Girl On A Train 10000 Maniacs

Waking on a train dreaming, charmed alone they started speaking. Captured in his artist way before the memories fade away. To remember a face, and you're home or want to.

Can't Ignore the Train 10000 Maniacs

Steep is the water tower painted off blue to match the sky can't ignore the train night walks in the valley silent you could swear the earth just moved can't ignore the train dust to be kicked up in the

Maddox Table 10000 Maniacs

the legs of Maddox kitchen tables my whole life twisted on a lathe in a foreman's torrent my first English was "faster boy if you want your pay" barking commands loud and simple we could all obey then

Even With My Eyes Closed 10000 Maniacs

Young girl in my young girl days, thinking I could live for always. But like an ocean tide, I'm drawn back inside and I know.

The Big Parade 10000 Maniacs

Detroit to D.C. night train, Capitol, parts East. Lone young man takes a seat. And by the rhythm of the rails, reading all his mother's mail from a city boy in a jungle town postmarked Saigon.

Everyone a Puzzle Lover 10000 Maniacs

their genius is turned to works of tyranny then off to market to market go selling these with words so fiery and persuasive they steal cunningly riches no one can exceed and why are some men born with a

Jubilee 10000 Maniacs

In Lot he sees a likeness there; he swears this Sodom will burn down. Near Sacred Blood there's a dance hall where Tyler Glen saw a black girl and a white boy kissing shamelessly.

Eat For Two 10000 Maniacs

Dream child in my head is a nightmare born in a borrowed bed. Now I know lightning strikes again. It struck me once, then struck me dead. My folly grows inside of me.

How You've Grown 10000 Maniacs

No little girl can stop her world to wait for me. I should have known. At your age, in a string of days the year is gone. But in that space of time, it takes so long.

Green Children 10000 Maniacs

An August day in the hills of Spain, a pair of children emerged from a cave. The strangest sight there alone they stood, with skin of green and words no one had heard.

You Happy Puppet 10000 Maniacs

How did they teach you to be just a happy puppet dancing on a string? How did you learn everything that comes along with slavish funnery?

Death Of Manolete 10000 Maniacs

There were women holding rosaries On the day Manolette died Teenage girls in soft white dresses Standing silent peace respecting Groups of boys held in their hands The fragments of a shattered idol

Starman (David Bowie Cover) 10000 Maniacs

Didn\'t know what time it was, the lights were low I leaned back on my radio Some cat was layin\' down some rock\'n\'roll lotta soul, he said Then the loud sound did seem to fade Came back like a slow

Starman 10000 Maniacs

Didn\'t know what time it was, the lights were low I leaned back on my radio Some cat was layin\' down some rock\'n\'roll lotta soul, he said Then the loud sound did seem to fade Came back like a slow

Hateful Hate 10000 Maniacs

In the dark night a giant slumbered untouched for centuries 'til awakened by a white man's cry: "This is the Eden I was to find."

Poison In The Well 10000 Maniacs

I tilt my head there, under the faucet, but when I turn it on -- dry as paper. Call the neighbors. Who's to blame for what's going on? In the dark without a clue I'm just the same as you.

Stockton Gala Days 10000 Maniacs

There was no girl as warm as you. How I've learned to please, to doubt myself in need, you'll never, you'll never know. The summer fields grow high.

Like The Weather 10000 Maniacs

Quiver in my voice as I cry, "What a cold and rainy day. Where on earth is the sun hid away." I hear the sound of a noon bell chime. Now I'm far behind.

The Latin One 10000 Maniacs

Bent double like old beggars in sacks Knockkneed and cursing or coughing like hags Men marched on sleeping some without boots Fatigue drunken deaf still to the hoots Of breaking gas shells Dropping

A Room For Everything 10000 Maniacs

It could be I'm searching for a place so small with room for everything where worlds on worlds revolve. But how can we wait? I wouldn't hold you back.

Dust Bowl 10000 Maniacs

My youngest girl has bad fever, sure. All night with alcohol to cool and rub her down. Ruby, I'm tired, try and get some sleep.

Gold Rush Brides 10000 Maniacs

Where a man could drift, in legendary myth, by roaming over spaces. The land was free and the price was right. Dakota on the wall is a white-robed woman, broad yet maidenly.

Among The Americans 10000 Maniacs

Music: Robert Buck, Dennis Drew Lyric: Natalie Merchant dance to the sun a kiss to the earth embrace a stone come the small black book come the brandy cask one strange disease the well worded

Back O' the Moon 10000 Maniacs

Jenny you don't know the nights I hide below a second story room to whistle you down the man who's let to divvy up time is a miser he's got a silver coin only lets it shine for hours while you sleep it

I'm Not The Man 10000 Maniacs

It crawls on his back, won't ever let him be. Stares at the walls until the cinder blocks can breathe. His eyes have gone away, escaping over time. He rules a crowded nation inside his mind.

Because The Night 10000 Maniacs

Take me now, baby, here as I am Hold me close, try and understand Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe Love is a banquet on which we feed Come on now, try and understand The way I feel under your

Because The Night 10000 Maniacs

Take me now, baby, here as I am Hold me close, try and understand Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe Love is a banquet on which we feed Come on now, try and understand The way I feel under your

Anthem for a Doomed Youth 10000 Maniacs

For whom do the bells toll When sentenced to die The stuttering rifles Will stifle the cry The monstrous anger The fear's rapid rattle A desert inferno Kids dying like cattle Don't tell me We're not prepared

Rainy Day 10000 Maniacs

On bended knee I've looked through every window then. Touched the bottom, the night a sleepless day instead; a day when love came, came easy like what's lost now found.

Tension 10000 Maniacs

Frail hinges pivot On a case's door Commemorative Souvenirs from places Containers change with occasion Cellophane encased Displaying paper Certificate Credit years of service A tool of central enterprises

Tension Make a Tangle 10000 Maniacs

Frail hinges pivot On a case's door Commemorative Souvenirs from places Containers change with occasion Cellophane encased Displaying paper Certificate Credit years of service A tool of central enterprises

Just as the Tide Was a Flowing 10000 Maniacs

on one morning in the month of May when all the birds were singing I saw a lovely maiden stray across the fields at break of day she softly sung her roundelay the tide flows in the tide flows out twice

More Than This 10000 Maniacs

I could feel at the time There was no way of knowing Fallen leaves in the night Who can say where they're blowing As free as the wind And hopefully learning Why the sea on the tide Has no way

The Colonial Wing 10000 Maniacs

Majesty well guarded by sentry but looks are free call this the rayless and benighted age witches by tallow candles shifted shifted their shapes here is the pestle and mortar that ground the poison seed a

Cotton Alley 10000 Maniacs

one time you made me cry be proud that I remember my chin is sore the bruise is gone but the spot is tender gave my hand a sister coy to Cotton Alley where you did enjoy your wicked games you curious boy

My Mother The War 10000 Maniacs

She borders the pavement Flanks avenues Parades pass white glove attended by My mother the war She'll raise a shaft Lift a banner Toss a rose My mother the war She's made every effort To salvage the

My Sister Rose 10000 Maniacs

We'll have a ball at the Sons of Roma Hall. Family, friends come one and all. First the bestman makes a toast to Rocky and my sister Rose, "A life of years free of tears.

What's The Matter Here 10000 Maniacs

"That young boy without a name I'd know his face. In this city the kid's my favorite. I've seen him. I see him every day.

Love Among The Ruins 10000 Maniacs

And when the sun had turned its back on us, in the dark our love kept track of us, pushed together by the lack of love. The sky was falling, heaven was calling.

Trouble Me 10000 Maniacs

Trouble me on the days when you feel spent. Why let your shoulders bend underneath this burden when my back is sturdy and strong? Trouble me.

The Painted Desert 10000 Maniacs

Is a cactus blooming there in every roadside stand where the big deal is cowboy gear swon in Japan ? The Painted Desert can wait till summer. We've played this game of just imagine long enough.

Verdi Cries 10000 Maniacs

Gold from the breakfast tray, I steal them all away and then go and eat them on the shore.

The Lion's Share 10000 Maniacs

Look at what I see: a beast in furs and crowned in luxury. He's a wealthy man in the poorest land, a self-appointed king, and there's no complaining while he's reigning.

Eden 10000 Maniacs

To pick a rose you ask your hands to bleed. What is the reason for having roses when your blood is shed carelessly? It must be for something more than vanity.

Hey Jack Kerouac 10000 Maniacs

Billy, what a saint they've made you, just like Mary down in Mexico on All Souls' Day. You chose your words from mouths of babes got lost in the wood.

City Of Angels 10000 Maniacs

Where is the blessed table to feed all who hunger on earth, welcomed and seated each one joyfully served? See them walkinf, if you dare, if you call that walking.

Candy Everybody Wants 10000 Maniacs

So their eyes are growing hazy 'cos they wanna turn it on, so their minds are soft and lazy. Well, hey, give 'em what they want.

Circle Dream 10000 Maniacs

I dreamed of a circle, I dreamed of a circle round. And in that circle I had made were all the worlds unformed and unborn yet.

A Campfire Song 10000 Maniacs

A lie to say, "O my mountain has coal veins and beds to dig. 500 men with axes and they all dig for me."

Don't Talk 10000 Maniacs

You'll look for a close and easy mark and you'll see me as fair game.