Polly Jean Harvey

When Under Ether

2011-02-19T05:22:00.000-08:00

The ceiling is moving
Moving in time
Like a conveyor belt
Above my eyes

When under ether
The mind comes alive
But conscious of nothing
But the will to survive

I lay on the bed
Waist down, undressed
Look up at the ceiling
Feeling happiness

Human kindness

The woman beside me
Is holding my hand
I point at the ceiling
She smiles so kind

Somethings inside me
Unborn and unblessed
Disappears in the ether
This world to the next

Disappears in the ether
One world to the next

Human kindness

We're making war

2009-08-25T07:34:00.000-07:00

We're making war, lover
We are not getting on
I will not change to keep the peace
You won't admit you're wrong
I've got a bellyful of grudges and I will not let them out
The wreckage of your previous life
You will not sort it out

The dirt we keep on raking
The giving up, the taking
And we keep on making war, darling

The stand off is coming
The wounds should heal without a scar
But the stitches keep on breaking
And you keep on phoning
And I keep on moaning
And we keep on making war

Sweetheart, destroying our best laid plans
I will not explain myself and you refuse to understand
Our friends all become traitors as we wave our piece of paper
The ammunition's loaded
And the troops are at the border
But I might be bluffing
And you might be faking
But we keep making war

We Float

2009-08-25T07:28:00.000-07:00

We wanted to find love
We wanted success
Until nothing was enough
Until my middle name was excess
And somehow I lost touch
When you went out of sight
When you got lost into the city
Got lost into the night

I was in need of help
Heading to black out
'Til someone told me run on in honey
Before somebody blows your goddam' brains out
You shop-lifted as a child
I had a model's smile
You carried all my hopes
Until something broke inside

But now we float
Take life as it comes

So will we die of shock?
Die without a trial
Die on Good Friday
While holding each other tight
This is kind of about you
This is kind of about me
We just kind of lost our way
But we were looking to be free

But one day we'll float
Take life as it comes

Water 2

2009-08-25T07:25:00.000-07:00

Pulled the pin
Look at that guy
Count to three
Writing postcards
His arm twist like a cat's spine
Nothing on his mind
Closed his eyes and hummed
I'm confused and thirsty
Waited to explode
He got orangeena by his side
Waited to feel fine
You speak English?
Well he weren't holed up in no bunker you know
What a dummy
Just walking the bank
21 and never been unbuttoned
Watching the river go
Yeah - he was already lost
Past a queen in crocodile shoes
Still gave me a drink of course
Square-toes from out of town
Was going to ask him if he wanted
Past a fridge on wheels forgetting the news
Something in it and
Past a wrinkled breast that's
To send me a card from this little island
Going to brown
But he stood up brushing lunch
Pulled the pin
From his shirt
Count to three
And I'm already back at work
He arch his back into the sun
Look at that jerk
Saw Lawrence on the water
On Lawrance on the water
He felt the water run
He make me wanna run
He waited to explode
He make me put my head in my hands

Water

2009-08-25T07:20:00.000-07:00

Water
Walking on
Water
For years
Taking it into my head
Living by the right lines
Reading what the very man said
Water
Walking on
Water
Neighing on eleven years
Taking it into my head
Mary Mary drop me softly
I've been reading what your very man said
Neighing on eleven years
Taking it into my head
Leave my clothes on the beach
I'm walking down into the sea
Prove it to me
Now the water to my ankles
Now the water to my knees
Think of him all waxy wings
Melted down into the sea
Mary Mary what your man said
Is washing in all over my head
Mary Mary hold on tightly
Over water under the sea

Wang Dang Doodle (by W. Dixon)

2009-08-25T07:13:00.000-07:00

Tell automatic Slim
Tell razor totin' Jim
Tell butcher knife toting Nanny
Tell fast talking fanny
We're gonna pitch a ball
Down to the union hall
We're gonna romp and trump till midnight
We're gonna fuss and fight till daylight
We're gonna get your wang dang doodle all night long

Tell cooda-crawling Ray
To tell abyssinia Ned
To tell old pistol Pete
To tell everybody he meets
Tonight we need no rest
We're gonna really throw a mess
We're gonna knock down all the windows
We're gonna kick down all the doors
We're gonna get your wang dang doodle all night long

All night long
All night long
All night long
All night long

Tell fats and washbone Sam
Everybody gonna jam
Tell shaking boxcar Joe
We got sawdust on the floor
Now tell Peggy and Colin Die
We're gonna have a heck of a time
Now when the fish scent fill the air
There'll be snuff juice everywhere
We're gonna get your wang dang doodle all night long

All night long
All night long
All night long
All night long
All night long
All night long
All night long

Wait

2009-08-25T07:09:00.000-07:00

I thought that if I waited, things might happen
There was no need to move myself, whats happening to me?
I sit around, and sit around, my legs are underneath me
Sit around, and dream around the things I'm going to be

But I've waited so long
Forgotten what i was waiting for
Waited six long years or more
Another minute won't make any difference, at all

Might even happen today, might even happen tomorrow
Everyone is waiting, everyone was sighting
Ways of moving slowly, but nobody is moving

But I've waited so long
Forgotten what i was waiting for
Waited six long years or more
Another minute won't make any difference, at all

Might even happen when you are looking out the window
Might even happen when you are walking down the stairs

All i seem to do is wait
Waiting for buses, waiting for trains
But my bus is always late
All i seem to do is wait
Spend my life anticipating things that will never happen

My god I've waited so long
Forgotten what i was waiting for
Waited six long years or more
Another minute won't make any difference, at all

Victory

2009-04-10T08:03:00.000-07:00

I stumble in and in
You fit me with those angel wings
Send me gold
Set me high
Set it up I'm in the sky
'Til the storm is gone
And the temperature's high
And delight is dining
At my table

'Til I think ha ha ha how lucky we are
Angel at my table
God in my car
Get it to sea
Take a ship
I'd christen her 'Victory' and she'd make it

Victory

C'mon boys let's push it hard
Bump down push your motor car
C'mon boys you've done us proud
You can sweat, dig, I'll mop it right off your brow

Victory

'Til the storm is gone
And the temperature's high
And delight is dining
At my table

Urn With Dead Flowers In A Drained Pool

2009-04-10T08:00:00.001-07:00

I need your lie, darling love lies
And if you gave it to me, I'd hold it in the palm of my hand
Like a good luck charm or a vice
And I'd reach up like a child to receive it

There is no more
There is no more
I got . . .

Take me inside your wall love lie
And if he took me, I'd hold him up to the light
Like a god, or a good luck charm, or a vice
And I'd open up like a child to believe it

There is no more
There is no more
I got . . .

No
There is no more
There is no more
I got . . .

And still you can't give your peace to me

Un Cercle Autour Du Soleil

2009-04-10T07:55:00.000-07:00

She lay breathing
Sunshine between
Time here lingers
Trace with my finger
A circle
A circle
'Round the sun
The sun
The sun
The sun

To more laughter
Since the black come
But head down get high
Up there's blue sky
And a circle
A circle
'Round the sun
The sun
The sun
The sun

Time here lingers
Can trace with my fingers
A circle
A circle
'Round the sun
The sun
The sun
The sun

Uh Huh Her

2009-04-10T07:51:00.000-07:00

Rejection
Rejection
Rejection

Don't marry uh huh huh
Don't marry uh huh huh her
Don't marry uh huh huh
Don't marry uh huh huh her

The valley is crying
Don't ask me why it's grieving

Don't marry uh huh huh
Don't marry uh huh huh her
Don't marry uh huh huh
Don't marry uh huh huh her

I fail to see
All with my tears
I drown the fears
You will remember, remember me

The valley, it's crying
The valley is grieving
He's leaving, abandoning me

Don't marry uh huh huh
Don't marry uh huh huh her
Don't marry uh huh huh
Don't marry uh huh huh her

I fail to see
All with my tears
I drown your fears
You will remember, remember me

To Talk To You

2009-04-10T07:42:00.000-07:00

Oh Grandmother
How I miss you
Under the earth
Wish I was with you

To talk to you
To talk to you

I found somebody
Tried to give myself to
Many times
I wanted to talk to you

If i lay on the earth
Could you hear me there?

Oh Grandmother
I'm so lonely
All my life

If i lay on the earth
Could you hear?

If I lay
Mary

To Bring You My Love

2009-04-10T07:39:00.000-07:00

I was born in the desert
I been down for years
Jesus, come closer
I think my time is near
And i've traveled over
Dry earth and floods
Hell and high water
To bring you my love

Climbed over mountains
Traveled the sea
Cast down off heaven
Cast down on my knees
I've lain with the devil
Cursed god above
Forsaken heaven
To bring you my love

To bring you my love
To bring you my love
To bring you my love

I know he's gonna be here
You know he's gonna be here
Yeah alright

Forsaken heaven
Cursed god above
Laid with the devil
Bring you my love

To bring you my love
To bring you my love
To bring you my love

This Mess We're In

2009-04-10T07:33:00.001-07:00

Can you hear them?
The helicopters?
I'm in New York
No need for words now
We sit in silence
You look me
In the eye directly
You met me
I think it's Wednesday
The evening
The mess we're in and
The city sun sets over me

Night and day
I dream of
Making-love
To you now baby
Love-making
On-screen
Impossible dream
And I have seen
The sunrise
Over the river
The freeway
Reminding
Of this mess we're in and
The city sun sets over me

What were you wanting?
I just want to say
Don't ever change now baby
And thank you
I don't think we will meet again
And you must leave now
Before the sunrise
Above skyscrapers
The sin and
This mess we're in and
The city sun sets over me

This Is Mine

2009-04-10T07:30:00.000-07:00

All of this is mine
All of this is mine
Want it like a crime
All of this is mine

The beat
Of a bird
Too fast
For my heart

All of this

All of this is mine
All of this is mine (this is mine)
Want it like a crime (this is mine)
Give these lips of mine (this is mine)

The beat
Of a bird
Too fast
For my heart
Too fast
For my heart

This is mine

This Is Love

2009-04-10T07:24:00.000-07:00

I can't believe life's so complex
When I just wanna' sit here and watch you undress

This is love that I'm feeling

Does it have to be a life full of dread?
I wanna' chase you round the table, I wanna' touch your head

This is love that I'm feeling

I can't believe that the axis turns on suffering
When you taste so good
I can't believe that the axis turns on suffering
While my head burns

This is love that I'm feeling

Even in the summer, even in the spring
You can never get too much of a wonderful thing

You're the only story that I never told
You're my dirty little secret, wanna' keep you so
Come on out, come on over, help me forget
Keep the walls from falling on me, tumbling in

This is love that I'm feeling

There Will Never Be a Better Time

2009-04-10T07:22:00.000-07:00

There will never be a better time
There will never be a greater time
Oh

If I could change, change everything
If I could change my name, learn to forgive
There's never been a better time (oh i know)
There will never be a greater time

When i look for god I lose my way
When I look for you I lose my place
Kissing anything that comes my way
Burning anything that will burn

I wanna change, change everything
Gonna change my name, learn to forgive
Love passes me by in all the wrong places
Love passes me by, I'll lose my way
I wanna catch them all

There will never be a greater time
There will never be a better time

There will never be a better time
There will never be a greater time

The Wind

2009-04-10T07:13:00.000-07:00

Catherine liked high places
High up on the hills
A place for making noises
Noises like the Whales
Here she built a chapel with
Her image on the wall
A place where she could rest and
A place where she could wash
and listen to the wind blow
She dreamt of children's voices
And torture on the wheel
Patron-Saint of nothing
A woman of the hills
She once was a lady
Of pleasure, and high-born
A lady of the city
But now she sits and moans
and listens to the wind blow
I see her in her chapel
High up on a hill
She must be so lonely
Oh Mother, can't we give
A husband to our Catherine?
A handsome one, a dear
A rich one for the lady
Someone to listen with

The Whores Hustle And The Hustlers Whore

2009-04-03T14:39:00.000-07:00

Speak to me of universal laws
The whores hustle and the hustlers whore
All around me people bleed
Speak to me your song of greed

Speak to me of your inner charm
Of how you'll keep me safe from harm
I don't think so, I don't see
Speak to me of your inner peace

Little people at the amusement park
City people in the dark
Speak to us, send us a sign
Tell us something to keep us trying

The whores hustle and the hustlers whore
Too many people out of love
The whores hustler and the hustlers whore
This city's ripped right to the core

Speak to me of heroin and speed
Of genocide and suicide, of syphilis and greed
Speak to me the language of love
The language of violence, the language of the heart
This isn't the first time I've asked for money or love
Heaven and earth don't ever mean enough
Speak to me of heroin and speed
Just give me something I can believe

The whores hustle and the hustlers whore
Too many people out of love
The whores hustler and the hustlers whore
This city's ripped right to the core

The Slow Drug

2009-04-03T14:36:00.000-07:00

Blue now is the colour
Love the drug I'm needing
Got to keep this feeling

With the headlights burning
We're looking up for something
Answers on the ceiling

Watching out the windows
Watch the way the wind blows
Soon it will be morning

Still the question lingers
I twist it round my fingers
Could you be my calling?

See this winged boy falling
Falling out of something
Hits the drug I'm needing

Arrows that he's turning
Need to keep this feeling
Slow drug in the morning

With the headlights burning
Looking up for something
Something that we're needing

Still the question lingers
I twist it round my fingers
Could you be my calling?

The Sky Lit Up

2009-04-03T14:31:00.000-07:00

I'm walking in the city tonight
I'm walking in the city at dark
Remembering, remember light
Thinking of nothing, and the shooting stars
And this world tonight is mine
A world to be remembered in
Think on a faded photograph
My hair longer than its ever been
and then,the sky lit up
The sky, my friend
And I'm lighter than I've ever been
I saw the trees crossing the moon
I saw the stars in the Heaven above
Shine on my own beautiful prayer
Shining on my own beautiful love
The sky lit up
And I'm dancing with him
In this city and in this town
I don't care what he's thinking of
Just take the car, just take my hand
The sky lit up

The River

2009-04-03T14:03:00.000-07:00

And they came to the river
And they came from the road
and he wanted the sun
just to call his own
And they walked on the dirt
And they walked from the road
Etil they came up close
Throw your pain in the river
To be washed away slow
And we walked without words
And we walked with our lives
Two silent birds
Circled by
Like our pain in the river
And we followed the river
And we followed the road
And we walked through this land
And we called it a home
But he wanted the sun
And I wanted the whole
And the white light scatters
And the sun sets low
Like the pain in the river

The Pocket Knife

2008-08-29T07:57:00.000-07:00

Please don't make my wedding dress
I'm too young to marry yet
Can you see my pocket knife?
You can't make me be a wife

How the world just turns & turns
How does anybody learn?

Mummy, put your needle down
How did you feel when you were young?
Cos I feel like I've just been born
Even though I'm getting on

How the world slips by so fast
How does anybody last?

As the world keeps coming
And the bees keep humming
And I'll keep running

Flowers I can do without
I don't wanna be tied down
White material will stain
My pocket knife's gotta shiny blade

I'm not trying to cause a fuss
I just wanna make my own fuck-ups
I'm not trying to break your heart
I'm just trying not to fall apart

The Piano

2008-08-29T07:55:00.001-07:00

Hit her with a hammer
Teeth smashed in
Red tongues twitching
Look inside a skeleton

My fingers sting
Where I feel your fingers have been
Ghostly fingers
Moving my limbs

Oh god I miss you
Oh god I miss you
Oh god I miss you

Daddy's in the corner
Rattling his keys
Mummy's in the doorway
Trying to leave

Nobody's listening
Nobody's listening
Nobody's listening
Nobody's listening

Oh god I miss you
Oh god I miss you
Oh god I miss you

The Phone Song

2008-08-29T07:51:00.000-07:00

If I could tell you anything
I would tell you something
If you, if you could miss it

That's the loop
It can be broken
That's the loop
It can be broken

If I could tell you anything
If you, if you could allow it
If you, if you could hear me
That's the change
Changes can happen
That's the loop
It can be broken
That's your heart
It can be open
That's the loop
It can be broken

That's the change
Changes can happen
That's the look
It can be broken
That's your heart
It can be open
That's the loop
It can be broken

The Northwood

2008-08-29T07:47:00.000-07:00

I went up to the deep Northwood
Because of fire was in my hair
Thinking of her face, I left
The way she looked as I left her there
Her words still ring in my ears
Thrill is gone after all these years

I went out to the deep Northwood
Because of fire was in my hair
Thinking of her face, I left
The way she looked as I left her there
Her words still ring in my ears
The thrill is gone after all these years
Our love gets thrown away

He went out to the deep Northwood
Left a fire rage in my hair
Thinking of

The Mystery Of Love

2008-08-29T07:44:00.001-07:00

When you're not by my side
The world's in two, and I'm a fool

When you're not in my sight
Then everything, just fades from view

The mystery of love belongs to you
The mystery of love belongs to you

Tell me, have you changed your mind?
Am I a fool, because of you?

Tell me, do we still have time?
To make this wrong somehow be right

The mystery of love belongs to you
The mystery of love belongs to you

Show me sweetness, show me summer skies
Show me how to make this wrong seem right
Show me laughter in your pale blue eyes
Tell me, tell me have you changed your mind?

The Mountain

2008-08-29T07:34:00.000-07:00

Above the mountain
The mountain
An eagle
Is flying

High above the mountain
An eagle calling down
To the soldier who falters
The soldier on the ground

By the mountain
I feel nothing
For in my own heart
Every tree is broken

The first tree will not be blossom
The second will not grow
The third is almost fallen
Since you betrayed me so

Since you...

The Life and Death of Mr Badmouth

2008-08-29T07:31:00.001-07:00

Baby, you got a bad bad mouth
Everything is poison that's coming out
Cheating, lying since the day you were born
Someone outta rinse it out with soap

Wash it out, wash it out, wash it out

No kind words are coming out of your mouth
Plenty goes in but nothing good comes out
Badmouth, sad mouth, you were an unhappy child
That doesn't make your lying tongue alright

Wash it out, wash it out, wash it out

Cos everything is poison
You'll be the unhappy one
Your lips taste of poison
You're gonna be left alone

When you told me every word you said
Came from voices talking in your head
Baby, I just think you're out for what you can get
Your badmouth has killed off everything we had

Wash it out, wash it out, wash it out

Cos everything is poison
You'll be the unhappy one
Your lips taste of poison
You'll be in the corner crying

The Letter

2008-08-29T07:28:00.000-07:00

Put the pen
To the paper
Press the envelope
With my scent
Can't you see
In my handwriting
The curve of my g?
The longing

Who is left that
Writes these days?
You and me
We'll be different
Take the cap
Off your pen
Wet the envelope
Lick and lick it

I need you
The time is running out
Oh baby
Can't you hear me call?

It turns me on
To imagine
Your blue eyes
On my words
Your beautiful pen
Take the cap off
Give me a sign and I'd come running

Oh
It's you
I want you

The Garden

2008-08-29T07:26:00.000-07:00

and he was walking in the garden
and he was walking in the night
and he was singing a sad love song
and he was praying for his life
and the stars came out around him
he was thinking of his sins
and he's looking at his song-bird
and he's looking at his wings
there inside the garden
came another with his lips
said, 'Won't you come and be my lover?'
'Let me give you a little kiss'
and he came, knelt down before him
and fell upon his knees
said, 'I will give you gold and mountains
if you stay awhile with me'
and there was trouble taking place.
there inside the garden
they kissed, and the sun rose
and he walked a little further
and he found he was alone
and the wind, it gathered round him
he was thinking of his sins
he was looking at his song-bird
and he was looking at his wings
and there was trouble taking place.

The Faster I Breathe, The Furter I Go

2008-08-29T07:21:00.000-07:00

I'm walking outside and
The headlights are blinding
I'm walking on Bleaker
The street of no cheer
The yellow cabs driving
I'm taking a ride and
The panic, the laughter, the stink of disaster

Disaster
Disaster
Disaster
The faster
The faster
I'm breathing
The further
I'm sinking
My head aches
My mouth dry
It feels like
It's war time
The heat and
The traffic
There's hell on
This planet
It's spinning
Much faster
Disaster
Disaster

Disaster
Disaster
I'm breathing
I'm breathing
I'm breathing
I'm breathing

Let's walk now
On side roads
Let's walk in
The shadows

There's lovers
They're kissing
I see something missing
He's ready
To take her
I don't even
Rate her
Loving and loving
I hear
The flies buzzing

Faster
Faster
Faster
Faster
I'm breathing
I'm breathing
I'm breathing
I'm breathing

Keep walking
Keep walking

The Falling

2008-08-29T07:17:00.000-07:00

How to walk and where to run
How to walk and where to run
I see you kissing in other peoples arms
See you kissing in cheap bars
How to walk and where to run
How to walk and where to run
I see you kissing oblivious
Loving only your pain
I'm walking in oblivion
Walking in oblivion
I walk with a childs face
Remembering our days
Walking in oblivion
Walking in oblivion
Its gotta give, its gotta change
Today is the day

To all the men who I've loved
To all the men who I've loved
Something to free your angry hearts
I'm opening up my arms
To all the men whom I have loved
To all the men whom I have loved
Speak of the fear inside
It's time to change, there still is time
Do you remember walking?
Do you remember wtaching?
Our faces in the falling hearts of children
To all the men whom I have loved
To all the men whom I have loved
I dedicate my song saying
Today is the day
Today is the day

So we fall
And we fall again
And I have come
To tell you today
That I loved you
There's still time to say
We're falling hearts of our children

Through hating and loving
Through lucking and nothing
Through all manner of sorrows
That I have spoken
I open up my tender heart
I open up my tender heart
To all the men whom I have loved
All of those who I adored
But I remember something
I remember walking
When my heart was frozen
With that feeling
It's gotta give, it's gotta change
It's gotta give, it's gotta change
Turning round and round saying
Today is the day
Today is the day

So we fall
And we fall again
And I have come
To tell you today
That I loved you
There's still time to say
We're falling hearts of our children

Falling
Falling
Falling
Falling
Falling

The Devil

2008-08-29T07:15:00.001-07:00

As soon as I'm left alone
The devil wanders into my soul
And I pretend to myself
And I pretend to myself

I go out to the old milestone
Insanely expecting you to come there knowing
That I wait for you there
That I wait for you there

Come
Come
Come here at once
Come
Come
On a night with no moon

Because

All of my being is now in pining
All of my being is now in pining

What formly cheered me now seems insignificant
Insignificant

The Desperate Kingdom of Love

2008-08-29T07:10:00.000-07:00

Oh love, you were a sickly child
And how the wind knocked you down
Put on your spurs, swagger around
In the desperate kingdom of love

Holy water cannot help you now
Your mysterious eyes cannot help you
Selling your reason will not bring you through
The desperate kingdom of love

There's another who looks from behind your eyes
I learn from you how to hide
From the desperate kingdom of love

At the end of this burning world
You'll stand proud, face upheld
And I'll follow you, into Heaven or Hell
And I'll become, as a girl
In the desperate kingdom of love

The Darker Days of Me & Him

2008-08-29T07:08:00.001-07:00

Promises, promises
I'm feeling burned
You taught me a lesson
I didn't want to learn

Why did I come here?
Please tell me again
Why did you ask me?
Don't say you forget

I long for, I long for
I long for my home
I long for a land where
No man was ever known

With no neurosis
No psychosis
No psychoanalysis
And no sadness

I'll pick up the pieces,
I'll carry on somehow
Tape the broken parts together
And limp this love around

Limp this love around

The Dancer

2008-08-29T07:05:00.000-07:00

He came riding fast like a phoenix out of fire flames
He came dressed in black with a cross bearing my name
He came bathed in light and the splendor and glory
I can't believe what the lord has finally sent me

He said dance for me, fanciulla gentil
He said laugh a while, I can make your heart feel
He said fly with me, touch the face of the true god
And then cry with joy at the depth of my love

Cause i've prayed days, i've prayed nights
For the lord just to send me home some sign
I've looked long, i've looked far
To bring peace to my black and empty heart

My love will stay till the river bed run dry
And my love lasts long as the sunshine blue sky
I love him longer as each damn day goes
The man is gone and heaven only knows

Cause i've cried days. i've cried nights
For the lord just to send me up some sign
Is he near? is he far?
Bring peace to my black and empty heart

So long day. so long night
Good lord, be near me tonight
Is he near? is he far?
Bring peace to my black and empty heart

The Bay

2008-08-29T06:59:00.000-07:00

The dead man came calling
My name and in need
Said "Betty, you're my girl
The strongest I've seen"

But oh my heart
Is heading to break
They say God forgives
But I can't learn the same

Said Betty she's fine
And Betty she's torn
And Betty makes love
Like woman at all

But oh my heart
Is heading to break
They say God forgives
But I can't learn the same

So I gave him my time
And I gave him my peace
And I gave him my heart
Gave it to keep

But oh my eyes
Making fools out of me
They say love is blindness (They say God forgives)
I could no longer see (But I can't learn the same)

Now I've no more to give
And I've no more to say
And the stars shine less bright now
Over this dead man's bay

But oh my heart
Is heading to break
They say God forgives
Is this love in the grave?
They say God forgives
Is this love in the grave?

The Ballad Of The Soldier's Wife

2008-08-29T06:49:00.000-07:00

What was sent to the soldier's wife
From the ancient city of Prague
From Prague came a pair of high heeled shoes
With a kiss or two came the high heeled shoes
From the ancient city of Prague

What was sent to the soldier's wife
From Oslo, over the sound
From Oslo there came a collar of fur
How appeases her, little collar of fur
From Oslo, over the sound

What was sent to the soldier's wife
From the wealth of Amsterdam
From Amsterdam
He got her a hat
She looked sweet in that
In a little dutch hat
From the wealth of Amsterdam

What was sent to the soldier's wife
From Brussels in Belgium land
From Brussels he sent
Her laces so rare
To have and to wear
Oh those laces so rare
From Brussels in Belgium land

What was sent to the soldier's wife
From Paris, city of light
In Paris he got her a silken gown
T'was end in town
Oh silken gown
From Paris, city of light

What was sent to the soldier's wife
From the south from Bucharest
From Bucharest
He sent her his shirt
Embroidered and pert
That Rumanian shirt
From the south of Bucharest

What was sent to the soldier's wife
From far-off Russian land
From Russia there came
Just a widow's veil
A death to be wed
In her widows veil
From the far-off Russian land

That Was My Veil

2008-08-27T16:36:00.000-07:00

It starts at daylight
I see him before my sad eyes
I hear him breathing
Oh lover, need you to lead me
No never thought that you'd leave

That was my veil
That was my time
Once held secret
But now lies

No words can heal my heart
Inside I'm broken, now it's done
Was she a pretty girl
Does she have pretty hair
Was she soft-spoken
Was there a love there

That was my veil
That was my time
Once held secret
But now lies

Give back my veil
Give back my time
No more secret
You give me lies
Give me back my veil
Give back my life
No more secret
You give me lies
Lies

Teclo

2008-08-27T16:32:00.001-07:00

Long goes the night
Longer the day
Teclo your death
Will send me to my grave

I learned to beg
I learned to pray
Send me his love
Send him to me again

Let me ride
Let me ride
Let me ride on his grace for a while

Let me ride
Let me ride
Just let me ride on his grace for a while

Long goes the night
Longer the day
Teclo your death
Will send me to my grave

Let me ride
Let me ride
Just let me ride on his grace for a while

Let me ride
Let me ride
Just let me ride on your grace for a while

Just let me ride

Taut

2008-08-27T16:27:00.001-07:00

Jesus save me
Jesus save me

Can I tell you something
Can I tell you a story
It's about me and billy
Because I remember
I remember it all started when he bought that car
It was the first thing he ever owned apart from me
And the color was red
And the color was red and he drove me
He drove me out of my mind
I'm over that now
It was spring or summer 65 I don't remember
Steaming and sweating and sticking against the wheel
And I could see the tendons stand out in the back of his neck
And he used to make me pray, wearing a mask like a death's head
When he put me there in the back seat, and he said

Jesus save me
Jesus save me

And everybody's father is hated for what he was saying
And he doesn't
He'd reluctantly cut loose inside
I would feel really I would feel really and truly alive
And I would do anything for him,
It just wasn't enough
It was never enough, he'd turn to me and say
He'd, he'd say "even the son of god had to die, my darling"
And he'd
And he'd
He'd

Jesus!
He'd make me pray. . .

Even the son of god had to die my darling
Come on, say it!

Jesus save me
Jesus save me

Sweeter Than Anything

2008-08-27T16:20:00.000-07:00

In photographs
I've seen him laugh
Man overboard
Sun on his back

Summer was here
I remember it well
How he stood in the shade
How we both kissed and fell

How can this be?
There's nothing left here
How can this be?
There's nothing left here

So sad our
So sad our

So sad our
So sad our

Our memory

Now he talks in his sleep
Says I've never known peace
And I don't know him now
He's a stranger to me

How can this be?
There's nothing left here
How can this be?
There's nothing left here

We were
Never more than a dream
Brief as
Summer or spring
Sweeter than anything

Straight

2008-08-27T16:13:00.000-07:00

You sleep better when you're
You eat better when you're
You sing better when you're
You need me more when you're straight

Is this the weekend?
Is that your girlfriend?
She's green and innocent
You smoke her like she's incense
She's smilin'

I'll wait 'til summer's over
I'll love you through october
I'll give you everything
I'll trade you anything for her
Stay straight for me
Stay straight for me
Stay straight for me
Stay straight for me

Stone

2008-08-27T08:53:00.000-07:00

I don't wanna kiss you
I've already kissed you
And you said 'kiss me again'
And all the hills were rolling
And all the clouds unravelled
Looked down upon our shadows
Looked down upon our history
And then you came towards me

But my heart has turned to stone
What if my heart has gone
The world is weary, tired enough
I need help to hold this love

Was it that you told me
That you'd learnt to unfold me
To read my heart like a map
To throw it away and not bring it back
No-one in this house is sleeping
We lie awake just listening
For something human, something apart
To hear something other than our own hearts

My heart has turned to stone
What if my heart has gone
The world is weary, tired enough
I need help to hold this love

But the words just grind me down
When your tears just tire us out
When the words just grind us down

Somebody's down, somebody's name

2008-08-27T08:49:00.001-07:00

Somebody's down, somebody's name
Saw it all happen, take place
At my window, I was looking down
I had no time, just time to say
Hold on, I'm coming
And he was lying there, it's all just too late

Somebody's down, somebody's name
Saw a fall and it all take place
At my window, I was looking down
See people, you can't be safe
Hold on, I'm coming
It's moved on now, and it all passed, and it's all too late

Somebody's down, somebody's name
Saw it all with my own eyes
Saw it all as clear as day
Clear as blue, blue fucking daylight
I say

Hold on
I'm coming
Somebody's down, somebody's name
Somebody's down, somebody's name
Hold
On
No
More
Hold on
No more
Hold on, I'm coming
Don't you tell me it's too late

Somebody's down, somebody's name
Pushing up daisies out of the ground
Thought I heard him call her name
By the time he hit the ground
Another day, another town
Another body on the ground
By the time the sky was grey
Nobody down, nobody came
I said
Oh lord
No more
Oh lord
No more
Oh lord
I'm coming
Don't you tell me it's too late

So You Got a Horse

2008-08-27T08:47:00.000-07:00

So you got a horse
Did it come in a box
Almost got my heel caught in the stirrups
Woah feeling giddy..er..giddy..er..clip clop
Mmmm I like the feel of these reins
Kind of power steering
Take her out a while
There's a bit of play

Four feet and something
Feels like nothing
Careful with that mouth of yours boy
I don't want she should bolt

So you got a horse
So what you gonna do with it
Aw she's madonna
All cloven hoof and flared nose
You whp her ass and you watch her go
Hey hey grandad, hey let it go
I'm feeling sick, I'm letting go

Four feet and something
Feels like nothing
Careful with that mouth of yours boy
I don't want she should bolt

Snake

2008-08-27T08:45:00.001-07:00

You snake
You crawled
Between
My legs
Said 'want
It all
It's yours
You bet'

'I'll make
You queen of
Eve-
-ry thing
No need
For god
No need
For him'

'Just take
My hand
You be
My bride
Just take
That fruit
Put it
Inside'

You snake
You dog
You fake
You liar
I've burnt
My hands
I'm in
The fire

Oh
Oh

You salty dog
You filthy liar
My heart
It aches
I'm in
The fire

Slow-Motion-Movie-Star

2008-08-27T08:43:00.000-07:00

In slow motion
Make love to me
Fall in slow motion
So easily

I'd do anything
To see you again
I'd do anything

I want to protect you
Want to poccess
All in slow motion
I wished we'd kissed

I'd do anything
To see you again
I'd do anything

How will,
As we fall in love,
You put on your make up?
Slow motion movie
Slow motion movie
Look nothing like Mary
Another virginal mother

Have we taken it too far?
slow-moition-movie-star

I'd do anything
To see you again
I'd do anything

Silence

2008-08-27T08:29:00.000-07:00

All those places where I recall
The memories that gripped me
And pinned me down

I go to these places
Intending to think
And think of nothing but anticipate

Somehow expect you'll find me there
That by some miracle, you'd be aware

I'd risen this morning determined to break
Spare my longing, not to think
I freed myself from my family
I freed myself from work
I freed myself, I freed myself and remained alone

And in my thinking
I'd steal you away
Though you never wanted me
Anyway

Silence

Shot Of Love

2008-08-14T06:39:00.000-07:00

I need a shot of love
I need a shot of love
Don't need a shot of heroin to kill my disease
Don't need a shot of turpentine, to bring me to my knees
Don't need a shot of codeine to help me to repent
Don't need a shot of whiskey, help me to be president

I need a shot of love
I need a shot of love

Doctor, can you hear me? I need some Medicaid
I seen the kingdoms of the world and it's making me feel afraid
What I got ain't painful, it's just bound to kill me dead
Like the men that followed Jesus, they put a price upon His head

I need a shot of love
I need a shot of love

I don't need no alibi when I'm spending time with you
I've heard all of them rumors and you have heard em too
Don't show me no picture show or give me no book to read
It don't satisfy the hurt inside nor the habit that it feeds

I need a shot of love
I need a shot of love

Why would I want to take your life?
You've only murdered my father, raped his wife
Tattooed my babies with a poison pen
Mocked my God, humiliated my friends

I don't wanna be with nobody tonight, Veronica ain't nowhere, Mavis just ain't right
There's a man that hates me, he's swift, smooth and near
Am I supposed to set back and wait until he's here?

I need a shot of love
I need a shot of love

Sheela-Na-Gig

2008-08-14T06:38:00.001-07:00

Been trying to show you over and over
Look at these, my child-bearing hips
Look at these, my ruby-red ruby lips
Look at these, my work strong-arms
You've got to see my bottle full of charm
Lay it all at your feet
You turn around and say back to me

He said Sheela-Na-Gig, you exhibitionist

Better wash that man right out of my hair
-"Just like the first time, said you didn't care"
-"Heard it before, no more"
-"Turn the corner, another one there "
-"Heard it before"

He said Sheela-Na-Gig, you exhibitionist
Put money in your idle hole
He said "wash your breasts, I don't want to be unclean"
He said "please take those dirty pillows away from me"

Shame

2008-08-14T06:34:00.001-07:00

I don't need no rising moon
I don't need no ball and chain
I don't need anything with you
Such a shame, shame, shame

Shame, shame, shame - shame is the shadow of love

You changed my life
We were as green as grass
And I was hypnotized
From the first 'til the last, kiss of

Shame, shame, shame - shame is the shadow of love

I'd jump for you into the fire
I'd jump for you into the flame
Tried to go forward with my life
I just feel shame, shame, shame

Shame, shame, shame - shame is the shadow of love

And if you tell a lie
I still would take the blame
If you pass me by
It's such a shame, shame, shame

Shake Your Hips (Hip Shake)

2008-08-14T06:32:00.000-07:00

I wanna tell you ’bout a dance
That’s goin’ around
Everybody’s movin'
From the grownups down
Don’t move your head
Don’t move your hands
Don’t move your lips
Just shake your hips

Do the hip shake, babe
Do the hip shake, babe
Shake your hips, babe
Shake your hips, babe

What you don’t know
Don’t be afraid
Just listen to me
Do what I say
Don’t move your head
Don’t move your hands
Don’t move your lips
Just shake your hips

Do the hip shake, babe
Do the hip shake, babe
Shake your hips, babe
Shake your hips, babe
Now ain’t that easy

I met a little girl
In a country town
She said what do you know
There’s slim harpo!
Didn’t move her head
Didn’t move her hands
Didn’t move her lips
Just shook her hips

Do the hip shake, babe
Do the hip shake, babe
Shake your hip, babe
Shake your hip, babe
Now ain’t that easy

Send His Love To Me

2008-08-14T06:26:00.000-07:00

Lover had to leave me
Cross the desert plain
Turned to me, his lady
Tells me "lover wait"

Calling jesus, please
Send his love to me

Oh, wind and rain may haunt me
Look to the north and pray
Send me, please, his kisses
Send them home today

I'm begging, jesus, please
Send his love to me

Left alone in desert
This house becomes a hell
This love becomes a tether
This room becomes a cell

Mommy, daddy, please
Send him back to me

How long must I suffer?
Dear god, I've served my time
This love becomes my torture
This love, my only crime

Lover please release me
My arms too weak to grip
My eyes to dry for weeping
My lips too dry to kiss

Calling, jesus, please
Send his love to me

I'm begging, jesus, please
Send his love to me

Rub 'Til It Bleeds

2008-08-14T06:24:00.001-07:00

Speak, I'm listening
Baby I'm your sweet thing
Believe what I'm saying
God's truth I'm not lying

Lie steady
Rest your head on me
I'll smooth it nicely
Rub it better 'til it bleeds

And you believed me
Caught out again
I'm calling you weak
Getting even

I I I I was joking
Sweet babe let me stroke it
Take, I give in
God's truth I'm not lying

And you believed me
I'm calling you weak
I'll make it better
And rub 'til it bleeds

I'll rub it until it
I'll rub it until it
I'll rub it until it
I'll rub it until it

River Of Diamonds

2008-08-14T06:18:00.000-07:00

As I wander madly long this sun-cracked river bed
A hundred carrion crows are circling
High above my head
They cast an evil shadow as they wheel and cry above
Me, I'm just walking down the river
Searching for

Hey
Where is the place where I belong
Carry on carry on carry on
Back to the place where you belong

The clouds hand deep and heavy
As I see the house below
A wind both kind and fragrant melts the last
Remnants of snow
I'm crazy and you know it as I walk this final mile
Me, I'm just walking down the river
Searching for

Hey
Where is the place where I belong
Carry on carry on carry on
Back to the place where you belong

A cat slinks out beneath me as I take a step inside
The dust lies thick and heavy on the things
I owned with pride
The memory of your face still lingers
And your spirit too
Me, I'm just walking down the river
Searching for

Hey
Where is the place where I belong
Carry on carry on carry on
Back to the place where you belong

Right To Fly

2008-07-02T06:25:00.001-07:00

Bowling along the street like an empty carton
Mouthing words to music no-one else can hear
Rolling in the gutter like a stolen hubcab
The force field means no-one will come near

I've got a right to fly
And you're wrong to bring me down
I've got my head in the clouds
And my feet on the ground
I've got a right to fly
And you're wrong to bring me down
I've got a right to fly

Try and engage some conversation
But people's teeth grind and hackles rise
And then they get that glazed look in their eyes
They press a tarnished coin into my greasy mitt
My clothes catch the rain, the sun, the sweat

I've got a right to fly
And you're wrong to bring me down
I've got my head in the clouds
And my feet on the ground
I've got a right to fly
And you're wrong to bring me down
I've got a right to fly

One last soldier behind a shield of offense
People attacking with curled lips and glances
Mind grows propellers and pilots
And retro-rockets taking off to where the alley wind dances

I've got a right to fly
And you're wrong to bring me down
I've got my head in the clouds
And my feet on the ground
I've got a right to fly
And you're wrong to bring me down
I've got a right to fly

You're wrong
You're so wrong

Rid Of Me

2008-07-02T06:22:00.001-07:00

Tie yourself
To me
No-one else
You're not rid of me
Night and day
I breathe
Ha ha hey
You're not rid of me

I beg you
My darling
Don't leave me
I'm hurting

Lick my legs I'm on fire
Lick my lips I'm desire
I'll tie your legs
Keep you against my chest
No you're not rid of me
I'll make you lick my injuries
I'll twist your head off, say

'Till you say don't you wish you never met her

I beg you
My darling
Don't leave me
I'm hurting
Big lonely
Above everything
Above everyday
I'm hurting

Lick my legs and I'm on fire
Lick my lips and I'm desire

No you're not rid of me
I'll make you lick my injuries
Twist you head off-say

'Till you say don't you wish you never met her

Rest Sextet

2008-07-02T06:20:00.001-07:00

I'd kill you
Or you'd kill me
I could wreck that head of yours

Move it from side to side
Then we'll see
You can't take that away from me

Try to be strong
Try to be kind
Try to pretend
But I can't live a lie
And nor he
Oh he could have been a friend to me
No matter what you think or do
It always comes back to you

Here I am
Round again
Is this the end?
Now you won't ever find me

Reeling

2008-07-02T06:17:00.000-07:00

I wanna' bathe in milk
Eat grapes
Have Robert De Niro
Sit on my face
I can't sleep for thinking
Set my head a reeling

Wanna' go to spain
Spend nights
Just sipping on nectar
And ice
No I can't sleep for thinking
Set my head a reeling

Be badder than wayne
Ole' duke that can
Eliminate a whole race
Wanna make the shit hit the fan
Can't sleep for thinking
Set my head a reeling
Even aphrodite
She's got nothing on me

Take me to the moon
Fly me to the moon

Let down my hair
On stage
Call on my man Romeo
Come and climb my braids
Reeling
Even Aphrodite
She's got nothing on me

Take me to the moon
Fly me to the moon

Rebecca

2008-07-02T06:14:00.000-07:00

I'm walking slowly, about the sea
Lover by lover, I pass them on the beach
The sun is shining, so bright today
Your voice is singing to me, across the waves

Ah

There's a young boy, makes eyes at me
Does he mouth my name, or is this just a dream?
I know inside that I can really love
The waves are glistening, like heaven from above

And here we'll stay
And sing forever of peace
I know we found love here by the sea

Could this be heaven, could this be peace
No more than sunshine and sand and waters deep
I'd always dreamed that life could be like this
Forever high and sigh from kiss to kiss

I know I've found love here by the sea

Putty

2008-07-02T06:12:00.001-07:00

Silly putty
What he was in this sculptress' hands
Will gone bendy
Done swaying in a rubber band
And his feet gone first
Then a desert thirst in his throat
Lips gonna burst

Cap of a bottle
Rolled down to the edge of the bin
She noticed the beer wasn't cooling him
And his feet gone first
Then a desert thirst in his throat
Lips gonna burst
The tip of her knife
Cut a nick in his vein
She said "Model today?
(you're all the same)"

Silly putty
What he was in this sculptress' hands
She cut a tension line
She had him standing
And his feet gone first
Then a desert thirst in his throat
Lips gonna burst
The tip of her knife
Cut a nick in his vein
She said "Hey hey you're all the same"

Primed and Ticking

2008-07-02T06:10:00.001-07:00

I believe I fell from above
Primed and ticking for your love
I believe I could rub you right
Hang and dollar you day and night
I believe I could stretch your hopes
Widely as his mercy flows
Come on baby, give me your time
I've seen it in the stars, you're mine
I believe my days will end with you
It's you

I'm so young and I'm so strong
Get my blood up when I'm gone
Nothing, baby, is too big for me
Take it from his company
I could take you to heaven's highs
Trust me baby, I'll rub you right
I don't eat, I don't need to sleep
Fire and desire's good enough for me
I believe my days will end with you
It's you

I think I'm ticking
I think I'm ticking
I'm primed and ticking
I think I'm ticking

I believe my days will end with you
It's you

I believe my days will end with you

You look at me like I shot your dog
Venus, me, I'm the god of love
Don't you turn your back, beauty queen
Remember how I wiped you clean
I could stretch your wildest hopes
As widely as his mercy flows
You gorgeous stack of pancakes, you
You're going nowhere till I'm through
I believe my days will end with you
It's you

I believe my lonesome days are through
It's you

I think I'm ticking
I think I'm ticking
I'm primed and ticking
I think I'm ticking

I believe my days will end with you

Powdered Wig Machine

2008-07-02T06:07:00.000-07:00

Won't you take this dance, this dance with me?
Oh wont you take my hand, my hand and lead?

Come on, come to me

Take off your mask, your mask, kiss me

Come on, come with me

Dance on, dance on my heart said your feet

Come on, come to me

Come on

You charm the joy the right out of me
Seduce my mind, make my heart sing

Plants and Rags

2008-07-02T06:04:00.000-07:00

Plants and rags
Ease myself into a body- bag

Dreamt a man
He fed me fine food, he gave me shiny things

White and black
Are you looking for the sun boy?
The sun doesn't shine down here, no, in shadow

House and home
Who thought they could take away that place?
Lead us outside, and lead us out quietly

Piano Fire

2008-07-02T05:57:00.000-07:00

I got sunburnt waiting for the jets to land
Circus people with hairy little hands
Come on boys strike up the army band
I got sunburnt waiting for the jets

How do you feel?
How do you feel?
I can't seem to see through solid marble eyes

Fiery pianos wash up on a foggy coast
Squeaky old organs have given up the ghost
Fire them up and kill the pianos
There's creaky old organs burning on the coast

How do you feel?
How do you feel?
I can't seem to breath with a rusted metal heart
I can't seem to see through solid marble eyes

One Time Too Many

2008-07-02T05:55:00.000-07:00

He's seen me
So clearly
Come over
And get my number

He'd come round
He'd break down
Say baby
Don't ever leave me

He'd please me
He'd tease me
One time too
One time too many

One Line

2008-07-02T05:45:00.000-07:00

Do you remember the first kiss?
Stars shooting across the sky
To come to such a place as this
You never left my mind

I'm watching from the wall
As in the streets we fight
This world all gone to war
All I need is you tonight

And I draw a line
To your heart today
'To your heart from mine
A line to keep us safe'

All through the rising sun
All through the circling years
You were the only one
Who could have brought me here

And I draw a line
To your heart today
'To your heart from mine
A line to keep us safe'

Oh My Lover

2008-06-30T05:24:00.000-07:00

Oh my lover
Don't you know it's alright
You can love her
You can love me at the same time
Much to discover
I know you don't have the time but
Oh my lover
Don't you know it's alright

Oh my sweet thing
Oh my honey thighs
Give me your troubles
I'll keep them with mine
Take at your leisure
Take whatever you can find but
Oh my sweet thing
Don't you know it's alright

It's alright
It's alright
There's no time
So it's alright

What's that colour
Forming around your eyes
Waltz my lover
Tell me that it's all right
Just another
Before you go, go away
Oh my lover
Why don't you just say my name

And it's alright
Say it's alright
There's no time

O Stella

2008-06-30T05:21:00.001-07:00

O Stella Maris you're my star
Stand on ground look up at her
Just hanging in the gold stones
Just hanging there face froze

But I think I see her smiling

Gold

O Stella Maris you're my star
In your blue blue tavern you light my lantern
O Stella's large
Pink on her face glowing this place

A place for heroes only

Gold

O Stella Maris you're my star
Pin you to my chest
Sell you to the rest
Wish as I kiss her gown
Send those angels down to woo me now
I think I see her smiling

Gold

No Child of Mine (with Marianne Faithfull)

2008-06-30T05:16:00.000-07:00

You are my child
And how you've grown
But there are things
That you must learn
That everyman
Must stand alone
And family
You must disown

Go on, find your own way
Go on, find your own way
Go on, find your own way
Go on, find your own way

Don't cry my child
You must know
That everyman
I've ever loved
Has been a child
And fatherless
Trust in yourself
It's all that you can trust

Go on, find your own way
Go on, find your own way
Go on, find your own way
Go on, find your own way

I have no time for hate or love
Hey child, you're so full of woe
I have no time for hate or lying
Hey child, you're no child of mine

No Child of Mine

2008-06-30T05:11:00.000-07:00

I have no time for hate or love
Hey child, you're so full of woe
I have no time for hate or lying
Hey child, you're no child of mine

Nina In Ecstasy

2008-06-30T05:04:00.000-07:00

I'm Nina
I feel love
I'll be safe
I'll be yours
Ever more
I'll be safe

Mama

Once Nina
Was a young girl
Now she's dead
Grew older
Grew colder and
Lost her way

Mama

Where's your mama gone?
Where's your mama gone?
Where's your mama gone?
Where's Your mama gone?
Far, far away
Far, far away

Nickel Under The Foot

2008-06-30T04:56:00.000-07:00

Maybe you wonder what it is
Makes people good or bad
Why some guy, an ace without a doubt
Turns out to be a bastard
And the other way about

I'll tell you what I feel
It's just the nickel under the heel
Oh you can live like hearts and flowers
And everyday is a wonderland tour
Oh you can dream and scheme and happily put
And take, take and put
But first be sure
That nickel's under your foot

Go stand on someone's neck while you take him
Cut into somebody's throat as you put
For every dream and scheme, depending on whether
All through the storm
You've kept it warm
That nickel under your foot

And if you're sweet then you'll grow rotten
Your pretty heart covered over with soot
And if for once you're gay and devil-may-care-less
And oh so hot
I'll know you've got
That nickel under your foot

Naked Cousin

2008-06-29T07:41:00.003-07:00

My naked cousin
I see him running
All over headland
Scared as a chic-a-chicken and

His naked skin fries
Fries in the sun, but my
My naked cousin can
Cook till he's good, good and done

I hate his smell and
I hate his company but
But most of all I hate that
He looks just-a-just like me

His naked skin fries
Fries in the sun, but my
My naked cousin can
Cook till he's good, good and done

He's running
He's running
He's running
He's running

He run from burning bushes
He run from bank of senate
He run from everything that
Upsets his master plan and

And if he flips then I am
As good as done, but my
My naked cousin, I know
He'll just keep running

He's running
He's running
He's running
He's running

Running naked through the trees
Scared the shit right out of me
Bought my ticket, take my ride
Take me to the sunny side
Running naked through the trees
Scared the shit right out of me
Bought my ticket, take my ride
Begging of you please please please
Please please please (he's running)
Please please please (he's running)
Please please please (he's running)

My own private revolution

2008-06-29T07:39:00.001-07:00

Fate has always, one might say
Driven me from place to place
Love on the stage, love on the stage
Up and carried me away

I have pursued my dream
All across the sky, all across the soil
And left my joyous town
When I was young, I watched it from my door
With the eyes of a child that seemed so clear

My own private revolution
My own private revolution
In my own private revolution
My own private revolution

Over the town, we fly out
Lovers embracing outside the golden gates
Love on the stage, love on the stage
Nor must we endure any separation

Over the town (revolution)
We fly out (my own private revolution)
Over the city (made my own private revolution) (revolving)
We fly out (my own private revolution) (revolving)

I have found, purity
Simplicity, inside the face of children
The voice of divinity
In my own private revolution

Over the town (my own private revolution)
Over the city (made my own private revolution) (revolving)
I will keep you, tempt me, must be heaven sent (my own private revolution) (revolving)
(with my own private revolution) (revolving)

My friends have

2008-06-29T07:36:00.000-07:00

My friends have many features
Many reasons, I can believe them
My friends have many things that
I am needing, to keep me singing

Yeah, you're a friend of mine
You're a friend of mine
Yeah, you're a friend of mine
You're a friend of mine

My friends have many mountains,
Many mountains that I can breathe in
My friends have many houses,
Many caves that I can choose to live in

Yeah, you're a friend of mine
I love these friends of mine
Yeah, you're a friend for life
I love these friends of mine

My friends have many pathways,
Many roads that I can choose to take
My friends have many highways,
Where I can find my way back home again

Yeah, you're a friend of mine
I love these friends of mine
Yeah, you're a friend for life
I love these friends of mine

My friends have always been there,
To help me shape my crooked features
My friends have picked me up again,
And pushed my enemies out of the picture

Yeah, you're a friend of mine
You're a friend of mine
Yeah, you're a friend of mine
You're a friend for life

I love these friends of mine
I love these friends of mine
You're a friend of mine
I love these friends of mine

My beautiful Leah

2008-06-29T07:34:00.001-07:00

Did you see her walking?
Did she come around here, Sir?
Black hair, brown eyes
My beautiful Leah
She was always so needing
Said, "I have no-one"
Even as I held her
She went out looking for someone
She only had nightmares,
And her sadness never lifted
And slowly over the years
Her lovely face twisted
Did she come around here, Sir?
I swear you would remember
Black hair, Brown eyes
Late September
October
November
December
It never leaves my mind
The last words she said
"If I don't find it this time,
Then I'm better off dead".

Missed

2008-06-29T07:31:00.001-07:00

He should not be hid
He's just too big
In a cloud
Please come down
I'd put stars
At your feet
Put mars
At your head

Show yourself to me
And I'd believe
I'd moan
And I'd weep
Fall silent
At your speak
I'd burst it
Full to the brim

Mary lost her head
And let it bleed
Came crying
Back to me
My son
Where's he 'bin?
Don't deny it
Don't you hide him

No
I've missed him

No word
No sign
Mary say
I'm not lying
How come
He's so big
But good lord
He's been hid
Good lord
Where you hid

And

I've missed him

Memphis

2008-06-29T07:28:00.001-07:00

You're breathing in my mouth
I'll take it, I'll take it for you
You wanna sing
Then sing it through me
You've got something left to say

Untimely, you were taking away
Unlikely, out if turn
When you still got so much to say
Well I'll write it, a song for you

But oh
What a way to go
So peaceful
You're smiling
Oh
What a way to go
I'm with you
I'm singing

You said there's a special place
And it's scaring the shit out of me
In Memphis on Valentines Day
You wrote it in a letter to me
Well I wish I had given you more time
To say thank you, my beautiful friend
But sometimes you gotta send it away
To bring it, to bring it back again

But oh
What a way to go
So peaceful
You're smiling
Oh
What a way to go
I'm with you
I'm singing

You'll always have open eyes
You'll always have a special place
In Memphis on Valentines Day
Die suddenly at a wonderful age
Though were you ready, were you ready to go?
When you still got so much to say
Somehow I know you're drowning slow
Receiving just everything

But oh
What a way to go
So peaceful
You're smiling
Oh
What a way to go
I'm know that
You're smiling

You're peaceful
You're smiling

Me-Jane

2008-06-29T07:24:00.001-07:00

Damn your chest-beating, just you stop your screaming
Your splitting through my head and swinging from the ceiling
Oh move it over Tarzan, can't you see I'm bleeding
I've called you by your first name, good lord it's
Me Jane I'm running
Split head I'm reeling
Me Jane me jane
Damn your chest-beating just you stop your screaming
All the time he hunting, swimming, fishing, breeding
Don't you ever stop and give me time to breathe - in
I've called you by your first name, good lord it's
Me Jane I'm running
Split head I'm reeling
Me Jane I'm trying
To make sense you're sceaming
Don't lord it on me
Don't lord it city
Don't it over me

Tarzan I'm pleading, stop your fucking screaming
You got me nailing walls I'm hanging from the ceiling
Oh move it over Tarzan can't you see I'm bleeding
Good lord you never stop

Don't lord it on me
Good lord it's on me

Meet Ze Monsta

2008-06-29T07:14:00.000-07:00

See it coming
At my head
I'm not running
I'm not scared

Big black monsoon
Take me with you

I'm not jerking
I won't hide
Yeah, I'm ready
Meet ze monsta tonight

Big black monsoon
Take me with you

Ow!

What a monsta
What a night
What a lover
What a fight

Big black monsoon
Take me with you

Yeah it's coming
Out of this world
Yeah, I'm lucky
Lucky girl

Hell ain't half full
Take me with you
Big black monsoon
Take me with you

M-Bike

2008-06-05T11:25:00.000-07:00

His m-bike's clean
He polish that thing
He looks her over
More than me
But I won't let it
Get to me
Yeh he can play with
His machine
Night and day
Wind or shine looks at her shape nn ~ ~
nn ~ not at mine
But I'm not complaining
No I think it's neat
Yeh he can play with
His machine

But all he's speaking
And all he sees
Is just his motor ~nn
~ ~ Bike not me
No I won't let it
Get to me
Can't stop thinking of
His goddamn machine

~Motor~

I could take lady
Coast her west
Ride his motor
Over the edge
Yeh I could break her
Yeh I could break her
Break her, break me
You can think what you like
But get rid of that
But I fucking hate
Goddam machine
His motot-bike

Man-size

2008-06-05T11:21:00.000-07:00

I'm coming up man-size
Skinned alive
I want to fit
I'll have to get
Man-size
I'm coming on
Handsome
My leather boots on

Got my girl 'n she's a wow
I've cast my iron knickers down
No need no need to shout
Can you hear can you hear me now?

Man-size

I'll measure time
I'll measure height
I'll calculate
My birthright
Good lord I'm big
- I'm heading on
Handsome
Got my leather boots on

Got my girl 'n she's a wow
- I cast my iron knickers down
My size no need to shout
Can you hear can you hear me now?
My babe looking cool 'n neat
Pretty sure good e'nuff to eat
My size no need to shout
Let it all let it all hang out

Man-size

- Silence my lady head
Get girl out of my head
Douse hair with gasoline
Set it light and set it free

Maniac

2008-06-05T11:18:00.001-07:00

I need a man
To bring me love
To make me sing
I said I need a man
To make me feel
Like I'm a queen
I said to take me to the god heights
And kiss the devil on the mouth

I need a man
To make me moan
To make me bad
I need a man
To drive me slow
To drive me mad
I said to take me to the god heights
And kiss the devil on the mouth
To leave me, oh no no no no

I need a man
His heart is stone
His mother's bad
I need a man
His heart is stone
The deepest black
His heart is stone
His mother's bad
His heart is sick
The deepest black

M
A
N
I
A
C

I
Need

Lying In The Sun

2008-06-05T11:15:00.000-07:00

I'm lying in the sun
I'm lying with my love
Into his blackened hair
I swear I saw dove

He is the one like god
Comes clear before my eyes
I'm kneeling on the ground
My love it tastes like wine

Come on and step inside
Come on and step inside

I'm lying in the sun
I'm lying with my love
Into his blackened hair
I swear I saw a dove

Love Too Soon

2008-06-05T11:11:00.000-07:00

I have loved
In my life
As a child
I often cried

And love too soon
Can fade away
Love too soon
Can fade away

In the sun
Light of day
I can see
Your face change

And love too soon
Fades away
Love too soon
Can fade away

And this dreadful
Crime to see
Breaks my heart
Into pieces

Love too soon
Can fade away
Love too soon
Can fade away

How false the heart
How false the day
When you swore your love
The branches now decay

Love too soon
And fades away
Love too soon
And fades away

Lost Fun Zone

2008-06-05T10:48:00.000-07:00

I believe I am here to stay
I believe his son was sent to save
The fun zone is here
Right free so
Take me one more time
Take me one more time
Take me one more time
I don't beleive that I gotta die some day
Please take me one more time
Take me one more time
Take me one more time

Losing ground

2008-05-31T09:23:00.001-07:00

Losing ground
Under my feet
There's a low rumbling
There's a crack in the street
It's just no good
It's just no good anymore
Everything I do
Has been done before

Yeah I found my voice
Yeah I got nothing to say
The whole thing started
Cause my mind has gone away
I used to get high
Now I just get lost
I used to bark at the moon
The first one I came across

Almost here
Almost gone

Almost here
Almost gone
Almost where
We belong

Better watch where you step
Better watch what you say
Speak the truth, baby
Believe in what you say
Believe in what you say
It's just no good anymore
It's just no good anymore

You bet I got trouble baby
You bet I got trouble baby
You bet I got trouble baby
You bet I got trouble baby

Long time coming

2008-05-31T09:21:00.001-07:00

In my coat of many colours
I'm waiting for my child
I'm waiting for my journey
I'm waiting for my prize

My lord
My lord

Jesus coming running
Ah sweet Jesus run and hide
Yeah I'm on my way to heaven
Ah sweet Jesus come inside

My lord
Long time coming

If I could call my mother
Say mother dry my eyes
If he'd left me in these colours
Then he ain't no god of mine

My lord
Long time coming

Long Snake Moan

2008-05-31T09:17:00.001-07:00

Um-hmmm

Dunk you under
Deep salt water
Bring me lover
All your power
I'll be no hell
Out of your spell
Over
Under
Die of pleasure

Hear my dreaming
You'll be drowning
Hell's no god above
All drunk on my love

You oughtta hear my long snake
Moan!
You oughtta see me crawl my
Moan!

Dunk you under
Deep salt water
In my dreaming
You'll be drowning
Raise me up lord
Call me lazarus
Hey lord
Help me
Make me my fail

You oughtta hear my long snake
Moan!
You oughtta see me crawl my...
Moan!

It's my voodoo working
It's my voodoo working
It's my voodoo working
It's my voodoo working

Moan!
Moan!
Moan!
Moan!
Woo!
Moan!
Moan!
Moan!

Legs

2008-05-31T09:14:00.001-07:00

Oh, you're divine
Oh, you're divine

Oh, did I tell you you're divine?
Oh, did I 'eva, when you were alive?

Did it, hurt when you bled?
Did it, ole' loverboy, ole' feverhead
I'll bet you never thought I'd try
Your mouth, my love, was open wide, singing
Oh, you were my life
Oh, you were going to be my life

Did you, sing happy day?
Sing it that time I went away
Got to, ease my aching head
No other way, cut off your legs

Oh
Oh

Did you 'eva wish me dead?
Ole' loverboy, ole' feverhead
No, you must not go away
But how will you ever walk again?
And I, I might as well be dead…
But I could kill you instead…

Kick it to the ground

2008-05-31T09:12:00.001-07:00

Look at what I've found
A flower on his grave
Kick it to the ground
I've got no soul to save
Nature dealt me raw
Planted me with hate
Took my only love
To an early grave

See these eyes of envy
Bitterness it's true
I'm looking through your ashes
Looking right at you
Ten thousand years of loving
Could never set me free
From this web of hate I've woven
This chosen misery

Kick it to the ground
Kick it to the ground
Kick it to the ground

Carry scars of sorrow
But I have no regrets
And I will return tomorrow
I'm not finished hating yet
Look at what I've found
A flower on his grave
Kick it to the ground
Kick it to the ground
Kick it to the ground

Kamikaze

2008-05-31T09:03:00.000-07:00

How could that happen?
How could that happen again?
Where the fuck was I looking
When all his horses came in?
And he built a whole army
Of kamikaze

10,000 willing
Pilots flying
Interfacing
Space and beyond
Built an army
To come and find me

Beyond all reason
Beyond all my hopes
The call of duty
Another war zone
(Makes me moan)

Kamikaze - you can't touch me, kamikaze

Eight miles high
He walks his path
And I follow mine
One tooth for one eye
He's come to find me

10,000 willing
Pilots flying
Interfacing
Space and beyond
Here is his army
Interspace here we come

Kamikaze-you don't touch me
Space here we come

Just a working girl

2008-05-31T09:01:00.000-07:00

A sixteen year old virgin out drinking with his mates
A layman, with the key to the Pearly Gates
Signs his fake name in illegible scrawl
And a right-on type, the most ashamed of all

Just a working girl
Schemes and missed appointments
Just a working girl
Dreams and disappointments

A fishmonger who hasn't washed for a week
A graphic artist who rinses so much he squeaks
A butcher with knotted muscles and a potted belly
Medical students, all schoolboy chuckles and petroleum jelly

Just a working girl
Schemes and missed appointments
Just a working girl
Dreams and disappointments

The overalls of bricklayers on a saturday night
The suits of glum professionals with midweek blight
The glasses of computer freaks who've laid their software down
And the arses of accountants heaving up and down, up and down

Just a working girl
Schemes and missed appointments
Just a working girl
Dreams and disappointments

A sales assistant with his petty hand in the till
The gasman is collecting just one more bill
A headmaster with a polaroid and a pleated uniform
The nightwatchman stops by quickly on his long walk home

Just a working girl
Schemes and missed appointments
Just a working girl
Dreams and disappointments

Joy

2008-05-31T08:59:00.001-07:00

Joy was her name
A life un-wed
Thirty years old
Never danced a step
She would have left these red hills far behind if not for her condition
'Would have left these red hills long ago if not for my condition'
Pitiful Joy
She looked away
Into a hollow sky
Came face to face
With her own innocence surrounding her until it never was a question
Innocence so suffocating, now she cannot move, no question
No hope for Joy
No hope or faith
She wanted to go blind
Wanted hope to stay
'I've been believing in nothing since I was born, it never was a question.'

Johnny hit and run Pauline

2008-05-31T08:56:00.001-07:00

Shooting sterilis hypo
Sex machine drug
24 hours
Shoot Pauline between the legs
96 tears to 24 hours
Sex once an hour

Johnny hit and run Pauline
Johnny hit and run Pauline
Johnny hit and run Pauline
Johnny hit and run Pauline

L.A. bust, doors open
Kicking both doors open
Arrested on 6th street
That's when it (brought) drove our girl inside
She was spreading her legs and didn't mind dying
He was still awake

Johnny hit and run Pauline
Johnny hit and run Pauline
Johnny hit and run Pauline
Johnny hit and run Pauline

He was waking up beside the bed
Found clumps of hair
At least Pauline wouldn't co-operate
She was not what you'd call living
He was still awake

Johnny hit and run Pauline
Johnny hit and run Pauline
Johnny hit and run Pauline
Johnny hit and run Pauline

Joe

2008-05-31T08:52:00.001-07:00

Joe ain't you my buddy thee?
Stay with me when I fall and die
Always thought you'd come rushing in
To clear the shit out of my eye

Joe ain't you my buddy thee?
Lay my enemies out in lines
Come in close and I'll wash your feet
With my hair I'd mop them dry

Joe you be my buddy please
In this (hell) and (dead-lock) time
When I'm trussed in that headache tree
Cut me down with your knife

Janet, Johnny & James

2008-05-31T08:45:00.000-07:00

What if the world crashed in
Unfolding behind your eyelids
Crash your mind
Cracked your mind

Janet and Johnny and James
Crash your mind
Behind your eyelids

The people behind you
With nepotism
Explodes

All that rubbish
That you create
In the lock
Suddenly cranking
Nepotism

Janet and Johnny and James
Janet and Johnny and James

Dearest Lord, hear me now
Janet and Johnny
Coming over the mountain
From New Guinea
They see a star
They see a future
From you, our creator
They see the future
That would never happen