Daddy She's A Goddess
Daddy she's a goddess, can we keep her tonight?
Daddy she's a goddess, watch her move
Her hair so clean when she skin's so smooth
Her nose don't drip like me
Daddy can we keep her please, please, please?
Oh yeah, yeah.
Saw her walking late at night by the liquor store
Set down my Lucky Lager and followed her out the door
Pretty young thing should know better than to walk home alone
So I saw my duty, had to take her home.
Daddy she's a goddess, can we keep her tonight?
Daddy she's a goddess, watch her move
Her hair so clean when she skin's so smooth
Her nose don't drip like me
Daddy can we keep her please, please, please?
Oh yeah, yeah.
Sister likes to feel her up late at night
Use her body for a dartboard and pin her up right
Oh, bull's eye, there it is again
It's always so fun, 'cause with you I always win.
Daddy she's a goddess, can we keep her tonight?
Daddy she's a goddess, watch her move
Her hair so clean when she skin's so smooth
Her nose don't drip like me
Daddy can we keep her please, please, please?
Oh yeah, yeah.
Read the paper check the press
You're never gonna find that party dress
She likes it here, she told me so
She cries "Oh, baby!" (???) takes all the bowls of coal.
Daddy she's a goddess, can we keep her tonight?
Daddy she's a goddess, watch her move
Her hair so clean when she skin's so smooth
Her nose don't drip like me
Daddy can we keep her please, please, please?
Oh yeah, yeah.
Ain't never gonna find us mountain men
In case sister got boring, we won't be bored again
She's so fine, she's a hillbillies dream
Up here in the mountains, you can't hear her scream.
Daddy she's a goddess, can we keep her tonight?
Daddy she's a goddess, watch her move
Her hair so clean when she skin's so smooth
Her nose don't drip like me
Daddy can we keep her please, please, please?
Oh yeah, yeah.
Daddy she's a goddess (yodel)
Daddy she's a goddess (yodel)
Daddy she's a goddess...
Dance Between Two Women
Thank you for the flowers you brought me today
And thank you for the kindness you showed me today
No love can be stronger than between two strong women
No man can ever know the dance between two women
We can dance, my lady
May I have this dance?
Thank you for the wisdom the knowing from inside
And thank you for the comfort only a woman can provide
No man can ever know the dance between two women
Love can't be stronger than between two strong women
We can dance, my lady
May I have this dance?
Thank you for the strength without a need for power
And thank you for the rhythm, the sacred circle.
Love can't be stronger than between two strong women
No man can ever know the dance between two women
Like you and I
We can dance, my lady
May I have this dance?
DOWN
Take me down to the water
Where the cold wind blows
Take me out to the wildlife baby
The red light meets the crossbow.
I will take you there
I will take you there
Down.
The exit sign always leads to the west
Bar stools begin to cry
Jupiter looks for a cosmic sign
Still you wonder why.
I will take you there
Will you take me there?
Down.
Underneath the twilight
Stars begin to sigh
Still you wonder why
You can't think of any words to say.
Take me out to the strawberry fields
The sun drips like honey through my hair
Let the warm lights fill me up
LA or anywhere.
I will take you there
I will take you there
Down
I will take you down
Yeah, will you take me down?
Emily
Woke up to find
I lost my mind
Lost heart, lost nerve
I lost my favorite word,
Emily.
I take my cigarettes, I give 'em a smoke
Oh god, my heart feels froze
I've lost something it seems
I've misplaced my favorite thing,
Emily.
Where does love go
If it can't find a home
One moment here then gone
With no forwarding address
Love no longer has a house
Or residence in flesh.
Take the keys, I get in the car
To outrun this man I'd have to go real far
Where mercy wears lace
And bottles are thieves
Which of these took you from me?
Emily.
I face myself, but there's this draft inside
Parts of me drowned in perpetual tide
I wanna call names, I wanna throw things around
But no bar can buy forgiveness another round
For Emily.
I go to the bedroom, turn on the light
It's like an empty altar, no angel in sight
Religion with no temple
No place to take my worship to
No god for my eyes to see
No fruit to lay at the feet of
Emily.
Gone...
Gone...
Everything Breaks Sometimes
Under the shadows, forbidden and hot
Desire grows, more often than not.
I'm sorry is a stupid word, a stupid thing to say
Especially considering, it's not like I planned it this way.
But I'm sorry is all that there is left of me
I'm so sorry this love made me hollow
And left you empty.
Maybe I could have loved you better
Maybe you should have loved me more
Maybe our hearts were just next in line
Maybe everything breaks sometime
Everything breaks sometime.
It's hard to believe it's boiled down to this
It seems so surreal this won't be healed by a kiss
It's hard to stare at you, knowing you like I have
I used to feel so close, now I feel so bad.
My heart's filled with thunderstorms
And I'm ready to burst
And I've lost my favorite harbor
And I'll weather for the worst.
Maybe I could have loved you better
Maybe you should have loved me more
Maybe our hearts were just next in line
Maybe everything breaks sometime
Everything breaks sometime.
I'm so sorry
Everything breaks sometime.
Face of Love
Until tonight my heart was just half full
I'd never known the fruit which fed the soul
But now I see what may put to rest my longing.
For I have seen the face of love
The grace of God
The face of love.
In silence I feared my heart would remain words unheard
Inside a separate set of skin
But now I know that the skin just veils the soul.
For I have seen the face of love
The grace of God
The face of love.
So take my hand and knowing with it I also give my heart
Wanting to never be separate again
Let eternity begin.
If you were flame I'd allow myself to be consumed completely
Were you wind I would wish you to pass through me
But now I know that the skin veils the soul.
For I have seen the face of love
The grace of God
The face of love
Fading Away
It's K-Mart, the bathroom
I'm staring in the mirror
The green lights are bright
It makes the lines clearer
Heard the angel go
Cigarette smoke's all that's left
I've traded in my wings for a string of pearls
And now the string is all I have left.
The light bulbs burn
Someone's in the stall
Big white brick wall makes me feel small
And I take my shirt off
Looking for a glimpse of flesh
I peel back the concrete
Hope there's still some soil left.
'Cause I am fading,
I am fading.
I am fading away,
I am fading.
Just like fairy tales
Hero loses faith
I am fading.
The air smells like urine getting all (???)
I could walk out that door
But no one really ever leaves
I take all my clothing off, trying not to forget
Stupid things like the color of urine
And the smell of stone when it's wet.
And I am naked in the mirror with a feather in my hand
The lady comes out of the bathroom
Screaming, "Oh, Jesus!", like I was a man.
And I ask her "Hey, what happens to us
When we get old and in the way?"
I guess she answered (???) took me away.
And I am fading,
I am fading.
I am fading away,
I am fading.
Just like fairy tales
Hero's loses faith
And I do not know why or when
I guess that spring is just (???)
And I am fading
I'm fading.
501 Beauty Queen
She's got nice lips, a seductive smile
She's still as thin as a beanpole
With a little less class, but a little more style
And she spends all her time trying not to hear you
What she doesn't want to know
Don't wanna know.
And there's Kellogg's in the cupboard
She takes a heart down from off the shelf
She passes by the mirror
She doesn't like to look at herself
'Cause she'd rather lose touch with reality
Than lose her fantasy
Her fantasy.
And her smile is as faded as a used pair of jeans
And her heart is frayed around the edges
She's coming undone at the seams
And it's her last chance to make a statement
It's her last note I've received
She's a 501 beauty queen.
And there's flowers on the table
She's lovely, she's lovely not
But circles only make the hunger grow
So she goes out a lot
And she's out there just running around
Trying to make up some lost time
Lost time.
And she sits down for a social call
Like a princess she puffs on a cigarette
Her beauty is all threadbare now
But she's never gonna let them forget.
'Cause my how she looked smashing in her gold lame tank top
With the fancy beadwork on front
The beadwork's on front.
But her smile is as faded as a used pair of jeans
And her heart is frayed around the edges
She's coming undone at the seams
And it's her last chance to make a statement
It's her last note I've received
She's a 501 beauty queen.
And a voice chimes like a bell in the night
That just don't know when to quit
She used to have more options
Now she wishes that she'd already picked
And she wishes she couldn't remember
All those things she'll never forget
Never forget.
And the lines they all go deeper
Than the days of her youth
She flirts and lies and always denies
What to her is no longer of any use
But it's not because she hates what she doesn't understand
She just don't understand.
And her smile is as faded as a used pair of jeans
And her heart is frayed around the edges
She's coming undone at the seams
And it's her last chance to make a statement
It's her last note I've received
She's a 501 beauty queen.
Flower
She dreams of the country
And her eyes go far away
She wishes for flowers
He says, "perhaps in May"
The city as always was gray
In the reflection of his eyes
She knew he liked it that way,
And that way he shall die.
But she always knew there was something more
There's this hunger in her belly like an instinct
It tells her there is something more.
This living shouldn't be called living, 'cause it's really only half alive
She's a flower that grows despite cement walls
And she will survive.
She is a rare breed
With violet eyes and leafy limbs
In conversation she looks for cracks
To dig her roots deep in
Her ways come up like daisies
She pushes her head to the sun
She says I am content to grow despite this
Steel frost that consumes everyone.
But she always knew there was something more
There's this hunger in her belly like an instinct
It tells her there is something more.
This living shouldn't be called living, 'cause it's really only half alive
She's a flower that grows despite cement walls
And she will survive.
In the end these steel cages will consume us
And like coffins ignorance will take us in
Fashion don't mean anything
'Cause fashion cannot be our friend.
And when all else fades away
And this city falls into its sleep
We still have flesh, blood,
Bones and soul to deal with
So we should dig our roots deep.
But we've always known there was something more
There's this hunger in our bellies like an instinct
It tells us there is something more.
This living shouldn't be called living, 'cause it's really only half alive
She's a flower that grows despite cement walls
And she will survive.
And we will survive.
Fly to Me Angel
Oh, my angel, sweet, sweet angel
Come to me swiftly, its night so still
The dawn bus come swiftly, I've been gone so long
Your face is so lovely, it makes my faith strong
My hands are unsteady, I'm so far from home
Just tell me, angel, I'm never alone.
Lay with me angel, speak not a word
Your body is so slender, like the wings of a bird
Fly from me angel, you see a dawn's (???)
I'll be with you angel, on the wings of a song.
(Yodel)
(Yodel)
Food Stamp Love
I'm outside your window
Talking through glass
You throw out some love crumbs
But I've got an appetite bigger than that.
I'm hungry for something, yeah, yeah, yeah
That I can't afford
You dole out your love like food stamps
Well I want something more.
Sick of your food stamp love
Sick of your food stamp love
Sick of your food stamp love.
You hand me some paper, yeah, yeah, yeah
Show me where to sign
If I'm lucky I will get your number
Oh, goody, I think this is a real good time
After you ask me some questions
Do I qualify?
Well I don't want your handouts anyway
'Cause boring stuff is all I can buy.
Sick of your food stamp love
Sick of your food stamp love
Sick of your food stamp love.
I run to my mailbox hoping that it's there
Some sort of message telling me that you really care
But all there is is junk mail
There's a sale down at the mall
There's some coupons for cantaloupe, baby,
But there's nothing from you at all.
Sick of your food stamp love
Sick of your food stamp love
Sick of your food stamp love.
Sick of your food stamp love
Sick of your food stamp love
Sick of your food stamp love.
Fragile Heart
You better take your watch off
When around large machinery
You'd better hide your wallet
If you plan to sleep with thieves
Don't forget your bullet-proof vest
The next time you pick a fight with a guard
And if you work with unstable objects
Wear a hat that's hard.
It's simple tips like these
That keep you safe from injuries
The Surgeon General should do his part
Warning, beware, be careful
Fragile heart.
Take out your contact lenses
If you drive through a dust storm
Look both ways before crossing
The freeway of any legal form
Take off your antique jewelry
The next time you jump into a chlorinated pool
And don't forget, build a fence around your heart
The next time you give it to a fool.
It's simple tips like these
That keep you safe from injuries
The Surgeon General should do his part
Warning, beware, be careful
Fragile heart.
Take your socks off the heater, man
You know they're gonna get burned
Don't lend out your favorite pair of pliers
Unless you're sure they'll get returned
You would not give a shiny medal
To someone who don't work for it
So do not give of yourself
To one who won't adore it.
It's simple tips like these
That keep you safe from injuries
The Surgeon General should do his part
Warning, beware, be careful
Warning, beware, be careful
Fragile heart.
Gray Matter
I hate you, I love you
Leave, please don't go away
Can't decide if I like your face
Or if I wish it would stray.
You're a child but you're malicious
You're sweet but don't remember my name
And heads you win and tails I'm lost
And love equals pain.
I am drifting without an anchor
Through your ambiguous region
A strange continent immune to all reason
And I'm flattered by your gray matter.
Inside my skin, I feel your tongue
Telling me I'm dirty
And licking my bones
A surge against silence, a knife across a plate
Makes the sound of need on hate.
I am drifting without an anchor
Through your ambiguous region
A strange continent immune to all reason
And I'm flattered by your gray matter.
And I do not understand
Why a woman can't just love a man
You're amusing you're a real cool show
With your meat hooks
And barbed wire carnival
You got glitter in your pocket
You got mothballs in your soul
From too many false teeth
And greasy flash bulbs.
I am drifting without an anchor
Through your ambiguous region
A strange continent immune to all reason
And I'm flattered by your gray matter.
I love you
I hate you.
Here when Gone
I am a woman haunted by hands
Even though I'm alone
Traces of Pompeii across my skin
And an invisible map of where you've been.
It's a dry road to Idaho
A thirsty tongue across the land
And soil so dry you could swallow an entire man
Took the first road out of town
Hoping that you were just skin deep
Well I feel you like some sort of phantom limb
Beside me when I sleep.
'Cause you are here when gone
You are here when gone
You are here when gone
You are here when gone.
I watch another gray day unfold its dusty wings
Sometimes I wish I were more like rocks and stones and things
Sometimes I wish my heart were not like flowers at all
That way I wouldn't get butterflies when you called.
And some birds abandon their young
'Cause the instinct is too strong to fly
Well I feel like abandoning my guitar and my books
And I'm afraid I don't know why.
'Cause you are here when gone
You are here when gone
You are here when gone
You are here when gone.
His Pleasure Is My Pain
A man stands in the doorway like a small child
Angry fists, she lies on her bed
Her head buried in her pillow
And she stares at the moon.
He speaks to her all the words
She's heard too many times before
And pretty soon she just let's his voice fade away
And she thinks.
This was a gradual steel frost
That started with cold feet
And ended with numb hearts
This was once satisfying sex but now no longer is.
It was once filled with the possibilities
Of new china or old stone
But now it's exaggerated and waterlogged
No longer what these hands had intended
And still I cry in my sleep
He always said I was too sensitive.
But I say at least I never meant to make him cry.
At least I never meant to make him hurt that way
No, I never meant to make him cry
Never meant to make him hurt that way
Yes it's true, I'm too sensitive
But he takes pleasure in my pain.
Yes it's true, I'm too sensitive
But he takes pleasure in my pain.
And the unheard hours they fly by
She goes to the window
She puts on a nightgown and brushes her hair
He's already asleep by the time she goes
And lays herself back down.
She thinks my God, what am I doing here?
My bones have grown tired of his hunger, of his gray eyes
And I feel if I were to stay one more night here
I'd die or explode or worse yet just fade away.
There have been days so dark that I felt like August
And that I soon too would turn to fall.
He always said I was too sensitive
That if I cared so much the world could kill me that way.
I wonder if he's only half alive
Or if he's simply always been this inarticulate cause I say.
And she gets out of bed and looks at her feet
As though they were the wings for her freedom
She gets up and goes to the door
It's a moment in which anything can happen.
Instead she gets out some clothing
Puts it in a bag and leaves him sleeping
While she heads for the door.
Hotel Angel
Sweet man, sweet mystery
Unveil yourself to me
Lie so still
Flesh cup, gonna get my fill.
Let me rise and fall
With the wings of our sheet
While the moon's full over Austin
The city sleeps below
Only the moon bears witness
To my hotel angel.
Through the window
Your body be a tender vine
That twists and turns just like mine
Your heart a slender thong
Filled with honey, built with song
Dawn steals you from me
And takes me to the next town.
But tonight the moon's full over Austin
And cities sleep below
And only the moon bears witness
To my hotel angel.
Through the window
There's one thing that keeps me going
It's the slow and easy knowing
You're the kind of man
Who's kind of girl could maybe give her hand.
So sweet man in your sweet misery
Lie upon my temporary sea
Love's dressing, I will adorn
To my side your absence be a thorn
I'll rock you gently to sleep
Tonight is one promise we both can keep.
While the moon's full over Austin
And the cities sleep below
And only the moon bears witness
To my hotel angel.
Through the window
Hotel Angel
Through the window.
Housewife's Revenge
Feels like that man took my heart
Laid it neatly out before him on the floor
Then he put on the biggest, heaviest winter boots he had
And stomped on it for three hours, maybe four.
And I hope his Sorrels are ruined forever,
'Cause you know he knows how to push my every button.
Get down to my last nerve.
Like the other day he forgot to put his beer can in the recycling bin
And he meant to do it on purpose I'm sure
So I might just have to tell him
Why his dog, Ralph, that ran away three years ago
Won't be coming home again.
'Cause you know he walks around the house in his underwear
Whenever my girlfriends come around
And perhaps if he were good looking
I might feel a bit jealous, overzealous
But all I feel is embarrassed
Looking at him standing there.
And I hope he never finds his left slipper
And my psychiatrist says I should tell him how I feel
He says, "Oh great, I gotta listen to her snivel again".
So I have these little unfulfilled fantasies
Of putting arsenic in his teacup
We'd see who'd be laughing then
If only he was the type to drink tea.
Now I hear him come up the driveway in his El Camino
With its black with a red-flame firebird on front
He keeps the keys to himself.
He won't take me out to the movies 'cause of football
So I'll just hold out on something else
I'll never cook him another single Hungry Man TV dinner again.
I say, "Listen man, you better treat me with some r-e-s-p-e-c-t
'Cause I gotta a whole lot of what you need
Then a whole lot besides, and then still a whole lot more".
He said, "Yeah, if you were talking about your weight that might be true
But otherwise all you give me is headache and heartburn".
So I took his Hungry Man TV dinner and his Sorrels
So I took his left slipper and his Hungry Man TV dinner
And I spit on his Sorrels as I walked out the door.
And I spit on him as I walked out the door
By the way, your dog Ralph won't be coming home again.
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Spirit
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