An Pierle Lyrics, Photos, Pictures, Paroles, Letras, Text for every songs

B i o g r a p h y
(by Official Site)

An Pierlé is a theatrical musician who makes - seated on an ergonomic & transparent ball in a duel with her piano - very tense music, alternately controlled and energetic, sweet and violent. Born in 1974 as An Miel Mia Pierlé, she supposedly declared at a very young age that she wanted to "act and sing and make music and dance and if possible all together". She didn't like her classical piano-education though, and enrolled at the age of 17 at the art-school Studio Herman Teirlinck in Antwerp. In her third year there she made a solo-programme with songs of her own, alone at the piano.After a few cautious tryouts in small rock-clubs - to check if the combination Pierlé/Piano also had an impact outside of the shielded environment of art school - she took a bold step to send in a cassette to Humo's Rock Rally, edition 1996. Her participation was a success, because she went all the way to the final and was spoken about more than any other band (despite the presence of Arid and Novastar). Her impressive version of Tubeway Army & Gary Numan's "Are friends electric" became a radio-hit. The live-tape of this also was included in a British Gary Numan tribute "Random" (with contribution of Dave Clarke, The Orb, Moloko and Damon Albarn van Blur). Gary himself has stated he was mighty impressed with the version she did of the song. The result of all this was a modest "An Pierlé"-hype, but this didn't rush her into exploiting the situation: "After the rock Rally I had to slow down a little : it all came kinda sudden, everybody heard I supposedly was fantastic so they were expecting a lot from me... But I was lucky. My name was out and that gave me the chance to develop ... Nobody cares about local talent, you have to aim internationally from the start. And it has to be very good to do that. Music is a game, but a serious one at that: I want to do this for the rest of my life, so I'd rather make one really good thing than ten worthless things", she told Knack.

The waiting for a first album took some time, because she went on a tour with the theater play "Bernadetje" of Victoria for almost two years, and played a part in the television series "Moeder waarom leven wij". During this period she did play some solo-concerts in Belgium and Holland (eg. Gentse and Lokerse Feesten, Boterhammen In Het Park, Marktrock '98, Crossing Borders, Lowlands and Pukkelpop '98).A cooperation with Kloot Per W (In the Belly) didn't produce anything, a cooperation with Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung (DAAU) made it's way onto the CD "We need New Animals" as the track "Broken". So it wasn't until early '98 that she signed a record deal with Warner Music Benelux. After a few scrimmages to find a producer to her liking - in the end they opted to work with Karel De Bakker (soundman of Zita Swoon, A Group...) - they started the recording of what was to become "Mud Stories" in an attic above a theater hall in Ghent. On top of the takes with an electrical Yamaha CP-80 piano, they recorded extra takes on a grand piano with Jo Bogaert (Technotronic-fame). And as the official bio says: "The debut "Mud Stories" offers an multifaceted amalgam of surprisingly diverse and mostly brand new material. All in pure singer-songwriter tradition, with influences from Bach to John Cale to Dolly Parton and even Kim Wilde. An Pierlé uses delicate ingredients: an impressive voice, sometimes an electrical, sometimes an acoustic piano, here and there combined with highly effective"arrangements". To conclude from this that it is a "sweet" album would be wrong though: this "wild freshness" often hides a "distorted" side.. Pierlé clearly has has done "her own thing", and is proud of it too!"

Exit

Watching the entire night
Pictures of you I once took in my mind,
Was it alright?
Broke the rules by telling you
I liked you too much

You didn’t wanna see me
Watching you at your best
As you thought you were perfectly
Answering my questioning
The perfect man

Tonight
I’m gonna make millions out of light
I’m gonna pretend I am alright

Eating the entire night
Raw fish
Trained 4 years
To kiss my lips as the main dish
Broke the rules by asking you
What I’d to do next

And I never thought you’d had
Such a small, small face
Though you always taught integrity
I find but disgrace
As you thought you were perfectly
Answering my questioning
The perfect man

Tonight
I’m gonna be questioning your rights
I’m gonna be strong enough to fight
(The wrong reasons why you wanna be in love with me)

Tonight
I’m gonna make millions out of light
I’m gonna pretend I am alright

Telephone

Hey little girl
I’m the voice in your head
I’m the portrait that hangs on the wall
I’m the treasure inside

Down the alley she goes

Hush
An don’t tell anyone for the road
Take a biscuit and listen politely
To what I’m about to tell

Down the alley she goes
(She sings)

Go precious queen
You mean everything to mum and dad
They’ll be sad when you’re gone
But your target is higher

Down the alley she goes

Look at the stairs
And whatever they mean
It’s a frightening thing to look up to
But it is your task

In the alley

And then she walks
On the telephone wire
To have her little chat with God

So far, so good
I am your friend
And if you get scared, just sing
Lala lala lala

One cannot make omelets without breaking eggs
And the aimless are useless
So go on and fight for your dreams

In the alley

Hey little girl,
Are the voices still there?
Do you hear them from nowhere?
The set up was mean
Filial piety in the alley
She falls
Her final way to heaven

I won’t give in
I put fresh heart
Into myself
But I flee my thoughts

I won’t give in
I’ve sealed my mouth
Won’t say a thing
At least not out loud

Funny I’d like to seduce you
Funny how I feel
Maybe I’m lost on the tough side
Maybe this time it’s for real
But I would like to be
But funny things for you
I’ll manage a seven day working week
For your sake
As mary goes round on the playground
She is ever asking ever too much

I’m getting nervous
I hang around
It’s no big deal
I’ll sort it out

I’d like to tell you all my
Mud stories
Mud stories
Mud on my raincoat still
Much stories
Mud stories
Much on my raincoat still
Mud stories
Much fuss about a cheap thrill

I won’t give in
I have no chance
I’ll have enough
With one romance

I’d like to tell you bout my
Mud stories
Mud stories
Mud on my raincoat still
Much stories
Mud stories
Much on my raincoat still
Mud stories
Much fuss about a cheap thrill

I squeeze my eyes
Pale blue and highlight
I wonder

I squeeze my eyes
Restrain Mr. Sandman
For I must love you anyway

I squeeze my eyes
I speak in tongues
I could never be the woman you want me to be
But it’s so difficult ‘cause in my dreams
You do hold me

My sleeping isle
My mouth is too dry
But the sea too salty

For I must love you anyway
But please Morpheus
Take me in your arms
For I need to rest
Just to make the next day
Because tomorrow everything will be alright
Anyway

High on the tower
I freak on heights
With a tear in every corner of my eyes
Desert storm is over now
Nothing to fear
With the sailor near...

High on the tower
I have seen second sights
To discover my saviour nearby
For the sun won’t burn my head
As I walk around my tower
For the wind would blow the lashes of my eyes instead

Here we come
Here we try
Here we settle down for ages
For the man who comes
To save our all guts

But the leppars lay ahead
Winning team by lengthless shoulders
Search the morning ground
Reach for the life bread

As I search for corners
Tired of the wide
I’ve been hissing at the angels
Who grab viciously at my eyes
Suzy sits upon her window
With her flaming thoughts and greedy thighs
The sailor wore a mark in the right eye

Here we come
Here we try
Here we’ve settled down for ages
For the man to come to save our all guts

See the level rises ahead
Sailor sits upon its shoulder
Soon enough he’ll reach out
For the life braid
(i’ve grown for ages)

Dear sailor climb the braid
My hair will not break
It will just ache a little while
But it will not break
Dear sailor saviour climb the stairs
My heart will not break
(it will just ache a little while)

Sad Lover
Would you like me leaving you?
Is it true I tell myself fairytales?
I pluck up my courage to see
If I stand straight in my shoes
To dance
To dance

With all the hungry wolves
I know
I like to get attention (much)
It’s the affection I gain
That makes my head turn
And the strange belief you will

Leave me alone
I’ve written you a love on my own
So remind me
How much it means to me
To stay a little while on my own

Sad Lover it occurs to me we began
Our story lightly shoed
I used about a hundred feet
To find a license for you
To dance
To dance

With all the hungry girls
You know
You like to get attention (much)
It’s the obsessive way
You make my thoughts go wrong

If you go, I will stay
If you come, I will stay
If you go, I will stay
If you come, I will

Leave you alone
I’ve written you a novel alone
Would you finally mind telling me
It’s just another love affair done

If you come I will leave you

Siamese twins are separated
They couldn’t stand themselves no more
They hesitated for a long time
They’ve had their doubts but now they’re sure
They are sure

Summer was the cause of so much trouble
In the fall they didn’t really talk no more
In the wintertime they thought their frozen hearts
Would certainly melt in the springtime
But of course
There wasn’t warmth enough for both
For both

Played the happy freaks
For a long time
Saw enough sanguinary public
For a long time
I’ve been throwing up stones throwing up
For a long time
Played in secondhand circus side shows
Far too long a time

And though she falls
And begs for more
I’m sure we will never be
The way we were
Before

There’s a train running through Nebraska
There’s a cold running through my veins
And as far as I can see
It’s all white there could no one be

There’s a boy running through Nebraska
And it’s cold in the kitchen I make some tea
For the rainy day’s sake

And as far as my thoughts go
I see you running down the streets in some
Doomed town far away

And I ran my lonely way
I would die to catch on the train today
But you ran down the other way
(for the guilt of the wrongly prayed prayers)

There’s a fire running through Nebraska
And it’s cold in the kitchen I make some tea
For them rainy days I’d have loved to spend with you
I was lucky enough to escape in the nick of
Time will mitigate all wounds but I
Miss you anyway

And I ran my lonely way
I would’ve died to catch you on the train
That day
But we’re both hurt
In another way

Fish in the sea swims backwards to me
He knows all about my desires

Sea turns to grout some clouds cried too loud
I’m tangled on corraloid wires

Maybe i’m drowning pretend i don’t notice
I just can’t admit i like drifting down there

Hey Mr Wind why don’t you blow things
Over over

But instead he blows the coal
While with the waves he goes
Ripple babble babble ripple babble...
Cut the crap come on and
Flow me home
Things are sure to straighten out
Once more

Fish in the sea looks sideways at me
He thinks that i smell a bit fishy

Maybe i’m drowning self-pity takes over
While Mr Wing whistles a song in my ear

As before
Won’t do it no more
Do it no more
Said that before

I wanna have god in a cage
Surrounded by angels
Through his wrought-iron railings
He can catch me

Wanna have god in a cage
Through his wrought-iron gate
He spies on me
Beggin me to release him
Beggin me to set him free
I wanna recrucify jesus
While singin’ bawdy songs
Just to see if he really can get
A hard on

Gonna remind him of
The resurrection while dancing naked
Just to make him come

And
My picassos on the wall
Are fighting dali in the hallways
They like to smash to smithereens
Everything
I wanna have god in a cage
For my private museum

Because I’m young and foolish at heart
I search the way to the stomach
To nutcrack the undigest thoughts
Mad dogs bite
Out of love
For the unborn adored baby

Because I’m young and foolish at heart
My head stands in my senses’ light
I start eclipsing my lovers too soon
Mad dogs bay at the moon
Out of love
For the unborn adored baby

Bring me bring me hollow words to fill
The holes in my pockets
Run on dry

Because I’m young and foolish at heart
I won’t leave to chance second chances
By trashing the muses before they arrive
Mad dogs sleep with open eyes
Out of love
For the unborn adored baby

Bring me bring me hollow words to fill
The holes in my pockets
Run on dry
Bring me hollow hollow
Hollow words to fill
The holes in the palm of my hands
Run on dry

Because I’m young and foolish at heart
I try to crash through the wall of sound
By breaking my voice on physical love
Mad dogs sing out above
To shut up
All the unborn adored babies
I gave birth to a dog
Baby

Pleasant times
Pleasant dreams to keep
Nicely broken

Other ways
To recover from
Slightly broken

Visions of love
Precisely spoken
Words to fall asleep

Rest in purple shadows

I like the day that’s been done
Precisely spoken
I’d like you to stay with me

Softly drinking
Through the night
Lonely in my life

Go to sleep
I’ll be right there
Beside you thinking

Yours to keep
I will save us from
Slowly sinking

Visions of love
Precisely spoken
Words to fall asleep

Rest in purple shadows

I like the day that’s been done
Precisely spoken
I want you to stay with me

Say you will
Don’t be shy
I’ll ask nothing
But your time
In return
I’m concerned

I’m so sorry
I can’t do this much better
In front of you
Though I try
I hurt you

By the strange things I never can tell
‘Cause i’ve got them all covered so well
You can’t name them nor solve them
Without getting involved

I’m surprised
Never thought
I’d be shy
Always joke
Always smile
Showing off

I’m a jester
I’m not nice
I’m flirtatious
Made of ice
But I’m scared
Deep inside

Still the same things we never can tell
‘Cause we’ve all got them covered so well
You can’t name them nor solve them
Without getting involved

Hahahahaa
Hahahahaa

No I’m serious
Though I try
It’s my search for
The things I hide from myself
Stupid me

Sometimes
I think you’re a wealthy man
In your head
The way you deal with regret
But once in while
Now and then
Even you
Get upset

In trance
Listening to you
In suspense
Nothing else to do
But your ranch-style
Supersmile
To see through
For a while

As sudden tears fall
As sudden tears fall
As sudden tears fall
As sudden tears fall

I’d like to
Dry them all
Since you came
Lookalikes are never the same
The firstborn’s to blame
And I connect
I expect
Recovery from
What I detect

Yesterday
It made a raid on me
Strange
I’ve still got this rage
Like some stomach ball
Striking me
Penalty
In my goal

As sudden tears fall
As sudden tears fall
As sudden tears fall
As sudden tears fall

As sudden tears fall
As sudden tears fall
As sudden tears fall
As sudden tears fall

I’d like to dry them all
I’d like to dry them all

I’ve done it again
Something
Forced me to
Another piece in my collection
Of plays with you

I’ve done it again
Even
Several times
I guess it really takes a lot of beating
Before you cry

Alright, i’ve been blind

But nothing ever happens
Some things won’t ever change
And if I’m being inconsiderate
I’m ashamed

And it’s always something different
The grass is greener on the other side
I guess i’ve always been a dreamer
With a dirty mind

But it’s
Nobody’s fault
And if
Someone arranged this for me
Getting his kicks out of it
It’s not my fault

I’ve done it again
I was
Weak again
I guess I lost my chance of heaven
Before it came

Alright, i’ve been blind

If something ever happens
And i’ve no chance to say goodbye
This is my way to say I’m sorry
One last time
But it’s nobody’s fault

I haven’t got the brains
To say wise things
To tell true things
When you laugh

I haven’t got the strength
To tell you straight things
‘Cause they are different
For everyone

Message blows at the sun

Grace
I’ve got a pretty face
Which automatically implies I’m dumb
Wise Japanese Master says
No time for Roo Di Ments
He’s in my head
And I just can’t get him out

All is said
And done

Sister is calling
In my head where she sleeps
Longing for desire
She’s afraid
It’s never to keep
Sister is moving me

I haven’t got the guts
To preach you blue things
To talk about true things
I don’t know
‘Cause I’m a chicken in the worst
Sense of the word
About these harsh things
Wanna be a friend to everyone

Message blows at the sun

I haven’t got the sense`
To say sound things
Nor profound things
I’m not strong
‘Cause I am far too afraid to
Be taken wrongly
Though I really say
Nothing at all

All is said
I’m done

Nothing counts
Anymore
Have no doubts
Shut the door
Climb this mountain
Take me dear
Please come over
Do come near

Helium sunset
Seriously wrong bet
Oh...

Nightly highway
Almost dark
Flashing streetlights
Angels bark
Drive too fast
Get me frightened
This won’t last
Morning brightens

Helium sunset
Seriously wrong bet

You see,
Sometimes...

120 miles an hour
You’ll get plenty of
Sweetly sour
Play some music
Singin’ together
Kiss the crash-barriers
Together for
Ever

Strange, in troubled water
I am drowning in a goofy way
Strange, how my perception
Is slightly coloured by a blue haze
Strange, how I even got here
I was dying to be still alive
Fished nibble at my body
As I’m a free meal floating by

If you dive on your own
You’ll get lost in the sea
Lost your sense of direction?
Just follow me
I’ll be near
If you dive, dive, dive

Strange, how under water
Sound is waves upon the air
strange, I hear myself breathing
I am rising as I lose air
Strange, it now feels stupid
Built on incense and mirrors
broken pieces on the bottom is the last thing we need
If you dive on your own…
If you dive dive dive…

I’ve never done anything strange
I’m just alive
I never got nowhere great
By surprise
All I do is silly things
With my life
I’m sorry already but
I think I’ll survive

I have to walk
Though I’m gonna fall down again
the same as always
but I stay tough
Hope I’m gonna rise and remain
To swim through the rain
Once again

It’s nice to see the girls swirl
Like flies around you
You say you don’t notice, but
Well, I’m sure you do
And it’s funny to see you father
Grow physically through you
You way you want action but
You’ve got too much to lose
If you don’t choose to

Walk…
How are you gonna fall down again
And learn something, oh
Life’s insane`
Hope you’re gonna rise and remain
To swim through the rain
Once again

My mummy said
You get you head
Sorted out
It’s for the best
My mummy said
Girl get you head
Sorted out
It’s fot the best
My mummy said
Girl get your head
Sort yourself out
Before it’s too late and there’s no one around
Once again

Kiss me

Oh my love
Cover me
Melting down
Chemistry
High above
Touching your skin
Till the last of the distance
Fades in
I cover you up in your shell
Make us forget
Makes us well

Ooh Kiss me down

Oh my love
Come to me
Make us match
Makes us weak
For Mr. Coolwind
Offers to match at first sight
Sensory nerves say it’s
Alright

Ooh Kiss me down

Sing song sally
Hits the roads
She fled from everything
They foretold
So
Frankly spoken
They’d adore
To see her falling in her quest for
Love love love

Little sally
Shameless girl
They are just as jealous as you
Question their world
She’d say: “ok
I’ll be going
All the way
But the hardest way of living
Is from day to day”

Lazy days
In the sun
It doesn’t matter if your battle’s won
If it’s done
Living day to day

Ahaah
It’s so sad
Little sally heads
Straight to heartache
It’s been said
Silly sally
Heads straight to heartache
It’s too bad
Silly sally asked for a heartache
Lazy days
In the sun
It doesn’t matter if your battle’s won
It’s fun
Living life
Day to day
‘Cause it’s better to burn out than to fade
Away
It’s better to burn than fade to grey

It’s so sad
Silly sally heads straight to heartache
It’s so

Leave me there
By the fire
Cover me
With a blanket
Over me dead body
Hold on
Take a sandwich
And keep me company
‘Till I
Ssssleep
Over my dead body
I’m so cold

Leave me here
Think of nothing
Or tell me everything
About
Usssss
I’m so cold

We’re walking
Closely together
In the park
At night
Almost full moon
For lunatics and lovers
I’m worthy of you

Darling
I’m looking for protection
After ten days of rain
Everything is soaking wet
Baby does make me
Forget
He said: “Oh what a love”

So if you’d walk
A thousand miles
Until you’d reach our home tonight
We’d set fire
To everything
So what d’’ you think

Through heavy snowfall
And bitter cold
I hope you’re packed
In solid clothes
Your shiny mooses
Don’t need to rest
It’s for the best

Maybe it is true
Love’s to bleed
True love
Is to need
Sometimes
It flows to the sea
That’s why you always come
Back to me

With jam & coffee
And toasted bread
On Sunday morning
We’ll talk and sit
And we’re surprised
That we are blessed
Such happiness

You’re so attractive
Your salty smell
Is my favourite flavour
I live to tell
That by tonight
You will be here
Come, I’m in need

True love
To need, we have
Agreed
True love don’t need no receipt

Here in the woods spirits can fly
Deep in the forest
It’s theirs and it’s my desire to scream
About happiness and things to believe
Spirits are haunting my thoughts and my grief
Desire to scream…

Try me baby
Won’t you believe my love for you
I’ll keep you warm in goods and in bed
I’ll make your dreams come true

Here in the woods
Everything seems easy to solve
And easy to see
‘Cause distance makes much clear

About things we don’t know
Or we just want to play hard to get
It’s a negative fact
We sometimes seem such fools

Try me baby
Won’t you receive my love for you
And I’ll keep you warm in goods and in bed
I’ll make your dreams come true

Here in the woods
Sunshine through trees
Wind blows my thoughts
If you know what I mean
And all things seem distant dreams
Desire to belong to you
Desire to scream…

Jupiter looks good tonight
But I fear to fall into the sky
Let it be for what it's worth
Let it bleed into a mild surprise

I mustn't make you call
Any way at all
I mustn't make you call
We ain't got a future, that is all

Let the game start
A dogfight in the backyard
We must face reality
To impress me you need more that action hero clothes and sex appeal

I mustn't make you call
Any way at all
I mustn't make you call
We ain't got a future, that is all

I don't know the way love flows
In other words it's dangerous to me
All my future hopes could be destroyed
In less than, one, two, three

And I know, and I know this ain't built to last
And I know, and I know that all good things must pass
But this one flees too fast

I mustn't make you call
Any way at all
I mustn't make you call
We may have a future after all

How does it feel

Anything lost
Anything broken I'll share the cost
But I wonder how does it feel
After the fight
Panting, still shaking off melting ice
We are wondering how we should feel

Hoping that we will receive
Evidence for our belief
Life is worth as much as you rate it
Burst out laughing, lick your wounds
Don't bear malice but assume
Life will be as well as you make it
Promise you will never stop wondering
How does it feel

When I seem blind
To all the dark thoughts stirring your mind
Please forgive me, I try to see
You're like a seal
You can hermetically shut down your ears
Makes me nervous, come on, get real

Hoping that we will receive
Evidence for our belief
Life is worth as much as you rate it
Burst out laughing, lick your wounds
Don't bear malice but assume
Life will be as well as you make it
Promise you will never stop wondering
How does it feel

How does it feel
How does it feel
How does it feel

Good year

Once in a while we should freeze time
To look back sober and rewind
Good for us
We try to live at present, well
Glimpse of the pearl, re-shut the shell
Memory graph

It's been a good year for us
It's been a good year for us
Good year hunters

What's done is past but for a while
It was the absolute present time
Mind fucks us
Because if now is all there is
I'm philosophically quizzed
When does time
Take time to look behind

It's been a good year for us
It's been a good year for us
Good year hunters
It's been a good year for us
It's been a good year for us
Good year hunters

Time's a long chain
Knitting, knitting on a chain
Knitting
Time's a long chain
Knitting, knitting on a chain
Knitting on a chain, chain
Knitting on a long chain
Knitting on a long chain
Knitting, knitting on a chain
Knitting on a chain, chain
Knitting on a long chain
Knitting on a long chain
Knitting, knitting on a chain
Knitting on a chain, chain
Knitting on a long chain
Knitting on a long chain

I really try to realise
To capture time
By living twice
Now and now
'Cause now is now but yet it's gone
When the future turns into things done
Just in time

We're not surprised
It's never been foreseen
Exactly how it seems to turn out

I love you

You'd better pray
The souls that you save
Will earn you a place up in heaven
If I have my share
I'll be rotting in hell
But I’ll definitely have had much more pleasure

You'd better watch out for a lost cause
You'd better watch out for yourself

'Cause I love you any more
Let's not believe you get everything dropped in your hands
'Cause I love you any more
If I save your neck it's to break your back
If I save your neck it's to break your back

You'd better pray
The price that you paid
Is worth at least seventy times seven
If I have my share
I'd be lost in despair
But I’ll grant you your safe place in heaven

You'd better watch out for a lost cause
You'd better watch out for yourself

'Cause I love you any more
Let's not believe you get everything strewn at your feet
'Cause I love you any more
If I save your neck it's to break your back
If I save your neck it's to break your back

Not the end

Will I be full of doubts or full of deeds
And have the guts to still believe
You have to fight for the right cause
When all seems lost, when judgement's poor
When god and bad melt into one
Could I be someone you could count on

As for myself, I’ve no excuse
I'll gladly win, I’ll badly lose
It's in the choices that you choose
To dare to press where you've been bruised
You can't predict how you'll react
Till cruel fiction turns into fact

If I could believe this is something new
Well, I don't believe this is something new
This must end, this won't end
If this don't end we'll be through

Will I find, will I find unsuspected strength
Would I be capable of killing with my bare hands
Would I be thrilled when flooded with adrenaline and fear of death
Will I sense guilt or be dragged along by unexpected kicks

And while the people on the streets
Exceed all records that we keep
I close my eyes to what they need
I lost all sensitivity
We do not want this status quo
While our purses yawn for
For always more, more, more
More, more, more
More, more, more
More, more, more

If I could believe this is something new
Well, I don't believe this is something new
Shame on me, shame on me
Shame on me and shame on you

And, no, I don't think that I overstate
One fears monsters one creates
And with so many things to lose
It gets important how you choose
So easily drawn to certainty
'Cause what I fear is often what's unknown to me

And you can, and you can say she nag, nag, nags
She speaks in tongues, she waves with flags
That don't help nothing, don't do good
Well, tell me how you think it should
Be better done, what can we do
I'll leave the question up to you

I don't believe this is something new
I don't believe this is something new
This won't help, this don't help
This won't end, this don't end
This don't end, this won't end
Shame on me and shame on you

Many roads

Don't ask me in
Eyes glittering
I might stay the night

Many roads that lead to you
Might lead me off the path
I don't want to leave behind

Come tuck me in
I long for sin
Wish me nighty-night

Many roads that lead to you
Lying in my bed, biding my time
Many roads that lead to you
Saw a shooting star fall and disappear

I wish you were mine
To kiss the day goodnight

Tenderness

You can't retreat when life goes wrong
You can't imagine what to do when this is done
Did you expect to see
That you're still nowhere near finding the best of me

You've been unable to dream
You've been unable to see
If there's no tenderness

You don't give up when life gets tough
You can't imagine what you'll do when the sea gets rough
'Cause if the big black wolf is surely going to come
You can't just mess things up then pray you've done nothing wrong

You've been unable to dream
You've been unable to feel
If there's no tenderness

You've been unable to dream
You've been unable to see
If there's no tenderness
If there's no tenderness

It's got to be me

I don't care for what's coming next
It's a matter of saying, of seeing the right context
I give up
The hindmost dog may catch the hare
But I never catch nothing, it's startlingly unfair
I give up, it's enough

It's got to be me
And I don't want to waste more time
I want to roam freely
With the best designed
But I collapse, yes, I collapse in my own traps

I don't think you'll ever understand
By what I mean when I say that i'm Alice in wonderland
I give up
I share my life with the deadly doubts
I'm the ostrich girl, grow my head in a hole in the ground
I give up, it's enough

It's got to be me
And I don't want to waste more time
I want to roam freely
With the most enlightened
And I go blind, yes, I go blind with jealousy
I give up on my own luck

It's got to be me
And I don't want to waste more time
I want to roam freely
With the most refined
But I collapse, yes, I collapse

It's got to be me
And I don't want to waste more time
I want to roam freely
With the best designed
And I collapse, yes, I collapse in my own traps
I give up on my own luck

Poor Danny

Poor Danny
I lost your heart

Poor Danny
I came for you
I came to see you
Lots of times

And then you loved me
You loved me
And you laughed my jokes away

Poor Danny
I came for you to hold me
Look
I drown

I walked the seaside, I walked it sideways
How we hurt ourselves to sleep
I watched the stairways fall into the cellar door
But you, you came for more

Poor Danny
I came for you to love me
But then you said
You needed to explore

I walked the seaside, I walked it sideways
I'd walk a thousand miles to dance you again
But damn you, love me well
You said you'd get with me again

How we search for some future

Snakesong

Do the best things come first I was in two minds
So I tried my luck in the garden of dusk where the wise snake presides
How was I to know I’d be badly advised
Before I fell from the blistering sky with eyes opened wide

"so," said the snake, "what brings you to me"
He sizzled about lust and the small fare he'd charge as a favour to me
So warm was his breath but so cooling his skin
That I forgot every warning I got, my resistance grew thin
And he said, "soon, baby, soon, baby"

I guess you wonder
I guess you wonder

The best things come first, where was my mind
I should have known that a snake on a throne is bound to beguile

I guess you wonder
I guess you wonder

And the instant you left I knew what not to decide
And the instant you left I knew what not to decide
Lost my innocence due to my otherwise much revered pride
How stupid I was to rely on the snake's advice

Mexico

A better place than Mexico is hard to be found
Being a long, long way from home eases your mind
It's hard to take courage with no one around
But the deeper you dig the more you'll find without doubt

'Cause how would you feel without best friends
Who'll notice you're there and need a hand
Every day in the morning light
I'm waiting for you to arrive

How would you save me if you would sense I was falling apart
Would you rise to the occasion
How would you know I was living a special all time low
You'd make me believe that you know

'Cause how would you feel without best friends
Who'll notice you're there and need a hand
Every day in the morning light
'Cause everything's easy when you know how to treat me right

A better place than Mexico is hard to be found
Being a long, long way from home eases your mind
It's hard to take courage with no one around
But it's healthy for one's self when you're down

How would you save me if you would sense I was falling apart
Would you rise to the occasion
How would you know I was living a special all time low
You'd make me believe that you know

'Cause how does it feel when you best friends
Notice you're there and need a hand
Every day in the morning light
Everything's easy when you know how to please me
Again and again and again and again till i'm fine

Cold winter

She searches her doubts
And she turns over stones
She wonders where could it have gone
She ploughs her subconscious
She shouts at the mountains
Until she provokes avalanches

Through that cold, cold winter
That cold, cold winter long

She races through tunnels
To catch the white flashes
She hopes they will take her to him
She counts down the seconds
She's nervously waiting
Till sleep will allow her to dream

Through that cold, cold winter
That cold, cold winter long

He waits across the river
She jumps in the water
Gets caught by the current
But she hears him calling her name
Every night the same scene
As he comes to visit
And she comes to watch him
How she longs to touch him
She jumps in the water
Gets caught by the current
And she drifts away from him again

Baby, how I want to be with you
Baby, how I ache to be with you
Throughout that cold, cold winter long

Baby, how I want to be with you
Baby, how I want to be with you
Baby, how I want to be with you
Baby, how I want to be with you
Baby, how I want to be with you

Softly the river flows to wash her persona

Through that cold, cold winter long

Closing time

Should we get straight to the essentials
Will I be strong enough to cope
Should I reply to tricky questions
When I know my answer's wrong

This is a one-way situation
You cannot speak of what you did
And while you left so many questions
We must guess that this is it

And now i'm lost and overruled
My eyes sore and
As time was closing in on you
Fear stroking

Would you still like me if I blew it
If I deceived you in your grief
Though I can't know how you have suffered
'Cause we live things differently

And now i'm lost and overruled
My eyes sore and
I gently lay my hands on you
Fear stroking

Let's believe
I try to release you
You call on me
But I can't receive you
Come on and share this thing with me
I know you can't
I know you can't

Why can't you share this thing with me

And now i'm lost and overruled
My eyes are closed and
As time was closing in on you
Fear stroking

And now i'm lost and overruled
My eyes sore and
I gently lay my hands on you
Fear stroking

I know you can't

18 nicotene

( Sing Song Sally EP )

Eighteen nicotene teeth are brown
Brush them up at you, as I frown
And the two pounds of weight she put on

Sweet sixteen she burns her candles
Waiting with her birthday cake
She thinks no one is gonna come

She says she leaves down drowning on a sea of tears
And she waves with her eyes but she can't lose her fears
Cause something always happens but you don't know when
She thinks if it's late again

So she turns around fate
She turns around fate
She turns around fate all night

Mirror up mirror oh who the hell
Stands before you is she well
She spies on her face
But then she counts down
She smashes the cake with the candle curls to the wall

Twelve 'o clock this midnight hour
Honestly well become her best
As she suddenly hears the bell ring

She says sometimes pal I got a waist to tell on
And I leave you drowning on the summer tree
So I go I'm afraid that you can't follow me
Cause something always happens but you never show when
So I guess I'll go because it's time then

So she turns around fate
She turns around fate
She turns around fate all night

If you say no
Say you go
And I will do so
Anytime you leave

Any wiser
I couldn’t take it
I will uhuh hu
I will die from greed

Anytime you leave
Ah ah ah ah…
Anytime you leave
Ah ah ah ah…

If you say I
And
You do try
To forget you
I will treat you mean

Practise voodoo on you
And your latest lady
That’s what you’ll receive
Anytime you leave

Ah ah ah ah…
Anytime you leave
Ah ah ah ah…
Anytime you leave
Ah ah ah ah…

I wil set your house on fire
Drown your clothes
And crush your cds

I wont leave you
(rest) in peace
‘cause I believe that’s
What you really need

Anytime you leave
Ah ah ah ah…
Anytime you leave
Ah ah ah ah…
Anytime you leave
Ah ah ah ah…

Hey, I warn you
I wont be ashamed to ask you aching
Why you have to leave
Anytime you leave
Why you make me bleed
Anytime you leave
You should leave for good
Why you’re coming back
Stay away from me
If you ever leave
You should leave for good
Will you leave me be
Anytime you leave

Are friends electric

It's cold outside
And the paint's peeling off of my walls
There's a man outside
In a long coat, grey hat, smoking a cigarette

Now the light fades out
And I'm wondering what I'm doing in a room like this
There's a knock on the door
And just for a second I thought I remembered you

You know I hate to ask
But are friends electric

So I open the door
it's the 'friend' that I'd left in the hallway
I said "Please sit down"
A candle lit a shadow on a wall near the bed

You know I hate to ask
But are friends electric
Only mine broke down
Down, down, down, down
And now I've no one to love

You know I hate to ask
But are friends electric

Broken

I'm broken
All over
Mean daylight
While sleeping
While sleeping

Ding dong wishing/with a ship(?), nobody's going away
I'm heading where storm lays its head
Ding dong wishing/with a ship(?), going down staying aware
I'm heading where the storm lays its head

I'm broken
All over
Mean daylight
While sleeping
While sleeping

Ding dong wishing/with a ship(?), nobody's going away
I'm heading where storm lays its head
Ding dong wishing/with a ship(?), going down staying aware
I'm heading where the storm lays its head

I'm broken
All over
I'm broken
All over

No time to precociously decide of functions
For I, a huge mountain to climb but to fall 'til
The daylight leaves the dark behind
Shameless intercourse of mine

And there's no hurting this time of your for I cannot be
Caught because I go faster than wind blows
The daylight leaves the dark behind
Shameless intercourse of mine

I'm broken, I'm broken
I'm broken, I'm broken
I'm broken, I'm broken
I'm broken, I'm broken
I'm broken, I'm broken

On s'fait des langues
En Ford Mustang
Et bang !
On embrasse
Les platanes
« Mus » à gauche
« tang » à droite
Et à gauche à droite

Un essuie-glace
Un paquet d'Kool
Un badge
Avec inscrit d'ssus
Keep cool
Une barre de
Chocolat
Un coca-cola

On s'fait des langues
En Ford Mustang
Et bang !
On embrasse
Les platanes
« Mus » à gauche
« tang » à droite
Et à gauche à droite

Une bouteille
De fluide Make-up
Un flash
Un Browning
Et un pick-up
Un recueil
D'Edgard Poe
Un briquet zippo

On s'fait des langues
En Ford Mustang
Et bang !
On embrasse
Les platanes
«Mus » à gauche
«tang » à droite
Et à gauche à droite

Un numéro
De Superman
Un écrou de chez
Paco Rabanne
Une photo
D'Marilyn
Un tube d'aspirine

On s'fait des langues
En Ford Mustang
Et bang !
On embrasse
Les platanes
« Mus » à gauche
« tang » à droite
Et à gauche à droite

Build a better life

Build a better life near the Hot Hoods
Buy a new suit matching your Revived Mood
Find yourself some New Friends
And this will depend
On the kind of money and the lack of Time You Don’t Spend
A relative success, you become obsessed
Watch what people say and then your Private Life is a Mess
But don’t give up
Unless you do stop
Drop the conversation causing awkward situations
If not, you can come back if you want
That is if you want
That is if you want

I’m a Toasty Girl of a Strong Race
I can’t help it if I throw it all in your Face
One more thing
I don’t tend to ring to Snobbish inhabitants of Mordernista Buildings
I caught a slight disease, Freezy Breeze
I pull the Poker Face and look into the sun till I sneeze
Don’t you ever give up unless I do stop
Drop conversation causing awkward situations
Knock knock
Knock knock
Can I come back?
No, you can’t
That is if you want
That is if you want

You always whine about My True Me
You are your Parents
You’ve to work for other ones to be
Come on what’s up with you Cool Heroes
Seem to suffer slightly when I strike your Egos
But then I only recall what sounds well
Start to think that I better ring someone to be help
A coffee cup
And now it’s enough
Drop the conversation causing awkward situations
Knock knock
Knock knock
Do you wanna come back?
No, you can’t
That is if you want
That is if you want
That is if you want

C'est comme ça

( Rita Mitsouko Cover / Live )

C'est comme ça
Ah, la la la la
Ouais le secret ça coupe et ça donne
Oh, oh, faut que j'moove
Sans fin du venin
Qui me fait mal au cœur

Quand le serpent chaloupe et console
Oh, oh, faut que j'moove
L'ami Sadi s'enlise
Et là ça fait peur

Si c'est ça
Ah la la la la

Ça le susurre à mes entournures
Ah, ah, faut que j'moove
Ça le grince juste pendant la nuit

Ah, c'est comme ça ça plonge et ça vire
Ah, ah, faut que j'moove
Et ça gêne quoi, quand y a pas de plaisir

C'est comme ça
Ah la la la la la
La lala lala lala lalala...

Je ne veux pas t'abandonner, mon bébé
Je neveux pas nous achever, tu sais
Oh c'est pas que je veuille tenir
Ni que je veuille m'enfuir
Il me faut prendre le frais, c'est vrai
Hé, hé, hé

Hé, viens près de moi que je te le dise
Faut que j'moove
Ce secret qui me tord le cœur
Ah, la la la...

Cœur blessé, torturé
Par tout le mal que tu m'as fait
Au fond c'était perdu d'avance
Il ne reste aucune chance
Alors adieu moi je m'en vais

J'ai le cœur blessé
A tout jamais

Il y a de quoi vous rendre fou
Quand on a tout perdu d'un coup
Adieu je m'en vais le cœur gros
Il faut croire que c'était trop beau

Cœur blessé, torturé
Par tout le mal que tu m'as fait
Rien ne pourra calmer ma peine
Je sais, quoi qu'il advienne,
Je ne pourrai plus t'oublier

J'ai le cœur blessé
A tout jamais...

Hi

He said hi, he said, how do you do?
I say, you don’t care so why do you ask?
He said, jesus what's wrong with you?
I said, the mood is on fire
He said, I only try to be polite
I said you should have come before
He said, hey lets start all over again, this conversation is getting way out of line
I said, you started it remember?
He said, hey dont bite my nose
I said, I'm sorry!
He said, I only said hi…

I said, yeah, I guess I sometimes overreact
He said, I seem to remember that…
I said, look who’s starting it all over again!
He said, oh no we ?????
I said, go fuck your brains Professor Pseudo
He said, I started from here. He said, I said hi

I said, oh baby you still as starring as before
He said, maybe the lady’s having a period.
I said whatever next!
I said, and as a matter of fact!
He said, I know you dont think you’re overreacting,
And I said, and then another thing, there are different ways of saying hi

So I said hello, I said, how do you do?
He said, fine I’m having a great time!
I said, oh I’m happy for you!
He said what exactly do you mean?
I said, nothing… I only said hi

He said, you’re doing it on purpose,
I said, no look my nose is bleeding
He said, okay, let’s just presume I believe you
I said, baby cut the crap
He said, baby you’re a bitch!
And then I slapped him in the face and I said, go and annoy somebody else,
Creep

( Jacques Dutronc Cover / Live )

Je suis l'dauphin d'la place Dauphine
Et la place Blanche a mauvaise mine
Les camions sont pleins de lait
Les balayeurs sont pleins d'balais

Il est cinq heures
Paris s'éveille
Paris s'éveille

Les travestis vont se raser
Les stripteaseuses sont rhabillées
Les traversins sont écrasés
Les amoureux sont fatigués

Il est cinq heures
Paris s'éveille
Paris s'éveille

Le café est dans les tasses
Les cafés nettoient leurs glaces
Et sur le boulevard Montparnasse
La gare n'est plus qu'une carcasse

Il est cinq heures
Paris s'éveille
Paris s'éveille

Les banlieusards sont dans les gares
A la Villette on tranche le lard
Paris by night, regagne les cars
Les boulangers font des bâtards

Il est cinq heures
Paris s'éveille
Paris s'éveille

La tour Eiffel a froid aux pieds
L'Arc de Triomphe est ranimé
Et l'Obélisque est bien dressé
Entre la nuit et la journée

Il est cinq heures
Paris s'éveille
Paris s'éveille

Les journaux sont imprimés
Les ouvriers sont déprimés
Les gens se lèvent, ils sont brimés
C'est l'heure où je vais me coucher

Il est cinq heures
Paris se lève
Il est cinq heures
Je n'ai pas sommeil

Orlando not tell me, oh no
Don't say oh God
Don't tell me
Oh dear me
Heaven's above
Oh no
I can't stand it
Stop please
Oh deary me
What in heaven's name ?
Oh blimey !
Mercy me
Woe are we
Oh dear
Oh stop it
Stop it

You've been so kind
I know
I know
So why did I hurt you ?
I didn't mean to hurt you
But I'll keep trying
And I'm sure you will too

( Stéphanie de Monaco Cover / Live )

Vision d'orage,
J'voudrais pas qu'tu t'en ailles.
La passion comme une ombre,
Fallait que j'y succombe.
Tu m'enlaçais,
Dans les ruines du vieux Rome.
A part nous, y a personne.
Seul le tonnerre résonne,
M'emprisonne,
Tourbillone.
M'emprisonne,
Tourbillone.

Vision d'image
D'un voyage qui s'achève
Comme une nuit sans rêve,
Une bataille sans trêve,
Cette nuit à Rome.
Ton absence me dévore
Et mon cœur bat trop fort.
Ai-je raison ou tort
De t'aimer tellement fort ?
De t'aimer tellement fort ?

Comme un ouragan
Qui passait sur moi,
L'amour a tout emporté.
T'es restée, l'envie
Et l'accent d'furie
Qu'on ne peut plus arrêter.
Comme un ouragan,
La tempête en moi
A balayé le passé,
Allumé le vice.
C'est un incendie
Qu'on ne peut plus arrêter.

Désir, trahir, maudire, rougir,
Désir, souffrir, mourir, pourquoi ?
On ne dit jamais ces choses là.
Un sentiment secret, d'accord,
Un sentiment qui hurle fort.

Comme un ouragan,
La tempête en moi
A balayé le passé,
Allumé le vice.
C'est un incendie
Qu'on ne peut plus arrêter.
Comme un ouragan
Qui passait sur moi,
L'amour a tout emporté.
T'es restée, l'envie
Et l'accent d'furie
Qu'on ne peut plus arrêter.
Comme un ouragan,
La tempête en moi...

Just another cigarette drowning
Standing on my own in the toilet
Nicotene sunset
Flushing the last down the loo
How did I really get into this?
It’s all about forgetting

For I register everything
Ever said by anyone
But sometimes I give in
I like deleting everything

It’s only a kind of illusion
Another day another conclusion
It’s too messy in my head man
No use of telling me something
I’ll remember but one thing
I go mad

For I register everything
Ever said by anyone
But sometimes I give in
I like deleting everything

I’m easy on the outside
Easy every other day
Watching for star sign
Watching every little damned thing falling off
Look at me forever
Look at me for I won’t mind
Love me forever
Love me just a little once in a while
Love me just a little once in a while
Just a little of a life time

Register everything
Ever said by anyone
But sometimes I give in
I like deleting everything

I’m boring you to tears
Driving you crazy complaining
Eagerly in all ears
Now is the thing I hear
Head over heels in love with you
Crashed completely dear

For I register everything
Ever said by anyone
But sometimes I give in
I like deleting everything

( David Mac Williams Cover - Live JukeBox Memories - 01-01-2005 )

A tenement, a dirty street
Walked and worn by shoeless feet
Inside it's long and so complete
Watched by a shivering sun

Old eyes in a small child's face
Watching as the shadows race
Through walls and cracks and leave no trace
And daylight's brightness shuns

The days of Pearly Spencer
The race is almost run

Nose pressed hard on frosted glass
Gazing as the swollen mass
On concrete fields where grows no grass
Stumbles blindly on

Iron trees smother the air
But withering they stand and stare
Through eyes that neither know nor care
Where the grass is gone

The days of Pearly Spencer
The race is almost run

Pearly where's your milk white skin
What's that stubble on your chin
It's buried in the rot gut gin
You played and lost not won

You played a house that can't be beat
Now look your head's bowed in defeat
You walked too far along the street
Where only rats can run

The days of Pearly Spencer
The race is almost run

The days of Pearly Spencer
The race is almost run

The days of Pearly Spencer
The race is almost run

Try a little tenderness

( Harry Woods Cover / Live JukeBox Memories - 01-01-2005 )

Oh, she may be weary
Young girls they do get weary
Wearing that same old shaggy dress, yes
But when they get weary
Try a little tenderness, oh yeah

You know she's waiting
Just anticipating
Things that she'll never ever ever ever possess, yeah
But all the times that she is without them
Gotta try a little tenderness

Oh but there is one thing
It's not just sentimental, yeah
She has her grief and care
But the words are so soft and gentle
And it makes it easier
Yeah it makes it easier to bear, yeah

Oh you won't regret it
Cause some girls they don't forget it
Cause love is their only happiness, yes
And it's all so easy
Come on and try a little tenderness

You've got to hold her, move,
Just prove your love to her
Make love
And try try try try
Try a little tenderness, tenderness

You've got to hold her, squeeze her
Don't tease her
Make love
Just try, just try, just try
Try a little tenderness, tenderness, oh
You've got to, oh oh yeah, oh oh yeah
You've got to, you've got to, you've got to...
Try a little tenderness, oh oh oh
You've got to, oh yeah, oh yeah
Baby, baby, waouh waouh
Baby, baby, ah ah !

( Michel Fugain Cover / Live )

C'est un beau roman, c'est une belle histoire
C'est une romance d'aujourd'hui
Il rentrait chez lui, là-haut vers le brouillard
Elle descendait dans le midi, le midi
Ils se sont trouvés au bord du chemin
Sur l'autoroute des vacances
C'était sans doute un jour de chance
Ils avaient le ciel à portée de main
Un cadeau de la providence
Alors pourquoi penser au lendemain

Ils se sont cachés dans un grand champ de blé
Se laissant porter par les courants
Se sont racontés leur vies qui commençaient
Ils n'étaient encore que des enfants, des enfants
Qui s'étaient trouvés au bord du chemin
Sur l'autoroute des vacances
C'était sans doute un jour de chance
Qui cueillirent le ciel au creux de leurs mains
Comme on cueille la providence
Refusant de penser au lendemain

C'est un beau roman, c'est une belle histoire
C'est une romance d'aujourd'hui
Il rentrait chez lui, là-haut vers le brouillard
Elle descendait dans le midi, le midi
Ils se sont quittés au bord du matin
Sur l'autoroute des vacances
C'était fini le jour de chance
Ils reprirent alors chacun leur chemin
Saluèrent la providence en se faisant un signe de la main

Il rentra chez lui, là-haut vers le brouillard
Elle est descendue là-bas dans le midi
C'est un beau roman, c'est une belle histoire
C'est une romance d'aujourd'hui