A Fire in the Sky
The Word of Tori!
B-sides, Pt. 2 (N-Z)
Never Seen Blue
From:
Some boy you are
To take me by the hand
Through an elevator
Got a little red line
That tells you, boy
Where the razor's been
You said, girl if you think
You can turn that violator
You'll finally be that woman
Yes, finally be that woman
That's been frozen in that pretty silver girl
And I've never seen blue
Like the blues he drives
In and around and through me again
Said I've never seen eyes
Like the blues he drives
In and around and through me again
Through me again
Through me again
Some boy you are
To wear my color red
To wear it very proudly
Wear it like a lady knows how to cross her legs
Where a birdy's been
I've never seen blue
Like the blues he drives
In and around and through me again
Said I've never seen eyes
Like the blues he drives
In and around and through me again
Through me again
Through me yes
Say goodbye
Purple People (Christmas in Space)
From: Silent All These Years Limited Edition single
Turning back ten thousand years
It's all a blur where the taxi's go
Monster man a willing friend
Lucy serves the melon cold
Violent and delicious souls
Four red trucks dressed illegally
Mother knows how the bugle blows
Gonna get caught in her rug babe
This is not a conclusion
No revolution
Just a little confusion
On where your head has been
Boats made out of paper float dreams
Made up for the Banana King
Darling crumbs you have lapped freely
Of devious we all have been
Violent and delicious souls
This is not a conclusion
No revolution
Just a little confusion
On where your head has been
Purple People (Christmas in Space)
From: Spark UK single
Well hey do you do judo when they surround you
A little mental yoga will they disappear
It's grim but never dubious as motives go
No matter what it takes she promises a show
Thunder wishes it could be the snow
Wishes it could be as loud as she can be
These gifts are here
For her
For you
For me
I watch me be this other thing and never know
If I'm around or where the purple people go
And lily white mattresscide from vicious words
It doesn't leave a scratch so therefor no one's hurt
Thunder wishes it could be the snow
Wishes it could be as loud as she can be
These gifts are here
For her
For you
For me
And on and on the nurses make it clear
Just when you escape
You have yourself to fear
A restaurant that never has to close
Breakfast every hour
It could save the world
So hey do you do judo in your finery
An angel's face is tricky to wear constantly
Thunder wishes it could be the snow
Wishes it could be as loud as she can be
These gifts are here
For her
For you
For me
For her
For her
Purple Rain
Lyrics by: Prince
From: In concert
I never meant to cause you any sorrow
I never meant to cause you any pain
I only wanted to one time see you laughing
I only wanted to see you laughing in the purple rain
Purple rain, Purple rain
Purple rain, Purple rain
Purple rain, Purple rain
I only wanted to see you bathing in the purple rain
I never wanted to be your weekend lover
I only wanted to be some kind of friend
Baby I could never steal you from another
It's such a shame our friendship had to end
Purple rain Purple rain
Purple rain Purple rain
Purple rain Purple rain
I only wanted to see you underneath the purple rain
Honey I know, I know, I know times are changing
It's time we all reach out for something new
That means you too
You say you want a leader
But you can't seem to make up your mind
I think you better close it
And let me guide you to the purple rain
Purple rain Purple rain
Purple rain Purple rain
If you know what I'm singing about up here
C'mon raise your hand
Purple rain Purple rain
I only want to see you, only want to see you
In the purple rain
Ring My Bell
Lyrics by: Anita Ward
From: Ruby Trax compilation
I'm glad you're home
I bet you really missed me
I guess you did by the look in your eye
Lay back and relax
I put away the dishes
Then you and me can rock-a-bye
You can ring my bell
Ring my bell
['cause baby you]
You can ring my bell
Ring my bell
The night is young
and full of possibilities
Come on and let yourself be yourself
[yourself be free]
My love for you so long I've been saving
Tonight was made for me and you
You can ring my bell
Ring my bell
['cause baby you]
You can ring my bell
Ring my bell
Anything you like
Come on, yeah
I'm getting over my falling clover
There was a time, I said to you
There was a time, I said to you
When I'm with him, do it to you
Do it to you, do it, you know
You can ring my bell
Ring my bell
Rubies And Gold
From: ??
Rubies and Gold
star of my moonlight
warmer than roses in spring
The kingdoms were sold
to hold their beauty, well
I'd sell my life anyway
just to say I held their heart in my arms
there's strength in my soul
Rubies and Gold
are you to me
You're a jewel upon my chest
warming my heart with your kisses,
a peaceful way to rest
fullfilling my life long wishes
And silently you're watching me
stroking my cheek with your hand
your eyes are deep yet filled with tears
I've never seen so much love in a man.
Rubies and Gold
star of my moonlight
warmer than roses in spring
The kingdoms were sold
to hold their beauty, well
I'd sell my life anyway
just to say I held their heart in my arms
there's strength in my soul
Rubies and Gold
you are to me
Samurai
From: Caught A Lite Sneeze Limited Edition UK single & Talula US single
[spoken: "you do your thing"]
My samurai said going to the sanctuary
I knew about my love too
My samurai done making a liar of me when
To be happy
To be you
He says
My samurai take me down to the sanctuary
And I'm free
Gonna be
You know me
You know me
I said I'm gonna be
Gonna be
You know me
My samurai taking my face
And she's sticking it on a daisy
And you
[spoken: "I think I cut that one too. I get the Samurai Book out and just read words"]
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
by Shel Silverstein
From: KZON Radio charity cassette
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout would not take the garbage out
She'd scour the pots and scrape the pans
Candy the yams and spice the hams
And though her daddy would scream and shout
She simply would not take the garbage out
And so it piled up to the ceilings
Coffee grounds, potato peelings
Brown bananas, rotten peas
Chunks of sour cottage cheese
It filled the can, it covered the floor
It cracked the windows and blocked the door
With bacon rinds and chicken bones
Drippy ends of ice cream cones
Prune pits, peach pits, orange peel
Gloppy clumps of cold oatmeal
Pizza crusts and withered greens
Soggy beans and tangerines
Crusts of black, burnt, buttered toast
Grissly bits of beefy roasts
The garbage rolled on down the hall
It raised the roof, it broke the wall
Greasy napkins, cookie crumbs
Globs of gooey bubblegum
Cellophane from green bologna
Rubbery, blubbery macaroni
Peanut butter, caked and dried
Curdled milk and crusts of pie
Moldy melons, dried up mustard
Egg shells mixed with lemon custard
Cold french fries and rancid meat
Yellow lumps of cream o' wheat
At last the garbage reached so high
That finally it touched the sky
And all the neighbors moved away
And none of her friends would come to play
And finally Sarah Cynthia Stout said
Okay, I'll take the garbage out
But then, of course, it was too late
The garbage reached across the state
From New York to the Golden Gate
And there in the garbage she did hate
Poor Sarah led an awful fate
That I can not right now relate
Because the hour is much too late
But children, remember Sarah Stout
And always take the yummy garbage out
Sister Janet
From: Cornflake Girl US & UK single & More Pink
Master Shamen I have come
With my dolly from the shadow side
With a demon and an englishman
I'm my mother
I'm my son
Nobody else is slipping the blade in easy
Nobody else is slipping the blade in the marmalade
All the angels all the wizards black and white
Are lighting candles in our hands
Can you feel them touching hands before our eyes
And I can even see sweet Maryanne
Sister Janet you have come
From the woman clothed with the sun
Your veil is quietly becoming none
Call the wanderer he has gone
And all those up there are making it look so easy
With your perfect wings
A wing can cover all sorts of things
Sister Named Desire
From: Talula UK single
Got a sister named Desire
They don't let you like those little boys
By their house
On the back yard swing
I know of it cause
I thought we told some little sweet stories
In the parking lot
They say that girl lost her sway
The say that girl lost her sway that day
Mm mm mm mm mm, mm mm
God I'd like to drag him for a long way 'cause maybe I
Then I'd just cry a little tear near him
To that sleepy safe place
And I'm gonna take him by myself if I'v got to go
Don't let you know, let you know where she goes to
with those, me as I interfere
That girl lost her sway
They say that girl lost her sway that day
Mm, mm, mm, mm
Teach me about them old worlds big brother
And in an elevator
Where somebody can get out
With the sound
They say that girl lost her sway
Just watch it
Just watch it slip through my hands, Boy
Watch it go
Oh, what you know, ooh
I guess
I see
Just see
'Cause she still can sway
Na na na na na na
Na na na
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Lyrics by: Kurt Cobain
From: CrucifyUS EP & Winter Limited Edition UK single
Load up on guns and
Bring your friends
It's fun to lose
And to pretend
She's over bored
And self assured
Oh no, I know
A dirty word
Hello hello hello hello
With the lights out it's less dangerous
Here we are now entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My Libido
Yeah
I'm worse at what I do best
And for this gift I feel blessed
A little group Is all it's been
And always will be until the end
Hello hello hello hello
With the lights out it's less dangerous
Here we are now entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My libido
Yeah
And I forget
Just why I taste
Oh yeah, I guess it makes me smile
I found it hard
It was hard to find
Oh well, whatever
Nevermind
Hello hello hello hello
With the lights out it's less dangerous
Here we are now entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My libido
Yeah, a denial
A denial
A denial...
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Music and Lyrics by: E. Y. "Yip" Harburg and Harold Arlen
From: Hey Jupiter US EP
Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
There's a place, a land, that I heard of
Once in a lullabye
Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dream that you dare to dream
Really does come true
One day I wish upon a star
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemondrops
Way upon the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me
Somewhere over the rainbow
Blue birds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why, oh why, can't I?
Where troubles melt like lemondrops
Way upon the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me
Somewhere over the rainbow
Blue birds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why, oh why can't I?
Mmmuh.....
Mmmm......
Song For Eric
From: Silent All These Years Limited Edition single
I wait all day for my sailor and sometimes he comes
See you over hill and dale
Riding on the wind I see
You know me, you know me like the nightingale
"Oh fair maiden I see you standing there"
Will you hold me for just a fair time
The tune is playing in the fair night
I see you in my dreams
Fair boy your eyes haunt me
Strange Fruit
Lyrics by: Lewis Anderson
Originally sung by: Billie Holiday
From: Cornflake Girl Limited Edition UK single
Southern trees bear strange fruit
Blood on the leaves
Blood at the root
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
Pastoral scene of the gallant south
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
The scent of magnolia sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh
Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather
For the wind to suck
For the sun to rot
For the tree to drop
Here is a strange and bitter crop
Sugar
From: China UK single & Hey Jupiter US single &
Hey Jupiter/Professional Widow UK single & More Pink
Don't say morning's come
Don't say it's up to me
If I could take 25 minutes
Out of the record books.
Sugar
He brings me sugar
Bobby's collecting bees
And hammers, he used one on me.
Cold war with little boys
Get in with a bubble gum trade...
And sugar
Bring me sugar
And all the robins bring
Bring me many things but...
Sugar
He brings me sugar
As far as I can tell
I've been gone for miles now
And you know, and I know
I don't know me very well
And I know, and you know
if they found me out.
Sugar
He brings me sugar
And all the robins bring
They bring me many things but...
Sugar
He brings me sugar
And all the robins bring
They bring many things but...
Sugar
Oh, sugar...
Sugar
Ah, Sugar
Sugar..
You...
Ah, ha...
Sweet Dreams
From: Winter US & UK singles
"Lies, lies, lies everywhere," said the father to the son
You're peppermint breath gonna choke him to death daddy
Watch your little black sheep run
He's got knives in his back everytime he opens up
You say "You gotta be strong if you wants to be a man"
Mr. I don't know how you can have
Sweet Dreams
Sweet Dreams
Land, land of Liberty we're run by a constipated man
When you live in the past you refuse to see
When your daughter comes home 9 months pregnant
With 5 billion points of light
Gonna shine them on the face of your friends
They've got the Earth in a sling
The world on her knees
They've even got your zipper between their teeth
Sweet Dreams
Sweet Dreams
You say you have 'em
I say that you're a liar
Go on and dream
Your house is on fire
Well well
Summer wind been catching up with me
"Elephant mind missy you don't have
You're forgettin to fly darlin when you sleep"
I got hazy lazy Susan takin turns all over my dreams
I got lizards and snakes runnin' through my body
Funny how they all have my face
Sweet Dreams
Sweet Dreams
Take To The Sky
From: Winter US & UK single & More Pink
This house is like Russia
With eyes cold and grey
You got me moving in a circle
I dyed my hair red today
I just want a little passion
To hold me in the dark
I know I've got some magic
Buried deep in my heart yeah
But my priest says
You ain't savin no souls
My father says
You ain't makin any money
My doctor says
You just took it to the limit
And here I stand
With this sword in my hand
You can say it one more time
What you don't like
Let me hear it one more time then
Have a seat while I
Take to the sky
My heart is like the ocean
It gets in the way
So close to touching freedom
Then I hear the guards call my name
If you don't like me just a little
Why do you hang around
There she goes again
Wearing those purple panties
There she goes again
Wearing her heart
There she goes again
Why do you take it
But my priest says
You ain't savin no souls
My father says
You ain't makin any money
My doctor says
You just took it to the limit
And here I stand
With this sword in my hand
You can say it one more time
What you don't like
Let me hear it one more time then
Have a seat while I
Take to the sky
Thank You
Lryics by: Led Zepplin
From: Crucify US EP
If the sun refused to shine,
I would still be lovin' you.
When mountains crumble to the sea,
There'll still be you and me.
Kind woman, I give you my all,
Kind woman, nothing more.
Little drops of rain whisper of the pain,
Tears of loves lost in the days gone by.
My love is strong, with you there is no wrong,
Together we shall go until we die.
My, my, my,
Inspiration's what you are to me,
Inspiration, look see.
And so today, my world it smiles,
Your hand in mine, we walk the miles,
Thanks to you it will be done,
For you to me are the only one.
Happiness, no more be sad,
Happiness....I'm glad.
That's What I Like, Mick (The Sandwich Song)
Lyrics by: Chas Hodges & Dave Peacock
From: Caught A Lite Sneeze Limited Edition US single
Cheese and onion sandwiches on derby chinaware
Fiddles and jigs and woogie my dog and TV havin' a swear
Takin' my dad for a pint or two, a sunday morning stroll
Licorice pipes and baggy suits, glen hoddle scorin' a goal
Catchin' a pike and ridin' my bike on wooden wheels and a
Bowl of eels
Yes... That's what I like, boy
That's what I like
Pie and mash and liquor walking about in the rain
William brookes and comical looks, pianos, trams and trains
Colds and cockles and thunderstorms, place on the wireless and now
Grandfather clocks and coke and brandy, fountain pens and
Pinot and dante
That's what I like, I said
Hey, that's what I like
Little pubs out in the country, Mother Pearl and Bernard Faire
The sound of a banjo, barbershop singing and having a kid in the chair
Butter on toast, a beer from the wood and old Jerry Thomas' teeth
Jerry and chuck and cannon and ball, a banjo pickin' Bill Keith
And old bank loads, wood burnin' stoves and shirley maclaine
And petticoat la-ane
That's what I like, I said
That's what I like, yes boy
Yes, that's just, ohh
Bubble and squeak and jumble says Little Richard and Jerry Lee
Bonfire night and south and that's paddlin' in the sea
Polished brass and copper, Salvation Army bands
Violins and old coach inns and colored elastic bands
Tea in the mornin' and winter beginnin' and fishin' rods
And frogs and spurs and winning years
Yes that's what I like
Hey that's what I like
A day at the races cover the bases goin' doin bar hoppin in Kent
A new pair of braces, little kids faces sleeping under the tent
And wagons, chickens and pickin' blackberries and swallows and sledges
And devon and derries
And haddock and trotters and horses and knickers and
Swatters and stickers
And banjo and kippers
Yeah, that's what I like, boy
That's what I like.
The Pool
From: Winter US & UK single
One with her hands
Open
"Don't Be afraid" she said
"No one will know it -
Just you and me"
And when it's over
I'll go back
This Old Man
From: Caught A Lite Sneeze US & UK single
This old man
He played one
He played knick knack on my thumb
With a knick knack paddywhack
Give your dog a bone
This old man came rolling home.
This old man
He played two
He played knick knack on my shoe
With a knick knack paddywhack
Give your dog a bone.
This old man
He played three
He played knick knack on my knee
With a knick knack
Paddywhack
This old man.
This old man
He played four
He played knick knack on my door
With a knick knack paddywhack
Give your dog a bone
This old man came rolling home.
This old man
He play ten
He played knick knack on my shin
On my shin.
Thoughts
From: Silent All These Years UK single
Thoughts right now
I picked up a magazine
Ohh here we go
Fifteen hundred years,
Fifteen hundred years right here
Burning witches, burning books
Burning babies and their looks
Yes, indeed
Burning everything that's sacred in my jeans
Thoughts right now
She's been everybody else's girl
Thoughts right now
Now...
Thoughts right now
Right now
Am I here
Am I here
Never here...
I'm never here
I'm never here
I'm never here
Never a bird
Or a flower in the tree
Or the pain of the respect thereof
Yes, indeed!
Thoughts right now
What will become of me?
Become of her?
Become of we, baby?
Yeah...
Till The Chicken
From: Talula UK single
So some say she got green enough field
And some say she got too many strings
With petticoats out and goin hall gown
The sweetest nylon no not where she's gone
Gonna raise his tail and wraggle his wings
Some say she got plenty of stockings
Some say she got some divas and kramer
Why all this spare then shaking her tail
The sweetest nylon no not where she's gone
Gonna raise his tail and wraggle his wings
Until the little chicken come home
Toodles Mr. Jim
From: Caught A Lite Sneeze US & UK single
Toodles Mr. Jim
You cherry picker
Toodles I say, so long
Hear that your grave's a little warm you stickler
Sing 'em all your happy song
It's today
Today Sunday
By your grave.
I say toodles Mr. Jim
You cherry picker
Taught me so well
How to spell those red in
And
And
Hey
You know she deserved that nose
Splattered and swattered blood in my hands
Not a nice day for your little girl
But you came to my aid instead.
Now, now it's toodles Mr. Jim
You cherry picker
Build that ladder well
Teach me just where those boys can climb
When they've got a spell.
Toodles Mr. Jim
You are my sweet favourite neighbor of them all
Of them
Girls go to their parties
I don't care
Cause I'm with you
Still
That was Toodles Mr. Jim.
Mr. Jim died
Two weeks ago
And he taught me how to pick cherries
And I punched his daughter in the nose
Because she was mean
Mr. Jim was good.
Upside Down
From: Silent All These Years UK & Winter US single &
Past the Mission Limited Edition UK single & More Pink
God I love to turn my little blue world upside down
God I love to turn my little blue world upside down
Inside my head the noise
Chatter, chatter, chatter, chatter, chatter
You see I'm afraid I'll always be
Still coming out of my mother upside down
Don't you love to turn this little blue girl upside down ?
Oh I know you love to turn this little blue girl baby upside down
But my heart it says
You been shatter, shatter, shatter, shatter, shattered
And I know you're still a boy
Still coming out of your mother
But when you gonna stand on your own ?
I say the world is sick
You say "Tell me what that makes us darlin'"
You see, you always find my faults
Faster than you find your own
You say the world is getting rid of her demons
I say "Baby what have you been smoking ?"
Well I dreamed, I dreamed...
I dreamed I loved a black boy
My daddy would scream
Oh yeah
Don't you love to turn this little blue girl upside down?
Any kind of touch I think is better than none even upside down
But you see I'm tangled up
Got a kitten, kitten, kitten, kitten in my hair
Cincinnati, I like the word
It's the only thing we can seem to turn upside down
Well I found (found) the secret (secret) to life
I found (found) the secret to life (secret of life)
I'm okay when everything is not okay
I said I found (found) the secret (secret) to life
I found (found) the secret to life (secret of life)
I'm okay when everything is not okay
Is not okay
Oh, we turn and we turn our little blue world upside down
I said, don't we love to turn our little blue world baby upside down ?
Inside my head a voice
Chatter, chatter, chatter, chatter, chatter
And it says "Girl you're all the same
Still coming out of your mothers
Still coming out of your mothers upside down"
Walking With You
From: Baltimore single
Walking with you
Hand in palm, palm in hand
It's great to be your special friend
I wonder if you'll ever land
Next to my heart where you belong
Walking along
Singing a song
Walking with you
Walking with you
Heart in steps, step on beach
Beach in sun, have some fun
It's great to be your special friend
I wonder if you'll ever hand
Over your heart to me
Walking along
Smiling our song
Walking with you
I know a place, where you can stay
Footsteps to a door open all day
Walking with you walking with you
Walking....
Walking with you
Life in eyes, light in your eye-eyes
I know you love me too.
Walking with you...
Walking with you...
Walking with you...
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
Wrapped Around Your Finger
Lyrics by: Sting
From: In concert
You may consider me the young apprentice
Caught between the Scylla and Charibdes.
Hypnotized by you if I should linger
Staring at the ring on your finger
I have only come here seeking knowledge,
Things they wouldn't teach me in college
I can see the destiny you sold
Turned into a shining band of gold
I'll be wrapped around your finger
I'll be wrapped around your finger
I'll be wrapped around your finger
Mephistopheles is not your name
But I know what you're up to just the same
I will listen hard to your tuition
And you will see it come to its fruition
I'll be wrapped around your finger
I'll be wrapped around your finger
I'll be wrapped around your finger
Devil and the deep blue sea behind me
Vanish in the air you'll never find me
I will turn your face to alabaster
Then you will find your servant is your master
And you'll be wrapped around my finger...
All songs written by Tori Amos, unless otherwise noted. Tori's songs are © 1991 - 1998 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International, Inc. for the world outide of the United States. All rights reserved.
