Tori Amos

[fox69]

After All

After All


Please trip them gently
They don't like to fall
Oh by jingo
There's no room for anger
We're all very small
Oh by jingo

We're painting our faces
And dressing in thoughts from the skies
From paradise
They think that we're holding a secretive ball
Won't someone invite them
They're just taller children, that's all
After all

Man is an obstacle
Sad as a clown
Oh by jingo
So hold on to nothing
And he won't let you down
Oh by jingo

Some people are marching together
And some on their own
Quite alone
Others are running
The smaller ones crawl
But some sit in silence
They're just older children that's all
After all

I sing with impertinence
Shading impermanent chords
With my words
I've borrowed your time
And I'm sorry I called
But the thought just occurred
That we're nobody's children at all,
After all

Live till your rebirth
And do what you will
Oh by jingo
Forget all I've said
Please bear me no ill
Oh by jingo

After all

 

[fox69]

After The Gold Rush

After The Gold Rush


well, i dreamed i saw the knights
well, i dreamed i saw the knights in armor come
sayin' something about a queen
there were children singin' and drummers drumming
the archer split the tree
there was a fanfare blowin' to the sun
that floated on the breeze
look at mother nature on the run in the nineteen seventies
look at mother nature on the run in two thousand and three...

i was lying in a burned out basement
with a full moon in my eyes
i was hopin' for a replacement
when the sun burst through the sky
there was a band playing in my head
and i felt like getting high
thinkin' about what a friend had said,
i was hopin' it was a lie
thinkin' about what a friend had said,
i was hopin' it was a lie

well, i dreamed i saw the silver spaceships flying
in the yellow haze of the sun
there were children crying and colors flying
all around the chosen ones
all in a dream, all in a dream
the loading had begun
flyin' mother nature's silver seed
to a new home in the sun
flyin' mother nature's silver seed
to a new home...

well, i dreamed i saw the knights in armor come
sayin' something about a queen
there were children singin' and drummers drumming
the archer split the tree
there was a fanfare blowin' to the sun
that floated on the breeze
look at mother nature on the run in the nineteen seventies
look at mother nature on the run in two thousand and three...

 

[fox69]

Agent Orange

Agent Orange


Gotta tell you what I heard
From agent orange
Mister suntan
Mister happy man
Mister I know the girls on all the world tours
Mister agent, yeah
He's my favorite
And they don't understand
He's got palm oil pants
Yes, he's down and there and everywhere
He's getting in too deep in this
Underwater city where she swims and swims

 

[fox69]

Ain't No Sunshine

Ain't No Sunshine


ain't no sunshine when he's gone
it's not warm when he's away
ain't no sunshine when he's gone
and he's always gone too long
anytime he goes away
wonder this time where he's gone
wonder if he's gone to stay
ain't no sunshine when he's gone
and he's always gone too long
anytime he goes away
and i know, i know, i know, i know
i know, i know, i know, i know
i know, i know, i know
i know, i oughta leave this all alone, hey
ain't no sunshine when he's gone
hey....lalalalala...
oh and i remember
hey, and and and i remember
that tune, so, yea yea yea yea
i oughta leave it all alone
hey, i know, i oughta leave this alone
wonder this time where he's gone
wonder if he's gone to stay
ain't no sunshine when he's gone
and he's always gone too long
anytime he....yea
he goes away...

 

[fox69]

Alamo

Alamo


Alamo
Heard all about your fandango
Banged on my knees on your back door
Only to wake you to blues on the way
Blues on the way
Blues on the way

Embarcar
Figures you'll see me as older
Twenty-three hours till the border
Don't think I'll be going as fast as I came
Fast as I came
Fast as I came

Tears on my pillow
Of course they're not mine
Alter that altar
Making a play
Somebody invent the telephone line
I'll take mine
My chances

Alamo
Wish I could do what gold does
Heard that the stars were in order
Got yourself dealt a hand with
Two queen of spades
And blues on the way
Blues on the way

Tears on my pillow
Of course they're not mine
Alter that altar
Making a play
Somebody, just somebody, invent the telephone line
I'll take my chances

 

[fox69]

Almost Rosey

Almost Rosey


Just a minute of your time
Yes I've been known to delude myself
So let me put those rose
Colored glasses to the test

Now is this real enough for you
Cause blonds here don't jump out of cakes
If that never impressed you much

Come board this lunatic express

Just why do they say
Have a nice day anyway
We both know they wouldn't mind

If I just curled up and died
Let's not give that one a try
Chin up put on a pair of these roseys
Raise those blinds
Chin up a happy mask was never
Your best disguise
Chin up put on a pair of these roseys
In no time you will feel almost fine

Almost rosey

Now some girls here will huddle with
No not footballers that are rich
But will confide in small white sticks
He bats as The Virginian Slim

Then I tried once to comply
With an authority that would
Subsidize my wild side
But at this altar was sacrificed

Yes you can laugh a femme fatale
In a bride's dress now married to
The effortlessness of the cracks
That lie now in between the facts

Now about when violet died
The cause still unidentified
She thought her love would be enough
But you can't seduce seduction

Her tentacles of endless want
Reach through my corridors
And tempt me to taste of her power
I sober with the witching hour

And when I hear of one more bomb
Yes we have all been robbed of song
And nightingales who throw their arms up
When is enough enough?

 

[fox69]

Amanda's Boy

Amanda's Boy


if you ever wanted to be another woman
it's amanda
she spins her magic around his magic wand
that her hands touch
he's got emeralds for eyes that even hypnotize

oh why
amanda's boy
what he do to me
why won't
what he do to her
he do to me

(overlapping)
you know i need amanda's boy
why can't i leave him alone
i don't know why she won't leave me alone
why i can't win
tell me why

 

[fox69]

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace


Amazing Grace
How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost
But now I sure is found
Was blind but now I see

'Twas grace mother that taught
My heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did ever
Your grace appear
The hour I first believed

When we've been there
Ten thousand years
Bright shining as his sun
I know that grace
Sweet grace has appeared
And now she'll bring me home

 

[fox69]

Amber Waves

Amber Waves


Well he lit you up
Like amber waves in his movie show
He fixed you up real good
Till I don't know you anymore
From ballet class to a lap dance
Straight to video
And the pool side news
Was that he would be
Launching you

[Chorus:]
Into every young man's
Bedroom - you gave it up
On Dvd and magazine
You gave it up
A private right of passage
You gave it up
To every boy's sweet dream
With their paper cuts

You said "he's got a
Healing machine
It glows in the dark
Glows in the dark:
You say "there's not a lot
Of me
Left anymore
Just leave it alone.
But if you're buy, and you have
The time, tell the Northern
Lights to keep shining - Lately it seems like they're drowning"

He cold light you up
And summon every swan
Or the Lakesie
Off to Cabo San Lucas
For some optical stimulus
Then you started to guess
There was someone else
Though his flint glass
Seeing all of you
Immersed in his sepia

[Chorus]

So I went by
Cause I had the time,
And told the Northern Lights
To keep shining
They told me to tell you
They're waving

 

[fox69]

American Pie

American Pie


In the streets, the children screamed
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
And not a word was spoken
The church bells, all were broken
The three men I admired most
The Father, Son, and The Holy Ghost
They took the last train for the coast
The day the music died
They were singing, "Bye, bye, Miss American Pie"
I drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singing, "This'll be the day that I die, this'll be the day that I die"
And the three men I admired most
The Father, Son, and The Holy Ghost
They took the last train for the coast
The day the music died