Little Earthquakes
Every finger in the room is pointing at me
I wanna
spit in their
faces then I get afraid of what that could bring
I got a bowling
ball in my somach, I got a desert in my mouth
Figures
that my courage would choose to sell out now
I've been
looking for a savior in these dirty streets
Looking for a
savior beneath these dirty sheets
I've been raising up my
hands- drive another nail in
Just what God needs, one
more victim
Why do we crucify ourselves
Everyday I
crucify myself
Nothing I do is good enough for
you
Crucify myself
Everyday I crucify myself
and my heart is sick of being in chains
Got a kick for a
dog, beggin' for love
Gotta have my suffering so that I
can have my cross
I know a cat named easter, he says will
you ever learn
You're just an empty cage girl if you kill
the bird
I've been looking for a savior in these dirty
streets
Looking for a savior beneath these dirty
sheets
I've been raising up my hands- drive another nail
in
Got enough guilt to start my own religion
Why do we
crucify ourselves
Everyday I crucify myself
Nothing I
do is good enough for you
Crucify myself
Everyday I crucify myself
and
my heart is sick of being in chains
Please be
Save
me
I cry
Looking for a savior in these dirty
streets
Looking for a savior beneath these dirty
sheets
I've been raising up my hands- drive another nail
in
Where are those angels when you need them
Why do
we crucify ourselves From in the
shadow she calls She's been everybody else's girl, maybe one day
she'll be her own And in the doorway they stay She's been
everybody else's girl, maybe one day she'll be her
own Everyone else's girl maybe one day she'll be
her own And in the
mist there she rides Excuse me but can I be you for a
while Been saved again by the garbage truck But what
if I'm a mermaid So
you found a girl who thinks really deep
thoughts My scream got
lost in a paper cup Cause what if I'm a mermaid Years go by will I still be
waiting Well I love the way we
communicate Your mother shows up in a nasty
dress But
what if I'm a mermaid So I ran faster These precious
things He said you're really an
ugly girl These precious
things I remember These
precious things Precious Snow
can wait, I forgot my mittens I run off where the drifts
get deeper He says when you gonna make up your
mind Boys get discovered as winter
melts Mirror mirror where's
the crystal palace When you gonna make up your mind Hair
is grey and the fires are burning When you
gonna make up your mind Never
change All the white horses And if I die today I'll be the happy phantom Oo who- The time is
getting closer So if I die today I'll be the happy phantom Oo whoo-
The time is gettin closer Or will I see you dear and wish I could come back Oo who- The time is getting closer And if I die today China all the way to New
York Sometimes I think you
want me to touch you China decorates our table Sometimes I think you want to me to touch
you China
all the way to New York Sometimes I think you want me to touch you I can feel the distance getting
close Look I'm standing naked
before you Oh god could it be the weather I could just pretend that you love me Oh god could it be the weather I almost ran over an angel Oh god could it be the weather Oh god could it be the
weather Go go go go
now First my left foot then my right behind the other Mother the car is here I walked into your
dream Dripping with blood and with time and with your
advice Mother the car is here I escape into your escape into First my left foot then my right behind the
other Oo who mother Mother mother mother All the world
just stopped now Neil says hi by the way All the world is Maybe I ain't used to Maybe it's time to wave goodbye now Caught a ride with the moon All the world is 5am friday morning, thursday night, far from sleep It was me and a gun and a man on my back You can laugh, It's
kind of funny the things you think times like these Yes I wore a slinky red thing, does
that mean I should spred It
was me and a gun and a man on my back And I know what this means, me and Jesus a few
years back It was me and a gun and a man on my back And do you know Carolina where
the biscuits are soft and sweet Me and a gun and a man on my back Yellow bird
flying gets shot in the wing Oh these
little earthquakes We danced in
graveyards with vampires till dawn Oh these little earthquakes I can't reach you Give me life, give me
pain Oh these little earthquakes
Everyday I crucify
myself
Nothing I do is good enough for you
Crucify
myself
Everyday I crucify myself
And my heart is
sick of being in chainsGirl
and in the shadows she finds a
way
and in the shadow she crawls
Clutching her
faded photograph, my image under her thumb
Yes with a
message for my heart
Yes with a message for my
heart
Everybody else's girl, maybe one day
she'll be her own
and
laugh as violins fill with water
Screams from the
bluebells can't make them go away
Well I'm not
seventeen but I've cuts on my knees
Falling down as
the winter takes one more cherry tree
Everybody else's girl, maybe one day she'll be
her own
Rushin' rivers thread so thin
limitation
Everyone else's girl maybe one day she'll
be her own
Dreams with the flying pigs turbid blue
and the drugstores too safe
in their coats and in
their do's yeah
Everyone else's girl maybe one day
maybe one day one day she'll be her own
and castles are burning in my
heart
and as I twist I hold tight
and I ride to
work every morning wondering why
"Sit in the chair
and be good now"
and become all that they told
you
The white coats enter her room
and I'm callin'
my baby, callin' my baby, callin' my baby,
callin'
Everybody else's girl, maybe one day she'll
be her ownSilent All These
Years
My dog won't bite if you sit real
still
I got the anti-Christ in the kitchen
yellin' at me again
Yeah I can hear
that
I
got something to say you know but nothing
comes
Yes I know what you think of me- you
never shut up
Yeah I can hear that
in these jeans of his with
her name still on it
Hey but I don't care cause
sometimes, I said sometimes
I hear my voice
and it's been here
Silent all these years
What's so amazing about really deep
thoughts
Boy you best pray that I bleed real
soon
How's that thought for ya
You think there's a heaven
where some screams have gone
I got 25 bucks
and a cracker, go you think it's enough
to get
us there
in these
jeans of his with her name still on it
Hey but
I don't care cause sometimes, I said sometimes
I
hear my voice and it's been here
Silent all
these years
for somebody else to
understand
Years go by if I'm stripped of my
beauty
and the orange cloud raining in my
head
Years go by will I choke on my
tears
till finally there is nothing
left
One more casualty
You know we're too
easy easy easy
Your eyes focus on my funny lip
shade
Let's hear what you think of me
now but baby don't look up
The sky is
falling
It's your turn now to stand where I
stand
Everybody lookin' at you, here take a
hold of my hand
Yeah I can hear them
in these jeans of his
with her name still on it
Hey but I don't care
cause sometimes, I said sometimes
I hear my
voice
I hear my voice
I hear my
voice
and it's been here
Silent all these
years
I've been here
Silent all these years
Precious
Things
but it caught me
here
Yes my loyalties turned
like my
ankle
in the seventh grade
Running after
Billy
Running after the rain
Let them bleed, let them wash
away
These precious things
Let them break
their hold over me
but I like the way you play
and I
died
but I thanked him
Can you believe that
sick sick
Holding on to his
picture
Dressing up every day
I wanna smash
the faces
of those beautiful boys
those
Christian boys
So you can make me cum
That
doesn't make you Jesus
Let them bleed, let them wash
away
These precious things
Let them break
their hold over me
Yes in my
peach party dress
No one dared, no one cared
to tell me
where the pretty girls are
Those
demigods
with their nine inch nails
and
little fascist panties tucked
inside
the heart of every nice grrl
Let them bleed, let them wash
away
These precious things
Let them break,
let them wash away
These precious
things
Let them bleed now, let them wash
away
These precious things
Let them break
their hold over
me
PreciousWinter
Wipe my nose,
get my new boots on
I get a little warm in my
heart when I think of winter
I put my hand in
my father's glove
Sleeping beauty trips me with a
frown
I hear a voice "You must learn to stand
up for yourself
cause I can't always be
around"
When you gonna love you as much as I
do
When you gonna make up your mind
Cause
things are gonna change so fast
All the white
horses are still in bed
I tell you that I'll
always want you near
You say that things
change my dear
Flowers competing for the sun
Years
go by and I'm here still waiting
Withering
where some snowman was
but I only can see
myself
Skating around the truth who I
am
but I know, Dad, the ice is getting
thing
When
you gonna love you as much as I do
When you
gonna make up your mind
Cause things are gonna
change so fast
All the white horses are still
in bed
I tell you that I'll always want you
near
You say that things change my dear
So many
dreams on the shelf
You say I wanted you to be
proud
I always wanted that myself
When you gonna love
you as much as I do
When you gonna make up
your mind
Cause things are gona change so
fast
All the white horses have gone ahead
I
tell you that I'll always want you near
You
say that things change my dearHappy
Phantom
and I'll go
chasin' the nuns out in the yard
and I'll run naked through the streets
without my mask on
and I will never need umbrellas in the rain
I'll
wake up in strawberry fields everday
and the atrocities of school I can
forgive
The happy phantom has no right to bitch
Oo who- Time to be a ghost
Oo who- Everyday we're
getting closer
The sun is getting dim
Will we pay for who we
been
And I'll go wearin'
my naughties like a jewel
They'll be my ticket to the universal
opera
There's Judy Garland taking Buddha by the hand
and then these
seven little men get up to dance
They say Confucius does his crossword
with a pen
I'm still the angle to the girl who hates to sin
Oo who- The time to be a ghost
Oo who-
Everyday we're getting closer
The sun is getting dim
Will I pay for
who I been
You
found a girl that you could truly love again
Will you still call for me
when she falls asleep
or do we soon forget the things we cannot
see
Oo who- The time to be a
ghost
Oo who- Everyday we're getting closer
The sun is getting
dim
Will I pay for who I been
And if I die
today
And if I die today
Chasin' nuns out in the
yardChina
I can feel the
distance getting close
You're right next to me
but I need an
airplane
I can feel the distance as you breathe
How can I when you build a great wall around
you
In your eyes I saw a future together
You just look away in the
distance
Funny how the cracks don't seem to
show
Pour the wine dear
You say we'll take a holiday
But we never
can agree on where to go
How can I when you build a great wall around you
In your
eyes I saw a future together
You just look away in the distance
Maybe you got lost in Mexico
You're right
next to me
I think that you can hear me
Funny how the distance
learns to grow
How can I
when you build a great wall around youLeather
Don't
you want more than my sex
I can scream as loud as your last one
but
I can't claim innocence
Oh god why am
I here
If love isn't forever
and it's not the weather
Hand me my
leather
The night would lose
all sense of fear
but why do I need you to love me
when you can't
hold what I hold dear
Oh god why am I
here
If love isn't forever
and it's not the weather
Hand me my
leather
He had a nice big fat cigar
"In
a sense" he said "you're alone here
So if you jump you best jump
far
Oh god why am I here
If love
isn't forever
and it's not the weather
Oh god it's all very clear
If love isn't forever
and it's
not the weather
Hand me my leatherMother
out of the nest it's time
Go go go now
Circus girl without a
safety net
Here here now don't cry
You raised your hand for the
assignment
Tuck those ribbons under your helmet
Be a good
soldier
Pantyhose
running in the cold
Somebody leave the light
on
Green limousine for the redhead dancing dancing girl
And when I
dance for him
Somebody leave the light on
just in just in case I
like the dancing
I can remember where I come from
and now I've forgotten how to dream my own dream
You are the
clever one aren't you
Brides in veils for you
We told you all of our
secrets
All but one, and don't you even try
The phone has been
disconnected
Poison me against the moon
Somebody
leave the light on
Black chariot for the redhead dancing dancing
girl
He's gonna change my name
Maybe you'll leave the light
on
just in just in case I like the dancing
I can remember where I
come from
our very favorite
fearscape
It's across the sky and across my heart and I
crossed my
legs
oh my god
Breadcrumbs lost under the snow
Oo mother the
car is here
Maybe you'll leave the light on
for the for the for the
dancing girl
He's gonna change my name
Maybe you'll leave the light
just in case I like the dancing
I can remember where I come come
fromTear In Your
Hand
So you say you don't wanna stay together any
more
Let me take a deep breath babe
If you need me, me and Neil'll
be hangin' out with the Dream King
I don't
believe you're leaving cause
me and Charles Manson like the same ice
cream
I think it's that girl
and I think there're pieces of me
you've never seen
Maybe she's just pieces of me you've never seen
well
All I am
The black of the the blackest
ocean
and that tear in your hand
All the world is danglin' danglin'
danglin' for me darlin
You don't know the power that you have with
that
tear in
your hand
that tear in your hand
Maybes
smashing in a cold room
Cutting my hands up
Everytime I touch
you
Time to wave goodbye
now
I know I know you well
Well better
than I used to
Haze all clouded up my mind
In the dazeof the why it
could've never been
So you say and I say you know you're full of
wish
and your "baby baby baby babies"
I tell you there's peices of
me you've never seen
Maybe she's just pieces of me you've never seen
well
All I am
The black of the blackest
ocean
and that tear in your hand
All the world is danglin' danglin'
danglin' for me darlin'
You don't know the power that you have with
that
tear in your hand
that tear in your handMe And A
Gun
I'm still
up and driving, can't go home obviously
So I'll just change direcition
cause they'll soon know where I live
And I wanna live
Got a full
tank and some chips
And I
sang "holy holy" as he buttoned down his pants
like I haven't seen
Barbados so I must get out of this
for you, your friends, your father, Mr.
Ed
but I haven't seen Barbados so I
must get out of this
Used to hang and he said
"It's your choice babe, just remember
I don't think that you'll be back in 3 days time so you choose
well"
Tell me what's right, Is it my right to be on my stomach of
Fred's Seville
But I haven't
seen Barbados so I must get out of this
These things go through you head when
there's a man on your back
and you're pushed flat on your stomach, it's
not a classic cadillac
But I
haven't seen Barbados so I must get out of this
I haven't seen Barbados
so I must get out of thisLittle
Earthquakes
Good year for hunters and Christmas
parties
And I hate
And I hate
And I hate
And I hate elevator
music
The way we fight
The way I'm left here silent
Here we go again
Oh these little
earthquakes
Doesn't take much to rip us into pieces
We laughed in the faces of kings
never afraid to burn
And I hate
And I hate
And I hate
And I
hate disintegration
Watching us wither
Black winged roses that
safely
changed their color
Here we go
again
Oh these little earthquakes
Doesn't take much to rip us into
pieces
I can't reach you
Give me myself again
Here we go
again
Oh these little earthquakes
Doesn't take much to rip us into
pieces
Doesn't take much to rip us into pieces