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Author: | Pocket Knife [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:28 pm ] |
Post subject: | Lyrics to All Album, B-Side and Non-album tracks |
Non-official lyrics from http://www.pollyharvey.co.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; . Make sure to support the site by visiting as it's probably the best PJ Harvey unofficial page on the web. If you have any comments or corrections to these please post them on the forum. B-Sides & Non-album Tracks Dry (1992) Rid of Me (1993) 4-Track Demos To Bring You My Love (1995) Dance Hall at Louse Point (1996) Is This Desire? (1998) Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000) Uh Huh Her (2004) White Chalk (2007) A Woman a Man Walked By (2009) Let England Shake The Hope Six Demolition Project Please note clicking links opens a new window/tab according to your browser settings. |
Author: | Pocket Knife [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:29 pm ] |
Post subject: | B-SIDES |
30 Over my body the shadows played It wasn't night and it wasn't day Counting something, what have I found? Thirty diamonds in my hand Thirty miles, the world unfolds Thirty miles, a pot of gold I often think of America I often dream of shooting a gun Thirty years, I'm still a child Looking for something in a smile Thirty miles, the world unfolds Thirty miles, a pot of gold Listen here, in my song Thirty miles won't be long Thirty diamonds, birds of fire Sparkle like the summer sky Thirty diamonds, thirty miles Looking for something in your smile I'm looking for something in your smile I'm looking for something in your smile 66 PROMISES 66 promises Fell from your lips 66 kisses To rest on my child fingertips 66 lovers To come till I tell 66 positions to Take on this well-worn trail 66 magicians Delivered the goods Documented our marriage For some silent film in Hollywood Is it not what you thought it would be? Was it not what you wanted it to be? Was I not what you thought I would be? Is it not what you wanted it to be? 60 mouths talking But making no sense Of life and of liberty And the pursuit of happiness Waiting for something To smash a few holes In the wall of good fortune And the windows to a outer world And 66 promises And came in a kiss Provided a meaning Now I see how it really is And it's not what I thought it would be? And it's not what I wanted it to be? And it's not what I thought it would be? And it's not what I wanted it to be? 97 DEGREES It's already done I'm down on my knees Look what you done You've made a fool out of me It's already too late You've given me the taste Look what you've done There's no turning round I forget today I couldn't turn it down It's all in the details No reason, just face You'd better give me some Of the magic stuff It's all in the thought I'm burning up I'm burning up It's 97 degrees Look what you've done You've ruined everything You better hurry up With that magic stuff It's all your fault I can't get enough ANGEL Angel, an angel has come Angel, an angel has come I need so, I need someone I need so, I need someone He's ready, look now he's ready He's ready, ready All of this longing just isn't heaven Look now it's ready, it's ready, ready Just want to be seen The big low, the big lonely The big low, the big lonely Is eating not only me Is eating not only me I'm ready, look now I'm ready, I'm ready, ready I'm tired of this waiting, I'm tired of pity Look now it's ready, it's ready, ready Just want to be seen Falling, falling free Falling, falling I'm ready, look now I'm ready, I'm ready, ready I'm tired of this waiting, I'm tired of pity Look now it's ready, it's ready, ready Just want to be seen I'm ready, I'm ready, ready A Dog Called Money The kids are rolling dice for change, sitting on the backyard steps, calling Money's name. Old guy walking to the store, chewing on a cocktail stick stops to tell us what is what. He says, "Everything is staged, that's how it is. People are just paid and bought, and I'm tired of it. What are you gonna do to change it? Everything is staged, that's what's going on." The kids rolling dice again. Sun is beating down. I ask the old guy's name. He smiles, the pitbull runs our way. the kids call out for him, "Money! Money!" He says, "Everything is staged, that's how it is. People are just paid and bought, and I'm tired of it. What are you gonna do to change it? It's all about money, that's what's going on." AS CLOSE AS THIS With those eyes, you could be In movies, in the lights And nothing gets as close as this With those eyes, just a breath Can send me back to Bethlehem Nothing gets as close as this I'm hopelessly devoted This world's alive, this room awake With Tigers palms and rattlesnakes And nothing gets as close as this I'm hopelessly devoted Every bird is on the wing You fill the air, you're everything Make me run screaming down the wind Hopelessly in love again And nothing gets as close as this I'm hopelessly devoted Nothing gets as close as this I'm hopelessly devoted BOWS & ARROWS I saw your face Whiter the purity Then I saw savages Standing before me Bows and arrows Tipped with poison Make tenderness please Stand by my pillow I see evil Everytime I dream I see earth's poison I hear violence sing Even your touch Once so pure Comes fates cold hand On my locked door Won't you send those angels to watch over me? I can't catch the bow That this planet has thrown I can't catch this bow On my own In come the arrows Like a needle You pierce my heart And I taste poison You pierce my soul With bows and arrows Won't you send those angels to watch over me? DANCE Wedding night, blade knife Shining under orange light See him running, caught under headlight Don't care anyway This scar has seen better days Get it out of my way That's where music playing I'll get dancing I'm here dancing I'm here dancing I'm here dancing Maggie comes fleet foot, face full of black soot Talking that the heat put plants in the bed but Married on Wednesday, written on Thursday Trial on Friday, hung herself on Saturday I'm here dancing I'm here dancing I'm here dancing oh, oh, oh, oh, oh... Time and time I know time trickle by Hung herself on washing line This girl's drip dry I'm here dancing I'm here dancing I'm here dancing I'm here dancing Dance on the Mountain Kalashnikovs brought across a mountain on the back of mules They stored their weapons in a school Is something wrong? Something wrong... Something terrifying Something terrifying And now the slopes of dry grass hold crouching boys watch their fathers dance Holding hands, they follow the drums Something terrifying is going on The oldest dancer takes off his hat to place a glass of water on his head bares his teeth wakes the dead this is their land they dance upon Something terrifying is going on Something terrifying Something terrifying The dancer falls to kneel before the village elder stains on his shirt Rising up growing strong the boy children start to dance It's terrifying It's terrifying... In the distance people call like a river running home In the distance people call like a river calling out In the distance people call in the oldest language known It's terrifying It's terrifying DADDY Daddy Hold me It seems so very dark tonight And day Daddy I can't sleep Need you to come and sing to me That the stars Up in the sky Will shine down gently on the two of us tonight And soon enough (Daddy) It will be light (Baby) We'll hold on tightly to each other, you and I And I won't cry Oh Daddy Your baby Is weak and calling out your name My Daddy Oh don't leave me I beg you sing your song again That the stars Up in the sky Will shine down gently on the two of us tonight And soon enough (Daddy) It will be light (Baby) We'll hold on tightly to each other, you and I And I won't cry (Baby) Or call your name And I won't And I won't And I won't And I won't DARLING BE THERE Take me over Pale blue water Take me under Take me home Darling be there Bring me laughter I'll be happy Ever more Bring me sunshine Bring me love No tomorrow He'll fall upon Darling be there Bring me laughter I'll be happy Ever more Darling be there Bring me laughter I'll be happy Ever more GOODNIGHT Here I am Prairieland Got it all, got Gun in hand I see Dungarees They're on my husband They're on me We have the stars We have the trees We'll have everything We need to feed I'll make babes He'll make chairs We'll sell them at The county fair We'll walk on We'll walk tall We'll dance once a week The union hall We'll have the stars We'll have the trees We'll have everything We need to feed Here I am Prairieland I got it all, got Gun in hand I'll sweep the porch I dust his room We swing together On our chair at noon We have the stars We have the trees We have everything We need to feed We have the stars We have the trees We have everything We need to feed GUILTY There's a little figure on the television scratching at the ground by a pile of rags. Grainy little figures on television screens weighing up the moment – guilty, guilty. What's he doing with that stick? Which one is guilty? Back in the bunker in the operations room a bored soldier is eating his lunch while drones in their thousands are unveiled in Texas to roaring voices, but nobody asked us if we wanted them. What’s he doing with that stick? Which one is guilty? Power to the predator. The Grim Reaper. Grainy little suspects running for shelter. The drones have come in their thousands but nobody asked us if we wanted them. Rules and regulation… HARDER Oh oh my my my My man's up all night Works me till I moan Drives me out of my mind Why it's so hard Must be made out of cold steel Why it's so hard He's a man running my wheel Just keep me burning Just keeps me yearning Put my whole body on fire Burning whole body desire Why it's so hard Yeah taking me over Why it's so hard My cold steel soldier Harder Harder Harder Oh oh make me beg Eats meat in my bed Works me till I'm done Mad dog can sure hunt Why it's so hard Must be made out of cold steel Why it's so hard C'mon Daddy drive my wheel Harder Harder Harder Why it's so hard Money made out of cold steel Why it's so hard He's a turning my wheel Harder Harder Harder Yeah HEAVEN Everything's joy in heaven And it's so good to live in this world of ours Breathing the clean air through my lungs Is an endless experience Where I can go for a walk Where I can go where I please Where I can go for a walk Where I can say what I please Without being picked up by the police Without being picked up by the police If heaven is a place on earth Then I must be on the moon If heaven is a place on earth Then I want to be getting there soon If heaven is a place on earth Then I must be on the moon If heaven is a place on earth Then I want to be getting there, getting there soon Where I can release the tension With the pushing of a button Where I can release the tension With the pushing of a button Pushing of a button, pushing of a button She picked the apple and gave it to him Did she know what she was doing? She picked the apple and gave it to him Did she know what she was doing? Homo Sappy Blues (Washington, DC) Jaw and a leg bones, reconstructed skull On continents or oceans They died so young What God sent you, sent you from your cave? I need your wisdom Homo Sapiens Path of your migration Is marked upon a map Looking like a tattoo On a kid's forhead What God sent you, sent you from your cave? I need your wisdom If only for a day What God sent you? (x2) They dying young around here With a hunger in their guts And a taste for vodka Their friends' faces on their shirts Last year they killed one Just for his shoes Tell me what God sent you? I got the Homo Sappy Blues What God sent you? (×2) I'll Be Waiting They swept across the land They did not leave a thing They did not leave a person A stone, or a tree They did not leave anything They did not leave anything All that's left is sand All that's left is sand I remember father I remember him Every minute I remember Every moment Now I hate everyone Now I hate everyone Before I used to love Before I used to love One day thorns shall grow One day thorns shall grow From their graves When they return, thorns will grow Over their graves I will be waiting And when they return, I will be waiting I will not leave a person, standing I will not leave anything I will not leave anything All I'll leave is sand All I'll leave is sand And then thorns shall grow And then thorns shall grow From their graves When they return, thorns shall grow Over their graves I will be waiting, When they return, thorns shall grow Over their graves I will be waiting KICK IT TO THE GROUND 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 LIVERPOOL TIDE This Liverpool tide comforts my eyes Stings like salty tears I've cried In summer's glow I've found a hope And another love to come and go And oh You never never know And then the snow began to fall Like birds it was against the wall And then the sky began to crack Like sticks it was upon my back And oh You never never know When love Will come or go Shipwrecks above Liverpool's tide We walk along, against the sky And when the sky begins to crack Please hold me love, dont break my back But oh You never never know When love Will come or go And oh You never never know LONG TIME COMING 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 LOSING GROUND 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 LYING IN THE SUN 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 MANIAC 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 MEMPHIS 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 MY OWN PRIVATE REVOLUTION 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) NINA IN ECSTASY 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 ONE TIME TOO MANY 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 REBECCA 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 REELING I wanna bathe in milk Eat grapes Robert DeNiro sit on my face I can't sleep for thinking Send my head a reeling I wanna go to spain Spend nights Just sipping on nectar and ice I can't sleep for thinking Send my head a reeling You bet that I'm Wayne ... Eliminate a whole race Wanna make the shit hit the fan I can't sleep for thinking Send my head a reeling Even Aphrodite She's got nothing on me Take me to the moon Take me to the moon Dye my hair on stage Call on my man Romeo Come and climb my braids Reeling Reeling Even Aphrodite She'll have nothing on me Reeling Reeling Take me to the moon Take me to the moon Fly me to the moon Take me to the moon Reeling Reeling Reeling Reeling SOMEBODY'S DOWN, SOMEBODY'S NAME 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 STONE 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 SWEETER THAN ANYTHING 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 THE BAY 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 BIG GUNS CALLED ME BACK AGAIN Shadows lengthening 95 steps I'm taking With every step I'm longing For the luck to keep on living The drum calls me back again To my senses, Filled with shame I wish this night Would never end And on no-man's land The sun would not rise again There was laughing and I could not laugh There was singing and I could not sing The big guns called me back again I hear voices singing I hear the guns beginning Far off, far away I hear the guns again THE CAMP [Verse 1: PJ Harvey] I saw children through a fence standing by blue canvas tents I called to them, they move like ghosts Gliding, silent and remote A girl who smiled was a straight lie looked like a creature out of time A grey boy burned by cigarettes pushed his scarred hands through the fence And when I turned, and tried to run I saw ten thousand children Were laid in lines wrapped in white sheets Along a godforsaken street [Verse 2: Ramy Essam in Egyptian] ("an excerpt from Ramy Essam's verse, translated from Egyptian to English" from press-release) I wish I had wings to fly away, far away. Meet smiley faces who never ask where I came from; not to ask about colour, race, or religion. What difference does it make if we're all humans? No wars, no limits, no borders. Earth is everyone's right. [Chorus] I prayed an angel from the clouds Would free the children, free them, oh oh I prayed and waited for an age I waited but no angel came (x4) [Outro] I prayed an angel would come, but no angel came I prayed an angel would come, but no angel came I prayed an angel would come, but no angel came I prayed an angel would come, but no angel came THE FALLING 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 FASTER I BREATHE, THE FURTHER I GO 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 NIGHTINGALE I have heard the sound of your call I have chosen your path I joined your caravan We called you "The Nightingale" I remember how excited we were The best of life lay ahead for us We marched on wrapped in your song For you I gave my five-year-old son I felt him behind me I felt him helping me "Every one of us will go to paradise" He sang to the soldiers, day and night We called him "The Nightingale" Get ready, get ready, get ready Heads on top of sticks, were angels around me Heads on top of sticks became angels around me Heads on top of sticks, cushed veins, angels around me Heads on top of sticks were like angels around me THE NORTHWOOD 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 PHONE SONG 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 WAIT 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 WANG DANG DOODLE 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 WHO THE FUCK? (4 TRACK VERSION) Who the fuck do you think you are Get out of my hair who the fuck do you think you are Comin' round here who the fuck who the fuck who the fuck do you think you are Get your comb out of there Combing out my hair I'm not like other girls You can't straighten my curls I'm not like other girls You can't straighten my curls No! Who the fuck you tryin' to be Get your dog away from me! What the fuck you thinking of Sure ain't nothing to do with love Who who who who Fuck fuck fuck you I'm free, you'll see I'm me, you'll see Who who who who WHO WILL LOVE ME NOW? In the forest, is a monster It has done terrible things So in the wood, it's hiding And this is the song it sings Who will love me now? Who will ever love me? Who will say to me "You are my desire, I set you free?" (Who will love me now?) Who will forgive and make me live again? Who will bring me back to the world again? In the forest, is a monster And it looks so very much like me Will someone hear me singing? Please save me, please rescue me Who will love me now? Who will ever love me? Who will say to me "You are my desire, I set you free?" Who will love me now? Who will ever love me? Who will say to me "You are my desire, I set you free?" (Who will love me now?) (Who will ever love me?) Who will love me now? Who will ever love me? Who will love me now? Who will ever love me? Who will love me now? Who will ever love me? |
Author: | Pocket Knife [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:31 pm ] |
Post subject: | DRY |
OH MY LOVER 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 Stella Marie you're my star Stella Marie you're my star Stand on ground look up at her Just hanging in gold stone Just hanging there face froze But I think I see her smiling Think I see her smiling Think I see her smiling Think I see her smiling Go Go Go Go go Stella Marie you're my star In your blue blue tavern You light my lantern O Stella's large Pink on her face It's glowing this place A place for heroes only Place for heroes only Place for heroes only Place for heroes only Go Go Go Go go go go Stella Marie you're my star I pin you to my chest Sell you to the rest I kiss her gown Send those angels down to woo me now I think I see her smiling Think I see her smiling Think I see her smiling Think I see her smiling Go Go Go Go go DRESS Put on that dress I'm going out dancing Starting off red Clean and sparkling, he'll see me Music play, make it dreamy for dancing Must be a way that I can dress to please him It's hard to walk in the dress, it's not easy I'm swinging over like a heavy loaded fruit tree If you put it on If you put it on If you put it on If you put it on It's sad to see Lonely, all this lonely Close up my eyes Dreamy, dreamy music, make it be alright Music play, make it good for romacing Must be a way I can dress to please him Swing and sway, everything will be alright But it's feeling so damn tight tonight If you put it on If you put it on If you put it on If you put it on "You pretty thing" my man says "But I bought you beautiful dresses" Filthy tight, the dress is filthy I'm falling flat and my arms are empty Clear the way, better get it out of this room A fallen woman in dancing costume If you put it on If you put it on If you put it on If you put it on VICTORY I stumble in and in You fit me with those angel wings Set me gold Set me high Set it up, I'm in the sky The storm is gone And the temperature's high And delight is dining At my table Till I think, how lucky we are Angel at my table, God in my car Get it at sea Take a ship I'd christen her victory she'd make it Victory Victory Come on boys, let's push it hard You bump down, push your motor car Come on boys, you done us proud You sweat till you mop it right off your brow Victory Victory Victory Victory So the storm is gone And the temperature is high And delight is dining At my table Till the storm is gone And the temperature's high And delight is dining At my table HAPPY AND BLEEDING She'd burst Dropped off Picked the fruit Realise I'm naked I'm naked too So cover my body Dress it fine Hide my linen and lace Been sewing ever since Since time began More than the hills More than the trees More than the mountains, you More than I can see In front of me More than the mountains, you So fruit flower myself inside out I'm happy and bleeding for you Fruit flower myself inside out I'm tired and I'm bleeding for you This fruit was bruised Dropped off and blue Out of season Happy I'm bleeding Long overdue Too early and it's late too Too early and it's late too Mind and body I wouldn't and I would not do Fruit flower myself inside out I'm happy and bleeding for you Fruit flower myself inside out I'm tired and I'm bleeding for you Fig fruit flower myself inside out for you Happy I'm bleeding, happy I'm… SHEELA-NA-GIG I've 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 and You've got to see my bottle full of charm I lay it all at your feet You turn around and say back to me He said Sheela-na-gig, sheela-na-gig You exhibitionist Sheela-na-gig, sheela-na-gig You exhibitionist Gonna wash that man right out of my hair Just like the first time, said he didn't care Gonna wash that man right out of my hair Heard it before, no more Gonna wash that man right out of my hair Turn the corner, another one there Gonna wash that man right out of my hair Heard it before He said Sheela-na-gig, sheela-na-gig You exhibitionist Sheela-na-gig, sheela-na-gig You exhibitionist Put money in your idle hole Put money in your idle hole Gonna wash that man right out of my hair Just like the first time, said he didn't care Gonna wash that man right out of my hair Heard it before, no more Gonna take my hips to a man who cares Turn the corner, another one there Gonna take my hips to a man who cares Heard it before He said Sheela-na-gig, sheela-na-gig You exhibitionist Sheela-na-gig, sheela-na-gig You exhibitionist Put money in your idle hole 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" He said "Wash your breasts, I don't want to be unclean" He said "Please take those dirty pillows away from me" HAIR Samson The strength That's in Your arms Oh to be Your stunning Bride Samson Your hair Glistening Like sun Oh would That it Were mine Samson Your hair That's in My hands I'll keep It safe You're mine You're mine He said wait Said wait "Delilah my babe" "Delilah my babe" Said wait Said wait "Delilah my babe" "Delilah my babe" Said wait Said wait "Delilah my babe" "You lied in my face" "You cut off my hair" "You lied in my bed" Samson You'll stay With your 'lilah I hold you in My hands Yeah Your hairy strength My man My man He said wait Said wait "Delilah my babe" "Delilah my babe" He said "Wait" He said "Wait" "Delilah my babe" "Delilah my babe" He said "Wait" He said "Wait" "Delilah my babe" "You lied in my face" "You cut off my hair" "You lied in my bed" JOE Joe ain't you my buddy be Stay with me when I fall and die Always thought you'd come rushing in Clear the shit out of my eye Joe ain't you my buddy be Lay my enemies out in lines Come in close now I'll wash your feet With my hair I'd mop them dry With my hair I'd mop them dry Something over there I do not like There's no use in wondering Joe, you be my buddy please In this hell and dead-locked time When I'm trussed in that head-ache tree Cut me down with your silver knife Cut me down with your silver knife Something over there I do not like There's no use in wondering PLANTS AND RAGS Plants and rags Ease myself into a bodybag Plants and rags Ease myself into a bodybag I dreamt of a man He fed me fine food He gave me shiny things I dreamt of a man He fed me fine food He gave me shiny things White and black You looking for the sun, boy? The sun doesn't shine down here No no no White and black You looking for the sun, boy? The sun doesn't shine down her In shadow House and home Who thought they could take away that place? Outside, and they lead us out quietly Lead us outside, and the lead us out quietly House and home Who thought they could take away that place? Outside, and they lead us out quietly Lead us outside, and they lead us out quietly FOUNTAIN Stand under Fountain Cool skin, Washed clean Wash him from me Along comes the wind A big bone shaker Blows off my clothes Completely naked What to do When everything's Left you Out of the blue It is he Vision to me Bearing leaves Petals green Covers me In all my shame Hand in hand He's my big man Stays with me Some forty days No words Then goes away I cry again On my hill I wait for wind And on my hill I wait for wind WATER Water Walking Walking on water Walking Walking on for years and years and years Taking it into my head Living by the right lines Reading what the very man said Water I'm walking Walking on water Walking Walking on Neighing on eleven years Taking it into my head Mary, Mary drop me softly Been reading what your very man said Lying 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 Prove it to me 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 Washing it all over my head Mary, Mary hold on tightly Over water Under the sea Water Water I'm walking Walking on water I'm walking Walking on water Walking Walking on water Walking Walking on water |
Author: | Pocket Knife [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:35 pm ] |
Post subject: | RID OF ME |
RID OF ME Tie yourself to me No one else, no You're not rid of me You're not rid of me Night and day I breathe Hah hah ay hey You're not rid of me Yeah you're not rid of me Yeah you're not rid of me Yeah 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 legs of desire I'll tie your legs Keep you against my chest Oh you're not rid of me Yeah you're not rid of me I'll make you lick my injuries I'm gonna twist your head off, see Till you say don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her I beg you my darling Don't leave me I'm hurting I've been lonely Above everything Above every day I'm hurting Lick my legs I'm on fire Lick my legs of desire Lick my legs I'm on fire Lick my legs of desire Yeah you're not rid of me Yeah you're not rid of me I'll make you lick my injuries I'm gonna twist your head off, see Till you say don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her Lick my legs of desire Lick my legs I'm on fire Lick my legs of desire MISSED He should not be here 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 in Full to the brim Mary lost her head And let it bleed Came crying back to me My son where's he been Don't deny it And don't you hide him No I've missed him No I've missed him No I've missed him No I've missed him No words 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 No I've missed him No I've missed him No I've missed him No I've missed him LEGS Oh you're divine Oh you're divine Oh did I tell you you're divine Oh did I ever when you were alive Did it hurt when you bled Oh lover boy, oh fever head I'll bet you never thought I'd try Your mouth, my love, was open wide Singing oh you were going to be my life Damn it Oh you were going to be my life Did you sing 'happy day' Sing it Sing it that time I went away Got to ease my aching head D'you know No other way cut off your legs oh Hey oh Did you ever wish me dead Oh lover boy, oh fever head No you must no you must not go away How will you ever walk again And I, I might as well be dead But I could kill you instead RUB 'TIL IT BLEEDS Speak I'm listening Baby I'm your sweet thing Believe what I'm saying God's truth I'm not lying I lie steady Rest your head on me I'll smooth it nicely Rub it better 'till it bleeds And you'll believe me Caught out again I'm calling you weak Getting even And I, I was joking Sweet babe let me stroke it Take, I give in God's truth I'm not lying And you'll believe me I'm calling you weak And I'll make it better I'll rub 'till 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 HOOK I was blind I was lame I was nothing till you came You said babe make you sing Make you feel like some queen Said I'll take you Kathleen To your home and mine Lord he hooked me Fish hook and line And rolled in, barking mad With a halo of deep black Til my love made me gag Called him Daddy take my hand Said I'll take you Kathleen To your home and mine Good lord he hooked me Fish hook and line I'm lying and I'm lame Left with nothing, but distain Daddy, your maid, she can't sing She can't feel, she's no queen Said I'll take you Kathleen To your home and mine Lord he hooked me Fish hook and line Said I'll take you Kathleen To your home and mine Good lord he hooked me Clean out of time MAN-SIZE SEXTET I'm coming up man-sized Skinned alive I want to fit I've got to get Man-sized I'm heading on Handsome Got my leather boots on Got my girl and she's a wow I cast my iron knickers down Man-size no need to shout Can you hear can you hear me now I'm man-sized Man-sized I'll measure time I'll measure height I'll calculate My birthright Good lord I'm big I'm heading on Man-sized Got my leather boots on Got my girl and she's a wow I cast my iron knickers down Man-sized no need to shout Can you hear can you hear me now My babe looking cool and neat I'm pretty sure, good enough to eat I'm man-sized no need to shout Let it all let it all hang out I'm man-size Man-size Man-size Man-size Silence my lady head Get girl out of my head Douse hair with gasoline Set it light and set it free HIGHWAY '61 REVISITED Well, God said to Abraham "Kill me a son" Abe said "Man, you must be putting me on" God said "No" Abe said "What?" God said "You do what you wanna, but Next time you see me coming you better run" Abe said "Where do you want this killing done" God said "Out on that Highway 61" Well, Georgia Sam he had bloody nose Welfare department would give him no clothes He asked poor Howard "Where can I go" Howard said "There's only one place I know" Sam said "Quick man, tell me, I got to run" Howard just pointed with his gun And said "That way down on 61" "Well, Mack the finger" said Louie the king "I got 40 red white and blue shoestrings And a thousand telephones that won't ring You know I can't get rid of these things" And he said "Now let me think a minute son" Said "Yes that can be easily done Just take them down on that 61" That highway Highway Highway Highway Highway Now the fifth daughter on the twelve night Told first father that things weren't right "My complexion" she said "is much to white" He said "Come here and stare up into the light" And said "Mmmm you're right, let me tell the second mother it's been done" But the second mother with the seventh son They were out on that highway 61 Now, the roving gambler was very bored Trying to create the next world war And he found a promoter, fell off the floor And said "I've never engaged in this kind of thing before But yep I think it can be easily done" Highway They just put some bleachers there out in the sun And have it out on that 61 50FT QUEENIE Hey I'm one big queen No one can stop me Red light red green Sat back, I'm watching I'm number one Second to no one No sweat I'm clean Nothing can touch me I'll tell you my name F U C K 50ft queenie Force ten hurricane Biggest woman I could have ten sons Ten gods Ten queens Ten foot and rising Hey I'm the king of the world You ought to hear my song You come on measure me I'm twenty inches long Glory glory Lay it all on me 50ft queenie 50 and rising You bend over Cassanova No sweat I'm clean Nothing can touch me Hey I'm the king of the world You ought to hear my song You come on measure me I'm twenty inches long Hey I'm king of the world You ought to hear my song You come on measure me I'm thirty inches long Hey I'm king of the world You ought to hear my song You come on measure me I'm forty inches long Hey I'm king of the world You ought to hear my song You come on measure me I'm fifty inches long 50ft queenie 50ft queenie YURI-G Hey there Luna I'd like to tell you How sad am I so love sick I could die Needing water my neck's stiff my head hurts Been looking up all night been looking up the Moon she's so bright She's so white she's so clean I'm telling you she's everything I'd give it all my sorry eyes Give just everything she's got me so mesmerized Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G It's just the things that she does to me Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G Bring back my memory Told by the doctor to make a figure Needles stick in her, she'll be your luna I stuck them in real clean I stuck them in a mile I drew her down on me I drew her with a smile I'd give it all you see I'd give my sorry eyes I'd give just everything she's got me so mesmerized Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G It's just the things that she does to me Yeah I thought I was Yuri-G Bring back my memory I stuck them in real clean I stuck them in a mile I drew her down on me I drew her with a smile I'd give it all you see I'd give my sorry eyes I'd give just everything she's got me so mesmerized Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G It's just the things that she does to me Yeah I thought I was Yuri-G Bring back my memory Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G I'd let her walk all over me Yeah I thought I was Yuri-G Bring back my memory MAN-SIZE I'm coming up man-sized Skinned alive I want to fit I've got to getv Man-sized I'm heading on Handsome Got my leather boots on Got my girl and she's a wow I cast my iron knickers down Man-size no need to shout Can you hear can you hear me now I'm man-sized Man-sized I'll measure time I'll measure height I'll calculate My birthright Good lord I'm big I'm heading on Man-sized Got my leather boots on Got my girl and she's a wow I cast my iron knickers down Man-sized no need to shout Can you hear can you hear me now My babe looking cool and neat I'm pretty sure, good enough to eat I'm man-sized no need to shout Let it all let it all hang out I'm man-size Man-size Man-size Man-size Silence my lady head Get girl out of my head Douse hair with gasoline Set it light and set it free Silence my lady head Get girl out of my head Douse hair with gasoline Set it light and set it free DRY I caught it in the face Coming around again I thought it was worth waiting You're caught up in my hair Wet sides from time to time But mostly I'm just dry You leave me dry You leave me dry You leave me dry You've come all this way No hair out of place You put it on the stage You put right in my face You leave me dry You leave me dry You leave me dry A water well in sight No water at my sides I'm sucking on the well I'm sucking 'till I'm white But you leave me dry You leave me dry You leave me dry You leave me dry You leave me dry ME-JANE Damn your chest-beating just you stop your screaming Splitting through my head and swinging from the ceiling 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 It's me here I'm leaving Me-Jane Me-Jane Damn your chest-beating just you stop your screaming All the time you're hunting swimming fishing breathing 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 It's me here And I'm leaving Me-Jane And I'm trying To make sense You're screaming Don't put it on me Don't put it on me Don't put it over me Tarzan I'm pleading stop your fucking screaming You've got me nailing walls and hanging from the ceiling Oh move it over Tarzan can't you see I'm bleeding Good lord you never stop Don't put it on me Don't put it on me Don't put it on me Don't put it on me Jane SNAKE You snake You crawled between my legs Said want it all It's yours you bet I'll make you Queen of everything No need for god No need for him Just take my hand You'll be my bride Just take that fruit Put it inside You snake You dog You fake You liar I've burned my hands I'm in the fire Oh You salty dog You filthy liar My heart it aches I'm in the fire You snake I ain't untrue, believe Put rotten fruit inside of me Oh Adam please you must believe That snake put it in front of me That snake put it in front of me In front of me ECSTASY Flying I'm flying Hitting heavens high I'm head on brake too low Floating I'm floating Hanging below the sea I'm telling you, look at me in ecstasy I'm in ecstasy Singing I'm singing Sounding hanging breathe I'm begging you, look at me in ecstasy I'm in ecstasy Ecstasy |
Author: | Pocket Knife [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:36 pm ] |
Post subject: | 4-TRACK DEMOS |
RID OF ME Tie yourself to me No one else, no You're not rid of me You're not rid of me Night and day I breathe Hah hah ay hey You're not rid of me Yeah you're not rid of me Yeah you're not rid of me Yeah 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 legs of desire I'll tie your legs Keep you against my chest Oh you're not rid of me Yeah you're not rid of me I'll make you lick my injuries I'm gonna twist your head off, see Till you say don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her I beg you my darling Don't leave me I'm hurting I've been lonely Above everything Above every day I'm hurting Lick my legs I'm on fire Lick my legs of desire Lick my legs I'm on fire Lick my legs of desire Yeah you're not rid of me Yeah you're not rid of me I'll make you lick my injuries I'm gonna twist your head off, see Till you say don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her Don't you don't you wish you never never met her Lick my legs of desire Lick my legs I'm on fire Lick my legs of desire LEGS Oh you're divine Oh you're divine Oh did I tell you you're divine Oh did I ever when you were alive Did it hurt when you bled Oh lover boy, oh fever head I'll bet you never thought I'd try Your mouth, my love, was open wide Singing oh you were going to be my life Damn it Oh you were going to be my life Did you sing 'happy day' Sing it Sing it that time I went away Got to ease my aching head D'you know No other way cut off your legs oh Hey oh Did you ever wish me dead Oh lover boy, oh fever head No you must no you must not go away How will you ever walk again And I, I might as well be dead But I could kill you instead REELING I wanna bathe in milk Eat grapes Robert DeNiro sit on my face I can't sleep for thinking Send my head a reeling I wanna go to spain Spend nights Just sipping on nectar and ice I can't sleep for thinking Send my head a reeling You bet that I'm Wayne Eliminate a whole race Wanna make the shit hit the fan I can't sleep for thinking Send my head a reeling Even Aphrodites She's got nothing on me Take me to the moon Take me to the moon Dye my hair on stage Call on my man Romeo Come and climb my braids Reeling Reeling Even Aphrodites She'll have nothing on me Reeling Reeling Take me to the moon Take me to the moon Fly me to the moon Take me to the moon Reeling Reeling Reeling Reeling SNAKE You snake You crawled between my legs Said want it all It's yours you bet I'll make you Queen of everything No need for god No need for him Just take my hand You'll be my bride Just take that fruit Put it inside You snake You dog You fake You liar I've burned my hands I'm in the fire Oh You salty dog You filthy liar My heart it aches I'm in the fire You snake I ain't untrue, believe Put rotten fruit inside of me Oh Adam please you must believe That snake put it in front of me That snake put it in front of me In front of me HOOK I was blind I was lame I was nothing till you came You said babe make you sing Make you feel like some queen Said I'll take you Kathleen To your home and mine Lord he hooked me Fish hook and line And rolled in, barking mad With a halo of deep black Til my love made me gag Called him Daddy take my hand Said I'll take you Kathleen To your home and mine Good lord he hooked me Fish hook and line I'm lying and I'm lame Left with nothing, but distain Daddy, your maid, she can't sing She can't feel, she's no queen Said I'll take you Kathleen To your home and mine Lord he hooked me Fish hook and line Said I'll take you Kathleen To your home and mine Good lord he hooked me Clean out of time 50 FT QUEENIE Hey I'm one big queen No one can stop me Red light red green Sat back, I'm watching I'm number one Second to no one No sweat I'm clean Nothing can touch me I'll tell you my name F U C K 50ft queenie Force ten hurricane Biggest woman I could have ten sons Ten gods Ten queens Ten foot and rising Hey I'm the king of the world You ought to hear my song You come on measure me I'm twenty inches long Glory glory Lay it all on me 50ft queenie 50 and rising You bend over Cassanova No sweat I'm clean Nothing can touch me Hey I'm the king of the world You ought to hear my song You come on measure me I'm twenty inches long Hey I'm king of the world You ought to hear my song You come on measure me I'm thirty inches long Hey I'm king of the world You ought to hear my song You come on measure me I'm forty inches long Hey I'm king of the world You ought to hear my song You come on measure me I'm fifty inches long 50ft queenie 50ft queenie DRIVING Tell him I'm driving, it's alright Turn on this wheel Turn on headlights A hundred different bibles by my side In my white gown I go flying down Oh my eyes, it cannot be He said no, it cannot be All that time, it cannot be Easy said, it cannot be The ghosts fly their asses off tonight I'm just driving till it dies Tell him I'm driving, it's alright You tell him that I had a skin full You tell him that I couldn't sit still Imagine your whole self is filled with light Your voice ringing out Through the whole fucking town Oh my eyes, it cannot be He said no, it cannot be All that time, it cannot be Oh my eyes, it cannot be You tell him I'm driving You tell him I'm driving You tell him I'm driving You tell him I'm driving ECSTASY Flying I'm flying Hitting heavens high I'm head on brake too low Floating I'm floating Hanging below the sea I'm telling you, look at me in ecstasy I'm in ecstasy Singing I'm singing Sounding hanging breathe I'm begging you, look at me in ecstasy I'm in ecstasy Ecstasy HARDLY WAIT I can hardly wait I can hardly wait I can hardly wait I can hardly wait It's been so long I've lost my taste Say angel come Say lick my face Let fall your dress I'll play the part I'll open this mouth wide Eat your heart I can hardly wait I can hardly wait I can hardly wait I can hardly wait Lips cracked dry Tongue blue burst Say angel come Say lick my thirst It's been so long I've lost my taste Here Romeo Make my water's break In my glass coffin I'm waiting In my glass coffin I'm waiting RUB 'TIL IT BLEEDS Speak I'm listening Baby I'm your sweet thing Believe what I'm saying God's truth I'm not lying I lie steady Rest your head on me I'll smooth it nicely Rub it better 'till it bleeds And you'll believe me Caught out again I'm calling you weak Getting even And I, I was joking Sweet babe let me stroke it Take, I give in God's truth I'm not lying And you'll believe me I'm calling you weak And I'll make it better I'll rub 'till 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 EASY Oyster pearl You easy girls You're flapping in You're shouting You're dead good All the men say Legs wide, hips swinging like a doorway Easy Easy Easy I'm ranting I'm raving I'm taking in just everything You're giving me no leeway I opened once and you called me devil's gateway Easy Easy Easy Easy And I deserve it I asked for it Have to admit it We dress like targets Yeah I deserve it Give me no leeway I'll give you fine times You can call me devil's gateway Easy Easy Easy (and I deserve it) Easy (and I deserve it) M-BIKE 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 Yeah he can play with His machine Night or day Wind or shine Looks at her shape Not at mine But I'm not complaining No I think it's neat Yeah he can play with His machine But all he's speaking And all he sees Is just his motor Bike not me I won't let it Get to me Can't stop thinking His god damn machine Motor Motor Motor Motor Take that lady Coast to west Ride his motor Over the edge Yeah I could break her Break her, break me But get rid of that God damn machine Yeah I could break her (motor) Break her break me (motor) But get rid of that (motor) God damn machine (motor) Yes I'm gonna break her (motor) Think what you like (motor) I fucking hate (motor) His motorbike (motor) YURI-G Hey there Luna I'd like to tell you How sad am I so love sick I could die Needing water my neck's stiff my head hurts Been looking up all night been looking up the Moon she's so bright She's so white she's so clean I'm telling you she's everything I'd give it all my sorry eyes Give just everything she's got me so mesmerized Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G It's just the things that she does to me Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G She's fucked my memory Told by the doctor to make a figure Needles stick in her, she'll be your Luna I stuck them in real clean I stuck them in a mile I drew her down on me I drew her with a smile I'd give it all you see I'd give my sorry eyes I'd give just everything she's got me so mesmerized Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G It's just the things that she does to me Yeah I thought I was Yuri-G She's fucked my memory I stuck them in real clean I stuck them in a mile I drew her down on me I drew her with a smile I'd give it all you see I'd give my sorry eyes I'd give just everything she's got me so mesmerized Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G It's just the things that she does to me Yeah I thought I was Yuri-G She's fucked my memory Yeah I wish I was Yuri-G I'd let her walk all over me Yeah I thought I was Yuri-G She's fucked my memory GOODNIGHT Here I am Prairieland Got it all, got Gun in hand Here I sleep Dungarees They're on my husband Put 'em on me We have the stars We have the trees We'll have everything We need to feed I'll make babes He'll make chairs We'll sell them at The county fair We'll walk on We'll walk tall We'll dance once a week The union hall We'll have the stars We'll have the trees We'll have everything We need to feed Here I am Prairieland I got it all, got Gun in hand I'll sweep the porch I dust his room We'll sleep together On our chair at noon We have the stars We have the trees We have everything We need to feed We have the stars We have the trees We have everything We need to feed |
Author: | Pocket Knife [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:39 pm ] |
Post subject: | TO BRING YOU MY LOVE |
TO BRING YOU MY LOVE I was born in the desert I been down for years Jesus, come closer I think my time is near And I've travelled over Dry earth and floods Hell and high water To bring you my love Climbed over mountains Travelled 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 Forsaking heaven Curse god above Lay with the devil Bring you my love To bring you my love To bring you my love To bring you my love MEET ZE MONSTA 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 What a monster 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 The lucky girl Hell ain't half full Take me with you Big black monsoon Take me with you WORKING FOR THE MAN In the night I look for love Get my strength from the man above God of piston, god of steel God is here behind the wheel I'm just working For the man Pretty things get in my car Take them flying, it's not far Take in handsome, take in me Look good in my steel machine I'm just working For the man Don't you know yet who I am? Working harder for the man Go around I'm doing good Get my strength from the man above I'm just working For the man I'm just doing What I can Go around I'm doing good Go around I'm doing good C'MON BILLY C'mon Billy Come to me You know I'm waiting I love you endlessly C'mon Billy You're the only one Don't you think it's time now You met your only son I remember Lover's play The corn was golden We lay in it for days I remember The things you said My little Billy, Come to your lover's bed Come home Is my plea Your home now is Here with me Come home To your son Tomorrow might never come C'mon Billy You look good to me How many nights now Your child inside of... Don't forget me I had your son Damn thing went crazy But I swear you're the only one Come along, Billy, come to me Come along, Billy, come to me TECLO 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 LONG SNAKE MOAN 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 oughta hear my long snake moan! You oughta see me from my moan! Dunk you Under Deep salt Water In my Dreaming You'll be Drowning Raise me Up lord Call me Lazarus Hey lord Hear me Make me My fill You oughta hear my long snake moan! You oughta see me from my moan! It's my voodoo working It's my voodoo working It's my voodoo working It's my voodoo working DOWN BY THE WATER I lost my heart Under the bridge To that little girl So much to me And now I moan And now I holler She'll never know Just what I found That blue eyed girl She said "no more" That blue eyed girl Became blue eyed whore Down by the water I took her hand Just like my daughter I'll see her again Oh help me Jesus Come through this storm I had to lose her To do her harm I heard her holler I heard her moan My lovely daughter I took her home Little fish, big fish, swimming in the water. Come back here, man, gimme my daughter. Little fish, big fish, swimming in the water. Come back here, man, gimme my daughter. I THINK I'M A MOTHER You think you'll come over I gave you my number You lover, supporter Then give me a mother You come take me home and Take me to your doctor You think you'll come over? I think I'm a mother Roll over, roll over And roll me a man-a You lover, my lover You just roll me over You give me a mother A man if I love her I love her, I'll keep her I'll let her just keep her Come on and support her I said to the mother She said you come over She said she's a boulder I love her, I kept her And then she just left and Alone, I implore ya I think I'm a mother Mother More than ever Need you mother SEND HIS LOVE TO ME 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 Mummy, 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 THE DANCER 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 splendour 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 riverbed 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 |
Author: | Pocket Knife [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:40 pm ] |
Post subject: | DANCE HALL AT LOUSE POINT |
GIRL Instrumental ROPE BRIDGE CROSSING And I remember everything Sunrise on a blue horizon With you, your hand in mine I remember the things you said Said "I'll be your lady, way through it all Be there to catch you, after the fall Run through the red light, out of my hair Run from the darkness here to the day" And I dream of running And in the dream I myself could run And I feel the ground beneath my feet And I move like music, You move me, like music Head out of my way Head out to red light "Hold on" the dream says Head out of my life You said "I'd be there" Now I'm treading very carefully And I hope that I don't scream And I hope that I don't fall Off your bridge, crossing over Sunny mountain, Swollen riverfall You said "I'd be there" You said "I'd be there", through it all Head out of my way Head of to red light "Hold on" the dream says Head out of my life All over my way Head out to red light "Hold on" the dream says Head out of my life You said "I'd be there" CITY OF NO SUN Love me tenderly my darling In the city of light and truth For this moment forever sing For my darling that I love you The city of no sun (city of no sun) No peace (no peace) In my heart (no joy in my heart) You left me nothing (with nothing) You left me broken (broken) Once sad (sad) Once greed (greed) Once said (he loved me) He loved me (he loved me) He loved me Outside the fields In sunlight The singing breeze And the silence Lover release me (lover release me) I can't move I can't breathe (I can't move I can't breathe) No heart, no peace (no heart, no peace) No more nothing (nothing, peace, love me) Long day, long night (long day, long night) Too long, love lies (too long, love lies) Love lies THAT WAS MY VEIL 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 URN WITH DEAD FLOWERS IN A DRAINED POOL I need your light 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'll reach up like a child to receive it There is no more sad There is no more leave I've got sun on my back I'm in love again Take me inside Your war love light 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 sad There is no more leave I've got sun on my back I'm in love again But still you can't give your peace to me CIVIL WAR CORRESPONDENT Words leave my heart dry Words can't save life Love has no place here No joy, no tears Darling, time's changed Time leaves, time fades Please see through my eyes Save your tears for the next who dies I shout but he don't hear I put down on a page Darling spare me your tears Just send me the light of day I shout but he don't hear Just put down on the page Darling spare me your tears Dear God, please send me the light of day I can feel his heart wired Heart like gunfire Gunfire Gunfire Gunfire TAUT 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 colour was red And the colour was red and he drove me He drove me out of my mind I am over it 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 Inherited his father's hate, that's what he'd say And he's cussed enough to strip the pain off heaven's gate But somehow He could make joy come loose inside I would feel really, I would feel really and truly alive And I would do anything for him He just wasn't enough He 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 wanted everything He wanted everything He wanted the honey from the king He used to make me He used to make me pay Hidden in the backseat, such a, Jesus He'd make me pray He wanted everything He wanted all that means from the king Say it! "Even the son of god had to die my darling" "C'mon say it!" Jesus save me Jesus save me UN CERCLE AUTOUR DU SOLEIL 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 No more Laughter Since the Black come But head down Get high Up there's Blue sky And a circle A circle Around the sun The sun The sun The sun Time here Lingers Can trace with My fingers A circle A circle Around the sun The sun The sun The sun HEELA I was lost in love I was lost inside Till he said to me You've gotta lovely smile Now I'm saved Saved Now I'm saved Now I'm saved Heal me with his hands Heal with his heart When he said to me No no, we'd never part Heal me with his hands Heal with his heart When he said to me No no, we'd never part Oh she feel as though she hit upon paradise She was a hoola girl, she got her hair done nice She said "I've given all I got to my healer man He put his hands on me, showed me what I am" And I'm saved When I got my healer by my side And I'm pushing daylight, pushing night When I got the healer by my side And I'm pushing daylight, pushing night IS THAT ALL THERE IS? I remember when I was a girl Our house caught on fire And I'll never forget the look on my father's face As he gathered me in his arms and raced to the burning building out on the pavement. And I stood there shivering and watched the whole world go up in flames. And when it was all over I said to myself "Is that all there is to a fire?, Is that all there is?" Is that all there is? If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing Let's break out the booze and have a ball If that's all there is And when I was twelve years old, my Daddy took me to the circus 'The greatest show on earth'. And there were clowns and elephants, dancing bears, and a beautiful lady in pink tights flew high above our heads. And as I sat there watching, I had the feeling that something was missing I don't know what but when it was all over I said to myself "Is that all there is to the circus?" Is that all there is?" If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing Let's break out the booze and have a ball If that's all there is And then I fell in love with the most wonderful boy in the world. We'd take long walks down by the river or just sit for hours gazing into each other's eyes. We were so very much in love and then one day he went away and I'd thought I'd die, but I didn't. And when I didn't, I said to myself "Is that all there is to love?" Is that all there is? If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep… I know what you must be saying to yourselves if that's the way she feels about it, Then why doesn't she just end it all. O no, not me, I'm not ready for the final disappointment Cause I know just as well as I'm standing here talking to you, That when that final moment comes and I'm breathing my last breath, I know what I'll be saying to myself "Is that all there is?" Is that all there is? If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing Let's break out the booze and have a ball If that's all there is DANCE HALL AT LOUSE POINT Instrumental LOST FUN ZONE I believe I am here to stay I believe His Son was sent to say 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 believe That I gotta die some day Please take me one more time Take me one more time Take me one more time |
Author: | Pocket Knife [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:41 pm ] |
Post subject: | IS THIS DESIRE? |
ANGELENE My first name Angelene Prettiest mess you've ever seen Love for money is my sin Any man calls, I'll let him in Rose is my colour, and white Pretty mouth and green my eyes I see men come and go But there'll be one who will collect my soul and come to me Two-thousand miles away He walks upon the coast Two-thousand miles away It lays open like a road Dear God, life ain't kind People getting born and dying But I've heard there's joy untold Lays on that open road in front of me My first name is Angelene THE SKY LIT UP 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 WIND 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 MY BEAUTIFUL LEAH 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". A PERFECT DAY ELISE He got lucky one time Hitting with the girl in room 509 She turned her back on him facing the frame Said, "Listen Joe, don't you come here again" White sun scattered all over the sea He could think of nothing but her name 'Elise' God is the sweat running down his back The water soaked her blonde hair black Its a perfect day Elise He got burned by the sun His face so pale and his hands so worn Let himself in room 509 Said a prayer, and cried 'It's a perfect day, Elise' CATHERINE Catherine De Barra, you've murdered my thinking I gave you my heart, you left the thing stinking I'd break from your spell if it weren't for my drinking And the wind bites more bitter with each light of morning I envy the road, the ground you tread under, I envy the wind, your hair riding over, I envy the pillow your head rests and slumbers, I envy to murderous envy your lover 'Til the light shines on me I damn to hell every second you breath I envy the road, the ground you tread under, I envy the wind, your hair riding over, I envy the pillow your head rests and slumbers, I envy to murderous envy your lover 'Til the light shines on me I damn to hell every second you breath Oh my Catherine For your eyes smiling And your mouth singing With time I'd have won you With wile I'd have won you For your mouth singing ELECTRIC LIGHT The beauty of her, under electric light The beauty of her, under electric light Tears my heart out every time Dawn there waiting, right outside Dawn there waiting, right outside She tears my heart out every time Siren rising across the sky Sirens rising across the sky Tears my heart out every time THE GARDEN 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 JOY 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.' THE RIVER 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 Till they came to the river Till 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 NO GIRL SO SWEET In came the girl with the sad eyes and asked him over again "Was I too weak? Was I a child?" and "Can't we leave here and start again?" Said "I don't mind if you take me down" and "I don't mind if you break it all", but "How much more can you take from me?" "How much more can you take from me?" "I'd like to take you inside my head" "I'd like to take you inside of me" "You came from Heaven" is all he said "You came from Heaven and came here to me, and I love you..." He drove it fast to make the night And looked at his angel, where she lay Resting her head and closed her eyes Outside the heat and the Summer fades Deep in the sky, a storm he'd seen Deep in the sky, a storm he'd seen "There ain't nothing, no girl so sweet" "Took her from Heaven and gave her to me" IS THIS DESIRE? Joseph walked on and on The sunset went down and down Coldness cooled their desire And Dawn said, 'Let's build a fire' The sun dressed the trees in green And Joe said, 'I feel like a King' And Dawn's neck and her feet were bare Sweetness in her golden hair Said, 'I'm not scared' Turned to her and smiled Secrets in his eyes Sweetness of desire Is this desire? Enough enough To lift us higher To lift above? Hour-long, by hour, may we two stand When we're dead, between these lands The sun set behind his eyes And Joe said, 'Is this desire?' Is this desire? Enough enough To lift us higher To lift above? Is this desire? Enough enough Enough inside Is this desire? |
Author: | Pocket Knife [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:41 pm ] |
Post subject: | STORIES FROM THE CITY, STORIES FROM THE SEA |
BIG EXIT Look out ahead I see danger come I wanna pistol I wanna gun I'm scared baby I wanna run This world's crazy Give me the gun Baby, baby Ain't it true I'm immortal When I 'm with you But I want a pistol In my hand I wanna go to A different land I met a man He told me straight "You gotta leave It's getting late" Too many cops Too many guns All trying to do something No-one else has one Baby, baby Ain't it true I'm immortal When I 'm with you But I want a pistol In my hand I wanna go to A different land Sometimes it rains so hard And I feel the hurt In my heart Feels like the end of the world I see the children Sharp as knives I see the children Dead and alives Beautiful people Beautiful girls I just feel like it's the end of the world I walk on concrete I walk on sand But I can't find A safe place to stand I'm scared baby I wanna run This world's crazy Gimme the gun Baby, baby Ain't it true I'm immortal When I 'm with you But I want a pistol In my hand I wanna go to A different land GOOD FORTUNE Threw my bad fortune Of the top of A tall building I'd rather have done it with you Your boy smile Five in the morning Looked into your eyes And I was really in love In Chinatown Hung over You showed me Just what I could do Talking about Time travel And the meaning Just what it was worth And I feel like Some bird of paradise My bad fortune slipping away And I feel the Innocence of a child Everybody's got something good to say Things I once thought Unbelievable In my life Have all taken place When we walked through Little Italy I saw my reflection Come right of your face I paint pictures To remember You're too beautiful To put into words Like a gypsy You dance in circles All around me And all over the world And I feel like Some bird of paradise My bad fortune slipping away And I feel the Innocence of a child Everybody's got something good to say So I take my Good fortune And I fantasize Of our leaving Like some modern-day Gypsy landslide Like some modern day Bonnie and Clyde On the run again On the run again A PLACE CALLED HOME One day I know We'll find a place of hope Just hold on to me Just hold on to me Walk tight, one line You're wanted this time There's no one to blame Just hold on to me (Come on my love) And I'm right on time And the birds keep singing And you're right on line And the bells keep ringing And the battle is won And the planes keep winging And I'm right on time And the girl keeps singing One day they'll be a place for us I walk and I wade Through full lands and lonely I stumble, I stumble With you I wait To be born again With love comes the day Just hold on to me (Come on my love) And I'm right on time And the birds keep singing And you're right on line And the bells keep ringing One day they'll be a place for us And the battle is won And the planes keep winging And I'm right on time And the girl keeps singing One day they'll be a place for us Now is the time To follow through To read the signs Now the message sent Let's bring it to it's final end And I'm right on time And the birds keep singing And you're right on line And the bells keep ringing One day they'll be a place for us And the battle is won And the planes keep winging And I'm right on time And the girl keeps singing One day they'll be a place for us One day I Know They'll be A place Called Home ONE LINE Do you remember the first kiss? Star 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 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 heart from mine A line to keep us safe And I draw a line To your heart today To heart from mine And pray to keep us safe Watch the stars now moving Across the sky Keep this feeling Safe tonight BEAUTIFUL FEELING Sometimes I can see for miles Through water and fire From England to America I feel life meet my eyes And it's the best thing It's the best thing It's the best thing A beautiful feeling A smile from San Diego He's still a boy Two ends to every rainbow And a train from Mexico And he's the best thing He is the best thing He is the best thing A beautiful feeling And when I watch you move And I can't think straight And I am silenced And I can't think straight And it's the best thing It's the best thing The best thing Such a beautiful feeling THE WHORES HUSTLE AND THE HUSTLERS WHORE 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 you 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 Just give us something To keep us trying The whores hustle and the hustlers whore Too many people out of love The whores hustle and the hustlers whore The city's ripped right to the core Speak to me Of heroin and speed 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 hustle and the hustlers whore The city's ripped right to the core THIS MESS WE'RE IN 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 The city sun sets over me 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 The city sun sets over me The city sun sets over me What were you wanting? I just want to say Don't ever change And thank you I don't think we will meet again I really must leave now Before the sunrise Above skyscrapers The sin and This mess we're in The city sun sets over me The city sun sets over me YOU SAID SOMETHING On a rooftop in Brooklyn At one in the morning Watching the lights flash In Manhattan I see five bridges The Empire State Building And you said something That I've never forgotten We lean against railings Describing the colours And the smells of our homelands Acting like lovers How did we get here? To this point of living? I held my breath And you said something And I'm doing nothing wrong Riding in your car The radio playing We sing up to the eighth floor A rooftop, Manhattan At one in the morning And you said something That I've never forgotten You said something You said something You said something That was really important KAMIKAZE How could that happen? How could that happen again? Where the fuck was I looking When all his horses came in? And he built an army Of kamikaze Ten thousand 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 Kamikaze You can't touch me Kamikaze Eight miles high He walks his path And I follow mine One truth for one eye He's come to find me Ten thousand willing Pilots flying Interfacing Space and beyond Here is his army Space and here we come Kamikaze Kamikaze You don't touch me Kamikaze Kamikaze You don't touch me Kamikaze You don't touch me Space here we come THIS IS LOVE I can't believe that life's so complex When I just want to sit here and watch you undress I can't believe that life's so complex When I just want to sit here and watch you undress This is love, this is love That I'm feeling This is love, this is love That I'm feeling 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 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, this is love That I'm feeling This is love, this is love That I'm feeling 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 When my head burns Love, love, love That I'm feeling This is love, this is love That I'm feeling This is love, love, 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 You're the only story that never been 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 as they're tumbling in Come on out, come on over, help me forget Keep the walls from falling on me, tumbling in Keep the walls from falling as they're tumbling in This is love, this is love That I'm feeling This is love, this is love That I'm feeling This is love, this is love That I'm feeling This is love, love, love That I'm feeling HORSES IN MY DREAMS Horses in my dreams Like waves, like the sea They pull out of here They pull, they are free Rode a horse round the world Along the tracks of a train Broke the record, found the gold Set myself free again I have pulled myself clear I have pulled myself clear I have pulled myself clear Silent, I have pulled myself clear Horses in my dreams Like waves, like the sea On the tracks of a train Set myself free again I have pulled myself clear I have pulled myself clear I have pulled myself clear Silent, I have pulled myself clear WE FLOAT We wanted to find love We wanted success Until nothing was enough Until my middle name was excess 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 blackout Till someone told me "run on in honey Before somebody blows your goddamn brains out" You shoplifted 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 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 kinda lost our way We were looking to be free But one day We'll float Take life as it comes We'll float Take life as it comes But one day We'll float Take life as it comes THIS WICKED TONGUE This wicked tongue says God is a million miles away This wicked tongue says He can't see my day to day This wicked tongue says Go on, taste everything And this wicked tongue says You know you're not really living And it stares into the sun And it flies from star to star Cursing everyone In my ringing ears And the noise is as much as I can bear And the noise is as much as I can bear And the noise is as much as I can bear And the noise is as much as I can bear So I asked her where's the heart? In the rubbish heap of man So I asked her where's the soul? And the silence rang and rang and rang and rang and rang So I stare into the sun And I fly from star to star Cursing everyone In my ringing ears And the noise is as much as I can bear And the noise is as much as I can bear And the noise is as much as I can bear And the noise is as much as I can bear "I give up" he said "I give up you win" "Creation baby has failed again" "I give up" he said "I give up you win" "Creation baby has failed again" "Creation baby has failed again" "Creation baby has failed again" "Creation baby has failed again" |
Author: | Pocket Knife [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:42 pm ] |
Post subject: | UH HUH HER |
THE LIFE & DEATH OF MR BADMOUTH 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'd 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 Your lips taste of poison You'll be the unhappy one Your lips taste of poison You'll be in the corner crying SHAME I don't need no rising moon I don't need no ball and chain I don't need anything but 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 If you tell a lie I still would take the blame If you pass me by It's such a shame, shame, shame WHO THE FUCK? Who the fuck do you think you are Get out of my hair who the fuck do you think you are Comin' round here who the fuck who the fuck who the fuck do you think you are Get your comb out of there Combing out my hair I'm not like other girls You can't straighten my curls I'm not like other girls You can't straighten my curls No! Who the fuck you tryin' to be Get your dog away from me! What the fuck you doing in there Get your dirty fingers out of my hair Who who who who Fuck fuck fuck you I'm free, you'll see I'm me, you'll see Who who who who POCKET KNIFE 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 got a 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 LETTER 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 Oh Who is left That writes these days? But you and me We'll be different Take the cap Off your pen Wet the envelope Lick and lick it Oh 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 I'd come running Oh It's you I want you THE SLOW DRUG 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 out for something Something that we're needing Still the question lingers I twist it round my fingers Could you be my calling? NO CHILD OF MINE 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 CAT ON THE WALL I heard our song on the radio It wasn't long before I think of you Can't get the sound out of my head Don't look now it's coming round again I saved your voice from the telephone I play it back on the message machine It really sounds like you're having fun I'm going out into the midday sun Come night, I'm gonna step outside Take a walk, I'm gonna clear my mind The radio, still playing our song You got me jumping like a cat on the wall Turn up the radio They play the radio in my dreams Takes me back to when I was 17 Dancing in circles on the kitchen floor I'll play this song 'til I can't take anymore YOU COME THROUGH We are waiting For the summer The sun will bring back Treasures for us Come on my friend Drink to good times Golden wishes To your health and mine You come through for me You come true for me You be well for me You come through for me I'll be lifted On this our holiday I'll take you my friend I'll take you with me Uou come through for me You come true for me You be well for me You come through for me IT'S YOU Oh dear sweet mama I'm not feeling well Can I step out For a little while? But I go missing I steal away And I go kissing In the alleyway All I want to do And all I want to grow up to be Is all caught up with you Look what you're doing to me Oh dearest young man Teach me sweetheart How to love you I'm a clever girl You've got me lying You've got me leaving home You've got me crying When I'm alone All i want to do All i want to grow up to be Is all caught up with you Look what you're doing to me When I'm not with you my dreams are so very dark When I'm not with you I dream of my hair just falling out When I'm not with you I walk dark tunnels of my heart When I'm not with you everything just comes apart When I was younger I spent my days Wondering to whom I was supposed to pray It's you? THE END Instrumental THE DESPERATE KINGDOM OF LOVE 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 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 |
Author: | Pocket Knife [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:42 pm ] |
Post subject: | WHITE CHALK |
THE DEVIL As soon as I am left alone the Devil wanders into my soul and I pretend to myself I pretend to myself I go out to the old mile-stone 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 formerly cheered me Now seems insignificant insignificant DEAR DARKNESS Dear Darkness Dear Darkness Wont you cover me again? Dear Darkness Dear Ive been your friend for many years Wont you do this for me Dearest Darkness? and cover me from the sound of the words tightening Words tightening Around my throat and Around the throat of the one I love Tightening, tightening, tightening Dear Darkness Now its your turn to look after us Because we kept you clothed And we kept you in business When everyone else was having good luck So now its your time to pay To pay me and the one I love With the worldly goods you stashed away With all the things you took from us GROW GROW GROW I sowed a seed underneath the oak tree I trod on it with my boots I trampled it down Grow grow grow grow I sowed a rose underneath the oak grove With my boots on the ground into the earth I trampled it down Grow grow Teach me how to grow Teach me, mummy how to grow how to catch someones fancy underneath the twisted oak grove WHEN UNDER ETHER 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 WHITE CHALK White chalk hills are all Ive known White chalk hills will rot my bones White chalk sticking to my shoes White chalk playing as a child with you White chalk south against time White chalk cutting down the sea at Lyme I walk the valleys by the Cerne on a path cut fifteen hundred years ago and I know, these chalk hills will rot my bones Dorsets cliffs meet at the sea Where I walked, our unborn child in me White chalk, gorse-scattered land Scratched my palms, theres blood on my hands BROKEN HARP Please, dont reproach me for how empty my life has become I dont know what really happened I watched your disappointment at being misunderstood I forgive you Something metal is tearing my stomach out if you think ill of me Can you, can you forgive me forgive me Can you, can you forgive me too? I tried to learn your language but fell asleep half undressed unrecognisable to myself SILENCE 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 TO TALK TO YOU Oh Grandmother, how I miss you Under the Earth I wish I was with you to talk to you I found somebody I tried to give myself to Many times, I wanted to talk to you If I lay on the earth could you hear? If I lay Mary? Oh Grandmother Im so lonely all my life If I lay on the earth could you hear? If I lay, Mary? THE PIANO 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 Daddys in the corner Rattling his keys Mummys in the doorway Trying to leave Nobodys listening BEFORE DEPARTURE Farewell my friends Farewell my dear ones If I was rude Forgive my weakness Goodbye my friends Goodbye to evening parties Remember me In the spring Work for your bread Soon we must leave Remember your families And work for your children I dont need much And the older I become I realise My friendships Will carry me over Any cause of strangeness Any cause of distance The friends that last Will dance one more time With me I dont need much But this, I need THE MOUNTAIN Above the mountains The mountains An eagle Is flying High above the mountains An eagle calling down to the soldier who falters a soldier on the ground By the mountain I feel nothing For in my own heart Every tree is broken The first tree will not blossom The second will not grow The third has almost fallen Since you betrayed me so |
Author: | Pocket Knife [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:43 pm ] |
Post subject: | A WOMAN A MAN WALKED BY |
BLACK HEARTED LOVE I think I saw you in the shadows I move in closer beneath your windows Who would suspect me of this rapture? And who but my black hearted love And who but my black hearted love When you call out my name in rapture I volunteer my soul for murder I wish this moment here forever And you are my black hearted love And you are my black hearted love In the rain, in the evening, I will come again I'd like to take you I'd like to take you to a place I know My black hearted I'd like to take you I'd like to take you to a place I know My black hearted I'd like to take you I'd like to take you to a place I know My black hearted I'd like to take you I'd like to take you to a place I know My black hearted In the rain, in the evening, in the garden, I will come again, in the rain... SIXTEEN, FIFTEEN, FOURTEEN Erika is watching Daniel is hiding Erika is counting 16,15,14,13,12,11,10,9 Erika is coming The sun is setting the scene In the garden, it's starting to rain The trees are trembling Erika's repeating "oh, oh, oh" There is no laughter in the garden Erika is feeling something Daniel is hiding She's counting 16,15,14,13,12,11,10,9,8 The sun is leaving the scene It took a look and turned away The trees are trembling Erika's repeating "oh, oh, oh" There is no laughter in the garden LEAVING CALIFORNIA California, leaving California No one but me is walking Under palms that give no shade I'm leaving you today California How cruel was I to think that I could make you change? Oh give me some shade Oh England, come soon How could I have believed That i could live and breathe in you? California killed me I think it's time to leave I told no one I'd stay I think it's time to leave THE CHAIR Where? Where have you gone Daniel, my youngest son? I keep expecting you To be here in your chair Sitting in your favourite chair When you swam into the water I felt you leave through a thousand yawning miles My heart slowed, my heart slowed Never to pick up again Pieces of my life are gone Washed away in the water that took my son APRIL April, how could I not have seen April, you coming April, how could I have worn inappropriate clothing? April, all that careful stepping rounding of my soul and now your rain April, I feel you leaving I don't know what silence means It could mean anything April, won't you answer me? These days just seem to crush me Hatching, collapsing, tumbling down April, what if I drown I don't know what silence means It could mean anything, won't you answer me? I dreamed, April, that I'm walking That I'm watching, April, your rain, it overcomes me A WOMAN A MAN WALKED BY / THE CROW KNOWS WHERE ALL THE LITTLE CHILDREN GO I once knew a woman man A courageous friend, I thought It turned out so wrong was I When we were up against the wall He had chicken liver balls He had chicken liver spleen He had chicken liver heart Made of chicken liver parts Lily livered little parts Prematurely going bald Any passion long gone cold But I wanted to explore The damp alleyways of his soul All the times he tried to help He spit in my face and laughed That woman man I want his fucking ass I want his fucking ass I want his fucking ass I want your fucking ass My friend-itey, he's looking likely Crammed in a taxi, I see you too clearly Sucking on a little pea Sucking on a little pea My, my you little toy He's just a mummy's boy Where's your liver? Where's your heart? What's with all your woman parts? Now it's my turn to laugh You stick it up your fucking ass You stick it up your fucking ass You stick it up your fucking ass You stick it up your fucking ass THE SOLDIER I imagine a dream In which I'm a soldier And I'm walking On the faces of dead women And everyone I left behind me It's the year when The troops entered The thirty ninth The thirty ninth parallel Send me home restless Send me home damaged And wanting It's the year when Some poet said We must love Or accept the consequences I want you to share Every pin prick of guilt That I have felt That I have felt Send me home restless Send me home damaged Send me home dispossessed Send me home damaged And wanting PIG WILL NOT I I will I will not I will not No, I will not How dare you, says the angel He crashes down from the heights Shakes the disbeliever, woof woof Shakes the disbelievers head Shakes him harder Instructing you well, woof woof Hear me, do you hear the law? All that rubbish inside your rotting mind I am your guardian, I am your fairy Do my will, woof woof Such lovers, this is true love This is true love that we are doing now Even everywhere that I was before, all broken Your face all mashed up I will not I will not I will not PASSIONLESS, POINTLESS Let's talk Let's talk Let the dirt fall Let heads roll No kind hand Is reaching out For me tonight I slept facing the wall I dreamt of buildings in pieces You slept facing the wall And you wanted less than I wanted Passionless, pointless Where does the passion go? I'm asking There's no kindness in your hands No reaching out For me tonight You slept facing the wall And you wanted less than I wanted I slept facing the wall But when I met you how did you enter? I don't remember How did we ever? CRACKS IN THE CANVAS How do we cope with the days after a death? Empty days Nothing left Not even a funeral I see shapes forming inside paintings Animals and humans, row upon row Walking towards something Waiting for something I'm looking for an answer Me and a million others Disbelievers Deserted lovers Dear God, you'd better not let me down this time Cracks in the canvas Look like roads that never end |
Author: | Pocket Knife [ Sat Apr 23, 2011 2:36 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Lyrics to All Albums and B-Sides |
LET ENGLAND SHAKE The West's asleep Let England shake Weighted down with silent dead I fear our blood won't rise again, won't rise again England's dancing days are done Another day, Bobby, for you to come home Home and tell me indifference Is won, won, won Smile, smile Bobby, with your lovely mouth Pack up your troubles, and let's head out To the fountain of death and splash about, Swim back and forth, back, back And laugh out loud Until the day is ending And the birds are silent And the insects are courting And by the shores Heavy stones are falling Smile, smile Bobby, with your lovely mouth Pack up your troubles, and let's head out To the fountain of death and splash about, Swim back, forth, back, back And laugh out loud THE LAST LIVING ROSE Goddamn Europeans Take me back to beautiful England And the grey, damp filthiness of ages and battered books And fog rolling down behind the mountains On the graveyards and dead sea captains Let me walk through the stinking alleys To the music of drunken beatings Past the Thames river, glistening like gold Hastily sold for nothing, nothing Let me watch night fall on the river Moon rise up and turn to silver The sky move, the ocean shimmer The hedge shake, the last living rose quiver THE GLORIOUS LAND How is our glorious country ploughed? Not by iron ploughs How is our glorious country ploughed? Not by iron ploughs Our land is ploughed by tanks and feet, feet marching Our land is ploughed by tanks and feet, feet marching Oh America, Oh England Oh America, Oh England How is our glorious country sown? Not with wheat and corn How is our glorious country sown? Not with wheat and corn How is our glorious land bestowed? How is our glorious land bestowed? Oh America, Oh England Oh America, Oh England And what is the glorious fruit of our land? The fruit is deformed children What is the glorious fruit of our land? The fruit is orphaned children THE WORDS THAT MAKETH MURDER I have seen and done things I want to forget I've seen soldiers fall like lumps of meat Blown and shot out beyond belief Arms and legs were in the trees I have seen and done things I want to forget Coming from an unearthly place Longing to see a woman's face Instead of the words that gather pace The words that maketh murder These, these are the words The words that maketh murder These, these are the words The words that maketh murder I have seen and done things I want to forget I've seen a corporal who's nerves were shot Climbing behind a fierce, gone sun I've seen flies swarming everyone Soldiers fell like lumps of meat These are the words, the words are these Death lingering and stunk Flies swarming everyone Over the whole summit peak Flesh quivering in the heat This was something else again I fear it cannot explain The words that make, the words that maketh murder What if i take my problems to the United Nations? What if i take my problems to the United Nations? ALL AND EVERYONE Death was everywhere, in the air And in the sounds coming off the mounds of Bolton's Ridge Death's anchorage When you rolled a smoke or told a joke It was in the laughter and drinking water It approached the beach as strings of cutters Dropped into the sea and lay around us Death was in the ancient fortress Shelled by a million bullets From gunners, waiting in the copses With hearts that threatened to pop their boxes As we advanced into the sun Death was all and everyone Death was all and everyone As we, advancing, in the sun As we, advancing, every man As we, advancing, in the sun Death hung in the smoke and clung To 400 acres of useless beachfront A bank of red earth, dripping down Death is now, and now, and now Death was everywhere, in the air And in the sounds coming off the mounds of Bolton's Ridge Death's anchorage Death was in the staring sun Fixing its eyes on everyone It rattled the bones of the Light Horsemen Still lying out there in the open As we, advancing, in the sun As we, advancing, every man As we, advancing, in the sun Sing "Death to all and everyone" ON BATTLESHIP HILL The scent of Thyme carried on the wind Stings my face into remembering That nature has won again That nature has won again On Battleship Hill's caved in trenches A hateful feeling still lingers Even now, eighty years later Cruel nature, cruel cruel nature The land returns to how it has always been Thyme carried on the wind Jagged mountains, jutting out Cracked like teeth in a rotten mouth On Battleship Hill I hear the wind say Cruel nature has won again Cruel nature has won again Cruel nature has won again Cruel nature has won again ENGLAND I live and die through England Through England It leaves a sadness Remedies, never were Within my reach I cannot go on as I am I cannot leave A withered vine Reaching from the country that I love England You leave a taste, a bitter one I have searched for your springs But people stagnate with time Like water, like air To you England, I cling Undaunted, never failing love for you England IN THE DARK PLACES We got up early Washed our faces Walked the fields And put up crosses Passed through Damned mountains Went hellwards And some of us returned And some of us did not In the fields and in the forests Under the moon and under the sun Another summer has passed before us And not one man has And not one woman has Revealed the secrets of this world So our young men Hid with guns In the dirt And in the dark places Our young men Hid with guns In the dirt And in the dark places Not one man has Not one woman has Revealed the secrets of this world BITTER BRANCHES Bitter branches, spreading out There is none more bitter than the wood Into the white world it grows Twisting under soldier's feet Standing in lines in the damp earth underneath Holding up their rifles high Holding their young wives, who wave goodbye Hold up the clear glass to look and see Soldiers standing and the roots twist underneath Their young wives with white hands, wave goodbye Their arms as bitter branches, speading into the world Wave goodbye Wave goodbye Wave goodbye They wave goodbye HANGING IN THE WIRE Walker sees the mist rise Over a no-man's-land He sees in front of him A smashed up waste-ground There are no fields or trees No blades of grass Just unburied ghosts are there Hanging in the wire Walker's in the wire Limbs point upwards There are no birds singing "The White Cliffs Of Dover" There are no trees to sing from Walker cannot hear the wind Far off, a symphony D'ya hear the guns beginning? Walker's in the mist, rising Over no-man's-land In the battered waste-ground The big guns firing WRITTEN ON THE FOREHEAD People throwing dinars at the belly dancers In a sad circus by a trench of burning oil People throw belongings, a life-time's earnings Amongst the scattered rubbish and suitcases on the sidewalk Date palms and orange and tangerine trees And eyes are crying for everything (Let it burn, burn burn burn, blood and fire) So I talked to an old man by the generator He was standing on the gravel by the fetid river He turned to me and then surveyed the scene Said "War is here in our beloved city" (Let it burn, burn burn burn, blood and fire) Some dove in the river and tried to swim away Through tons of sewage, fate written on their foreheads Date palms and orange and tangerine trees And eyes are crying for everything Let it burn Let it burn Let it burn, burn, burn THE COLOUR OF THE EARTH Louis was my dearest friend fighting in the Anzac trench Louis ran forward from the line and I never saw him again Later in the dark I thought I heard Louis' voice Calling for his mother, then me, but I couldn't get to him He's still up on that hill, twenty years on that hill Nothing more than a pile of bones, but I think of him still If I was asked I'd tell the colour of the earth that day It was dull and browny-red, "The colour of blood" I'd say |
Author: | DrDark [ Tue Mar 29, 2016 10:50 pm ] |
Post subject: | The Hope Six Demolition Project |
The Community Of Hope Here’s the Hope Six Demolition Project stretching down to Benning Road a well-known pathway of death, (at least, that’s what I’m told). Here’s the one sit-down restaurant in Ward Seven. Nice. Okay, now this is just drug town, just zombies, but that’s just life. The Community of Hope. Here’s the highway to death and destruction, South Capitol is its name. The school looks like a shit hole – does that look like a nice place? Here’s the old mental institution now the Homeland Security base. Here’s God’s Deliverance Centre, a deli called M.L.K. The Community of Hope. They’re gonna’ put a Walmart here. The Ministry Of Defence This is the Ministry of Defence the stairs and walls are all that’s left mortar holes let through the air kids do the same thing everywhere; they’ve sprayed graffiti in arabic and balanced sticks in human shit. This is the ministry of remains fizzy drinks cans, magazines broken glass, a white jawbone syringes, razors, a plastic spoon human hair, a kitchen knife and the ghost of a girl who runs and hides. There’s the bus depot to the right levelled like a building site those are the children’s cries from the dark these are the words written under the arch scratched in the wall in biro pen: This is how the world will end. A Line In The Sand How to stop the murdering? By now we should have learned – if we don’t then we’re sham, bad overwhelms the good. What I’ve seen – yes, it’s changed how I see humankind – I used to think progress was being made, that we could get something right. When we first got to the camp our supplies were not enough. I saw a displaced family eating a cold horse’s hoof. We set up tents, brought in water, air drops were dispersed. I saw people kill each other just to get there first. What we did? Why we did it? I make no excuse – we got things wrong, but we also did some good. I believe we have a future to do something good. Enough is enough. A line in the sand. Seven or eight thousand killed by hand. They stepped off the edge they did not step back. If we haven’t learnt by now then we’re a sham Chain Of Keys Fifteen keys hang on a chain. The chain is joined and forms a ring. The ring is in a woman’s hand. She’s walking on the dusty ground. The dusty ground’s a dead end track. The neighbours won’t be coming back. Fifteen gardens overgrown. Fifteen houses falling down. The woman’s old and dressed in black. She keeps her hands behind her back. Numbers painted on the doors. Posters on the locked up church. Imagine what her eyes have seen. We ask but she won’t let us in. A key so simple and so small; how can it mean no chance at all? A key – a promise, or a wish; how can it mean such hopelessness? A circle is broken, she says. River Anacostia Oh, my Anacostia – do not sigh, do not weep – beneath the overpass your saviour’s waiting patiently walking on the water, that flow with poisons from the naval yard. He’s talking to the fallen reeds. What will become of us? A small, red sun makes way for night – trails away like a tail light. Is that Jesus on the water talking to the fallen trees? What will become of us? Near the Memorials To Vietnam And Lincoln at the refreshments stand, a boy throws out his hands as if to feed the starlings but really he throws nothing – it’s just to watch them jump. See the people coming, lumbering over the grass to squeeze into plastic chairs, near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln. Three notes, a bugle call – a black man in overalls arrives to empty the trash, hauls it to a metal hatch, a doorway opens up to the underworld. The boy throws empty hands – the starlings jump, near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln. The Orange Monkey A restlessness took hold my brain, and questions I could not hold back. An orange monkey on a chain on a bleak uneven track told me that to understand you must travel back in time. I took a plane to a foreign land and said, I’ll write down what I find. Beneath a mountain’s jagged shelves cloaked with snow and shadows sheer plates tipped up upon themselves the pain of 50 million years and mules and goats were running wild. A happy chaos carried on and old men and young boys smiled, and worked until the day was gone. Packs of sandy-coloured dogs walked streets that looked like building sites, but piles of rocks and dust and smog could not block out a different light. When I returned I ran to meet the monkey, but his face had changed. He stood before me on two feet. The track was now a motorway. Medicinals I was walking through the National Mall thinking about medicinals and how they used to grow there when the ground was a marshland, undisturbed by human hands, and I heard their voices; the sumac said, We are always here the witch hazel – We are always here the sassafras – We are always here bluestem grasses – Always here. I looked about, what did I see? Medicinals growing around me rising from the gravel. The sumac and the witch hazel, come to soothe our pain, our sores come to soothe our troubles. The sumac said, We are always here the witch hazel – We are always here the sassafras – We are always here bluestem grasses – Always here. But do you see that woman sitting in the wheelchair with her Redskins cap on backwards and her plastic bags swinging – from inside a paper wrapper she sips from a bottle a new painkiller for the native people. The Ministry Of Social Affairs See them sitting in the rain as the sky is darkening. Three lines of traffic edge past The Ministry of Social Affairs. At a junction, on the ground an amputee and a pregnant hound sit by young men with withered arms as if death had already passed through every alleyway and left a million beggars’ silhouettes near where the money-changers sit by their locked glass cabinets. What’s happened? Let’s go and ask The Ministry of Social Affairs, near where the money-changers sit by their locked glass cabinets. The Wheel a revolving wheel of metal chairs hung on chains, squealing four little children flying out a blind man sings in arabic now you see them, now you don’t the children vanish behind a vehicle now you see them, now you don’t faces, limbs, a bouncing skull little children, don’t disappear I heard it was twenty-eight thousand lost upon a revolving wheel I heard it was twenty-eight thousand all that’s left after a year I heard it was twenty-eight thousand a faded face, the trace of an ear I heard it was twenty-eight thousand a tableau of the missing tied to the government building thousands of sun-bleached photographs fading with the roses Dollar, Dollar A boy stares through the glass. He’s saying, Dollar, dollar. Three lines of traffic pass. We’re trapped inside our car. His voice says, Dollar, dollar. I turn to you to ask for something we can offer. Three lines of traffic pass. We pull away so fast all my words get swallowed. In the mirror glass a face pock-marked and hollow is saying, Dollar, dollar. I can’t look through or past the face saying Dollar, dollar the face pock-marked and hollow staring from the glass. |
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