The Boat Family The Roches

make you smile You are a fifty pound bag of soybeans more than a bargain to me you take hours to cook you have serious taste you make me sob I am a poison and I am fun illegal lightweight luxury you are the

Family Of Bones The Roches

These tiny bones, I lay them on my life They are you and you and you Arranged to be the skeleton of love I sit inside them at attention Like a dog waiting for its owner to return A garbage truck could

Runs in the Family The Roches

And I can't change the law of averages. I'm going down. My uncle did it; my daddy did it. I'm beginning to think that it runs in the family Oh no, runs in the family. One by one we left home.

So The Roches

So maybe another way would have been better If you had been older or had known a thing or two Before you set sail for the new world Sail for the new world, mate All this ships ahoy Trouble is all of the

Home Away From Home The Roches

she was twenty six when she came to the burbs where the family secrets stop at the curbs i was nine when she moved next door she had married a republican he was for the war he was mean he beat her up all

Brother's Boat Eliza And The Bear

We felt the ocean air In your brothers boat He felt the time was right To let it go To let it go Let it go oh Cause when i'm old My bones don't creak But I am shaking in my sleep I am shaking in my sleep

The Troubles The Roches

(Words & Music by Maggie, Terre & Suzzy Roche) We're going away to Ireland soon we're going away to Ireland Ireland Ireland soon Ireland soon we'll try not to get in the way of the guns as we always do

The Train The Roches

(Words & Music by Suzzy Roche) I sit down on the train with my big pocketbook the guitar and a sugar-free drink I wipe the sweat off of my brow with the side of my arm and take off all that I can I am

The Largest Elizabeth In The World The Roches

Didn't you ever feel like the largest Elizabeth in the World?

September 11Th At The Shambhala Center The Roches

Good morning baby, the sky is your friend When you're scared, look up to the big no end I hear your voice, don't lose your nerve I hear your voice, you are the one who is singing And I am the listener

Steady With The Maestro The Roches

she goes steady with the maestro and she rosins his baton but when he goes out on a binge-o she's been known to carry on when the maestro goes out and paints the town maestro he gets very jealous when

Pretty and High The Roches

(Words & Music by Margaret A Roche) She came on the stage in a dress like the sky she had painted a sunset around her eyes and all of the people were charmed and surprised at how pretty and high and shy

The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane The Roches

The naughty lady of shady lane Has hit the town like a bomb The back fence gossip ain't been this good Since Mabel ran off with Tom Our town was peaceful and quiet Before she came on the scene The lady

My Winter Coat The Roches

The fit is generous and loose The coat is filled with down of goose Should I feel guilty about that?

Quitting Time The Roches

(Words & Music by Margaret A Roche) Money is not the problem you have enough of that now you must close your office put on your coat and hat put on your coat and hat Now is the hour of quitting twilight

Move The Roches

Sunday, cold weather Home, that's where I'll stay Okay I admit it, I've been drifting Dreaming the hours away Dreamin' of love The gentle kind I don't have to prove myself All of the time Working, years

The Great Gaels The Roches

the great Gaels of Ireland the race that God made mad for all their wars are merry and all their songs are sad words remembered by John A. Roche from a poem by G.K.

The Hallelujah Chorus The Roches

For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth! Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah! The kingdom of this world is become The kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ!

The Scorpion Lament The Roches

stood on the street the other night in full moonlight barefoot and oh dirtied my dress was goin' away there I was meetin' up with a man for the payoff faithful and unhenpecked I somewhat recollect soon

The Married Men The Roches

travels around one of 'em mainly stays in heart-throb town I am not their main concern they are lonely too I am just an arrow passing through When they look into my eyes I know what to do I make sure the

Piggy Mask The Roches

The fantasy is crumbling The piggy mask isn't working for me anymore I'd like you to think of me As somebody you'd put your teeth in for Lipitor, boxer shorts, snoring and the waterfall What more am I

Face Down At Folk City The Roches

stage But I'm sorry to say it ain't the latest rage Two mean men come walking in the door Now one of ?

Holidays The Roches

She's the kind of girl who pays for herself And the money don't come rolling in Been living here outside of fifteen years Say how do you do, where does she begin?

Factory Girl The Roches

As I went out walkin' one fine summer's mornin' the birds in the branches they did gaily sing the lad and the lasses together were sportin' goin' down to the fact'ry their work to begin I spied a fair

Gung Ho The Roches

Gung Ho, is a word I know Means things are just beginning Birth of a child, the wildness of youth And the turf in the first inning Coffee in the morning or Chinese herb tea The former is the one works

Instead I Chose The Roches

I had that chance to fall in love The life dance around myself As if I am the shadow, nearly ended But I never took the chance Instead I chose to stay in a nutshell and be a nut I had that chance to fall

Huh The Roches

How come, why, who was, what the huh? Let's forget the whole, oh, I don't know It's just that, so big deal, what's it to ya?

On The Road To Fairfax County The Roches

o once I loved an outlaw he came and stole my heart o how I count the hours since we were torn apart on the road to Fairfax County I spied a highwayman he wanted all my money my heart beat like a drum

This Feminine Position The Roches

I've got the apple in me original cinnamon style I'm gonna be fightin' night and day to keep you at your distance Weaken discuss the menu weaken discuss the cause we can discuss the other women you've

Mr. Sellack The Roches

Now the only thing I want Is to have my old job back again. I'll clean the tables; I'll do the creams; I'll get down on my knees and scrub behind the steam table. O Mr.

You (Make My Life Come True) The Roches

Once offered the chance of a lifetime I wasn't able to do it You laid yourself on the line Baby, somehow we got through it You make my life come true Lost fumbling around in the dark I wasn't able to see

My Sick Mind The Roches

Listen to the people talk. Listen to the people talk. She's such a good girl. She's such a good girl. No. Nobody knows. Nobody knows; Not even your best friend knows the bind you're in.

We The Roches

give out our ages and we don't give out our phone numbers give out our phone numbers sometimes our voices give out but not our ages and our phone numbers Guess which two of us made a record guess what the

Christlike The Roches

He wants to be Christlike and never be jealous So he lets her go on about all the other fellas But the animal in 'em awakes with a growl And a skin 'em cannibal scowl Skin 'em cannibal scowl And a swing

Only You Know How The Roches

Floating on a sea of sorrow, nothing else is clear Nothing else is clear And you might be a puppy dog, you might be a cow Only love can save you and only you know how Did you ever take a walk to the edge

Stop Performing The Roches

The very mention of your name And we hear your voice And when you danced, we came clapping, no choice I, in my dress and my man in his pants Yes, yes, yes You have slurped up the moon with your mouth And

Hammond Song The Roches

(Words & Music by Margaret A Roche) If you go down to Hammond you'll never come back In my opinion you're on the wrong track We'll always love you but that's not the point If you go with that fella forget

Long Before The Roches

Oh, I think you're lost to me Just a stranger I will never see I drove away and I walked out that door But you had left us long before The year we spent there was strange and slow Like all the cars in

Us Little Kids The Roches

Humpty Dumpty go Humpty Dumpt dah dah dah Humpty Dumpty go Humpty Dumpt I get so sad Just thinking of you All the good time we had I hurt your feelings You hurt my feelings But we had fun, too That’s

No Shoes The Roches

The most important part. I had no heart and I complained I did not understand, And then I met a man who had no hands. I had no hands and I complained, Until I met a man who was a wreck.

Can We Go Home Now The Roches

Woke up alone in a strange bed Lookin' around, shakin' my head Pulled my boots on, went downstairs She was sitting in one of the chairs "Can we go home now?"

When You're Ready The Roches

Come up to Heaven Happiness it is a given You gotta see this Atmosphere it is the freest There's nothing to stop you When you're ready you'll be over the rainbow and on the moon You'll be pretty When you're

I'm Someone Who Loves You The Roches

what if your father has a stroke when you are ten then sits like a rag doll wheelchair in the den you start failing school breaking every rule pretty soon you're a bum then one day you meet a girl at

Nurds The Roches

When I was a young girl I went to Catholic school Hung around all the nuns That was so uncool All the other girls were wearing Makeup in fourth grade But I was not allowed I wore anklets and prayed Nurds

It's Bad For Me The Roches

Your words go through and through me and leave me totally dazed for they do such strange things to me they nearly make me gloomy for you dear are so clever so obviously the top I wish you'd go on forever

Louis The Roches

Louis has money Just at a time in his life when he thought he was hopeless You see him a lot these days On the cover of this, on the back of that Looking a hundred different ways.

Bobby's Song The Roches

Think he's got a crush on me I saw the whole scene What makes you think He's got a crush on you Cause he played his song for me I was sitting there too What makes you think He played those songs for you

The Death Of Suzzy Roche The Roches

I work in the laundromat The one that Suzzy Roche Does hers at I hate her guts She thinks I want her autograph She's got stinky crusty socks She's got underwear that shocks O what a pig, she's such a pig

One Season The Roches

One season I was born fell down like an acorn I am the only tree and everybody leaves I've got to get away from you Bud growing up at me resentful face I see a harsh light seems to damn you is it because

Losing True The Roches

wanted to paw you not to destroy you now I just annoy you I'm losin' to accusin' you when I first met you I failed to get you now that I let you come through I forget who I'm losin' out cruisin' about the