Or maybe she just changed. People do that, too.
Aside from that though, she has some really really excellent songs with truly poetic lyrics. Yeah, granted, some of them (Break Me, Near You Always) delve a little too deeply into her not-so-secret submissive-waif-in-the-arms-of-her-Man fantasies...but SHUT UP! IT'S STILL BEAUTIFUL! BEAUTIFUL I SAY!
"Your hands are in my hair but my heart is in your teeth..."
Songs on This Page
Who Will Save Your Soul
Pieces of You
Little Sister
Foolish Games
Near You Always
I'm Sensitive
You Were Meant for Me
Daddy
Memoirs of a Housewife
The New Wild West
Break Me
Grey Matter
Sometimes It Be That Way
Who Will Save Your Soul
People living their lives for you on TV.
Who will save your souls when it comes to the flowers now
We try to hustle them, try to bustle them, try to cuss them
Who will save your souls when it comes to the berries now
Some are walking, some are talking, some are stalking their kill
Who will save your souls when it comes to it baby
Pieces Of You
She's an ugly girl, does it make you want to kill her?
She's a pretty girl, does she make you think nasty thoughts?
You say he's a faggot, does it make you want to hurt him?
You say he's a Jew, does it mean that he's tight?
Little Sister
Hey little sister I heard you went to Mr. So and So,
Foolish Games
You took your coat off and stood in the rain,
Well in case you failed to notice,
These foolish games are tearing me apart
You were always brilliant in the morning
These foolish games are tearing me apart
You took off your coat and stood in the rain
Near You Always
Please don't say I love you,
Please don't send me flowers
And when you look into my eyes
I want to be near you always
I'm Sensitive
I was thinking that I might fly today
So please be careful with me, I'm sensitive
You always tell me that it's impossible
So please be careful with me, I'm sensitive
When I was thinking, that it might do some good
So please be careful with me, I'm sensitive
I have this theory, that if we're told we're bad
You Were Meant For Me
I hear the clock, it's 6am
Dreams last so long
Called my momma, she was out for a walk
Dreams last so long
Go about my business, I'm doing fine
Brush my teeth and put the cap back on
Put on my pj's and hop into bed
Dreams last so long
Daddy
My bones are tired, Daddy
Sometimes I sleep past noon, Daddy
Sometimes I want to rip out your throat, Daddy
Sometimes I want to bash in your teeth, Daddy
'Cause I'm your creation, I'm your love Daddy
My bones are tired, Daddy.
Memoirs Of A Housewife
I have a secret obsession
'Cause everybody wants to feel brand new
I spend my days indoors
I take things out of their boxes
'Cause everybody wants to feel brand new
So tell me you want me
Make me feel brand new
Attractive!
Brand spanking clean
But if I were to bet
I approach china cautiously
And at night I undress myself
Everybody wants to feel brand new
The New Wild West
You see the ghost of the buffalo moving both fierce and slow
Welcome to the new wild west
There are so many factions and cue-card reactions
Welcome to the new wild west
As for me, I've been petty
Welcome to the new wild west
Break Me
I will meet you in some place
So break me
Feels like being underwater
So break me
Kiss me once
So break me
Grey Matter
I hate you
You're a child but you're malicious
I am drifting without an anchor
Inside my skin, I feel your tongue
I am drifting without an anchor
And I do not understand
You're amusing, you're a real cool show
I am drifting without an anchor
They say they're better than you and you agree.
He says, "Hold my calls" from behind walls cold.
The Boss says, "Come here boy. There ain't nothin' for free."
Another doctor's bill, a lawyer's bill,
Another cute cheap thrill
You know you love him if you put him in your will but...
Who will save your souls after all the lies that you told, boy
Who will save your souls if you won't save your own?
The cops want someone to bust down on Orleans Avenue
Another day, another dollar, another war, another tower
Went up to where the homeless had their homes
So we pray to as many different gods as there are flowers
But we call religion our friend
We're so worried about saving our souls
Afraid that God will take his toll
That we forget to begin
Who will save your souls after all the lies that you told, boy
Who will save your souls if you won't save your own?
La da de da...
Got social security, but that it doesn't pay your bills
There are addictions to feed and there are mouths to pay
So you bargain with the Devil, say you're o.k. for today,
You say that you love them, take their money and run
Say, it's been swell, sweetheart, but it was just one of those things
Those flings, those strings you've got to cut,
So get out on the streets, girls, and bust your butts.
Who will save your souls after all the lies that you told, boy
Who will save your souls if you won't save your own?
La da de da...
She's an ugly girl, do you want to kick in her face?
She's an ugly girl, she doesn't pose a threat.
She's an ugly girl, does that make you feel safe?
Ugly girl, ugly girl, do you hate her
Cause she's pieces of you?
She's a pretty girl, do you want to tie her down?
She's a pretty girl, do you call her a bitch?
She's a pretty girl, did she sleep with your whole town?
Pretty girl, pretty girl, do you hate her
Cause she's pieces of you?
You say he's a faggot, do you want to bash in his brain?
You say he's a faggot, does he make you sick to your stomach?
You say he's a faggot, are you afraid you're just the same?
Faggot, Faggot, do you hate him
Cause he's pieces of you?
You say he's a Jew, do you want to hurt his kids tonight?
You say he's a Jew, he'll never wear that funny hat again.
You say he's a Jew as though being born were a sin.
Oh Jew, oh Jew, do you hate him
Cause he's pieces of you?
knocking on his door
again last night, said you needed it bad -
you know that ain't right
Cause you've come to me crying
trying to stop, you said it hurts so bad
But please don't let you
go back for more
My little sister is a Zombie in a body
with no soul a role she has learned to play
in a world today where nothing else matters
but it matters, we gotta start feeding our souls
Not our addictions or afflictions of pain
to avoid the same questions we must
ask ourselves to get any answers
We gotta start feeding our souls
have been lost to the millions with lots
who feed on addiction selling pills and what's hot
I wish I could save her from all their delusions
all the confusion
of a nation that starves for salvation
but clothing is the cloest approximation
to God and He only knows that drugs
are all we know of love
Every day we starve while we eat white bread
and beer instead of a handshake or hug
We spill the pills and sweep them
uner the rug
My little sister is a Zombie in a body
with no sould a role whe has learned to play
in a world today where nothing else matters
but it matters, we gotta start feeding our souls
Hey little sister I heard you went to Mr. So and So's
Knockin' on his door again last night
Said you needed more
You were always crazy like that
I watched from my window,
always felt I was outside looking in on you
You were always the mysterious one
with dark eyes and careless hair,
You were fashionably sensitive, but too cool to care
Then you stood in my doorway, with nothing to say
besides some comment on the weather
In case you failed to see,
This is my heart bleeding before you,
This is me down on my knees
You thoughtless words are breaking my heart
You're breaking my heart
Smoking your cigarettes, talking over coffee
You philosophies on art, Baroque moved you,
You loved Mozart and you'd speak of your loved ones
As I clumsily strummed my guitar
You'd teach me of honest things
Things that were daring, things that were clean
Things that knew what an honest dollar did mean
So I hid my soiled hands behind my back
Somewhere along the line I must've gone off track with you
Excuse me, think I've mistaken you for somebody else
Somebody who gave a damn,
Somebody more like myself
You thoughtless words are breaking my heart
You're breaking my heart
you were always like that
those words touch me much too deeply
and they make my core tremble
Don't think you realize the power you have over me
And please don't come so close
It just makes me want to make you near me always
Please don't kiss me so sweet
it makes me crave a thousand kisses to follow
And please don't touch me like that
makes every other embrace seem pale and shallow
Please don't look at me like that
It just makes me want to make you near me always
they only whisper the sweet things you'd say
Don't try to understand me
your hands already know too much anyway
It just makes me want to make you near me always
please know my heart is in your hands
It's nothing that I understand, but when in your arms
you have complete power over me
So be gentle if you please 'cause
You hands are in my hair, but my heart is in your teeth
And it makes me want to make you near me always
I want to be near you always
I want to be near you always
Just to disprove all the things that you say
It doesn't take a talent to be mean
You words can crush things that are unseen
And I'd like to stay that way
To be respected, and be a girl
Why's it gotta be so complicated
Why you gotta tell me if I'm hated
And I'd like to stay that way
If we robbed the cynics and took all their food
That way what they believe will have taken place
And we can give it people who have some faith
And I'd like to stay that way
Then that's the only idea we'll ever have
But maybe if we are surrounded in beauty
Someday we will become what we see
'Cause anyone can start a conflict
it's harder yet to disregard it
I'd rather see the world from another angle
We are everyday angels
Be careful with me 'cause I'd like to stay that way
I feel so far away from where I've been
Got my eggs, and my pancakes too
Got my maple syrup, everything but you
I break the yolks and make a smiley face
I kinda like it in my brand new place
I wipe the spots off of the mirror
Don't leave the keys in the door
Never put wet towels on the floor anymore 'cause
Even after you're gone
I know, that you love me
And soon you will see
You were meant for me
And I was meant for you
Consoled a cup of coffee but it didn't wanna talk
Picked up a paper, it was more bad news
More hearts being broken or people being used
Put on my coat in the pouring rain
Saw a movie it just wasn't the same
'Cause it was happy and I was sad
It made me miss you oh so bad
Even after you're gone
I know, that you love me
And soon you will see
You were meant for me
And I was meant for you
Besides, what would I say if I had you on the line
Same old story, not much to say
Hearts are broken every day
I know you hate it when I leave the light on
I pick up a book, Turn the sheets down
Take a deep breath and a good look around
I'm half alive but I feel mostly dead
I try and tell myself it'll be all right
I just shouldn't think anymore tonight
Even after you're gone
I know, that you love me
And soon you will see
You were meant for me
And I was meant for you
I don't get enough sleep
I don't eat as good as I should, Daddy
What's that say about me?
Drink lots of black coffee and I smoke like a chimney,
Yes, I left the refrigerator door half open, Daddy
What's that say about me?
For all those things you said that were mean,
Gonna make you just as vunerable as I was, Daddy
What's that say about me?
Gonna use your tongue as a stamp
Gonna rip your heart out the way you did mine, Daddy
Go ahead and psycho-analyse that
Grew up to be and do all those sick things you said
I'd do
Well last night I saw you sneak out your window
With your white hood, Daddy
What's that say about you?
I'm sloppy, what's that say about you?
I'm messy, what's that say about you?
It's totally tupperware
My own science project
Defying wear and tear
I'm jealous of shopping carts
And all of their brand new things
I want to fondle their labels
In hopes one'll rub off on me
Like they do
Doing like ding-dongs do
Perfectly preserving
Myself for you
Take out my note pad and pen
Study carefully
Like they do
Tell me you need me
Tell me I'll always be desirable
Especially to you
And desirable as homecoming queen
All of the frenchfries in the world
That you would say such things
I would surely be one very hungry girl
If there's cracks I deny it
I ingest only perfect things
Into my visual diet
In front of your favorite things
Your brand new hand-tied blue bass fishing lure
And in the corner your money clip sings
Everybody wants to feel brand new
Like they do
As they do
I do too
Like glittering prophesies on the edge of the horizon
As you drive glittering highways and beaten-up byways
That straddle and girdle our great and many-faced nation
You see the lambs in the ghettos who worship their Gepettos
Believing in, never seeing, the strings they think bind them
So we write to our congressmen with bleeding pens of the sorrow within
And in return, they just send tickets to the latest Tom Hanks show
Each man for himself
A nation of civilized steeples
And lonely people
Welcome to the new wild west
It's hard to keep clear the possibilities here 'cause
there's no force to unite them
Privilege has ruled for thousands of years
Wars have been fought with bibles and tears
Yet liberation can't deny the temptation and soon
becomes the oppressor
Show me a leader who's fit to lead
Who don't sow his seed in anything wounded enough to breed
Because after all, what fun is power if you can't act like a rock star?
Each man for himself
A nation of civilized steeples
And lonely people
Welcome to the new wild west
Oh, and unkind, but I know my own mind
And since it seems clear there's no one leadingus here
The only thing left it appears is to task ourselves to
be better each time, than those before us
We'll be an army of thieves, of self-freed slaves, of mild-mannered maids
We'll fight with whispers and blades
So get ready, a new day is dawning
Each man for himself
A nation of civilized steeples
And lonely people
Welcome to the new wild west
Where the light lends itself to soft repose
I will let you undress me
But I warn you, I have thorns like any rose
And you could hurt me with your bare hands
You could hurt me using the sharp end of what you say
But I am lost to you now
There's no amount of reason to save me
Take me
Just let me fill your arms again
Break me
I'll let you make me
Just let me feel your love again
Now that I've let go and lost control
Water kisses fill my mouth
Water fills my soul
Take me
Just let me fill your arms again
Break me
I'll let you make me
Just let me feel your love again
Well, maybe twice
Oh, it never felt so nice
Take me
Just let me fill your arms again
Break me
I'll let you make me
Just let me feel your love again
I love you
Leave
Don't go away
I can't decide if I like your face
Or if I wish it would stray
You're sweet but don't remember my name
Heads you win and tails I'm lost
Love equals pain
Through your ambiguous region
A strange continent immune to all reason
And I'm flattered by your grey matter
It's telling me I'm dirty and licking my bones
A scrape against silence, a knife across a plate
Makes the sound of need on hate
Through your ambiguous region
A strange continent immune to all reason
And I'm flattered by your grey matter
Why a woman can't just love a man
With your meat hooks and barbed wire carnival
You got gold dust in your pocket
You got moth holes in your soul
From too many false teeth and greasy flashbulbs
Through your ambiguous region
A strange continent immune to all reason
And I'm flattered by your grey matter