Actor Out of Work St. Vincent

You're a supplement, you're a salve You're a bandage, pull it off I can quit you, cut it out You're a patient, iron lung You're a cast signed broken arm You're an actor out of work You're a liar and that's

What Me Worry St. Vincent

What me worry I never do I'm always amused and amusing you Sans le fear of impending doom Life is like banquet food Pleasure to peruse Do I amuse you, dear Would you think me queer If while standing beside

What Me Worry? St. Vincent

I never do I\'m always amused and amusing you Sans le fear of impending doom Life is like banquet food: pleasure to peruse Do I amuse you, dear?

So Many Planets St. Vincent

Misfiring chemicals and scary ideas This revolution isn't fun, ma I'm out of fashion, I got God on my heels I'm dropping promises like H-bombs But keep calm I'm at the back of my head (Oh-ooh) Watching

Black Rainbow St. Vincent

There's a black rainbow upon my house Match the curtains and the floors Think I'm glass I think I'm breaking it Wrecking ball outside the door Let the children act like furniture For the ladies of the

Psychopath St. Vincent

Running down the highway like a psychopath All the flames and fury honey at my back Wanna make a bet whether I make it back cause I'm on the edge of a heart attack You said Honey quit your worrying Distance

Reckless St. Vincent

I watched you all night 'til the dawn had come And the angels came down and picked you up Breathless The smell of your hair on curtains, babe The wind blew the windows out in the rain Reckless, reckless

Teenage Talk St. Vincent

Katie kept the list of times Now that she had really done it done it So we swarmed like flies Pretending that we weren't terrified Til we snuck out that night Rolled the Chrysler down the driveway But

Severed Crossed Fingers St. Vincent

When your calling ain't calling back to you I'll be side stage mouthing lines for you Humiliated by age, terrified of youth I got hope but my hope isn't helping you Spitting our guts from their gears Draining

Chloe In The Afternoon St. Vincent

the afternoon Chloe in the afternoon No kisses no real names no kisses no real names Who will hear hear your word ring ring phone send you home Find my heels heal my hurt white, white shirt back to work

Laughing with a Mouth of Blood St. Vincent

Just like an amnesiac Trying to get my senses back Oh, where did they go Laughing with a mouth of blood From a little spill I took Oh, what are you laughing at See I traded my plot of land For a plane

I Prefer Your Love St. Vincent

I, I prefer your love To Jesus Little baby on your knees Cause the world has got you down Name tagged tourists, sick at the sight of them Tight walking the sidewalk in spite of them As my headache moves

Digital Witness St. Vincent

Get back lash in tear Uuuuu-uh I want all in your mind People tell you TV only looks just like a window Yeah People tell you TV only looks just like a window Yeah DIGITAL WITNESSES, what’s the point of

Hell Is Near St. Vincent

Empty cup and a can full of marigolds Half-burned candle, a picture pinned on the wall Letters, records, and ash on linoleum Signs of life, the beginning, the beginning Our beginning, begin again I was

The Power's Out St. Vincent

Monday morning, subway station Pushers pushing, racers racing Came the message on the station "The power's out across the nation" And, "Ladies and gentlemen, it seems we got a problem" The man on my screen

Cheerleader St. Vincent

call family I’ve seen America with no clothes on but I I I I I don’t wanna be a cheerleader no more I I I I I don’t wanna be a cheerleader no more I don’t know what I deserve but for you I could work

All Born Screaming (Feat. Cate Le Bon) St. Vincent

I have climbed power lines and mountains Just to feel above the ground I have crawled out your hallowed houses Just to feel my headache pound I feel like graffiti on a urinal in the abattoir Well, it goes

The Bed St. Vincent

We're sleeping underneath the bed To scare the monsters out With our dear daddy's Smith and Wesson We've gotta teach them all a lesson Don't move Don't scream or we will have to shoot Stop right where

The Sequel (Explicit Ver.) St. Vincent

Oh honey I was there in the dark where you lay And I saw you With a scent on your hands Going out to get you something Oh honey I was there in the dark where you lay And I saw you With a scent on your

Strange Mercy St. Vincent

little one your Hemingway jawline looks just like his Our father in exile For God only knows how many years But when you see him wait through double pain I'll be with you lost boys Sneaking out

Year Of The Tiger St. Vincent

When I was young Coach called me the tiger I always had A knack with the danger Living in fear in the year of the tiger Living in fear in the year of the tiger Italian shoes Like these rubes know

Regret St. Vincent

terrifying Summer is as faded as a lone cicada call Memories so bright I gotta squint just to recall Regret the words I've bitten More than the ones I ever said Who's the one animal All by yourself, all of

The Apocalypse Song St. Vincent

Wait I\'ll be swifter than the speed of light Carbon my body a billion years of time You wake with the stitches over both your eyes And deny me my body and all earthly delights It\'s time You are

Jesus Saves, I Spend St. Vincent

While Jesus is saving I\'m spending all my days In backgrounds and landscapes with the languages of saints While people are spinning like toys on Christmas day I\'m inside a still life with the other

Violent Times St. Vincent

Huh) Violent times Almost lost you in these violent times I forgot people could be so kind In these violent times Dollar signs Almost lost it chasing dollar signs Know the cost, but I forgot the price Of

Prince Johnny St. Vincent

Prince Johnny, you're kind but you're not simple By now I think I know the difference You wanna be a son of someone Remember the time we went and snorted That piece of the Berlin Wall that you'd extorted

Huey Newton St. Vincent

Feelings flash cards Fake knife real ketchup Cardboard cutthroats Cowboys of information Pleasure dot loathing dot Huey dot Newton Oh it was a lonely lonely winter Fuckless porn sharks Toothless

Northern Lights St. Vincent

If you say it is then I guess it is What you say it is but I don't feel anything Cause your pendulum doesn't swing again Yeah your pendulum hasn't swung back in It's a champagne year full of sober

Rosyln St. Vincent

Won't, won't, won't, won't Won't let you talk me Won't let you talk me down Will pull it taut, nothing let out

Human Racing St. Vincent

You look like death like you sure could use some rest from this place human racing and the faces of people who pound at your door They always want more they want more Hummingbird, what\'s the word

The Party St. Vincent

trouble With ticking and tocking I licked the ice cube From your empty glass Oh we stayed much too late Till they're cleaning the ashtrays Do you have change Or a button, or cash All my pockets hang out

The Antidote St. Vincent

I am the antidote I’ll suck your venom out Show me where it really hurts I’ll show you where it really hurts Should’ve stopped for the wind Should’ve stopped for love Should’ve stopped for the wind Should

Flea St. Vincent

I'm just like a hungry little flea Jumping on somebody's warm body When you start to itch and scratch and scream Once I'm in, you can't get rid of me Once I'm in, you can't get rid of me Drip you in diamonds

Hysterical Strength St. Vincent

Hey it's your blood That makes my veins run It's true, so I tried to give it back to you Young one, look at me It's not your beast to leash Oh don't hold more than you can stand to carry Must of

Birth In Reverse St. Vincent

Oh, what an ordinary day Take out the garbage, masturbate I'm still holding for the laugh The dogs will bark so let them bark The birds will cry I'll let them cry Here's my report from the edge Like a

These Days St. Vincent

I've been out walking I don't do too much talking these days These days These days I simply think a lot About the things that I forgot to do And all the times I had the chance to I've stopped my rambling

Lazarus David Byrne, St. Vincent

Hey, Hey Lazarus Working your backbone, swinging your shovel Hey, Hey Lazarus Gold in your river, there forever One of these days I'm gonna bring the hammer down Cool water I'm working hard, but my heart

Marrow St. Vincent

Muscle connects to the bone And bone to the ire and the marrow I wish I had a gentle mind And a spine made up of iron Mouth connects to the teeth And teeth to the loves and curses Honey can you reach the

Pieta St. Vincent

Baptized in the shallow end Of a Holiday Inn Limbs dangled over my Pa Like an inverse Pieta Mother Nature cried You are Leviathan, my child You are Leviathan inside And my lungs runneth over With chlorinated

Paris Is Burning St. Vincent

I write to give word the war is over Send my cinders home to mother They gave me a medal for my valor Leaden trumpets spit the soot of power They say, \"I\'m on your side \"When nobody is, \'cause

The Neighbors St. Vincent

I supposed to sleep Roaming blackouts on the streets Oh not a word, not another speech, we'll run the headlights down These kids are foaming at the mouth, psychotropic capricorns Tomorrow's some kind of

Landmines St. Vincent

I\'m crawling through landmines Just to know where you are There\'s smoke in my eyes Cause you\'re burning the ground I\'m crawling through landmines Just to feel where you are Under cover of night

Bad Believer St. Vincent

What do you know Show me your stones I\'m just a bad believer What do you know What do you know Momma held me up through the rapture Dragged me through the eyes and the whispers Lost the spirit out

Rattlesnake St. Vincent

oh, oh oh Oh oh, oh oh, woah oh, oh oh Woah oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Woah oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Sweatin', sweatin' No wind whipping behind me Sweatin' sweatin' No one will ever find me The only sound out

Just the Same But Brand New St. Vincent

brand new And anything you wrote I checked for codes and clues The letters stopped unceremoniously in June So I changed my I's And A's to yours I'm just the same But brand new And I do my best impression of

Surgeon St. Vincent

I spent the summer on my back Another attack Stealing just to get along, get along, get along Turn off the TV, wait in bed of Blue and red a little Somethin' to get along, get along, get along...

Bring Me Your Loves St. Vincent

Bring me your loves All your loves, your loves I wanna love them too, you know x4 I thought you were like a dog I thought you were like a dog But you made a pet of me Bring me your loves All your loves

Marry Me St. Vincent

realize I\'m gone You won\'t realize I\'m gone Many people wanna make money, make love Make friends, make peace with death But most mainly wanna win the game They came to win, they want to come out

Sweetest Fruit St. Vincent

My SOPHIE climbed the roof To get a better view of the Moon Moon My God, then one wrong step Took her down to the depths But for a minute, what a view What a view You're a natural, baby You don't have

Actor Michael Learns To Rock

He takes you out and he takes you up ‘cause he can show you so much I go to bed and tomorrow again there's a lot of work to be done He gives you gold and he'll promise you the whole world will