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1. 32 Flavors 2. 4th of July you gotta have the right tools. for every job. so I invite myself in. through a hole in the fence. I am tripping through the junkyard. scanning over the piles. the thin cats raise their skin in defens...3. 78% H2o when the joy had left your body. and you were locked in to your own thoughts. you used to love to sit by the water. and watch it lapping on the rocks. and every time you put your feet in. you'd c...4. A Spade i will not lie down. on the wrongful groundwork laid. while it's still a radical sound. just to call a spade a spade. dear friends, women and men. please check my math once more. in the totality...5. Adam And Eve tonight you stooped to my level. i am your mangy little whore. now you're trying to find your underwear. and then your socks and then the door. and you're trying to find a reason. why you ha...6. Aids everywhere she looks. she looks through the corner of her eye. everytime she left. she never turned to say goodbye. swaying in the corner of the ballroom. alone by the music. she looked like a spiderw...7. Ain't That The Way i love you. and you love me. and ain't that the way. it's supposed to be?. i swing my stick legs 'round at the root. and pile drive each foot into a platform boot. and i'm up and i...8. Akimbo what dreams cause me. to abandon my pillow each night?. push away each of them, in fact. since there always seem to be more than one. then wake to aching stiff neck twisted. tits and face smashed agai...9. Amazing Grace amazing grace. how sweet the sound. that save a wretch like me. i once was lost. but now i'm found. was blind but now i see. 'twas grace that taught. my heart to fear. and grace that fear re...10. Amendment Wouldn't it be nice if. We had an amendment. To give civil rights to. Women. To once and for all just. Really lay it down from. A point of view of. Women. I know what you're thinking. That&a...11. Angel Food if the mattress was a table top. and the bed sheet was a page. we'd be written out. like a couple of question marks. my convex. to your concave. we'd be lying here. to be under the sunsets....12. Angry Anymore growing up it was just me and my mom. against the world. and all my sympathies were with her. when i was a little girl. but now i've seen both my parents. play out the hands they were dealt. and...13. Animal more and more there is this animal. looking out through my eyes. at all the traffic on the road to nowhere. at all the shiny stuff around to buy. at all the wires in the air. at all the people shoppin...14. Anticipate you are subtle as a window pane. standing in my view. but I will wait for it to rain. so that I can see you. you call me up at night. when there's no light passing through. and you think that I d...15. Anyday I will lean into you. and you can be the wind. I will open up my mouth. and you can come rushing in. you can rush in so hard. and make it so I can't breathe. I breathe too much anyway. I can do t...16. As Is you can't hide. behind social graces. so don't try. to be all touchy feely. cuz you lie. in my face of all places. but i've got no. problem with that really. what bugs me. is that you b...17. Asked You First Things can't get much weirder. This can't get much worse. Don't know why you wouldn't kiss me. But it's a good thing I asked you first. You were a big strapping boy with a bon...18. Asking Too Much i want somebody who sees the pointlessness. and still keeps their purpose in mind. i want somebody who has a tortured soul. some of the time. i want somebody who will either put out for me. or put me...19. Astronaut (ft Radiohead) I wanna know. what you think about your future. Can you tell me what you think, what you think about your life?. I wanna know. what you think of me, your friends. I wanna know. how you come to be aliv...20. Back Around my lipstick. jumped ship. to a styrofoam cup. with the coffee gone. the conversation strong. all I got left to give. baby, is up. but sentiments like shadows grow. oh so long. guess I gotta go. don&ap...21. Back, Back, Back Back, back, back. In the back of your mind are you learning an angry language?. Tell me, boy. Boy. Boy, are you tending to your joy, or are you just letting it vanquish?. Yeah, back, back, back. In th...22. Beautiful Night Instrumental...23. Bliss Like This i said venice. you heard vegas. now i say either way. baby let's go. i get so shaky. and i just can't shake it. i bliss like this. i'm one of those. but i don't wanna wear you. wea...24. Blood in the Boardroom sitting in the boardroom. the I'm-so-bored room. listening to the suits. talk about their world. they can make straight lines. out of almost anything. except for the line. of my upper lip when it...25. Bodily you broke me bodily. the heart ain't the half of it. and i'll never learn to laugh at it. in my good natured way. in fact i'm laughing less in general. but i learned a lot at my own fun...26. Born a Lion I'm not hurting anyone. I'm just telling my truth. and if there. if there is something wrong. then maybe. there's something wrong with you. what's the big deal. get over it. relax....27. Both Hands I am walking. out in the rain. and I am listening to the low moan. of the dial tone again. and I am getting. nowhere with you. and I can't let it go. and I can't get through. the old woman b...28. Brief Bus Stop she sat there like a photograph. of someone much further away. we shared a brief bus stop. on one of those inbetween days. she gave me her smile. and I looked underneath. at the lipstick on her teeth....29. Bubble i hated to pop the bubble. of me and you. but it only held enough oxygen. for a trip or two. to the moon and back again. tell me, do you remember when. our love had such grace. we were floating above...30. Buildings and Bridges Buildings and bridges. are made to bend in the wind. to withstand the world, that's what it takes. All that steel and stone. is no match for the air, my friend. what doesn't bend breaks. wha...31. Callous you cried and you cried and you cried wolf. so it took me a minute to understand. that you really were hurt bad. that day you deeply cut your hand. and then that look that you gave me. sent me rushing...32. Carry You Around how pleased can one. sun setting make you. if you humble yourself. to it?. how grateful can you. realy say that you are. just to be here and live. through it?. and when beauty asks a question. how oft...33. Circe Of Light Circe Of Light. Standing just outside. The circle of light. Avoiding the pool cues. Watching the game. Waiting for you. Hanging in the doorway. Like smoke. Like mistletoe. This is where I'll be....34. Circle of Light standing just outside. the circle of light. avoiding the pool cues. watching the game. waiting for you. hanging in the doorway. like smoke. like mistletoe. this is where I'll be. whenever you com...35. Cloud Blood i've been wondering what you meant when you asked. do you have a light?. i've been wondering where you went when you left. that party that night. cloud blood smudge smeared on the sky. it&ap...36. Cloud Blood? i've been wondering what you meant when you asked. do you have a light?. i've been wondering where you went when you left. that party that night. cloud blood smudge smeared on the sky. it&ap...37. Cold and Mean You are listening to the phone ring. Like a church bell sounding out the hour. And the ringing cuts the silence. Like a knife leaving little pieces left of your life. You are watching the night shadow...38. Come Away come, come away. come away from. come away from it. come, come away. come away from. come away from it. won't you come. come away from. come away from it. why won't you. why won't you c...39. Come Away From It come. come away. come away from. come away from it. next to the glass ashtray. in a little plastic baggy. is a bitter rock remedy. really good stuff. but i take offense to the fact. that you're s...40. Coming Up your father who art in a penthouse. sits in his 37th floor suite. and swivels to gaze down. at the city he made me in. he allows me to stand and. sollicit graffiti until. he needs the land i stand on....41. Company what's the point. of all this pointless proximity. if you won't talk. take me for a walk. through a little story. all these years. have made me sick to tears. of such mysteries. why should i...42. Cradle And All fourteenth street and the garbage swirls like a cyclone. three o'clock in the afternoon and I am going home. F train is full of high school students. so much shouting. so much laughter. last nigh...43. Crime For Crime the big day has come. the bell is sounding. i run my hands through my hair one last time. outside the prison walls. the town is gathering. people are trading crime for crime. everyone needs to see the...44. Decree step up and forfeit your frontal lobe. to the sexed up strobe of celebrity. never mind that the nanoseconds in between. are some of the darkest darkness you've ever seen. keep your eye on my fing...45. Deep Dish cold and drizzly night in chicago's deep dish. fluorescent light of the bathroom. shows my hands as they are. see an eyelash on my cheek. pick it off and make a wish. and walk back out into the b...46. Dilate life used to be life-like. now it's more like show biz. i wake up in the night. and i don't know where the bathroom is. and i don't know what town i'm in. or what sky i am under. a...47. Do Re Me Lots of folks back East, they say, is leavin' home every day, Beatin' the hot old dusty way to the California line. 'Cross the desert sands they roll, gettin' out of that old dust...48. Dog Coffee perpetrating counter-culture she is walking through the park. first light ugly and more muscular than the dark. pushing poems at the urban silence. drawing portraits of the passers-by. sitting on the...49. Don't Nobody Know Instrumental...50. Done Wrong the wind is ruthless. the trees shake angry fingers at the sky. the people hunch their shoulders. hold their collars over their ears and run by. it's a cold rain. it's a hard rain. like the...51. Educated Guess looks like my crazy family. is down one crazy daughter cuz. i'm shipwrecked in a desert that. once was underwater just. looking for a swift turn of phrase. some colors to fly. as i float by. in t...52. Egos Like Hairdos I saw on the poster. my name was printed. just a little bit smaller. I can tell you need to stand. just a little bit taller. no one ever talks about it. but no one can disguise. the cloud of competiti...53. Everest from the depth of the pacific. to the height of everest. and still the world is smoother. than a shiny ball-bearing. so i take a few steps back. and put on a wider lens. and it changes your skin, your...54. Every Angle I'm imagining your frame. every angle. and every plane. I'm imagining your smell. the one that mingled with mine. once upon a time. thoughts of you. are picketing my brain. they refuse. to w...55. Every State Line I got pulled over in west Texas. so they could look inside my car. he said are you an american citizen. I said. yes sir. so far. they made sure I wasn't smuggling. someone in from Mexico. someone...56. Evolve I walk in stride with people. much taller than me. and partly it's the boots but. mostly it's my chi. and I'm becoming transfixed. with nature and my part in it. which I believe just si...57. Face Up and Sing some guy tried to rub up against me. in a crowded subway car. some guy tried to feed me some stupid line. in some stupid bar. I see the same shit everyday. the landscape looks so bleak. I think I&apos...58. Fair Weather for lee i'm cement, but behind the buttons on my blouse my heart is bent. between fair weather and a woman who may never be. a woman who would be me. or. the smell of women with a recipe. all...59. Falling is Like This You give me that look that's like laughing. with liquid in your mouth. like you're choosing between choking. and spitting it all out. like you're trying to fight gravity. on a planet th...60. Feakshow life in the circus ain't easy. but the folks on the outside don't know. the tent goes up and the tent comes down. and all that they see is the show. and the laides on the horses look so pret...61. Fierce Flawless she was cuffed to the truth. like the truth was a chair. bright interrogation light in her eyes. and her conscience lit a cigarette. and just stood there. waiting for her to crack, waiting for her to...62. Find a Fire I am wading through the waters wanting you. I don't dare look cause I'll see right through. I tried to warm myself to sleep, but now I'm wading way too deep. I can't scream my sire...63. Fire Door I opened the fire door. to four lips. none of which were mine. kissing. tightened my belt around my hips. where your hands were missing. and stepped out into the cold. collar high. under the slate gre...64. Fixing Her Hair she's looking in the mirror. she's fixing her hair. and I touch my head to feel. what isn't there. she's humming a melody. we learned in grade school. she's so happy. and I th...65. Flood Waters Instrumental...66. Forest For The Trees you wander into the forest. following that shiny red ball. and by the time you looked up. you were lost, that's not all. instead of being the hero boy. he finds his way and emerges a man. you jus...67. Freakshow life in the circus ain't easy. but the folks on the outside don't know. the tent goes up and the tent comes down. and all that they see is the show. and the laides on the horses look so pret...68. Fuck You Think I'm going for a walk now, I feel a little unsteady. I wonder what will follow me, except maybe you. I can make you happy, if you weren't already. I could do a lot of things, and I do....69. Fuel they were digging a new foundation in manhattan. and they discovered a slave cemetary there. may their souls rest easy. now that lynching is frowned upon. and we've moved on to the electric chair...70. Fuel (Spoken Word) they were digging a new foudation in Manhattan. and they discovered a slave cemetary there. may their souls rest easy. now that lynching is frowned upon. and we've moved on to the electric chair....71. Garden Of Simple some crazy fucker carved a sculpture out of butter. and propped it up in the middle of the bonanza breakfast bar. and i am stuffing toast and sausage into my pockets. under a sign that says grand open...72. Glass House sitting in my glasshouse. while your ghost is sleeping down the hall. watching the little birds fly. kamikaze missions into the walls. think i'm gonna stay in today. sit on my couch and watch the...73. God's Country state trooper thinks I drive too fast. pulled me over to tell me so. I say out here on the prarie. any speed is too slow. I miss brooklyn I miss my crew. let's start over. I missed my cue. guess...74. Going Down you can't get through it. you can't get over it. you can't get around. just like in a dream. you'll open your mouth to scream. and you won't make a sound. you can't belie...75. Going Once going once, going twice. sold to the girl. who ignored all the advice. of all the people who knew better. she just stood there. on the front porch. waiting for her will. to come and get her. she was p...76. Good, Bad, Ugly it was good. good to see you again. good to meet your girlfriend. I'll try not to wonder where you are. when you go outside to kiss her. in the front seat of your car. it is good. good to be back...77. Grand Canyon i love my country. by which i mean. i am indebted joyfully. to all the people throughout its history. who have fought the government to make right. where so many cunning sons and daughters. our foremo...78. Gratitude thank you. for letting me stay here. thank you for taking me in. thank you. for the beer and the food. thank you. for loaning me bus fare. thank you for showing me around. that was a very kind thing t...79. Gravel i heard the sound of your bike, as your wheels hit the gravel, then your engine in the driveway. cutting off. and i pushed through the screen door. and i stood out on the porch. thinking fight, fight,...80. Grey the sky is grey. the sand is grey. and the ocean is grey. and i feel right at home. in this stunning monochrome. alone in my way. i smoke and i drink. and every time i blink. i have a tiny dream. but...81. Half-assed you start trippin. and i start slippin away. i was taught to zip it. if i got nothin nice to say. and down in the texas of my heart. driving a really big truck. headed down a dirt road. my love is scr...82. Handsome Musician he was a handsome musician. but he had an ugly scar. you could not see it on him. but you could hear it when he played guitar. naked and nervous silence. therefore conversation to abuse. stood between...83. Harvest Instrumental...84. Hat Shaped Hat in walked a man in the shape of a man. holding a hat-shaped hat. and he held up two fingers and said "how many fingers?". and i said, "peace man, that's where it's at. "....85. Heartbreak Even It's a heartbreak even situation. Nothing lost and nothing gained. So I'm 10 years old again. Standing in the backyard waving at a train. I feel you make love to me slightly. Every time you...86. Hell Yeah life is a b movie. it's stupid and it's strange. a directionless story. and the dialouge is lame. but in the he said she said. sometimes there's some poetry. if you turn your back long...87. Hello Birmingham hold me down. i am floating away. in to the overcast skies. over my hometown. on election day. what is it about birmingham?. what is it about buffalo?. that the hate-filled wanna build bunkers. in you...88. Hello, Birmingham hold me down. i am floating away. in to the overcast skies. over my hometown. on election day. what is it about birmingham?. what is it about buffalo?. that the hate-filled wanna build bunkers. in you...89. Here For Now I bet you're wondering if you woke today. just to learn why the caged bird sings. I bet you're wondering if the goddesses are all crazy. or just keeping it interesting. situated slightly out...90. Hide & Seek Hide & Seek. Me and the other kids from the neighborhood. We played out on the street all summer long. Rule was, we had to go home at night when the street lights came on. We were oblivious to the...91. Hour Follows Hour hour follows hour. like water follows water. everything is governed by the rule. of one thing leads to another. you can't really place blame. cuz blame is much to messy. some was bound to get on...92. How Have You Been you could always hear the rub squeaking. of those two tree limbs. 'til one day one of them came down. taken down by the wind. but on the one that's still there. you can still see where the b...93. How Long Can It Last Two years ago. Before you felt so familiar. Before I could remember your last name. I remember now. How our bright spring green deepened. With the years the seasons changed. And we were lush as the un...94. Hurricane Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night. Enter Patty Valentine from the upper hall. She sees the bartender in a pool of blood, Cries out, "My God, they killed them all!". Here comes the s...95. Hypnotized so that's how you found me. rain falling around me. lookin down at a worm. with a long way to go. and the traffic was hissing by. and i was homesick. and i was high. i was surrounded by a languag...96. I Know This Bar i know this bar. with a jukebox full of medicine. and christmas lights blinking. around a clouded mirror. it's not that far. from old voelkers bowling alley. just go up there and turn right. it&a...97. I'm no Heroine you think I wouldn't have him. unless I could have him by the balls. you think I just dish it out. you don't think I take it at all. you think I am stronger. you think I walk taller than the...98. Icarus seems like you just. started noticing. how noticably bad things really are. and when you walked past this couple arguing. in a rolled up window. of a parked car. and all of that. gesticulated bitterne...99. If He Tries Anything I'm invincible. so are you. we do all the things. they say we can't do. we walk around. in the middle of the night. and if it's too far to walk. we just hitch a ride. we got rings of di...100. If it Isn't Her standing like john wayne. she is full framed. she is center stage. and my imagination is. rattling in its cage. I didn't really notice. when everything else disappeared. but as far as I'm co...101. If Yr Not If you're not, if you're not. If you're not, if you're not. If you're not getting happier as you get older. Then you're fuckin' up. If you're not, if you'r...102. Imagine That imagine that i am onstage. under a watchtower of punishing light. and in the haze is your face bathed in shadow. and what's beyond you is hidden from sight. and somebody right now is yawning. and...103. Imperfectly I'm okay. if you get me at a good angle. and you're okay. in the right sort of light. and we don't look. like pages from a magazine. but that's alright. that's alright. I cras...104. In Here Even when I look right at you. I always just see through. And I always just see new things to admire about you. Am I what you thought you were getting?. Does this love we make make you proud?. Does it...105. In or Out guess there's something wrong with me. guess I don't fit in. no one wants to touch it. no one knows where to begin. I've got more than one membership. to more than one club. and I owe m...106. In The Margins in the margins. such an intent stare. one eye at a time. your talons like fish hooks. you are a rare bird. the kind i wouldn't even mind. writing in the margins of my books. sometimes i see mysel...107. In the Way no you didn't just leave. I actually kicked you out. I couldn't hardly believe. that the words came out my mouth. you couldn't hardly believe. what you heard yourself discuss. and you p...108. Independence Day we drove the car to the top of the parking ramp. on the 4th of july. we sat out on the hood with a couple of warm beers and watched the fireworks. explode in the sky. and there was an exodus of birds...109. Itch I am evening the score. I am cutting the umbilical cord. curled with my teeth against my knees. I am scratching at my consciousness. like a bitch with fleas. I think you'll be greatly pleased. to...110. Joyful Girl i do it for the joy it brings. because i'm a joyful girl. because the world owes me nothing. and we owe each other the world. i do it because it's the least i can do. i do it because i learn...111. Jukebox in the jukebox of her memory. the list of names flips by and stops. and she closes her eyes. and smiles as the record drops. then she drinks herself up and out of her kitchen chair. and she dances out...112. Kazoointoit I love us both but I don't feel good. So I keep pulling over. And looking under the hood. I love us both but I'm at wit's end. Where does your compromise begin and mine end?. I love us...113. Know Now Then it's not so much that we got closer. it's that her face just got bigger. and by the time it was filling up my whole view. i figured my face had gotten bigger too. so i used it to try and swa...114. Knuckle Down Knuckle Down. That's just my cowgirl alter-ego. Riding on her bar room bull. Dripping with the sweat of irony. As the cowboys whoop and drool. Shooting glances at the mirror. To see if her scar i...115. Lag Time there's really no hope for me. and that three second rule. somethin gets dropped. and still i'm the slowest damn fool. slow to realize what's really going on. slow to know in a moment....116. Letter To A John don't ask me why I'm crying. I'm not going to tell you what's wrong. I'm just gonna sit on your lap. for five dollars a song. I want you to pay me for my beauty. I think it&ap...117. Letting The Telephone Ring i am letting the telephone ring. cause i don't want to know why. i don't want to hear you explain. i don't want to hear you cry. i have written so much about you. so much i thought i kn...118. Light Of Some Kind i wish i didn't have this nervous laugh. i wish i didn't say half the stuff i say. i wish i could just learn to cover my tracks. i guess i'm not concerned about getting away. 'caus...119. Little Plastic Castle in a coffee shop in a city. which is every coffee shop. in every city. on a day which is every day. i pick up a magazine. which is every magazine. and read a story then forgot it right away. they say...120. Looking for the Holes I am looking for the holes. the holes in your jeans. because I want to know. are they worn out in the seat. or are they worn out in the knees. there are so many ways to wear. what we've got befor...121. Loom you've always got those dark sunglasses. covering up your face. but if you promise to take them off. i promise i won't squander your gaze. i will be picturesque. i will be nice. i won't...122. Lost Woman Song -for lucille clifton. I opened a bank account. when I was nine years old. I closed it when I was eighteen. I gave them every penny that I'd saved. and they gave my blood. and my urine. a number....123. Make Me Stay I'm gonna turn. and walk away. you can wait. til I am far along. then run and come. and catch my arm. and say you'd die. if I were gone. I want to hear you. call my name. it's too easy....124. Make Them Apologize my breast is cradled. in the curve of my guitar. I'm breaking strings. and other things. playing hard. no I'm not on the rag. but I'm not on the run. I am matching the big boys. one for...125. Manhole Manhole. I'm holding here a book. Notable, but not the greatest. Stolen for me by the latest. In a long line of thieves. And I'm just about to drop it. Down that manhole of memories. When I...126. Mariachi I'll be the right hand. You'll be the left hand. You and me we make. A mariachi band. Standing on the corner. Waiting for the lights. When you're around I. Always feel alright. From the...127. Marrow the answer came. like a shot in the back. while you were running from your lesson. which might explain. why years later all you could remember. was the terror of the question. plus, you weren't l...128. Millennium Theatre millennium theater. get out there and buy that water and gas. ramadan, orange alert. everybody put on your gas mask. first leak it out about the president. then stand up and shout impeachment. pull th...129. Million You Never Made the air comes off the ocean. the city smells fishy. the air is full of fish and mystery. whispering who, what, when. i am warning you i am weightless. and the wind is always shifting. so don't ha...130. Minerva you wandered in. to the forest. following that shiny red ball. and by the time you looked up. you were lost. but that's not all. you confused your journey. with my journey. you tried to nail me....131. Modulation in order to. say thank you to you. i must do it intentionally. but tonight with every breath. i can feel my death. sure as i can feel my knees. you were my modulation. so that's what you will alw...132. Most Of The Time Most of the time I'm clear focused all around. Most of the time I can keep both feet on the ground. I can follow the path, I can read the sign. I can stay right with it, and the road unwinds. I c...133. My I.Q. when I was four years old. they tried to test my I. Q. they showed me a picture. of 3 oranges and a pear. they said, which one is different?. it does not belong. they taught me different is wrong. but...134. My Name Is Lisa Kalvelage My name is Lisa Kalvelage, I was born in Nuremberg. And when the trials were held there nineteen years ago. It seemed to me ridiculous to hold a nation all to blame. For the horrors that the world did...135. Names and Dates and Times I know so many white people. I mean, where do I start?. the trouble with white people. is you can't tell them apart. I'm so bad with names and dates and times. but I'm big on faces. tha...136. Napoleon they told you your music. could reach millions. that the choice was up to you. you told me they always. pay for lunch. and they believe in what i do. and i wonder. if you miss your old friends. once y...137. Nicotine i hate you sometimes. but i love to be your queen. you are my muse. got me smokin nicotine. i watch you sometimes. from oh so far away. but i can't forget you. or anything you say. you sang that...138. No Reason To Come Home Girl, what are you gonna do with this time?. You are on your own with a question on your mind. Ain't it a funny thing to accept that you are the worst company that you have ever kept?. What are y...139. North Main Street The warmth of north main street. Shows me how I took myself through. Illogical landscapes with you. Scribbling on napkins in foreign ports. All sorts of sidewalks I don't traverse anymore. All ki...140. Not A Pretty Girl i am not a pretty girl. that is not what i do. i ain't no damsel in distess. and i don't need to be rescued. so put me down punk. maybe you'd prefer a maiden fair. isn't there a ki...141. Not Angry Anymore growing up, it was just me and my mom against the world. and all my sympathies were with her when i was a little girl. and i've seen both my parents play out the hands that they were dealt. as ea...142. Not So Soft in a forest of stone underneath a corporate canopy. where the sun rarely filters down. the ground is not so soft. it is not so soft. they build buildings to house people making money. or they build bu...143. O.K. If you ask me. I'll say yes please to you today. So don't ask me. Cuz I'm weak that way. Just don't ask me O. K. I'm so glad we got that straightened away. If you see me walk...144. Oh My My your body. forshortened below your shoulders. your face so close it's out of focus. way down the hallway. comes the sound of your shoes. this is when I think about when I think about you. if we l...145. Old Old Song I'll sing you a song that starts out descriptive. And locates a time and a place. Like a dinner table where a whole family. Is just sitting down to say grace. An old old song that moves into acti...146. On Every Corner death. has been your lover. he has brought you. the edges of your life. and now you are looking over. and all we can say is. it's gonna be all right. and I am looking forward. to looking back on...147. One More Night I come to your town. Like thirsty lips to a cup. I come to your town. And I wanna call you up. I don't know how you feel. But I hope you feel the same. I've broken every speed limit in your...148. One Times One Times One do you ever wonder when the damage will be done? do you ever feel like one. times one times one? do your eyes scrape the pavement as you shuffle from the. sun? does your breath walk behind you when th...149. Origami i am an all powerful amazon warrior. not just some sniveling girl. so no matter what i think i need. you know i can't possibly. have a need in this world. come and come for that sweet sweetness....150. Out Of Habit the butter melts out of habit. the toast isn't even warm. the waitress and the man in the plaid shirt. play out a scene they've played. so many times before. I am watching the sun stumble ho...151. Out Of Range just the thought. of our bed. makes me crumble like the plaster. where you punched the wall beside my head. and i try. to draw the line. but it ends up running down the middle of me. most of the time....152. Outta Me, Onto You no no no no no no no no no no no no. no more. it's gonna be sudden. it's gonna be strange. i'm gonna turn on a dime. give you 5 cents change. it's gonna be long. overdue. it's...153. Overlap I search your profile. for a translation. I study the conversation. like a map. 'cause I know there is strength. in the differences between us. and I know there is comfort. where we overlap. come...154. Pale Purple pale purple nipples. goose pimpled. she shivers shifts from a walk to a trot. alone in the city. infested with faces. immune to new friendships. interested in places she's never seen. she says ev...155. Paradigm i was born to two immigrants. who knew why they were here. they were happy to pay taxes. for the schools and roads. happy to be here. they took it seriously. the second job of citizenry. my mother wen...156. Parameters thirty-three years go by. and not once do you come home. to find a man sitting in your bedroom. that is. a man you don't know. who came a long way to deliver one very specific message:. lock your...157. Perfect Fingers You're a wild one. I like your smile. You do amazing things. And I can't believe you're everything. You've got perfect fingers. A velvet voice. Your eyes hold the key. And I can&ap...158. Phase I'll be your biggest fan, I will be your fool. I'll be your exception to every rule. and I ain't the type to bitch. I ain't the type to cry. I'll sit at your red light. and wa...159. Pick Yer Nose How come I can pick my ears. but not my nose. who made up that rule anyway. how can you say that's the way it is. that's just the way it goes. why don't you decide for yourself. what yo...160. Pixie i'm a pixie. i'm a paperdoll. i'm a cartoon. i'm a chipper cheerful free for all. and i light up a room. i'm the color me happy girl. miss live and let live. and when they&apo...161. Pixie (Be Nice) i'm a pixie. i'm a paperdoll. i'm a cartoon. i'm a chipper cheerful free for all. and i light up a room. i'm the color me happy girl. miss live and let live. and when they&apo...162. Platforms Life knocked me off my platforms. So I pulled out my first pair of boots. Bought on the street at astor place. Before New York was run by suits. And I suited up for the long walk. Back to myself. Clos...163. Prison Prism Instrumental...164. Promiscuity promiscuity is nothing more than traveling. there's more than one way to see the world. and some of us like to stick close to home. and some of us are Columbus. what can I say?. nature always get...165. Promised Land you're taking up lots of space. your shit is everywhere. your breath is all up in my face. your hands are swarming in the air. you're the first one out the car. and then the loudest one in t...166. Providence who knew. at this party that. i would walk in and i'd see you. i gues snow. we could just get drunk. yeah and that could be our excuse. you could slip. and outta nowhere. i could be there to catc...167. Pulse you crawled into my bed. like some sort of giant insect. and i found myself spellbound. that night at the sight of you there. beautiful and grotesque and all the rest of that bug stuff. bluffing your...168. Rain Check as dolls go i am broken. and you could just let that get us off the hook. but from under the umbrella of the unspoken. i see you giving me that look. baby, you're right as rain about the benefits...169. Reckoning you can doubt anything. if you think about it long enough. cuz what happened always adjusts to fit. what happened after that. and it's hard to feel like you are free. when all you seem to do is r...170. Recoil come home and my guitar. has nothin to say to me. i recoil from all my friends. and then i'm in misery. been so long since i've been held. really since i was his. probably just need to be he...171. Reprieve manhattan is an island. like the women who are. surrounded by children in a car. surrounded by cars. or manhattan was a project. that projected the worst of mankind. first one and then the other. has...172. Reprive manhattan is an island. like the women who are. surrounded by children in a car. surrounded by cars. or manhattan was a project. that projected the worst of mankind. first one and then the other. has...173. Revelling You were so in love. That it was all you could talk about. And I think I felt a little left out. You were on cloud 9 all the time. Ehile I was levelling. I was wringing my hands and you were revelling...174. Rock Paper Scissors it's rock paper scissors as to whether. i will get over you at all. it's hand against hand and both hands are mine. it's standing in a circular line. which is not to say that i'm n...175. Rockabye tending the garden of noise. when I grow the traffic. and the churchbells. and the neighborhood boys. singing to myself. as the solitude sets in. in tune with the symphony. of south brooklyn. I sing....176. Roll With It She says my ass hurts. when I sit down. she says my feet hurt. from just standing around. I think my body. is as restless as my mind. and I don't know if I can roll with it. this time. packed his...177. Rush Hour rush hour. and the day's dawning. the rain came. and pushed me under the awning. the puddles grew and threw themselves at me. with every passing car. i'm shielding my guitar. and there were...178. School Night she went over to his apartment. clutching her decision. and he said, did you come here to tell me goodbye?. so she built a skyscraper of procrastination. and then she leaned out the twenty-fifth floor...179. Second Intermission second intermission. anticipation. you know the third act. small talk drops out of the play. you're standing in the lobby. tightening your tourniquet. waiting for it. and then the bell sounds. an...180. Seeing Eye Dog you're my seeing eye dog and i am blind. you take me there every time. with that winning combination of loyal and kind. your eyes like wells to the water of your mind. i want to take a long, cool...181. Self Evident yes, us people are just poems. we're 90% metaphor. with a leanness of meaning. approaching hyper-distillation. and once upon a time. we were moonshine. rushing down the throat of a giraffe. yes,...182. Serpentine Pavlov hits me with more bad news every time I answer the phone. so I play and I sing and I just let it ring, all day when I'm at home. a defacto choice of. macro-microcosmic melancholy. but baby...183. Served Faithfully he caresses every bottle. like it's the first one he's had. saying. it ain't love. but it ain't bad. it's the only reward. bestowed upon me. and I have served faithfully. I ca...184. Shameless i cannot name this. i cannot explain this. and i really don't want to. just call me shameless. i can't even slow this down. let alone stop this. and i keep looking around. but i cannot top t...185. She Says she says forget what you have to do. pretend there is nothing. outside this room. and like an idea she came to me. but she came too late. or maybe too soon. I said please try not to love me. close you...186. Shroud i had to leave the house of fashion. go forth naked from its doors. cuz women should be allies. not competitors. and i had to leave the house of god. cuz the cross replaced the wheel. and the goddesse...187. Shrug what's with that halo hovering. above that thick skull. spare me. if I do say so - I think you're covering. 'course there was nothing. could've prepared me. for the side effect of...188. Shy the heat is so great. it plays tricks with the eye. it turns the road to water. and then from water to sky. and there's a crack in the concrete floor. and it starts at the sink. there's a ba...189. Sick of Me how sick of me. must you be. by now. while you're standing just outside. of what your pride will allow. always reaching into yourself. to find a new way to understand me. when i'm sure that...190. Silver Ingrid I always escape where I have been. I leave you looking for my face, wondering what it was you've seen. Down the long dark hallway in flight heading back from which I came. I am a creature of the...191. Sistersong Everybody’s looking over your shoulder. Seems they can't wait to hear what’s next. Everybody’s saying she’s looking older. Could it be there is a cruel sun. Next to al...192. Slide she was hungry. so hungry. she was trying to think clear. she kept opening the fridge door. staring at the mustard and the beer. then finally she went out into the rain. carrying her bicycle chain. an...193. Small World she was shaking and talking. louder and louder. each sentence was sifted. to a very fine powder. her face was wet and tight. her grip was cold and light. a strong wind could blow you down. I heard mys...194. So what who's gonna give a shit. who's gonna take the call. when you find out that the road ahead. is painted on a wall. and you're turned up to top volume. and you're just sitting there i...195. Soft Shoulder i don't keep much stuff around. i value my portability. but i will say that i have saved. every letter you ever wrote to me. the one you left on my windshield. outside of that little motel. is in...196. Sorry I Am I'm sorry I didn't sound more excited on the phone. I'm sorry that after all these years. I've left you feeling unrequited and alone, brought you to tears. I guess I never loved yo...197. Splinter Somethin' about this landscape. Just don't feel right. Hyper-air-conditioned. And lit up all night. Like we just gotta see. How comfortable comfortable can get. Like we can't even bring...198. Studying Stones Studying Stones. I am out here studying stones. Trying to learn to be less alive. Using all of my will. To keep very still. Still even on the inside. I've cut all of the pertinent wires. So my ey...199. Subconscious on one hand i'm walking. the way that i do. lookin like i'm lost in thought. but i'm looking for you. it's so subconscious. the way that i feel. too bad my subconscious life. is th...200. Subdivision white people are so scared of black people. they bulldoze out to the country. and put up houses on little loop-dee-loop streets. and while america gets its heart cut right out of its chest. the berlin...201. Submerged well your arms hang parallel to the curtains. your gaze falls perpendicular to the floor. your resign yourself to the hurting. the lines in your brow are deeper than before. don't misunderstand....202. Subway the subway car smells like an animal's cage. and don't you feel like the captain riding in a rage. oh the city's sweet as cider. sours with age. the toss between fear and freedom. looki...203. Sunday Morning sunday morning. slow beats seething. through the screens in. the open windows. eggs frying. legs shaking. after we stayed lying. so long in bed. sunday morning. both of us reading. and looking up occa...204. Superhero sleep walking through the all-nite drug store. baptized in fluorescent light. i found religion in the greeting card aisle. now i know hallmark was right. and every pop song on the radio. is suddenly s...205. Swan Dive cradling the softest, warmest part of you in my hand. feels like a little baby bird fallen from the nest. i think that your body is something i understand. i think that i'm happy, i think that i&...206. Swan Dive (tracução) Embalando a sua mais suave, mais quente parte com minha mão. Parece um pequeno filhote de pássaro que caiu do ninho. Acho que seu corpo é algo que eu entendo. Acho que estou feliz, acho...207. Swim you keep telling me i'm beautiful. but i feel a little less so each time. your love is so colorful. it flashes like a neon sign. but i finally drove out where. the sky is dark enuf to see stars....208. Swing she came to and her. whole life was how she remembered it. she had a mouth full of fur. and she was laughing. she parked her hearse across. three spaces posted for motorcycles only. and jumped out sho...209. 'Tis Of Thee They caught the last poor man. on a poor man's vacation. The cuffed him and they confiscated his stuff. They dragged his black ass down to the station. and said, ok, the streets are safe now. all...210. Talk To Me Now he said ani, you've gotten tough. 'cause my tone was curt. yeah, and when i'm approached in a dark alley. i don't lift my skirt. in this city. self-preservation. is a full time occ...211. Tamburitza Lingua a cold and porcelain lonely. in an old new york hotel. a stranger to a city. that she used to know so well. bathing in a bathroom. that is bathed in the first blue light. of the beginning of a century...212. That Was My Love Instrumental...213. The Arrivals Gate gonna go out. to the arrivals gate at the airport. and sit there all day. watch people reuniting. public affection so exciting. it even makes airports ok. watching children run. with their arms outstr...214. The Boys In Blue I shut my mouth. Cause they are the law. And I am alone. Ohhh, the boys in blue. Have decided I need a good talking to. Though I've done nothing wrong. He is less than polite. I guess I'm no...215. The Diner I'm calling from the diner. the diner on the corner. I ordered two coffees. one is for you. I was hoping you'd join me. 'cause I ain't go no money. and I really miss you. I should...216. The Million You Never Made the air comes off the ocean. the city smells fishy. the air is full of fish and mystery. whispering who, what, when. I am warning you I am weightless. and the wind is always shifting. so don't ha...217. The Next Big Thing hello. it's me. I'm returning your call. it's monday wednesday friday. between noon and three. he says I. usually just let the phone ring. but I've always got a minute of time. for...218. The Slant the slant. a building settling around me. my figure female framed crookedly. in the threshold. of the room. door scraping floorboards. with every opening. carving a rough history. of bedroom scenes. t...219. The Story I would have returned your greeting. if it weren't for the way you were looking at me. this street is not a market. and I am not a commodity. don't you find it sad that we can't even sa...220. The True Story Of What Was the light blue flickering rhythm. of the neighbor's big console t. v. is basking on the ceiling. of another insomniac spree. and outside sleep's open window. between the drops of rain. histo...221. The Waiting Song your basic average super star. is singing about justice. and peace. and love. and I am glaring at the radio, swearing. saying that's just what I was afraid of. the system gives you just enough. t...222. The Whole Night we can touch. touch our girl cheeks. and we can hold hands. like paper dolls. we can try. try eachother on. in the privacy. within new york city's walls. we can kiss. kiss goodnight. and we can g...223. This Bouquet got a garden of songs where i grow all my thoughts. wish i could harvest one or two for some small talk. i'm always starving for words when you're around. nothing on my tongue so much in my...224. This Box Contains... Instrumental...225. Tiptoe tiptoeing through the used condoms. strewn on the piers. off the west side highway. sunset behind the skyline of jersey. walking towards the water. with a fetus holding court in my gut. my body highja...226. Tis Of Thee they caught the last poor man on a poor man's vacation. they cuffed him and they confiscated his stuff. and they dragged his black ass down to the station. and said "ok the streets are safe...227. To Be Free on the underside of your salutation. i can hear you turning inward. hello is such a thin word. you're going to have to hide doubletime from me. cuz i read our poetry, and i can see when it doesn&...228. To The Teeth the sun is setting on the century. and we armed to the teeth. we're all working together now. to make our lives mercifully brief. schoolkids keep trying to teach us. what guns are all about. conf...229. Trickle Down you cease to smell the steel plant after you've lived here for a while. smoke is snow is ash are leaves that blow through the air aloft. and our houses dim their siding to the same soot grey styl...230. Two Little Girls you were fresh off the boat from virginia. i had a year in new york city under my belt. we met in a dream. we were both 19. i remember where we were standing. i remember how it felt. 2 little girls gr...231. Unrequited he had all kind of reasons. why she was unable to love him. she was just too young. she was too high strung. she was afraid of commitment. but all of the theories. that he recited. played like the son...232. Untouchable Face think I'm going for a walk now. i feel a little unsteady. don't want nobody to follow me. 'cept maybe you. i could make you happy, y'know. if you weren't already. i could do a...233. Untouchable Face [tradução] Rosto intocável. Acho que vou sair pra caminhar agora, Me sinto um pouco instável. Não quero que ninguém me siga. Talvez, exceto você. Eu poderia te fazer feliz, você sab...234. Unworry I know i've seen you around. You can't forget that hair. But i didn't hear you coming. How long have you been sitting there?. You know you can tell me anything. I promise i don't s...235. Up Up Up Up Up points the spire of the steeple. but god's work isn't done by god. it's done by people. up up up up up up. points the fingers of the trees. the lumberjacks. with their bloody axes. are...236. Up Up Up Up Up Up up up up up up up points the. spire of the steeple. but god's work isn't done by god. it's done by people. up up up up up up points the. fingers of the trees. the lumberjacks with their...237. Used to You I'm still here because. I've got nothing else to do. you're an asshole. but I'm getting used to you. I like the fact that. you talk incessantly. I got a thing for assholes. who tel...238. Virtue virtue is relative at best. there's nothing worse than a sunset. when you're driving due west. and i'm afraid that. my life is gonna come up short. there is nothing there and i guess i&...239. Waiting For Susan Susan is a connotation. At less than arms length. She has the strength of an opinion. Her promises are like the night overcast. Like the stars she doesn't show. And when she does, she doesn'...240. Welcome To: welcome to:. no amount of stoned makes you feel ok. welcome to:. this year's alone - brought to you by Christmas day. welcome to:. the darkness into which prayin people pray. it's quiet here...241. What How When Where (Why Who) What what what what what did you think you were doing?. How how how how how did you think this would go?. When when when when when you showed up on my radar. Where where where where where did you thin...242. What If No One's Watching If my life were a movie. there would be a sunset. and the camera would pan away. but the sky is just a little sister. tagging along behind the buildings. trying to imitate their grey. the little boys...243. Whatall Is Nice Today we are only whatall is nice about us. Today we turned on in the blue light of dawn. And made love. And you were not a dot dot dot. Waiting for me to complete you. And it was like I just forgot....244. When Doves Cry how can you leave me standing?. alone in a world that's so cold?. maybe i'm just too demanding. maybe i'm just like my father, too bold. maybe you're just like my mother. she'...245. When I'm Gone there's no place in this world where i'll belong when i'm gone. and i won't know the right from the wrong when i'm gone. and you won't find me singin' on this song w...246. Which Side Are You On? they stole a few elections, still we the people won. We voted out corruption and. big corporations. we voted for an end to war. new direction. we ain't gonna stop now. until our job is done. come...247. Willing To Fight The windows of my soul. are made of one way glass. don't bother looking into my eyes. if there's something you want to know, just ask. I got a dead bolt stroll. where I'm going is clear...248. Wish I May i am losing my love for adventure. i'm losing all respect. for me and myself tonight. i wonder what happens if i get to. the end of this tunnel. and there isn't a light. i've worn down...249. Wishin' And Hopin' wishing, and hoping, and thinking, and praying, planning and dreaming each night of his charms. that won't get you into his arms!. so if your're looking for love you can share!. all you gott...250. Work Your Way Out lying on the floor. four stories high. in the corridor. between the asphalt and the sky. I am caught like bottled water. the light daughter. I wonder what you look like. under your t-shirt. I wonder w...251. Worthy you think you're not worthy. I'd have to say I agree. I'm not worthy of you. you're not worthy of me. which of us is deserving. look at the human race. the whole planet at arm&apos...252. You Each Time there you were day after day. six feet. twenty feet. two feet away. right in my pocket singin me a song. makin my heart race all day long. and we talked it out and we talked it down. but your eyes wer...253. You Had Time How can I go home. With nothing to say. I know you're going to look at me that way. And say what did you do out there. And what did you decide. You said you needed time. And you had time. You are...254. Your House the wind. was applauding. my passing. your house. how tempting, I keep your key still on my ring. I have half a mind to open the gate. how easy to climb your fire escapes of steel. so familiar. oh I f...255. Your Next bold Move coming of age during the plague. of reagan and bush. watching capitalism gun down democracy. it had this funny effect on me. i guess. i am cancer. i am HIV. and i'm down at the blue jesus. blue c...
