After the ceasefire that they swore would last She had the bright idea "to hell with the past!" That’s where love lay bleeding licking at its wounds The times were never changing sticking to their guns She thought she really meant it, that’s the honest truth She felt it in her marrow, she felt it […]
Well my friends have gone and my hair is grey I ache in the places where i used to play And i’m crazy for love but i’m not coming on I’m just paying my rent every day In the tower of song. I said to hank williams: how lonely does it get ? Hank williams […]
Great expectations i have to find I want to tell you what it was like My recollection is not too clear So much hope and so much fear. Long conversations into the night Not like that, oh no, not so black and white The great temptation’s to try and please you Play with you thought […]
It comes as no surprise Your face filled with lies Hovers all around me in this room. Clouds hung with my dismay A hot bed where we lay Your every kiss tasting like a tomb. If time becomes a judge, If my body holds a grudge It’s just because i needed sanctuary. Your skin under […]
I cherished the night of your marathon kiss, Chemicals flying, oh i love this. What’s it all for if you can’t feel the ecstasy ? What’s it all for if you can’t touch the power, The will to live in the hour ? Don’t steal what i have got, baby, ’cause it’s hardly enough for […]
Think about it when you’re out on the street Think about it when you’ve nothing to eat How could you fall so low from so high above. Think about it when you’re on your own Think about it when you’re leaving home You didn’t see it coming, the velvet glove. Too far out on the […]
Electra - Marianne Faithfull
I know that woman in the mirror, not quite yours and not quite mine, Who she is can’t say for sure, could be from another tide. She’s the queen of sheba, my father’s mother, Her face is low flying africa. She says to me she is not me, So tell me, tell me who is […]
Do you remember me, Do you remember anything ? Don’t pretend i didn’t make you laugh, File it under fun from the past. Well, i’m looking ’round the room Some of the people i’ve loved. Guess i remember everything File it under fun from the past. I could have been a contender, a contender for […]
Do you remember me ? how we used to be helpless and happy and blind ? Sunk without hope in a haze of good dope and cheap wine ? Laying on the living-room floor on those indian tapestry cushions you made Thinking of calling our first born jasmine or jade. Don’t do it, don’t do […]
Oh, doctor please, oh, doctor please. I drink and i take drugs, i love sex and i move around a lot, I had my first baby at fourteen, And yes, i guess i do have vagabond ways. Yes, i guess i do have vagabond ways. Oh, doctor please, oh, doctor please, I think you’ve made […]
