Tori Amos

[fox69]

Charlotte Corday

Charlotte Corday


if you hear a step upon
your stair tonight
if you see a shadow in
the candle light
it's only your imagination
leading you astray
see her for a moment
then she'll slip away
the ghost of Charlotte Corday

she wanders down the hallway
in a long black dress
and lingers by the fireplace
like a faint caress
just what it is that brings her here
no man alive can say
see her for a moment
then she melts away
the ghost of charlotte corday

stars in the window like a panoply
covering everything
river of night
stars in the window
see them shining for
anyone else, anyone else

the clock ticks in the dark and now
the night is still
the air is like a murmur
on the window sill
all at once there's someone there
that only you can see
seeking the forgiveness
that will set her free
the wind has taken away
the words she wanted to say
the sky is now turning gray
the dawn is turning away
the ghost of charlotte corday

 

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Code Red

Code Red


Some say that I will
And some say I wonâ??t
Victory is an elusive whore
She is as easily mine
As she is yours
Slip and slide my way through this charade
I know all the players
And I must say
Do this long enough
Youâ??ll get a taste for it
Do this last one
And I promise somehow
Even trouble boy
Youâ??re beyond
What youâ??ve stole now
We have given
Code red staring
Code red staring at me
Well sometimes you do
And sometimes you donâ??t
Sometimes I love myself best of all
Do this long enough
Youâ??ll get a taste for it
A six-pack of Coke
And a bottle of Jack
Whatever you do
He said look after that yeah
Be trusted and
Could be worse than that
Do this last one
And Iâ??ll promise
Even trouble boy
Youâ??re beyond
What you stole now
We have given
Code red staring
Code red still rings
Code red
Come on baby
I can drink you down
And I have my Jack
To turn to well
Since you wonâ??t give them
Do this last one
And Iâ??ll promise
Leave your trouble boy
Youâ??re beyond
Do this last one
And Iâ??ll promise somehow
Leave your trouble boy
Youâ??re beyond
What you stole now
We have given
Code red
Code red
Code red staring at me.

 

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Concertina

Concertina


Clouds descending
I'm not policing
What you think and dream
I run into your thought from
Across the room
Just another trick can I
Weather this
I've got a fever above my waist
You got a squeeze box on your knee
I know the truth is in between the
First and the fortieth drink
Concertina concertina a chill that bends
This I swear you're the fiercest calm
I've been in the soul quake
Happened here in a glass world
Particle by particle she slowly changes
She likes hanging chinese paper cuts just
Another fix
Can I weather this
I got my fuzz all tipped to play
I got a dub on your landscape
Then there's your policy of trancing
The sauce without the blame too far
Too far too far it could all get way too cheerful
Concertina I know the truth lies in
Between the first and fortieth drink
Clouds descending

 

[fox69]

Cool On Your Island

Cool On Your Island


If you don't treat me better
Baby I'll just run away
Baby I don't know what drives you
To play all these silly games
C'mon baby
I'm much stronger than you know
Sometimes
I'm not afraid to let it show

When will you wake up
I want you more than the stars and the sun
But I can take only so much
Cool on your island
Is it cool on your island

I gotta brand new dress babe
Could it make you wanna try
I guess I didn't want to notice
The stars gone from your eyes
C'mon baby
I'm much stronger than you know
Sometimes
I'm not afraid to let it show

When will you wake up
I want you more than the stars and the sun
But I can take only so much
Cool on your island
Is it cool on your island

We could buy an airplane
Build a home in the sand
You could tell your secrets
I could understand
But then by the morning
Comes crumblin' down
And as your leavin'
Wait

When will you wake up
I want you more than the stars and the sun
But I can take only so much
Cool on your island
Is it cool, baby
When will you wake up
I want you more than the stars and the sun
But I can take only so much
Cool on your island
You're so cool on your island
Is it cool on your island
Is it cool baby

If you don't treat me better
Baby I'll just run away
Cool on your island
If you don't treat me
One day you'll wake up cold
Yeah, then you'll know
You'll know
You'll know
You love me

 

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Cooling

Cooling


Maybe I didn't like to hear
But I still can't believe Speed Racer is dead
So then I thought I'd make some plans
But fire thought she'd really rather be water instead

And Peggy got a message for me
From Jesus
And I've heard every word that you have said
And I know I have been driven like the snow

This is cooling
Faster than I can
This is cooling
Faster than I can

But do I hate what she is
But do I want to be her
And don't we love something fresh
Anything new, virgin

Woman you got too many brambles
Hiding under these bushes
Woman you got too many brambles
But I always liked a good storm
I'm always good for a storm

So then love walked up to like
And said I know that you don't like me much
Let's go for a ride
This ocean is wrapped around that pineapple tree

And is your place in heaven
Worth giving up these kisses
These, these kisses

And Peggy got a message for me
From Jesus
And I've heard every word that you have said
And I know I have been driven like the snow, but

This is cooling
Faster than I can
Hey yes, faster than I can
Hey, this is cooling
This is cooling

 

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Crazy

Crazy


not sayin'
Not charmed at all
Not sayin'
That you weren't worth
The fall
And I was alone when
I knew it was real
Down the canyon
When I knew I had come

To the line
Through the dawn
To the light
To the turn
When you said

You could drive
All night
Drive all night

So I let crazy
Take a spin
Then I let crazy
Settle in
Kicked off my shoes
Shut reason out
He said "first let's just
Unzip your religion
Down"

Found that I
I craved at all
Saw me melt
Into your
Native shelter
Where you carved my
Name
Paper tigers scare
And came

Alive
Through the dawn
To the light
To the turn
When you said

You could drive all night
All night
Drive all night

So I let crazy
Take a spin
Then I let crazy
Settle in
Kicked off my shoes
Shut reason out
He said "first let's just
Unzip your religion
Down"
So I let crazy
Pull me in
Then I let crazy
Take his spin
Kicked off my shoes
Shut reason out
He said "first let's just unzip
Your religion down"
Heard that you were once
"temptation's girl"

And as soon
As you have
Rearranged the mess
In your head
He will show up looking
Sane
Perfectly sane
If I know crazy

 

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Cruel

Cruel


So don't give me respect
Don't give me a piece of your preciousness
Flaunt all she's got in our old neighbourhood
I'm sure she'll make a few friends
Even the rain bows down
Let us pray as you cock cock cock your mane
No cigarettes only peeled Havanas for you
I can be cruel
I don't know why
Why can't my ba.ll.oo.n stay up
In a perfectly windy sky
I can be cruel I don't know why

Dance with the Sufi's
Celebrate your top ten in the charts of pain
Lover brother bogenvilla my vine twists around your need
Even the rain is sharp
Like today as you sh-sh-shock me sane
No cigarettes only peeled Havanas for you

 

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Curtain Call

Curtain Call


Ebony beauty, passed this shade
The looking glass, reflects
Then a voice, calls me back
This is just circumstance; it is not personal
Oh no, it never is
Then you ram your hand in your bag for a little friendly substance
By the time you're twenty five, they will say
You've gone and blown it
By the time you're thirty five, I must confide
You will have, blown them up
Right on queue, just act surprised, when they invite you to take you, curtain call
You climbed china's wall;
You, curtain call
I've done what I've done, and it has the ultimate consequence
Then a voice calls me back
This is not business, no it's more like, spiritual
It's not what it is
Then you ram your hand in your bag for a little protection

By the time you're twenty five, they will say
You've gone and blown it
By the time you're thirty five, I must confide
You will have, blown them up
Right on queue, just act surprised, when they invite you to take you, curtain call
You've climbed, china's wall
You, curtain call
The closed china's wall
Curtain call

Ebony beauty, passed this shade
The looking glass reflects

 

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Daisy Dead Petals

Daisy Dead Petals


Daisy dead petals that is her name
She's in a phone booth phase so
Underneath the shade of a peppermint tray
She can turn it out with a heal on she just rides into town
Knowing what they'll say knowing they're around the corner
Got a crack in got a crack in some strange places

Daisy dead petals that is her name.
So maybe she tastes like a hamburger maid well
These dead petals honey brought me here
She said "these dead petals honey brought me here"

Dancing on a dime hearing mother cry
Maybe she's around the corner

Got a crack in got a crack in some strange places
On my back with on my back with some dirty dishes

Falling down, falling down, all over the river
Falling down, falling down, falling down

Wish what I'm feeling could go on like this forever
Falling down, falling down, falling down

And since we're down might as well stay
Might as well fry some eggs
And wave to the shade of the peppermint tray
She's a new friend not a skeleton to ride into town
Knowing what they'll say knowing she tastes like a hamburger maid, but

"These dead petals honey brought me here"
She said, "these dead petals honey brought me here"

 

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Daniel

Daniel


Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane
I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain
Oh and I can see Daniel waving goodbye
God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes

They say Spain is pretty though I've never been
Well Daniel says it's the best place that he's ever seen
Oh and he should know, he's been there enough
Lord I miss Daniel, oh I miss him so much

Daniel my brother you are older than me
Do you still feel the pain of the scars that won't heal
Your eyes have died but you see more than I
Daniel you're a star in the face of the sky

Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane
I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain
Oh and I can see Daniel waving goodbye
God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes
Oh God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes