I don't remember why And now I need that feeling I'm reaching for that feeling Hands up to the ceiling Hands up to the ceiling Easy I watch the way the light Falls accross the street I watch the way you blink Just before you speak I love the way you breathe Hate the day you'll leave It's easy to forget We haven't even started anyway Sometimes love is a mistake An easy one to make And if there's any doubt You're better off without I watch you as you sit Staring at your screen I think that I could fit The spaces in-between It's easy when we try We need reminding why We try, when we try Do we just intend to try When love's broken and sad Still the only thing we have And I'll be waiting here Till someone has a better idea Something that could make it easy Something that could make it easy That could make it easy Falling Off A Log Woke up this morning to the smell of rain Tears running down your window pane Little pictures on your telephone To remind you that you're not alone Through the curtains see the breaking sun Let you know you're not the only one With your eyes closed You can count the fingers on one hand You've been sleeping with the wrong man Couldn't see through the thick fog And now you're falling off a log Falling off a log Looked at your diamond, it was just a fake Your heart was sleeping, now it's wide awake And all your girlfriends in the living room Sit and tell you it was never you Trailing scoubidous and pokemon Taxi's here now so come on, come on Let's get out of here No looking back, it's just history You've been barking up the wrong tree Now just follow your own nose You can do it with your eyes closed Count the fingers on one hand You've been sleeping with the wrong man Teaching tricks to an old dog And now you're falling off a log Falling off a log You can do it with your eyes closed Nowhere Near Dog days of summer Heat haze and bad temper And whole days of shouting "Would you listen to me" See, I'm the one in charge now What happened to me I turned into someone's mother Really someone should give me a uniform Or someone should show me where is the door Or someone should come around and explain How it is that love forgets to speak its name And then you turn on the news And it's somebody else's news And it's always such bad news And I'm no good with sad news anymore Gets me running upstairs To count heads in tangled beds And someone tears up that uniform And somewhere gently closes a door And I'm right here once more Crying, confessing, counting my blessings Don't let go 'Cause we'll never know That even when the sky is clear And the moon looks really close Well, it's nowhere near Grand Canyon Boy, I think you've come home Open up the door and step inside So many people who feel the way you do Their sweetest dreams have always been denied Lock the past into a box and throw away the key And leave behind those days of endless night Everyone is waiting, everyone is here Step out of the woods into the light Everybody loves you here Everybody loves you here Everybody loves you here Everybody loves you here Boy, you've been on the wrong road Wearing someone else's shoes Who told you you were not what you were meant to be And got you paying someone else's dues This is the place for you, just look around this room Is anybody here made out of stone Down among the heretics, the losers, and the saints You are here amongst your own You've come home You've come home You've come home You've come home You've come home Look at this hole inside your heart No one can ever fill It's like the Grand Canyon Look at this gap that's opened up Between you and the world It's like the Grand Canyon Look at this hole inside your heart It's like the Grand Canyon The Grand Canyon Everybody loves you here Everybody loves you here Everybody loves you here Everybody loves you here You've come home You've come home You've come home You've come home You've come home By Piccadilly Station I Sat Down And Wept Do you ever wonder where love goes Up there in the ether, I suppose Sometimes it burns enough to leave a trace in the air A ghost of me and you in a parallel world somewhere Do you ever think about that walk to the station And how it all ended then and there As if a door just opened and we vanished in the air Into a parallel world somewhere I know you've wondered and I wonder as well But I'm not a secret that you've kept My heart broke just that once I know the place it fell By Piccadilly Station I sat down and wept Does anyone witness such a disappearance One minute you're standing in the rain The air just seems to shiver and you're never seen again Never seen again Raise The Roof What you do Raise the roof Everybody Wants you to And you do it with And you do it with And you do it with And you do it with love When you do That thing you do Love comes through You raise the roof Put the music on Put the music on Put the music on They all wanna dance Can do anything If you dare Don't mean a thing Unless you care And you do it with And you do it with And you do it with And you do it with love All those years I wasted Sitting on my own Think what I could have tasted If I'd only known Why did I wait Why did I wait Don't tell me it's too late Why did I wait Don't tell me it's too late So open up Before you start An open hand An open heart Bring it on Bring it on Bring it on Bring it on home Bring it on home Bring it on home Why did I wait Why did I wait Don't tell me it's too late Don't tell me it's too late Don't tell me it's too late Don't tell me it's too late Don't tell me it's too late King's Cross The man at the back of the queue was sent To feel the smack of firm government Linger by the flyposter for a fight It's the same story every night I've been hurt and we've been had You leave home and you don't go back Someone told me Monday, someone told me Saturday Wait until tomorrow and there's still no way Read it in a book or write it in a letter Wake up in the morning and there's still no guarantee Only last night I found myself lost By the station called King's Cross Dead and wounded on either side You know it's only a matter of time I've been good and I've been bad I've been guilty of hanging around Someone told me Monday, someone told me Saturday Wait until tomorrow and there's still no way Read it in a book or write it in a letter Wake up in the morning and there's still no guarantee So I went looking out today For the one who got away Murder walking round the block Ending up in King's Cross Good luck, bad luck waiting in a line It takes more than the matter of time Someone told me Monday, someone told me Saturday Wait until tomorrow and there's still no way Read it in a book or write it in a letter Wake up in the morning and there's still no guarantee Someone told me Monday, someone told me Saturday Wait until tomorrow and there's still no way Read it in a book or write it in a letter Wake up in the morning and there's still no guarantee And there's still no guarantee And there's still no guarantee And there's still no guarantee
Love And Its opposite Oh, The Divorces! Who's next Who's next Always the ones that you least expect They seem so strong It turned out she wanted more all along And each time I hear who's to part I examine my heart See how it stands Wonder if it's still in safe hands Who's fled Who's fled Who's been caught out in somebody's bed I should have guessed That day that his phone wouldn't take your text He was a charmer I wish him bad karma Oh I know we shouldn't take sides But that one was his fault This one is her fault No one gets off without paying the ride And oh the divorces And oh oh oh The honeymoon, the wedding ring Oh oh oh The afternoon handovers by the swings Oh yes, oh yes Your song seemed to look through a different lens You're still so young Loving's just as easy as it's begun Now there's kids to tend The legal biz And custody And oh the divorces And this one is different And each one of course is And always the same Oh the divorces Who's next Who's next Long White Dress Matthew was a wised up kid He found out everything Before the rest of us did He said, "I don't think That you have to be married" And I don't know why I felt so scared I just knew I didn't want to wear The long white dress Long white dress Jackie was the first to hide Kept all of his better feelings inside He said, "I know I love you but I can't decide" And tucked away in some back bed Like a ghost of something dead Long white dress Long white dress I know I'm not an independent woman So you might say, "Well, really What's the difference" Is it all in my head Is it all in my head Is it all in my head I was a romantic kid I found myself a torch And a book and I hid But nothing ever scared me like A wedding did And I filled my head with so much shit And I dreamed and I dreamed of it Of love and its opposite Long white dress Long white dress Long white dress Long white dress Hormones Yours are just kicking in Mine are just checking out You're at the beginning of this tunnel And I'm just coming out And either way these days We're not as in control as we think You're stamping up the stairs I'm crying at the kitchen sink Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey You worry 'bout growing up I worry 'bout letting go 'Cause I know what's coming up Don't let me be the last one to know And either way some of these days We're gonna have to tough it out You turn the music up I, I try to think before I shout Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey And I have to own up That dress looks better on you now Only half grown up You should really twirl, take a bow You ask me what's going on Why do we feel this way I can only shake my head "Hormones, babe", I say And yours are just kicking in And mine are just checking out Oh you're just kicking in Kentish Town The street where you lived Houses all gone Run down state Where once was your home I found the church where you went And I stood where you stood It didn't feel the same But I came back again I knew I would It sounds like the country (sounds like) If you didn't know (if you didn't know) Here all around me (here all around) My family ghosts Each day I walk up this hill The one you took to the fair And I imagine you there I see your hair It's too long ago now To be undone A second or a year Once gone is gone I pushed open the door And I stood where you stood I tried not to blink And I tried not to think I had one more drink I knew I would Why Does The Wind? Don't waste my time now Don't call me baby When you don't know if you love me If you're coming or going And don't leave the back door open And look for a way out And then say maybe you love me But there's no way of knowing Why does the wind blow Through my house at night Why does the wind blow Through my heart each time I look into your eyes Don't look for reasons Don't tear your heart out Wondering why the light starts fading When the day is ending Embrace the seasons And get to believing That it's only something broken That seems worthwhile mending Why does the wind blow Through my house at night Why does the wind blow Through my heart each time I look into your eyes But your heart is sore Like mine was before You look to the sky And no one cares why Not even the wind So where to begin But since we exist Then why not just Then why not just And why not just kiss You Are A Lover (The Unbending Trees) You are a lover from today Can you afford to dump a friend Will you ignore me again Will he always be there And now you are walking hand in hand Demonstrating something unreal I know it feels good to depend Will he always be there It's not a shame nor a glory Just a romantic tale Maybe you'll never be sorry I'm not always quite right You are a lover from today (This is the first day) Can you afford to dump a friend (One friend less) Will you ignore me again (Once again) Will he always be there And from the corner of the street I see you kissing his face Does he smell really sweet Will he, will you I'm sad, aren't I You are a lover from today It's a romantic tale I will dream of you tonight And it all will happen to me Singles Bar Is there room for one more at the singles bar Have been working up the courage all year I pull off my ring as I push my way in Won't be needing it here Can you guess my age in this life Who'll be taking me home tonight So pour me one more at the singles bar To numb all the pain I've endured I lay on my back for a Hollywood wax I'm stripped and I'm French manicured Can you guess my age in these jeans Can you tell me what any of this means I'm not a teenager anymore I wish you'd help me out of this mess I wish you'd help me out of this dress And let it fall down to the floor Oh I want more What I came here for I'm back here once more at the singles bar It's become my regular haunt I think I'm resigned to take what I find I can't get what I want And can you tell how long I've been here Can you smell the fear Come On Home To Me (Lee Hazlewood / Feat. Jens Lekman) A bird can fly On just one wing But then why should he Where there's sky There must be rain Where there's you There's me So do it all Get it done Be all there is to be And wrap yourself In something warm And come on Come on Come on home to me Love can die And we'll never know What it might have been And then you and I Will never know Until we try again So do it all Get it done See all there is to see And wrap yourself In something warm And come on Come on Come on home to me Late In The Afternoon Late in the afternoon, October Lights be coming on soon Late in the afternoon, a little older Be turning the clocks back soon But you can't turn the clocks back, can you I'm not a novelty You know every inch of me Please, don't begin to doubt me Forget what you love about me Look out your high window, November A carpet of leaves below You never saw through me, remember And it wouldn't take that much For something to kick away this crutch I'm not a mystery You know everything about me I stand here every night In fluorescent bathroom light Every blemish, every scar You know how they got there And where they are So don't get bored anytime soon 'Cause it's late It's late in the afternoon Swimming (Feat. Cortney Tidwell) When that summer sun comes down When the season comes around There will be no end in sight We will be besieged by light When we shake off winter's chain We will see the point again Right now we are just keeping afloat But soon we'll be swimming, swimming Soon we'll be swimming, swimming It's all over, so let's go on There's nothing left, so let's go on We can't keep on, so let's keep on There is no reason, so let's make our own Let's make our own, let's make our own When the hurricane dies down And everything lies on the ground There will be no end in sight We will be besieged by light It's all over, let's carry on It's all over, let's carry on Right now we are just keeping afloat But soon we'll be swimming, swimming Soon we'll be swimming, swimming Swimming, swimming Swimming, swimming Swimming, swimming Swimming, swimming
TINSEL AND LIGHTS Joy When someone very dear Calls you with the words Everything's all clear That's what you want to hear But you know it might be Different a new year That's why, that's why We hang the lights so high Joy, joy Joy, joy You loved it as a kid And now you need it More than you ever did It's because of the dark We see the beauty in the spark That's why, that's why The carols make you cry Joy, joy Joy, joy Joy, joy Joy The tinsel on the tree Yes, I see The holly on the door Like before The candles in the gloom Light the room The Sally Army band Yes, I understand Another copy paste from aotr So light the winter fire And watch as the flames grow higher We'll gather up our fears And face down all the coming years All that they destroy And in their face we throw our Joy, joy Joy, joy It's why We hang the lights so high And gaze at the glow Of silver birches in the snow Because of the dark We see the beauty in the spark We must be alright If we could make up Christmas night Hard Candy Christmas (Carol Hall) Hey, maybe I'll dye my hair Maybe I'll move somewhere Maybe I'll get a car Maybe I'll drive so far They'll all lose track Me, I'll bounce right back Maybe I'll sleep real late Maybe I'll lose some weight Maybe I'll clear my junk Maybe I'll just get drunk on apple wine Me, I'll be just Another copy paste from aotr Fine and dandy Lord it's like a hard candy Christmas I'm barely getting through tomorrow But still I won't let Sorrow bring me way down Hey, maybe I'll learn to sew Maybe I'll just lie low Maybe I'll hit the bars Maybe I'll count the stars until the dawn Me, I will go on Maybe I'll settle down Maybe I'll just leave town Maybe I'll have some fun Maybe I'll meet someone And make him mine Me, I'll be just Fine and dandy Lord it's like a hard candy Christmas I'm barely getting through tomorrow But still I won't let Sorrow bring me way down I'll be fine and dandy Lord it's like a hard candy Christmas I'm barely getting through tomorrow But still I won't let Sorrow bring me way down I'll be fine I'll be fine Like A Snowman (Stephin Merritt) There's only one way through the winter As all the broken-hearted know There's only one way back to spring time Dancing naked in the falling snow Dancing naked in the falling snow Like a snowman Like a snowman La la la la la la la La la la la la la la So give me one rose for Christmas Give me one holy day Give me your love for something Knowing how soon it will fade away Knowing how soon it will fade away Like a snowman Like a snowman Another copy paste from aotr Dancing naked in the falling snow Melting even in the falling snow Like a snowman Like a snowman Maybe This Christmas (Ron Sexsmith) Maybe this Christmas Will mean something more Maybe this year love will appear Deeper than ever before And maybe forgiveness will ask us to call Someone we love, someone we've lost For reasons we can't quite recall Maybe this Christmas Maybe there'll be an open door Maybe the star that's shone before Will shine once more Maybe there'll be an open door Maybe the star that's shone before Will shine once more Another copy paste from aotr And maybe this Christmas Will find us at last In heaven, at peace Prayed for at least For the love we've been Shown in the past Maybe this Christmas Maybe this Christmas In The Cold, Cold Night (The White Stripes) I saw you standing in the corner On the edge of a burning light I saw you standing in the corner Come to me again in the cold, cold night In the cold, cold night You make me feel a little older Like a full grown woman might But when you're gone I grow colder Come to me again in the cold, cold night In the cold, cold night Another copy paste from aotr I hear you walking by my front door I hear the creaking of the kitchen floor I don't care what other people say I'm going to love you anyway Come to me again in the cold, cold night In the cold, cold night I can't stand it any longer I need the fuel to make my fire burn bright So don't fight it any longer Come to me again in the cold, cold night In the cold, cold night And I know that you feel it too When my skin turns into glue You will know that it's warm inside And you'll come run to me in the cold, cold night In the cold, cold night In the cold, cold night In the cold, cold night Snow (Randy Newman) Snow Fills the fields we used to know And the little park where we would go Sleeps far below in the snow Gone It's all over and you're gone But the memory lives on although Our dreams lie buried in the snow Another copy paste from aotr Sometimes the wind blows Through the trees I think I hear you calling me All I see is snow Everywhere I go As the cold winter sun sinks low I walk alone through the snow Snow In Sun (Scritti Politti) I was getting me down Took a train into town And the sun was shining brightly Though the snow was falling lightly too Made me think of how brave you are And how come I have strayed so far And why everything came apart In my head and heart now, love But you will never be without me You will never need to doubt me There'll be something good about me soon Like sun in the city of snow Like snow in the city of sun Another copy paste from aotr I was watching you sleep I've been watching you dream Should we be beset with trouble I would never let you come to harm Looks like maybe we'll lose our home Out of pocket and all alone I should have worked and I should have known Seen the dark clouds coming in But you will never be without me I'm beside you, never doubt me There'll be something good about me soon Like sun in the London snow Like snow in the London sun Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane) Have yourself a merry little Christmas Let your heart be light From now on all troubles will be out of sight Through the years we all will be together If the fates allow Hang a shining star upon the highest bough And have yourself a merry little Christmas now Another copy paste from aotr Have yourself a merry little Christmas Make the Yuletide gay From now on our troubles will be miles away Here we are as in olden days Happy golden days of yore Faithful friends who are dear to us Gather near to us once more Through the years we all will be together If the fates allow Until then we'll have to muddle through somehow So have yourself a merry little Christmas now Tinsel And Lights We walked down the street as the snow started falling Stamping our feet, all the taxi cabs crawling You said I'm so cold I can't remember my name And I said the same He took her photo and said he adored her A New York martini it literally floored her And we played Miss America over again And again and again Another copy paste from aotr Oh the light was a New York Christmas, baby Oh that was the way it should be done Oh we saw the sights, tinsel and lights Looking down the barrel of a gun Now years have gone by and we're all so much older The winter's gone warmer than last year's got colder And we've all have some things about how the time goes That we'd rather not know Oh the light was a New York Christmas, baby Snowflakes like diamonds in our hair And we watched them all sparkle and fall Something almost true was in the air Yeah, that was a New York Christmas, baby Yeah, that was the way it was back then Oh we saw the sights, tinsel and lights You kissed me in the snow and that was when I feel in love with Christmas once again River (Joni Mitchell) It's coming on Christmas They're cutting down trees They're putting up reindeers And singing songs of joy and peace I wish I had a river I could skate away on Another copy paste from aotr But it don't snow here It just stays pretty green I'm going to make a lot of money Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby cry He tried hard to help me He put me at ease And he loved me so naughty Made me weak in the knees I wish I had a river I could skate away on I'm so hard to handle I'm selfish and I'm sad Now I've lost the best baby That I ever had I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby say goodbye It's coming on Christmas They're cutting down trees They're putting up reindeers And singing songs of joy and peace I wish I had a river I could skate away on Taking Down The Tree (Low / Feat. Green Gartside) Careful, one by one It is undone Seems before it's over It's begun Another copy paste from aotr Another broken reindeer Another candle Another velvet ribbon Another nosebleed Winding up the lights We set the star so high So high, so high, so high Careful as we go Into the snow Seems it's icing over From below Another splinter angel Another snow glow Another silver course It's understanding Winding up the lights We set the star so high So high, so high, so high So high, so high, so high (so high, so high) So high (so high, so high) So high (so high, so high) So high Sister Winter (Sufjan Stevens) Oh my friends I've begun to worry right Where I should be grateful, I should be satisfied Oh my heart, I would clap and dance in place With my friends I have so much pleasure to embrace But my heart is returned to sister winter But my heart is as cold as ice Another copy paste from aotr Oh my thoughts, I return to summer time When I kissed your ankle, I kissed you through the night All my gifts I gave everything to you Your strange imagination, you threw it all away Now my heart is returned to sister winter Now my heart is as cold as ice All my friends I've returned to sister winter All my friends, I apologize, apologize All my friends I've returned to sister winter All my friends, I apologize, apologize And my friends I've returned to wish you all the best And my friends I've returned to wish you all the best And my friends I've returned to wish you all the best And my friends I've returned to wish you a happy Christmas To wish you a happy Christmas To wish you a happy Christmas To wish you a happy Christmas To wish you a happy Christmas
SONGS FROM THE FALLING Follow Me Down My love, my love Serene above The moon, your guide Is in the sky You follow her all the way down Another copy paste from aotr My friend, my friend Uncurl, unbend I'll be your guide Stay by my side And follow me all the way down Down, down, down All the way down It Was Always Me I've been waiting for a long time I've been looking for the wrong sign I've been staring at the skyline alone I've been watching as the seas break I've been hoping for a keepsake I've been wondering if we'd make it home 'Cause it was always me It was always me It was always me You know, you know, you know, you know Another copy paste from aotr It was always me It was always me It was always me You know, you know, you know, you know Are You There Girl Girl Girl Girl Are you there Are you there Another copy paste from aotr Girl Girl Girl Girl Are you there Are you there They Only Do Harm Keep them from me All of your secrets are free Don't come and show Things I would rather not know Another copy paste from aotr 'Cause they only do harm Yes, they only do harm Yes, they only do harm Yes, they only do harm Little Things Little things Lying ? to catch you out Leave you with the taste of doubt Hidden in your mouth Another copy paste from aotr Little lies Hide behind the brightest eyes Hide behind the new sunrise Leave you wondering Leave you wondering Leave you wondering Leave you wondering All The Seasons Bring me a leaf from the tree Sing me some old melody So you're the one I think about You're the one I dream about Another copy paste from aotr Dance with the birds in the air Hearing your ghost everywhere You're the one that's left behind You're the one that never mind All the seasons turn around And you're still under the ground Let Me In You're up there in your room with all your demons I'm down here in the kitchen with my pans I'm sitting here thinking What is it you're inking on your hands On your hands Confiding all your secrets to your notebook I'm confiding all my worries to my friends And screwed up in the bin Are the poems you begin but can't end You can't end Oh let me in Oh let me in Oh let me in Oh let me in Oh let me in Another copy paste from aotr You're staring out the window at the rooftops I'm staring out the window at the cars And light is on its way Oh the air is thick with things we can't say We can't say Oh let me in Oh let me in Oh let me in Oh let me in Oh let me in
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Queen Here I go again Down that road again I haven't solved it yet What happened if we never met If I'd just ignored Those sliding doors If I turned instead from your bed Am I queen Or something else I might have been A star Back seat of a blacked out car Is that me Or someone else entirely And do I ever find love Do I ever find love Do I ever find love Or am I still waiting In the mist of sleep Pictures come to me Memories and dreams Things lost that might-have-beens If you broke my heart Very near the start Do I sink alone like a stone Am I queen A magisterial has-been I'm on fire A head full of desire This is me And someone else entirely And do I ever find love Do I ever find love Do I ever find love Or am I still waiting Or am I still waiting Am I queen Or something else I might have been A star Propping up the backstage bar Is that me Or someone else entirely And do I ever find love Do I ever find love Do I ever find love Or am I still waiting Or am I still waiting Am I queen Or something else I might have been A star Back seat of a blacked out car Is that me Or am I still waiting Or am I still waiting Or am I still waiting Am I still waiting Or am I still waiting Air (Feat. Shura) I was born a girl Only just survived Lucky to be girl Lucky to be alive First breath (first breath) All wrong (all wrong) Here's death So long I grew up a girl Then I went astray Didn't understand The rules or how to play Too tall (too tall) All wrong (all wrong) Deep voice Headstrong Oh I need some air I need air I need some air I need air And I liked the boys The boys, the boys, the boys, all of the boys But they liked The girly, girly, girly, girly girls And looked straight through me Like plate glass Like fresh air Like I wasn't even there Oh I need some air I need air I need some air I need air And I don't care (I don't care) I'm as free as air (as free as air) I'm pretending (pretending) You're not even there (not even there) I'm as free as air (as free as air) I'm as free as air (as free as air) I'm as free as air (as free as air) I'm as free as air (as free as air) I don't care (I don't care) I'm as free as air (as free as air) I'm pretending (pretending) You're not even there (not even there) I don't care (I don't care) And I don't care (I don't care) And I don't care (I don't care) I'm as free as air Guitar Hey boy, you taught me my first song The air was warm, the night was long While Leonard Cohen sang Suzanne We kissed and kissed but then you ran The song was Teenager in Love Oh God, you couldn't make it up Hey, that's no way to say goodbye So you didn't even try I wanted you I watched you from afar And I thought you were cool Because you played guitar But you were cool You maybe still are Thank God I could sing And I had my guitar I had my guitar Hey boy, you armed me with three chords And opened up the door And though we kissed and kissed and kissed You were nothing but a catalyst I was taken in I thought you were the star Thank God I could sing And I had my guitar I couldn't begin Until I fell apart Thank God I could sing And that was just the start I thought it was you I was wide of the mark So heavy and new I picked up my guitar And started to sing And opened up my heart It was everything I thank my lucky stars Thank God for my guitar Thank God for my guitar Smoke From Carleton Rode came Miriam and Job Came Miriam and Job, came Miriam and Job From the wide flat fields to the rolling smoke To the rolling smoke, to the rolling smoke I made a little home and a family A family, a family As the years went by they led to me, led to me In good time they had a son called James Who had a son called James, were there no other names The first world war and the second one came The second one came, the second one came My mother now was a teenage girl She survived the blitz, she survived the blitz Though she knew a girl who knew a girl Who was blown to bits, who was blown to bits London you're in my blood And you've been there for so long London you're in my blood But I feel you going wrong And so my parents fled the smoke Some ancient feel for green awoke But I looked down the railway line Back to the city that felt like mine Where no-one cared, what clothes you wore Or who you loved, what books you bought Where you were born, what God you loved Or so I thought, or so I thought London you're in my blood And you've been there for so long London you're in my blood But I feel you going wrong And oh the streets are paved with gold All bought and sold, all bought and sold Still the river runs its course Back to its source, back to its source Tyburn Brook and River Fleet And hearts that beat, and hearts that beat Blood that flows and hearts that beat And hearts that beat From Carleton Rode came Miriam and Job Came Miriam and Job, came Miriam and Job From the wide flat fields to the rolling smoke To the rolling smoke, to the rolling smoke Sister (feat. Corinne Bailey Rae) Don't mess with me, don't hurt my babies I'll come for you, you'll find you've bitten off More than you can chew You are the man, but I'm not your baby I get so scared, I know you own the world And I fight like a girl But I am my mother, I am my mother now I am my sister and I fight like a girl All I can do, is all I'm doing All I can stand, you trample me like dirt But I'm used to things that hurt Oh little man, you're such a baby Put up your fists, nobody ever loved Someone they were afraid of And I am my mother, I am my mother now I am my sister and I fight like a girl Oh what year is it Still arguing the same shit What year is it Same, same, same old shit But I get so scared, tell me you'll stand beside me Is that enough, no nothing is enough Nobody is that tough And I miss my mother, I miss my mother now Thank God for my sister and for all of the girls And I am my mother, I am my mother now I am my sister and I live like a girl And I love like a girl And I think like a girl And I fight like a girl Like a girl Like a girl Sister... (thank God for my sister) Sister... (thank God for my sister) Sister... (I am my sister) Sister... Oh, Oh, Oh Thank God for my sister Thank God for my sister Thank God for my sister Oh, oh, oh Sister Sister Sister Sister Go From time to time I miss your little body next to mine I see the shape upon the pillow that you used to make Oh but that was then and that can't come again I resign myself to time and what's no longer mine This won't make sense to you now I won't bore you with this now Pack your bag and smile It will only be a little while I know you have to go, but don't forget, no I know you have to go You must outgrow it all Those marks upon the wall You must outgrow it all And you should leave it all behind And I should never mind You leaving me behind, oh This is what it all was for To wave you out the door It's what my love was for And I know you have to go But don't forget, no I know you have to go This won't make sense to you now I won't bore you with this now Pack your bags and smile It will only be a little while It will only be a little while It will only be a little while It will only be a little while Babies Every morning of the month You push a little tablet through the foil Cleverest of all investions Better than a condom or a coil 'Cause I didn't want my babies Until I wanted babies And when I wanted babies Nothing else would do but babies Babies, babies Every touch was terrifying All my knowledge from Cathy and Claire Anxious waiting, diary watching Just because a boy had touched me there 'Cause I didn't want my babies Until I wanted babies And when I wanted babies Nothing else would do but babies Babies, babies Go to sleep it's three am Where are you it's three am In a cab at three am Don't wait up it's three am Remembering at three am Feeding you at three am Rocking chair at three am Go to sleep it's three am Please, please Lay your pretty head down Please, please Get the fuck to bed now All the nights I paced the floor Made me love you even more Made me love you even more And oh, I love my babies Oh, I love my babies Oh, I love my babies Face Saw your page Lovely new life Lots of likes Lovely new wife On my phone You're in my home I'm on my own Im monochrome I want to put you behind me I want to put you to bed Wait, what was I thinking Oh what have I said Is that me of Freud talking Or me or the wine I shouldn't be clicking On your new Valentine I shouldn't be looking But look here I am Giving in to temptation Not giving a damn If I just keep refreshing Maybe you'll disappear If I just make you jealous Then you'll wish you were here Baby, look at the time now I should just go to bed Hit send or delete now On all that I've said I'm closing your page now Are you looking at mine Do you scroll through my photos Just to check that I'm fine With a casual disinterest Or a trace of regret Or a stab through your heart When you think how we met If I just knew for certain That you weren't having fun I could bring down the curtain It would prove that I won But your face is in my face And you're all over the place I'm lost without a trace And your face is in my face I wish you'd vanish without a trace But your life is all over the place And your face is in my face Your face is in my face It's in my face, in my face In my face, in my face Dancefloor Where did we begin Back in the days we lived inside each other's skin We travelled light, we never needed anything Think of what you'd have to pack If you left and planned on never coming back Just the thought of it can stop you in your tracks And make you stay Oh but where I'd like to be Is on a dancefloor with some drinks inside of me Someone whispering it's quarter after three There's nowhere I'd rather be So we talk of our affairs In a tone that suggests anybody cares So excited each time anybody dares And who'll be next to call Who's impossible and who's too close to call Who's just desperate for anything at all Anything at all, like love Oh but where I'd like to be Is on a dancefloor with my friends all beside me Someone singing and I realise it's me I realise it's me, it's me Play me Good Times, Shame Golden Years, Let the Music Play Good Times, Shame Golden Years, Let the Music Play Where I'd like to be is on a dancefloor with some drinks inside of me Oh, it's where I'd like to be On a dancefloor with some drinks inside of me Oh, it's where I'd like to be Oh, it's where I'd like to be Oh and where I'd like to be Is on a dancefloor, on a dancefloor, on a dancefloor
Non Albums Tracks
Apology Accepted (The Go-Betweens feat. Tracey Thorn / Liberty Belle And The Black Diamond Express LP) I used to say dumb things I guess I still do I'm doing it again But that's what happens When you're in view More used to naked men You said, "Leave the light on Don't be frightened" I don't know how long I can wait to see if my Another copy paste from aotr Apology's accepted Too proud to hang my head In shame beside your bed But sometimes you want something So bad, you'll grab anything You said that's ridiculous There's only one thing that precious I don't know how long I can wait to see if my Apology's accepted I gotta know is my Apology accepted Time and time again Your soft eyes close In trust above me Such a simple question I pretended I was sleeping I didn't know anything But you I'm keeping I don't know how long I can wait to see if my Apology's accepted I gotta know is my Apology accepted I gotta, I gotta know is my Apology accepted I gotta know is my I have to know is my Apology accepted Better Things (Massive Attack feat. Tracey Thorn / Protection LP) Don't drag me down Just because you're down And just 'cause you're blue Don't make me too And though you've found You need more than me Don't talk to me About being free That's freedom without love And magic without love Magic without love Hear me say Better things will surely come our way Hear me say Better things will surely come our way You say the magic's gone Well, I'm not a magician You say the spark's gone Well, get an electrician And save your line about needing to be free All that's bullshit, babe You just want rid of me Another copy paste from aotr You want freedom without love And magic without love Magic without love Yeah Hear me say Better things will surely come my way Hear me say Better things will surely come my way Big Snake (Lloyd Cole And The Commotions feat. Tracey Thorn / Mainstream LP) High tide In the cool of the mist Walking in the shadows of the trade ships I'll be your baby I will not be your man I will not be around When you call Another copy paste from aotr Oh daddy I'll be daddy's little girl Black water The warm summer rain Washes your tears into the big snake Into the ocean And your skin is so white under harbour light Should you fall, I'll be your baby Say I'll be daddy's little girl Oh daddy I'm all alone now Oh daddy I'm all alone now Hush, little baby Don't you cry I will sing you a lullaby It's high tide In the still of your room And the big snake's a crawling Through the smoke and perfume To be your baby I will not be your man I will be around when you fall I'll be your baby I'll be daddy's little girl Say it, "Be my daddy" I'll be daddy's little girl Oh daddy We're all alone now Won't you be my daddy We're all alone now Hush, little baby Don't you cry I will sing you a lullaby It's high tide In the cool of the mist Walking in the shadows of the trade ships I'll be your baby Damage (Tiefschwarz feat. Tracey Thorn / Eat Books LP) Down the empty roads again I never want go again Into your empty world again I'll never be that girl again All my love inconsequencial The creeping damage incremental I see you in every face now The music is a lonely place now Another copy paste from aotr I was always there Were you unaware I was always there But you never chose to care In a lonely place In a lonely place Damage In a lonely place Damage In a lonely place One more last goodbye again I never want to cry again If you should pass my way again I'd never feel that way again And my love was a tragedy But your part was a travesty I see you in every heart now The music can't keep us apart now I was always there But you weren't aware I was always there But you never chose to care I was always there Were you unaware I was always there But you never chose to care I was always there Were you unaware I was always there But you never chose to care In a lonely place In a lonely place Damage In a lonely place Damage In a lonely place In a lonely place Damage In a lonely place I was always there Were you unaware I was always there But you never chose to care I was always there Were you unaware I was always there But you never chose to care You should pass my way this time I know what I would say this time Goodbye Disappointing (John Grant feat. Tracey Thorn / Grey Tickles, Black Pressure LP) Rollercoasters and Earl Gray Malts Ocelot babies but not bath salts Harvest moon in the arms of a tree Which has been growing there for centuries Bassoons, trombones, and French horn sections Bass clarinets and string art collections Owls and guitars when they do not match Gilda, Kristen, Cheri, Tina, Amy and Rachel Dratch All these things, they're just disappointing All these things, they're just disappointing compared to you Another copy paste from aotr There's nothing more beautiful than your smile as it conquers your face There's nothing more comforting than to know Know you exist in this time, in this place The genitive case in German, it's true Is something that I am quite partial to Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Prokofiev Dostoevsky, Bulgakov, Vysotsky and Lev Francis Bacon, The Dolomites Ballet dancers with or without tights Central Park on an autumn day Will always be stunning and never cliché All these things, they're just disappointing All these things, they're just disappointing compared to you There's nothing more beautiful than your smile as it conquers your face. There's nothing more comforting than to know Know you exist in this time, in this place All these things, they're just disappointing All these things, they're just disappointing compared to you There's nothing more beautiful than your smile as it conquers your face. There's nothing more comforting than to know Know you exist in this time, in this place Goodbye Joe (The Monochrome Set) Walking to the big screen Oh and he looks so good in technicolor Kissing him in your dreams Oh and you know Paul Newman's that much duller than him And you know it's true It's a sin when he sees you Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye Watching him from the back row Oh and in bed he looks so wonderful Sucking chocolate in Pepsi flow Oh and all the party girls, they drool for him And you know it's right When he wins the one in the light Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye Another copy paste from aotr Coming close to the big times Oh and he sounds so good in stereo Italian name on a long song Oh and all the Judy Garlands know that he's good When he's touching the shy as he should When he's making your life Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Half-Light (Night Version / George FitzGerald feat. Tracey Thorn / All That Must Be LP) With you With you Glowing in the half-light of Windows give light from above Holding out for us to see Broken bones heal easily Damage is already done Hundred miles where we've begun Reaching out to where we start When I'm on my own with you (with you) When I'm on my own with you (on my own) When I'm on my own with you (with you) When I'm on my own with you With you With you Hidden in the gaps between You can hear me listening Younger than the rising sun Still old enough to come undone You're asking who could cause this pain Reaching out so quick to blame Signs will begin to prove When I'm on my own with you When I'm on my own with you With you When I'm on my own with you (with you) When I'm on my own with you (on my own) When I'm on my own with you (slow down, slow down, slow down) With you When I'm on my own with you (on my own) With you, with you, with you Head Full Of Steam (The Go-Betweens feat. Tracey Thorn / Liberty Belle And The Black Diamond Express LP) I'd never met her type, she ignored me and that's alright Never to be friends or my body lie on her floor Her father works, her mother works in exports But that's of no importance at all I don't mind I don't mind Just to chase her A fool's dream I'm 104 degrees With a head full of steam All waiting's up I'm on that team That says go forward With a head full of steam Another copy paste from aotr She plays hard to get along with But she might drop by She never had a nickname But then nor have I I don't mind I don't mind Just to chase her A fool's dream I'm 104 degrees With a head full of steam All waiting's up I'm on that team That says go forward With a head full of steam Steam Steam Oh I just want to know I'd never met her type She locked the door and the key Opened the windows for the neighbors to see Her climb on my knee Just to chase her A fool's dream I'm 104 degrees With a head full of steam All waiting's up I'm on that team That says go forward With a head full of steam Go forward Go forward now Go forward Go forward now How Wild The Wind Blows (Molly Drake) The acorn carries an oak tree Sleeping but for a little while Winter lies in the arms of spring As a mother carries her child And never knows How wild the wind blows A thought carries a universe A seed carries a field of grain Love lies in the arms of change As a joy carries a pain And no one knows How wild the wind blows How wild the wind blows Another copy paste from aotr The acorn carries an oak tree Sleeping but for a little while Winter lies in the arms of spring As a mother carries her child And never knows How wild the wind blows How wild the wind blows Night Is My Friend (Molly Drake) Night is my friend For when the busy day goes by A sad and lonely heart have I Night is my friend Long days I spend And though I go from place to place I seek and never find your face Night is my friend For when the lights are burning low And I am on my own I close my eyes and then I know That I am not alone Another copy paste from aotr For night, in the end Will bring to me that peace of mind And comfort all true lovers find Their dreams concern some nights Sweet lovely nights, my friends Night Time (The XX / Feat. Ben Watt) You mean that much to me And it is hard to show Gets hectic inside of me When you go Can I confess these things to you Well, I don't know Embedded in my chest And it hurts to hold I couldn't spill my heart My eyes gleam looking in from the dark I walk out in stormy weather Hold my words and keep us together Steady walking but bound to trip Should release but just tighten my grip Night time, sympathize I've been working on white lies So I'll tell the truth I'll give it up to you And when the day comes It will have all been fun We'll talk about it soon I couldn't spill my heart My eyes gleam looking in from the dark I walk out in stormy weather Hold my words and keep us together Steady walking but bound to trip Should release but just tighten my grip Another copy paste from aotr Night time, sympathize I've been working on white lies So I'll tell the truth I'll give it up to you And when the day comes It will have all been fun We'll talk about it soon Over The Rainbow (Judy Garland / James McMillan feat. Tracey Thorn / Makin' Changes LP) When all the world is a hopeless jumble And the raindrops tumble all around Heaven opens a magic lane When all the clouds darken up the sky There's a rainbow highway to be found Leading from your windowpane To a place behind the sun Just a step beyond the rain Somewhere over the rainbow Way up high There's a land that I heard of Once in a lullaby Somewhere over the rainbow Skies are blue And the dreams that you dare to dream Really do come true One day I'll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds are far Behind me Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me Somewhere over the rainbow Bluebirds fly They fly over the rainbow Why, then why can't I One day I'll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds are far Behind me Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me Somewhere over the rainbow Bluebirds fly They fly over the rainbow Why, then why can't I Overture (The Unbending Trees feat. Tracey Thorn / Chemically Happy (Is The New Sad) LP) What's this fear I sense in your movements What's this terror that your made-up smile sends What's this image that you made of yourself What's this quiet sound that's crying for help What's the trouble that is making you lie Would just anything help you try Let it go, unclench your fist in silence Watch it all transform and start to make sense I just wanted you to hear Just wanted you to see The things you want to hide Will make you really free Just wait and see Walk with your both arms wide-spread Turning to me What's the trouble that is making you lie Would just anything help you try Let it go, unclench your fist in silence Watch it all transform and start to make sense I just wanted you to hear Just wanted you to see The things you want to hide Will make you really free Just wait and see Walk with your both arms wide-spread Turning to me I just wanted you to hear Just wanted you to see The things you want to hide Will make you really free Just wait and see Walk with your both arms wide-spread Turning to me If you want me, I can teach you tricks to Survive the day when they will ditch you If you want me, I can keep a secret If you want me, I can speak Protection (Massive Attack feat. Tracey Thorn / Protection LP) This girl I know needs some shelter She don't believe anyone can help her She's doing so much harm, doing so much damage But you don't want to get involved You tell her she can manage And you can't change the way she feels But you could put your arms around her I know you want to live yourself But could you forgive yourself If you left her just the way You found her I stand in front of you I'll take the force of the blow Protection I stand in front of you I'll take the force of the blow Protection You're a boy and I'm a girl But you know you can lean on me And I don't have no fear I'll take on any man here Who says that's not the way it should be I stand in front of you I'll take the force of the blow Protection I stand in front of you I'll take the force of the blow Protection She's a girl and you're a boy Sometimes you look so small, look so small You've got a baby of your own When your baby's gone, she'll be the one To catch you when you fall I stand in front of you I'll take the force of the blow Protection I stand in front of you I'll take the force of the blow Protection You're a girl and I'm a boy You're a girl and I'm a boy You're a girl and I'm a boy You're a girl and I'm a boy Sometimes you look so small, need some shelter Just running round and round, helter skelter And I've leaned on me for years Now you can lean on me And that's more than love, that's the way it should be Now I can't change the way you feel But I can put my arms around you That's just part of the deal That's the way I feel I'll put my arms around you I stand in front of you I'll take the force of the blow Protection I stand in front of you I'll take the force of the blow Protection You're a boy and I'm a girl You're a boy and I'm a girl You're a boy and I'm a girl You're a boy and I'm a girl Smoke And Mirrors (The Magnetic Fields) Someone else's world goes by As my train runs through this night Someone else's rain comes down But no rain can touch me now Smoke and mirrors Special effects A little fear A little sex That's all love is Behind the tears Smoke and mirrors We were foolish, you and I But there's no reason to cry We put on a lovely show But that's all, I had to go Smoke and mirrors Special effects A little fear A little sex That's all love is Behind the tears Smoke and mirrors I don't know the stations' names I'll spend my life on this train Smoke and mirrors (fumée et miroirs) Special effects (effets speciaux) A little fear (un peu de peur) A little sex (un peu de sexe) That's all love is (sous les lârmes) Behind the tears (l'amour n'est que sa) Smoke and mirrors (de la fumée et des miroirs) Taxi Cab (Vampire Weekend) Unsentimental Traveling around Sure of myself Sure of it now But you were standing so close to me Like the future was supposed to be In the aisles of the grocery In the blocks uptown I remember Remember well But if I'd forgotten Could you tell In the shadow of your first attack I was questioning and looking back You said, "Baby, we don't speak of that" Like a real aristocrat Compound to compound Lazy and safe Wanted to leave it Wanted to wait When the taxi door was open wide I pretended I was horrified By the uniform and gloves outside Of the courtyard gate You're not a victim But neither am I Nostalgic for garbage Desperate for time I could blame it on your mother's hair Or the colors that your father wears But I know that I was never fair You were always fine Unsentimental Traveling around Sure of myself Sure of it now But you were standing so close to me Like the future was supposed to be In the aisles of the grocery In the blocks uptown I remember Remember it well And if I'd forgotten Could you tell In the shadow of your first attack I was questioning and looking back You were standing on another track Like a real aristocrat The Book Of Love (The Magnetic Fields) The book of love is long and boring No one can lift the damn thing It's full of charts and facts and figures And instructions for dancing But I, I love it when you read to me And you, you can read me anything The book of love has music in it In fact, that's where music comes from Some of it is just transcendental Some of it is just really dumb But I, I love it when you sing to me And you, you can sing me anything The book of love is long and boring And written very long ago It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes And things we're all too young to know But I, I love it when you give me things And you, you ought to give me wedding rings I, I love it when you give me things And you, you ought to give me wedding rings The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game (Massive Attack feat. Tracey Thorn / Batman Forever OST) Everyday brings change And the world puts on a new face Sudden things rearrange And this whole world seems like a new place Secretly I been tailing you Like a fox that prays on a rabbit Had to get you and so I knew I have to learn your ways and habits Ooh you were the catch that I was after I looked up and I was in your arms And I knew that I was captured What's this whole world coming to Things just ain't the same Any time the hunter gets captured by the game I had to lay such a tender trap Hoping you might fall into it Love hit me with a sudden slap One kiss and then I knew it Ooh my plans didn't work out like I thought 'Cause I had laid my trap for you But it seems that I got caught What's this whole world coming to Things just ain't the same Any time the hunter gets captured by the game Oh yeah Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah The Paris Match (The Style Council feat. Tracey Thorn / Café Bleu LP) Empty hours Spent combing the street In daytime showers They've become my beat As I walk from café to bar I wish I knew where you are Because you've clouded my mind And now I'm all out of time Empty skies say, "try to forget" Better advice is to have no regrets As I tread the boulevard floor Will I see once more Because you've clouded my mind Till then I'm biding my time I'm only sad in a natural way And I enjoy sometimes feeling this way The gift you gave is desire The match that started my fire Empty nights With nothing to do I sit and think Every thought is for you I get so restless and bored So I go out once more I hate to feel so confined I feel like I'm wasting my time I'm only sad in a natural way And I enjoy sometimes feeling this way The gift you gave is desire The match that started my fire The match that started my fire The match that started my fire The match that started my fire The match that started my fire The Tree Knows Everything (Adam F feat. Tracey Thorn / Colours LP) Looking back on the memories And the way we used to live I remember that old sign to London By the river cross from the bridge At seven the bell used to ring From up on the hill We've moved on from yesterday Time back then stood still Call to the children come in They would relentlessly sin The baby that cried Would be masked by the wind And you'd open your arms And hold me close in And we thought and we thought With our love and own piece of mind And we fought and we fought We didn't understand But the tree wasn't blind Moving on from yesterday Let it pass you by But the tree knows everything Moving on from yesterday Gonna let you go and pass you by But the tree knows everything Knows everything Looking back on the memories And the way we used to live I remember that old sign to London By the river cross from the bridge At seven the lights would go out Down at the mill We've moved on from yesterday Time back then stood still Call to the children come in They would relentlessly sin That baby that cried Would be masked by the wind And you'd open your arms And hold me close in And we thought and we thought With our love and own piece of mind And we fought and we fought We didn't understand But the tree wasn't blind Moving on from yesterday Let it pass you by But the tree knows everything Moving on from yesterday Gonna let you go and pass you by But the tree knows everything Knows everything And we fought and we fought And we fought and we fought And we fought and we fought And we fought and we fought We've moved on from yesterday But the tree wasn't blind Under The Ivy (Kate Bush) It wouldn't take me long To tell you how to find it To tell you where we'll meet This little girl inside me Is retreating to her favourite place Go into the garden Go under the ivy Under the leaves Away from the party Go right to the rose Go right to the white rose For me I sit here in the thunder The green on the grey I feel it all around me And it's not easy for me To give away a secret And it's not safe Go into the garden Go under the ivy Under the leaves Away from the party Go right to the rose Go right to the white rose For me Go into the garden Go under the ivy Go under the leaves with me Go right to the rose Go right to the white rose I'll be waiting for you It wouldn't take me long To tell you how to find it Venceremos (We Will Win) (7" Bossa Version / Working Week feat. Tracey Thorn, Robert Wyatt and Claudia Figueroa) A comment is passed (a comment is passed) Like dust and glass (dust and glass) Full of fear (full of fear) Held in this heaven and hell (heaven and hell) Each time it's spoken There's a fragment broken Now the rain is falling A train is passing A gun is firing Splitting out here In the night in which we live We'll find a way To build a day Sooner than tomorrow Un mundo que se abre Esta por hacerse De Santiago a Rio Se espera el momento Se encontraran Se nombraran Con retratos en alto Seas vidas negadas Como la nueva pasión De un amor que despierta Deseo que brilla Como el orgullo de crear Una nación que respira De ciudades a campos De hogar en hogar La vida en suspenso Un respiro fragante De calor y amistad Durmiendo como amantes Compañeros encubiertos Lograremos un gran final No nos moverán Sabiendo que vamos a vencer Y venceremos Y venceremos So it goes (so it goes) As our love flows (our love flows) A strength is found (a strength is found) In a history bold and proud (bold and proud) Safe in rooms In which we find survival Hope will tread a greater end So we'll move, my friend Into safer light knowing that Here we will win Here we will win Here we will win A new world in the making It's there for the taking Santiago to Rio The moment is waiting The lost will be found And named out aloud Photos carried high The lives they've denied A lover's found passion In the sense of re-awaking Desire that shines Like the pride in creating A nation is breathing In cities and farmland In bedrooms and boardrooms Life held in suspension A breath that is scented With warmth and friendship We sleep here as lovers Companeros in cover We'll tread a greater end And so we'll move, my friend Into safer light knowing That we will win That we will win (y venceremos) That we will win (y venceremos) Without Me (Tevo Howard feat. Tracey Thorn) Once upon a time You were living day to day Counting the hours Trying to find a way You've been down so low Just looking for a high Some light in the darkness Then what the hell was I What the hell was I What the hell was I Let me go, set me free You can live without me Come around, drop your key You can live without me Now I know what to do I can live without you And if my heart tells you no I'll be cold as the snow I'll be cold as the snow I'll be cold as the snow I was stronger Stronger than you Now we're broken Broken in two You were me Baby, I was you Now we're broken Broken in two Let me go, set me free You can live without me Come around, drop your key You can live without me Now I know what to do I can live without you And if my heart tells you no I'll be cold as the snow I'll be cold as the snow I'll be cold as the snow Yeah! Oh Yeah! (The Magnetic Fields / Tracey Thorn & Jens Lekman / Score! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers! LP) Are you out of love with me Are you longing to be free Do I drive you up a tree Yeah, yeah, oh yeah Do I drive you up the wall Do you dread every phone call Can you not stand me at all Yeah, yeah, oh yeah Though I need you more than air Is it true you just don't care Are you having an affair Yeah, yeah, oh yeah When we met I thought Money was everything So I let you buy the house The car, the ring But I can't take your perpetual whining And you can't sing Na na na na na na na Na na na na na na na Na na na na na na na Yeah, yeah, oh yeah I though if we lived apart We could made a brand new start Do you want to break my heart Yeah, yeah, oh yeah I've enjoyed making you Miserable for years Found peace of mind in Playing on your fears How I loved to catch your gold And silver tears, but now my dear What a dark and dreary life Are you reaching for a knife Could you really kill your wife Yeah, yeah, oh yeah Oh I die, I die, I die So it's over, you and I Was my whole life just a lie Yeah, yeah, oh yeah