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from Rhino Hi-Five: Singers-Songwriters: The '90s (2006)
Well, I've walked these streets
A virtual stage It seemed to me Makeup on their faces Actors took their places next to me Well, I've walked these streets In a carnival of sights to see All the cheap thrill-seekers The vendors and the dealers They crowded around me Have I been blind? Have I been lost inside myself and my whole mind? Hypnotized, mesmerized, by what my eyes have seen? Well, I've walked these streets In a spectacle of wealth and poverty In the diamond market The scarlet welcome carpet that they just rolled out for me And I've walked these streets In the madhouse asylum they can be Where a wild-eyed mystic prophet on a traffic island stopped And he raved of saving me Have I been blind? Have I been lost inside myself and my whole mind? Hypnotized, mesmerized, by what my eyes have seen Have I been wrong? Have I been wise to shut my eyes and play along? Hypnotized, paralyzed by what my eyes have found By what my eyes have seen What they have seen? Have I been blind? Have I been lost? Have I been wrong? Have I been wise? Have I been strong? Have I been hypnotized, mesmerized By what my eyes have found? In that great street carnival Have I been blind? Have I been lost? Have I been wrong? Have I been wise? Have I been strong? Have I been hypnotized, mesmerized By what my eyes have found? In that great street carnival, in that carnival |
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from Natalie Merchant - Motherland (2001)
When I was just a little girl
My mama said to me "Beware of the the devil my child in the dark rocky places he'll keep. Beware of the devil my child. Beware of his charming ways. You'll fall under a spell just looking at his beautiful face. You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside." "Don't go walking by the riverside alone in the pale moonlight He'll come up upon you girl with no earthly body in sight Come up on you girl and and he'll whisper something sweet And take you where the waters rise so high and run so deep." "You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside Gotta build yourself a levee deep inside Build yourself a levee girl when the waters run high." Now when I was just a little girl my mama said to me "Beware of the the devil my child but if by chance you should meet Beware his cold dark eyes full of bold and unholy deceit He'll tempt you with a whirling pool of lies And promises he'll deny or that he will never keep." "You gotta build yourself a levee deep inside Build yourself a levee deep inside Build yourself a levee deep inside Build yourself a levee girl when the waters run high." |
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from Natalie Merchant - Motherland (2001)
Top of the fold
Toast of the town Everyone stops when you come around They hold their breath for you Heroes are born Idols are made We're all fools for this factory fame And you've got the brand new face And you've got the brand new face Golden boy Beauty untamed Stupid and wild poster boy you're society's child Cut your teeth, cut your mouth, cut it out Meteor rise from obscurity All it took was a killing spree And the whole world was lying at your feet Golden boy, golden boy I know my place, stick to my lines Stay in your shadow, don't block your light So you can shine divine So you can shine divine Golden boy, golden boy, golden boy |
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from Natalie Merchant - Motherland (2001)
I'm not gonna beg you for nothing
I'm not gonna beg you for love. Straight talk, give me the straight talk Tell me what's on your mind if it ain't love I'm not gonna beg you for nothing I'm not gonna beg you for your love. Scared now, what are you scared of ? Afraid I might fall on my knees and break down? I'm not gonna beg you for nothing. I'm not gonna beg you for your love. Don't you think you can take me for pretty little ride I know "once upon a time" and "ever after" is a lie I'm not gonna beg you for nothing at all There's nothing I want from you, nothing you can say or do There is nothing I want for you to say anyway. I'm not gonna beg you for nothing I'm not gonna beg you for your love |
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from Natalie Merchant - Motherland (2001)
Well I know I
Swear I know your face I wish I knew your name I wish I could take you by the hand If I could name it, if I could just explain it If I could only help you, help you understand Well I can I can see that you're hurting Weighed down like a beast of burden about to break your back God only knows that you're human So what are they trying to do then? Believe me, they don't understand That you have the weight of the world today It's on your back A heavy load like that is gonna hold you back It's gonna drag you down You know it just can't last It just can You know it just can't last. You know it just can't last It just can You know it just can't last. Well they thought they could use you Push you down and abuse you and what's so sad Is you've decided to hide all your feelings Got more pain than you can deal with but ask yourself, how can this last? I know you have the weight of the world today It's on your back A heavy load like that is gonna hold you back It's gonna drag you down You know it just can't last It just can You know it just can't last. You know it just can't last It just can You know it just can't last... |
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from Natalie Merchant - Motherland (2001)
Where in the hell can you go
Far from the things that you know Far from the sprawl of concrete that keeps crawling its way About 1,000 miles a day Take one last look behind Commit this to memory and mind Don't miss this wasteland, this terrible place When you leave Keep your heart off your sleeve. Motherland cradle me Close my eyes, lullaby me to sleep Keep me safe, lie with me Stay beside me don't go Don't you go Oh, my five & dime queen Tell me what have you seen The lust and the avarice The bottomless, cavernous greed Is that what you see? Oh Motherland cradle me Close my eyes, lullaby me to sleep Keep me safe, lie with me, stay beside me don't go. It's your happiness I want most of all And for that I'd do anything at all Oh mercy me! If you want the best of it Or the most of all If there's anything I can do at all. Now come on shot gun bride What makes me envy your life? Faceless, nameless, innocent, blameless and free What's that like to be? Oh Motherland Cradle me Close my eyes, lullaby me to sleep Keep me safe, lie with me Stay beside me don't go Don't go, don't go Motherland Cradle me Close my eyes, lullaby me to sleep Keep me safe, lie with me Stay beside me don't go Don't go, don't go |
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from Natalie Merchant - Motherland (2001)
Oh lately I've been walking all alone
Through the wind and through the rain Been walking through the streets and finding sweet relief in knowing that it won't be long Oh lately it's occurred to me That I've had enough of that And lately I've been satisfied by simple things like breathing in and breathing out. Never again, not in this life Will I be taken twice Never again, never on your life Will I make that same mistake I can't make it twice. Oh lately it's occurred to me Axactly what went wrong I realized I compromised I sacrificed far too much for far too long Never again, no not in this life Will I be taken twice No no no no Never again, never on your life Will I make that same mistake I can't make it twice Starting out from here today Swear I'm gonna change my way Once mistaken in this life but never never never never twice. Never again, no not in this life No no no no Will I be taken twice Never again, never on your life Will I make that same mistake I can't make it twice. No no no no Never again, never on your life Gonna make that same mistake Gonna make it twice. Starting out from here today Swear I'm gonna change my way Swear I'm gonna change my way Gonna change my way Never again, no never again no never in this life Gonna make that same mistake Gonna make it twice. Never again, no never again no never in this life |
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from Natalie Merchant - Motherland (2001)
Do I have to put the law on you baby for all the wicked things you do?
Am I gonna have to put the law on you baby? That was not what I wanted to do. Do I have to put the law on you baby to try And make you come out clean for every evil deed? You're just about the lowest and the dirtiest thing I've ever seen. Did you really think you could pull it off, the perfect crime, crime of the heart? Do you really think that you'll get away, do the crime and never pay? Do I have to put the law on you baby Lock you up and throw away the key For the countless counts of low down double-cross you've been about? Have you no decency? Did you really think you could pull it off, the perfect crime, crime of the heart? Do you really think that you'll get away, escape my justice until you're dying day? Though you made it clear from the very start There was no trusting you with my foolish heart. Though you maybe made it clear that didn't make it right. Do you really think you'll get away? You can't escape my justice 'til my dying day. |
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from Natalie Merchant - Motherland (2001)
Saddle up the horses and wear your Sunday best
Sing your Sacred Harp, you be holier than the rest Fill up the room with a grand and thunderous song Let it rattle out the windows Let it spill out on the lawn Shout, shout your praises to the man who kissed the Lord To the back stabbing brother that betrayed all of this world, your Judas! Yeah, though you may walk in the valley in the dark There's no greater evil than the darkness in your heart With your stun guns, bloodhounds Needle and your razor wire Your nylon shackle whipping post And your high tech burning tire, your Judas, Judas, Judas. Whiplash crack across the back, across the arms Although you bound his feet, he running fast he running hard Through them crickets in the corn And them horses in the field Hear the "caw, caw" of the crows See the devil at the wheel y'all, Judas, Judas, Judas, Judas Go on down to Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas Oklahoma, Texas, Kentucky, Florida Louisiana and Tennessee Georgia, Carolina, Carolina. There's no greater evil Than the darkness in your heart |
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from Natalie Merchant - Motherland (2001)
I know what you tell yourself you tell yourself
I know what you tell yourself you tell yourself Look in the mirror Look in the mirror what does it show? I hear you counting I know you're adding up the score I know, oh yes I know What you tell yourself, you tell yourself. I know what you tell yourself, you tell yourself. Ever since Eden We're built for pleasing everyone knows Ever since Adam Cracked his ribs and let us go I know, oh yes I know What you tell yourself, you tell yourself. I know what you tell yourself, you tell yourself. I know what you tell yourself, you tell yourself. Who taught you how to lie So well and to believe In each and every word you say? Who told you that nothing about you is alright It's just no use, it's just no good you'll never be ok? Well I know, I know that wrong's been done to you "It's such a tough world," That's what you say And I know, I know it's easier said than done But that's enough girl Give it away Give it, give it all away Tell yourself that you're not pretty Look at you, you're beautiful. Tell yourself that no one sees Plain Jane invisible to me Just tell yourself Tell yourself Tell yourself you'll never be like the anorexic beauties in the magazines Like a bargain basement Barbie doll, no belle du jour, no femme fatale Just tell yourself, tell yourself Tell yourself there's nothing worse than the pain inside and the way it hurts But tell yourself it's nothing new cause everybody feels it too They feel it too And there's just no getting 'round the fact that you're thirteen right now. |
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from Natalie Merchant - Motherland (2001)
Who'll save the poor little girl?
Henry Darger, Henry Darger Who'll save the poor little girl? Henry, Henry Oh Henry Oh Henry, Henry Who'll tell the story of her? Henry Darger, Henry Darger Who'll tell it to all the world? Henry, Henry Oh Henry Oh Henry, Henry Who'll buy the carbon paper now? Henry Darger, Henry Darger Who'll trace the lines of her mouth? Henry, Henry Oh Henry Oh Henry, Henry Who will conquer foreign worlds searching for the stolen girls? Princesses you'll never fear the patron saint of girls is here! Who will draw the cavalry in and risk his very own precious skin To make our Angelinia a free and beautiful land again? Henry Who'll love a poor orphan child Henry Darger, Henry Darger Lost, growing savage and wild? Henry, Henry Oh Henry Oh Henry, Henry.. |
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from Natalie Merchant - Motherland (2001)
So you're in love, it's so good for you
Live it up girl 'cause it never lasted long It's heaven for now but not for long It's gonna hurt you It's gonna make you feel so bad. Once I could love, I could trust, I could not doubt But that was just about the worst thing that I could do It was just about the worst thing that I could do. Maybe not now But it won't take long before it's Gonna hurt you Truly do you some harm. Once I was open, could hope, I had no doubt But that was the worst thing that I could do It was just about the worst thing that I could do. It was just about the worst thing that I could do. Once I came close to that most elusive fire Burning with hopeless love and desire but It was just about the worst thing that I could do It was just about the worst thing that I could do It was just about the worst thing that I could do It was just about the worst thing that I could do En el pasado estuve ciega como tu (In the past I was blind as you) Atrapada y perdida como tu (Trapped and lost like you) Embelesada y suspendida en mi jaula de plata (With no escape, suspended in my silver cage) Esos recuerdos te acompanaran toda la vida (These memories will remain with you forever) |
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from Natalie Merchant - Motherland (2001)
This house is on fire!
Kick off your boots, come sit a spell. Listen to me worry, come and listen well. All you better best come and lean in boys I don't dare raise my voice I've been sitting here for the longest time Reading all the warning and the danger signs I don't have the gift of the prophecy Telling everybody how it's going to be Soon come, soon come the day This tinderbox is gonna blow in your face. Your face, your face I don't have the gift of the prophesy Telling everybody how it's going to be. You go passing wrong for right and right for wrong People only stand for that for just so long. It's all gonna catch like a house on fire Spark an evil blaze and burn higher Well, I don't have the gift of the prophesy Telling everybody how it's going to be You go passing wrong for right and right for wrong People only stand for that for just so long I don't have the gift of the prophesy Telling everybody how it's going to be. There's a wild fire catching in the whip of the wind That could start a conflagration like there has never been This house is on fire! This house is on fire |
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from Natalie Merchant - Live In Concert [live] (1999)
Well, I dreamed I saw the knights
In armor coming, Saying something about a queen. There were peasants singing and Drummers drumming And the archer split the tree. There was a fanfare blowing To the sun That was floating on the breeze. Look at Mother Nature on the run In the nineteen seventies. Look at Mother Nature on the run In the nineteen seventies. I was lying in a burned out basement With the full moon in my eyes. I was hoping for replacement When the sun burst thru the sky. There was a band playing in my head And I felt like getting high. I was thinking about what a Friend had said I was hoping it was a lie. Thinking about what a Friend had said I was hoping it was a lie. Well, I dreamed I saw the silver Space ships flying In the yellow haze of the sun, There were children crying And colors flying All around the chosen ones. All in a dream, all in a dream The loading had begun. They were flying Mother Nature's Silver seed to a new home in the sun. Flying Mother Nature's Silver seed to a new home |
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from Natalie Merchant - Live In Concert [live] (1999)
You were the love
for certain of my life you were simply my beloved wife I don't know for certain how I'll live my life now alone without my beloved wife my beloved wife I can't believe I've lost the very best of me you were the love for certain of my life you were simply my beloved wife I don't know for certain how I'll live my life now alone without my beloved wife my beloved wife I can't believe I've lost the very best of me you were the love for certain of my life for 50 years simply my beloved wife with another love I'll never lye again it's you I can't deny it's you I can't defy a depth so deep into my grief without my beloved soul I renounce my life as my right now alone without my beloved wife my beloved wife my beloved wife my love is gone she suffered long in hours of pain my love is gone now my suffering begins my love is gone would it be wrong if I should surrender all the joy in my life go with her tonight? my love is gone she suffered long in hours of pain my love is gone would it be wrong if I should just turn my face away from the light go with her tonight? |
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from Natalie Merchant - Live In Concert [live] (1999)
I've walked these streets
a virtual stage it seemed to me make up on their faces actors took their places next to me I've walked these streets in a carnival of sights to see all the cheap thrill seekers the vendors & the dealers they crowded around me have I been blind have I been lost inside myself and my own mind hypnotized mesmerized by what my eyes have seen? I've walked these streets In a spectacle of wealth & poverty in the diamond markets the scarlet welcome carpet that they just rolled out for me I've walked these streets in the mad house asylum they can be where a wild eyed misfit prophet on a traffic island stopped and he raved of saving me have I been blind have I been lost inside myself and my own mind hypnotized mesmerized by what my eyes have seen? have I been wrong have I been wise to shut my eyes and play along hypnotized paralyzed by what my eyes have found? by what my eyes have seen what they have seen? have I been blind have I been lost have I been wrong have I been wise have I been strong have I been hypnotized mesmerized by what my eyes have found in that great street carnival in that carnival? |
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from Natalie Merchant - Live In Concert [live] (1999)
Dust Bowl
I should know to leave them home. They follow me through the store with these toys I can't afford. "Kids, take them back, you know better than that." Dolls that talk, astronauts, T.V. games, airplanes, they don't understand and how can I explain? I try and try but I can't save. Pennies, nickels, dollars slip away. I've tried and tried but I can't save. My youngest girl has bad fever, sure. All night with alcohol trying to cool and to rub her down. Ruby, I'm tired, try and get some sleep. I'm adding doctor's fees to remedies to the cost of three day's work lost. I try and try but I can't save. Pennies, nickels, dollars slip away. I've tried and tried but I can't save. The hole in my pocketbook is growing. There's a new wind blowing they say, it's gonna be a cold, cold one. So brace yourselves my darlings, it won't bring anything much our way but more dust bowl days. I played a card in this weeks game. Took the first and the last letters in three of their names. This lottery's been building up for weeks. I could be lucky me with the five million prize, tears of disbelief spilling out of my eyes. I try and try but I can't save. Pennies, nickels, dollars slip away. I've tried and tried but I can't save. The hole in my pocketbook is growing. There's a new wind blowing they say, it's gonna be a cold, cold one. So brace yourselves my darlings, it won't bring anything much our way but more dust bowl days. |
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from Natalie Merchant - Live In Concert [live] (1999)
Gun Shy
I always knew that you would take yourself so far from home as soon as, and as far as you could go. By the 1/4 inch cut of your hair by the Army issue green, for the past eight weeks I can tell where you've been. For I knew, I could see, it was all cut and dried to me there was soldier's blue blood streaming inside your veins. There is a world outside of this room and when you meet it promise me that you won't meet it with your gun. So now you are one, one of the brave few, and it's awful sad we need boys like you. I hope the day never comes for "Here's your live round son. Stock and barrel, safety, trigger, here's your gun." Well I knew, I could see, it was all cut and dried to me there was soldiers blue blood streaming inside your veins. There is a world outside of this room and when you meet it promise me that you won't meet it with your gun taking aim. For I don't mean to argue, that they've made a decent boy of you and I don't mean to spoil your home coming, but baby brother you should expect me to. "Stock and barrel, safety, trigger, here's your gun." So now does your heart pitter pat with a patriotic song when you see the stripes of Old Glory waving? For I knew, I could see, it was all cut and dried to me there was soldier's blue blood streaming inside your veins. There is a world outside of this room and when you meet it promise me that you won't meet it with your gun taking aim. I don't mean to argue, they've made a decent boy of you and I don't mean to spoil your homecoming my baby brother Jude and I don't mean to hurt you by saying this again, they're so good at making soldiers but they're not as good at making men. |
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from Natalie Merchant - Live In Concert [live] (1999)
Ophelia was a bride of God
A novice Carmelite In sister cells The cloister bells tolled on her wedding night Ophelia was the rebel girl A blue stockting suffragette Who remedied society between her cigarettes And Ophelia was the sweetheart To a nation overnight Curvaceous thighs Vivacious eyes Love was at first sight... Love was at first sight... Love... Ophelia was a demigoddess in pre-war Babylon So statuesque a silhouette in black satin evening gowns Ophelia was the mistress to A Vegas gambling man Signora Ophelia Maraschina Mafia courtesan Ophelia was the circus queen The female cannonball Projected through five flaming hoops To wild and shocked applause To wild and shocked applause Ophelia was a tempest cyclone A goddamn hurricane Your common sense, your best defense They wasted , and in vain For Ophelia 'd know your every woe And every pain you'd ever had She'd sympathize and dry your eyes Help you to forget... And help you to forget And help you to forget Ophelia's mind went wandering You'd wonder where she goes Through secret doors down corridors She wanders there alone All alone (voice in german) "Es kostet mich keine kleine Krise die Verunreinigung und das Suechtige aus meinem Leben auszuschliessen" ("But it is for me no little effort to exclude the polluting and the addictive from my life." ) (voice in spanish) "compondo musica , en un estado de ecstases" ("composing music , in a state of ecstasy") (voice in spanish) "fuerza de vida , de vida" ( "strength of life , of life") (voice in german) "Mein Vater ist ein Architekt" ("My father is an architect." ) |
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from Natalie Merchant - Live In Concert [live] (1999)
Go west
paradise is there you'll have all that you can eat of milk and honey over there you'll be the brightest star the world has ever seen sun-baked slender heroine of film and magazine go west paradise is there you'll have all that you can eat of milk and honey over there you'll be the brightest light the world has ever seen the dizzy height of a jet-set life you could never dream your pale blue eyes strawberry hair lips so sweet skin so fair your future bright beyond compare it's rags to riches over there San Andreas Fault moved it's fingers through the ground earth divided plates collided such an awful sound San Andreas Fault moved its fingers through the ground terra cotta shattered and walls came tumbling down o promised land o wicked ground build a dream tear it down o promised land what a wicked ground build a dream watch it fall down |
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from Natalie Merchant - Live In Concert [live] (1999)
How did I love you?
there was no measuring far above this dirty world far above everything in your tower over it you were clean so warm and insightful were you in my eyes I was sure the rightful guardian of my life damn you betrayer how you lied but for seven years you were loved I laid golden orchid crowns around your feet for seven years I bowed down to touch the ground so wholly your devotee you were all I could see I've got my sight now I see everything you hid so don't you try to right now all the wrong you did I might forget you but never forgive but for seven years you were loved I laid golden orchid crowns around your feet for seven years I bowed down to touch the ground so wholly your devotee for seven years you were so revered I made offerings of anything and everything I had you were all I could see |
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from Natalie Merchant - Live In Concert [live] (1999)
Space Oddity
Ground Control to Major Tom Ground Control to Major Tom Take your protein pills and put your helmet on Ground Control to Major Tom Commencing countdown, engines on Check ignition and may God's love be with you (spoken) Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One, Liftoff This is Ground Control to Major Tom You've really made the grade And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare "This is Major Tom to Ground Control I'm stepping through the door And I'm floating in a most peculiar way And the stars look very different today For here Am I sitting in a tin can Far above the world Planet Earth is blue And there's nothing I can do Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles I'm feeling very still And I think my spaceship knows which way to go Tell my wife I love her very much she knows" Ground Control to Major Tom Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you.... "Here am I floating round my tin can Far above the Moon Planet Earth is blue And there's nothing I can do." |
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from Natalie Merchant - Live In Concert [live] (1999)
If you could fill a veil with shells from Killiney's shore
And sweet talk in a tongue that is no more If wishful thought could bridge The Gulf of Araby Between what is What is What is And what can never be If you could hold the frozen flow of New Hope Creek And hide out from the one they said you might meet If you could unlearn all the words That you never wanted heard If you could stall the southern wind That's whistling in your ears You could take what is What is What is What is To what can never be One man of seventy whispers free at last Two neighbors who are proud of their massacres Three tyrants torn away in a winter's month Four prisoners framed by a dirty judge Five burned with tyres Six men still inside And seven more days to shake at the great divide The Gulf, the Gulf of Araby The Gulf, the Gulf of Araby Well, we would plough and part the earth to bring you home And harvest every miracle ever known If they laid out all the things That these ten years want to bring We would gladly give them up To bring you back to us O, there is nothing we would not give To kiss you and believe you can take what is What is What is To what can never be One man of seventy whispers not free yet Two neighbors who make up knee-deep in their dead Three tyrants torn away in the summer's heat Four prisoners lost in the fallacy Five, on my life And six, I'm dead inside And seven more days to shake at the great divide The Gulf, the Gulf of Araby The Gulf, the Gulf of Araby |
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from Natalie Merchant - Live In Concert [live] (1999)
Doctors have come
from distant cities just to see me stand over my bed disbelieving what they're seeing they say I must be one of the wonders of god's own creation and as far as the can see they can offer no explanation newspapers ask intimate questions what confessions they reach into my head to steal the glory of my story they say I must be one of the wonders of god's own creation and as far as the can see they can offer no explanation I believe fate smiled and destiny laughed as she came to my cradle "know this child will be able" laughed as my body she lifted "know this child will be gifted with love, with patience and with faith she'll make her way" people see me I'm a challenge to your balance I'm over your heads how I confound you and astound you to know I must be one of the wonders of god's own creation and as far as you can see you can offer me no explanation I believe fate smiled and destiny laughed as she came to my cradle "know this child will be able" laughed as she came to my mother "know this child will not suffer" laughed as my body she lifted "know this child will be gifted with love, with patience and with faith she'll make her way" |
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Did you ever sense the way I wanna get away
To do what's right inside, reveal what I hide But I would break you down I'd have to break your face Spit on all your lip, and pick apart your trip If you could see the tragedy in harmony It would blow you down Can I throw you down Bits and pieces, parts of me that you can't see It would blow you down Can I show you around Please don't let me be the one to bring you down It's really not my place, to put you in your place theres just way to few of those of you, the few I love to sit and talk to, and pull the night time through |
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from Furslide - Adventure (1999)
I try to spend as much time as I can alone
Although I'm not against learning a thing or two from you The wide wide sound of life gripping then letting go I listen to my voice to reassure my own I try to hold on and try to rise above and I try too hard Sometimes faith is not enough But faith's the only saving grace I face Everything's in it's place If only you could only speak the truth tell me can you tell me what that would make of you No one seems to find the secrets hid between the walls what more can I say about you not catching my fall I try to hld on and I try to rise above and I try too hard Sometimes faith is not enough... but faith's the only saving grace I face Everything's in it's place And it seems to me we hold the rope together and so easily we fall just like a feather the other blames the other for the pulling down |
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from Furslide - Adventure (1999)
I love to wake in the morning light
the kind that sticks between your fngers I'm learning peace but I know I'll let it go For the thrill and the wonder of adventure... oh adventure, I'll follow you, adventure... I found a shiny one keep it in my hand Gonna send you a long long letter You will understand and you'll love me still Even though you should know better, Even though you should know better. yes yes yes Oh trouble follows like a friend in need and my compassion is my weakness (sweetness) Everyone is looking for that fine fine line between contentment and the troubled mind of genius of genius, I'll follow you I found a shiny one keep it in my hand gonna send you a long long letter You will understand and you'll love me still Even though, you should know better Even though, you should know better Evening falls on these island skies and soothes the weary into sleeping The strangers gather round the fireside While I silently long for the familiar for the familiar I'll follow you I found a shiny one keep it in my hand gonna send you a long long letter You will understand and you'll love me still Even though, you should know better Even though you should know better |
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from Furslide - Adventure (1999)
Make believe for hours and hours
You've got me surrendered to powers That patently proceed to devour Past the time prisoner to your fine wine gracefully you've captured my fallen Faithfully I've come to recall them Breathe you deep as you seep into my life line All the pain has gone away and all the words I love to say fall so easy to the page and slip on the glaze All the rules are thrown away from the games we love to play Kiss the lips from which we're made in my masquerade Make believe for hours and hours you and me, lovers like fireworks It's the only light I can see for miles |
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from Furslide - Adventure (1999)
The walls are filled in here with glass
My eyes are stolen with a glance And the cheap persuasion that has emptied it's perfume and left us weary has been overlooked as art I'm handed cups of tepid gleam From smiles colourless and careful My face is frozen as the winner takes his prize and all eyes turn to stare The lonelier the better and all my friends are there The click clicking of the floss A dabble here and there why I'm here and why they're there I don't know why the shaker's breaking up the peace But I heard him stare I heard him stare The lonelier the better and all my friends are there... Are they all there? |
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from Furslide - Adventure (1999)
I lost an island in the ocean
The place where nickels come to gamble on their faces She took the offer to be the daughter We pledge allengiance to the one who affers social graces Please don't blame me Please don't blame me 'Cause I'm in over my head, In over my head It's for the best I ripped up the picture The one in the kitchen I looked weak my eyes they gave it all away I don't deny it I still haven't found it I proudly wear the scars I've challenged every crutch so far Please don't blame me Please don't blame me 'Cause I'm in over my head, in over my head It's for the best and I'm in over my head, in over my head It's for the best (x2) |
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Face turns black swollen eyes
Fall down dead prey to disguise Such a pretty face you filled your head with F*** you glutton joke you're all the same Turn away face the money Dip your hand into the honey Such a pretty fate you filled your head with Pleasures for the rich so close you are Simplicity you're so easily led All your life could go easily unsaid I can't wait till you're gone leave me in peace I'm so much more you'll never see so much more you'll never be A picture framed of you and someone She knows your name but she doesn't like you Such a prety face you filled your head with F*** you glutton joke you're all the same I'm so much more you'll never see So much more you'll never be Suckin' the mother dry. It's the age old sin. |
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from Furslide - Adventure (1999)
Face turns black swollen eyes
Fall down dead prey to disguise Such a pretty face you filled your head with F*** you glutton joke you're all the same Turn away face the money Dip your hand into the honey Such a pretty fate you filled your head with Pleasures for the rich so close you are Simplicity you're so easily led All your life could go easily unsaid I can't wait till you're gone leave me in peace I'm so much more you'll never see so much more you'll never be A picture framed of you and someone She knows your name but she doesn't like you Such a prety face you filled your head with F*** you glutton joke you're all the same I'm so much more you'll never see So much more you'll never be Suckin' the mother dry. It's the age old sin. |
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from Furslide - Adventure (1999)
I'm kinda rusted
Everyone's noticed Salty and edgy It's not my fault I wear a costume to make up for broken I wear a ribbon for the problems I've solved The habit is compelling treat it like addiction the rise and fall of conviction the peace and shame of giving in I've got a name it's all I have I'm a skinny wire radio tower I believe there's something more I'm a silver jet just passing over I believe there's something more I'm covered with choices it's not becoming This way or that one I can't decide I've got a name It's all I know |
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from Furslide - Adventure (1999)
Doubt falls away
Deep breath miles past the enemy That blood will stain No use to try to remedy That song he sang "La la something 'bout a better day" He'll miss her ways, wonderin' if he missed his chance again He says "Speak to me from high high places, my prayer is short but complecated I'm just waitin' for the weather to change Some days are better than others today I should have stayed under get out get out get out I gotta think it over and be done with today forever... I've got a game, you play Anna Lee and I'll play Emily That might wear thin Laughter comin' through the walls you're in, the walls you're in, the walls you're in Oh, speak to me from high high places My prayer is short but complecated I'm just waiting for the weather to change Some days are better than others Today I should have stayed under, get out, get out, get out, I gotta think it over And be done with today forever, today forever, today forever |
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from Natalie Merchant - Ophelia (1998)
People down-cast in despair
See the dis-illusion everywhere Hoping their bad luck will change It's a little harder everyday People struggle, people fight For the simple pleasures in their life The trouble comes from everywhere It's a little more than you can bear I know that it will hurt I know that it will break your heart The way things are The way they've been And the way they've always been People shallow, self-absorbed See them push and shove for their rewards With nothing else on their minds You can read about it in their eyes People ruthless, people cruel The damage that some people do Full of hatred, full of pride It's enough to make you lose your mind I know that it will hurt I know that it will break your heart The way things are And the way they've been I know that it will hurt I know that it will break your heart The way things are And the way they've been Don't spread the discontent Don't spread the lies Don't make the same mistakes With your own life You know we're all a little low sometimes I know that it will hurt I know that it will break your heart The way things are And the way they've been Don't spread the discontent Don't spread the lies Don't make the same mistakes In your own life And don't disrespect yourself Don't lose your pride And don't think everybody's gonna change their side Oh no |
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from Natalie Merchant - Ophelia (1998)
I'm an effigy
A parody of Who I appear to be Put your flaming torches under me I'm an effigy A parody of Who I appear to be Put your flaming torches under me I'm an effigy A parody of Who I appear to be Put your flaming torches under me Endless so far in myself, follow me fade to Tibetan singer, Yungchen Lhamo |
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from Natalie Merchant - Ophelia (1998)
Blue, like the winter snow in the full moon
Black like the silhouettes of the trees Late blooming flowers lie frozen underneath the storms I want you to remember me that way (Faraway) I'll be gone, will you wait for me here (how long) I don't know, will you wait for me here Still as the river grows in December Silent and perfect blinding ice Spring keeps her promises No cold can keep her back I want you to remember me that way (Faraway) I'll be gone, will you wait for me here (how long) I don't know, but wait for me here (follow) don't follow me to where, where I go (Faraway) I'll be gone, will you wait for me here (how long) I don't know, will you wait for me here (follow) don't follow me to where I've gone (follow) don't follow me to where I've gone (someday, you'll take my place) And I'll wait for you here |
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from Natalie Merchant - Ophelia (1998)
La-la-la-la...
You've been so kind and generous I don't know how you keep on giving For your kindness, I'm in debt to you For your selflessness, my admiration For everything you've done, you know I'm bound I'm bound to thank you for it La-la-la-la... You've been so kind and generous I don't know how you keep on giving For your kindness, I'm in debt to you And I never could have come, this far without you For everything you've done, you know I'm bound I'm bound to thank you for it La-la-la-la... Oh, I want to thank you for so many gifts you gave The love, the tenderness, I wanna thank you I want to thank you for your generosity, the love And the honesty that you gave me I want to thank you show my gratitude My love, and my respect for you, I want to thank you Oh, I want to thank you, thank you; thank you, thank you I want to thank you, thank you; thank you, thank you |
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from Natalie Merchant - Ophelia (1998)
Farewell today
Travel on now Be on your way Go safely there And never worry Never care Beyond this day Farewell tonight To all joy And to all the light Go on Go peacefully We can't keep your majesty Be on your way Make ready for the last king of May Make a cardboard crown for him And make your voices one Praise a crazy mother's son Who loved his life Farewell today travel on now Be on your way Can't bear the very thought that we That we could keep your majesty Be on your way Make ready for the last king of May Make a hole in the ground for him Raise your voices up Drink your loving cup To his long life To his long life Make ready for the last king of May Make a hole in the sky for him Raise your voices up Lift your loving cup To his long life To his long life His long life And raise your voices up Lift your loving cup To his long life To his long life To his long life To his long life |
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from Natalie Merchant - Ophelia (1998)
It's a pity, it's a crying shame
People hold you down again How painful it must be To bruise so easily inside It's a pity, it's a downright crime It happens all the time You want to stay little daddy's girl You want to hide from the vicious world outside Don't cry, you know the tears will do no good So dry your eyes Oh, your daddy, he's the iron man battleship wrecked on dry land Your mamma she's a bitter bride She'll never be satisfied, you know And that's not right. But don't cry, you know the tears will do no good So dry your eyes Oh, they told you life is hard misery from the start, it's dull, it's slow, it's painful But I tell you life is sweet In spite of the misery There's so much more, be grateful Well, who do you believe Who will you listen to Who will it be 'cause it's high time that you decide in your own mind I've tried to comfort you I've tried to tell you to be patient They are blind, and they can't see Fortune gonna come one day They're all gonna fade away Your daddy the war machine And your momma the long and suffering Prisoner of what she cannot see For they told you life is hard Misery from the start, It's dull, it's slow, it's painful But I tell you life is sweet In spite of the misery There's so much more, be grateful So, who will you believe Who will you listen to Who will it be 'cause it's high time that you decide It's time to make up your own your own state of mind Oh they told you life is long Be thankful when it's done Don't ask for more, be grateful But I tell you life is short Be thankful because Before you know it it will be over 'cause life is sweet, life is also very short life is sweet and life is also very short life is sweet |
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from Natalie Merchant - Ophelia (1998)
Take a look at my body
Look at my hands There's so much here that I don't understand Your face-saving promises Whispered like prayers I don't need them 'cause I've been treated so wrong, I've been treated so long As if I'm becoming untouchable Well, contempt loves the silence, it thrives in the dark With fine winding tendrils that strangle the heart They say that promises sweeten the blow but I don't need them, no I don't need them I've been treated so wrong, I've been treated so long As if I'm becoming untouchable I'm a slow-dying flower In the frost-killing hour Sweet turning sour and untouchable I need the darkness, the sweetness, the sadness, the weakness Oh I need this I need a lullaby, a kiss goodnight, angel, sweet love of my life Oh I need this I'm a slow-dying flower Frost-killing hour The sweet turning sour and untouchable Do you remember the way that you touched me before All the trembling sweetness I loved and adored Your face-saving promises Whispered liked prayers I don't need them I need the darkness, the sweetness, the sadness, the weakness Oh, I need this I need a lullaby, a kiss goodnight, angel, sweet love of my life Oh, I need this Well is it dark enough Can you see me Do you want me Can you reach me Oh, I'm leaving Better shut your mouth, and hold your breath You kiss me now, you catch your death Oh, I mean this Oh, I mean this |
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from Natalie Merchant - Ophelia (1998)
Ophelia was a bride of God
A novice Carmelite, In sister cells, the cloister bells, tolled on her wedding night Ophelia was the rebel girl, a blue-stockinged suffragette Who remedied society between her cigarettes And Ophelia was the sweetheart to a nation overnight Curvaceous thighs, vivacious eyes Love was at first sight, Love was at first sight, love Ophelia was a demi-goddess In pre-war Babylon so statuesque, a silhouette in black, satin evening gowns Ophelia was the mistress to a Vegas gambling man Signora Ophelia Maraschina mafia courtesan Ophelia was the circus queen, the female cannonball projected through five flaming hoops to wild and shocked applause to wild and shocked applause hey, he-he-he-he-hey, Ophelia was a tempest, cyclone, a god-damned hurricane your common sense, your best defense lay wasted and in vain for Ophelia'd know your every woe and every pain you'd ever have She'd sympathize and dry your eyes Help you to forget and help you to forget and help you to forget Ophelia's mind went wandering You'd wonder where she'd gone to secret doors down corridors she'd wander them alone all alone |
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from Natalie Merchant - Ophelia (1998)
What's it like there outside
With the living, with the living Here I've found a place I can hide >From the living, from the living Because I don't care to stay with the living Oh, the bottle has been to me My closest friend, my worst enemy Full of flavor I walked a fine line Squandered it all and wasted my time And I don't stand a chance among the living For the lovers I've gambled and lost Count my mistakes whatever the cost I'll go off, I'll make myself scarce Oh, come tomorrow You won't find me here Because I don't care to stay with the living I don't think I'll remain with the living And I don't care to stay with the living No, I don't care to stay |
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from Natalie Merchant - Ophelia (1998)
Remember how it all began
The apple and the fall of man The price we pay So the people say Down the path of shame it led us Dared to bite the hand That fed us fairy tale and moral end Wheel of Fortune Never turns again Never turns again The worst of it has come and gone And the chaos of millenium And the falling out of the doomsday crowd Their last retreat is moving slow They burn their bridges as they go The heretic is beautified Teach the harlot's child to smile Rocked again by indecision Should we make that small incision Testify to the bleeding heart inside We cut, we scratched, we rend, we slashed And when he opened up at last Found a cul de sac Deep and black Smoke and ash Deep and black Smoke and ash The wicked king of Parodies Kissing all his enemies On the seventh day Of the seventh week Tyrant's voice is softened now But just for one forgiving hour Before the rise of his Iron fist again Fist again I've come tonight I've come to know The way we are The way we'll go And to measure this Width of the wide abyss I come to you in restless sleep Where all your dreams turn bittersweet With voodoo doll philosophies Day glow holy trinities The crooked raft that leaves the shore Ferries drunken souls aboard Pilgrims march to Compestelo Visions of their saint in yellow Follow deep in trance Lost in a catatonic dance Know no future Damn the past Blind, warm, ecstatic Safe at last |
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from One Fine Day (어느 멋진 날) by James Newton Howard [ost] (1996)
One fine day, You'll look at me And you will know our love was meant to be One fine day, You're gonna want me for your girl The arms, I long for will open wide And you'll be proud to have me right by your side One fine day, you're gonna want me for your girl Though I know you're the kind of boy who only wants to around I'll keep waiting and someday darling, you'll come to me when you want to settle down One fine day, we'll meet once more And then you'll want the love threw away before One fine day, you're gonna want me for you girl |
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from Natalie Merchant - Wonder(2) (1995)
( Ronnie Shannon )
If you want my lovin' If you really do Don't be afraid, just ask me And you know I'm gonna give it to you Oh I do declare (I do), wanna see ya willing Stretch out your arms and boy you're gonna get it 'Cause I love you Baby baby baby I love you Now ain't no doubt about it Baby I love you Baby baby baby I love you I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you If you feel you wanna kiss me Go right ahead, I don't mind All you got to do is snap your fingers And I'll come runnin', I ain't lyin' O what'cha want little boy, ya know ya got it I'll deny myself before I see you without it 'Cause I love you Baby baby baby I love you Now ain't no doubt about it Baby I love you Baby baby baby I love you I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you Some day you might wanna run away? Leave me standin' here and cryin' But if it's all the same to you baby I'm gonna stop you from sayin' goodbye Baby I love you (baby, baby) Baby I need ya (baby, baby) Baby I want ya (baby, baby) Baby I love you (baby, baby) Don't let your neighbors tell you that I don't love you Don't let your low down friends tell you I don't need you |
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from Natalie Merchant - Wonder(2) (1995)
Doctors have come from distant cities just to see me
Stand over my bed, disbelieving what they're seeing They say I must be one if the wonders of God's own creation And as far as they see they can offer no explaination Newspapers ask intimate questions, want confessions They reach into my head to steal the glory, of my story They say I must be one if the wonders of God's own creation And as far as they see they can offer no explaination Chorus: Oooh I believe, that Fate smiled and Destiny, Laughed as she came to my cradle "Know this child will be able" Laughed as my body she lifted, "Know this child will be gifted, with love, with patience, and with faith, she'll make her way, she'll make her way" People see me, I'm a challange to your balance, I'm over your heads how I confound you, and astound you to know I must be one if the wonders of God's own creation And as far as you see you can offer no explaination Oooh I believe, that Fate smiled and Destiny, Laughed as she came to my cradle "Know this child will be able" Laughed as she came to my mother "Know this child will not suffer" Laughed as my body she lifted, "Know this child will be gifted, with love, with patience, and with faith, she'll make her way, she'll make her way" "She'll make her way" Ooooh hoo hoo hoo, ooooh hooo hooo hoo |
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from Natalie Merchant - Carnival/I May Know The Word (1995)
Well, I've walked these streets
A virtual stage It seemed to me Makeup on their faces Actors took their places next to me Well, I've walked these streets In a carnival of sights to see All the cheap thrill-seekers The vendors and the dealers They crowded around me Have I been blind? Have I been lost inside myself and my whole mind? Hypnotized, mesmerized, by what my eyes have seen? Well, I've walked these streets In a spectacle of wealth and poverty In the diamond market The scarlet welcome carpet that they just rolled out for me And I've walked these streets In the madhouse asylum they can be Where a wild-eyed mystic prophet on a traffic island stopped And he raved of saving me Have I been blind? Have I been lost inside myself and my whole mind? Hypnotized, mesmerized, by what my eyes have seen Have I been wrong? Have I been wise to shut my eyes and play along? Hypnotized, paralyzed by what my eyes have found By what my eyes have seen What they have seen? Have I been blind? Have I been lost? Have I been wrong? Have I been wise? Have I been strong? Have I been hypnotized, mesmerized By what my eyes have found? In that great street carnival Have I been blind? Have I been lost? Have I been wrong? Have I been wise? Have I been strong? Have I been hypnotized, mesmerized By what my eyes have found? In that great street carnival, in that carnival |
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from Natalie Merchant - Carnival/I May Know The Word (1995)
I may know the word
But not say it I may know the truth But not face it I may hear a sound A whisper sacred and profound But turn my head Indifferent I may know the word But not say it I may love the fruit But not taste it I may know the way To comfort and to sooth A worried face But fold my hands Indifferent If I'm on my knees I'm begging now If I'm on my knees Groping in the dark I'd be prying for deliverance From the night into the day But it's all grey here It's all grey to me I may know the word But not say it This may be the time But I might waste it This may be the hour Something move me Someone prove me wrong Before night comes With indifference If I'm on my knees I'm begging now If I'm on my knees Groping in the dark I'd be prying for deliverance From the night into the day But it's all grey here But it's all grey to me I recognize the walls inside I recognize them all I've paced between them Chasing demons down Until they fall In fitful sleep Enough to keep their strength Enough to crawl Into my head With tangled threads They riddle me to solve Again and again and agan |
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from Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995)
You were the love
for certain of my life You were simply my beloved wife I don't how for certain How I'll live my life Now alone without my beloved wife My beloved wife I can't believe I've lost the very best of me You were the love For certain of my life You were simply my beloved wife I don't know for certain How I'll live my life Now alone without my beloved wife My beloved wife I can't believe I've lost the very best of me You were the love For certain of my life For fifty years simply my beloved wife With another love I'll never lie again It's you I can't deny It's you I can't defy A depth so deep Into my grief Without my beloved soul I renounce my life As my right Now alone without my beloved wife My beloved wife My beloved wife My love is gone she suffered long In hours of pain My love is gone would it be wrong If I should surrender All the joy in my life Go with her tonight My love is gone she suffered long In hours of pain My love is gone would it be wrong If I should surrender All the joy in my life Go with her tonight |
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from Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995)
Well, I've walked these streets
A virtual stage It seemed to me Makeup on their faces Actors took their places next to me Well, I've walked these streets In a carnival of sights to see All the cheap thrill-seekers The vendors and the dealers They crowded around me Have I been blind? Have I been lost inside myself and my whole mind? Hypnotized, mesmerized, by what my eyes have seen? Well, I've walked these streets In a spectacle of wealth and poverty In the diamond market The scarlet welcome carpet that they just rolled out for me And I've walked these streets In the madhouse asylum they can be Where a wild-eyed mystic prophet on a traffic island stopped And he raved of saving me Have I been blind? Have I been lost inside myself and my whole mind? Hypnotized, mesmerized, by what my eyes have seen Have I been wrong? Have I been wise to shut my eyes and play along? Hypnotized, paralyzed by what my eyes have found By what my eyes have seen What they have seen? Have I been blind? Have I been lost? Have I been wrong? Have I been wise? Have I been strong? Have I been hypnotized, mesmerized By what my eyes have found? In that great street carnival Have I been blind? Have I been lost? Have I been wrong? Have I been wise? Have I been strong? Have I been hypnotized, mesmerized By what my eyes have found? In that great street carnival, in that carnival |
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from Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995)
It's a Saturday afternoon romance
Between a cowboy and a fool A druken meet up In a crude saloon A poor Rocky Mountain town He's a scoundrel And she's no pearl Together they are two lovers cruel Got her balanced on his knee He knows exactly what to say "You ain't been born 'till you get out of town And honey, You might come with me" "If you do... Spare the innocent ones I'll take you with me Together we will be drifters free" Got her tangled in his arms She's a lusting, trusting fool "No man born can rule me That I've swon But stranger if you do I'll belong to you" "If you do... Would you spare the innocent ones Would you take me with you? Can you love the land And love me too?" As he grows sober Sees his love anew In morning light so true He gets on the move On the move |
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from Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995)
I may know the word
But not say it I may know the truth But not face it I may hear a sound A whisper sacred and profound But turn my head Indifferent I may know the word But not say it I may love the fruit But not taste it I may know the way To comfort and to sooth A worried face But fold my hands Indifferent If I'm on my knees I'm begging now If I'm on my knees Groping in the dark I'd be prying for deliverance From the night into the day But it's all grey here It's all grey to me I may know the word But not say it This may be the time But I might waste it This may be the hour Something move me Someone prove me wrong Before night comes With indifference If I'm on my knees I'm begging now If I'm on my knees Groping in the dark I'd be prying for deliverance From the night into the day But it's all grey here But it's all grey to me I recognize the walls inside I recognize them all I've paced between them Chasing demons down Until they fall In fitful sleep Enough to keep their strength Enough to crawl Into my head With tangled threads They riddle me to solve Again and again and agan |
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from Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995)
Oooh, jealousy
Is she fine So well bred The perfect girl A social deb? Is she the sort You've always thought Could make you What you're not? Oooh, jealousy Is she bright So well read Are there novels By her bed? Is she the sort You've always said Could satisfy Your head? Oooh, my jealousy Does she talk The way I do Is her voice reminding you Of the promises The little white lies too Sometimes, tell me While she's touching Just by mistake Accidentally do you say my name |
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from Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995)
Young and strong Hollywood son
In the early morning light This star fell down On Sunset Boulevard Young and strong beautiful one We embrace so close Is gone Was torn away Let the youth of America mourn Include him in their prayers Let his image linger on Repeat it everywhere With candles and flowers He was one of ours One of ours Why don't you let him be? He's gone We know Give his mother and his father peace Your vulture's candor Your casual slander You murder his memory He's gone We know It's nothing but a tragedy Lay to rest your soul and body Lay beside your name Lay to rest your rage Your hunger and amazing grace With candles and flowers You were one of ours One of ours I saw cameras expose your life I heard rumours explode with liES I saw children in tears Cry and crowd around the sight Of where you had collapsed that day Where your last breath and word Had been sighed Where your heart had burst Where you had died I saw how they were lost and grieving All half believing you were gone The loss and the pain of it Crime and the shame of it You were gone It was such a nightmare raving "How can we save him From himself" |
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from Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995)
Go west
Paradise is there You'll have all that you can eat Of milk and honey over there You'll be the brightest star The world has ever seen Sun-baked slender heroine Of film and magazine Go west Paradise is there You'll have all that you can eat Of milk and honey over there You'll be the brightest light The world has ever seen The dizzy height of a jet-set life You could never dream Your pale blue eyes Strawberry hair Lips so sweet Skin so fair You're future bright Beyond compare It's rags to riches Over there San Andreas Fault Moved it's fingers Through the ground Earth divided Plates collided Such an awful sound San Andreas Fault Moved its fingers Through the ground Terra cotta shattered And the walls came Tumbling down Oh promised land Oh wicked ground Build a dream Tear it down Oh promised land What a wicked ground Build a dream Watch it all fall down |
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from Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995)
How did I love you?
There was no measuring Far above this dirty world Far above everything In your tower over it You were clean So warm and insightful Were you in my life I was sure the rightful Guardian of my life Damn you betrayer How you lied But for seven years You were loved I laid golden orchid crowns Around your feet For seven years I bowed down To touch the ground So wholly your devotee You were all I could see I've got my sight now I see everything you hid So don't you try to right now All the wrong you did I might forget you But not forgive But for seven years You were loved I laid golden orchid crowns Around your feet For seven years I bowed down To touch the ground So wholly your devotee For seven years You were so revered I made offerings Of anything and everything I had You were All I could see |
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from Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995)
If I ever write this letter
The pages I could write But I don't know where to send it You have vanished Heaven knows where you live Heaven only knows If I ever write this letter Bitter words it would complain Just an unrequited lover Wishing she had never Spoken your name Had ever known your name But if I ever write this letter The truth it would reveal Knowing you brought me pleasure How I'll often treasure Moments that we knew The precious The few |
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from Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995)
Climbing under
A barbed wire fence By the railroad ties Climbing over The old stone wall I am bound for the riverside Well I go to the river To soothe my mind Ponder over The crazy days of my life Just sit and watch the river flow Find a place On the riverbank Where the green rushes grow See the wind In the willow tree In branches hanging low Well I go to the river To soothe my mind To Ponder over The crazy days in my life Watch the river floe Ease my mind and soul Where I go Well I go to the river From time to time Wander over These crazy days in my mind Watch the river flow Where the willow branches grow By the cool rolling waters Moving gracefully and slow Child it's lovely Let the river take it all away The mad pace, the hurry The troubles, the worries Just let the river take them all away Flow away |
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from Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995)
Doctors have come from distant cities just to see me
Stand over my bed, disbelieving what they're seeing They say I must be one if the wonders of God's own creation And as far as they see they can offer no explaination Newspapers ask intimate questions, want confessions They reach into my head to steal the glory, of my story They say I must be one if the wonders of God's own creation And as far as they see they can offer no explaination Chorus: Oooh I believe, that Fate smiled and Destiny, Laughed as she came to my cradle "Know this child will be able" Laughed as my body she lifted, "Know this child will be gifted, with love, with patience, and with faith, she'll make her way, she'll make her way" People see me, I'm a challange to your balance, I'm over your heads how I confound you, and astound you to know I must be one if the wonders of God's own creation And as far as you see you can offer no explaination Oooh I believe, that Fate smiled and Destiny, Laughed as she came to my cradle "Know this child will be able" Laughed as she came to my mother "Know this child will not suffer" Laughed as my body she lifted, "Know this child will be gifted, with love, with patience, and with faith, she'll make her way, she'll make her way" "She'll make her way" Ooooh hoo hoo hoo, ooooh hooo hooo hoo |
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from 10000 Maniacs, 10000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged [live] (1993)
Take me now baby here as I am Pull me close try an understand I work all day out in the hot sun Stay with me now till the mornin' comes Come on now try and understand The way I feel when I'm in your hands Take me now as the sun descends They can't hurt you now They can't hurt you now They can't hurt you now Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to us Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to us What I got I have earned What I'm not I have learned Desire and hunger is the fire I breathe Just stay in my bed till the morning comes Come on now try and understand The way I feel when I'm in your hands Take me now as the sun descends They can't hurt you now They can't hurt you now They can't hurt you now Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to us Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to us Your love is here and now The vicious circle turns and burns without Though I cannot live forgive me now The time has come to take this moment and They can't hurt you now Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to us Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to us Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to us Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to us Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to us
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from 10000 Maniacs, 10000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged [live] (1993)
If lust and hate is the candy,
if blood and love tastes so sweet, then we give 'em what they want. Hey, hey, give 'em what they want. So their eyes are growing hazy 'cos they wanna turn it on, so their minds are soft and lazy. Well, hey, give 'em what they want. If lust and hate is the candy, if blood and love tastes so sweet, then we give 'em what they want. So their eyes are growing hazy 'cos they wanna turn it on, so their minds are soft and lazy. Well... who do you wanna blame? Hey, hey, give 'em what they want. If lust and hate is the candy, if blood and love tastes so sweet, then we give 'em what they want. So their eyes are growing hazy 'cos they wanna turn it on, so their minds are soft and lazy. Well... who do you wanna blame? |
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from 10000 Maniacs, 10000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged [live] (1993)
Don't talk, I will listen.
Don't talk, you keep your distance for I'd rather hear some truth tonight than entertain your lies, so take you poison silently. Let me be. Let me close my eyes. Don't talk, I'll believe it. Don't talk, listen to me instead, I know that if you think of it, both long enough and hard the drink you drown your troubles in is the trouble you're in now. Talk talk talk about it, if you talk as if you care but when your talk is over tilt that bottle in the air, tossing back more than your share. Don't talk, I can guess it. Don't talk, well now your restless and you need somewhere to put the blame for how you feel inside. You'll look for a close and easy mark and you'll see me as fair game. Talk talk talk about it, talk as if you care but when your talk is over tilt that bottle in the air tossing back more than your share. You talk talk talk about it, you talk as if you care. I'm marking every word and can tell this time for sure, your talk is the finest I have heard. So don't talk, let me go on dreaming. How your eyes they glow so fiercely I can tell your inspired by the name you chose for me. Now what was it? O, never mind it. We will talk talk talk about this when your head is clear. I'll discuss this in the morning, but until then you may talk but I won't hear. |
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from 10000 Maniacs, 10000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged [live] (1993)
O, Baby blankets and baby shoes,
baby slippers, baby spoons, walls of baby blue. Dream child in my head is a nightmare born in a borrowed bed. Now I know lightning strikes again. It struck me once, then struck me dead. My folly grows inside of me. I eat for two, walk for two, breathe for two now. Well, the egg man fell down off his shelf. All the good king's men with all their help struggled 'til the end for a shell they couldn't mend. You know where this will lead, to hush and rock in the nursery for the kicking one inside of me. I eat for two, walk for two, breathe for two now. When the boy was a boy, the girl was a girl, they found each other in a wicked world. Strong in some respects, but she couldn't stand for the way he begged and gave in. Pride is for men; young girls should run and hide instead. Risk the game by taking dares with "yes". Eat for two, walk for two, breathe for two now. Walk for two? I'm stumbling. Breathe for two? I can't breathe. Five months , how it grows. Five months now, I begin to show. |
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from 10000 Maniacs, 10000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged [live] (1993)
Follow the typical signs, the hand
-painted lines, down prairie roads. Pass the lone church spire. Pass the talking wire from where to who knows? There's no way to divide the beauty of the sky from the wild western plains. Where a man could drift, in legendary myth, by roaming over spaces. The land was free and the price was right. Dakota on the wall is a white -robed woman, broad yet maidenly. Such power in her hand as she hails the wagon man's family. I see Indians that crawl through this mural that recalls our history. Who were the homestead wives? Who were the gold rush brides? Does anybody know? Do their works survive their yellow fever lives in the pages they wrote? The land was free, yet it cost their lives. In miner's lust for gold. A family's house was bought and sold, piece by piece. A widow staked her claim on a dollar and his name, so painfully. In letters mailed back home her Eastern sisters they would moan as they would read accounts of madness, childbirth, loneliness and grief. |
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from 10000 Maniacs, 10000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged [live] (1993)
Hey Jack Kerouac, I think of your mother
and the tears she cried, she cried for none other than her little boy lost in our little world that hated and that dared to drag him down. Her little boy courageous who chose his words from mouths of babes got lost in the wood. Hip flask slinging madman, steaming cafe flirts, they all spoke through you. Hey Jack, now for the tricky part, when you were the brightest star who were the shadows? Of the San Francisco beat boys you were the favorite. Now they sit and rattle their bones and think of their blood stoned days. You chose your words from mouths of babes got lost in the wood. The hip flask slinging madman, steaming cafe flirts, nights in Chinatown howling at night. Allen baby, why so jaded? Have the boys all grown up and their beauty faded? Billy, what a saint they've made you, just like Mary down in Mexico on All Souls' Day. You chose your words from mouths of babes got lost in the wood. Cool junk booting madmen, street minded girls in Harlem howling at night. What a tear stained shock of the world, you've gone away without saying goodbye. |
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from 10000 Maniacs, 10000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged [live] (1993)
It crawls on his back, won't ever let him be.
Stares at the walls until the cinder blocks can breathe. His eyes have gone away, escaping over time. He rules a crowded nation inside his mind. He knows that night like his hand. He knows every move he made. Late shift, the bell that rang, a time card won't fade. 10:05 his truck pulled home. 10:05 he climbed his stair, about the time he was accused of being there. But I'm not the man. He goes free as I wait on the row for the man to test the rope he'll slip around my throat... and silence me. On the day he was tried no witnesses testified. Nothing but evidence, not hard to falsify. His own confession was a prosecutor's prize, made up of fear, of rage and of outright lies. But I'm not the man. He goes free as the candle vigil glows, as they burn my clothes. As the crowd cries, "Hang him slow!" and I feel my blood go cold, he goes free. Call out the KKK, they're wild after me. And with that frenzied look of half-demented zeal, they'd love to serve me up my final meal. Who'll read my final rite and hear my last appeal? Who struck this devil's deal? |
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from 10000 Maniacs, 10000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged [live] (1993)
To know I was carefully building the mask I was wearing for two years, swearing I'd tear it off.
I've sat in the dark explaining to myself that I'm straining too hard for feelings I ought to find easily. Called myself Jezebel. I don't believe. Before I say that the vows we made weigh like a stone in my heart. Family is family, don't let this tear us apart. You lie there, an innocent baby. I feel like the thief who is raiding your home, entering and breaking and taking in every room. I know your feelings are tender and that inside you the embers still glow. But I'm a shadow, I'm only a bed of blackened coal. Call myself Jezebel for wanting to leave. I'm not saying I'm replacing love for some other word to describe the sacred tie that bound me to you. I'm just saying we've mistaken one for thousands of words. And for that mistake, I've caused you such pain that I damn that word. I've no more ways to hide that I'm a desolate and empty, hollow place inside. I'm not saying I'm replacing love for some other word to describe the sacred tie that bound me to you. I'm not saying love's a plaything. No, it's a powerful word, inspired by strong desire to bind myself to you. How I wish that we never had tried to be man and his wife, to weave our lives into a blindfold over both our eyes. |
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from 10000 Maniacs, 10000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged [live] (1993)
The color of the sky as far as I can see is coal grey.
Lift my head from the pillow and then fall again. With a shiver in my bones just thinking about the weather. A quiver in my lips as if I might cry. Well by the force of will my lungs are filled and so I breathe. Lately it seems this big bed is where I never leave. Shiver in my bones just thinking about the weather. Quiver in my voice as I cry, "What a cold and rainy day. Where on earth is the sun hid away." I hear the sound of a noon bell chime. Now I'm far behind. You've put in 'bout half a day while here I lie with a shiver in my bones just thinking about the weather. A quiver in my lip as if I might cry, "What a cold and rainy day. Where on earth is the sun hid away?" Do I need someone here to scold me or do I need someone who'll grab and pull me out of this four poster dull torpor pulling downward. For it is such a long time since my better days. I say my prayers nightly this will pass away. The color of the sky is grey as I can see through the blinds. Lift my head from the pillow and then fall again with a shiver in my bones just thinking about the weather. A quiver in my voice as I cry, "What a cold and rainy day. Where on earth is the sun hid away?" I shiver, quiver, and try to wake. |
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from 10000 Maniacs, 10000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged [live] (1993)
I never felt cheated.
You were the chosen one, the pure eyes of Noah's dove. Choir boys and angles stole your lips and your halo. In your reckless mind, you act as if you've got more lives. In your reckless eyes, you only have time and your love of danger--to it your no stranger. In that August breeze of those forgotten trees, your time was set for leaving, come a colder season. In your reckless eyes, it's never too late for a chance to seize some final breath of freedom. Very, so very wise. Don't reveal it. I'm tired, tired of knowing where it is you're going. In your reckless mind, you act as if you've got more lives. In your reckless eyes, you only have time and your love of danger--to it you're no stranger. In your reckless mind, you act as if you've got more lives. In your reckless eyes, it's never too late for a chance to seize some final breath of freedom |
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from 10000 Maniacs, 10000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged [live] (1993)
That summer fields grew high with foxglove stalks and ivy.
Wild apple blossoms everywhere. Emerald green like none I have seen apart from dreams that escape me. There was no girl as warm as you. How I've learned to please, to doubt myself in need, you'll never, you'll never know. The summer fields grow high. We made garland crowns in hiding, pulled stems of flowers from my hair. Blue in the stream like none I have seen apart from dreams that escape me. There was no girl as bold as you. How I've learned to please, to doubt myself in need, you'll never, you'll never know. You'll never know. Violet serene like none I have set apart from dreams that escape me. There was no girl as warm as you. How I've learned to please, to doubt myself in need. You'll never, you'll never know. You'll never know. That summer fields grow high. We had wildflower fever. We had to lay down where they grow. How I've learned to hide, how I've locked inside, you'd be surprised if shown. But you'll never, you'll never know. |
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from 10000 Maniacs, 10000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged [live] (1993)
These are days you'll remember.
Never before and never since, I promise, will the whole world be warm as this. And as you feel it, you'll know it's true that you are blessed and lucky. It's true that you are touched by something that will grow and bloom in you. These are days you'll remember. When May is rushing over you with desire to be part of the miracles you see in every hour. You'll know it's true that you are blessed and lucky. It's true that you are touched by something that will grow and bloom in you. These are days. These are the days you might fill with laughter until you break. These days you might feel a shaft of light make its way across your face. And when you do you'll know how it was meant to be. See the signs and know their meaning. It's true, you'll know how it was meant to be. Hear the signs and know they're speaking to you, to you. |
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from 10000 Maniacs, 10000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged [live] (1993)
Trouble me, disturb me with all your cares and you worries.
Trouble me on the days when you feel spent. Why let your shoulders bend underneath this burden when my back is sturdy and strong? Trouble me. Speak to me, don't mislead me, the calm I feel means a storm is swelling; there's no telling where it starts or how it ends. Speak to me, why are you building this thick brick wall to defend me when your silence is my greatest fear? Why let your shoulders bend underneath this burden when my back is sturdy and strong? Speak to me. Let me have a look inside these eyes while I'm learning. Please don't hide them just because of tears. Let me send you off to sleep with a "There, there, now stop your turning and tossing." Let me know where the hurt is and how to heal. Spare me? Don't spare me anything troubling. Trouble me, disturb me with all your cares and you worries. Speak to me and let our words build a shelter from the storm. Lastly, let me know what I can mend. There's more, honestly, than my sweet friend, you can see. Trust is what I'm offering if you trouble me. |
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from 10000 Maniacs, 10000 Maniacs - MTV Unplugged [live] (1993)
That young boy without a name I'd know his face.
In this city the kid's my favorite. I've seen him. I see him every day. Seen him run outside looking for a place to hide from his father, the kid half naked and said to myself "O, what's the matter here?" I'm tired of the excuses everbody uses, he's their kid I stay out of it, but who gave you the right to do this? We live on Morgan Street; just ten feet between and his mother, I never see her, but her screams and cussing, I hear them every day. Threats like: "If you don't mind I will beat on your behind," "Slap you, slap you silly." made me say, "O, what's the matter here?" I'm tired of the excuses everybody uses, he's your kid, do as you see fit, but get this through that I don't approve of what you did to you own flesh and blood. "If you don't sit on this chair straight I'll take this belt from around my waist and don't think that I won't use it!" Answer me and take your time, what could be the awful crime he could do at such young an age? If I'm the only witness to your madness offer me some words to balance out what I see and what I hear. All these cold and rude things that you do I suppose you do because he belongs to you and instead of love, the feel of warmth you've given him these cuts and sores won't heal with time or age. I want to say "What's the Matter here?" But I don't dare say. |
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from 10000 Maniacs, 10000 Maniacs - Our Time In Eden (1992)
Candy Everybody Wants
if lust and hate is the candy if blood and love tastes so sweet then we give 'em what they want hey, hey, give 'em what they want so their eyes are growing hazy 'cos they wanna turn it on so their minds are soft and lazy well, hey, give 'em what they want if lust and hate is the candy if blood and love tastes so sweet then we give 'em what they want so their eyes are growing hazy 'cos they wanna turn it on so their minds are soft and lazy well... who do you want to blame? hey, hey, give 'em what they want if lust and hate is the candy if blood and love tastes so sweet then we give 'em what they want so their eyes are growing hazy 'cos they wanna turn it on so their minds are soft and lazy eell... who do you want to blame? |
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from 10000 Maniacs, 10000 Maniacs - Our Time In Eden (1992)
Circle Dream
I dreamed of a circle I dreamed of a circle round and in that circle I had made were all the worlds unformed and unborn yet a volume, a sphere that was the earth that was the moon that did revolve around my room I dreamed of a circle I dreamed of a circle round and in that circle was a maze a terrible spiral to be lost in blind in my fear I was escaping just by feel but at every turn my way was sealed I dreamed of a circle I dreamed of a circle round and in that circle was a face her eyes looked upon me with fondness her warmth coming near calling me "sweetness" calling me "dear" but I whispered, "no, I can't rest here" I dreamed of a circle I dreamed of a circle round |
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from 10000 Maniacs, 10000 Maniacs - Our Time In Eden (1992)
Eden
we are the roses in the garden beauty with thorns among our leaves to pick a rose you ask your hands to bleed but what is the reason for having roses when your blood is shed carelessly? it must be for something more than vanity believe me, the truth is we're not honest not the people that we dream we're not as close as we could be willing to grow but rains are shallow barren and wind-scattered seed on stone and dry land, we will be waiting for the light arisen to flood inside the prison and in that time kind words alone will teach us no bitterness will reach us reason will be guided in another way all in time... but the clock is another demon that devours our time in Eden in our paradise is there still time? |
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from 10000 Maniacs, 10000 Maniacs - Our Time In Eden (1992)
Few and Far Between
times are far between, and few I bet we can look upon our lives without regret of all the things I have done you think I'm proud of everyone without exception? 'til you make your peace with yesterday you'll never build a future I swear by what I say whatever penance you'll do decide what it's worth to you and then respect it however long it will take to weather your mistakes why not accept it? my hands, for now, are tied I'm a body frozen I'm a will that's paralyzed when will you ever set aside your pain and misery? no matter how I beg no matter how I wish or plead you'll never be more than alive you'll never do more than survive until you expect it do you want to build a world with our lives? you better soon decide or you can forget it. my hands, for now, are tied I'm a body frozen I'm a will that's paralyzed 'til you drop that heavy baggage you're dragging behind there won't be room for us to both go this ride |
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from 10000 Maniacs, 10000 Maniacs - Our Time In Eden (1992)
Gold Rush Brides
Follow the typical signs, the hand-painted lines, down prairie roads. Pass the lone church spire. Pass the talking wire from where to who knows? There's no way to divide the beauty of the sky from the wild western plains. Where a man could drift, in legendary myth, by roaming over spaces. The land was free and the price was right. Dakota on the wall is a white-robed woman, broad yet maidenly. Such power in her hand as she hails the wagon man's family. I see indians that crawl through this mural that recalls our history. Who were the homestead wives? Who were the gold rush brides? Does anybody know? Do their works survive their yellow fever lives in the pages they wrote? The land was free, yet it cost their lives. In miner's lust for gold. A family's house was bought and sold, piece by piece. A widow staked her claim on a dollar and his name, so painfully. In letters mailed back home her eastern sisters they would moan As they would read accounts of madness, childbirth, loneliness and grief. |
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from 10000 Maniacs, 10000 Maniacs - Our Time In Eden (1992)
"My, how you've grown."
I remember that phrase from my childhood days too "Just wait and see." I remember those words and how they chided me, when patient was the hardest thing to be. Because we can't make up for the time that we've lost, I must let these memories provide. No little girl can stop her world to wait for me. I should have known. At your age, in a string of days the year is gone. But in that space of time, it takes so long. Because we can't make up for the time that we've lost, I must let those memories provide. No little girl can stop her world to wait for me. Every time we say goodbye you're frozen in my mind as the child that you never will be, you never will be again. I'll never be more to you than a stranger could be. Every time we say goodbye you're frozen in my mind as a child that you never will be, will be again. |
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from 10000 Maniacs, 10000 Maniacs - Our Time In Eden (1992)
( Merchant )
( bassoons: Kim Laskowski & Atsuko Sato ) It crawls on his back, won't ever let him be. Stares at the walls until the cinder blocks can breathe. His eyes have gone away, escaping over time. He rules a crowded nation inside his mind. He knows that night like his hand. He knows every move he made. Late shift, the bell that rang, a time card won't fade. 10:05 his truck pulled home. 10:05 he climbed his stair, about the time he was accused of being there. But I'm not the man. He goes free as I wait on the row for the man to test the rope he'll slip around my throat... and silence me. On the day he was tried no witnesses testified. Nothing but evidence, not hard to falsify. His own confession was a prosecutor's prize, made up of fear, of rage and of outright lies. But I'm not the man. He goes free as the candle vigil glows, as they burn my clothes. As the crowd cries, "Hang him slow!" and I feel my blood go cold, he goes free. Call out the KKK, they're wild after me. And with that frenzied look of half-demented zeal, they'd love to serve me up my final meal. Who'll read my final rite and hear my last appeal? Who struck this devil's deal? |
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from 10000 Maniacs, 10000 Maniacs - Our Time In Eden (1992)
If You Intend
if you intend to live again open your eyes and don't pretend you're feeling there's nothing worth believing if you persist you'll die like this and wither in the midst of your first season cut down with no reason how can you be so near and not see everything? if you intend to live again take the outstretched hand of the one that needs you it's been so long, we've missed you why do you intend to speed your end lye in the dark and let your limbs grow weaker sinking low then deeper? how can you be so near and not see everything? feel what might be see what I see again and again and again say you don't you say you don't, but you will |
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from 10000 Maniacs, 10000 Maniacs - Our Time In Eden (1992)
Jezebel
to think of my task is chilling to know I was carefully building the mask I was wearing for two years, swearing I'd tear it off I've sat in the dark explaining to myself that I'm straining too hard for feelings I ought to find easily called myself Jezebel I don't believe before I say that the vows we've made weigh like a stone in my heart family is family, don't let this tear us apart you lie there, an innocent baby I feel like the thief who is raiding your home entering and breaking and taking in every room I know your feelings are tender inside you the embers still glow but I'm a shadow, I'm only a bed of blackened coal call myself Jezebel for wanting to leave I'm not saying I'm replacing love for some other word to describe the sacred tie that bound me to you I'm just saying we've mistaken one for thousands of words and for that mistake I've caused you such pain that I damn that word! I've no more ways to hide that I'm a desolate and hollow place inside I'm not saying I'm replacing love for some other word to describe the sacred tie that bound me to you I'm not saying love's a plaything no, it's a powerful word inspired by strong desire to bind myself to you how I wish that we never had tried to be man and his wife to weave our lives into a blindfold over both our eyes |
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from 10000 Maniacs, 10000 Maniacs - Our Time In Eden (1992)
You won a prize for that,
for telling lies like that So well that I believed it. And I never felt cheated. You were the chosen one, the pure eyes of Noah's dove. Choir boys and angels stole your lips and your halo. In your reckless mind, you act as if you've got more lives. In your reckless eyes, you only have time and your love of danger to it you're no stranger. In that August breeze of those forgotten trees, your time was set for leaving, come a colder season. In your reckless mind, you act as if you抳e got more lives In your reckless eyes, it's never too late for a chance to seize some final breath of freedom. Very, so very wise. Don't reveal it. I'm tired, tired of knowing where it is you're going. In your reckless mind, you act as if you've got more lives. In your reckless eyes, it's never too late for your love of danger to it you're no stranger. In your reckless mind, you act as if you've got more lives. In your reckless eyes, it's never too late for a chance to seize some final breath of freedom |
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from 10000 Maniacs, 10000 Maniacs - Our Time In Eden (1992)
Stockton Gala Days
that summer fields grew high with foxglove stalks and ivy wild apple blossoms everywhere emerald green like none I have seen apart from dreams that escape me there was no girl as warm as you how I've learned to please to doubt myself in need you'll never, you'll never know that summer fields grow high we made garland crowns in hiding pulled stems of flowers from my hair blue in the stream like none I have seen apart from dreams that escape me there was no girl as bold as you how I've learned to please to doubt myself in need you'll never, you'll never know you'll never know... violet serene like none I have seen apart from dreams that escape me there was no girl as warm as you how I've learned to please to doubt myself in need you'll never, you'll never know you'll never know... that summer fields grow high we had wildflower fever we had to lay down where they grow how I've learned to hide, how I've locked inside you'd be surprised if shown but you'll never, you'll never know |
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from 10000 Maniacs, 10000 Maniacs - Our Time In Eden (1992)
These Are Days
These are These are days you’ll remember Never before and never since, I promise Will the whole world be warm as this And as you feel it, You’ll know it’s true That you – you are blessed and lucky It’s true – that you Are touched by something That will grow and bloom in you These are days you’ll remember When May is rushing over you With desire to be part of the miracles You see in every hour You’ll know it’s true That you are blessed and lucky It’s true that you are touched By something that will grow and bloom in you These are days – These are the days you might fill With laughter until you break These days you might feel A shaft of light Make its way across your face And when you do You’ll know how it was meant to be See the signs and know their meaning You’ll know how it was meant to be Hear the signs and know they’re speaking To you, to you |
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from 10000 Maniacs, 10000 Maniacs - Our Time In Eden (1992)
Tolerance
The still and silence is torn with violence A loud breaking sound in the night is made Hear it grow, hear it fade. The sound you're hearing, the sound you're fearing is the hate that parades up and down our streets coming within bounds and within reach Now, inside the place we hide away we hear it near and hope it turns away Turn away ... There's something seething in the air we're breathing We learn slash and burn is the method to use Set a flame, burn it new We're overpowered We kneel, we cower, we cover our heads Feel the threat of blows that will come and the damage that will be done in its wake Now, inside this place we hide away We hear it near although it's miles away We hear it near and hope it turns away Turn away ... This house divided, we live inside it Hate's dwelling place is behind our door in fitful nights Hear it walk the floor and hear it rave as it moans and drags along its ball and chain as it moves through this house it can't escape Now inside this place we hide away We hear it near and hope it turns away Turn away .... |
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Subject : Natalie Merchant - Carnival
