Tori Amos

[fox69]

Samurai

Samurai


"You do your thing"

My Samurai said going to the sanctuary
I knew about my love too
My Samurai done making a liar of me when
To be happy
To be you
He says

My Samurai take me down to the sanctuary
And I'm free
Gonna be
You know me
You know me
I said I'm gonna be
Gonna be
You know me

My Samurai taking my face
And she's sticking it on a daisy
And you

"I think I gotta cut that one too
I get the Samurai book out and just read words"

 

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Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout

Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout


Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
Would not take the garbage out
She'd scour the pots and scrap the pans
Candy the yams and spice the hams
And though her daddy would scream and shout
She simply would not take the garbage out
And so it piled up to the ceilings
Coffee grounds, potato peelings
Brown bananas, rotten peas
Chunks of sour cottage cheese
It filled the can it covered the floor
It cracked the window and blocked the door
With bacon rinds and chicken bones
Drippy ends of ice cream cones
Prunes pits, peach pits, orange peel
Gloppy glumps of cold oatmeal
Pizza crusts and withered greens
Soggy beans and tangerines
Crusts of black burned butter toast
Grisly bits of beefy roast
The garbage rolled on down the hall
It raised the roof, it broke the wall
Greasy napkins, cookie crumbs
Glops of gooey bubble gum
Celophane from green bologna
Rubbery blubbery macaroni
Peanut butter caked and dry
Curdled milk and crusts of pie
Moldy melons, dried up mustard
Egg shells mixed with lemon custard
Cold french fries and rancid meat
Yellow lumps of cream-of-wheat
At last the garbage reached so high
That finally it touched the sky
All the neighbors moved away
And none of her friends would come to play
And finally Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout
Said "Okay, I'll take the garbage out"
Then of course it was too late
The garbage reached across the state
From New York to the Golden Gate
And there in the garbage she did hate
Poor Sarah met an awful fate
That I cannot right now relate
Because the hour is much to late
The children remember Sarah Stout
And always take the garbage out

 

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Scarlet's Walk

Scarlet's Walk


(leaving terra, leaving terra, leaving terra)

If you're a thought you will want me to think you
And I did
Invited a guest up until you, you announced that
You had moved in

"what do you plan to do with all your freedom?"
The new sheriff said, quite proud of his badge
"you must admit the land is now in good hands"
Yes, time will tell that
You just lift your lamp

I will follow her on her path
Scarlet's walk through the violets
Just tell your gods for me
All debts are off this year
They're free to leave, yes
They're free to leave

(leaving terra, leaving terra)

There was a time when I thought that her destiny
Should've been mine
Big brave nation, but instead her
Medicine now forgotten

"What do you plan to do with all your stories"
The new sheriff said, quite proud of his badge
We'll weave them through every rocket's red glare
And huddled masses
You just lift your lamp

I will follow her on her path
Scarlet's walk through the violets
Just tell your gods for me
All debts are off this year
They're free to leave, yes
They're free to leave

(leaving terra, leaving terra)

If you're a thought you will want me to think you
And I did, and I did..

 

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Seaside

Seaside


Heard from the TV
Of the latest bombing
The girls were dancing
She was coming of age
Shells fired out
Flowers mowed down
Innocence targeted
Whose God is this?
Wish that she had one more day
There at the seaside
5th of December
We chased the tide
As her treasures
Were gathered
I had to laugh
As she gave sand a bath
Jangle jangle
Jingle jangle
Jangle and circle again
Heard from the tv
Of the latest bombing
The girls were dancing
She was coming of age
Shells fired out
Flowers mowed down
Innocence targeted
What god is this?
Wish that she had one more day
There at the seaside
5th of December
We chased the tide
As her treasures
Were gathered
I had to laugh
As she gave sand a bath
Jangle jangle
Jingle jangle
Jangle and circle again
Jangle jangle
Jingle jangle
Jangle and circle again
Jangle jangle
Jingle jangle
Jangle and circle again
Jangle jangle
Jingle jangle
Jangle and circle and end
She was coming of age

 

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Secret Spell

Secret Spell


In one hand dreams a plenty
In her smile a secret spell
There have been disappointments
These she knows all too well

And you losing you
Was not a part of this plan
So
Jumps at three tears at thirteen
Just turn you around for
Eighteen wheels in a high heel
Turn you around
Sold a dream at twenty three
Turn you around
Hold out
You still got your secret spell

At the heart of the matter
Someone wove a secret spell
Mixed with girl not so peaceful
Angel and animal

But me losing you
Was not a part of this plan
So

Jumps at three tears at thirteen
Just turn you around for
Eighteen wheels in a high heel

Turn you around
Sold a dream at twenty three
Turn you around
Hold out
You still got your secret spell

Girl you got to do a 180
Disappointment you know it well
But you losing you
Was not a part of this plan
So

Jumps at three tears at thirteen
Just turn you around for
Eighteen wheels in a high heel
Turn you around
Sold a dream at twenty three
Turn you around
Hold out
Hold out
You still got your secret spell
Girl you got to do a 180
Cause you still got your secret spell

 

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Selkie

Selkie


Selkie unzips her skin finally determined
Through a window in the dark
There he sits all alone
I've been waiting on the love of my life to find
He's been waiting on his Selkie to come back
He said "I know these shores are not like yours
But will you make your home in my arms?"
Selkie battled tide and wave just to gaze upon his face
Hiding behind rocks to learn
If he found a new love

Loralie sings the song for Lovers
Who were torn apart then left broken hearted
Loralie hears the cry of Lovers
Who the Sea of Fate has separated

Selkie puts her hand in his
He knows the gift she gives
There inside his cabinet
Folded safe her seal skin
I've been waiting on the love of my life to find
He's been waiting on his Selkie to come back
He said "I know these shores are not like yours
But will you make your home in my arms?"

 

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Shattering Sea

Shattering Sea


That is not my blood on the bedroom floor
That is not the glass that I threw before

He gets his power from tide and wave
The grains of sand are my domain
His tempest surged and angry flesh
And through my arms formed a sea of glass

Shattering Sea
Closing my eyes
Closing my eyes

Every line
Every curve
Every twist
Every turn
Of every brutal word

Every turn (every line)
Every line (every curve)
Every twist (every turn)
Every curve
Of every brutal word

That is not my blood on the bedroom floor
That is not the glass that I threw before

 

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She's Leaving Home

She's Leaving Home


Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins.
She's silently closing her bedroom door.
Just leaving a note that she hoped would say more,
She goes downstairs to the kitchen,
Clutching her handkerchief.
Silently turning the backdoor key,
Stepping outside, she is free...
She- we gave her most of our lives.
Sacrificed most of our lives.
We gave her everything money could buy.
She's leaving home. After she lived here so long for so many years.

Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown.
Finding the note that is lying there,
Standing alone at the top of the stairs,
She breaks down and cries to her husband.
"Daddy, our baby, is gone!
"How could she treat us so thoughtlessly?
"How could she do this thing to me?"


She is leaving home... She's leaving home,
After she lived her so long for so many years.
Hea... (Adlib)


It's Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far away.
Rushing to keep an appointment that she's made.
Meeting a man from the motor trade.
She- we gave her most of our lives.
Sacrificed most of our lives.
We gave her everything money could buy.
She's leaving home. After she lived here so long for so many years.
She's leaving home. Bye-bye, bye-bye.

 

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She's Your Cocaine

She's Your Cocaine


She's your cocaine
She's got you shaving your legs
You can suck anything
But you know you want to be me
Put on your makeup boy
You're your favourite stranger
And we all like to watch
So shimmy once and do it again
Bring your sister
Bring your sister if you can't handle it

She says control it
Then she says don't control it
Then she says you're controlling
The way she makes you crawl

She's your cocaine
Your exodus laughing
And she knows what you are
So shimmy once
And do it again

Bring your sister
Bring your sister if you can't handle it

If you want me to boy I could lie to you
You don't need one of these to let me inside of you
And is it true that devils end up like you
Something safe for the picture frame
And is it true that devils end up like you
So tied up you don't know how she came

She's your cocaine
She's got you shaving your legs
She got you liking mine back
Got me taking it in
Getting mine back
Lasting mine evil
I'm taking my easel
And I'm writing good checks
You sign Prince of Darkness
Try squire of dimness
Please don't help me with this

Cut it again

 

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Siren

Siren


And you know you're
Gonna lie to you
In your own way

Know know too well
Know the chill
Know she breaks
My Siren

Never was one
For a
Prissy girl
Coquette
Call in For
An ambulance
Reach high
Doesn't
Mean she's
Holy
Just means
She's got a Cellular
Handy
Almost
Brave
Almost
Pregnant
Almost in love "vanilla"

And you know you're
Gonna lie to you
In your own way