Marianne Faithfull

fox69 · 12.06.2015

"Sliding Through Life On Charm"

"Sliding Through Life On Charm"

The family tree was chain-sawed Wednesday week.
So now I have to mingle with the meek.
Hey mister! you have finally met your match
Now everybody wants to kiss my snatch -
To go where God knows who has gone before.
I am a muse, not a mistress, not a whore.
Oh - suburban shits who want some class
All queue up to kiss my ass
And I was only trying to please
I never got any royalties oh no - not me
I'm still sliding through life on charm
Sliding through life on charm.

If Marianne was born a man she'd show you all
A way to piss your life against the wall.
Go ahead why don't you leave me to these thugs?
And creeps who want to fuck a nun on drugs.
Is it such a sin I never, ever tried too hard?
I had to know how far was going too far -
In proper homes throughout the land Fathers try to understand
Why Eunice who is seventeen - aspires to live her life like me
Oh no - Can't ya see, Daddy?
She's just captivated by my charm
Sliding through life on charm.

Sliding...
Sliding...
Never!

I wonder why the schools don't teach anything useful these days
Like how to fall from grace, and slide with elegance from a pedestal
I never asked to be on in the first place.

Sliding on charm
Sliding on charm
Sliding on charm
Sliding on charm
Sliding on charm
Sliding on charm.

fox69 · 12.06.2015

"Sloth"

"Sloth"

Family

Will she now?... will our Anna pull herself together?
(lazy bones are for the devil's stockpot?)
For she was always quite a one for an armchair;
(lazy bones are for the devil's stockpot?)
Unless you came and hauled her off the mattress
(lazy bones are for the devil's stockpot?)
The lazy slug would lie in bed all morning.
(lazy bones are for the devil's stockpot?)

Otherwise, Anna Is, we must admit, a most respectful child.
(lazy bones are for the devil's stockpot?)
Did what she was told and showed affection for her parents.

(lazy bones are for the devil's stockpot?)
This is what we told her when she left home:
(lazy bones are for the devil's stockpot?)
"think of us, and mind you keep your nose down to the grindstone."
(lazy bones are for the devil's stockpot?)

O lord, look down upon our daughter,
Show her the way that leads the good to thy reward,
In all her doings preserve her and comfort her,
Incline her heart to observe all thy commandments
That her works on earth may prosper.

fox69 · 12.06.2015

"So Sad"

"So Sad"

Strum me hard, strum me fast,
Fears sure built into every wall.
Looking hard through the glass,
Fears sure built in with every waltz.

Looking out at the rain
Looking in through the storm.
Treading the waves,
Come in from harm.
How could you regret your other words...
Hoping for thrills? free as a bird...

Strum me hard, strum me fast,
Fears sure built into every wall.
Looking hard through the glass,
Fears sure built in with every waltz.

There's a knock at the door,
I get up? let you in.
Travelled and stained,
Soaked to the skin.

Welcome my darling, you got here at last...
Come and sit by the fire? forget what's past.

So sad, so sad,
So sad, so sad.

Strum me hard, strum me fast,
Fears sure built into every wall.
Looking hard through the glass,
Fears sure built in with every waltz.

Looking out at the rain
Looking in through the storm.
Looking back, looking forward,
Flying up, flying down?
What have you found?

So sad, so sad
What have you found?
So sad, so sad
What have you found?
So sad, so sad
What have you found?
So sad, so sad.

fox69 · 12.06.2015

"Solitude"

"Solitude"

In my solitude you haunt me
With memories of days gone by
In my solitude you taunt me
With memories that never die

I sit in my chair
And filled with despair
There's no one could be so sad
With gloom everywhere, I sit and I stare
I know that I'll soon go mad

In my solitude, I'm afraid
Dear Lord above
Send back my love

I sit in my chair
And filled with despair
There's no one could be so sad
With gloom everywhere, I sit and I stare
I know that I'll soon go mad

In my solitude, I'm afraid
Dear Lord above
Send me back my love

fox69 · 12.06.2015

"Somebody Loves You"

"Somebody Loves You"

It's been a long time since you went away,
I stop to think of you most every day
With all my heart I'm hoping you're ok.
Guess who loves you?
Somebody loves you.

I couldn't reach you by the us mail,
You didn't leave a very easy trail
I tried to telephone to no one bail
Guess who loves you?
Somebody loves you?? I do.

Na na na na na na na na na na
Oh, oh.
Na na na na na na na na na na
Oh.
Na na na na na na na na na na
Someone loves you,
Somebody loves you.

Mind over matter is the game I play
I'll never each you any other way.
So I send this one thought to you every day:

"guess who loves you?
Somebody loves you?? I do."

Na na na na na na na na na na
Oh, oh.
Na na na na na na na na na na
Oh.
Na na na na na na na na na na
Someone loves you
Somebody loves you?? I do.

I couldn't reach you by the us mail,
You didn't leave a very easy trail
I tried to telephone to no one bail
Guess who loves you?
Somebody loves you?? I do.

Na na na na na na na na na na
Oh, oh.
Na na na na na na na na na na
Oh, oh.
Na na na na na na na na na na
Someone loves you,
Somebody loves you.

fox69 · 12.06.2015

"Somewhere (A Place For Us)"

"Somewhere (A Place For Us)"

Somewhere
There's a place for us
Somewhere a place for us
Peace and quiet and open air
Wait for us somewhere

There's a time for us
Some day a time for us
Time together with time to spare
Time to look, time to care
Someday, somewhere

We'll find a new way of living
We'll find there's a way of forgiving
Somewhere

There's a place for us, a time and place for us
Hold my hand and we're halfway there
Hold my hand and I'll take you there
Somehow, someday, somewhere

We'll find a new way of living
We'll find a way of forgiving
Somewhere

There's a time for us, a time and place for us
Hold my hand and we're halfway there
Hold my hand and I'll take you there
Somehow, someday, somewhere, somewhere

Somewhere

fox69 · 12.06.2015

"Song For Nico"

"Song For Nico"

Born in 1938
A good year for the Reich.
She could not participate
She didn't have the right.
For she was fatherless in the Fatherland.

Now it's 1966
Andrew's up to all his tricks.
And when Brian Jones is near
Nico doesn't feel so queer;
She's in the shit, though she's innocent -

Yesterday is gone,
There's just today - No tomorrow.
Yesterday is gone,
There's just today - No more...

Now it's Andy Warhol's time
Mystic 60's on a dime.
Though she kinda likes Lou Reed -
She doesn't really have the need.
Already in the shit, though she's innocent.

And now she doesn't know
What it is she wants
And where she wants to go
And will Delon be still a cunt.
Yes, she's in the shit, though she is innocent.

Yesterday is gone
There's just today
No tomorrow.
Yesterday is gone
There's just today
No more.

Yesterday is gone
There's just today
No tomorrow.
Yesterday is gone
There's just today
No more.

Da da da da da
Da da da da da
Da da da da da.
Da da da da da
Da da da da
Da da.

Da da da da da
Da da da da da
Da da da da da.
Da da da da da
Da da da da da
Da da.

fox69 · 12.06.2015

"Southern Butterfly"

"Southern Butterfly"

Where I walk
And life is warm
Sun and breath
Hopefully here
All our hearts are blessed.

Texas real
A woman sworn to man
Here I tried,
Here I tried
To be the best.

So hot it's white and real to me
I'd stay awake all night
Asking your silent sympathy.

I know something new,
Southern butterfly and you.
I know something new,
Southern butterfly with you.

Texas real

A woman sworn to man
Here I tried,
Here I tried
To be the best.

So hot it's fine and real, real me
I'd stay awake all night
Asking your silent sympathy.

I know something new,
Southern butterfly with you.
I know something new,
Southern butterfly and you.

I know something new,
Southern butterfly and you.
I know something new,
Southern butterfly with you.

fox69 · 12.06.2015

"Spanish Is A Loving Tongue"

"Spanish Is A Loving Tongue"

Spanish is a loving tongue
Soft as music, light as spray
'twas a boy I learnt it from
Living down sonora way.
He didn't look much like a lover
Yet I say his love words over
Often when I'm all alone,
Mi amor, mi corazon.

Moonlight on the patio,
Old senora nodding near.
Me and juan were talking low
So the madre couldn't hear.
How those hours would go a-flying

And too soon I'd hear him sighing,
Softly murmuring sweet and low,
"mi amor, mi corazon."

Haven't seen him since that night,
He can't cross the line you know.
Wanted for a gambling fight,
Well, perhaps it's better so.
Yet I sometimes sort of miss him
Since that last sad night I kissed him
Softly murmuring sweet and low,
"adios, mi corazon."

fox69 · 12.06.2015

"Sparrows Will Sing"

"Sparrows Will Sing"

A child breaks the ice and peers into the hidden depths
And tries to decipher the whole of this unholy mess
I have no doubt he will figure it out some day
Callooh, Callooh Callay
Callooh, Callooh Callay

Then the sparrows will sing on the boulevards again
And the corridors of power will be walked by thoughtful men
The assassins and priests like mythical beasts will surely fade away
Callooh, Callooh Callay
Callooh, Callooh Callay

The new generation is eager to master the helm
They cannot be seduced by this candyfloss techno hell
They put over the helm and a fresh breeze fills the sails
Callooh, Callooh Callay
Callooh, Callooh Callay

A child breaks the ice and peers into the hidden depths
To try to untangle the whole of this unholy mess
Well I have no doubt they will figure it out one day
Callooh, Callooh Callay
Callooh, Callooh Callay