Paris Is Burning St. Vincent

nobody is \"Come sit right here and sleep \"While I slip poison in your ear\" We are waiting on a telegram To give us news of the fall I am sorry to report Dear Paris is burning after all We

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

Psychopath St. Vincent

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 is

Hell Is Near St. Vincent

Empty cup and a can full of marigoldsHalf-burned candle, a picture pinned on the wallLetters, records, and ash on linoleumSigns of life, the beginning, the beginningOur beginning, begin againI was ...

Your Lips Are Red St. Vincent

Your lips are red My face is red from reading your red lips My hands are black My hands are black inside this downtown taxi cab This city\'s red This city\'s red from riding us into the ground This

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

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?

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

Every Tear Disappears St. Vincent

Oh, a smile is more than showing teeth Oh, it's not the potion, it's the magic that I seek Every tear disappears Every tear disappears Oh, the more that I struggle the deeper in the pit If I can show a

The Apocalypse Song St. Vincent

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 light I guess you are afraid of what everyone is

Pieta St. Vincent

runneth over With chlorinated water And I pleaded with my Pa But he said, I can't carry you no more Mother Nature cried You are Leviathan, my child You are Leviathan Inside Mother Nature sighed What hell is

Sweetest Fruit St. Vincent

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 to quit Sweetest fruit You're a natural, baby You know this ain't it The sweetest fruit Is

Rattlesnake St. Vincent

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 here is

Dilettante St. Vincent

through a lucky hole Let's not forget let's not forget let's not forget Why we crawled here Oh Elijah don't make me wait I got no patience for an estrangement anyway Wake up avenue C Your hometown is

I Prefer Your Love St. Vincent

the sidewalk in spite of them As my headache moves from east to west Mother, won't you open your arms and Forgive me of all these bad thoughts I'm blinded to the faces in the fog But all the good in me is

The Neighbors St. Vincent

from nuns and such I won't believe not a word you speak just make it sweet to hear Let's pour wine in coffee cups and drive around the neighborhood And shine the headlights on houses until all the news is

Digital Witness St. Vincent

like a window Yeah People tell you TV only looks just like a window Yeah DIGITAL WITNESSES, what’s the point of even sleeping If I can’t show it, you can’t see me What’s the point of doing anything This is

Bad Believer St. Vincent

do you know I\'m just a bad believer What do you know What do you know Show me your stones I\'m just a bad believer What do you know What do you know But now I\'m not afraid I know that love is

Sparrow St. Vincent

No eyes are on the sparrow, eyes are on the sparrow He is singing anyway The lark keeps whistling his number, silly little number Although he's being chased And no eyes are on the sparrow, eyes are on

Regret St. Vincent

Morning pry the windows open Let in what's so 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

Save Me from What I Want St. Vincent

But I'm a wife in watercolors, I can wash away What seventeen cold showers couldn't wash away Save me, save me Save me from what I want Save me, save me Save me from what I want Honey what reveals you is

Reckless St. Vincent

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 And every part of you is

Severed Crossed Fingers St. Vincent

but my hope isn't helping you Spitting our guts from their gears Draining our spleen over years Found my severed crossed fingers in the rubble there Wake up puddle eyed, sleeping in the suit The truth is

Flea St. Vincent

you're walking down your sunny street (I got it) Thinking of your bills or what to eat (I got it, I, I got it) Then you feel that little prick from me (I got it, I, I got it) I look at you and all I see is

Human Racing St. Vincent

Tell the truth now Your heart is a strange little orange to peel What\'s the deal? What\'s the deal? Mary, dear, how you feel? Are you lost without your lamb?

Teenage Talk St. Vincent

Oh we laughed so hard Threw up in your mom's azaleas That was before we had made any terrible mistakes That was before we had made any terrible mistakes That's just teenage talk I don't think the past is

All My Stars Aligned St. Vincent

Love is the answer I\'ll do a dance to make the rain come Smile to keep the sky from falling down, down, down, down Collect the love that I\'ve been given Build a nest for us to sleep in here, you

Marry Me St. Vincent

I hope your open sign is blinking still So marry me, John, marry me, John I\'ll be so good to you You won\'t realize I\'m gone Marry me, John, marry me, John I\'ll be so good to you You won\'

Now, Now St. Vincent

I\'m not your mother\'s favorite dog I\'m not the carpet you walk on I\'m not one small atomic bomb I\'m not anything at all I\'m not the feather at your feet I\'m not your yellow brick street I\'...

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 b...

We Put a Pearl in the Ground St. Vincent

Instrumental

Rosyln St. Vincent

Up with your turret Aren't we just terrified? Shale, screen your worry from what you won't ever find Don't let it fool you Don't let it fool you...down Down's sitting round, folds in the gown Sea a...

Now,Now St. Vincent

I'm not your mother's favorite dog I'm not the carpet you walk on I'm not one small atomic bomb I'm not anything at all I'm not the feather at your feet I'm not your yellow brick street I'm not any...

Chloe In The Afternoon St. Vincent

You’re all legs I'm all nerves black lacquered horse hair whip By your heels heal my hurt horse hair whip be your floor Chloe in the afternoon Chloe in the afternoon Chloe in the afternoon Chloe in...

Cruel St. Vincent

Bodies, can't you see what everybody wants from you? Forgive the kids, for they don't know how to live Run the alleys casually cruel Cruel, cruel Bodies, can't you see what everybody wants from you...

Cheerleader St. Vincent

I’ve had good times with some bad guys I’ve told whole lies with a half smile Held your bare bones with my clothes on I’ve thrown rocks then hid both my arms I don’t know what good it serves P...

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... B...

Champagne Year St. Vincent

So I thought I'd learned my lesson But I secretly expected A choir at the shore And confetti through the fall night air I'll make a living telling people what they want to hear It's not a kill...

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 be...

Strange Mercy St. Vincent

Oh little one I know you've been tired for a long long time And oh little one I ain't been around a little while But when you see me wait Oh little one your Hemingway jawline looks just like ...

Neutered Fruit St. Vincent

Did you ever really stare at me Did you ever really stare at me Like I stared at you I ate flowers in the backyard Bought finely neutered fruit Shot a hundred arrows at a knoll a hundred sparrows b...

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 t...

Birth In Reverse St. Vincent

Oh, what an ordinary dayTake out the garbage, masturbateI'm still holding for the laughThe dogs will bark so let them barkThe birds will cry I'll let them cryHere's my report from the edgeLike a bi...

Prince Johnny St. Vincent

Prince Johnny, you're kind but you're not simpleBy now I think I know the differenceYou wanna be a son of someoneRemember the time we went and snortedThat piece of the Berlin Wall that you'd extort...

Bring Me Your Loves St. Vincent

Bring me your lovesAll your loves, your lovesI wanna love them too, you know x4I thought you were like a dogI thought you were like a dogBut you made a pet of meBring me your lovesAll your loves, y...

The Antidote St. Vincent

I am the antidoteI’ll suck your venom outShow me where it really hurtsI’ll show you where it really hurtsShould’ve stopped for the windShould’ve stopped for loveShould’ve stopped for the windShould...

Del Rio St. Vincent

We were down on 10thYou told me I looked spentGave that look you giveAnd rushed me to the riverDel Del RioDel Del RioWe filled our cupsDrank to drink enoughThen when we were doneWe threw ourselves ...

Actor Out of Work St. Vincent

You're a supplement, you're a salveYou're a bandage, pull it offI can quit you, cut it outYou're a patient, iron lungYou're a cast signed broken armYou're an actor out of workYou're a liar and that...

Bicycle St. Vincent

You stole my bicycleSo I had to walkTwenty six blocks in the rainWhat a shameYou took my tennis shoesSo I took the trainTo avoid the rainWhat a shameYou saw me on the streetYou offered me a seatThe...