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

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

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 killing

Human Racing St. Vincent

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

Cruel St. Vincent

Bodies, can't you see what everybody wants from you?

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

The Power's Out St. Vincent

gentlemen, it seems we got a problem" The man on my screen said, just as somebody shot him And the mothers gasped, the children cried Almost could not believe my eyes The power's out And no one can save

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

Broken Man St. Vincent

(Oh) Like you never seen a broken man Lover, nail yourself right to me If you go, I won't be well I can hold my arms wide open But I need you to drive the nail Like, what are you looking at?

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

Bicycle St. Vincent

You stole my bicycle So I had to walk Twenty six blocks in the rain What a shame You took my tennis shoes So I took the train To avoid the rain What a shame You saw me on the street You offered me a seat

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

Rosyln St. Vincent

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 and the rock below Cocked to the undertow Bones

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

Rattlesnake St. Vincent

Follow the power lines back from the road No one around so I take off my clothes Am I the only one in the only world Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Woah oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh I

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

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

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

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

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

Del Rio St. Vincent

We were down on 10th You told me I looked spent Gave that look you give And rushed me to the river Del Del Rio Del Del Rio We filled our cups Drank to drink enough Then when we were done We threw ourselves

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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