I'M GONNA SOOTHE YOU

I?ve got a thing for you, baby, always have
Never knew how far my heart would take me
She?s my friend but she treats you bad
Can?t let that happen to such a decent man

If you let me in, let me stay a while
I?ll do more than make you smile
Come to me child

I?m gonna soothe you
I?m gonna soothe you
Hey baby, hey baby
I know just what to do
I?m gonna soothe you
My baby, my baby

Don?t worry, I won?t do you any harm
My touch is gentle, my body is warm
Lift your head, feel my cool hand on your face
Let me kiss your tears away

If you let me in, honey, let me stay
Lay your head on my breast
I?ll do the rest

I?m gonna soothe you
I?m gonna soothe you
Hey baby, hey baby
I know just what to do
I?m gonna soothe you
My baby, my baby

Can you feel it comin? down like a trance?
Forget your head, remember how to dance
Can you feel it comin' down like healin??
So deep, it just couldn?t be a sin, now baby

Walk on in
Make yourself at home in my arms

I?m gonna soothe you
Hey baby
I know just what to do
I?m gonna soothe you
My baby, my baby

I?m gonna soothe you
I?m gonna soothe you
Hey baby, hey baby
I know just what to do
I?m gonna soothe you
My baby

I?m gonna soothe you

I'VE FORGOTTEN WHAT IT WAS IN YOU (THAT PUT THE NEED IN ME)

You wanna talk about devotion
You wanna talk about true love
After the moment of emotion
It?s kinda hard to keep the mood up

Well look into my eyes
And tell me what you see, darling
I?ve forgotten what it was in you
That put the need in me

Your arms were like a little paradise
But your arms have changed
And the flicker of a good love?s fire
Has seen brighter days

When we?ve said every line
And played out every scene
I?ve forgotten what it was in you
That put the need in me

Well honey you and I
We had the sweetest thing
And we can try and try and try
But somethin? ain?t the same

Don?t look me in the eye
?Cause I?m the one to blame
I?ve forgotten what it was in you
That put the need in me

Who?d ever thought that I
Would have the guts to change
We could try to live a lie
You?d hate me just the same

Oh, honey please don?t cry
I?m sorry and ashamed
But I?ve forgotten what it was in you
That put the need in me

IF LOVE IS A RED DRESS (HANG ME IN RAGS)

My heart is empty.
Your eyes are dark.
Once we were hungry,
Now we are full.
These chains that bind us,
Can't beat these chains.
If love is shelter,
I'm gonna walk in the rain.
You were my angel.
Now, you are real.
So like a stranger,
Colder than steel.
The morning after,
You know what you bring.
If love is a red dress,
Well, hang me in rags.
Away.
There goes the fairy tale.
Lord, ain't it a shame?
In all this comfort,
I can't take the strain.
If we played even,
I'd be your queen.
But someone was cheatin'.
And it wasn't me.
I've laid it on the table,
You had something back.
If love is Aces,
Give me the Jack.

LOVE DOESN'T LOVE

Love doesn't love me
Love doesn't love me
It hovers just above me
Smiling cruel and lovely
Love doesn't doesn't love me

Style without substance
Flesh limits functions
Lust without emotion
Body without passion
Love doesn't doesn't love me

And the sand slipping through my hand
And the water washes by
And the sand slipping through my hand
And the water washes by

And the sand slipping through my hand
And the water washes by
And the sand slipping through my hand
And the water washes by

MY GIRLHOOD AMONG THE OUTLAWS

My girlhood among the outlaws
Was salty, bittersweet
The things I did, I could just kick myself now
Through nights of lousy dreams

As visions gather in my head
I find it hard to live with the things I did and said
But for you, my friend
I?d live it all again and love you in the end

Anything for you, baby, anything for you
If it took those years to get me here
I?d do it again for you

I took a leap of faith and I stumbled
I tried to live outside grace and I was humbled
But I?d like to bet if I live to fear regret
Then we never would?ve met

Hey, anything for you, baby, anything for you
If it took those years to get me here
I?d do it again for you

So here we are and I don?t know what to call it
?Cause love, love is such a funny promise
Commitment is impossible, forever is a lie
But that still leaves you and I

Hey baby, anything for you
If it took those years to get me here
I?d do it again for you

Oh baby, baby, baby, anything for you
If it took those years to get me here
I?d do it again, do it again

Do it again, do it again
I?d do it again, do it again
Do it again

MY ONE TRUE LOVE

A river flows with liquid snow, but it's not for me
Birds fly high in the southern sky, but it's not for me
Cattle roam in fertile fields, but it's not for me
Flowers bloom on a lonely highway, but it's not for me

My one true love I'll never know
I keep to me
My one true love I'll never know
I came to meet the bitter way
For my one true love

Mountain's green in the summertime, but it's not for me
Lovers walk in the falling moonlight, but it's not for
me
Mothers love their sons to death, but it's not for me
Salesmen feed on Christmas time, but it's not for me

My one true love I'll never know
I keep to me
My one true love I'll never know
I came to meet the bitter way
For my one true love

Fathers cry for fallen sons, but it's not for me
Good guys in the N16, but it's not for me
Zero stare at the tv screen, but it's not for me
Drifters sleep on quiet ?? , but it's not for me

My one true love I'll never know
I keep to me
My one true love I'll never have
I came to meet the bitter way
For my one true love

NEVER BE YOU

Take a look in my eyes
It's been a long, long time
I used to feel so strong
When I knew you were mine

Since you let me down
I'm hard to be around
I don't know what I'm gonna do

He could never be you
He could never be you
He could never be you

I guess it all comes around
Baby, please don't cry
Love is gonna be a little reckless
Oh, love is all I have to stand trial

But since you let me go
There's nothing going on
I don't know what I'm gonna do

He could never be you
He could never be you
He could never be you

He knows the moves
He plays the part
But he only has me
He don't have my heart

He could never be you
He could never be you

So take a look in my eyes
No you can't hide the truth
No, you don't get by on pride
'Cause it'll run over you

But since you let me down
I'm hard to be around
I don't know what I'm gonna do

He could never be you
He could never be you
He could never be you

He could never be you
He could never be you
He could never be, never be you
Never, never, never be you

NOBODY'S CHILD

Turning around I see someone
That I thought I used to know
You wide eyed in the crowd
How does it feel to see the world
And not turn cold

I wanna hold you
And protect you from the change
Though I know it?s gonna happen anyway

Take this veil, I?ll dry your eyes
In a world like ours you?re nobody?s child

I?m dependin? on you to teach me
All the things I forgot I ever knew
Baby, you can lean on me
I may lean a little too
Whatever gets us through

And I feel a mountain movin? deep within
At the end of the revival we begin

Take this veil, it'll dry your eyes
In a world like ours, our nobody?s child

And I feel a mountain movin? deep within
At the end of the revival we begin

Take this veil, dry these eyes
You see me prayin?, but I?m nobody?s child

ONLY ONCE

I've never been obliged to stay in one place for too long
There's a bad seed bred inside me and it keeps me movin' on
Have I ever been persuaded to give it up and stay home?
Was I tempted by an angel? Only once, only once

Now I wanna be the kind of girl who'll only make you proud
But the noise and fuss and wanderlust will always drag me down
And if anyone should ask me, have I ever been in love
I will think of you and tell them, "Only once"

Only once did a pair of lips on mine make me cry
Only once for a pair of arms around me would I die
I will love you till I'm saved, I will love you from my grave
And love like this can happen only once, only once

All the men who try to save me weave their wicked web around me
All the ones I try to save, drink their fill and leave me lonely
Have I ever felt salvation wash me cleaner than a dove?
Was I ever nearly happy? Only once

Only once was a stupid girl allowed to tempt her fate
Only once did I think twice and twice was once too late
I'm going down like Jezebel and my body aches like hell
I share my bed just to forget, I said, "No, only once"

I will love you till I'm saved, I will love you from my grave
And love like this can happen only once, only once

SHOW ME HEAVEN

There you go
Flashing fever from your eyes
Hey baby, come over here
And shut them tight
I'm not denyin'
We're flying above it all
Hold my hand don't let me fall
You've such amazing grace
I've never felt this way.

Oh, show me heaven, cover me
Leave me breathless,
Oh show me heaven babe

Here I go
I'm shakin'just like the breeze.
Hey baby, I need your hand to steady me
I'm not denyin'
I'm frightened as much as you.
Though I'm barely touching you,
I've shivers down my spine,
And it feels devine

Oh, show me heaven, cover me
Leave me breathless,
Oh show me heaven babe

If you know what it's like
To dream a dream
Baby hold me tight
And let this be

Oh, show me heaven, cover me
Leave me breathless,
Oh show me heaven babe

Leave me breathless
Leave me breathless

THE HORSE LIFE

The horse life, open on the fields
And this boy's life, pocket full of eels
I remember him, I remember him
Muddy boots and, oh, so easy with our sin

And the horse life, he took me to the stable
And this boy's life, to take me when he's able
I remember him
(Woah, woah)
I remember him
(Woah, woah)
In November warm breath against my skin

And the horse life

We were never bored, huddle in the forge
And shoes sputter in the furnace

And the horse life, to smell it on my clothes
And this boy's life, thought of him when I'm alone
I remember him
(Woah, woah)
I remember him
(Woah, woah)
And I'm getting old, woah, woah, woah

And the birch-born wind takes me home again
And he's ready in the breeze, he's, woah, woah, woah

And the horse life, buttons on my jeans
And this boy's life, our parents made a scene
I remember him, I remember him
Rollin' up our sleeves, woah, woah, woah, fifteen

The horse life
Woah, woah, woah and the horse life
The horse life
Woah, woah, woah and the horse life
The horse life

THIS PERFECT DRESS

You send me color
Pulled through the needle of you
Torn up I'm wearing it
What I wouldn't give

To change the weather around you
I'm never cold
I'll never cold

Lost as we spin
I'll sew you in
This perfect dress
Skin of our skin

Woven our hands
Silk is our breath
Wear it for you
This perfect dress

This perfect room
This little death
Birth without womb
What I wouldn't give

To tear riddle from riddle for you
But all I know
It's all I know

Lost as we spin
I'll sew you in
This perfect dress
Skin of our skin

Woven our hands
Silk is our breath
Wear it for you
This perfect dress

Lost as we spin
I'll sew you in
This perfect dress
Skin of our skin

Woven our hands
Silk is our breath
Wear it for you
This perfect dress

THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED



27th wagon, full of cotton
Was parked outside my chicken shack door
I kept my crib covered up in satin
In case my baby came around for more

Now I feel, Daddy, somethin's not the same
'Cause there's weeds and there's rust
And the roof won't hold the rain

I remember better days
Lace in every window and roses 'round the gate
Now they've chased away all my friends
And they've locked me out and hung a sign on the fence
And it says, "This property is condemned"

Take me down the Vieux Carre
Where a little girl can get a bed or a bite
If you should see me coughin' 'round the corner
Won't you mix a little sugar with my tonic tonight?

I can feel like I'm part of the parade
'Cause I feel like there's bourbon
Slappin' around in my veins

I remember better days
Lace in every window and roses 'round the gate
Now they've chased away all my friends
And they've locked me out and hung a sign on the fence
And it says, "This property is condemned"

I got a new tiara, Daddy, take me to the Mardi Gras
Buy me cotton candy, dress me up in flowers
Let me be your baby doll, we can ditch that social worker
In and out the swinging doors on Tchoupitoulas Street
You may call me jail bait but I ain't too little to take the heat

I can feel phantoms blowin' through my brain
And I feel like I need someone to make 'em go away, oh

I remember better days
Lace in every window and roses 'round the gate
Now they've chased away all my friends
And they've locked me out and hung a sign on the fence
And it says, "This property is condemned"

[Incomprehensible]
[Incomprehensible]
[Incomprehensible]

TO MISS SOMEONE

I?ve been keeping busy since we?ve said goodbye
But all I do is think about you
The days are quick, the nights are long
I feel them tick, I watch them crawl
I?m petrified of running out of things to do

Though I?ve never really been in love
I know now what it means to miss someone

I have not been winning since we?ve said goodbye
Nothing fits and everything feels wrong
I guess it?s useless to deny it, I?ll admit that I?ve been crying
Guess I?m not so independent after all

Though I?ve never really been in love
I know now what it means to miss someone
To miss someone

Sometimes I dream we find each other in the night
And pass each other by
But part of me is running through
Every vein inside of you

I know where you?re going, I know where you?ve been
I know everything about you
The walls inside my head will shake the very second that you break
I?d sell my soul to keep yours at my heel

Though I?ve never really been in love
I know now how it feels to miss someone
To miss someone
To miss someone

TURN AWAY

Tell me words, said too much again
You think I would learn by now
And when I heard you, it just tears me all to bits
You think I would learn by now

All my labor is in vain
But I'll beg just the same
If you turn away, if you turn away
If you turn away, oh, honey, please stay

Why am I the one to wear the pain?
I guess I do it with panache
To talk it over now it'll only be a strain
With our hearts lost in all this trash

Where there are fewer stars to burn
Who'll be here when you return?
If you leave me now, if you turn away
If you turn away, oh honey, please stay

Where there are fewer stars to burn
Who'll be here when you return?
If you leave me now, if you turn away
If you turn away, oh, honey please stay

WE PAIR OFF

Bad shape and deadweight
Heavy air, empty space
Lead light and iron waves
Cut through me like a blade

The atmosphere is seeping through
It's crushing me in two
And I'm seeking the heat from you
And we pair off

I'm just a tiny speck, tossed by a finger-flick
Colliding in tiny wrecks and firing little fits
Blown about like a mishap
Shaken off the map
And we're falling into the cracks
And we pair off

Wasted (what tough way we learn)
Wasted (even the space we leave is barren)
Wasted, shapeless
And we pair off, and we pair off

Ill fitting inside the day
Still stuffing your life away
Find each other like rains of dust
Find each other because we must

Our colors running together
Are turning shades of rust
And to cry's only natural
And we pair off

Wasted (what tough way we learn)
Wasted (even the space we leave is barren)
Wasted, shapeless
And we pair off, and we pair off

Wasted (what tough way we learn)
Wasted (even the space we leave is barren)
Wasted, shapeless
And we pair off, and we pair off

Wasted
Shapeless
Wasted
Shapeless

WHY WASN'T I MORE GRATEFUL (WHEN LIFE WAS SWEET)

I had angels, a gang of angels by my side
Livin' lucky, golden girl with an easy ride
Little worry, loads of time, yeah
Wasn't it enough, wasn't it, wasn't it enough?

Tell me why wasn't I more grateful?
Why wasn't I more grateful?
Why wasn't I, why wasn't I more grateful
When life was sweet, when life was sweet?

Some people want and want and want what they don't have
'Til it keeps 'em awake at night in their bed just twitchin'
Some people like to complain about every little thing
Some folks just never stop bitchin'

I had a good man I took him for granted
And now I surely, surely, surely, surely miss him
Wasn't it enough? wasn't it, wasn't it enough?

Tell me why wasn't I more grateful?
Why wasn't I more grateful?
Why wasn't I, why wasn't I more grateful
When life was sweet, when life was sweet?

Why wasn't I, why wasn't I?
And it keeps me wonderin' what might've been
Keeps me wonderin' what might've been, yeah
To the Lord more grateful

BREATHE

At first I was scared when I opened up my head
And the motor that was running was the mind of you
I was scared when I looked at my reflection
And the shine I saw were the eyes of you

I was scared when you touched my lips
And the breath I took was the breath
That shook me with a shock
Like a flame as eternal as the song and the song is you

I will let you breathe through me
I will let you be with me

Whenever I'm alone and you're lost out there
I can feel you breathe 'cause our lungs we share
When I'm alone anytime, anywhere
I can feel your heart beat, 'cause our blood we share

I was scared when you came into my room
The walls became the sea, your voice was the moon
Oh, when you rocked me in your arms
Like a song, a wave on the tide of you

I will let you breathe through me
I will let you be with me

My heart beats your blood
Your breath fills my lungs
Your heart beats my blood
My breath fills your lungs

I was scared when you came into my room
The walls became the sea, your voice the moon
Oh, when you rocked me in your arms
Be with me

I will let you breathe through me
I will let you
I will let you
I will let you
I

CAN'T PULL THE WOOL DOWN (OVER THE LITTLE LAMB'S EYES)

I can feel you, I can feel you, baby
Smirkin? in the shadows and hopin? that I fall
I remember when you loved me, baby
I let you play the brave, you made me feel so small

We?re still fightin? through the same world
You can tempt and try to coax me, I will never be your girl again
Walk that walk till you drop, cock your head and wear a crown
But you can?t pull the wool down over the little lamb?s eyes

You have no fear of failure
You got the mirror, baby, you got a good tailor
You have no fear, you?re not like everyone
You?re not afraid of losin? or of being left alone

That suit you?re stuck in fits you to a tee
But you?re waltzin? ?round a land mine if you think you?re bluffin? me
Mumble through your cigarette, sympathize with every breath
But you can?t pull the wool down over the little lamb?s eyes

Listen you say you know how it feels, baby
But you don?t know what it?s like
And you can?t pull the wool down over the little lamb?s eyes
Yeah

I?ve learned a little bit about being hard
I can see you, I can see you, baby
Ever poised for some eternal snapshot
Well, I know you, you needn?t worry, baby
I won?t blow your cover, I?ll tell ?em what you got

Well, I know you, I know you, baby
I won?t blow your cover, don?t sweat it out
You can?t pull the wool down, can?t pull the wool down
Can?t pull the wool down over the little lamb?s eyes
You can?t pull the wool down, can?t pull the wool down
Can?t, no [Incomprehensible] pull it down

You wanna watch me bleed
You?ve come to pick the bones clean, baby
No, but you can?t bully me, no, no you can't

Yeah, you wanna watch me bleed
You?ve come to pick the bones clean
You better watch what you do, yeah

EVERYONE'S GOT A STORY

Dragged myself out of the house last night
Some friends of mine played a gig in town
Chill so cold, crackin' up my spine
It was just the thing to bring me down

They got me a table in a public spot
The crowd was sparse and preoccupied
It was smoky, loud and hot
And I was dull with thoughts of suicide

Everyone's got a story
Everyone's got a tune
I've never felt so lonely
I've never felt so doomed

Never thought I'd lose the feeling
I'm jaded now and unimpressed
What am I doing spinning my wheels
To end up playing, I don't like this

Everyone's got a story
Everyone's got a tune
I've never felt so lonely
I've never felt so doomed

Everyone's got a story
Everyone's got a tune
How 'bout a little glory
When there's a crowded room

Someone had to get on the stage
Someone had to get on the stage
Someone had to get on the stage
Someone had to get on the stage

I FORGIVE YOU

Oh my love, I have tried many times to convince myself
You?ll never change, maybe I could be happy with someone else
But here you are at my door, baby, let?s end this crazy war
I forgive you, I forgive you, baby, I forgive you

Oh, oh, oh, it?s alright
I?ll take you back again
I?ll take the blame
You mean that much to me, baby
I forgive you

Who would believe I would stand in the gap of this love affair?
I?ve got my pride but something broke inside when I saw you standin? there
You are the blood in my veins, why do we 'cause each other pain?
I forgive you, I forgive you, baby, I forgive you

Oh, oh, oh, it?s alright
I?ll take you back again
I?ll take the blame
I wouldn?t lie to you
I forgive you

Don?t stand for abuse
I gave him everything, what do I have to lose?
I know he hurts me, I hurt him, sometimes I don?t deserve him
But he loves me and I love him and this is how we are

It?s alright
I?ll take you back again
Baby, baby, baby
I forgive you, baby
I forgive you, baby
I forgive you

Oh, oh, oh, it?s alright
I?ll take you back again
I?ll take the blame
You mean that much to me, baby
I forgive you

I can?t stop this habit anyway
I can?t stop this habit anyway
I can?t stop this habit anyway
...

I'M AWAKE

Like honey in my mouth, gold golden goin' down
I shudder with wonder at what we will feel like together

I'm wrapped up like a gift, cut ribbon, feel me drift
Petal by petal the sweeter the deeper for waiting

Our wild weather exquisite and violent could never betray me
It slays me, I live to die again in your arms

Hold back outside the door, don't touch me anymore
Hand barely touching hand

The full weight of you on top of me sleeping
And when you wake, I'm awake, I'm awake, I'm awake