Making Me Blue
My body is changing to fit itself around your shoe
And my insides are aching to be closer to you
You're like a crevice, like a crack, not a trace
I can't make myself small enough to fit in your space.
If you come down, if you come down, if you come down
Down off your one-legged horse
Your immortal course
Is making me blue, yeah
You're making me blue, yeah.
My limbs are changing, my heart is filled with growing pains
But you are so perfect, a brittle vessel filled with rain
You're like a rock, you're like a razor, like a tack
You're pulse is pale but your humor's always black.
If you come down, if you come down, if you come down
Down off your one-legged horse
Your immortal course
You're making me blue, yeah
You're making me blue, yeah.
I'm your servant, I'm down on my knees
I'll be wishing you here after I leave
I would worship you irreverently, just meet me half way
And I will lay you down, come towards me, baby.
We fit together like a couple of spoons
Although one moment the spell is wrought
Hope no one opens this velvet drawer
Love is always over too soon.
But I want to hold you forever in flight
Till we're two old flames
There's a mighty thin line
Dancing by a dim light.
If you just come down, if you come down, won't you please come down
Down off your one-legged horse
Your immortal course
Is making me blue, yeah
You're making me blue, yeah.
And my body is changing
To fit itself around your shoe.
Mamma's Little Hero
Every mom wants her little boy to grow up and be a hero
Size years of age, she planted the seed
His young hands burdened, bewildered and confused.
How the Hell can a little boy satisfy a woman's needs?
Nobody told him what you are
Not what she needs you to be
She made him her lover
But only through words inappropriate.
And high hopes and dreams
She made him her (???)
Wound him so tight that (???)
Worrying about how to live up to expectations so high.
Nobody told him what you are
Not what she needs you to be
Forever imprisoned by she
And standards that he cannot hold.
Till mamma's little hero sets himself free
He'll always be a man child walking
Forever frightened by those big scary words
Commitment and need.
A deep distrust that he could never satisfy
That a woman could love him for free
Say be what you are, not what she needs you to be
Be what you are, not what she needs you to be.
Mamma's little hero.
Man Who's Already Gone
There's a man gonna have you if he can
But he don't want to (???)
Passion in his hands, the desires of a man
Strung by the laces of his shoes.
And Tuesday's another town
And Wednesday's hanging round
But Thursday don't want to see him anymore.
'Cause he can hold you
He can love you
But he won't be thinking of you
He's the man who's already gone.
There's a man gonna love you if he can
But he don't know which way he's gonna run.
Daddy said go ahead, he said well you never can tell
Which way the wind is gonna blow
Because hearts may come and hearts may go
But you can't follow (???) if it's cold.
'Cause he can hold you
He can haunt you
But he won't be thinking of you
'Cause he's the man who's already gone.
Don't roam, it's a long road
It's a long road with no place to go
There's a man gonna have you if he can
But he don't know which way he's gonna roam.
Marital Carnival
You come home, you look kind of frantic
Too bad, 'cause I feel romantic
I know you're stressed out again
Tonight I guess that we're just friends again.
You know I'm really not the type to compete
I hope your meetings were filled with lots of good meat
And your appointments have lots of good ointments
To soon with you, I never could satisfy.
'Cause I don't care, like I did a minute ago
I tried to love you but it was just too stressful, though
It's like leaving your boots on when you go swimming
And I never will fight for what doesn't want winning.
You wake up, I'm doing cartwheels,
You're grumpy, say, "Try to see how I feel."
Our habit just wasn't no fun
It's hard enough just waking up next to one.
If you were oatmeal you'd just look for lumps
If you were sweet I'd call you sugar bumps
If you were the sunshine, you'd say I was pain
Well I am tired of this capricious game.
'Cause I don't care, like I did a minute ago
I tried to love you but it was just too stressful, though
It's like leaving your boots on when you go swimming
And I never will fight for what doesn't want winning.
Oh, marital carnival
Oh, marital carnival
Oh, marital carnival
Stop! I wanna get off!
Sweetheart, I'm gonna find myself a ride
One that doesn't bring me down this time
One that isn't always on the run
One that can have good old fashioned fun.
'Cause, sweetheart the purpose of my life is nothing more
Than to simply be adored
And I'm just like a special chocolate treat
I ain't no piece of leftover... hot dogs!
'Cause I don't care, like I did a minute ago
I tried to love you but it was just too stressful, though
It's like leaving your boots on when you go swimming
And I never will fight for what doesn't want winning.
No! I never will fight for
Ruff! I never will fight for
What doesn't want winning.
Memoirs of A Housewife
I have a secret obsession
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 will rub off on me.
'Cause everybody wants to feel brand new
Like they do.
I spend my days indoors
Doing like ding-dongs do
Perfectly preserving
Myself for you.
I take things out of their boxes
Take out my note pad and pen
Study carefully
With child-like fascination.
'Cause everybody wants to feel brand new
Like they do.
So tell me you want me
Tell me that you need me
Tell me I'll always be desirable
Especially to you.
Make me feel brand new
Attractive
Brand spanking clean
And desirable as homecoming queen.
But if I were to bet
All of the Modigliani in the world
That you would say such things
I'd surely be one very uncultural girl.
I approach china cautiously
If there's cracks I deny it
I ingest only perfect things
Into my visual diet.
And at night I undress myself
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
Everybody wants to feel brand new
Like they do, as they do
I do too.
Money
Do you see, you see
The big fat man with a skinny, skimpy blonde
Who lets him kiss her hand
Because he, oh!, breathes diamond rings when he sings
He talks like Colombian coffee with cream
And it's not, oh!, too, oh!, sweet.
Money
Money, money, money
Money, money, money
Money, money, money, yeah
Money makes the world go around
And around and around and around.
A blur of cheap hotel rooms, a vibrating bed
It's hot feelings, cold feet, hey, yo, give me some
She heads into the bathroom just to powder her nose
Clip her fingernails and paint her toes
And it's all, oh!, for, uh!, more money.
Money
Money, money, money
Money, money, money
Money, money, money, yeah
Money makes the world go around
And around and around and around.
She used to be pretty with a real cute face
Dreams and morals and that internal fireplace
Then in came the shadow man, he blew out her light
And now just like so many her life is just a fight
It's a fight for more money.
Money
Money, money, money
Money, money, money
Money, money, money, yeah
Money makes the world go round, yeah.
You see the big fat man with a skinny, skimpy blonde
Who lets him kiss her hand
Because he, oh!, breathes diamond rings when he sings
He talks like Colombian coffee with cream
It's not, oh!, too, oh!, sweet.
Money
Money, money, money
Money, money, money,
Money, money, money, yeah
Money makes the world
Money
Money, money, money
Money, money, money
money, money, money, yeah
Money makes the world go round.
My Fish Family
There's a man on the front porch
Says he's related to me
But lately I'm finding
That it's hard to believe
This house is filled with
Spooks and ghosts
They say they're family
But they are strangers at most.
They're strange fishes of the deep blue sea
And absolutely nothing like me
They swim around their little treasure chests
When it comes to loving me they give it their fish best.
But it's hard with all those scales of good and bad you see
They're my fish family
My fish family.
They may try and hook me
Or put me in a tank
They may try and book me
For robbing a fish bank
'Cause misunderstanding comes easily
When they're blowing bubbles
I can hardly breathe.
They're strange fishes of the deep blue sea
And abso-smurfly nothing like me
They swim around their little treasure chests
When it comes to loving me they give it their fish best.
But it's hard with all those scales of good and bad you see
They're my fish family
My fish family.
My Own Private God's Gift to Women
Would you like to ram your tongue down my throat?
Would you like to grab my thighs?
Yes, I have got nice tits
They are the perfect grab-me size.
I'm just a nice girl
I thought I had everything
Until you flashed me
And I saw what I was missing.
I've been saving myself my whole life
For some slime ball like you to come along
I am so desperate
I'll do you and your mom.
I get this tiny little boost of adrenaline
When I think about what I'll be giving
My own private god's gift to women
My own private god's gift to women
My own private god's gift to women
Yeah, yeah.
I was just thinking that it'd really turn me on
If some guy would drive by and show me his tongue
I was just thinking that it'd really make my day
If he offered me a place to stay with pay.
I'm just a nice girl
I thought I had everything
Until you flashed me
And I saw what I was missing.
I've been saving myself my whole life
For some sketcher like you to come along
I am so desperate
I'll do you on the front lawn.
I get this tiny little boost of adrenaline
When I think about what I'll be giving
My own private god's gift to women
My own private god's gift to women
My own private god's gift to women
Yeah, yeah.
I was just thinking that it'd be really cool
If I got hit upside the head with a manly tool
That way he could have nothing left to say
And have his way with me all day.
'Cause I'm just a nice girl
I thought I had everything
Until you flashed me
And I saw what I was missing.
I've been saving myself my whole life
For some motherfucker like you to come along
I am so desperate
I am writing you this song.
...And you're so vain...
You probably think that this song is about you!
I get this tiny little boost of adrenaline
When I think about what I'll be giving
My own private god's gift to women
My own private god's gift to women
My own private god's gift to women.
My own private god's gift to women
My own private god's gift to women
My own private god's gift to women.
Yeah, Yeah
Need A Piece of Your Love Machinery
It's been seven hours and sixteen days
Since pollination has come my way
I sit around like dirty cup and the spoons
Stacking up around your room
Are you gonna come and pick me up,
Stick your finger in my buttercup?
What's wrong with me?
Just need a piece of your love machinery.
The yellow sun is just like chicken soup
Both are wasted if they don't get used
I'm like a petal that needs to be plucked
Come on daddy let's duck
All resistance like Vietnam
You be my trader, I'll be your Vietcong.
What's wrong with me?
Just need a piece of your love machinery.
You were my Romeo, I was your Juliet
Hiding in the trash can we both got wet
You fed me chicken chow mein
Our love was spicy, yet plain
You built a giant ship and you sailed with it
But now you're gone
Gone
Gone.
What's a rose if it won't be smelled
What's a texture if it won't be felt
You wear plaid like there's no tomorrow
It spills out of the closet
I think that I'll borrow
Some pants or some underwear
There's a trace of you under there
What's wrong with me?
Just need a piece of your love machinery.
Nicotine Love
Go ahead touch me like that
The way you pull my hair back
Go ahead breathe me in
Bite me till I bleed
This love is like barbed wire
Running through my veins
Nicotine Love.
Go ahead hurt me like that
I've been hurt before
I won't be fixed again
I'm not afraid to sweat
'Cause I like the pain and it's familiar to me
And more gentle than most men will ever be
Nicotine Love.
But don't get me wrong
I don't want a friend
Just need you here to help me satisfy this childish sin
This insatiable desire, a hunger so deep
You will melt on my tongue
And I will put you to sleep
And I will press you like petals
Till you're fragile and bent
And I'll rid you of
Nicotine Love.
It hurts just right
Not to know your name
But feel that body beneath me
Struggling as though it was so worried I was sane
As when I was with him
Gonna make you promise out your pee
Then I will crush your little heart
'Cause I can
Because it happened to me
Nicotine Love.
So come here baby, my honey, cutie-pie
Let my fingers swim like pale fish through your hair
So I can tell you that I love you
Your safe, never let me go
You wonder why it is I'm here
With patience, soon it'll be all too clear
Nicotine Love.
But don't get me wrong
I don't want a friend
Just need you here to help me satisfy this childish sin
This insatiable desire, a hunger so deep
You will melt on my tongue
And I will put you to sleep
And I will press you like petals
Till you're fragile and bent
And I'll rid you of
Nicotine Love.
So go ahead touch me like that
The end is drawing near
Go ahead hurt me that way
You don't even know enough to fear
You don't know how true it is when you say
My kisses are sweet as death
But soon you'll have no more options
It's all you'll have left
Love is like barbed wire
I'm electric and so alone.
So come here stray cat
I'm gonna, uh, take you home
I'm gonna press you like petals
Till you're fragile and bent
And I'll
Oh, yeah, I'll
Oh I'll
Rid you of
Nicotine Love.
Nikos (A True Story)
She lived in a trailer out on eastern road
Her loneliness was a disease
My daddy couldn't see it though
Her name was Linda, her smile was forced
And folks around town say she dressed like a divorce.
My daddy had a son by her
Though she wasn't supposed to be able
I was eight years old
When they told me 'round the table.
I looked at my daddy
He looked to the ground.
I guessed that we'd be stickin' around awhile
Might as well smile 'cause there's no point in being mean,
I guess that's just what you get when you forget to dream.
Got called to the principal's office
Did I do something wrong?
Doctor on the telephone said,
"Congratulations, you've got a baby brother born."
Got sent to a psychiatrist
In case I resented their child
I was bitter in my anguish, but my manner was mild.
My daddy got excommunicated from the Mormon Church
Guess an illegitimate son in God's eye has no worth
He tried to stick around
But he flew the coop in spring
He loved that baby
Just not Linda it seemed.
But still I know we'd be stickin' around awhile
Might as well smile 'cause there's no point in being mean,
I guess that's just what you get when you forget to dream.
So Linda got remarried
Now my brother called that new man "Dad".
But it didn't last long, I hear his temper was bad
So she said that we could see him
On every other Saturday.
We all were shocked when he called my daddy "uncle".
She said it was better that way.
They tried to get back together but it was off and on
One day she disappeared
I hear to Oregon.
I haven't seen him since
I guess I'm supposed to forget.
That he was my brother too and not just their legal mess.
I thought that we'd be stickin' around awhile
Might as well smile 'cause there's no point in being mean.
I guess that's just what you get when you forget to dream.
This song is for Nikos wherever you may be,
I know things were tough but you're okay by me
And your momma ain't a bad person
My daddy ain't no fool,
Sometimes parents just need forgiving too.
PS, I love you, your sister Jewel.
PS, I love you, your sister Jewel.
No More Heartaches
Shut up, sweetheart, I want you to hear
I can no longer love the same thing I fear
I can no longer let myself stay close
To the one thing that hurts me the most
I will not kiss the thorn
Hearts don't need to bleed to know what they're for.
There'll be no more heartaches
There'll be no more heartaches for me.
I take back my sweetness it's overlooked by your lust
My song is unseen 'cause your touch is too tough
I don't think your hands know how to adore
The subtlety of me anymore
I unfasten myself from your side
Slip away, quiet as a sigh.
There'll be no more heartaches
There'll be no more heartaches for me.
Beds filled with suspicion, hearts filled with spite
We sleep with thieves and forego our sights
Too quick to hold
Someone's word over our own
You may be cool, you may know how to flatter
In the end (???) matter .
There'll be no more heartaches
There'll be no more heartaches
No more heartache anymore
Anymore, oh, oh, oh, for me.
Old Lover's House
I drove by my old lover's house
Last night at 3 AM
Her car was parked next to his
So I just honked my horn.
Well I'm looking
For something new
Something like you
And I'm wondering
What I should do
Are you in the mood?
Last night I had a fantasy
You knocked upon my door
Your lips were so (???)
Yet you reached into my car.
But I'm looking
For something new
Something like you
And I'm wondering
What I should do
Are you in the mood?
Yellow street lamps
Light the night
Lonely street corners
Sob and cry
The car is silent
I can hear my thoughts
My belly is full
But my heart is not.
I fell to my knees
In front of the back room near her
My eyes were as hollow
As the six o'clock news.
Well I'm looking
For something new
Something like you
And I'm wondering
What I should do
Are you in the mood?
I drove by my old lover's house last night at 3 AM.
One Left Shoe
Under the spotlight, the neon kiss
Carnival barkers preen and twist
Three for a quarter, two for a dime
Broken Hearts General Store: open all the time.
Blue without you
Just like one left shoe
Blue without you.
Tennis shoes strung across a telephone wire
The sun sneaks up on my empire
Tin foil castle with a bubble gum crown
Me and my minions make the rounds.
I'm lonely without you
Just like one left shoe
I'm lonely without you.
I'm a little cocoon just blooming for you
I draw a deep breath, the day is new
I'm brave, I'm a hero, the world's bright and clear
But my insides shrivel when you're not here.
Newspaper pile on my front porch
The sun is winding up, its starting to scorch
The air is dust and lungs are hot
I keep making love to what is not.
I'm lonely without you
Just like one left shoe
I'm lonely without you .
Pieces of You
Spirit
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