Tori Amos
A Fire in the Sky

The Word of Tori!


B-sides, Pt. 1 (A-M)


A Case Of You
B-sides, Pt.1
  1. A Case Of You
  2. Alamo
  3. Amazing Grace
  4. Angie
  5. Bachelorette
  6. Baltimore
  7. Beulah Land
  8. Black Swan
  9. Blue Skies
  10. Butterfly
  11. Cooling
  12. Daisy Dead Petals
  13. Do It Again
  14. Down By The Seaside
  15. Famous Blue Raincoat
  16. Flying Dutchman
  17. Frog On My Toe
  18. Graveyard
  19. Happy Workers
  20. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
  21. Here In My Head
  22. Home On The Range
  23. Honey
  24. Hungarian Wedding Song
  25. Humpty Dumpty
  26. If 6 Was 9
  27. I'm On Fire
  28. Landslide
  29. Little Drummer Boy
  30. London Girls
  31. Losing My Religion
  32. Love Song
  33. Mary
  34. Merman


by Joni Mitchell

From: Cornflake Gifl Limited Edition UK single & More Pink

Just before our love got lost you said,
"I am as constant as the northern star."
And I said, "Constantly in the darkness
Where's that at?
If you want me I'll be in the bar."
On the back of a cotton coaster
In the blue T.V. screen light
I drew a map of Canada
Oh Canada
With your face sketched on it twice.

In my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet
Well, I could drink a case of you, darling
And I would still be on my feet
I would still be on my feet.

Oh I am a lonely painter
I live in a box of paints
I'm frightened by the devil
And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid.
I remember that time you told me
"Love is touching souls"
Surely you touched mine
'Cause part of you pours out of me
In these lines from time to time.

My blood
My holy wine
Tastes so bitter and so sweet
Well I could drink a case of you, darling
And I would still be on my feet
I would still be on my feet

I met a woman
She had a mouth like yours
She knew your devils and your deeds
And she said, "Go to him, stay with him
But be prepared to bleed"

My blood
My holy wine
Tastes so bitter and so sweet
Well I could drink a case of you, darling
And I would still be on my feet
I would still be on my feet


Alamo

From: Talula UK single

Oh, Alamo
Heard all about your fandango
Banged on my knees, on your bay door
Only to wake you, to blues on the way
Blues on the way, Blues on the way

Embarcadere
Figures you'll see me as a older
23 hours till the border
Don't think I'll be going as fast as I came
Fast as I came, fast as I came,
Tears on my pillow
Of course they're not mine
Alter that altar
Make it a play
Somebody invent the telephone line
I'll take mine
My chances

Alamo
Wish i could do what gold does
Heard that the stars where in order
God you served out a hand with two queen of spades
And blues on the way
Blues on the way
Tears on my pillow
Of course theyr'e not mine
Alter that altar
Make him a plane
Somebody, just somebody, invent the telephone line
I'll take mine
My chances


Amazing Grace

Lyrics by: John Newton

From: Talula UK single

Amazing Grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now I sure is found
Was blind but now I see

Twas grace mother that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did ever your grace appear
The hour I first believed

When we've been there ten thousand years
Bright shining as his sun
I know that grace sweet grace has appeared
And now she'll bring me home


Angie

Lyrics by: The Rolling Stones

From: Crucify US EP & Winter Limited Edition UK single

Angie, Angie, when will those clouds all disappear?
Angie, Angie, where will it lead us from here?
With no loving in our souls and no money in our coats,
You can't say we're satisfied,
But Angie, Angie, you can't say we never tried.

Angie, you're beautiful, but ain't it time we said good-bye?
Angie, I still love you, remember all those nights we cried?
All the dreams we held so close seemed to all go up in smoke,
Let me whisper in your ear;
Angie, Angie, where will it lead us from here?

Oh, Angie, don't you weep, all your kisses still taste sweet,
I hate that sadness in your eyes,
But Angie, Angie, ain't it time we said good-bye?

With no loving in our souls and no money in our coats,
You can't say we're satisfied,
But Angie, I still love you, Baby,
Ev'rywhere I look I see your eyes.
There ain't a woman that comes close to you,
Come on Baby, dry your eyes.
But Angie, Angie, ain't it good to be alive?
Angie, Angie, they can't say we never tried.


Baltimore

From: Baltimore single

It's so nice to live here,
I'm glad this is my home
I've got a homestead on Baltimore Street
It's someplace to call my own.

It's all kinds of people
Familiar places, smiling faces
I'm proud to say I'm a Baltimorian.
But the 'Birds' are the best,
The best of Baltimore.

We like it here in Baltimore
There's so much love in Baltimore
Working hand in hand
To make this place a better land in Baltimore.
Love is what you'll find so stop and take the time.
I've got Oriole Baseball on my mind.

We like it here in Baltimore.
There's so much love in Baltimore.
Working hand in hand
to make this place a better land in Baltimore.
Love is what you'll find so stop and take the time
To enjoy the brotherhood of Baltimore.

The sun sets across the bay
I'm glad I spend my day
In a working american city
With all the people who make it that way.
It's time to jump in a taxi
For Thirty-third Street
Knowing I'll be watching those 'Birds' go,
Watching Weaver's Show.

We like it here in Baltimore
There's so much love in Baltimore.
Working hand in hand
To make this place a better land in Baltimore.
Love is what you'll find so stop and take the time.
I've got Oriole Baseball on my mind.

On my mind in Baltimore.


Bachelorette

From: Spark UK single

bachelorette
you come around us and you bat your eyes
you can turn dust into champagne
you even dream about his name

bachelorette
the graves are painful, pain for
bachelorettes
you tried to shove him, but he can [or you try to show them that he can]
you can never rush a man
you must remember
you're a car girl
you're a star girl
you are at the door
the tide will turn
there's a window
there's a window

yeah and
you come on over and you mmm them
you tried to shove him, but he can [or you try to show them that he can]
but you can never rush a man

I say bachelorette
the things you do, girls, to your bachelorettes
you thought that mmm, and light it isn't
you that I li di di di di
you must remember
you're a car girl
you're a star girl
you are at the door
the tide will turn
there's a window
there's a window

bachelorette
you fly along, oh, and you cry sometimes
there's nothing like it in the world
you'll go to Paris on your own

oh just bachelorette
you climb all over them,you bachelorette
you can you can turn dust into champagne
you even yi di di di di
yi da da ai ai ai ai aiiii
<laughter>
Sorry...


Beulah Land

From:

Beulah land, got a wasted gun
Licorice man, some you are
Some don't got something in that sayin'
Beulah girl, you been hitchin' me up

Got some candy and a sweet saying
Give me religion and a labotomy
Beulah land, your beautiful home
Tell me when I don't need you anymore

Said that somewhere you're gonna get something
Here, so you're right in the middle
And then I'm you
Something is coming back again
I said you
Maybe I don't wanna go to where you're not

So, Beulah land, gonna find me a warm
Place to bathe this body on down
Got a rubber boat and a crocodile
Gonna float past your home

And say when, just say when
Just say when


Black Swan

From: Pretty Good Year UK single & More Pink

Ride on, Ride on
Friends of the black swan
Ride on, Ride on
Do you know where she's gone?
Gumdrops and Saturdays, did Eric call by the way?
He knew, he knew, and he knew where the pillow goes.

Ride on, Ride on, friends of the black swan
Ride on, Ride on you know where she's gone
Buttercups and fishing flies the biggest thickest ever sky.
I know they know something
I know, ah!

Ride on, Ride on, friends of the black swan.
Ride on, Ride on you know where she's gone?

Little green men do O.K.
It's the fairie's revenge they say,
And gumdrops and Saturdays, did Eric call by the way?

Mm, la la, ride on, ride on, ride on.


Blue Skies

Lyrics by: Tori Amos
Music by: B.T.

From: Blue Skies single

Yeah heah heah hea
Those blue skies are ahead
Blue skies in my head

All the town clocks
And marching soldiers
I say let's go let's go let's go
To this magic wonder show

And I'm walking and
Crawling and
So tired I'm insane
So tour-on and sing

High high eye I
High eye I see

Blue skies are in my head
Said blue skies are up ahead
Said blue skies are in my head
Said blue skies are up ahead

Beach wood
Says he'd like you-in-the-street
Said like you-in-the-street
In the lullabies

Just when she thinks it's
Like-you-in-the-street
Said like-you-in-the-street
In the lullabies

You can go just where she's going
Blue skies are in my head
Said blue skies are up ahead

Said blue skies are in my head
Said blue skies are up ahead
Blue skies
Blue skies are up ahead


Butterfly

From: Higher Learning soundtrack

Stinky soul get a little lost in my own
Hey General, need a little love in that hole of yours
So one ways now and Saturdays now and our kittens
All wrapped in cement
From cradle to gumdrops got me running girl as fast as I can
And is it right,
Butterfly,
They like you better framed and dried?

Daddy, dear, if I* can kill one man why not two?
Well, nurses smile when you've got iron veins you can't stain
Their pretty shoes.
And pompoms and cherry blondes
And the kittens still wrapped in cement
From God's saviours to gumdrops
Got me running girl as fast as I can
And is it right,
Butterly,
They like you better framed and dried?

Got a pretty pretty garden; pretty garden, yes.


Cooling

From: Spark Limited Edition UK single

Maybe I didn't like to hear
But I still can't believe Speed Racer is dead

So then I thought I'd make some plans
The fire thought she'd really rather be water instead

And Piggy got a message for me from Jesus
And I've heard every word that you have said
And I know I have been driven like the snow

This is cooling
Faster than I can
This is cooling
Faster than I can

Or do I hate what she is
Or do I want to be her
And don't we love something fresh
Anything a virgin

Woman you got too many brambles hiding under these bushes
Woman you got too many brambles
But I always liked a good storm
Always good for a storm

So then love walked up to like
I know you don't like me that much
Let's go for a ride

This ocean is wrapped around that pinapple tree
And is your place in heaven worth giving up these kisses
These kisses

And Piggy got a message for me from Jesus
And I've heard every word that you have said
And I know I have been driven like the snow

This is cooling
Faster than I can
This is cooling
Faster than I can

This is cooling
This is cooling


Daisy Dead Petals

From: Pretty Good Year Limited Edition UK single & More Pink

Daisy Dead Petals, that is her name
She's in her phone booth phase, so
Underneath the shade of a peppermint tray,
She can turn it out with a heal on she just rides into town
Knowing what they'll say, knowing they're around the corner.
Got a crack in, got a crack in some strange places.

Daisy Dead Petals, that is her name.
So maybe she tastes like a hamburger maid, well
These dead petals, honey, brought me here.
She said, "These dead petals, honey, brought me here."

Dancing on a dime, hearing mother cry,
Maybe she's around the corner.

Got a crack in, got a crack in some strange places.
On my back with, on my back with some dirty dishes.

Falling down, falling down, all over the river.
Falling down, falling down, falling down.

Wish what I'm feeling could go on like this forever.
Falling down falling down falling down.

And since we're down might as well stay,
Might as well fry some eggs
And wave to the shade of the peppermint tray.
She's a new friend not a skeleton to ride into town.
Knowing what they'll say, knowing she tastes like a hamburger
Maid, but
"These dead petals, honey, brought me here."
She said, "These dead petals, honey, brought me here."


Do It Again

Lyrics by: Steely Dan

From: Spark Limited Edition UK single

If anyone can fill in the "..."s, please e-mail me.

In the mornin' you go gunnin'
for the man who stole your water
And you fire till he is done in
but they catch you at the border
and the mourners are all singin'
as they drag you by your feet
but the hangman isn't hangin'
and they put you on the street
let's go

And you go
well you know she's no high climber
and you find your only friend
in a room with your two-timer
and you're sure you're at the end
Then you love a little wild one
that she brings you only sorrow
all the time you know she's smilin'
you'll be on your knees tomorrow

you go back, Jack
you go back, yeah
Do it again
wheels turning' round and round

you go back, Jack
Do it again

Now you swear and kick and beg us
that you're not a gamblin' man
Then you find you're back in Vegas
with a handle in your hand
Your black cards will make you money
so you hide them when you're able
In the land of milk and honey
boy, you must put them on the table

you go yeah
you go back, Jack
Do it again
wheels turnin' round, sweet boy
you go back, Jack
Do it again
yes

and can you ...
come on it's me
let's go
wheel turning round you know
wheel turning round
beautifully
wheel turning round


Down By The Seaside

From: Encomium: A Tribute to Led Zepplin

Lyrics by: Led Zeppelin

Down by the seaside
See the boats go sailin'
Can the people hear, oh
What the little fish are sayin'

Oh, oh, the people turned away
Oh, the people turned away

Down in the city streets
See all the folk go racin', racin'
No time left, no-no
To pass the time of day

Hey, hey, yeah, the people turned away
The people turned away
So far away, so far away

See how they run, see how they run, see how they run, see how they run
Run-run, run-run, run-run

Do you still do the twist
Do you find you remember things that well
I wanna tell you
Some folk twistin' every day
Though sometimes it's awful hard to tell
Ah-ha, ah-ha, ah-ha, oh

Out in the country
Hear the people singin'
Singin' 'bout their progress
Knowin' where they're goin'
Yeah, yeah

Oh, oh, oh, oh, the people turned away
Yes, the people turned away

Sing loud for the sunshine
Pray hard for the rain
And show your love for Lady Nature
And she will come back again
Yes she will, yes she will

Oh, oh, oh, the people turned away
The people turned away

Don't they know that they're goin'


Famous Blue Raincoat

Lyrics by: Leonard Cohen

From: Tower of Songs

It's four in the morning, the end of December
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening.

I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert
You're living for nothing now, I hope you're keeping some kind of record.

Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Did you ever go clear?

Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
You'd been to the station to meet every train
And you came home without Lili Marlene

And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
And when she came back she was nobody's wife.

Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
One more thin gypsy thief
Well I see Jane's awake --

She sends her regards.

And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
What can I possibly say?
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
I'm glad you stood in my way.

If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free.

Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried.

And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear --

Sincerely, L. Cohen


Flying Dutchman

From: China UK single & Past the Mission Limited Edition UK single & More Pink

Hey kid, I've got a ride for you
They say your brain is a comic book tatoo
And you'll never be anything

"What will you do with your life"
Oh, that's all you hear from noon til night

Take a trip on a rocket ship baby
Where the sea is the sky
I know the guy who runs the place
And he's out of sight

Flying Duchman, are you out there?
Flying Duchman, are you out there?
Flying Duchman, are you out there?

Straight suits, they don't understand
She tried, that one with the alligator boots
But the other side drew her in

Heart falling fast when she left
Even the milky way was dressed in black

Take a trip on a rocket ship baby
The sea is the sky
I know the guy who runs the place
And he's out of sight

Flying Duchman, are you out there?
Flying Duchman, are you out there?
Flying Duchman

Cause they can't see what you're born to be
They can't see me

They can't be what they can't believe
They can't see what you see

Keep the boys spinning in their own little world
Time up and so we won't say a word
They keep the boys spinning in their own little world
So afraid he'll be what they never were

Take a trip on a rocket ship baby
The sea is the sky
I know the guy who runs the place
And he's out of sight

Flying Duchman, are you out there?
Flying Duchman, are you out there?
Flying Duchman

Cause they can't see
Cause they can't see
Cause they can't see
Are you still out there?

They can't feel me
They can't see what I've found out
They can't see they can't see
You know you know you're jumping from a high jump
Are you still out there?
They can't see and I just move this mountain
Hide your love hide your love
So many know you know but them, oh they can't see

Cause they can't see


Frog On My Toe

From: Talula US & UK single

Poppa I know
There's a frog on my toe
Maybe I'll call him Jethro
Maybe I'll grow up to be
As wise and as good as he
And maybe I'll come back after you're long gone

Poppa I'm sure
The worms have eaten you now
And Jethro's been on some Frenchy's Plate long ago
Now I'm pretty sure that I listen to every word
cause you're still here telling me still

"Slap them boys if they're naughty
Make them crawl, make you haughty"

Make you strong, little girl
You paint them toes a reddish colour
And you know one day
You're gonna be bigger than a flea
You're gonna be bigger than that old poison ivy tree

Now I'm pretty sure
That I think you'd come and visit
And talk sometimes kind of like Gidget
A funny little chance like an Indian Brave
He said "We all grew fat when the white man came"
But one day girl you're gonna learn to make them crawl

Make them grow tall
But have the grace
To be a lady with disgrace
And you fry them potatoes
And you make them with laddies hands
I know you're my pappy's baby.


Graveyard

From: Caught A Lite Sneeze US single

Here, I said
Don't even let this go
And it's
Hey to that old man.
I'm coming in the graveyard
With my little tune,
It's June
I said she's gone but I'm alive
I'm alive
I'm coming in the graveyard
To sing you to sleep now


Happy Workers

From: Toys soundtrack

Coughing from the smoke of a black roof chimney
Marching to the beat of a hot roof over me
Hey, ho, here we go, we're off to work again
Bells are ringing, we are singing,
Joyous in our industry

I love my job
He loves his job
Pull that lever
Start the engine
Pump the water
Build the pressure
Push the piston
Press the button

Pump the water
Build the pressure
Push the piston
Press the button

It's the perfect job

Happy workers
Happy workers
Happy workers

(REPEAT CHORUS TIL END)


Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

From: Spark UK single

have yourself a merry little Christmas
let your heart be light
from now on our troubles will be out of sight

have yourself a merry little Christmas
make the Yule-tide gay
from now on out troubles will be miles away

here we are as in olden days
happy golden days of yore
faithful friends who are dear to us
gather near to us once more

through the years we all will be together
if the Fates allow
like a shining star upon the highest bow
and have yourself a merry little Christmas now


Here, In My Head

From: Crucify UK single & Past the Mission UK single & More Pink

In my head I found you there
And running around and following me
But you don't, oh, dare, now.
But I find that I have, now, more
Then I ever wanted too

So maybe Thomas Jefferson wasn't born
In your backyard like you have said and
Maybe I'm just the horizon you run to when she had left
You there, you, all here in my head and
Running around and calling me come back
I'll show you the roses and brush off the snow and
Open their petals again and again and you know that
Apple green ice cream can melt in your hands I can't so...

I, I held your hand at the fair and
Even forgot what time it was
And even Thomas Jefferson wasn't born
In your backyard like you have said and
Maybe I'm just the horizon you run to
When she has left you and me here alone on the floor,
You're counting my feathers as the bells toll
You see the bow and the belt and the girl from the south all
Fav'rite of mine you know them all well
And spring brings fresh little puddles that makes it all clear
makes it all...
Hey, do you know, hey, do you know, what this is doing to me?
Here in my head.


Home On The Range

(Cherokee addition)

From: Pretty Good Year Limited Edition UK single & God UK single

Oh give me a home
Where the buffalo roam
Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard
A discouraging word
And the skies are not cloudy all day

Home on the range
Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard
A discouraging word
And skies are not cloudy all day

Well Jackson made deals
A thief down to his heels
Had a long trail of tears
The Smokies could hide
A Cherokee bride
Her brave was shot yesterday

Home on the range
Where the deer and the antelope play
Where seldom is heard
A discouraging word
And skies are not cloudy all day

Mmm, we know it's not Caroline
Your home is your home
The range may be fine
For some but not in my eyes

Home on the range


Honey

From: Cornflake Girl UK single & Pretty Good Year UK single & Hey Jupiter US single &
Hey Jupiter/Professional Widow UK single & More Pink

A little dust never stopped me
Now he liked my shoes
I kept them on
Sometimes I can hold my
Tongue sometimes not when you
Just skip-to-lou my darling and you
Know what you're doin' so don't even

You're just too used to my honey
Now
You're just too used to my honey

And I think I could leave your
World if she was the better girl So
When we died I tried to bribe the
Undertaker cause I'm not sure
What you're doin' or the reasons

You're just too used to my honey
Now
You're just too used to my honey

Don't bother coming down I made
A friend of the western sky don't
Bother coming down
You always like your babies tight

Turn back one last time love to
Watch those cowboys ride but
Cowboys know that cowgirls ride on
The Indian side
And you know what you're doin'
Don't even


Humpty Dumpty

From: China UK single

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great big fall
All the kings horses and all the kings men
Couldn't put Humpty together again Humpty dumpty and Betty Louise
Stole a Sony and some Camembert cheese
She said "Humpty baby, take me
Oooh, yeah, take me to the river
Cause I like the way it runs, yeah,
Take me to the river
You know I like the way it runs, yeah"

He said, "Everything's going my way"
He said, "Maybe it's my la-lucky day"
And he said, "Anything you want
I can give"
She said, "I wanna take your picture
Just for me"
He said, "Anything"
She said, "Up there, baby
Get on the wall babe"

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall
And looked at her as he was falling
All the kings horses and all the kings men
Couldn't put Humpty together again

Hey, Betty Louise
Hey, Betty Louise
She said, "I like custard in the summer, honey
Oh yeah, what it takes to be queen
Hey, what it takes to be queen
What it takes to be...oh


Hungarian Wedding Song

From: Caught A Lite Sneeze UK single

When you said you'd marry me
I thought you meant you'd wanted too
Then I thought you'd like to
Maybe on a Tuesday

All the dead are coming
I heard they'll be dressing
Something kind of maggoty
Rolling with froppity


If 6 Was 9

Lyrics by: Jimi Hendrix

From: Cornflake Girl Limited Edition UK single

If the sun refused to shine
I don't how
I don't mind

If the mountains fell in the sea
Let it be
It ain't me

Got my own world to live through
Ain't gonna come near you

If a 6 turned out to be 9
I don't know how
I don't mind

If the hippies cut off their hair
I don't care
I don't care

I've got my own world to live through
Ain't gonna come near you

If the sun refused to shine...

What child is this...
What child is this...
What child is this...
What child is this...
What child is this...
What child is this...
What child is this...
What child is this...
What child is this...?


I'm On Fire

Lyrics by: Bruce Sprinsteen

From: VH-1 Crossroads

Hey little girl is your daddy home
Did he go away and leave you all alone
I got a bad desire
I'm on fire

Tell me now baby is he good to you
Can he do to you the things that I do
I can take you higher
I'm on fire

Sometimes it's like someone tooh a knife baby
Edgy and dull and cut a six-inch valley
Through the middle of my soul

At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet
And a freight train running through the
Middle of my head
Only you can cool my desire
I'm on fire


Landslide

Lyrics by: Stevie Nicks

From: In concert

I took my love, I took it down
Climbed a mountain and I turned around
I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
'Till the landslide brought me down

Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love
Can the child within my heart rise above
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides
Can I handle the seasons of my life

Well, I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm getting older too

Oh, take my love, take it down
Climb a mountain and turn around
If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Will the landslide bring it down

If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well the landslide will bring it down.


Little Drummer Boy

Traditional

From: KROQ Radio charity cassette & More Pink

Coming soon.


London Girls

Lyrics by: Chas & Dave

From: Caught A Lite Sneeze Limited Edition UK & Talula UK single

Some people sing about Deutsch(e) girls
And girls from California
They might be alright for a night alright
But don't trust them I warn ya
I've been to the east and I've been out west
And I've been the world around
But I ain't seen no one anywhere near
A girl from London town

Give me a London Girl every time
I've got to find one
I've made up my mind
Give me a London Girl every time
I want a London Girl

Marry a girl from London town
You know that you can trust her
She'll darn your socks
And wash your
Yes everytime your trousers won't bust 'em
Yes
And they're all good cooks
And they've got good looks
And they won't lead you down
Said I gotta find a London Girl
If I ever get to have a chance

Oh give me a London Girl every time
I've got to find one
I've made up my mind
Give me a London Girl every time
I want a London Girl

London Girls are the best in the world
There ain't no doubt about it
If you can't find a girl from La-London town
You're better off doin' without it
They don't grate when you come home late
And you're crawlin' up the passage floor
They won't mock about you
When you're going out with
The geezer from the house next door

Oh give me a London girl every time
I've got to find one
I've made up my mind
I said honey give me a London girl babe
Every little day
Your legs turn to jelly
And I got a little smelly
But I know it's just what I want

Cause I need a London girl, oh, every time
They've always got a pound
To buy their round
When it's their turn at the bar


Losing My Religion

Lyrics by: Michael Stipe

From: Higher Learning soundtrack

Life is bigger
It's bigger than you
And you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh no I've said too much
I set it up

That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no I've said too much
I haven't said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

Every whisper
Of every waking hour I'm
Choosing my confessions
Trying to keep an eye on you
Like a hurt lost and blinded fool
Oh no I've said too much
I set it up

Consider this
The hint of the century
Consider this
The slip that brought me
To my knees failed
What if all these fantasies
Come flailing around
Now I've said too much
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

But that was just a dream
That was just a dream


Love Song

Lyrics by: The Cure

From: In concert

Whenever I'm alone with you you make me feel
Like I am home again whenever I'm alone with
You you make me feel like I am whole again

Whenever I'm alone with you you make me feel
Like I am young again whenever I'm alone with
You you make me feel like I am fun again

However far away I will always love you however
Long I stay I will always love you whatever
Words I say I will always love you I will always
Love you

Whenever I'm alone with you you make me feel
Like I am free again whenever I'm alone with
You you make me feel like I am clean again

However far away I will always love you however
Long I stay I will always love you whatever
Words I say I will always love you I will always
Love you


Mary

From: Crucify UK single

Everybody wants something from you,
Everybody want a piece of Mary
Lush valley all dressed in green
Just ripe for the picking

God I want to get you out of here,
You can ride in a pink Mustang.
When I think of what we've done to you

Oh, Mary, can you hear me?

Growing up isn't always fun,
They tore your dress and stole your ribbons.
They see you cry, they lick their lips,
But butterflies don't belong in nets.

Oh Mary, can you hear me?
Mary, you're bleeding
Mary, don't be afraid
We're just waking up
And I hear help is on the way

Mary, can you hear me ?
Mary, like Jimmy said
Mary, don't be afraid
'Cause even the wind...
Even the wind cries your name

Everybody wants you sweetheart,
Everybody got a dream of glory
Las Vegas got a pin-up girl
They got her armed as they buy and sell her

Rivers of milk are running dry,
Can't you hear the dolphins crying?
What'll we do when our babies scream?
Fill their mouths with some acid rain?

Oh Mary, can you hear me?
Mary, you're bleeding
Mary, don't be afraid
We're just waking up
And i hear help is on the way

Mary, can you hear me?
Mary, like Jimmy said
Mary, don't be afraid
'Cause even the wind...
Even the wind cries your name

Na nay nay nay nay, na na na nay nay
Na nay nay nay nay, na na na nay nay, ooh ooh
Na nay nay nay nay, na na na nay

Oh butterflies don't belong in nets

Oh Mary, can you hear me?
Mary, you're bleeding
Mary, don't be afraid
We're just waking up
And I hear help is on the way

Mary, can you hear me?
Mary, like Jimmy said
Mary, don't be afraid
'Cause even the wind...
Even the wind cries your name
'Cause even the wind cries your name
'Cause even the wind cries your name
Cries your name...
Cries your name...
Cries your name...


Merman

From: Special ftch Internet-Only Download

Go to bed, the priests are dead
Now no one can call you back
Go to bed, the priests are dead
Finally you're on peppermint at last

He's a merman
He doesn't need your voice
He's a merman

Go to bed, dream instead
And you will find him
He's a merman to the knee
Doesn't need something you're not willing to give
He's a merman
Doesn't need your voice to cross his lands of ice

Go to bed, the priests are dead
Now no one can call you back
Go to bed, the priests are dead
Finally you found out
Who could ever say you're not simply wonderful
Who could ever harm you

Sleep now
You're my little God

Go to bed, the priests are dead
Go and sing it all again
Go to bed, past the apple orchard
And you'll feel nice

Two can play
I said, two can play


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