Nellie McKay

If time runs like a river I saw my people bathed in blood And if the faithful find the sinners I'll have to leave all I loved (Adios) Goodbye, O hypocrite heathens (Adios) Goodbye, O false paradise (Adios) Goodbye, O rinky-dink Eden And may you lie...

Baby watch your back Baby watch your back I watched you come and go and never noticed Like daily papers, faces, knick-knacks But now I've seen you And you are my focus Baby watch your back I went my days and nights Not knowing of you But now you fill my every...

Sewed everything you said Together in a thread Repeating in my mind Each word like a rhyme Like a penny serenade Looking through his song He said the record's overplayed But where did I go wrong [Nellie McKay:] You never stayed at first Could not co...

Come on, come on, let's try and make it You tell yourself, this time for sure But I would rather sit and crave it I'm not wanted anymore I had a kind of friend in you It wasn't pleasant all the time But though my heart is jaded I think winnin' is overr...

Take me back to the black hills The black hills of Dakota To the beautiful Indian country That I love Lost my heart in the black hills The black hills of Dakota Where the pines are so high That they kiss the sky above And when I get that lonesome fee...

Bluebird Bring back my happiness And see me through This clouded hour Bluebird On wings of loveliness Carry me to a field In flower Thunder Comes roaring up inside I see a purple tide And shadows weigh me Bluebird I wait with tenderness So bri...

The New York Times invents the news I did not see where they were going Behind the dying afternoon I follow, restlessly devoted Tell me your mind Tell me you’ll always follow Send me a sign Send me a smile like Charo I need your lovin’ eyes At least...

Caribbean time in motion Fireflyin' across the ocean And I can see the future Caribbean, Caribbean, Caribbean Caribbean, Caribbean, Caribbean In the modern potboiler Anesthetize your mind And if you won't be a lawyer You're gonna need an alibi And...

I wake up I am bored To my pictures I implore Should I go or stay What should I be today Make a leap Go to sleep Should I cry or should I weep Where should I go from here Am I hetero or queer Oh, self discovery What joy it is I need recovery Caffeinated fizz S...

My oh my walkin' by Who's the apple of my eye Why it's my very own Clonie Oh if I should stroll the 'hood Who knew I could look so good Just talkin' on the phone to Clonie We are pals It's cool 'cause we're not lonely Shallow gene pool There's nothi...

Close your eyes Rest your head on my shoulder and sleep Close your eyes And I will close mine Close your eyes Let's pretend that we're both counting sheep Close your eyes This is divine Music play Something dreamy for dancing While we're here romancing It's...

Another day begins And there you are The mother sways her shins Here comes the footstep of the man who'll make your dreams The tube is fitted in And there you are The tepid seditive Then a scream Hold your placard up Cold and coffee cup After go to a bar Hand...

There's a town near Old Montgomery Past the land where palm trees roll In the heart of Magnolia country Callin' me home, sweet mobile home We had left that coastal city Traveled north across the plain Till those soft sweet postal delis Led us away, [In...

Crazy rhythm, here's the doorway I'll go my way; you'll go your way Crazy rhythm, from now on we're through. Here is where we have a showdown I'm too high and you're too low down Crazy rhythm, here's goodbye to you They say that when a highbrow meets a lowbr...

C'mon, now you've got some time I wanna hear it cuz I need an answer I know youth dies young But our youth's just begun And ain't it a beautiful day 'Cause it's true, baby I need you I'm damned if I say I do Gertrude would approve I need you in the mornin I...

Look at you you're young Having so much fun Gonna be a star Blah blah blah And click there goes the phone I don't wanna know What my horoscope's predicting Just pour me a drink 'Cause I need a kick I don't wanna think I just wanna sip David don't...

Oh I can't dance! Yes you can! Stop that Oh I really can't Oh yes you can come on right left, right left Just give it a try Really you can teach me Oh yeah You got the legs for it Cause it seems to me Oh it seems to you I said it seems to me You sai...

My cat died and I quickly poured myself some gin Did she die from old age or was it for my sins God I loved her oh so much Miss her little kitty touch Does she miss me does she care Oh I miss her kitty stare Do you have a little time Would you like to ease my...

I gotta exorcise your spirit from my soul (From my soul) I gotta exorcise your spirit, keep me whole (Yes, yes) I'm gonna go downtown tomorrow And ship your spirit yonder I gotta exorcise your spirit from my soul I gotta exorcise your spirit from my m...

Oh, do, do, do What you've done, done, done Before, baby Do, do, do, what I do, do, do, Adore, baby Let's try again Sigh again Fly again to heaven Baby, see It's A, B, C I love you And you love me I know, know, know What a beau, beau, beau Shoul...

I don't see nothing, I don't see nothing I don't see nothing I don't see nothing It isn't bad to know your limitations That we know can come to good But if you had to know your situation I see no reason you should You don't have to know, and say If...

You are the light I follow You are the face of a faith I love Oh my darling believe in me You are the hymn I cover You are the king of an Indian dove Oh my darling the fever in me I wait for a while, I know But I let it go, yes I let it go My fear is gone Yo...

We're gonna get some food in the house tonight Get some food in the house tonight We're gonna get some food in the house tonight Get some food in the house For to starve is to hate is to kill is to sin Better love's on your plate get your fill and dig in We'...

There you are There you're good and gleaming There you are There you're bold and beaming There you sit Every bit built to last There you were There you traveled slowly There you were You were life unfolding Now you've quit Now they've broken the mass Doo doo...

Saturday night in the men's ensemble dressing room Startin' a fight in the men's ensemble lair Beware of dreams come true It means you have to share a room, but tell 'em I'll be there (It's Saturday night) They said we're one big family But I'm just duc...

Wake up in a small cafe Sweatshop in the sunshine Set sail and you're far away Never using force Cold coffee or cabernet Brick-hoppin' the daydream Shoe drops and you're bound to pay Gotta stay the course You just wanna get, you don't wanna give You...

It's been a long time coming But I know you are the one Here at home at last the days have ceased It's been a long time coming And I know we've just begun All the pain has passed and there is peace If the breath was warm and tender Now the breath becomes a y...

You and me We sweat We slave We gamble recklessly as if a dagger in the dark Me and you We misbehave We trample fecklessly upon the bladder of our hearts But it's a happy flower in the morning sun And it'll keep perfuming when the morning's done Thi...

You, traffic on the line Strangers all around Nothing here but time I don't see a sound Floating high above Every little town People who can love Please don't leave me now I am nothing Please don't leave me out I am nothing You, coursing through my veins Pul...

I remember you You're the one who made my dreams come true A few kisses ago I remember you You're the one, who said, "I love you too" Didn't you know? I remember too A distant bell and stars that fell Like rain out of the blue When my life is through And th...

I wanna get married Yes, I need a spouse I want a nice Leave it to Beaverish Golden retriever and a little white house I wanna get married I need to cook meals I wanna pack you cute little lunches For my Brady bunches Then read Danielle Steele I wanna escape T...

Been working a long long time See her in the news Calling her on her crime But she can't refuse Cause she'd quit it if she could c1 14199d1862222h 18 Knowing that she should But admitted she's alright Gotta keep the fight on Ooh, and so she cries Through wear...

Because I'm tired of maturity, airport insecurity Runnin' from the Thought Police, fightin' with the go-betweens Hold up, let me steal a breath 'Cause we're dealin' with identity theft (You need an education) I don't see why I got to (You need a good de...

If I ever had a dream I would dream of sunny skies of blue Clover 'neath the fields of cream Bougainvillea and the roses too The wind is a symphony Flowing low across the silver sea He'll sway on a summer breeze Twinkling shadows from a canopy No arm...

In high school it was cool to say You look funny You're a retard dummy A retarded dummy Yeah you suck out of luck You're no Playboy bunny Hee hee So you laugh, it's a gas They're right on the money They're just being funny, hysterically funny Yeah i'm stupid i...

Jimmy, you know my love is true And Davy, you know I love only you And Mitchie, you give meaning to every day And Nathan, hold on I got somethin' to say Menfolk they need their women But women don't need their men Ladies can walk away grinnin' But guys...

Oh, livin's a buch of shit Shittin's a part of livin' Fartin's a friend of shittin', aye, and so we carry on Bring me a clarinet Get me a big brown derby Buy me a lie a whale wide and sing a winter song 

You're supposed to have a laugh And have a lot to say You're supposed to have a gas And make your getaway But do you know you can't be wrong How do you know you can't be wrong You've got a long and lazy river to your soul I wasn't sure about anything, no I wa...

Awww, I don't wanna, I don't wanna be here shh its alright darling What do you want? I wanna I wanna I wanna I wanna I wanna pony pony It's just my mama and me And though I know it may be Hard to be mama and me But we've got time time time With my mom by my s...

Send a breeze A pitbull's yelp A tender squeeze A cry for help Make it now And make it fast Such memories Can never last I long for the days Music and mayhem Mama's a smilin' friend In the scuzzy hue of the sunlight Manhattan avenue Lionel please...

You're mean to me, Why must you be mean to me? Gee, honey, it seems to me You love to see me cryin' . I don't know why . I stay home each night , You say you'll phone You don't and I'm left alone, Singing the blues and sighin' . You treat me coldly each da...

In my loneliness When you’re gone and I’m all by myself And I need your caress I just think of you And the thought of you holding me near Makes my loneliness soon disappear Though you’re far away I have only to close my eyes And you are back to stay I just cl...

Feminists don't have a sense of humor Feminists just want to be alone (boo-hoo) Feminists spread vicious lies and rumor They have a tumor on their funny bone They say child molestation isn't funny Rape and degradation's just a crime (lighten up, ladies)...

~~~♫♫♫ ~~~ My romance doesn't need a moon in the sky My romance doesn't need a blue lagoon standing by No month of May, No twinkling stars No hideaway, No soft guitars My romance doesn't need a castle rising in Spain Nor a dance to a constantly repeating re...

There's no equality here There's no equality anywhere And every failing face Is quickly replaced By one you can't lose It's an illusion I'll even do revolution That's never meant to occur Won't happen to her Won't happen to you And you let me down...

Maxine Schreck was a very lucky lady Maxine Schreck was a very lucky girl Who you wanna be Maxine Schreck Who you wanna see Maxine Schreck Have you got some time, have you got some spine Have you got something to begin with Or are you in a sinwich H...

Fuzzy are the lights, fuzzy like your smile Fuzzy really nice, Suzie like a star Hello stranger, fellow stranger Hello stranger, walking straight in the fog Blue chandelier where you go tonight. Dizzy is the chance, Does he leave the dance? Dizzy goes the fa...

I mean I must have said Please Lord, send me a hard-luck childhood Please Bub, spare me a hot romance Please lady, gift me with genius, not pleasure Please Mrs. Henry, start me off without a chance I must have said Please sir, let me lay in the sewer th...

Santa Maria, can you hear me I've got no reason to live They say I've been lucky But it's all relative Won't you make it easy I've got to erase all the pain They say it's behind me But it keeps coming back But if you knew, my love Then you would see...

Dear, I thought I'd drop a line. The weather's cool. The folks are fine. I'm in bed each night at nine. P.S. I love you. Yesterday we had some rain, but all in all I can't complain. Was it dusty on the train? P.S. I love you. Write to the Browns just as soon...

Don't ask me what I'm thinking I can't handle it Didn't plan on this Don't ask me what I'm drinking Hip hop hey what's up Nothing doing Bud If I had a real life I could break my hands And maybe feel life Not understand it As if I had a real life Not a bland a...

Am I sad Not sad enough really Am I mad Not mad enough clearly Am I Complacent Completely Lacking in sincerity Yes indeed I am Am I tough Not tough enough really Am I rough Not rough enough nearly Am I lying here On the ground Watching you get p...

There's a rich boy But he doesn't spend He just drinks his Poland Spring He's a quick boy walkin' round the bend Or at home alone reading And he wants to do good And he wants to do right So he does what he should But he's got to subscribe To the rules...

Sometimes I feel like I shouldn't apologize so much That it's jive it's a crutch I just used when I'm judged Bein' fudged by a face I can't erase and can't see Cuz I misplaced a dossier or monty python cd Or somethin' stupid like that But jesus is...

Send me no flowers Send me no flowers Just want your arms around me Your ever lovin' arms around me You sent me flowers and a 'Get well' card After you had broken my heart Violets that were blue Reminded me you'd never be true So send me no flowers D...

Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease Gonna make a sentimental journey To renew old memories Got my bags, got my reservations Spent each dime I could afford Like a child in wild anticipation I Long to hear that, "All aboard!" Se...

When it says goodbye You don't hear it sigh Does that it mean That it's gone far far away Is this your day to Buy a paper Draw a mustache Make the mayor a giraffe Try and tempt fate Get pneumonia Recuperate with soy bologna {chorus} Can you hear the rain a pl...

As we approach fair weather As we entertain our maiden endeavor 'Round us still the chorus beats The schools, the streets There's always danger there For men will divest Only to a certain point For each divines their own experience And to our own We...

As you're walkin' down the street Might wanna skip a beat Think it over Walkin' to the corner store But it ain't there no more If you want a loaf of bread You try a pharmacy instead Another chain will set you free When you go to pay the rent You see...

I'm just a walkin' my dog Singin' my song Strollin' along Yeah it's just me and my dog Catchin' some sun We can't go wrong My life was lonely and blue Yeah I was sad as a sailor I was an angry 'un too Then there was you Appeared, when I was entangled With you...

There's a house down Willow Lane Just a simple sea-side shack Through the wind and pourin' rain She wants you black There's a portal on the door In the evening, comes a draft From the life we had before You left Lost in .. And all I got's the sense...

The very thought of you And I forget to do The little ordinary things That everyone ought to do I'm living in a kind of daydream I'm happy as a king And foolish though it may seem To me that's everything The mere idea of you The longing here for you You'll n...

Every single thing will only bring another sad solution Every single hurt will only curse another substitution Everyone you meet secures a wretched seat within your memory Wipe their filthy feet upon the yearning of your soul There you are in me No one ever l...

You will have a house in Tipperary A cottage by the sea A cottage on the prairie A home for you and me A house in Tipperary A house in Tipperary Where we can go out to our cottage by the sea You might be whack You may be intrepid You pray a lot Stay...

And when the dawn breaks through the drums start Beating the morning to the farm Your grimace widens and your lips part Sounding the silent alarm And when the bells explode they scatter Hitching a hand unto the breeze The grand bureaucracy grows fatter...

I met him at a protest Dolled up in his finest finery A Malcolm X t-shirt And a tambourine To love him, it was hopeless The cannons fell and shook the barricade We came in at the corners I can hear him say Eatin' that burger Pass the kitchen condime...

oh waiter bring me my check soon I have a hectic schedule I'm saddened by the news that we won I wonder what I'd say to the bomb where are you now where are you going do you mind and do you care that you will die do you despair and do you allow for...

Watching you glide towards me dear Oh oh oh, it's clear Rumor was wrong We were right [Kd Lang:] ? awhile as if ? Oh oh oh, my love You heard it wrong we were alright [Nellie Mckay:] Though your ears may hear it all my friend Rumor has it, rumor ha...

If you would sit Oh so close to me That would be nice Like it's supposed to be If you don't I'll slit your throat So won't you please be nice If you would hug your arms right around me That would be snug Like it's supposed to be If we part I'll eat yo...

I expect everyone of my crowd to make fun Of my proud protestations of faith in romance And they'll say I'm naïve as a babe to believe Every fable I hear from a person in pants Fearlessly I'll face them and argue their doubts away Loudly I'll sing about...

Deliver the paper deliver the porn deliver the baker deliver the morn A quiverin' jibberin' shiverin' mass of sunshine and good times that I have to pass on the way to my job on the way to my work on the way to that slobberin' hoverin' jerk who's my boss...

Should you plan to travel way down South (woah) Woman to woman, I gotta tell you 'bout (a curse) A curse that rose out of the deep, green swamp (uh huh) It hollers "murder", and it makes you jump And then it says Do the Zombie Do the Zombie, woah, yeah...

A lovely and old fashioned bodega From the sea-sides, the mountains pouring down [Foreign content] Through the old fashioned, soul passion town When love fills the air and he asks me "When will you be mine?" I sighed, my valentine's Proposed to me in a...