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

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

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

Landmines St. Vincent

I put a pearl in the ground Where\'d you go?

All My Stars Aligned St. Vincent

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 know it\'s real I check my

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

Bad Believer St. Vincent

What do you know I\'m just a bad believer What do you know What do you know From the nave and down into the altar I left my momma sitting in the pew Knelt before the trembling pastor Fainted as

Marry Me St. Vincent

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 sweet to you You won\'t realize I\'m gone You won\'t realize I\'m

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

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

Digital Witness St. Vincent

Get back to your seat 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

Big Time Nothing St. Vincent

Don't blink, don't wait, don't walk, you're late Don't fall from grace, behave Don't trip, sashay Okay, sashay Don't kid, don't blame, don't snap, insane Don't crack, don't act your age Don't change your

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

Flea St. Vincent

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, pour you in cream You will be mine for eternity Hair in my shears, fall at your

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

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

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

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

Human Racing St. Vincent

It\'s been years and still no sign But I\'m keeping hope alive Juliet, how you been?

The Neighbors St. Vincent

Sister say a prayer for us one we learned 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

The Strangers St. Vincent

Lover, I don't play to win but for the thrill until I'm spent Paint the black hole blacker, paint the black hole blacker I threw flowers in your face on my sister's wedding day Paint the black hole blacker

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

Dilettante St. Vincent

Oh Elijah don't make me wait Nobody's winning The sharks are swimming in the red Oh Elijah don't make me wait While you are sleeping My mind goes creaking down the wall Slow down dilettante So I

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

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

The Party St. Vincent

Honey, the party You went away quickly But oh that's the 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

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

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?

Save Me from What I Want St. Vincent

Keys are in my pocket and they rattle you away Seventh floor apartment and a fiery escape But I'm a wife in watercolors, I can wash away What seventeen cold showers couldn't wash away Save me, save me

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

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

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

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

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

Broken Man St. Vincent

On the street, I'm a king-sized killer I can make your kingdom come On my feet, I'm an earthquake shakin' So open up, my little one Hey, what are you looking at? (Oh) Who the hell do you think I am?

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

Teenage Talk St. Vincent

off to That was before we had made Any terrible mistakes Well that's just teenage talk Pink swear that you won't go changing Drank so much that night Carved the state of Texas in our forearms You know I

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 anyone

Rosyln St. Vincent

Up with your turret Aren't we just terrified?

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

The Bed St. Vincent

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 you stand We need a chalk outline if you can Put your

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

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

Just the Same But Brand New St. Vincent

The people in the street had overtaken you By the time you rounded Second Avenue So I walked away All perfumed Felt just the same But brand new And anything you wrote I checked for codes and clues The

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

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

Pieta St. Vincent

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 water And I

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

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

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