Remember how it all began The apple and the fall of man The price we paid So the people say Down the path of shame and let us dare To bite the hand that fed us Fairy tale, the moral end Wheel of fortune, never turns again Never turns again The worst of it has […]
It’s a pity, It’s a crying shame He pulled you down again How painful it must be To bruise so easily Inside It’s a pity, it’s a downright crime It happens all the time You wanna stay little daddy’s girl You wanna hide from the viscous world… Outside Don’t cry, you know the tears will […]
Wonder - Natalie Merchant
Doctors have come From distant cities Just to see me Stand over my bed Disbelieving what they’re seeing They say i must be one of the wonders Of god’s own creation And as far as the can see they can offer No explanation Newspapers ask Intimate questions What confessions They reach into my head To […]
Words and music by katell keineg If you could fill a veil with shells from killiney’s shore And sweet talk in a tongue that is no more If wishful thought could bridge The gulf of araby Between what is What is What is And what can never be If you could hold the frozen flow […]
space oddity Ground control to major tom Ground control to major tom Take your protein pills and put your helmet on Ground control to major tom Commencing countdown, engines on Check ignition and may god’s love be with you (spoken) Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, liftoff This is ground control […]
How did i love you? There was no measuring Far above this dirty world Far above everything In your tower over it You were clean So warm and insightful Were you in my eyes I was sure the rightful Guardian of my life Damn you betrayer How you lied But for seven years You were […]
Go west Paradise is there You’ll have all that you can eat Of milk and honey over there You’ll be the brightest star The world has ever seen Sun-baked slender heroine Of film and magazine Go west Paradise is there You’ll have all that you can eat Of milk and honey over there You’ll be […]
Ophelia - Natalie Merchant
Ophelia was a bride of god A novice carmelite In sister cells The cloister bells tolled on her wedding night Ophelia was the rebel girl A blue stockting suffragette Who remedied society between her cigarettes And ophelia was the sweetheart To a nation overnight Curvaceous thighs Vivacious eyes Love was at first sight… Love was […]
Gun Shy - Natalie Merchant
gun shy I always knew that you would take yourself so far from home as soon as, And as far as you could go. by the 1/4 inch cut of your hair by the army issue Green, for the past eight weeks i can tell where you’ve been. for i knew, i Could see, it […]
Dust Bowl - Natalie Merchant
dust bowl I should know to leave them home. they follow me through the store with These toys i can’t afford. "kids, take them back, you know better than that." Dolls that talk, astronauts, t.v. games, airplanes, they don’t understand and How can i explain? i try and try but i can’t save. pennies, nickels, […]
