1. |
Rattle The Bars
04:13
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The bars in the prison are made of metal
Today they're going to rattle just like a kettle
As I walk down the prison aisle
Wearing my wedding dress
Inmates all screaming form the gallery Showering confetti down on me
The happiest day of my life
The warden reads the Bible
Rattle the bars
Something borrowed, something blue
A bummed cigarette in a policeman's shoe
The bridesmaid's all got twenty to life
For killing their cousins with a kitchen knife
Rattle the bars
Rattle the bars
And when the electricity starts to fail
I'm gonna strangle that warden with my wedding veil
I'll jangle the keys and I'll spring the lock
And I'll walk out into the sunrise
The prettiest bride in Leavenworth
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She's not in love, she's in pain
'Cause if she loves you she's insane
She's not in love, she's in pain
It's only lust, it's just a tryst
She's just a little masochist
She's not in love she's in pain
And you can shoot her down if you want to
And you can screw around if you want to
And you want to
You always get what you want
She's a depressed debutante
She's not in love, she's in pain
It doesn't matter that she's rich
She's gonna scratch you like an itch
She's not in love, she's in pain
And you can wave goodbye if you want to
And you can make her cry if you want to
And you want to
She's not in love, she's in pain
She's not in love, she's in pain
She's not in love, she's in pain
She's not in love, she's in pain
And you can bake your cake if you want to
Drink a chocolate shake if you want to
And you can swell with pride if you want to
Take your ego for a ride if you want to
And you want to
Yes you want to
I know you want to
She's not in love, she's in pain
'Cause if she loves you she's insane
She's not in love, she's in pain
She's not in love, she's in pain
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3. |
Nice Girl
03:13
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I just wanna be sweet
I just wanna be nice
I just wanna stay calm
I just wanna be gentle
I don't wanna be hard
I don't wanna be sexy
I don't wanna be cool
I don't wanna be clever
I wanna be a nice girl
I wanna be a nice girl
Yeah
I don't wanna pretend
That I've learned all my lessons
There's a sweet little thing
Screaming inside
I wanna be a nice girl
I wanna be a nice girl
Yeah
Yeah
I don't wanna be square
But I don't wanna be hip
No games and no flirtation
Just pleasant conversation
And it's not like I'm kidding
I'm so tired of this mess
There's a sweet little thing
I'm a sweet little thing
I wanna be a nice girl
I wanna be a nice girl
I wanna be a nice girl
I wanna be a nice girl
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4. |
Nothing's What It Seems
04:36
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I know nothing's what it seems
And the world is just a hollow dream
And the sunshine that we feel now
Will soon be lost behind a drifting cloud
And nothing lasts forever
Though it does seem like we're in heaven
And no one's gonna save me
Though I do believe that you were made for me
I know nothing's what it seems
And I'll never know what this life really means
Is there something that you understand,
When you say you love me, which I never can?
'Cause nothing lasts forever
Though it does seem like we're in heaven
And no one's gonna save me
Though I go on dreaming you were made for me
Nothing's what it seems
Nothing's what it seems
Nothing's what it seems
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5. |
Hell Is Somewhere
03:35
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Hell is somewhere I don't wanna go
Hell is somewhere I don't wanna go
But if I go, well you're coming too
But if I go, well you're coming too
'Cause even Hell would still feel like Heaven with you
Come with me to a famous tragedy
Come with me to a famous tragedy
We'll take a box and we'll hold each other's hand
We'll take a box and we'll hold each other's hand
And then we'll cry at words we won't understand
We'll walk home along the river
It's filthy and brown
Children playing music
That's angry and loud
Hell is somewhere I don't wanna go
Hell is somewhere I don't wanna go
But if I go, well you're coming too
Yeah if I go, yes you're coming too
'Cause even Hell would still feel like Heaven with you
Yes even Hell would still feel like Heaven with you
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6. |
Heaven
05:25
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Heaven, I'm in heaven
Heaven, I'm in heaven
Children, I want children
Children, I want lots of children
She pulled the sun out of the river
She hung it high up in the sky
She let it shine on me forever
This must be heaven
Sugar, sugar sugar sugar
Wuga, wiga waga wuga
The sun is dancing on the water
The city slumbers in a dream
This must be heaven
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7. |
It Is Time
04:12
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When your heart is cold, when you're feeling old
When your whole life's a joke which you've already told
When you've done your tour, when there's nothing more
When you've seen, heard and swallowed it all before
When the world is dreary, when you're world-weary
When it's been so long since you've been teary-eyed
When you're just depressed, always unimpressed
When it's second nature now to be dissatisfied
It is time, It is time, It is time
When all your friends are so bourgeois
But you don't complain because that's who and what you are
When it's dinners and lunches, fundraising brunches
When you're so civilized you've learned how to pull your punches
And the avant-garde, you now speak of it rudely
So instead you have long conversations about inconsequential movies
When you take the train to work and everything's the same
When you push, shove, push, shove and kick till you're back on the train again
It is time, It is time, It is time, It is time.
When you sense the night in broad daylight
When you still know what's wrong but you no longer know what's right
When you're just resigned, made up your mind
That it's not kind to be cruel but it's cruel to be kind
And the horrible news that you're not so clever
You're learning it now though you know you've known it forever
When you finally give up and you stop ignoring
That you've turned into your father who turned into his father before him
It is time, It is time, It is time, It is time, It is time
Time to have children
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8. |
Enfant Terrible
03:15
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She's the Queen of England
She's a New York Jew
She's the Statue of Liberty
In jet black and blue
And she takes little children
And she dresses them up like sluts
And her German photographer
Takes fabulous shots
She likes graffiti and she adores the perverse
And the Viscount Linley could throw up in her purse
She's the enfant terrible
Her father was a pornographer
His wife caught him in bed
With two little angels
Both giving head
Her husband was a doctor
Who liked heroin
But unlike her mother
She'll never marry again
And the folks on Fifth Avenue
Think that she's cutting edge
While her teenage twins
Just ask what's in the fridge
She's the enfant terrible
And they offered six figures
At a fashion cartel
'Cause she's really together
And she knows how to sell
And her handsome young lover
She takes him round town
Though they've never had sex
He once slapped her around
She likes English accents
And chocolate desserts
She takes pills for her diet
And cheap cigarettes
And she is who she is
But much more and much less
A tiara on speed
Who knows how to dress
She's the enfant terrible
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You tell me you love me, you tell me you do
You tell me forever, I wish it were true
And I'm sorry to say that I love you too
But I'm much too old for a boy like you
I'll write you a letter to give to your Dad
Saying you're the best lover that I've ever had
And you make me so happy you make me so sad
'Cause I'm much too old for a boy like you
I'm much too old to believe in love
I'm much too old to succeed in love
I'm much too old to be in love
And I'm much too old for a boy like you
I'm much too old to play this game
Not too old to take the blame
And it isn't that I feel ashamed
But I'm much too old for a boy like you
It's not that I'm clever it's not that I'm wise
It's not that I don't have tears in my eyes
But the truths we know now will later be lies
And I'm much too old for a boy like you
I'm much too old to believe in love
I'm much too old to succeed in love
I'm much too old to be in love
And I'm much too old for a boy like you
You tell me you love me, you tell me you do
You tell me forever, I wish it were true
And I'm sorry to say that I love you too
But I'm much too old for a boy like you
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10. |
You Know That I Want To
03:32
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You know that I want to
You know that I want to
You know that I want to
But I can't let go
I wanna swing when you swing
From the ylang ylang tree
Yes I wanna be your new thing
Be your chimpanzee
Yes you know that I want to
You know that I want to
Yes you know that I want to
But I can't let go
Not very long ago
You wanted to be like me
But now I'm too civilized
You wanna be wild and free
But darling it makes me scared
Yeah darling I'm so confused
What's happpening to this world
I feel like I'm losing you
I get so very close
But then I bring myself back
Yeah I come so very close
But then I bring myself back
And you know that I want to
You know that I want to
Yeah, you know that I want to
But I can't let go
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11. |
Big Black Grin
03:35
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I love your nose and your little fountain pen
I love your toes and the way they count to ten
You shouldn't leave till we do it all again
You and me and your big black big black big black grin
There's plenty time to win the new crusade
Plenty time to think up why you're late
You shouldn't leave till we do it all again
You and me and your big black big black big black
Boy with the big black grin
How did you get so thin?
From reading the newspapers again and again
Gets on your chinny chin chinny chin chinny chin chinny chin
There's always time for one last cigarette
There's always time for your bow and arrow kit
You're sorry now but soon you won't regret
You always win with your big black big black big black
Boy with the big black grin
How did you get so thin?
From reading the newspapers again and again
Gets on your chinny chin chinny chin chinny chin chinny chin
Boy with the big black grin
Does your mother know where you've been?
Taking coals to Newcastle all over again
Gets on your chinny chin chinny chin chinny chin chinny chin
Big black big black big black big black big black
Boy with the big black
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12. |
Love Her Again
03:57
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Think I don't love her any more
But I mustn't tell her till I'm sure
'Cause if I tell her now
It will break her heart
And she will cry
Then I will start
To love her again
Seeing her like that
In so much pain
I would love her again
I don't want to love her again
I do not want more of the same thing
Make a sacrifice
But it's not enough
She thinks she's always right
When it comes to us
But it isn't like
What it was before
I think I don't
Love her any more
"Love Her again!"
I don't want to
"Love her again!"
I can't go back there again
"Love her again!"
I don't want to
"Love her again!"
Please don't take me there again
Last night she beat me on the chest
But I was strong I didn't say anything
Lucky for me
She didn't cry
Though I could see the hatred
In her eyes
But I just laughed
'Cause it didn't hurt
I didn't let it out
I didn't say a word
'Cause If I tell her now
It will break her heart
And she will cry
Then I will start
To love her again
Seeing her like that
In so much pain
I would love her again
I don't want to love her again
I do not want to love her again
"Love Her again!"
I don't want to
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13. |
What's The Point?
02:40
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What's the point of singing the blues?
You could be dancing instead
What's the point of crying in your shoes?
You could be dancing instead
One kiss from me will make you smile and make you laugh, I promise
One kiss from me will make you happy happy happy happy
One kiss from me will make you smile and make you
Happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy
What's the point of going to work?
You could be dancing instead
What's the point of being a jerk?
You could be dancing instead
One kiss from me will make you smile and make you laugh, I promise
One kiss from me will make you happy happy happy happy
One kiss from me will make you smile and make you
Happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy
What's the point of singing the blues?
You could be dancing instead
What's the point of boo hoo hoo?
You could be dancing instead
One kiss from me will make you smile and make you laugh, I promise
One kiss from me will make you happy happy happy happy
One kiss from me will make you smile and make you
Happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy
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14. |
And Now She Loves Me
04:00
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And now she loves me, the world is still the same
The Mississippi River doesn't go to Spain
The Wall of China doesn't lead to Rome
And the girls of Argentina don't live in Barcelone
And now she loves me, I've still got work to do
There's a hundred thousand people on the avenue
And none of them have faces, and none of them have souls
But she says I'm gonna make it, and I wonder how she knows
She love me when it's cold outside
She love me when the summer comes
She love me on a desert night
She love me in New Orleans
And even when she's angry
I know she'll apologize
She'll tell me that she's sorry
With those sweet tears in her eyes
And now she loves me, I'm as I was before
The same old disappointments, now I blame them all on her
The world is just as ugly, and just as beautiful
Still I'm happy that she's with me to give some meaning to it all
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15. |
Love Isn't Nice
03:04
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Well, if love is so great then why does it make me unhappy?
Yeah if love is so sweet why does it knock me off my feet and drag me?
I’ve fallen once I’ve fallen twice
And every time I pay the price
No, love isn’t easy and love isn’t nice
They say love is a game so who can you blame for playing?
But love is a shame it’s a shame that’s what I’m saying saying
They sell you joy and paradise
I tell you boy it’s bad advice
Love isn’t easy and love isn’t nice
Well, I know how you feel nothing’s real until you’ve spent it
But love is a wheel and the wheel has been invented
Do you really want to roll the dice?
I told you once I told you twice
Love isn’t easy and love isn’t nice
No love isn’t easy and love isn’t nice
No love isn’t easy and love isn’t nice
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16. |
Skin
02:13
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Red lips
Red wine
Two bodies intertwine
Black skin
White skin
Skin is only very thin
Tongues tied
Hands pressed
Backs slide
Undressed
Wounds licked
Salt sweet
The knife
Sinks deep
Two souls
One theme
To live an everlasting
Dream
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17. |
Airplanes
02:09
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I'll be gone a little while
You can't measure how far in miles
But when I get there I'll let you know
Right now the going's slow
I've gone to visit my memories
Buried deep inside of me
Some make me laugh, some make me cry
It frightens me when I don't know why
And when I surface will you take me out?
Into the sunshine we can walk about
Looking up at the turquoise sky
We'll watch the airplanes as they fly by
See the airplanes in the sky
See the airplanes in the sky
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Spottiswoode & His Enemies New York, New York
For over 2 decades, Spottiswoode & His Enemies have been a constantly self-reinventing New York institution. The IMA winners
recently earned three more nominations for their 7th record, LOST IN THE CITY, “an immersive theater-of-the-mind love letter to New York”.
Spottiswoode's songs appear in numerous TV shows and films including Either Side Of Midnight for which he also wrote the screenplay.
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