PJ Harvey

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30

Over my body the shadows played It wasn't night and it wasn't day Counting something what have I found Thirty diamonds in my hand Thirty miles The world unfolds Thirty miles A pot of gold I often think of America I often dream of shooting a gun Thi...

50Ft Queenie

Hey I'm one big queen No one can stop me Red light red green Sat back, I'm watching I'm number one Second to no one No sweat I'm clean Nothing can touch me I'll tell you my name F U C K 50ft queenie Force ten hurricane Biggest woman I could have ten son...

66 Promises

Sixty six promises Fell from your lips Sixty six kisses to Rest on my charred fingertips And Sixty six lovers To come till I tell Sixty six postions to take on this Well-worn trail Sixty six magicians Deliver the goods Documenting our marriage for so...

97 Degrees

It's already done I'm down on my knees Look what you done You've made a fool out of me It's already too late You've given me the taste Look what you've done There's no turning round I forget today I couldn't turn it down It's all in the details N...

A Line In The Sand

How to stop the murdering? By now we should have learned If we don’t then we’re a sham Bad overwhelms the good Bad overwhelms the good What I’ve seen Yes, it’s changed how I see humankind I used to think progress was made We could get something ri...

A Perfect Day, Elise

He got lucky, got lucky one time Hitting with the girl in room five none nine She turned her back on him facing the frame Said, "Listen Joe don't you come here again" White sun scattered all over the sea He could think of nothing but her name Elise God is the...

A Place Called Home

One day I know We'll find a place of hope Just hold on to me Just hold on to me Walk tight, one line You're wanted this time There's no one to blame Just hold on to me (Come on my love) And I'm right on time And the birds keep singing And you're ri...

All & Everyone

Death was everywhere In the air And in the sounds Coming off the mounds Of Bolton's Ridge Death's anchorage When you rolled a smoke Or told a joke It was in the laughter And drinking water It approached the beach As strings of cutters Dropped in th...

Angel

Angel, an angel has come Angel, an angel has come I need so, I need someone I need so, I need someone He's ready, look now he's ready He's ready, ready All of this longing just isn't heaven Look now it's ready, it's ready, ready Just want to be seen...

Angelene

My first name Angelene Prettiest mess you've ever seen Love for money is my sin Any man calls I'll let him in Rose is my colour and white Pretty mouth, and green my eyes I see men come and go But there'll be one who will collect my soul And come to me Two t...

April

April, how could I not have seen April, you com- ing April, how could I have worn in-appropriate clothing? April, all that careful stepping, rounding of my soul, and now your rain. April, I feel you leaving. I dont know what silen...

As Close as This

With those eyes You could be In movies In the lights Nothing gets as close as this With those eyes Just a breath Can send me back To Bethlehem Nothing gets as close as this I'm hopelessly devoted This world's alive This room awake With tiger's palms and ra...

Ballad of the Soldier's Wife

What was sent to the soldier's wife From the ancient city of Prague From Prague came a pair of high-heeled shoes With a kiss or two came the high-heeled shoes From the ancient city of Prague What was sent to the soldier's wife From Oslo, over the sound...

Beautiful Feeling

Sometimes I can see for miles Through water and fire From England to America I feel life meet my eyes And it's the best thing It's the best thing It's the best thing A beautiful feeling A smile from San Diego He's still a boy Two ends to every rainbow And a...

Before Departure

Farewell my friends Farewell my dear ones Farewell this world Forgive my weakness Goodbye my friends Goodbye to evening parties Remember me In the spring To work for your bread Soon you must leave Remember your family Work for your children I don't need muc...

Big Exit

Look out ahead I see danger come I wanna pistol I wanna gun I'm scared baby I wanna run This world's crazy Give me the gun Baby, baby Ain't it true I'm immortal When I 'm with you But I want a pistol In my hand I wanna go to A different land I met a man He...

Bitter Branches

Bitter branches spreading out. There's none more bitter than the wood. Into the wide world, it grows, twisting under soldier's feet, standing in line and the damp earth underneath. Holding up their rifles high, holding their young wives who wave goodbye. H...

Black Hearted Love

I think I saw you in the shadows I move in closer beneath your windows Who would suspect me of this rapture? And who but my black hearted love And who but my black hearted love When you call out my name in rapture I volunteer my soul for murder I wish...

Bows & Arrows

I saw your face Whiter than purity Then I saw savages Standing before me (Poison, poison, poison) Bows and arrows (Poison, poison, poison) Tipped with poison (Poison, poison, poison) Make tenderness please (Poison, poison, poison) Stand by my pillow I see e...

Broken Harp

Please don't reproach me For, for how empty My life has become I don't what really happened I watched your disappointment At being misunderstood I forgive you Oh Something metal Tearing my stomach out If you think ill of me Can you Can you Forgive me Forgi...

Broken Homes (feat. Tricky)

Those men will break your bones, Don't know how to build stable homes. Those men will break your bones, Don't know how to build stable homes. Those men will break your bones, Don't know how to build stable homes. We loose our voice more each year, Maybe we w...

C'mon Billy

C'mon Billy Come to me You know I'm waiting I love you endlessly C'mon Billy You're the only one Don't you think it's time now You met your only son I remember Lover's play The corn was golden We lay in it for days I remember The things you sai...

Cat on the Wall

Turn up the radio I heard our song on the radio It wasn't long before I think of you Can't get the sound outta my head Don't look now it's coming round again I saved your voice from the telephone I play it back on the message machine It really sounds like yo...

Catherine

Catherine De Barra, you've murdered my thinking I gave you my heart, you left the thing stinking I'd break from your spell if it weren't for my drinking And the wind bites more bitter with each light of morning I envy the road, the ground you tread under, I...

Chain Of Keys

Fifteen keys hang on Fifteen keys hang on a chain The chain is joint The chain is joint and forms a ring The ring is in The ring is in a woman's hand She's walking on She's walking on the dusty ground The dusty ground's a dead-end track The neighbour...

City Of No Sun

Love me tenderly my darling In the city of light and truth For this moment forever sing For my darling that I love you The city of no sun (city of no sun) No peace (no peace) In my heart (no joy in my heart) You left me nothing (with nothing) You left me brok...

Civil War Correspondent

Words leave my heart dry Words can't save life Love has no place here No joy, no tears Darling, time's changed Time leaves, time fades Please see through my eyes Save your tears for the next who dies I shout but he don't hear I put down on a page Darling spa...

Cracks In The Canvas

Had do we cope With the days after a death? Empty days, nothing left Not even a funeral I see shapes falling inside Paintings Animals and humans, row upon row Walking toward something Waiting for something I'm looking for an answer, Me and a millio...

Daddy

Daddy Hold me It seems so very dark tonight And day Daddy I can't sleep Need you to come and sing to me That the stars Up in the sky Will shine down gently on the two of us tonight And soon enough (Daddy) It will be light (Baby) We'll hold on tightly to each...

Darling Be There

Take me over Pale blue water Take me under Take me home Darling be there Bring me laughter I'll be happy Ever more Bring me sunshine Bring me love No tomorrow He'll fall upon Darling be there Bring me laughter I'll be happy Ever more Darling be there Bring...

Dear Darkness

Dear darkness Dear darkness Won't you cover, cover Me again? Dear darkness Dear I've been your friend For many years Won't you do this for me? Dearest darkness And cover me from the sun And the words tightening The words are tightening Around my throat And...

Dollar, Dollar

The boy stares through the glass He's saying dollar dollar Three lines of traffic past We're trapped inside our car His voice says dollar dollar I turn to you to ask For something we could offer Three lines of traffic past We pull away so fast All m...

Down By The Water

I lost my heart Under the bridge To that little girl So much to me And now I'm moan And now I holler She'll never know just what I found That blue-eyed girl She said no more That blue-eyed girl Became blue-eyed whore Down by the water I took her h...

Dress

Put on that dress I'm going out dancing Starting off red Clean and sparkling, he'll see me Music play, make it dreamy for dancing Must be a way that I can dress to please him It's hard to walk in the dress, it's not easy I'm swinging over like a heavy loaded f...

Driving

Tell him I'm driving, it's alright Turn on this wheel Turn on headlights A hundred different bibles by my side In my white gown I go flying down Oh my eyes, it cannot be He said no, it cannot be All that time, it cannot be Easy said, it cannot be The ghosts...

Dry

I caught it in the face Coming around again I thought it was worth waiting You're caught up in my hair Wet sides from time to time But mostly I'm just dry You leave me dry You leave me dry You leave me dry You've come all this way No hair out of place You put...

Easy

Oyster pearl You easy girls You're flapping in You're shouting You're dead good All the men say Legs wide, hips swinging like a doorway Easy Easy Easy I'm ranting I'm raving I'm taking in just everything You're giving me no leeway I opened once and you calle...

Ecstasy

Flying I'm flying Hitting heavens high I'm head on brake too low Floating I'm floating Hanging below the sea I'm telling you, look at me in ecstasy I'm in ecstasy Singing I'm singing Sounding hanging breathe I'm begging you, look at me in ecstasy I'm in ecsta...

Electric Light

The beauty of her, under electric light The beauty of her, under electric light Tears my heart out every time Dawn there waiting, right outside Dawn there waiting, right outside She tears my heart out every time Siren rising across the sky Sirens rising ac...

England

I live and die through England Through England It leaves a sadness Remedies never were within my reach I cannot go on as I am Withered vine reaching from the country That I love England You leave a taste A bitter one I have searched for your springs...

Evol

What do you Know about Love? You don't Know what I know And how much? How much Will you give me To tell you What some Would kill for About love? Yeah Love It'll twist out Your limbs with Pain It'll stomp out Your eyes and Everything Love...

Falling

How to walk and where to run How to walk and where to run I see you kissing other peoples arms I see you kissing in cheap bars How to walk and where to run How to walk and where to run I see you kissing oblivious Love ain't only your pain I'm walking in obli...

Fountain

Stand under Fountain Cool skin, Washed clean Wash him from me Along comes the wind A big bone shaker Blows off my clothes Completely naked What to do When everything's Left you Out of the blue It is he Vision to me Bearing leaves Petals gre...

Good Fortune

Threw my bad fortune Of the top of A tall building I'd rather have done it with you Your boy's smile Five in the morning Looked into your eyes And I was really in love In Chinatown Hung over You showed me Just what I could do Talking about Time t...

Goodnight

Here I am Prairieland Got it all, got Gun in hand Here I sleep Dungarees They're on my husband Put 'em on me We have the stars We have the trees We'll have everything We need to feed I'll make babes He'll make chairs We'll sell them at The county fair We'll...

Green Eyes

He called me magdalene So much my eyes have seen Cleopatra Would have wept for these of green I watch the people leave I walk this sorry town When I saw him first He was looking down He called me Magdalene My sea queen But he would not look Into these eyes of...

Grow Grow Grow

I sowed a seed Underneath the oak tree I trod it in With my boots I trampled it down Grow Grow Grow I sowed a rose Underneath the oak grove With my boots on the ground Into the earth I trampled it down Grow Grow Grow Teach me how to... Teach me how to......

Guilty

[Chant] Rules and regulation Rules and regulation Rules and regulation Rules and regulation [Verse 1] There’s a little figure on the television Scratching at the ground by a pile of rags Grainy little figures on television screens Weighing up the mom...

Hair

Samson The strength That's in Your arms Oh to be Your stunning Bride Samson Your hair Glistening Like sun Oh would That it Were mine Samson Your hair That's in My hands I'll keep It safe You're mine You're mine He said wait Said wait "Delilah my babe" "Del...

Hanging In The Wire

Walker sees the mist rise Over no man's land He sees in front of him A smashed up waste ground There are no fields or trees No blades of grass Just unhurried ghosts are there Hanging in the wire Walker's in the wire Limbs point upwards There are no...

Happy And Bleeding

She'd burst Dropped off Picked the fruit Realise I'm naked I'm naked too So cover my body Dress it fine Hide my linen and lace Been sewing ever since Since time began More than the hills More than the trees More than the mountains, you More tha...

Harder

Oh oh my my my My man's up all night Works me till I moan Drives me out of my mind Why it's so hard Must be made out of cold steel Why it's so hard He's a man running my wheel Just keep me burning Just keeps me yearning Put my whole body on fire Burning whol...

Hardly Wait

I can hardly wait I can hardly wait I can hardly wait I can hardly wait It's been so long I've lost my taste Say angel come Say lick my face Let fall your dress I'll play the part I'll open this mouth wide Eat your heart I can hardly wait I can hardly wait I...

Heaven

Everything's joy in Heaven And it's so good to live in this world of ours Breathing the clean air through my lungs Is an endless experience Where I can go for a walk Where I can go where I please Where I can go for a walk Where I can say what I please...

Heela

I was lost in love I was lost inside Till he said to me You've gotta lovely smile Now I'm saved Saved Now I'm saved Now I'm saved Heal me with his hands Heal with his heart When he said to me No no, we'd never part Heal me with his hands Heal with his heart...

Highway 61 Revisited

Well, God said to Abraham "Kill me a son" Abe said "Man, you must be putting me on" God said "No" Abe said "What?" God said "You do what you wanna, but Next time you see me coming you better run" Abe said "Where do you want this killing done" God said "Out on...

Hitting The Ground

I was beaten up, I was beaten down By my life and a photographic sound I was filled with love, I was filled with rage My life book shook with the turning of it's page Hitting the ground, hitting the ground And there ain't no friend round, never be found...

Hook

I was blind I was lame I was nothing till you came You said babe make you sing Make you feel like some queen Said I'll take you Kathleen To your home and mine Lord he hooked me Fish hook and line And rolled in, barking mad With a halo of deep black...

Horses In My Dreams

Horses in my dreams Like waves, like the sea They pull out of here They pull, they are free Rode a horse round the world Along the tracks of a train Broke the record, found the gold Set myself free again I have pulled myself clear I have pulled myself clear...

I Think I'm A Mother

You think you'll come over I gave you my number You lover, supporter Then give me a mother You come take me home and Take me to your doctor You think you'll come over? I think I'm a mother Roll over, roll over And roll me a man-a You lover, my lover You just...

In The Dark Places

We got up early, washed our faces, walked the fields and put up crosses, Passed through the damned mountains, went hellwards, and some of us returned, and some of us did not In the fields and in the forests, under the moon and under the sun another summer has...

Is That All There Is

I remember when I was a girl Our house caught on fire And I'll never forget the look on my father's face As he gathered me in his arms and raced to the burning building out on the pavement. And I stood there shivering and watched the whole world go up in flam...

Is This Desire

Joseph walked on and on The sunset went down and down Coldness cooled their desire And Dawn said, 'Let's build a fire' The sun dressed the trees in green And Joe said, 'I feel like a King' And Dawn's neck and her feet were bare Sweetness in her golden hair...

It's You

Oh dear sweet mama I'm not feeling well Can I step out For a little while? But I go missing I steal away And I go kissing In the alleyway All I want to do And all I want to grow up to be Is all caught up with you Look what you're doing to me Oh dearest young...

Joe

Joe in you, my buddy be Stay with me when I fall and die Always thought you'd come rushing in Clear the shit out of my eye Joe in you, my buddy be Lay my enemies out in lines Come in close now I'll wash your feet With my hair I'll mop them dry With my hair I...

Joy

Joy was her name A life un-wed Thirty years old Never danced a step She would have left these red hills far behind if not for her condition 'Would have left these red hills long ago if not for my condition' Pitiful Joy She looked away Into a hollow sky Cam...

Kamikaze

How could that happen? How could that happen again? Where the fuck was I looking When all his horses came in? And he built an army Of kamikaze Ten thousand willing Pilots flying Interfacing Space and beyond Built an army To come and find me Beyond all reason...

Kick It to the Ground

Look at what I've found A flower on his grave Kick it to the ground I've got no soul to save Nature dealt me raw Planted me with hate Took my only love To an early grave See these eyes of envy Bitterness it's true I'm looking through your ashes Looking right...

Leaving California

California, leaving California California, leaving California No one but me is walking Under palms that give no shade I'm leaving you today California leaves me California California leaves me California How cruel was I to think that I could mak...

Legs

Oh you're divine Oh you're divine Oh did I tell you you're divine Oh did I ever when you were alive Did it hurt when you bled Oh lover boy, oh fever head I'll bet you never thought I'd try Your mouth, my love, was open wide Singing oh you were going to be my l...

Let England Shake

The West's asleep, let England shake Weighted down with silent dead I fear our blood won't rise again Won't rise again... England's dancing days are done Another day, Bobby, for you to come Home and tell me indifference won Smile, smile Bobby, with your love...

Liverpool Tide

This Liverpool tide comforts my eyes Stings like salty tears I've cried In summer's glow I found a hope And another love to come and go And oh you never never know And then the snow began to fall Like birds it was against the wall And then the sky beg...

Long Snake Moan

Dunk you Under Deep salt Water Bring me Lover All your Power I'll be No hell Out of Your spell Over Under Die of Pleasure Hear my Dreaming You'll be Drowning Hell's no God above All drunk On my love You oughta hear my long snake moa...

Long Time Coming

In my coat of many colours I'm waiting for my child I'm waiting for my journey I'm waiting for my prize My lord My lord Jesus coming running Ah sweet Jesus run and hide Yeah I'm on my way to heaven Ah sweet Jesus come inside My lord Long time coming If I c...

Losing Ground

Losing ground Under my feet There's a low rumbling There's a crack in the street It's just no good It's just no good anymore Everything I do Has been done before Yeah I found my voice Yeah I got nothing to say The whole thing started Cause my mind has gone aw...

Lost Fun Zone

I believe I am here to stay I believe His Son was sent to say The fun zone is here Right free so Take me one more time Take me one more time Take me one more time I don't believe That I gotta die some day Please take me one more time Take me one more time Take...

Lying In the Sun

I'm lying in the sun I'm lying with my love Into his blackened hair I swear I saw dove He is the one like god Comes clear before my eyes I'm kneeling on the ground My love it tastes like wine Come on and step inside Come on and step inside I'm lying in the...

M Bike

His m-bike's clean He polish that thing He looks her over More than me But I won't let it Get to me Yeah he can play with His machine Night or day Wind or shine Looks at her shape Not at mine But I'm not complaining No I think it's neat Yeah he can play with...

Man size

I'm coming up man-sized Skinned alive I want to fit I've got to get Man-sized I'm heading on Handsome Got my leather boots on Got my girl and she's a wow I cast my iron knickers down Man-size no need to shout Can you hear can you hear me now I'm man-sized Man...

Man size Sextet

I'm coming up man-sized Skinned alive I want to fit I've got to get Man-sized I'm heading on Handsome Got my leather boots on Got my girl and she's a wow I cast my iron knickers down Man-size no need to shout Can you hear can you hear me now I'm man-sized Man...

Maniac

I need a man To bring me love To make me sing I said I need a man To make me feel Like I'm a queen I said to take me to the god heights And kiss the devil on the mouth I need a man To make me moan To make me bad I need a man To drive me slow To drive me mad I...

Me Jane

Damn your chest-beating just you stop your screaming Splitting through my head and swinging from the ceiling Move it over Tarzan can't you see I'm bleeding I've called you by your first name good lord it's me-Jane I'm running It's me here I'm leaving Me-Jane...

Medicinals

I was walking through the National Mall Thinking about medicinals, how they used to grow there When the ground was a marshland Undisturbed by human hands, and I heard their voices: Sumac said "We're always here" Witch Hazel - "We're always here" Sassaf...

Meet Ze Monsta

See it coming At my head I'm not running I'm not scared Big black monsoon Take me with you I'm not jerking I won't hide Yeah, I'm ready Meet ze monsta tonight Big black monsoon Take me with you What a monster What a night What a lover What a fight Big b...

Memphis

You breathing into my mouth I'll take it I'll take it for you You wanna sing Then sing it for me You got somehitng Left to say Untimely You were taken away Unlikely Out of time When you still got So much to say I'll write it A song for you...

Missed

He should not be here He's just too big In a cloud please come down I'd put stars at your feet Put Mars at your head Show yourself to me And I'd believe I'd moan and I'd weep Fall silent at your speak I'd burst in Full to the brim Mary lost her head And let...

My Beautiful Leah

Did you see her walking? Did she come around here, Sir? Black hair, brown eyes My beautiful Leah She was always so needing Said, "I have no-one" Even as I held her She went out looking for someone She only had nightmares, And her sadness never lifted And slo...

Naked Cousin

My naked cousin I see him running All over headland Scared as his shit as he's running His naked skin fries Fries in the sun, oh my My naked cousin can cook till he's good Good and done I hate his smell and I hate his company But, but most of all I ha...

Near The Memorials To Vietnam And Lincoln

All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln All near the memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln At the refreshments stand A boy throws out his hands As if to feed th...

Nickel Under the Foot

Maybe you wonder what it is Makes people good or bad Why some guy, an ace without a doubt Turns out to be a bastard And the other way about I'll tell you what I feel It's just the nickel under the heel Oh you can live like hearts and flowers And every...

Nina In Ecstasy

I'm Nina I feel love I'll be safe I'll be yours Ever more I'll be safe Mama Once Nina Was a young girl Now she's dead Grew older Grew colder and Lost her way Mama Where's your mama gone? Where's your mama gone? Where's your mama gone? Where's Your mama g...

No Child Of Mine

I have no time for hate or love Hey child, you're so full of woe I have no time for hate or lying Hey child, you're no child of mine 

No Girl So Sweet

In came the girl with the sad eyes and asked him over again "Was I too weak? Was I a child?" and "Can't we leave here and start again?" Said "I don't mind if you take me down" and "I don't mind if you break it all", but "How much more can you take from me?" "...

O Stella

Stella Marie you're my star Stella Marie you're my star Stand on ground look up at her Just hanging in gold stone Just hanging there face froze But I think I see her smiling Think I see her smiling Think I see her smiling Think I see her smiling Go Go Go Go...

Oh my lover

Oh my lover Don't you know it's alright You can love her You can love me at the same time Much to discover I know you don't have the time but Oh my lover Don't you know it's alright Oh my sweet thing Oh my honey thighs Give me your troubles I'll keep them wit...

On Battleship Hill

The scent of Thyme carried on the wind, stings your face into remembering cruel nature has won again. On Battleship Hill's caved in trenches, a hateful feeling still lingers, even now, 80 years later. Cruel nature. Cruel, cruel nature. The land retu...

One Line

Do you remember the first kiss? Star shooting across the sky To come to such a place as this You never left my mind I'm watching from the wall As in the streets we fight This world all gone to war All I need is you tonight And I draw a line To your heart tod...

One Time Too Many

He's seen me So clearly Come over And get my number He'd come round He'd break down Say baby Don't ever leave me He'd please me He'd tease me One time too One time too many 

Passionless , Pointless

Let's Talk Let's talk Let the dirt fall Let Heads Roll No kind hand is reaching out for me tonight I slept facing the wall I dreamt of buildings in pieces You slept facing the wall and you wanted less than I wanted Passionless, Pointless....

Pig Will Not

I, I, I will I will not I will not No, I will not No, I will not I won't I won't I will not I will not I will not I will not I will not I will not I will not Hunter the associator He crashes high Shakes the disbeliever Woof woof Shakes the...

Plants and rags

Plants and rags Ease myself into a bodybag Plants and rags Ease myself into a bodybag I dreamt of a man He fed me fine food He gave me shiny things I dreamt of a man He fed me fine food He gave me shiny things White and black You looking for the sun, boy? Th...

Primed and Ticking

I believe I fell from above Primed and ticking for your love I believe I could rub you right Hang and dollar you day and night I believe I could stretch your hopes Widely as his mercy flows Come on baby, give me your time I've seen it in the stars, you'...

Rebecca

I'm walking slowly, about the sea Lover by lover, I pass them on the beach The sun is shining, so bright today Your voice is singing to me, across the waves Ah There's a young boy, makes eyes at me Does he mouth my name, or is this just a dream? I know insid...

Red Right Hand

Take a little walk to the edge of town Go across the tracks Where the viaduct looms, Like a bird of doom As it shifts and cracks Where secrets lie in the border fires, In the humming wires Hey man, you know You're never coming back On a gathering sto...

Reeling

I wanna bathe in milk Eat grapes Robert DeNiro sit on my face I can't sleep for thinking Send my head a reeling I wanna go to spain Spend nights Just sipping on nectar and ice I can't sleep for thinking Send my head a reeling You bet that I'm Wayne Eliminat...

Rid Of Me

Tie yourself to me No one else, no You're not rid of me You're not rid of me Night and day I breathe Hah hah ay hey You're not rid of me Yeah you're not rid of me Yeah you're not rid of me Yeah you're not rid of me I beg you my darling Don't leave...

River Anacostia

Oh my Anacostia Do not sigh, do not weep Beneath the overpass Your Savior's waiting patiently Walking on the water Flowing with the poisons From the naval yards He's talking to the fallen reeds Saying "What will become of us?" What will become of us...

Rope Bridge Crossing

And I remember everything Sunrise on a blue horizon With you, your hand in mine I remember the things you said Said "I'll be your lady, way through it all Be there to catch you, after the fall Run through the red light, out of my hair Run from the darkness he...

Rub 'Til It Bleeds

Speak I'm listening Baby I'm your sweet thing Believe what I'm saying God's truth I'm not lying I lie steady Rest your head on me I'll smooth it nicely Rub it better 'till it bleeds And you'll believe me Caught out again I'm calling you weak Gettin...

Satisfaction & Bjork

I can't get no satisfaction I can't get no satisfaction 'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try I can't get no, I can't get no When I'm drivin' in my car And that man comes on the radio He's tellin' me more and more About some useless informa...

Send His Love To Me

Lover had to leave me Cross the desert plain Turned to me, his lady Tells me "lover wait" Calling Jesus, please Send his love to me Oh, wind and rain may haunt me Look to the north and pray Send me, please, his kisses Send them home today I'm begg...

Shame

I don't need no rising moon I don't need no ball and chain I don't need anything with you Such a shame, shame, shame Shame, shame, shame Shame is the shadow of love You changed my life We were as green as grass And I was hypnotized From the first 't...

Sheela Na Gig

I've been trying to show you over and over Look at these my child-bearing hips Look at these my ruby red ruby lips Look at these my work strong arms and You've got to see my bottle full of charm I lay it all at your feet You turn around and say back to...

Silence

All those places Where I recall the memories That gripped me And pinned me down I go to these places Intending to think To think of nothing No anticipate And somehow expect You'll find me there That by some miracle You'd be aware I'd risen this morning Dete...

Sixteen Fifteen Fourteen

Erica, Erica Is watching Danielle, Danielle Is hiding Erica, Erica Is counting Sixteen, fifteen, fourteen, thirteen Twelve, eleven, ten, nine Erica, Erica Is counting Sun is setting, see In the garden it's starting to rain The trees are trembling...

Snake

You snake You crawled between my legs Said want it all It's yours you bet I'll make you Queen of everything No need for god No need for him Just take my hand You'll be my bride Just take that fruit Put it inside You snake You dog You fake You liar I'v...

Somebody's Down Somebody's Name

Somebody's down, somebody's name Saw it all happen, take place At my window, I was looking down I had no time, just time to say Hold on, I'm coming And he was lying there, it's all just too late Somebody's down, somebody's name Saw a fall and it all take plac...

Stone

I don't wanna kiss you I've already kissed you And you said 'kiss me again' And all the hills were rolling And all the clouds unravelled Looked down upon our shadows Looked down upon our history And then you came towards me But my heart has turned to stone Wha...

Sweeter Than Anything

In photographs I've seen him laugh Man overboard Sun on his back Summer was here I remember it well How he stood in the shade How we both kissed and fell How can this be? There's nothing left here How can this be? There's nothing left here So sad our So sad...

Taut

Jesus save me Jesus save me Can I tell You something Can I tell You a story It's about me and Billy Because I remember I remember it all started when he bought that car It was the first thing he ever owned, apart from me And the colour was red And th...

Teclo

Long goes the night Longer the day Teclo your death Will send me to my grave I learned to beg I learned to pray Send me his love Send him to me again Let me ride Let me ride Let me ride on his grace for a while Let me ride Let me ride Just let me ride on hi...

That Was My Veil

It starts at daylight I see him Before my sad eyes I hear him breathing Oh lover, need you to lead me No never thought that you'd leave That was my veil That was my time Once held secret But now lies No words can Heal my heart Inside I'm broken Now it's do...

The Bay

The dead man came calling My name and in need Said "Betty, you're my girl The strongest I've seen" But oh my heart Is heading to break They say God forgives But I can't learn the same Said Betty she's fine And Betty she's torn And Betty makes love Like woman...

The Big Guns Called Me Back Again

Shadows lengthening. 95 steps I'm taking. With every step I'm longing For the luck to keep on living. The drum calls me back again To my senses, Filled with shame. I wish this night Would never end, And on no man's land The sun would not rise again...

The Chair

Where, where have you gone? Daniel, my only son I, I keep expecting you To be here in your chair Sitting in your favourite chair When you swamthrough one thousand Yawning miles My heart slowed, my heart slowed Never to pick up again Pieces, pieces o...

The Colour Of The Earth

Louis was my dearest friend Fighting in the ANZAC trench Louis ran forward from the line I never saw him again Later in the dark I thought I heard Louis' voice Calling for his mother, then me But I couldn't get to him He's still up on that hill 20 yea...

The Community Of Hope

Here's the Hope Six Demolition Project Switching down the Benning Road The well-known "pathway of death" At least that's what I'm told And here's the one sit-down restaurant In Ward Seven, nice OK, now this is just drug town, just zombies But that's jus...

The Crow Knows Where All Children Go

I went to you, a woman-man A courageous friend, I thought But turned out so wrong was I When we were up against the wall He had chicken-liver balls He had chicken-liver spleen He had chicken-liver heart Made of chicken-liver parts Lily-livered little...

The Crowded Cell

I'm in a crowded cell The super calls my name He shoves me in a room He calls two soldiers in They clamp my head with irons Their hands becoming fists You will see us again You will remember this They tie me up with ropes They beat my legs with stic...

The Dancer

He came riding fast like a phoenix out of fire flames He came dressed in black with a cross bearing my name He came bathed in light and the splendour and glory I can't believe what the lord has finally sent me He said dance for me, fanciulla gentil He said la...

The Darker Days of Me and Him

Promises, promises I'm feeling burned You taught me a lesson I didn't want to learn Why did I come here? Please tell me again Why did you ask me? Don't say you forget I long for, I long for I long for my home I long for a land where No man was ever known Wi...

The Desperate Kingdom of Love

Oh love, you were a sickly child And how the wind knocked you down Put on your spurs, swagger around In the desperate kingdom of love Holy water cannot help you now Your mysterious eyes cannot help you Selling your reason will not bring you through The desper...

The Devil

As soon as I'm left alone The devil wanders into my soul And I pretend to myself And I pretend to myself I go out To the old milestone Insanely expecting You to come there Knowing that I wait for you there That I wait for you there Come! Come! C...

The Faster I Breathe, The Further I Go

I'm walking outside and The headlights are blinding I'm walking on Bleaker The street of no cheer The yellow cabs driving I'm taking a ride and The panic, the laughter, the stink of disaster Disaster Disaster Disaster The faster The faster I'm breathing The...

The Garden

And he was walking in the garden And he was walking in the night And he was singing a sad love song And he was praying for his life And the stars came out around him He was thinking of his sins And he's looking at his song-bird And he's looking at his wings...

The Glorious Land

How is our glorious country ploughed? Not by iron ploughs Our lands is ploughed by tanks and feet, Feet Marching Oh, America Oh, England How is our glorious country sown? Not with wheat and corn. How is our glorious land bestowed? What is the glor...

The Last Living Rose

Goddamn' Europeans! Take me back to beautiful England & the grey, damp filthiness of ages, and battered books, fog rolling down behind the mountains, & on the graveyards, and dead sea-captains. Let me walk through the stinking alleys to the music...

The Letter

Put the pen To the paper Press the envelope With my scent Can't you see In my handwriting The curve Of my g? The longing Oh Who is left that Writes these days? You and me We'll be different Take the cap Off your pen Wet the envelope Lick and lick it Oh I n...

The Life and Death of Mr Badmouth

Baby, you got a bad bad mouth Everything is poison that's coming out Cheating, lying since the day you were born Someone outta rinse it out with soap Wash it out, wash it out, wash it out No kind words are coming out of your mouth Plenty goes in but nothing...

The Mess We're In

Can you hear them? The helicopters? I'm in New York No need for words now We sit in silence You look me In the eye directly You met me I think it's Wednesday The evening The mess we're in and The city sun sets over me The city sun sets over me...

The Ministry Of Defence

This is the Ministry Of Defence Stairs and walls are all that's left Mortat holes let throught the air Kids do the same thing everywhere They've sprayed graffiti In Arabic And balanced sticks In human shit This is the Ministry of remains Fizzy D...

The Ministry Of Social Affairs

See them sitting, in the rain As the sky is darkening Three lines of traffic are edging past The ministry of social affairs At a junction on the ground An amputee and a pregnant hound Sit by the young men with withered arms As if death had already passe...

The Mountain

Above the mountain The mountain An eagle Is flying High above the mountain An eagle calling down To the soldier who falters The soldier on the ground By the mountain I feel nothing For in my own heart Every tree is broken The first tree will not blossom The...

The Nightingale

I have heard the sound of your call I have chosen your path I joined your caravan We called you the nightingale I remember how excited we were The best of life lay ahead for us We marched on wrapped in your song For you I gave my five-year-old son I...

The Northwood

I went up to the deep Northwood Because of fire was in my hair Thinking of her face, I left The way she looked as I left her there Her words still ring in my ears Thrill is gone after all these years I went out to the deep Northwood Because of fire was in my...

The Orange Monkey

A restlessness took hold my brain And questions I could not hold back An orange monkey on a chain On a bleak uneven track Told me that to understand You must travel back time I took a plane to a foreign land And said, "I'll write down what I find" Be...

The Phone Song

If I could tell you anything I would tell you something If you, if you could miss it That's the loop It can be broken That's the loop It can be broken If I could tell you anything If you, if you could allow it If you, if you could hear me That's th...

The Piano

Hit her with a hammer Teeth smashed in Red tongue twitching Look inside her skeleton My fingers sting Where I feel Your fingers have been Ghostly fingers Moving my limbs Oh God I miss You Oh God I miss You Oh God I miss You Oh God I miss You Oh G...

The Pocket Knife

Please don't make my wedding dress I'm too young to marry yet Can you see my pocket knife? You can't make me be a wife How the world just turns & turns How does anybody learn? Mummy, put your needle down How did you feel when you were young? Cos I feel li...

The River

And they came to the river And they came from the road And he wanted the sun Just to call his own And they walked on the dirt And they walked from the road Till they came up close Throw your pain in the river To be washed away slow And we walked without w...

The Sky Lit Up

I'm walking in the city tonight I'm walking in the city at dark Remembering, remember light Thinking of nothing, and the shooting stars And this world tonight is mine A world to be remembered in Think on a faded photograph My hair longer than its ever been A...

The Slow Drug

Blue now is the colour Love the drug I'm needing Got to keep this feeling With the headlights burning We're looking up for something Answers on the ceiling Watching out the windows Watch the way the wind blows Soon it will be morning Still the question ling...

The Soldier

I imagine a dream In which I'm a soldier And I'm walking On the faces Of dead women And everyone I've Left behind me It's the year when The troops entered The thirty-ninth Thirty-ninth parallel Send me home restless Send me home damaged And want...

The Water is Wide

The water is wide, I cannot get over Neither have I wings to fly Give me a boat that can carry two And both shall row, my love and I A ship there is and she sails the sea She's loaded deep as deep can be But not so deep as the love I'm in I know not if I sink...

The Wheel

A revolving wheel of metal chairs Hung on chains, squealing Four little children flying out A blind man sings in Arabic Hey little children don't disappear (I heard it was 28 thousands) Lost upon a revolving wheel (I heard it was 28 thousands) Now yo...

The Whores Hustle And The Hustlers Whore

Speak to me of Universal laws The whores hustle and the hustlers whore All around me People bleed Speak to me Your song of greed Speak to me Of you inner charm Of how you'll keep me Safe from harm I don't think so I don't see Speak to me Of your inner peace...

The Wind

Catherine liked high places High up on the hills A place for making noises Noises like the whales Here she built a chapel with Her image on the wall A place where she could rest and A place where she could wash And listen to the wind blow She dreamt of child...

The Words That Maketh Murder

I've seen and done things I want to forget; I've seen soldiers fall like lumps of meat, Blown and shot out beyond belief. Arms and legs were in the trees. I've seen and done things I want to forget; coming from an unearthly place, Longing to see a woman's fac...

This Is Love

I can't believe that life's so complex When I just want to sit here and watch you undress I can't believe that life's so complex When I just want to sit here and watch you undress This is love, this is love That I'm feeling This is love, this is love That I'm...

This Wicked Tongue

This wicked tongue says God is a million miles away This wicked tongue says He can't see my day to day This wicked tongue says Go on, taste everything And this wicked tongue says You know you're not really living And it stares into the sun And it flies from...

To Bring You My Love

I was born in the desert I've been down for years Jesus, come closer I think my time is near And I've travelled over Dry earth and floods Hell and high water To bring you my love Climbed over mountains Travelled the sea Cast down off Heaven Cast do...

To Talk to You

Oh grandmother How I miss you Under the earth Wish I was with you To talk to you To talk to you I found somebody Tried to give myself to Many times I wanted to talk to you If I lay on the earth Could you hear Oh grandmother I'm so lonely All my life If I...

Uh Huh Her

Rejection Rejection Rejection Don't marry uh huh huh Don't marry uh huh huh her Don't marry uh huh huh Don't marry uh huh huh her The valley is crying Don't ask me why it's grieving Don't marry uh huh huh Don't marry uh huh huh her Don't marry uh...

Un Cercle Autour Du Soleil

She lay Breathing Sunshine Between Time here Lingers Trace with My finger A circle A circle Round the sun The sun The sun The sun No more Laughter Since the Black come But head down Get high Up there's Blue sky And a circle A circle Around the sun The sun T...

Urn With Dead Flowers In A Drained Pool

I need your light Darling love lies And if you gave it to me I'd hold it in the palm of my hand Like a good luck charm or a vice And I'll reach up like a child to receive it There is no more sad There is no more leave I've got sun on my back I'm in love again...

Victory

I stumble and I'm in You fit me with those angel wings Set me go Set me high Set it up, I'm in the sky The storm is gone And the temperature's high And delight is dining At my table Till I think, how lucky we are Angel at my table, God in my car Get it at se...

Wang Dang Doodle

Tell automatic Slim Tell razor totin' Jim Tell butcher knife toting Nanny Tell fast talking fanny We're gonna pitch a ball Down to the union hall We're gonna romp and trump till midnight We're gonna fuss and fight till daylight We're gonna get your wang dang d...

Water

Water Walking Walking on water Walking Walking on for years and years and years Taking it into my head Living by the right lines Reading what the very man said Water I'm walking Walking on water Walking Walking on Lying on eleven years Taking it into my head...

We Float

We wanted to find love We wanted success Until nothing was enough Until my middle name was excess Somehow I lost touch When you went out of sight When you got lost into the city Got lost into the night I was in need of help Heading to blackout Till someone...

When Under Ether

The ceiling is moving Moving in time Like a conveyor belt Above my eyes When under ether The mind comes alive But conscious of nothing But the will to survive I lay on the bed Waist down undressed Look up at the ceiling Feeling happiness Human kindness The...

White Chalk

White chalk hills are all I've known White chalk hills will rot my bones White chalk sticking to my shoes White chalk playing as a child with you White chalk sat against time White chalk cutting down the sea line I walk the valleys by the surf On a pat...

Who The Fuck

Who the fuck do you think you are Get out of my hair who the fuck do you think you are Comin' round here who the fuck who the fuck who the fuck do you think you are Get your comb out of there combin' out my hair I'm not like other girls You can't straighten...

Who Will Love Me Now

In the forest, is a monster It has done terrible things So in the wood, it's hiding And this is the song it sings Who will love me now? Who will ever love me? Who will say to me "You are my desire, I set you free?" (Who will love me now?) Who will...

Working For The Man

In the night I look for love Get my strength from the man above God of piston, God of steel God is here behind the wheel I'm just working For the Man Pretty things get in my car Take them flying, it's not far Take in handsome, take in me Look good i...

Written On The Forehead

People throwing dinars at the belly-dancers In a sad circus by a trench of burning oil People throw belongings; a lifetime's earnings Amongst the scattered rubbish and suitcases on the sidewalk Date palms and orange and tangerine trees And eyes that're crying...

You Come Through

We are waiting For the summer The sun will bring back Treasures for us Come on my friend Drink to good times Golden wishes To your health and mine You come through For me You come true For me You be well For me You come through For me I'll be lifted On this...

You Said Something

On a rooftop in Brooklyn At one in the morning Watching the lights flash In Manhattan I see five bridges The Empire State Building And you said something That I've never forgotten We lean against railings Describing the colours And the smells of our homelands...

Yuri G

Hey there Luna I'd like to tell you How sad am I so love sick I could die Needing water my neck's stiff my head hurts Been looking up all night been looking up the Moon she's so bright She's so white she's so clean I'm telling you she's everything I'd give it...