Eskimo Friends - A Damien Rice Fan Site

Lyrics

Here you will find the lyrics to Damien's songs. I have only transcribed these from listening to them, so if there are any errors that you see then please e-mail me and I will correct them.

For a great discography of Damien's releases, check out Irish Music Central

9 - Album (2006)

9 Crimes
The Animals Were Gone
Elephant
Rootless Tree
Dogs
Coconut Skins
Me, My Yoke + I
Grey Room
Accidental Babies
Sleep Don't Weep

O - Album (2002)

Delicate
Volcano
The Blower's Daughter
Cannonball
Older Chests
Amie
Cheers Darlin'
Cold Water
I Remember
Eskimo
Prague (Hidden Track)
Silent Night (Hidden Track)

Other Songs (B-sides, side projects and unreleased tracks)

Baby Sister
Banríon Mo Chroí
Boring Afternoon
Bottom Shelf
Childish
Cross-eyed Bear
Don't Explain
Down
Face
Fool
Front Door
Groovin'
Happy Christmas (War is Over)
It Didn't Take You Long
Insane
Lazy Situation
Lonelily
Lonely Soldier
Moody Mooday
My City Shitty
Rule No.2 Y-Junction
Sex Change
Sand
Steal A Mule
The Professor
The Power of Orange Knickers
Then Go
The Rat Within The Grain
Toffee Pop
Tongue
Unplayed Piano
What Do You Know About Love?
Woman Like A Man
Wooden Horse

9

9 Crimes

Leave me out with the waste
This is not what I do
It's the wrong kind of place
To be thinking of you
It's the wrong time
For somebody new
It's a small crime
And i've got no excuse

And Is that alright, yeah?
I give my gun away when it's loaded
Is that alright, yeah?
If u dont shoot it how am i supposed to hold it?
Is that alright, yeah?
Give my gun away when it's loaded
Is that alright, yeah?
With you?

Leave me out with the waste
This is not what i do
It's the wrong kind of place
To be cheating on you
It's the wrong time
She's pulling me through
It's a small crime
And I've got no exuse

Is that alright, yeah?
If I give my gun away when it's loaded
Is that alright, yeah?
If you dont shoot it, how am i supposed to hold it?
Is that alright, yeah?
I give my gun away when it's loaded
Is that alright?
Is that alright with you?

Is that alright, yeah?
If I give my gun away when it's loaded
Is that alright, yeah?
If you dont shoot it, how am i supposed to hold it?
Is that alright, yeah?
If I give my gun away when it's loaded
Is that alright?
Is that alright with you?

Is that alright, yeah?
(If I give my gun away when it's loaded)
Is that alright, yeah?
(If you dont shoot it, how am I supposed to hold it?)
Is that alright, yeah?
(If I give my gun away when it's loaded)
Is that alright?
Is that alright?
Is that alright with you?

No...

Tabs/Chords

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The Animals Were Gone

Woke up and for the first time the animals were gone
It's left this house empty now, not sure if I belong
Yesterday you asked me to write you a pleasant song
I'll do my best now, but you've been gone for so long

The window's open now and the winter settles in
We'll call it Christmas when the adverts begin
I love your depression and I love your double chin
I love 'most everything that you bring to this offering

Oh I know that I left you in places of despair
Oh I know that I love you, so please throw down your hair
At night I trip without you, and hope I don't wake up
'Cause waking up without you is like drinking from an empty cup

Woke up and for the first time the animals were gone
Our clocks are ticking now so before our time is gone
We could get a house and some boxers and on the lawn
We could make babies and accidental songs

I know I've been a liar and I know I've been a fool
I hope we didn't break it, but I'm glad we broke the rules
My cave is deep now, yet your light is shining through
I cover my eyes, still all I see is you

Oh I know that I left you in places of despair
Oh I know that I love you, so please throw down your hair
At night I trip without you, and hope I don't wake up
'Cause waking up without you is like drinking from an empty cup

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Elephant

This has got to die
This has got to stop
This has got to lie down
With someone else on top

You can keep me pinned
'Cause it's easier to tease
But you can't paint an elephant
Quite as good as she

And she may cry like a baby
And she may drive me Crazy
'Cause I am lately lonely

So why d'ya have to lie?
I take it I'm your crutch
The pillow in your pillow case
Is easier to touch

And when you think you've sinned
Do you fall upon your knees?
Or do you sit within your picture?
Do you still forget the breeze?

And she may rise, if I sing you down
And she may wisely cling to the ground
Cause I'm lately horny
So why would she take me thorny?

What's the point of this song? Or even singing?
You've already gone, why am I clinging?
Well I could throw her out, and I could live without
And I could do it all for you
I could be true
Tell me if you want me to lie

'Cause this has got to die
This has got to stop
This has got to lie down, down
With someone else on top

You can both keep me pinned
'Cause it's easier to tease
But you can't make me happy
Quite as good as me

Well you know that's a lie

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Rootless tree

What I want from you is empty your head
They say be true, don't stain your bed
We do what we need to be free
And it leans on me like a rootless tree

What I want from us is empty our minds
We fake a fuss, and fracture the times
We go blind when we've needed to see
And this leans on me, like a rootless...

Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you
And all we've been through
I said leave it, leave it, leave it
It's nothing to you
And if you hate me, hate me, hate me
Then hate me so good
That you can let me out, let me out, let me out
Of this hell when you're around
Let me out, let me out, let me out
Hell when you're around
Let me out, let me out, let me out

What I want from this
Is learn to let go
I know not of you
Of all that's been told
Killers re-invent and believe
And this leans on me, like a rootless...

So you, fuck you, fuck you
And all we've been through
I said leave it, leave it, leave it
It's nothing to you
And if you hate me, hate me, hate me
Then hate me so good
That you can let me out, let me out, let me out
Of this hell when you're around
Let me out, let me out, let me out
Hell when you're around
Let me out, let me out, let me out

Hell when you're around
Let me out, let me out, let me out
Hell when you're around
Let me out, let me out, let me out, let me out
Let me out, let me out, let me out, let me out
Let me out, let me out, let me out

Fuck you, fuck you, I love you
And all we've been through
I said leave it, leave it, leave it
It's nothing to you
And if you hate me, hate me, hate me
Then hate me so good
That you can let me out, let me out, let me out, let me out
Let me out, let me out, let me out, let me out
Let me out, let me out, let me out, let me out
Let me out, let me out, let me out

Let me out, let me out, let me out
It's hell when you're around

Let me out, let me out, let me out
Hell when you're around

Let me out, let me out, let me out
Hell when you're around

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Dogs

She lives with an orange tree
The girl that does yoga
She picks the dead ones from the ground
When we come over

And she gives
I get
Without giving anything to me

Like a morning sun
Like a morning
Like a morning sun
Good good morning sun

The girl that does yoga
When we come over
Girl that does yoga

He lives in a little house
On the side of a little hill
Picks the litter from the ground
Litter little brother spills

He gives
I get
Without giving anything to me

And the dogs they run
And the dogs they
And the dogs they run
In the good good morning sun

Side of a little hill
Litter little brother spills
Side of a little hill

Oh and she's always dressed in white
She's like an angel, man
She burns my eyes
When she turns
She pulls a smile
We drive her 'round man
And she drives us wild
Oh and she moves like a little girl
I become a child, man
She moves my world
And she gets splashed in paint
And turns away
and leaves me standing...

She lives with an orange tree
The girl that does yoga
Got a wolf to keep her warm
When he comes over

She gives
He gets
Without giving anything to see

And the day it ends
And the day it
And the day it ends
And there's no need for me

The girl that does yoga
When we come over
The girl that does yoga

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Coconut Skins

You can hold her hand
And show her how you cry
Explain to her your weakness
So she understands
And then roll over and die

You can brave decisions
Before you crumble up inside
Spend your time asking everyone else's permission
Then run away and hide

Or you can sit on chimneys
Put some fire up your ass
No need to know what you're doing or waiting for
But if anyone should ask
Tell them I've been licking coconut skins
And we've been hanging out
Tell them God just dropped by to forgive our sins
And relieve us our doubt
La la la la la la la...

Oh you can hold her eggs
But your basket has a hole
You can lie between her legs and go looking for
Tell her you're searching for her soul
You can wait for ages
Watch your compost turn to coal
Time is contagious
Everybody's getting old

So you can sit on chimneys
Put some fire up your ass
No need to know what you're doing or looking for
But if anyone should ask
Tell them I've been cooking coconut skins
And we've been hanging out
Tell them God just dropped by to forgive our sins
And relieve us our doubt
La la la la la la la...

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Me, My Yoke + I

My drum, my drum, my drum
Gonna make ya
My drum, my drum, my drum
Gonna make ya come

My book, my book, my book
Gonna make ya
My book, my book, my book
Gonna make ya look

My hand, my hand, my hand
My hand going under
My hand, my hand, my hand
My hand going understand

My fall, my fall
My fall gonna break ya
My fall, my fall
My fall gonna break your wall

I'm in, I'm in, I'm in
Like a big dog
And I'm in, I'm in, I'm in
Like a big dog, yeah

'Cause my god, my god, my god
Gave me a rod
My god, my god, my god
Gave me a rod

For Fishing, fishing, fishing
Fishing, fishing, fishing yeah

My drum, my drum, my drum
Gonna make ya
My drum, my drum, my drum
Gonna make ya come

My book, my book, my book
Gonna make ya
My book, my book, my book
Gonna make ya look

My hand, my hand, my hand
My hand going under
My hand, my hand, my hand
My hand going understand

My fall, my fall
My fall gonna break ya
My fall, my fall
My fall gonna break your wall

I'm in, I'm in, I'm in
Like a big dog
I'm in, I'm in, I'm in
Like a big dog, yeah

'Cause my god, my god, my god
Gave me a rod
My god, my god, my god
Gave me a rod

For Fishing, fishing, fishing
Fishing, fishing, fishing, yeah

Won't you beat my, Won't you beat my, Won't you beat my, Won't you beat my...
Won't you read my, Won't you read my, Won't you read my... Won't you read my book...
Me, my yoke and I gonna make us choke

Fishing, fishing, fishing
Fishing, fishing, fishing, yeah

Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah

Tabs/Chords

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Grey Room

Well I’ve been here before
Sat on the floor in a grey grey room
Where I stay in all day
I don’t eat, but I play with this grey grey food

Désolé, if someone is prayin’ then I might break out,
Désolé, even if I scream I can’t scream that loud

I’m all alone again
Crawling back home again
Stuck by the phone again

Well I’ve been here before
Sat on a floor in a grey grey mood
Where I stay up all night
And all that I write is a grey grey tune

So pray for me child, just for a while
That I might break out yeah
Pray for me child
Even a smile would do for now

'Cause I’m all alone again
Crawling back home again
Stuck by the phone again

Have I still got you to be my open door?
Have I still got you to be my sandy shore?
Have I still got you to cross my bridge in this storm?
Have I still got you to keep me warm?

If I squeeze my grape, then I drink my wine
Coz if I squeeze my grape, then I drink my wine
Oh coz nothing is lost, it's just frozen in frost,
And it’s opening time, there’s no-one in line

But I’ve still got me to be your open door,
I’ve still got me to be your sandy shore
I’ve still got me to cross your bridge in this storm
And I’ve still got me to keep you warm

Warmer than warm, yeah
Warmer than warm, yeah
Warmer than warm, yeah
Warmer than warm, yeah

Tabs/Chords

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Accidental Babies

Well I held you like a lover
Happy hands, your elbow in the appropriate place

And we ignored our others' happy plansbr> For that delicate look upon your face

Our bodies moved and hardened
Hurting parts of your garden
With no room for a pardon
In a place where no one knows what we have done

Do you come
Together ever with him?
And is he dark enough?
Enough to see your light?
And do you brush your teeth before you kiss?
Do you miss my smell?
And is he bold enough to take you on?
Do you feel like you belong?
And does he drive you wild?
Or just mildly free?
What about me?

Well you held me like a lover
Sweaty hands
And my foot in the appropriate place

We use cushions to cover happy glands
In the mild issue of our disgrace

Our minds pressed and guarded
While our flesh disregarded
The lack of space for the light-hearted
In the boom that beats our drum

Well I know I make you cry
And I know sometimes you wanna die
But do you really feel alive without me?
If so, be free
If not, leave him for me
Before one of us has accidental babies
For we are in love

Do you come
Together ever with him?
Is he dark enough?
Enough to see your light?
Do you brush your teeth before you kiss?
Do you miss my smell?
And is he bold enough to take you on?
Do you feel like you belong?
And does he drive you wild?
Or just mildly free?

What about me?
What about me?

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Sleep Don't Weep

Sleep, don't weep, my sweet love
Your face, it's all wet and your day was rough
So do what you must do to find yourself
Wear another's shoe, or paint my shelves
There's times that I was broke and you stood strong
I think I found a place where I...

Sleep, don't weep, my sweet love
Your face, it's all wet 'cause our days were rough
So do what you must do to fill that hole
Wear another's shoe to comfort the soul
There's times that I was broke when you stood strong
I think I found a place where I feel I will...

Sleep, don't weep, my sweet love
My face it's all wet 'cause my day was rough
So do what you must do to find yourself
Wear another shoe, paint my shelf
There's times when I was broke when you stood strong
I hope I find a place where I feel I belong

Sleep, don't weep, my sweet love
My face, it's all wet 'cause my day was rough

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O

Delicate

We might kiss when we are alone
When nobody's watching
We might take it home
We might make out when nobody's there
It's not that we're scared
It's just that it's delicate

So why do you fill my sorrow
With the words you've borrowed
From the only place you've known
And why do you sing Hallelujah
If it means nothing to you
Why do you sing with me at all?

We might live like never before
When there's nothing to give
Well how can we ask for more
We might make love in some sacred place
The look on your face is delicate

So why do you fill my sorrow
With the words you've borrowed
From the only place you've known
And why do you sing Hallelujah
If it means nothing to you
Why do you sing with me at all?

So why do you fill my sorrow
With the words you've borrowed
From the only place you've known
And why do you sing Hallelujah
If it means nothing to you
Why do you sing with me at all?

Tabs/Chords

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Volcano

Don't hold yourself like that
You'll hurt your knees
I kissed your mouth and back
That's all I need
Don't build your world around
Volcanoes melt you down

And what I am to you
Is not real
And what I am to you
You do not need
And what I am to you
Is not what you mean to me
You give me miles and miles of mountains
And I ask for the sea

Don't throw yourself like that
In front of me
I kissed your mouth your back
Is that all you need
Don't drag my love around
Volcanoes melt me down
And what I am to you
Is not real
And what I am to you
You do not need
And what I am to you
Is not what you mean to me

You give me miles and miles of mountains
And I ask...

What I give to you
Is just what I'm going through
This is nothing new
No, no, just another phase of finding
what I really need
Is what makes me bleed
Like a new disease
But lord she's still too young to treat

She's still too young/ Volcanoes melt you down
What I am to you/ Volcanoes melt you down/ She's still too young
Is not real/ Volcanoes melt you down/ She's still too young
What I am to you/ Volcanoes melt you down/ She's still too young
You do not need/ Volcanoes melt you down/ She's still too young
She's still too young/ Volcanoes melt you down/ She's still too young

You do not need me

Tabs/Chords

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The Blower's Daughter

And so it is just like you said it would be
Life goes easy on me
most of the time
And so it is the shorter story
No love, no glory
No hero in her sky

I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

And so it is just like you said it should be
We'll both forget the breeze
Most of the time
And so it is the colder water
The Blower's Daughter
The pupil in denial

I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

Did I say that I loathe you?
Did I say that I want to
Leave it all behind?

I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind...
my mind...my mind...
'Til I find somebody new

Tabs/Chords

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Cannonball

Still a little bit of your taste in my mouth
Still a little bit of you laced with my doubt
Still a little hard to say what's going on

Still a little bit of your ghost, your witness
Still a little bit of your face I haven't kissed
You step a little closer each day
That i can't say what's going on

Stones taught me to fly
Love taught me to lie
Life taught me to die
So it's not hard to fall
When you float like a cannonball

Still a little bit of your song in my ear
Still a little bit of your words I long to hear
You step a little closer each day
So close that I can't see what's going on

Stones taught me to fly
Love taught me to lie
Life taught me to die
So it's not hard to fall
When you float like a cannon

Stones taught me to fly
Love taught me to cry
So come on courage!
Teach me to be shy
'Cause it's not hard to fall
And I don't want to scare her
It's not hard to fall
And I don't wanna lose
It's not hard to grow
When you know that you just don't know

Tabs/Chords

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Older Chests

Older chests reveal themselves
Like a crack in a wall
Starting small, and grow in time
And we always seem to need the help
Of someone else
To mend that shelf
Too many books
Read me your favourite line

Papa went to other lands
And he found someone who understands
The ticking, and the western man's need to cry
He came back the other day, you know
Some things in life may change
And some things
They stay the same

Like time, there's always time
On my mind
So pass me by, I'll be fine
Just give me time

Older gents sit on the fence
With their cap in hand
Looking grand
They watch their city change
Children scream, or so it seems,
Louder than before
Out of doors, and into stores with bigger names
Mama tried to wash their faces
But these kids they lost their graces
And daddy lost at the races too many times

She broke down the other day, yeah you know
Some things in life may change
But some things they stay the same

Like time, there's always time
On my mind
So pass me by, I'll be fine
Just give me time
Time, there's always time
On my mind
Pass me by, I'll be fine
Just give me time

Tabs/Chords

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Amie

Nothing unusual, nothing strange
Close to nothing at all
The same old scenario, the same old rain
And there's no explosions here
Then something unusual, something strange
Comes from nothing at all
I saw a spaceship fly by your window
Did you see it disappear?

Amie come sit on my wall
And read me the story of O
And tell it like you still believe
That the end of the century
Brings a change for you and me
Nothing unusual, nothing's changed
Just a little older that's all
You know when you've found it,
There's something I've learned
'Cause you feel it when they take it away

Something unusual, something strange
Comes from nothing at all
But I'm not a miracle
And you're not a saint
Just another soldier
On the road to nowhere

Amie come sit on my wall
And read me the story of O
And tell it like you still believe
That the end of the century
Brings a change for you and me

And Amie come sit on my wall
And read me the story of O
And tell it like you still believe
That the end of the century
Brings a change for you and me

Tabs/Chords

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Cheers Darlin'

Cheers darlin'
Here's to you and your lover boy
Cheers darlin'
I got years to wait around for you
Cheers darlin'
I've got your wedding bells in my ear
Cheers darlin'
You give me three cigarettes to smoke my tears away

And I die when you mention his name
And I lied, I should have kissed you
When we were running in the rain

What am I darlin'?
A whisper in your ear?
A piece of your cake?
What am I, darlin?
The boy you can fear?
Or your biggest mistake?

Cheers darlin'
Here's to you and your lover man
Cheers darlin'
I just hang around and eat from a can
Cheers darlin'
I got a ribbon of green on my guitar
Cheers darlin'
I got a beauty queen
To sit not very far from here

I die when he comes around
To take you home
I'm too shy
I should have kissed you when we were alone

What am I darlin'?
A whisper in your ear?
A piece of your cake?
What am I, darlin?
The boy you can fear?
Or your biggest mistake?

Oh what am I? What am I darlin'?
I got years to wait...

Tabs/Chords

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Cold Water

Cold, cold water surrounds me now
And all I've got is your hand
Lord, can you hear me now?
Lord, can you hear me now?
Lord, can you hear me now?
Or am I lost?

Love one's daughter
Allow me that
And I can't let go of your hand
Lord, can you hear me now?
Lord, can you hear me now?
Lord, can you hear me now?
Or am I lost?
[chanting] Cold, cold water surrounds me now
And all I've got is your hand
Lord, can you hear me now?
Lord, can you hear me now?
Lord, can you hear me now?
Or am I lost?

Tabs/Chords

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I Remember

I remember it well
The first time that I saw
Your head around the door
'Cause mine stopped working

I remember it well
There was wet in your hair
I was stood in the stairs
And time stopped moving

I want you here tonight
I want you here
'Cause I can't believe what I found
I want you here tonight
I want you here
Nothing is taking me down, down, down...

I remember it well
Taxied out of a storm
To watch you perform
And my ships were sailing

I remember it well
I was stood in your line
And your mouth, your mouth, your mind...

I want you here tonight
I want you here
'Cause I can't believe what I found
I want you here tonight
I want you here
Nothing is taking me down, down, down...

Except you my love. Except you my love...

Come all ye lost
Dive into moss
I hope that my sanity covers the cost
To remove the stain of my love
Paper maché

Come all ye reborn
Blow off my horn
I'm driving real hard
This is love, this is porn
God will forgive me
But I, I whip myself with scorn, scorn

I wanna hear what you have to say about me
Hear if you're gonna live without me
I wanna hear what you want
I remember december
And I wanna hear what you have to say about me
Hear if you're gonna live without me
I wanna hear what you want
What the hell do you want?

Tabs/Chords

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Eskimo

Tiredness fuels empty thoughts
I find myself disposed
Brightness fills empty space
In search of inspiration
Harder now with higher speed
Washing in on top of me
So I look to my eskimo friend
I look to my eskimo friend
I look to my eskimo friend
When I'm down, down, down.

Rain it wets muddy roads
I find myself exposed
Tapping doors, but irritate
In search of destination
Harder now with higher speed
Washing in on top of me
So I look to my eskimo friend
I look to my eskimo friend
I look to my eskimo friend
When I'm down, down, down.

(Next section is in Finnish - sung by Doreen Curran)

kosketa minua - touch me
älä käsilläsi - not with your hands
vaan niin että tunnen sinut - but the way I can feel you

kosketa minua - touch me
älä käsilläsi - not with your hands
mutta sielussasi - but within your soul

minä kaipaan eskimo-ystävääni - I look to my eskimo friend

When I'm down, down, down.
When I'm down, down, down.

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Prague (Hidden Track)

I pack my suit in a bag
I'm all dressed up for prague
I'm all dressed up with you
All dressed up for him too...
Prepare myself for a war
Before i even open up my door
Before i even look out
I'm pissing all of my bullets about...

Wrap myself in a bag
I'm all wrapped up in prague
I'm all wrapped up in you
I'm all wrapped up in him too

Prepare myself for a war
And I don't know what i'm doing this for
Trying to let it all go
But how can i when you still don't know?

I could wait for you
Like that hole in your boot
Waiting to be fixed
I could wait for you
What good would that do
But to leave me pricked?

Cheers darlin'
Here's to you and your lover
...darling
I got years...
Pack my suit in a bag
Pack myself in a bag
Pack my suit in a bag
All dressed up for Prague
Pack my suit in a bag
All dressed up for
All dressed up for
All dressed up for

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Silent Night (Hidden Track - Lisa On Vocals)

Silent night, broken night
All is fallen when you take your flight
I found some hate for you
Just for show
You found some love for me
Thinking I'd go
Don't keep me from crying to sleep
Sleep in heavenly peace

Silent night, moonlit night
Nothing's changed
Nothing is right
I should be stronger than weeping alone
You should be weaker than sending me home
I can't stop you fighting to sleep
Sleep in heavely peace

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The Blower's Daughter - Single (2001)

The Blower's Daughter

Cannonball - Single (2002)

Cannonball

Other Songs:

Baby Sister

Don't wake up, baby sister, keep dreaming
Did he fill your cup? Baby sister, keep drinking
Or he'll hit you
He'll bleach your eyes
So be a good girl
Just for the night
And run, run...

Don't get stuck, baby sister
Leave this land
And read your books
Baby sister, wash your hands
Or he'll beat you
He'll bleach your eyes
So be a good girl
Just for the night
And run, run, run, run, run...
Run, baby sister (Ave Maria...)
Run, baby sister

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Banríon Mo Chroí

This is a cover of a Mary Janes / Mic Christopher song named "Queen of Hearts". It is performed by Lisa, Shane, Tomo and Vyvienne and was translated to Irish by Cora Molloy. It appears on an album callled "Ceol 06". More details here

Uisce a’ teacht a’ breathnú orm
Ag fanacht siar
Ag fanacht siar ar dhuine
Uisce a’ teacht a’ breathnú orm
Ag feitheamh, ag feitheamh ar dhuine éigin.
Ós do chomhair an saol ‘tá thart
Is mise tréigthe san am fadó
Ag caitheamh ama go mall réidh
Ag fiafraí díom “Cén fáth, cén fáth?”
Ar chuaigh siad thart i ngan fhios dom
Nó an dall atáim?
De bharr an t-uisce ...

Ní fhacamar an téacs bhí romhainn
Níor thomhaiseamar céard bhí le teacht
Ag sciobadh linn aislingí ár dtodhchaí

Is chuireamar amach faoin ngrian iad
Nocht, mar rabhchán do ‘chuile dhuine
A rinne faillí
Tar a mhic, is mar seo atá sé
Mar chailín cúthail faiteach
Nó athrú aimsire geimhridh
Mar chúis le briseadh chroí
Is a bhanríon mo chroí
Le mo smaointe aoibhne áille
Imithe i bhfad uaim
Is mé buartha le
h-Uisce a‘ teacht...

Is mé ag feithimh
Ag feitheamh
Le banríon mo chroí

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Boring Afternoon

She would spend another afternoon drinking wine
Sitting on your door, just wasting time
Talking about the way it used to be
So much better

Or another night baby in your arms
Still another one could do no harm
Reminds me of how it used to feel
So much wetter

I never know what's right for her
There's always something I never notice wrong

To giving it up before you get down
You gotta be in before you get out
You're gonna be gone, before you get found
In another boring...

Spin another bottle in a low-lit room
Nothing tastes better than young flowers in bloom
I know that's how it used to be
We were so much younger

Over that now and I can count the years
Everybody now is just counting tears
And plastic bills and their protective pills
And I just took my time

I never know what's right for her
There's always something I never notice wrong

Giving it up before you get down
You gotta be in before you get out
You're gonna be gone before you get found
In another boring afternoon

Giving it up before you get down
You gotta be in before you get out, get out, get out, get out...

Giving it up before you get down
You gotta be in before you get out
You're gonna be gone before you get found
In another boring afternoon

Giving it up before you get down
You gotta be in before you get out, get out, get out, get out...

Giving it up before you get down
You gotta be in before you get out
You're gonna be gone
Before you get found in another boring afternoon

Giving it up before you get down
You gotta be in before you get out
You're gonna be gone before you get found
In another boring...

Giving it up for,
Giving it up for
Giving it up for
Another boring afternoon

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Bottom Shelf

(Thanks to Susan for sending me these lyrics!)

I take myself from the bottom shelf
And I reel my troubles in
And I put them up on a higher hill
To a place I’ve never been.

And I’ll wait for you if you want me to,
Am I just wasting my time?
And I’ll wait for you if you ask me to,
Am I just losing my mind?

And im always hanging on,
And im always closing doors,
And im always saying no,
No, when I really really want it all,
When I really really want it all
When I really really want it all
When I really really want you.

And I’ll take myself from the bottom shelf
And im on the street again
But it’s the newer town, and the rain come down,
In a place I’ve never been.

And I play for you if you ask me to,
Am I just wasting my time?
Yeah I play for you if you want me to,
Am I just losing my mind?

Cause im always hanging on,
And im always closing doors.
And im always saying no,
No, when I really really want it all
When I really really want it all
When I really really want it all
When I really really want it all
When I really really want you.

When I really really want it all
I really really want
Yeah I really really want it all
When I really really wanted you.

I take myself from the bottom shelf
And I reel my troubles in.
And I put them up on a higher hill,
To a place I’ve never been.

And I’ll play for you if you ask me to,
Am I just wasting my time?
Yeah I’ll play for you if you want me to,
Am I just losing my mind?

Am I just losing my mind?
Am I just losing my mind?
Am I just losing my mind?
Am I just losing my mind?

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Childish

I'm so childish
A little bit wildish
With my rumdiddlyumdiddlyumdiddly
I'm so deep

Well I'm so garish
A little unfairish
The way I pick you up
And drop you in a heap

I'm so unfaithful
In fact I'm a plateful
I won't kiss her
But I'll stare her up all night

I'm a stormy little singer
An unstable little swinger
If you're coming
Come prepared for a fight

Well I'm so childish
A little bit wildish
With my rumdiddlyumdiddlyumdiddly
I'm so deep

Well I'm so uncaring
Do far too much swearing
And if you read through my behaviour
You'll find I'm a creep

I'll play a stormer
Yet in the corner
I'll be grumpy on my own
Like I don't care

I'm a stormy little singer
An unstable little swinger
With a big rip
In the arsehole of my flares

Well I'm so childish
A little bit wildish
With my rumdiddlyumdiddlyumdiddly
I'm so mad

I'm so truthful
A little bit bruteful
But in sooth I know not
Why I am so sad

I try my bestest
Well as far the restest
Well it's just stuff that comes out wrong
And gets misunderstood

I'm a dandy little dreamer
A doctored misdemeanour
A didactic destiny schemer
Bare with me if you would

(trumpets)

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Cross-eyed Bear

I broke your doll
It was cross eyed, that's all
I only wanted to help it see straight
A half broken moon
Sooner than soon
I was up on your wall
Smaller than small
In a half-painted frame
The wood wouldn't stain
I hope that reminds you
Of the part you couldn't change in me

So push me I'll fall
If you pull me I'll drown
If you're gonna be nailin me down
I won't rise again

I scratched your car
Where the bird left a stain
I only wanted to help you see straight
A half broken moon
Sooner than soon
I was up on your wall
Smaller than small
In a half painted frame
Where the wood wouldn't stain
I hope that reminds you
Of the part you couldn't change in me

So push me I'll fall
If you pull me I'll drown
If you're gonna be nailin me down
I won't rise again
I won't rise again

I'm not God, I'm not God
I love you but I'm not God...

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Don't Explain

Written by Billie Holiday / Arthur Herzog Jr and performed with Herbie Hancock

Hush now, don't explain
There ain't nothing to gain
Well I'm glad that you're back
But don't explain

Quiet baby, don't explain
You know there ain't nothing to gain
Skip that lipstick
Don't explain

You know that I love you
And what love endures
All my thoughts are of you
I am so completely yours

Don't wanna hear nobody chatter
'Cause I know you cheat
Right or wrong, it don't matter
When you're with me sweet

Hush now, don't explain
You are my joy
And you're my pain
My life is your love
So don't explain

You know that I love you
And what love endures
All my thoughts are of you
I am so completely yours

Don't wanna hear folks chatter
'Cause I know you cheat
Right or wrong, don't matter
When I'm with you sweet

Hush now, don't explain
No, you're my joy and you're my pain
My life is yours love
Don't explain

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Down

Break it all apart
You're naked: frozen
Did you ever want to work with me
Did you ever let your baby down, my back
You're shaking though relaxed
Did you feel the drops of rain?
Tell me cause I need to play you

Down, I'm sure there's something here
Maybe my anger
Down, it's over to you my dear
The fuckers will take you
Down, the frozen arrow
The fuckers will take you
Down, the suckers beg for skin
The fuckers will taint you
Down, where the water's shallow
Then they'll watch you drown
And you'll blame your sleep

Your fate: stolen, you're naked: open
Did you ever want to wed me?
Is it why you let your baby down
'Cause I'm back
Shaking but you're relaxed
Did you feel the drops of pain
Tell me 'cause I need to play you
Down, I'm sure there's something there
Maybe my anger
Down, it's over to you my dear
The fuckers will take you
Down, the frozen arrow
The fuckers will take you
Down, the suckers beg for skin
The fuckers will taint you
Down, where the water's shallow
Then they'll watch you drown
And you'll blame your...

Down, the frozen arrow
Down, the suckers beg for skin
Down, where the water's shallow
Down, and you'll blame your...

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Face

How I know
Go bow end send mend bend pretend
Shut your face again
Bleed seed need read breath on my knees
How I choose to breath
Lie cry learn grow slow fall stall
How I build my wall
Hate wait bait kiss or taste the place
And make weather in my face

The only one that you know
I wanna live, wanna die, wanna grow old with you
I wanna be the only one that you know
'Cause I adore you
I do yeah

How I choose bruise loose win sin bin tease please
Better have her on her knees
Play pray say rock feel kneel dream
How I choose to scream
Shout wake sleep I need to touch her deep
Change
Rearrange
Fate wait weight kiss or taste the place
And make weather in my face

The only one that you know
I wanna live, wanna die, wanna grow old with you
I wanna be the only one that you know
'Cause I adore you
I do yeah

You, you, you, you, you...

I wanna be the only one that you know
I wanna live, wanna die, wanna grow old with you
I wanna be the only one that you know
'Cause I adore
I adore, I adore
I adore I adore
Adore you, adore you, adore you...
Adore you, adore you, adore you...
Adore you, adore you, adore you...
Adore you, adore you, adore you...

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Fool

If you leave me now
It's not that I can't take it
It's just that somehow
I think you'd break it
So much beyond repair
Like pulling out my hair
And poisoning the roots
A gun that never shoots again
And if you leave me now
And take him deep within your throne
Like you did when you were coming home
And you did again in Mexico
And again before you go
And I believed your lies, your lies, your lies

So turn and walk away
I've overspoken
Said all that I can say
I know that I can kneel
And I could cry
And I know that I could show you how I died
But what good would it do?
Give the world another fool
If you're gonna stay
Don't just say it
Stay, really stay
I don't want any more goodbyes
Any more disguise
No more tossing coins
Or him between your loins
And if you're gonna stay
I'll place you high upon a hill
And with my hands
I'll build a tower in your name
And you will do the same
Won't you my love?
Won't you my love?
Won't you my love?

Or just turn and walk away
I've overspoken
Said all that I can say
I know that I can kneel
And kiss your feet
Walk ahead and clear the street
So you don't have to meet
But what good would it do
Give the world another fool

Turn and walk away
I've overspoken
Now what more can I say?
I know that I can kneel
And I can cry
I know, I know
That I can show you how I died
Now what good would it do
Give the world another fool
Just sitting on this stool
I'm close to giving up on you

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Front Door

What is it that happens to me when you're around?
I try to bring some love
I'm just bringing it down
What is it that happens to me when you're around?

What is it that happens to me when you're around?
I try to say something
And nothing comes out
What is it that happens to me when you're around?

A broken voice
In a broken door
A broken choice
That I broke some more
A broken me
Am I breaking you?
And if i push you too hard
I push you right through

What is it that happens to me when you're around?
You call to my door
But I don't come out
What is it that happens to me when you're around?

What is it that happens to me when you're around?
It seems like my words tremble
Like a creaking ground
What is it that happens to me when you're around?

A broken voice
In a broken door
A broken choice
That I broke some more
A broken me
Am I breaking you?
And if i push you too hard
I push you right through

A broken voice
In a broken door
A broken choice
That I broke some more
A broken me
Am I breaking you?
And if i push you too hard
I push you right through

What is it that happens to me when you're around?
What is it that happens to me when you're around?

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Groovin'

What am I gonna do
About you girl?
You don't seem to believe me when I say
That you are the one that's got me feeling this way
You've got me groovin', yeah
You've got me groovin'
You've got me groovin', groovin', groovin', groovin', groovin', groovin', groovin'...

Oh, but please don't believe it
If you don't think I am real (??)
I should know just how I feel
Please believe me when I say
You are the one that's got me feeling this way
Yeah, you are the one that's got me feeling this way

And it ain't no stupid (??)
Memory of mine (??)
Please forgive me if I've been out of line
It's you girl, you've got me groovin
You've got me groovin', yeah
You've got me groovin'
You've got me groovin', groovin', groovin', groovin', groovin', groovin', groovin'...
You've got me groovin', groovin', groovin', groovin', groovin', groovin', groovin'...

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Happy Christmas (War is Over)

(This cover of a John Lennon song can be found on the "It's All Bells" charity CD released by Phutloose records in December, 2002)

And so this is Christmas
And what have you done?
Another year over
A new one just begun

And so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear ones
The old and the young

And a very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

And so this is Christmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and for poor ones
The road is so long

And so Happy Christmas
For black and for white
The yellow and red ones
Let's stop all the fight

And a very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear

And so this is Christmas
And what have you done?

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It Didn't Take You Long

Well, it didn’t take you long.
Did it, babe?
To learn to sing my song
and get yourself laid.
No, It didn’t take you long.
Did it, babe?
The moment I was gone
you’re the master of the slaves.
And it didn’t take me long
to realize.
All of your songs
were just lies, lies, lies.
And it didn’t take me long.
Did it, babe?
I want you to find a new boy
whose face you could shave.

Ok, I’m sorry.
I’m just a little angry with you.
'Cause it dug like a quarry
when you were angry with me.
And maybe it’s not right?
Yeah, but hell with it!
I’m angry with you.
Is there not enough light?
Or do you just not see?
What you do
is what you hated in me?
Though I was never free enough to.

Yeah, well, it didn’t take you long.
Did it babe?
I'm all alone
in the last step of the race.
Yeah, and it didn’t take you long.
Did it, babe?
The moment I was gone
you’re in the masters' parade.
And it didn’t take you long
to tell your friends.
How I'd done you wrong
and just left you in the end?
Yeah, but it didn’t take you long.
Did it, babe?
To find a new boy
whose dick you could crave.

Ok, I’m sorry.
I’m just a little angry with you.
'Cause it dug like a quarry
when you were angry with me.
And maybe it’s not right?
Yeah, but hell with it!
I’m angry with you.
Is there not enough light?
Or do you just not see?
What you do
is what you hated in me?
Though I was never free enough to.

It was about five years ago. It's amazing how you hold on...

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Insane

Should I speak?
Should I bother shaking hands?
Am I weak If I leave it as it stands?
I've submerged
And I've surfaced with the blame
I guess I'm no good
I guess I'm insane

Should I go
If she calls out my name?
And if she bleeds
Should I wipe up the stain?
And if I'm low
Can I drown in this rain?
I guess I'm no good
I guess I'm insane

And I hate when you say
That I never fight for you
Sometimes you breathe
All over my skin
And you always end up
Closer than close
That's where I give in

Should I confess
The actions of a hand
In my mind
I'll betray you once again
Why should I climb?
What is there to gain?
This is no good
This is insane

And I hate when you say
That I never fight for you
Sometimes you breathe
All over my skin
And you always end up
Closer than close
That's whenre I give in

You're taking
You're taking
You're taking me down
You're taking
You're taking
You're taking me down
And you always end up
Closer than close
That's where I give in
That's where I give in
That's where I give in

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Lazy Situation

We kill one another for love
Does it have to, does it have to be
That we kill one another of love?
A year after, a year after
We met up by the powers above
If you want to you can wear my glove
And if you like you, and you like me
We've all got eyes but we cannot see

It's a lazy situation
It's a crooked, ended room
It's a mask of information
'Cause he wants her, and she wants me
And we wanna be with the one that we need
And he wants her, and she wants me
And we all wanna be with the one that we need
And he wants what she wants
And I wanna be with the one who thinks I'm her brother

And we kill one another for love
And we grace it so gradually
And we kill one another for love
And we make it, yeah, we make it bleed
And I see we're all looking above
Are we crazy?
What are we thinking of?
And this ain't you
And this ain't me
We all got hands
But we cannot feel

It's a lazy situation
It's a crooked, ended room
It's a mask of information
'Cause he wants her, and she wants me
And we wanna be with the one that we need
And he wants her, and she wants me
And we all wanna be with the one that we need
And he wants what she wants
And I wanna be with the one who thinks I'm her brother
Thinks I'm her brother...

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Lonelily

I gave me away
I could have knocked off the evening
But a lonelily landed my wants in her hands
In a way I felt you were leaving me
I was sure I wouldn't find you at home
And you let me down
Could have knocked off the evening
But you lonelily let him push under your bone
You let me down
It's no use deceiving
Neither of us wanna be alone

You're coming home (x 4)

I gave me away
I could have knocked off the evening
But I was lonelily looking for someone to hold
In a way I lost all I believed in
And I never found myself so low
And you let me down
You could've called if you'd needed
But you lonelily got yourself locked instead
And you let me down
It's one thing being cheated
But you took him all the way through your bed

And now you're coming home
And I'm trying to forgive
You're coming home
And I'm trying to forget
You're coming
And I'm trying to move on
You're coming home
And you haven't called yet

You're coming home
And I'm trying to forgive
You're coming home
I'm just trying to forget
You're coming
I'm trying to move on
You're coming home
But you haven't called
You're coming home

You're coming home (x4)

I gave me away
I could have knocked off the evening
But I lonelily loomed her into my bone
You let me down
There's no use deceiving
Neither of us wanna be alone

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Lonely Soldier

Lonely soldier go home
Lonely but never alone
Good eyes see nothin' to shoot
Good feet feel good givin' up good boots

Ask your father how do you fall
Ask your father how do you fall
Like a leaf sittin' on the ground
Good for nothin' except kickin' around

She died with her hand stretched out
She died with a hungry mouth
She died with a mind full of doubt
And thoughts of weakening

So may your river never dry
May your mouth never lie
And may you be satisfied to never know why
Sometimes someone just wants to die

Where'd you get those cuts in your hand?
I thought I told you about playin' in the sand
There's always someone careless with glass
there’s always questions you don't want to ask

She died with her hands stretched out
She died with a hungry mouth
She died with a mind full of doubt
And thoughts of weakening

May your river never dry
May your mouth never lie
And may you be satisfied to never know why
Sometimes someone just wants to die

So lonely soldier go home
Lonely but never alone
Good eyes see nothin' to shoot
Good feet feel good givin' up good boots

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Moody Mooday

Mooday (It's got me) x 7
Baby, why d'you have to leave?
Something up your sleeve?
Baby, I find it hard to breath

Moody (It's got me) Mooday (It's got me) x 7
Baby, why d'you have to leave?
Why d'you have to break free?
Why d'you have to go?

Moody (It's got me) Mooday (It's got me) x 7
Baby, why d'you have to run?
Looking after number one?
Baby, why d'you have to go?
Why d'you have to phone? (??)
Something you're afraid to show? (??)
Someone else you'd rather phone? (??)

Moody (It's got me) Mooday (It's got me)...

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My City Shitty

(Part of this song is featured in the video footage on the Volcano single)

The drugs are free

Branch me out
Gonna kill my city
Gonna kill my city
Gonna kill me

Still my stop
Gonna stick your city
Gonna stick your city
Gonna stick me

Be my doll
With the girls so pretty
With the girls so pretty
I just can't

This is my stop
Where the air is shitty
Where the air is shitty
And the drugs are free

The drugs are free

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Rule No. 2 Y-Junction

This is what is
What if you don't get it like I want you to?
So roll the dice
There goes my rule number 2
So roll the dice
And don't ask why
Just keep following me
'Cause I'm following you

If she stays with you then you were right
If it's still here when she's gone
You're not wrong
Though I stand with this rain on my back
But it feels so damn good
To belong

This is what I think I need
These big fat feelings
They hurt my cheeks
So roll the dice
And there goes my rule number 2
Roll the dice
And don't ask why
Just keep eating the food

And if she stays with you
Then you were right
If it's still here when she's gone
You're not wrong
Though I stand with this rain on my back
It feels so damn good
To belong

Rule number 2
Don't be a fool
Rule number 3
Get up off your knees
Rule number 4
Open your door
Rule number 5
Keep it alive
Rule number 6
Don't be pricks
And rule nubmer 8
Don't leave it too late
Rule number 9
Just take your time
Rule number 1
Carpe Diem

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Sex Change

Take your hand
Off me.
Understand
Nothing.
I need a new
Yesterday.
I need to move
But you're in my way.

It feels like you're walking out
Walking out

Body is breaking down
Breaking down
It feels like you're walking out
On me.

Take your mind
Off me.
You will find
Nothing.
I need a new
Yesterday
I need to move
But you're in my way.

It feels like you're walking out
Walking out
On me.

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Sand

You keep me in a glass jar sealed with a label
You think you know my world
Wake up young girl, you've got a lot to learn
My love, my life, my work, my time
I give them all to you
Your hand in mine
We walk, we talk in ryhme
We go the whole night through

I'm not a grain of sand
I don't care what's written in your hand
It's bound to change

Sore, bored, and I'm lost, cost, cold
Getting older
Wrap it up, rip it up now
Have it sold
I'm a grower
Any more, any more, any more, any more...
I wanna be with you
Just wanna be with you

But you tease me
And it shows in the way that you play
You think you know my love
Wake up young girl
And take a taste
Not a bite, not a bite of a life now
Can tell you never come, yeah well
My will, my mind
My lips, my lines
I've got them all over you

Your taste combined
With all the years of wasting time
I've got a hold on something new
I'm not a grain of sand
I don't care what's written in your hand
Cause it's bound to change

So I'm bored, and I'm lost, cost, cold
Getting older
Buy the book, rip it up now
Have it sold
I'm a grower
Any more, any more, any more, any more...
I wanna be with you
Just wanna be with you
I don't wanna pray for what is not right
And I don't wanna beg for what is not mine
I don't wanna rock the road between dreams and worldly things
I could charge, and I could really try
But I don't wanna be the brave one
In a senseless fight
I, I, I just wanna be here tonight

Sore, bored, and I'm lost, cost, cold
Getting older
Wrap it up, rip it up now
Have it sold
I'm a grower
Any more, any more, any more, any more...
I wanna be with you Just wanna be with you

Sore, bored, and I'm lost, cost, cold
Getting older
Buy the book, rip it up now
Have it sold
I'm a grower
Any more, any more, any more, any more...
Any more, any more, any more, any more...
Any more, any more, any more, any more...

You keep me in a glass jar sealed with a label You think you know my world
Wake up young girl

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Steal A Mule

(From the soundtrack to "Mickybo and Me")

Well there’s a moon shining bright
Little partner, let's light a fire tonight
Rob a bank, steal a mule
Little partner, we’ll be nobody’s fool
And we’ll run like heroes run
Yeah we’ll run when the mornin’ comes

Many men on our tail
Little partner, run ‘fore we go to jail
And if they catch you, have no doubt
Little partner, I’ll come and break you out

And we’ll run like heroes run
Yeah we’ll run when the mornin’ comes
Oh we’ll run with the mornin’ sun
Yeah we’ll run like heroes run

(whistling)

Many moons have gone by
Little partner, sometimes I wonder why
People turn and betray
Little partner, someday I’ll come your way

And we’ll run like heroes run
Yeah we’ll run when the mornin’ comes
Yeah we’ll run with the mornin’ sun
Yeah we’ll run like heroes run

Like heroes run, like heroes run, like heroes run, like heroes...

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The Professor (Live at Cornucopia Café, Dublin)

Well I don't know if I'm wrong
'Cause she's only just gone
Here's to another relationship
Bombed by my excellent breed of gamete disease
I'm sure when I'm older I'll know what that means
Cried when she should and she laughed when she could
Here's to the man with his face in the mud
And an overcast play just taken away
From the lover's in love at the centre of stage yeah
Loving is fine if you have plenty of time
For walking on stilts at the edge of your mind
Loving is good if your dick's made of wood
And the dick left inside only half understood her
What makes her come and what makes her stay?
What makes the animal run, run away yeah
What makes him stall, what makes him stand
And what shakes the elephant now
And what makes a man?
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
No I don't know you any more
No, no, no, no...

I don't know if I'm wrong
'Cause she's only just gone
Why the fuck is this day taking so long
I was a lover of time and once she was mine
I was a lover indeed, I was covered in weed
Cried when she should and she laughed when she could
Well closer to god is the one who's in love
And I walk away 'cause I can
Too many options may kill a man
Loving is fine if it's not in your mind
But I've fucked it up now, too many times
Loving is good if it's not understood
Yeah, but I'm the professor
And feel that I should know
What makes her come and what makes her stay?
What makes the animal run, run away and
What makes him tick apart from his prick
And the lonelier side of the jealousy stick
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
No I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
No I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
Hell I don't know you any more
No, no, no no...

Well I don't know if I'm wrong
'Cause she's only just gone
Here's to another relationship
Bombed by my excellent breed of gamete disease
I finished it off with some French wine and cheese

La fille danse
Quand elle joue avec moi
Et je pense que je l'aime des fois
Le silence, n'ose pas dis-donc
Quand on est ensemble
Mettre les mots
Sur la petite dodo

La fille danse
Quand elle joue avec moi et la pluie
Elle me manque
Pourquoi?
Non,non
C'est la chanson, la nuit, le vent
L'amour , le son
De la petite Dodo

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The Power of Orange Knickers

Written by Tori Amos

The power of orange knickers
The power of orange knickers
The power of orange knickers
Under my petty coat
The power of listening to what
You don't want me to know

Can somebody tell me now who is this terrorist?
Those girls that smile kindly then rip your life to pieces?
Can somebody tell me now
Am I alone with this
This little pill in my hand
And with this secret kiss
Am I alone in this?

A matter of complication
When you become a twist
For their latest drink
As they're transitioning

Can somebody tell me now who is this terrorist?
This little pill in my hand that keeps the pain laughin'
Can somebody tell me now a way out of this?
That sacred pipe of red stone could blow me out of this kiss
Am I alone in this?

The power of orange knickers
Under my petty coat
The power of listening to what
You don't want me to know
Shame shame, time to leave me now
Shame shame, you've had your fun
Shame shame, for letting me think
That I would be the one

Can somebody tell me now who is this terrorist?
This little pill in my hand or this secret kiss
Am I alone in this kiss?
Am I alone in this kiss?

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Then Go

Among the afflictions
With which I've been marked
I'm not so prententious
And not quite so dark
I get the feeling you're bored with me
And not through habit or frequency
Did your mother have you easily?
And if there's someplace else you'd rather be
Then go, then go
Then go, then go

Among the intentions
Which have been sought
Numbered and labeled
But none of them bought
I get the feeling you're testing me
You're saturated in urgency
You stick your probe in further
But you're still not pleased
And if there's someplace else you'd rather be
Then go, then go
Then go, then go

Then go, then go
Then go, then go

I would've lied for you
I would've cried for you
I crossed the line for you
I would've died for you...

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The Rat Within The Grain

This would not have happened if I hadn't missed my plane.
I would've been there when they told you I'm the rat within the grain.
Within this big misunderstanding now, I'm being misunderstood.
I'm thinkin' someone's trying to fu*k with me and set fire to my wood.

Well I wouldn't want you to want to be wanted by me.
I wouldn't want you to worry you'd be drowned within my sea.
I only wanted to be wonderful, and wonderful is true.
In truth, I only really wanted to be wanted by you.

It's a stupid situation now where everything goes wrong.
If you can't tell if I am lying: then you do not belong.
In my bed, go rest your head upon the bones of a bigger man.
And he can cover you with rockwool and you can close up like a clam.

'cause I wouldn't want you to want to be wanted by me.
I wouldn't want you to worry you'd be drowned within my sea.
I only wanted to be wonderful, and wonderful is true.
In truth, I only really wanted to be wanted by you.

So go play with your piano and write a mediocre song
About this shell of mediocrity
And pretend there's nothing wrong.
I never thought you were a chicken sh*t:
I never thought of you at all.
Until you asked me to be part of it
And now you're showing me a wall.

I wouldn't want you to want to be wanted by me.
I wouldn't want you to worry you'd be drowned within my sea.
I only wanted to be wonderful and wonderful is true.
In truth, I only really wanted to be wanted by you.

In truth, I only really wanted to be wanted by you.

Lada da da etc...

In truth, I only really wanted to be wanted by you.

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Toffee Pop

Huge eyes
Know I'm missing
So I close mine
When I'm kissing
Lollipop licking
With Lola
Sticking like toffee to my teeth
Wait, watch, gravitate
Grap hold of insulate
Wait, watch, it's too late
It's over now
All the way

I've got so much beauty around me I can't move
I've got so much beauty around me I can't lose
I've got so much beauty around me I can't choose
I've got so much beauty around me, around you

Toffee pop
So sticky
In the heat
Lola gets angry
Over meat
And who did I (who did i)
Who did I (who did i)
Push out
And who did I (who did i)
Who did I (who did i)
Hear shout

Wait, watch, gravitate
Grap hold of, insulate
Wait, watch, it's too late
It's too late for now
All the way

I've got so much beauty around me I can't move
I've got so much beauty around me I can't lose
I've got so much beauty around me I can't choose
I've got so much beauty around me, around you

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Tongue

This one's for you
This one's for me
This one's for you
What must I be?
I've got a nervous feeling, over you
I got someone to love me, oh so true

I need to feel hope
I need to feel young again
I need to be bold
Start losing my tongue again
They can laugh as I cry
They can cut 'til I bleed
I ain't losing
'Cause this one's for me

This one's for you
This one's for me
This one's for you
Tell me what the fuck must I be for you
I've got a nervous feeling over you
I've got someone to love me, oh so true

But I need to feel hope
And I need to feel young again
And I need to be bold
Start using my tongue again
They can laugh as I cry
They can cut 'til I bleed
I ain't losing
'Cause this one's for me

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Weatherman

It's a beautiful night for me to be here
With my empty head
I should have stayed at home
And watched the weather
It's a wonderful night buts it's a shame
Because there is an empty bed
I should have stayed at home
'Til I got better
And nothing's changing
The record's scraping round and round and round
And nothing's changing
The people drive their cars to town

I ask the weatherman to sent a cloud my way
I ask the weatherman by Monday
I ask the weatherman to sent a cloud my way
I ask the weatherman, yeah

It's a beautiful night for me to be here
Now our love is dead
I should have stayed at home
And watched the weather
Well it's a wonderful night
But this is it now
I've left your head
I should have stayed at home
'Til I got better
And nothing's changing
The record's scraping round and round and round
And nothing's changing
The people drive their cars to town
The people drive their cars
These people drive me

I ask the weatherman to sent a cloud my way
I ask the weatherman by Monday
I ask the weatherman to sent a cloud my way
I ask the weatherman, yeah

Nothing's changing
The record's scraping round and round and round
Nothing's changing
The people drive their cars
These people drive me

I ask the weatherman to sent a cloud my way
I ask the weatherman by Monday
I ask the weatherman to sent a cloud my way
I ask the weatherman by Monday
I ask the weatherman to sent a cloud my way
I ask the weatherman by Monday
The weatherman

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Unplayed Piano

Come and see me
Sing me to sleep
Come and free me
Hold me if i need to weep
Maybe it's not the season
Maybe it's not the year
Maybe there's no good reason
Why i'm locked up inside
Just cause they wanna hide me
The moon goes bright
The darker they make my night

Unplayed pianos
Are often by a window
In a room where nobody loved goes
She sits alone with her silent song
Somebody bring her home

Unplayed piano
Still holds a tune
Lock on the lid
In a stale, stale room
Maybe it's not that easy
Or maybe it's not that hard
Maybe they could release me
Let the people decide
I've got nothing to hide
I've done nothing wrong
So why have i been here so long?

Unplayed pianos
Are often by a window
In a room where nobody loved goes
She sits alone with her silent song
Somebody bring her home

Unplayed pianos
Are often by a window
In a room where nobody loved goes
She sits alone with her silent songs
Somebody bring her home

Unplayed piano
Still holds a tune
Years pass by
In the changing of the moon

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What Do You Know About Love? (From the Lobby, Cork, 03/11/2002

What do you know about love?
Starts with a smile
Moves oceans
Basks for awhile
She turns a corner
And you lose your mind
And you think how unkind, how unkind

What do you know about love?
What's written in your book?
The smallest distraction
And you have to look
She's in your water
And you're in your head
Somewhere else

What do you know about love?
Except that you kill
The deeper you cut it
The more it will spill
You flood her with water
When she shows her flame
And you expect her to get up
And feel the same

What do you know about love?
Except that you don't
She gets herself ready
When she will I won't
You drive her away
And you crash to your knees
She seems happier without me
She seems happier without me

What do you know about love?
Starts with a smile
Moves over mountains
Falls like a child
Cries like a baby
At the sight of its blood
But if only we understood...

What do you know about love?
What's written in your book?
When she adores you
It's you that gets stuck
It's not the attraction
And the beauty is no blame
It's the dealing with your shame

What do you know about love?
Except that you kill
You beg for forgiveness
For the freeness of your will
You've broken the alter
Where her body was lain
And you question
Wherefore comes this pain?

What do you know about love?
Except that you don't
The heavens have opened
And you'd say they won't
So you rip out your heart
And you put it to freeze
And she seems happier without me
She seems happier without me
She seems happier, happier
Without me

What Do You Know About Love?
What Do You Know About Love?
What Do You Know About Love?
What Do You Know About Love?
What Do You Know About Love?
What Do You Know About Love?

She seems happier, happier...

What Do You Know About Love?

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Woman Like a Man

I need a piss
Wanna hate
Fuck it up
Come

My love
Eat your meat
Keep your teeth
Run

You lost me
You cost me
You thought me of me, yeah

We're bad
At what we do
Stupid fools

You wanna get boned,
You wanna get stoned
You wanna get a room like no-one else

You wanna be rich
You wanna be kitch
You wanna be the bastard of yourself

You wanna get burned
You wanna get turned
You wanna get fucked inside out

You wanna be ruled
You wanna be fooled
You wanna be a woman like a man
like a, like a, like a

Woman like a man, like a man, like a woman like a man, like a man
(I'll get a cheaper ticket next time)
Woman like a man, woman like a man, like a woman like a man, woman like a man
(I'll get a cheaper ticket next time)
Woman like a man, like a man, like a woman like a man, woman like a man
(I'll get a cheaper ticket next time)
Woman like a man, like a man, like a woman like a man, like a man
(It really wasn't worth the ride)

I need a hit
Want to wait
Suck it up
Cum

my love
eat your meat
itchy feet
run

You reach me
You bleach me
You teach me of me
How familiar

We're bad
At what we do
Stupid fools

You wanna get boned,
You wanna get stoned
You wanna get a room like no-one else

You wanna be rich
You wanna be kitch
You wanna be the bastard of yourself

You wanna get burned
You wanna get turned
You wanna get fucked inside out

You wanna be ruled
You wanna be fooled
You wanna be a woman like a man
like a woman, like a, like a man
Like a man
Like a man, man, man, man...
Like a man, man, man, man...
Woman like a man

Woman like a man, like a man, like a woman like a man, woman like a man
(I'll get a cheaper ticket next time)
Woman like a man, like a man, like a woman like a man, like a man
(I'll get a cheaper ticket next time)
Woman like a man, like a woman like a man, like a woman like a man, like a man
(I'll get a cheaper ticket next time)
Woman like a man, woman like a man, like a woman like a man, like a man
(It really wasn't worth the ride)

You wanna get boned
You wanna get stoned
You wanna get a room like no-one else

You wanna be rich
You wanna be kitch
You wanna be the bastard of yourself

You wanna get burned
You wanna get turned
You wanna get fucked inside out

You wanna be ruled
You wanna be fooled
You wanna be a woman like a man
like a woman, like a, like a man
like a man, like a man, like a man
like a man, man, man, man...
like a man, man, man, man...
Woman like a man

Woman like a man, like a man, like a man, woman like a man
(I'll get a cheaper ticket next time)
Woman like a man, like a man, like a woman like a man, like a man
(I'll get a cheaper ticket next time)
Woman like a man, like a man, like a man, woman like a man
(I'll get a cheaper ticket next time)
Woman like a man, like a man, like a man,
(It really wasn't worth the ride)
(It really wasn't worth the ride)
Woman like a man, like a man, like a man, woman like a man
(I'll get a cheaper ticket next time)
Woman like a man, like a man, woman like a man, like a man,
(I'll get a cheaper ticket next time)
Woman like a man, like a man, woman like a man, like a man,
(I'll get a cheaper ticket next time)
Woman like a man, like a man, woman like a man, woman like a man

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Wooden Horse

Don't ask me what I think of you
I spill my mind
Don't try and ask me what I am
I am mine
So don't ask me what I think of you
'Til I change my mind
You don't understand a thing I do
That brings stain to my eye
I keep sticking my finger in
I keep stamping it down

'Cause you build a thousand walls
All you need is nine
Your rode her like a wooden horse
A hundred, a hundred times

So don't ask me what I think of you
'Cause I'm not your kind
Write down all those little things I do wrong
That brings a stain to my eye
I keep sticking my finger in
I keep stamping it down

'Cause you build a thousand walls
All you need is nine
Your rode her like a wooden horse
A hundred, a hundred, a hundred times
You're not listening
I'm talking
If you don't wanna be here
Start walking
I'd eat your head
If I'm hungry
I'm hungry
I am...

'Cause you build a thousand walls
All you need is nine
Your rode her like a wooden horse
A thousand, and a hundred, and a hundred...
'Cause you build a thousand walls
All you need is nine
Your rode her like a wooden horse
A hundred, a hundred, a hundred times
You build a thousand walls
All you need is, all you need is
Your rode her like a wooden horse
A hundred, a hundred times

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