Tori Amos

[GKZ]

Carbon



carbon made found her at the
end of a chain 'time to race'
she said 'race the downhill'
behind crystalline irises
loons can drive
where the world bleeds white
just keep your eyes on her
keep
don''t look away
keep your eyes on her horizon
bear claw free fall
a gunner''s view black and blue
shred in ribbons of lithium
blow by blow
her mind cut in sheets
layers deep now unravelling
just keep your eyes on her.
get me neil on the line
no i can''t hold
have him read 'snow glass apples'
where nothing is what it seems
'little sis you must crack this'
he says to me
'you must go in again carbon
made only wants to be unmade'
blade to ice it''s
double diamond time
and keep your eyes on her
on her eyes on her horizon

 

[GKZ]

Crucify

Crucify

Every finger in the room
is pointing at me
I wanna spit in their faces
Then I get afraid of what that could bring
I got a bowling ball in my stomach
I got a desert in my mouth
Figures that my courage would choose to sell our now
I''ve been looking for a savior in these dirty streets
looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets
I''ve been raising up my hands
Drive another nail in
Just what God needs
One more victim

[Chorus:]
Why do we
Crucify ourselves
Every day
I crucify myself
Nothing I do is good enough for you
Crucify myself
Every day
And my heart is sick of being in chains

Got a kick for a dog
Beggin'' for Love
I gotta have my suffering
So that I can have my cross
I know a cat named Easter
He says will you ever learn
You''re just an empty cage girl
If you kill the bird
I''ve been looking for a savior in these dirty streets
looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets
I''ve been raising up my hands
Drive another nail in
Got enough guilt to start
my own religion
Please be
Save me
I cry

[Chorus:]
Why do we
Crucify ourselves
Every day
I crucify myself
Nothing I do is good enough for you
Crucify myself
Every day
And my heart is sick of being in chains

 

[GKZ]

Gold Dust

Gold Dust

sights and sounds
pull me back down
another year
i was here
i was here

whipping past
the reflecting pool
me and you
skipping school

and we make it up
as we go along
we make it up we
go along

you said -
you raced from langley -
pulling me underneath
a cherry blossom
canopy
-do i have-
of course i have,
beneath my raincoat,
i have your photographs.
and the sun on your
face
i''m freezing that frame

and somewhere alfie cries
and says 'enjoy his every smile
you can see in the dark
through the eyes of laura mars'
how did it go so fast
you''ll say
as we are looking
back
and then we''ll
understand
we held gold dust
in our
hands

sights and sounds
pull me back down
another year
i was here
i was here

gaslights
glow in the street
(flickering past)
twilight held us
in her palm
as we walked along

and we make it up
as we go along
we make it up as we go along

letting names
hang in the
air
what color hair
(auburn crimson)
autumn knowingly
stared
and the day that
she came
i''m freezing that
frame
i''m freezing that frame

and somewhere alfie
smiles
and says 'enjoy her
every cry
you can see in the
dark
through the eyes
of laura mars'

how did it go so
fast
you''ll say as we are looking back
and then we''ll understand
we held gold dust
in our
hands
in our
hands

 

[GKZ]

Happy Phantom

Happy Phantom


And if I die today I''ll be the happy phantom
And I''ll go chassin'' the nuns out in the yard
And I''ll run naked through the streets without my mask on
And I will never need umbrellas in the rain
I''ll wake up in strawberry fields every day
And the atrocities of school I can forgive
The happy phantom has no right to bitch
oo who
The time is getting closer
oo who
Time to be a ghost
oo who
Every day we''re getting closer
The sun is geting dim
Will we pay for who we been

So if I die today I''ll be the happy phantom
And I''ll go wearin'' my naughties like a jewel
They''ll be my ticket to the universal opera
There''s Judy Garland taking Budda by the hand
And then these seven little men get up to dance
They say Confucius does his crossword with a pen
I''m still the angel to a girl who hates to sin

oo who
The time is getting closer
oo who
Time to be a ghost
oo who
Every day we''re getting closer
The sun is geting dim
Will we pay for who we been

Or will I see you dear and wish I could come back
You found a firl that you could truly love again
WIll you still call for me when she falls asleep
Or do we soond forget the things we cannot see

oo who
The time is getting closer
oo who
Time to be a ghost
oo who
Every day we''re getting closer
The sun is geting dim
Will we pay for who we been

 

[GKZ]

I'm Not In Love

I'm Not In Love


I''m not in love, so don''t forget it.
It''s just a silly phase I''m going through.
And just because I call you up,
Don''t get me wrong, don''t think you''ve got it made.
I''m not in love, no no, it''s because...
I like to see you, but then again,
That doesn''t mean you mean that much to me.
So if I call you, don''t make a fuzz;
Don''t tell your friends about the two of us.
I''m not in love, no no, it''s because...
I keep your picture upon the wall.
It hides a nasty stain that''s lying there.
So don''t you ask me to give it back.
I know you know it doesn''t mean that much to me.
I''m not in love, no no, it''s because...
Ooh, you''ll wait a long time for me.
Ooh, you''ll wait a long time.
I''m not in love, I''m not in love...

 

[GKZ]

Little Earthquakes

Little Earthquakes


Yello birk flying
Get shot in the wing
good year for hunter
And Christmas parties
And I hate and I hate
And I hate and I hate
Elevator music
The way we fight
The way I''m left here silent

Oh these little earthquakes
Here we go again
These little earthquakes
Doesn''t take much to rip us into pieces

We danced in graveyards
With vampire till dawn
We laughed in the faces of kings Never afraid to burn
And I hate and I hate
And I hate and i hate
Disintegration
Watching us wither
Black winged roses that safely changed their color

Oh these little earthquakes
Here we go again
These little earthquakes
Doesn''t take much to rip us into pieces

I can''t reach you
I can''t reach you
Give me life Give me pain
Give me myself again

Oh these little earthquakes
Here we go again
These little earthquakes
Doesn''t take much to rip us into pieces

 

[GKZ]

Real Man

Real Man


Take your mind back - I don''t know when
Sometime when it always seemed
To be just us and them
Girls that wore pink
And boys that wore blue
Boys that always grew up better men
Than me and you
What''s a man now - what''s a man mean
Is he rough or is he rugged
Is he cultural and clean
Now it''s all change - it''s got to change more
''Cause we think it''s getting better
But nobody''s really sure
And so it goes - go round again
But now and then we wonder who the real men are
See the nice boys - dancing in pairs
Golden earring golden tan
Blow-wave in the hair
Sure they''re all straight - straight as a line
All the gays are macho
Can''t you see their leather shine
You don''t want to sound dumb - don''t want to offend
So don''t call me a faggot
Not unless you are a friend
Then if you''re tall and handsome and strong
You can wear the uniform and I could play along
And so it goes - go round again
But now and then we wonder who the real men are
Time to get scared - time to change plan
Don''t know how to treat a lady
Don''t know how to be a man
Time to admit - what you call defeat
''Cause there''s women running past you now
And you just drag your feet
Man makes a gun - man goes to war
Man can kill and man can drink
And man can take a whore
Kill all the blacks - kill all the reds
And if there''s war between the sexes
Then there''ll be no people left
And so it goes - go round again
But now and then we wonder who the real men are

 

[GKZ]

Wednesday

Wednesday



nothing here to fear
i''m just sitting around being foolish
when there is work to be done
just a hang-up call
and the quiet breathing
of our persian
we call cajun on a wednesday

so we go from year to year
with secrets we''ve been keeping
though you say you''re not a templar man

seems as if we''re circling
for very different reasons
but one day the eagle has to land

out past the fountain a left by the station i start the day
in the usual way
then think -- well why not --
and stop for a coffee
then begin to recall things that
you say
no one''s at the door
you suggest a ghost
perhaps a phantom
i agree with this in part
something is with us
i can''t put my finger on
-- is thumbalina size 10 on a wednesday --
so we go you tell me
to cheer up
you suspect we''re oddly even
even still
the eagle has to land
out past the fountain
pluck up the courage
and snap it''s gone again
i start humming 'when doves cry'
can someone help me
i think that i''m lost here
lost in a place called america

 

[GKZ]

Cornflake Girl

Cornflake Girl

Never was a cornflake girl
Thought that was a good solution
Hanging with the raisin girls
She's gone to the other side
Givin us a yo heave ho
Things are getting kind of gross
And I go at sleepy time
This is not really happening
You bet your life it is

Peel out the watchword
Just peel out the watchword

She knows what's goin on
Seems we got a cheaper feel now
All the sweetcaze are gone
Gone to the other side
With my encyclopedia
They musta paid her a nice price
She's putting on her string bean love
This is not really happening
You bet your life it is

Peal our the watchword
Just peel out the watchword

Never was a cornflake girl
Thought that was a good solution

Rabbit where'd you put the keys girl
And the man with the golden gun thinks he knows so much
Thinks he knows so much
Rabbit where'd you put the keys girl

 

[GKZ]

Professional Widow

Professional Widow

Slag pit
Stag shit
Honey bring it close to my lips
Yes
Don't blow those brains yet
We gotta be big boy
We gotta be big
Starfucker just like my Daddy
Just like my Daddy selling his baby
Just like my Daddy
Gonna strike a deal made him feel
Like a congressman
It runs in the family

Rest you shoulder Peaches and Cream
Everywhere a Judas as fas as you can see
Beautiful anbgel
Calling "We got every re-run of Muhammad Ali"

Prism perfect
Honey bring it close to your lipls
Yes
What is termed a landslide of principle
Proportion boy it better be big boy
Starfucker just like my Daddy
Just like my Daddy selling his baby
Just like my dady
Gonna strike a deal make him feel
LIke a Congressman
It runs in the family
Maother Mary
China white
Brown may be sweeter
She will supply
Mother Mary
China white
Brown may be sweeter
She will supply
She will supply
She will supply
She will supply