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Little Earthquakes

Crucify**Girl**Silent all these Years**Precious Thing**Winter**The happy Phantom**China**Leather**Mother**Tear in your Hand**Me and a Gun**Little Earthquakes

Crucify

Every finger in the room
is pointing at me
I wanna spit in their faces
Then I get afraid of what that could bring
I got a bowling ball in my stomach
I got a desert in my mouth
Figures that my courage would choose to sell our now
I've been looking for a savior in these dirty streets
looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets
I've been raising up my hands
Drive another nail in
Just what God needs
One more victim

[Chorus:]
Why do we
Crucify ourselves
Every day
I crucify myself
Nothing I do is good enough for you
Crucify myself
Every day
And my heart is sick of being in chains

Got a kick for a dog
Beggin' for Love
I gotta have my suffering
So that I can have my cross
I know a cat named Easter
He says will you ever learn
You're just an empty cage girl
If you kill the bird
I've been looking for a savior in these dirty streets
looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets
I've been raising up my hands
Drive another nail in
Got enough guilt to start
my own religion
Please be
Save me
I cry

[Chorus:]
Why do we
Crucify ourselves
Every day
I crucify myself
Nothing I do is good enough for you
Crucify myself
Every day
And my heart is sick of being in chains

Girl

From in the shadow she calls
And in the shadow she finds a way, finds a way
And in the shadow she crawls, clutching her faded photograph
My image under her thumb
Yes with a message, yes with a message for my heart

She's been everybody else's girl
Maybe one day she'll be her own
Everybody else's girl
Maybe one day she'll be her own

And in the doorway they stay
And laugh as violins fill with water
Screams from the bluebells can't
Make them go away
Well I'm not seventeen, but I've cuts on my knees
Falling down, as the winter takes one more cherry tree

Rushin' rivers thread so thin
Limitation
Dreams with the flying pigs
Turbid blue and the drugstores too
Safe in their coats and in their do's
Yeah, smother in our lives, a pillow to my dots

One day
Maybe one day she'll be her own

And in the mist there she rides
And castles are burning in my heart
And as I twist I hold tight
And I ride to work every morning
Wondering why "sit on a chair and be good now"
And become all they told you
The white coats enter her room
And I'm calling my baby, callin' my baby
Callin' my baby, callin'

Everybody else's girl
Maybe one day she'll be her own...

Silent all these Years

Excuse me but can I be you for a while
My dog won't bite if you sit real still
I got the anti-Christ in the kitchen yellin' at me again
Yeah, I can hear that

Been saved again by the garbage truck
I got something to say, you know, but nothing comes
Yes, I know what you think of me, you never shut-up
Yeah, I can hear that

But what if I'm a mermaid
In these jeans of his with her name still on it
Hey, but I don't care, 'cause sometimes
I said sometimes, I hear my voice
And it's been here,
Silent all these years

So you found a girl who thinks really deep thoughts
What's so amazing about really deep thoughts
Boy, you best pray that I bleed real soon
How's that thought for you
My scream got lost in a paper cup
You think there's a heaven
Where some screams have gone
I got 25 bucks and a cracker
Do you think it's enough
To get us there

'Cause what if I'm a mermaid
In these jeans of his with her name still on it
Hey, but I don't care, 'cause sometimes
I said sometimes, I hear my voice
And it's been here,
Silent all these years

Years go by, will I still be waiting
For somebody else to understand
Years go by, if i'm stripped of my beauty
And the orange clouds raining in my head
Years go by, will I choke in my tears 'till
Finally there is nothing left
One more casualty, you know
We're too easy, easy, easy

Well I love the way we communicate
Your eyes focus on my funny lip shape
Let's hear what you think of me now
But baby don't look up, the sky is falling
Your mother shows up in a nasty dress
It's your turn now to stand where I stand
Everybody lookin' at you
Here take a hold of my hand
Yeah, I can hear them...

Precious thing

So I ran faster, but it caught me here
Yes, my loyalties turned like my ankle
In the seventh grade
Running after a Billy
Running after the rain

These precious things
Let them bleed, let them wash away
These precious things
Let them break, they hold over me

He said you're really an ugly girl
But I like the way you play and I died
But I thanked him
Can you believe that sick
Holding on to his picture
Dressing up every day
I wanna smash the faces
Of those beautiful boys, those christian boys
So, you can make me cum, that doesn't make you Jesus

These precious things
Let them bleed, let them wash away
These precious things
Let them break, they hold over me

I remember
Yes, in my peach party dress
No one dared, no one cared to tell me
Where the pretty girls are
Those demigods
With their nine-inch nails
And their little fascist panties
Tucked inside the heart of very nice girl

These precious things
Let them bleed, let them wash away
These precious things
Let them break, they hold over me

Winter

Snow can wait, I forgot my mittens
Wipe my nose, get my new boots on
I get a little warm in my heart when I think of winter
I put my hand in my fathers glove
I run off where the drifts get deeper
Sleeping beauty, trips me with a frown
I hear a voice "you must learn to stand up
for yourself, 'cause I can't always be around"

He says, when you gonna make up your mind
When you gonna love you as much as I do
When you gonna make up your mind
'Cause things are gonna change so fast
All the white horses are still in bed
I tell that I'll always want you near
You say that things change my dear

Boys get discovered as winter melts
Flowers competing for the sun
Years go by and i'm here still waiting
Withering where some snowman was
Mirror mirror, where's the crystal palace
But I only can see myself
Skating around the truth who I am
But I know dad, the ice getting thin

Hair is gray and the fires are burning
So many dreams on the shelf
You say I wanted you to be proud of me
I always wanted that myself

He says, when you gonna make up your mind
When you gonna love you as much as I do
When you gonna make up your mind
'Cause things are gonna change so fast
All the white horses have gone ahead
I tell that I'll always want you near
You say that things change my dear

The Happy Phantom

And if I die today I'll be the happy phantom
And I'll go chasin' the nuns out in the yard
And I'll run naked through the streets without my mask on
And I will never need umbrellas in the rain
I'll wake up in strawberry fields every day
And the atrocities of school I can forgive
The happy phantom has no right to bitch

Oo who, the time is getting closer
Oo who, time to be a ghost
Oo who, every day we're getting closer
The sun is getting dim
Will we pay for who we been

So if I die today I'll be the happy phantom
And I'll go wearin' my naughties like a jewel
They'll be my ticket to the universal opera
There's Judy Garland taking Buddha by the hand
And then the seven little men get up to dance
They say Confucius does his crossword with a pen
I'm still the angel to a girl who hates to sin

Oo who, the time is getting closer
Oo who, time to be a ghost
Oo who, every day we're getting closer
The sun is getting dim
Will we pay for who we been

Or will I see you dear and wish I could come back
You found a girl that you could truly love again
Will you still call for me when she falls asleep
Or do we soon forget the things we cannot see

Oo who, the time is getting closer
Oo who, time to be a ghost
Oo who, every day we're getting closer
The sun is getting dim
Will we pay for who we been

China

China, all the way to New York
I can feel the distance, getting close
You're right next to me, but I need an airplane
I can feel the distance, as you breathe

Sometimes, I think you want me to touch you
How can I, when you build the great wall around you
In your eyes, I saw a future together
You just look away, in the distance

China, decorates our table
Funny how the cracks don't seem to show
Pour the wine, dear
You say we'll take a holiday
But we never can agree on where to go

Sometimes, I think you want me to touch you
How can I, when you build the great wall around you
In your eyes, I saw a future together
You just look away, in the distance

China, all the way to New York
Maybe you got lost in Mexico
You're right next to me
I think that you can hear me
Funny how the distance learns to grow

Sometimes, I think you want me to touch you
How can I, when you build the great wall around you
In your eyes, I saw a future together
You just look away, in the distance

I can feel the distance, I can feel the distance
I can feel the distance, getting close

Leather

Look I'm standing naked before you
Don't you want more than my sex
I can scream as loud as your last one
But I can't claim innocence

Oh, God, could it be the weather
Oh, God, why am I here
If love isn't forever and it's not the weather
Hand me my leather

I could just pretend that you love me
The night would lose all sense of fear
But why do I need you to love me
When you can't hold what I hold dear

Oh, God, could it be the weather
Oh, God, why am I here
If love isn't forever and it's not the weather
Hand me my leather

I almost ran over an angel
He had a nice big fat cigar
"In a sense" he said, "you're alone here,
So if you jump, you best jump far"

Oh, God, could it be the weather
Oh, God, why am I here
If love isn't forever and it's not the weather
Hand me my leather

Mother

Go, go, go now, out of the nest it's time
Go, go, go now, circus girl without a safety net
Here, here now, don't cry,
You raised your hand for the assignment
Tuck those ribbons under your helmet
Be a good soldier
First my left foot, then my right behind the other
Pantyhose running in the cold

Mother the car is here
Somebody leave the light on
Green limousine for red-head dancing girl
And when I dance for him
Somebody leave the light on
Just in case I like the dancing
I can remember where I come from

I walked into your dream
And now I've forgotten how to dream my own dream
You're the clever one aren't you
Brides in veils for you
We told you all of our secrets
All but one
So don't you even try
The phone has been disconnected
Dripping with blood and with time and with your advice
Poison me against the moon

Mother the car is here
Somebody leave the light on
Green limousine for red-head dancing girl
And when I dance for him
Somebody leave the light on
Just in case I like the dancing
I can remember where I come from

I escape into your escape
Into our favorite fearscape
It's across the sky, and across my heart
And I cross my legs, oh my God
First my left foot, then my right behind the other
Breadcrumbs lost under the snow

Mother the car is here
Somebody leave the light on
Green limousine for red-head dancing girl
And when I dance for him
Maybe she'll leave the light on
Just in case I like the dancing
I can remember where I come from

Tear in your Hand

All the world just stopped now
So you say you don't wanna stay together anymore
Let me take a deep breathe, babe
If you need me, me and Neil'll be hanging out with the dream king
Neil says Hi, by the way
I don't think you're leaving 'cause me and Charles Manson like the same ice cream
I think it's that girl and I think there're pieces of me you've never seen
Maybe she's just pieces of me you've never seen, well

All the world is
All I am
The black of the blackest ocean
And that tear in your hand
All the world is
Danglin', danglin', danglin' for me darlin'
You don't know the power that you have
With that tear in your hand

Maybe I ain't used to
Maybes, smashing in a cold room
Cutting my hands up
Every time I touch you
Maybe,
Maybe it's time to wave goodbye now
Time to wave goodbye now

Caught a ride with the moon
I know, I know you well, well better than I used to
Haze all clouded up in my mind in the daze of the why
It could've never been, so you say
I say, you know you're full of wish
And your "baby, baby, baby, babies"
I tell you there're pieces of me you've never seen
Maybe she's just pieces of me you've never seen

All the world is
All I am
The black of the blackest ocean
And that tear in your hand
All the world is
Danglin', danglin', danglin' for me darlin'
You don't know the power that you have
With that tear in your hand

Me and a Gun

5 a.m., friday morning
Thursday night, far from sleep
I'm still up and driving
Can't go home, obviously
So I'll just change direction
'Cause they'll soon know where I live
And I wanna live
Got a full tank and some chips

It was me and a gun
And a man on my back
And I sang "holy, holy"
As he buttoned down his pants

You can laugh, it's kind of funny
Things you think, times like this
Like I haven't seen Barbados
So I must get out of this

Yes I wore slinky red thing
Does that mean I should spread
For you, for your friends
For your father, Mr. Ed

Me and a gun
And a man on my back
But I haven't seen Barbados
So I must get out of this

And I know what this means
Me and Jesus, a few years back
Used to hang, and he said
"It's your choice, babe, just remember,
I don't think you'll be back in 3 days time, so you choose well"
Tell me what's right
Is it my right to be on my stomach of Fred's Seville

And do you know Carolina
Where the biscuits are soft and sweet
These things go through your head
When there's a man on your back
And your pushed flat on your stomach
It's not a classic cadillac

Me and a gun
And a man on my back
But I haven't seen Barbados
So I must get out of this

Little Earthquakes

Yellow bird flying
Get shot in the wing
Good year for hunters and Christmas parties
And I hate, and I hate, and I hate
And I hate elevator music
The way we fight
The way I'm left here
Silent

Oh, these little earthquakes
Here we go again
These little earthquakes
Doesn't take much to rip us into pieces

We danced in graveyards with vampires 'till dawn
We laughed in the faces of kings
Never afraid to burn
And I hate, and I hate,
And I hate, and I hate
Disintegration watching us wither
Black winged roses that safely changed their color,

Oh, these little earthquakes
Here we go again
These little earthquakes
Doesn't take much to rip us into pieces

I can't reach you, I can't reach you
I can't reach you, I can't reach you,
Give me life, give me pain,
Give me myself again!

Under the Pink

Pretty Good Year**God**Bells for Her**Past the Mission**Baker Baker**The Wrong Band**The Waitress**Cornflake Girl**Icicle**Cloud on my Tongue**Space dog**Yes, Anastasia

Pretty Good Year

Tears on the sleeve of a man, don't wanna be a boy today
I heard the eternal footman bought himself a bike to race
And Greg, he writes letters, and burns his CD's,
They say you were something in those formative years
Well hold on to nothing as fast as you can
Well... still, pretty good year. Haha… pretty good

Maybe a bright sandy beach is gonna bring you back, back, back
Maybe not, so now you're off, you're gonna see America
Well let me tell you something about a-
Nanah, nanah, nanah, nanah, nanah, na-America
Pretty good year, haha... pretty good

Somethings are melting now. Somethings are melting now- well,
HEY... WHAT'S IT GONNA TAKE 'TILL MY BABY'S ALL RIGHT?
WHAT'S IT GONNA TAKE 'TILL MY BABY'S ALL Right... haha...

And Greg, he writes letters with is birthday pen
Sometimes he's aware that they're drawing him in
Lucy was pretty, your best friend agreed
Well... still pretty good year. Haha... pretty good. Haha... pretty good year

God

Ooh who, ooh who
God sometimes you just don't come through
God sometimes you just don't come through
Do you need a woman to look after you?
God sometimes you just don't come through

You make pretty daisies, pretty daisies, love
(Come down I'll tell you what you want you need, you know.)
I gotta find, find, find what you're doing about things
( Besides, besides, huh, what'cha doin',)
A few witches burning, gets a little toasty here
(Hey, whad'a you know, whad'a you know,)
I gotta find, find, find why you always go when the wind blows

God sometimes you just don't come through
God sometimes you just don't come through
Do you need a woman to look after you?
God sometimes you just don't come through

Well, tell me you're crazy maybe then I'll understand
(Come down I'll tell you what'ch you need, you know.)
You got your nine-iron in the back seat just incase
(Besides, besides, huh, what'cha doin'.)
I heard you've gone south, well babe, you love your new four-wheel
(Hey, whad'a you know, whad'a you know.)
I gotta find, find, find why you always go when the wind blows
(Besides, besides.)

'Give not thy strength unto woman,
Nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.'
Will you even tell her if you decide to make the sky fall?
Will you even tell her if you decide to make the sky?

God sometimes you just don't come through
God sometimes you just don't come through, babe
Do you need a woman to look after you?
God sometimes you just don't come through
Do you need a woman to look after you?
God sometimes you just don't come through...
Ooh who. Ooh who. Ooh who. Ah ah..

Past the Mission

I don't believe I went too far. I said I was willing, willing, willing
She said she knew what my books did not. I thought she knew what's up

Past the mission; behind the prison tower
Past the mission; I once knew a hot girl
Past the mission; they're closing every hour
Past the mission; and I, I smell the roses

She said they don't think they know him well
She knew him better, better, better
Everyone wanted something from him
Well, I did too, but I shut my mouth. He just gave me a smile

Hey, they found a body. Not sure it was his, still they're using his name
And she gave him shelter. Somewhere I know she knows
Somewhere I know she knows. Some things only she knows

Past the mission; behind the prison tower
Past the mission; I once knew a hot girl
Past the mission; they're closing every hour
Past the mission; and I, I smell the roses
Past the mission; behind the prison tower
Past the mission; I once knew a hot girl
Past the mission; they're closing every hour
Past the mission; and I, I smell the roses
Past the mission; and I, I smell the roses
Past the mission; and I smell the roses

Baker Baker

Baker baker baking a cake

make me a day

make me whole again

and i wonder what's in a day

what's in your cake this time

i guess you heard he's gone to l.a.

he says that behind my eyes i'm hiding

and he tells me i pushed him away

that my heart's been hard to find

here

there must be something here

there must be something here

here

baker baker can you explain

if truly his heart was made of icing

and i wonder how mine could taste

maybe we could change his mind

i know you're late for your next parade

you came to make sure that i'm not running

well i ran from him in all kinds of ways

guess it was his turn this time

time

thought i'd make friends with time

thought we'd be flying

maybe not this time

baker baker baking a cake

make me a day

make me whole again

and i wonder if he's ok

if you see him say hi

The Wrong Band

I think it's perfectly clear we're in the wrong band ginger is always sincere just not to one man she called me up and she said you know that i'm drowning it's the dog trainer again he says that he thinks that she needs more hands

I think it's perfectly clear we're in the wrong band senator let's be sincere as much as we can he called her up and he said the new prosecutor soon will be wanting a word so she's got a soft spot for heels and spurs and there's something believin in her voice again said there's something believin instead of just leavin

And she gets her cigars from the sweet fat man i think it's perfectly clear we're in the wrong band heidi says she'll be sincere as much as she can i called her up and i said you know that i'm drowning put on your raincoat again cause even the sun's got a price on it and there's something believin in her voice again said there's something believin in her voice instead of just leavin

she said it's time i open my eyes

don't be afraid to open your eyes

maybe she's right

The Waitress

So I want to kill this waitress
She's worked here a year longer than I
If I did it fast, you know that's an act of kindness

But, I believe in peace, oh, I believe in peace, bitch
I believe in peace, oh, I believe in peace
Oh, I believe in peace, bitch, I believe in peace

I want to kill this waitress
I can't believe this violence in mind
And is her power all in her club sandwich

Oh, I believe in peace, oh I believe in peace, bitch
I believe in peace, oh, I believe in peace
Oh, I believe in peace, bitch, I believe in peace

I want to kill this killing wish
There're too many stars and not enough sky
Boys all think she's living kindness
Well ask a fellow waitress...
Ask a fellow waitress

Cornflake Girl

Never was a cornflake girl
Thought that was a good solution hangin' with the raisin girls
She's gone to the other side givin' us a yo-heave-ho
Things are getting king of gross and I go at sleepy time

This is not really, this-a-this-a-this is not really happening
You bet your life it is, you bet your life it is
Oh, honey, you bet your life it's a-
Peel out the watchword, just peel out the watchword

She knows what's goin' on
Seems we got a cheaper feel now all the sweeteaze are gone
Gone to the other side with my encyclopedia
They must'a paid her a nice price- she's puttin' on her string bean love

This is not really, this-a-this-a-this is not really happening
You bet your life it is, you bet your life it is
Oh honey, you bet your life it's a-
Peel out the watchword, just peel out the watchword
Never was cornflake girl- thought that was a good solution

Rabbit... where'd you put the keys girl?
Rabbit... where'd you put the keys girl, oho
Rabbit... where'd you put the keys, oh yah
Rabbit... where'd you put the keys, where'd you put the keys girl?
Oh huh-huh huh, oh huh-huh huh huh
Oh huh-huh huh, oh huh huh huh huh

And the man with the golden gun thinks he knows so much,
(To close this door...)
Thinks he knows so much, yeah
(...I know it's so easy.)
And the man with the golden gun thinks he knows so much,
(To close this door...)
Thinks he knows so much, yeah
(...I know it's so easy.)
And the man with the golden gun thinks he knows so much,
(To close this door...)
Thinks he knows so much, yeah
(...I know it's so easy.)
And the man with the golden gun thinks he knows so much,
(To close this door...)
Thinks he knows so much, yeah, yeah
(...I know it's so easy.)

Rabbit... where'd you put the keys girl, oh yes
Rabbit... where'd you put the keys girl?
Rabbit... where'd you put the keys, oh yeah
Rabbit... where'd you put the keys girl?

Icicle

Icicle, icicle where are you going, where are you going?
Icicle, icicle where are you going,
I have a hiding place when Spring marches in.
Will you keep watch for me, I here them calling.
Gonna lay down, gonna lay down.

Greeting the monster in our Easter dresses.
Father says bow your head like the Good Book says.
Well I think the good book is missing some pages.
Gonna lay down, gonna lay down.

And when my hand touches myself, I can finally rest my head.
And when they say, "Take of his body," I think I'll take from mine instead.

Getting off, getting off while they're all downstairs,
Singing prayers, sing away, he's in my pumpkin PJ's.
Lay your book on my chest, feel the word, feel the word,
Feel the word, feel the word, feel the word, feel it.
I could have, I should have, I could have flown you know.
Well, I could have, I should have, I didn't, so...

Icicle, icicle where are you going,
I have a hiding place when Spring marches in.
Will you keep watch for me, I here them calling.
Gonna lay down, gonna lay down, lay down, I'm gonna lay… down

Cloud on my Tongue

Someone's knocking on my kitchen door, leave the wood outside, what,
All the girls here are freezing cold. Leave me with your Borneo.
I said, I don't need much to keep me warm.
And don't stop now what you're doing, what you're doing my ugly one.
Bring them all here, hard to hide a-ahundred girls in your hair.
It won't be fair if I hate her, if I ate her. You can go now, you can go now.

You're already in there. I'll be wearing your tattoo, yes. You're already in there.

Got a cloud sleeping on my tongue.
He goes, then it goes and kiss the violets as they're waking up.
Leave me with your Borneo, I said, leave me the way I was before but,

You're already in there. I'll be wearing your tattoo, yes.
I'm already in circles and circles and circles again.
The girl's in circles and circles, circles again.
The girl's in circles and circles and circles again.
The girl's in circles and circles and circles again, well.

Someone's knocking on my kitchen door, leave the wood outside, what,
All the girls here are freezing cold.
You can go now, you can go now, you can go now, you can go now.

You're already in there. I'll be wearing your tattoo, yes.
You're already in there. Thought I was over the bridge now, over the bridge now.

I'm already in circles and circles and circles again.
The girl's in circles and circles, got to stop spinning,
Circles and circle, circles again.
The girl's in circles and circles and circles again, well.
Circles and circles, circles again.
The girl's in circles and circles, got to stop spinning,
Circles and circles and circles again.
The girl's in circles and circles and circles again, well

Space Dog

Way to go Mr. Microphone, show us all what you don't know.
Centuries, secret societies, he's our commander still, Space dog.

So sure we were on something, your feet are finally on the ground, he said,
So sure we were on something, your feet are just on the ground, girl.

Rain and snow, our engines have been receiving your eager call.
There's Colonel Dirty-fishy-dishcloth, he'll distract her good don't worry so.
And to the one you thought was on your side.
She can't understand, she truly believes the lie.
Lemon Pie, he's coming through, our commander still,
Space dog, lines secure, Space dog.

Deck the halls, I'm young again, I'm you again.
Racing turtles, the grapefruit is winning.
Seems I keep getting this story twisted,
So where's Neil when you need him?
Deck the halls, it's you again, it's you again.
Somewhere someone must know the ending.
Is she still pissing in the river now?
Heard she'd gone moved into a trailer park.

So sure we were on something,
(So sure those girls now are in the Navy.)
Your feet are finally on the ground, he said,
(Those bombs, our friends, can't even hurt you now.)
So sure we were on something,
(And hold those tears 'cause they're still on your side.)
Your feet are just on the ground, girl.
(Don't hear the dogs barking.)

So sure we were on something,
(Don't say you know we've gone Andromeda.)
Your feet are finally on the ground, he said,
(Stood with those girls before.)
So sure we were on something,
(The hair in pairs, it just got nasty weather.)
Your feet are just on the ground.
(And now those girls are gone.)

Yes Anastasia

I know what you want. The magpies have come, mhm...
If you know me so well then tell me which hand I use.
Uhu… Make them go, oom… make it go.

Saw her there in a restaurant, Poppy don't go.
I know your mother is a good one, but Poppy don't go, I'll take you home.
Show me the things I've been missin'.
Show me the ways I've forgot to be speaking.
Show me the ways to get back to the garden.
Show me the ways to get around the get around.
Show me the ways to button up buttons that have forgotten they're buttons,
Well we-can't-have-that-forgetting-that.
Girls, girls, what have we done, what have we done to ourselves, yes, mmm...
Hmm… Driving on the vine, over clothes lines, but officer I saw the sign.

Thought I'd been through this in 1919.
Counting the tears of ten thousand men and gathered them all,
But, my feet are slipping.
There's something we left on the windowsill, there's something we left, yes...

We'll see how brave you are.
We'll see how fast you'll be running.
We'll see how brave you are.
Yes, Anastasia, and all your dollies have friends.

Thought she deserved no less than she'd give.
Well happy birthday, her blood's on my hands,
It's kind of a shame, 'cause I did like that dress.
It's funny the things that you find in the rain,
The things that you find, yes...
In the mall and in the date-mines, in the knots still in her hair.
On the bus, I'm on my way down, on my way down,
All the girls seem to be… there...

We'll see how brave you are, oh yes.
We'll see how fast you'll be running.
We'll see how brave you are. We'll see...
We'll see how brave you are, oh yes.
We'll see how fast you'll be running.
We'll see how brave you are.
Yes, Anastasia.
Come along now little darlin', come along now with me.
Come along now little darlin', we'll see how brave you are

Boys for Pele

From the Choigirl hotel

To venus and back

Strange Little Girls

Scarlet's Walk

The Beekeeper

Parasol**Sweet the Sting**The Power of Orange Knickers**Jamaica Inn**Barons of Suburbia**Sleeps with Butterflies**General Joy**Mother Revolution**Ribbons Undone**Cars and Guitars**Witness**Original Sinsuality**Ireland**The Beekeeper**Martha's Foolish Ginger**Hoochie Woman**Goodbye Pisces**Marys of the Sea**Toast

Parasol

When I come to terms, to terms with this,
When I come to terms with this,
When I come to terms, to terms with this,
My world will change for me.
I haven't moved since the call came,
Since the call came I haven't moved.
I stare at the wall knowing on the other side,
The storm that waits for me.

Then the seated woman with a parasol,
May be the only one you can't betray.
If I'm the seated woman with a parasol,
I will be safe in my frame.

I have no need for a sea view,
For a sea view I have no need.
I have my little pleasures,
This wall being one of these.

Then the seated woman with a parasol,
May be the only one you can't betray.
If I'm the seated woman with a parasol,
I will be safe in my frame. Ah...

When I come to terms, to terms with this,
When I come to terms with this,
When I come to terms with this whip lash,
Of silk on wool embroidery.

Then the seated woman with a parasol,
May be the only one you can't betray.
If I'm the seated woman with a parasol,
I will be safe in my frame.

Then the seated woman with a parasol,
May be the only one you can't betray.
If I'm the seated woman with a parasol,
I will be safe in my frame.
I will be safe in my frame.
In your house, in your frame

Sweet the Sting

Sweet, sweet, sweet, the... sweet, sweet.
With a strut into the room,
With his hat cocked sure defiantly,
He said "I, I have heard that you can play,
The way I like it to be played."
I said, "I, I can play anyway that you want,
But first I want, I want to know...

"Baby is it sweet, sweet, sweet, the sting?
Is it real, this infusion?
Can it heal where others before have failed...?
If so then somebody shake, shake, shake me sane,
'Cause I am inching ever closer to the tip,
Of this scorpion's tail..."

Sweet, sweet, sweet, the...
He said "I laid my weapons down,
With my pistol fully loaded."
A hunted man to my root.
Will it end or begin in your cinnabar juice?

Is it sweet, sweet, sweet, your sting?
Is it real, your infusion?
Can it heal where others before have failed...?
If so then somebody shake, shake, shake me sane,
'Cause I am inching ever closer to the tip,
Of this scorpion's tail...
Love, let me breathe, breathe you in.
Melt the confusion until there is,
There is you- union...

Baby is it sweet, sweet, sweet, your sting?
Is it real your infusion?
Can it heal where others before have failed...?
If so then somebody shake, shake, shake me sane,
C-'cause I am inching ever closer to the tip,
Of this scorpion's tail..."

Sweet, sweet, sweet, the...
Baby is it sweet? Ah, ah.
Sweet, sweet, the...
Baby is it sweet? Oh yea.
Sweet, sweet, sweet, the...
Uh, uh, baby is it sweet...?

The Power of Orange Knickers

The power of orange knickers.
The power of orange knickers.
The power of orange knickers under my petty coat.
The power of listening to what you don't want me to know.

Can somebody tell me now who is this terrorist?
Those girls that smile kindly then rip your life to pieces?
Can somebody tell me now am I alone with this–
This little pill in my hand,
And with this secret kiss... kiss...
Am I alone in this?
A matter of complication when you become a twist,
For their latest drink as they're transitioning.

Can somebody tell me now who is this terrorist?
This little pill in my hand that keeps the pain laughin'?
Can somebody tell me now a way out of this–
That sacred pipe of red stone,
Could blow me out of this kiss... kiss...
Am I alone in this?

The power of orange knickers under my petty coat.
The power of listening to what you don't want me to know.
Shame, shame, time to leave me now.
Shame, shame, you've had your fun.
Shame, shame, for letting me think that I would be the one.
Can somebody tell me now who is this terrorist?
This little pill in my hand, or this secret kiss... kiss...
Am I alone in this kiss... kiss?
Am I alone in this kiss... kiss?

Jamaica Inn

Can you patch my jeans Peggy Ann?
Just a little stitch to mend the hole he has torn, if you can.
Maybe I got too set in my ways.
He says she reminds him of me,
When we first met in those early days.

The sexiest thing is trust.
I wake up to find the pirates have come.
Tying up along your coast,
How was I to know the pirates have come?
Between Rebecca's, beneath your firmaments,
I have worshipped in the Jamaica Inn.
In the Jamaica Inn.

With the gales my little boat was tossed.
How was I to know that you'd sent her,
With a lantern to bring me in?
"Are you positive this is a friend?"
The captain grimaced,
"Those are cliffs of rock ahead if I'm not mistaken."

Barons of Suburbia

Barons of Suburbia take another piece of my good graces.
I'm in my war, you're in yours, do we fight for peace,
As they take another piece of us...
But baby, I would let... your darkness invade me.
You could maybe turn this white light into navy,
Before you leave.

It was a slight miscalculation that my friends,
My friends would be waiting,
On the other side of the bridge.
On the other side of this.
This mole hill of a mountain,
This potion, now a poison.
They're on the other side of right.
We're on the other side of her midnight...
Midnight... Midnight...

When it's all said and done,
We will lose a piece to a carnivorous vegetarian.
Barons of Suburbia, I have heard you pray before you devour her.
So baby will you let... my darkness invade you?
You always liked your wafer sweet in the middle.
Before you leave.

I am piecing a potion to combat your poison.
I am piecing a potion to combat your poison.
I'm piecing a potion to combat your poison.
I'm piecing a potion to combat-a your poison.

I'm piecing a potion to combat your poison.
I'm piecing a potion to combat your poison.
I'm piecing a potion to combat-a your poison.
She is risen, she is risen, boys. I said she is risen...

Sleeps with Butterflies

Airplanes take you away again.
Are you flying above where we live?
Then I look up, a glare in my eyes.
Are you having regrets about last night?
I'm not, but I like rivers that rush in so then I dove in.
Is there trouble ahead for you, the acrobat?
I won't push you unless you have a net.

You say the word, you know I will find you.
Or if you need some time, I don't mind.
I don't hold on to the tail of your kite.
I'm not like the girls that you've known.
But I believe I'm worth coming home to.
Kiss away night, this girl only sleeps with butterflies...
With butterflies... So go on and fly then, boy.

Balloons look good from on the ground.
I fear with pins and needles around.
We may fall then stumble upon a carousel.
It could take us anywhere.

General Joy

General Joy, I know, I know you'll take me there,
Where your boys were left behind.
General Joy, it seems you need a soldier girl,
Now "they" have Liberty gagged,
By boat, by tram, by motorbus,
Could it be the fates are protecting us,
from the Hawks that have stolen the bird from the sky?

And I know you will always love sorrow.
Is that why you gave her dress to happiness?
'Cause it matches her eyes when she cries.

General Joy, it seems you don't love your bride.
(That doesn't mean you you're a bad guy.)
Generally you're friends,
But she is not the love of your life.
To dye, to perm, to change your hair,
Or your wife, the possibilities are there,
And it's time for you to decide.

And I know you will always love sorrow.
Is that why you gave her dress to happiness?
'Cause it matches her eyes when she cries.

General Joy, I know, I know you'll take me there,
(But you'll need strength from within.)
General Joy, it seems you need a soldier girl,
(And a willing coalition.)
By boat, by tram, by motorbus,
Could it be the Hawks are protecting us,
From the Men who have now assumed their name?

And I know you will always love sorrow.
Is that why you gave her dress to happiness?
'Cause it matches her eyes when she cries.
'Cause it matches her eyes when she cries

Mother Revolution

Lucky me.
I guessed the kind of man that you would turn out to be.
Now I wish that I'd been wrong and then,
I could remember to breathe...
And all along the watchtower,
the night horses and the black mares,
Ready themselves for the outcome,
for the strange times upon us.

But what you didn't count on was another mother of,
A mother revolu...tion.
But what you didn't count on was another mother of,
A mother revolu...tion.
You could've had me, you could've had me.
You could've had me right there beside you.
You could've had mey boy, you could've had me, yeah.
You could've had me right there beside you...

A wife on loan in a cafe in old El Paso.
Next I go to Seven Gates and my sister's Bass Bonanza...
And all along her watchtower,
The night horses and the black mares,
Steady themselves for the outcome,
For the strange days upon us...

What you didn't count on was another mother of,
A mother revolu...tion.
But what you didn't count on was another mother of,
A mother revolu...tion.
You could've had me, you could've had me.
You could've had me right there beside you.
You could've had me, boy, you could've had me, yeah.
You could've had me right there beside you...
What you didn't count on was another mother of,
A mother revolu...tion....

Ribbons Undone

She's a girl rising from a shell, running to spring.
It is her time. It is her time.
Watch her run with ribbons undone...
She's a rose in a lily's cloak.
She can hide her charms. It is her right.
There will be time to chase the sun with Ribbons undone...

She runs like a fire does, just picking up daises.
Comes in for a landing, a pure flash of lightening.
Past Alice Blue blossoms, you follow her laughter.
And then she'll surprise you- arms filled with lavender.
Yes, my little pony is growing up fast.
She corrects me and says, "you mean a thoroughbred."
A look in her eye says the battle's beginning.
From school she comes home and cries,
"I don't want to grow up, Mom, at least not tonight..."

You're a girl rising from a shell, running through Spring.
The summers under each now.
It is your time. It is your time.
So I just watch with ribbons undone...
It is your time, yes my child. It is your time.
So just watch with ribbons undon...
Hoo... undon... hoo... hoo... ribbons un...

Cars and Guitars

If I choke, boy, you start me up again.
Restring my wires y'know.
This gearbox can make the shift polish my rims.
Oh... damned if you do, damned if you don't.
I swear it seems of late boy,
I've even curved this body to fit your bow.

Still the rain can't confuse the thoughts that come, come in rhythm.
'Cause it never was the cars and guitars that came between us.
Still a thought says, "What if I keep on dri...vin',
Keep on dri...ivin'."

"Yeah that whip has skirt," you said it proud.
Sometimes I'd watch her idle,
While you'd tune her up me with my silencer on.
You and your crocodile clip,
Me and my alligator pears, yeah,
All tricked out for the trip that slid into a spin.

You say that "I miss you,"
You stop in at my drive-thru,
You know you'll order some, some, boy.
'Cause it never was the cars and guitars that came between us.
Still a thought says, "What if I keep on dri...vin',
Keep on dri...ivin', keep on dri...ivin'."

If I choke, boy, you start me up again.
Restring my wires y'know.
This gearbox can make the shift polish my... rims

Witness

Original Sinsuality

Ireland

The Beekeper

Martha's Foolish Ginger

Hoochie Woman

Goodbye Pisces

Marys of the Sea

Toast