Devendra Banhart Lyrics, Photos, Pictures, Paroles, Letras, Text for every songs

B i o g r a p h y
(by Jason MacNeil)

A graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute, Devendra Banhart always used art as his means of communicating. Whether through poetry, painting or music, the artist's talent is only surpassed by his eclectic nature. After meeting Bill Berkson, who became a trusted friend and inspiration to Banhart, the young talent would often record songs on shoddy and sometimes broken four-track cassette recorders. The tracks, which sometimes clocked under one minute, were not meant for the outside world and were more stream-of-conscious. But after hearing these tracks, friends began persuading him to make his songs open to a larger audience. After sending out demo cassettes, which were enclosed with a marble and shipped in stationary from the French Treasury Department, Banhart was discovered by Young God Records founder Michael Gira. After thinking of producing Banhart in the proper studio environment, Gira decided to let the songs speak for themselves unaltered. In October 2002, Banhart released his debut album, Oh My Oh My on Young God Records. An EP (Black Babies) arrived in 2003, followed by the acclaimed full-length Rejoicing in the Hands. The latter made many a critic's top ten list, resulting in the quick release of its companion piece Nino Rojo. His vocals have been compared to Nick Drake, Daniel Johnston and even Tiny Tim. He has performed with Smog and has appeared at numerous lauded venues such as New York's CBGBs. He is also the author of The Thumbs Touch Too Much.

When the roots of the tree
Are as cold as can be
When the wind in the sea
Are the moth meets the bee
When the rays of the sun
Lick your skin with its tongue
And the grass with its green
And the grass with its green
And the shine with its sheen
And the shine with its sheen
And the trains with their tracks
And the spines with their backs
And your sway with its slow
And the wind with its blow
And your scream with its soul
I don't play rock n roll
And the people with their lungs
And the people with their paws
If the sky were a stone
Made of lips
Made of bones
Count my teeth
To keep the time

I lost the gloves that my mother gave to me
While on my ways to the make believe sea
And I lost the rings that my lover gave to me
While on my ways to the Red Salt Sea
Dadaladoo...

And I lost my ways to my happy pen club
And ended up where I still can't say but
I lost my favorite pen on the way
And I lost my friend but that couldn't be
I lost the friend who sang with me
I lost my son but that couldn't be
I lost the son who sat on my knee
I lost my man I let inside me
And I lost my friend that my love and I shared
While on my ways to the make believe cares
Dadaladoo...

And I lost the tunes that stuck to my ears
While on my ways to the make believe hears
And I saw Sapiena she sang to the sea
The only person left on the island was me
Dadaladoo...

And I love the man who took care of me
He owns the ship the Charles C. Leary
Yes I love the man who took care of me
He sails the world on the Charles C. Leary

Well you certainly are nice people
Yeah you certainly are nice people, nice people
Certainly are nice people

In your white ass suit and lion tattoos
In your white ass suit and lion tattoos
You've seen it all, seen it all

Pale horse licks your skin, begin
Begin, begin, begin, begin, begin
Well you certainly are, you certainly are nice people,
You certainly are nice people, nice people

In your white suit and lion tattoos
In your white suit and lion tattoos
You've seen it all, seen it all

Pale horse licks your skin
Begin, begin, begin, begin, begin, begin
Well you certainly are nice people
Nice people
Nice people
Nice people
Nice people

Animals In My Play

Gonna go out in the woods
Gonna find some animals
Gonna put them in my play
All in one day, all in one day

Gonna walk to Izabelle
Gonna have her comfort me
Izabelle spelled with a z
My sister and me
My sister and me

Cosmos And Demos

I've never told this story to another living soul
For fear it might awaken and the story would unfold
Candles in a courtyard and a paper colored cat
While demos danced on feathers and cosmos held the hat

Next came their profession and a paper colored purr
An umber armed albino and the crowd began to stir
I slid behind a linden to swallow what I'd seen
I slid behind a linden and to swallow what I'd seen

Threads of grass and thumbles, needles made of hair
Leaves a dance that stumbles, limbs laughed in the air
Threads of grass and thumbles, needles made of hair
Leaves a dance that stumbles, limbs laughed in the air

And on the day you fall, who's name would you call
The only thing you taught me is the only thing you know
How to start a fir once the umbers cease to glow
The only thing you taught me is the only thing you know
How to start a fire once the umbers cease to glow

My friend has my favorite teeth
They bend backwards when she breathes
And it whistles

And sweetness is all sweetness was
Bees are black eyed birds that buzz
And my love has my favorite ears
They lean forwards when she hears

Well evil is all evil was
Birds are blue-eyed knees that buzz

And I said, oh, Michigan, Michigan state
How I'd love to live in you
Oh I've never been to Michigan state
Still I want to live in you

And you can't talk without your tongue
Don't try to drown without your lungs

Well my snail has my favorite slow
The shell helps the snail still the skin lays low

And if my snail has my favorite slow
Then my cold has my favorite snow

But if my snail's cold and comes to a halt
Then my sea has my favorite salt
The salt keeps the sea from feeling sweet
And my toes have my favorite feet
And if I sweat salt
And the Earth sweats heat

Oh Michigan, Michigan state
How I'd love to live in you
I've never been to Michigan state
Still I'd want to live in you
Michigan state state state state

State state state state
Ah ah !
State state state state
State state state state
Ah ah !
State state state state
State state state state
Ah ah !

Lend me your teeth

C'mon
I'm lost in the dark
Lend me your teeth

I'm lost in the dark
Lend me your teeth

Hey Miss Cane

Hi Mrs. Cain
Thanks for the phone call

Isn't it isnt it
Strange

Oh some things go
Oh some things do remain

Isn't it isn't it
Strange

Blood in the veins
And love that's all over
You've got blood in your veins
And love felt all over

Isn't it, isn't it strange
Isn't it, isn't it strange
Isn't it, isn''t it strange
Isn't it
Strange

Tell Me Something

Tell me something
Do you love him
Does he love you too
Like I love you

Here's a picture of my mother
There's no one like she
And finally
I do goddamn
I do goddamn see

The Red Lagoon

There's one way to whistle
Whistle while you work
I know I am the plateau
Just one way to whistle
But it's too soon
My love the red lagoon

A Gentle Soul

He told me himself
He's a gentle soul
I saw for myself
He's a gentle soul
Camilla's a calming name
Like windowing
Camilla's a calming name
Like windowing
There's nobody else with your babe's little eyes
This is number fourteen out of how many tries
Your voice has a calming strain
All whispering
My voice wants to do the same oh brothering
All alone in your zoo of numbers and clues
Of colors and hues
He told me himself
He's a gentle soul

Happy Happy Oh

She's got the happy happy oh
She's got the happy happy oh
They had the falling falling oh
They had the falling falling oh
He had the coming out oh
He had the coming out oh
And I thought loving a man takes strength to me
When no one takes you seriously
Sick out tonight, with the flat out flat out

There's a lot of love
But not the kind I need
Y'ever made a soup out of a pumpkin seeds
There's a lot of skin and flesh I never should have seen
There's too many half ways in betweens

There's a lot of stays, I think I wish I done
There's a lot of leaves my true love gave to me
There's a lot of stays, I think I wish I done
There's a lot of leaves my true love gave to me

There's a lot of birds people like to draw
There's a lot of sees I wish I'd never saw
There's a lot of birds that people like to draw
There's a lot of sees I wish I'd never saw

There's a lot of love
But not the kind I need
There's a lot of love
But not the kind I need

Thumbs Touch Too Much

If I were more like city girls
if I were more like city girls
If I were more like fancy girls
And thanks little bee, think of me
Here's four photographs
Just for laughs

My Miss Shipwreck sinks
Yes she sings
My Miss Pitchfork pinch
Yes she pinch
My Miss Sidewalk slips
Makes a mess, tickle flesh
When the night doesn't want you
And the sounds all surround you
And the steps to the temple
Are the breasts made of puddles

And if I were more like city girls
If I were more like fancy girls
And all my thumbs touch too much

Legless Love Snail Along

Legless love and spider love
Webless love and fragrant mud
Caked in birds, cased in words
I buried your hair in a bed of swords
I buried your legs in a knife less snake
And I buried your songs in a drowning snail

Marigold

Catastrophy
Imments the sea in sound
Spend a day
By the beach and swimming around

Marigold
Sunrays to unfold and frown
Spit past the cracks
And the cataracks in sound

Make It Easier

To lose the love I've had
Lose the love I've had
Make it easier on me
Easier on me

Said it's cold outside
Well it's cold outside
It's so cold outside
Yes it's cold outside
We should come inside
'Cause it's cold outside
We should come inside
'Cause it's cold outside

Said it's cold outside
Yes it's cold outside
Yes it's cold outside
It's cold outside
We should come inside
We should come inside
'Cause it's cold outside

Ones

Ones the most calming tune the others the giving
Ones the softest calming lagoon
The others he's dancing
Ones the I's the O's and the rings
While the others the movement
Ones the sway it slips and sings
The mantles and the blankets
Its four and four time to sing some more
It eight and eight time to celebrate
Better not be late
Don't ya miss it
Don't ya miss it at all

Little Monkey

Little monkey swinging by me from your fig tree
Your Jewish canteen
Baby pigeon yellow diamonds, queen of catskills
So long sweet thing
Tiny spider, tender fighter
Rin tin tin with all of your fathers

The Spirit Is Near

Christmas is here, all the leaves are jumping
When will they learn, the spirit is near
All the trees are dancing, ready to burn
The spirit is near, all the roots are singing
What will they learn, they're ready to turn
My father would say certainly lovely weather, I do recall

Bluebird

My baby is a redbird
Flying across the sky
My baby is a bluebird
Learning how to fly
Your feathers want to
Your feathers want to tickle me
In the shower she swims right by me
Freezing water so she's swimming rapidly
Clouds are sleeping
Sleepin in the sky
Over Sara's eyes
Lurking by the bed
And all I'm thinking are all things you said

Surgery I Stole

Surgery I stole from you
Surgery you stole from me
Have believe in apathy
Orange tree could be all a dream
All that I have seen of him
His money is such a lucky sin
Your eyes see sweet but your mouth tastes tin
The toothbrush is black
That's the place where you're at
And a snake holds the knife
And a snake holds a knife
All I see brings you close to me
All I do brings me close to you
Summer snake dance for dance's sake
Into faraway, into faraway, faraway
Into faraway

Onward the Indian

When I'm on my way for a nature walk
I don't start to sing then I'll start to talk
Where'd ya go Mrs. Sun?
Ya juice it on up
Re-tit on your tip
And you squeeze it on up
When I'm on my nerves on a shaky show
I don't start to warm 'til you start to glow
When your arms learn to breathe, they stick to your sleeve
When your sleeves learn to walk, your legs learn to leave
When your leaves learn to stay, your legs run away
I was born in May then he moved away
At the end of June into mid-July
Now I'm on my way
Now I'm on my way

Lagoon

Where'd ya go the red lagoon?
Are ya gonna be comin' back soon?
Sets stole your pack of goons and put them in this tune
I've never been to Minnesota, still I'd love to live in Maine
Never been to Salamanca, still I'd love to live in Spain
Where'd ya go the blue buffoon?
Your knuckles are out of tune
Your window doesn't face the moon
Are ya happy with whatcha prove?
I've never been to Minnesota, still I'd love to live in Maine
Never been to South Carolina, still I'd love to live in Spain

Long Song

Long song with words of all kinds
Song sung it sparkles and shines
You paint the pools that lye on their backs
Skip a stone and spit pass the cracks
Blue song sung loose on my knees
The wind sing for horseflies and bees
Well who knows, explain
Who knows, explain
The sea song besides your eyes fine
Your eyes note of colors and lines
The sad song as the weather hold hands
The love song stood loose but it stands
The movers moved away
The song sung let it stay
The sea song besides your eyes fine
Your eyes note of colors and lines
The sad song as the weather held hands
The love song stood loose but it stands
The movers moved away
The song sung let it stay
Well who knows, explain
Who knows, explain

Old Thunderbird

Old thunderbird all yellow
Old thunderbird all yellow
Old thunderbird all yellow
When the nighttime came
You looked the same
Still yellow
Still yellow

Wake up, wake up, little sparrow
Don't make your home out in the snow
Don't make your home out in the snow

Little bird, oh don't you know?
Your friends flew south many months ago
Your friends flew south many months ago

You're just a baby, you cannot fly
Your wings won't spread up against the sky
Your wings won't spread up against the sky

Wake up, wake up, little sparrow
Don't make your home out in the snow
Don't make your home out in the snow

Don't make your home out in the snow

We all know
That the wind blows
And the moon glows
And our lungs grow

We belong to the floating hand
That's made by some animals

And we all dance so
We can let go
And we move close
And trade lows

Like the type of tongue that roots from your breast
And it shakes your pretty little clavicle

A good friend
Is walking
To a homeland
And inside land

And to him I said
You can leave your eyes at the horizon's dead door
'Cause you won't need them anymore

The children
Spins the dawn in
And the morning
Disappearing

They reappeared as a seed of love
You know the earth births the vegetables

We all know
We all know
We all know
We all know

Little yellow spider, laughing at the snow
Well maybe that spider knows something that I don't know
'Cause I'm goddamn cold

Little white monkey, staring at the sand
Well, maybe that monkey figured out something I couldn't understand
Who knows?

Well, I came upon a dancing crab, and I stopped to watch it shake
I said, "Dance for me just one more time
Before you hibernate and you come out a crab cake"

And hey there, little snapping turtle, snapping at a shell
Ah, there's mysteries inside, I know
But what they are I just can't tell for sure

And hey ya, little baby crow, you're looking kind of mean
I think I oughta spit before you start letting off your steam
For sure

And hey there, little sexy pig, you mated it with a man
And now you're got a little kid with hooves instead of hands

And oh, all of the animals
All of the animals

And hey there, little mockingbird, they sing about you in songs
Ah, where you been? Have you broke a wing?
I haven't heard you in so long

And hey there, little albatross, swimming in the air
Ah c'mon, you know I can't fly
And I, I think we really oughta play fair

And hey there, Mr. happy squid, you move so psychadelically
You hypnotize with your magic dance all the animals in the sea
For sure

And oh, all of the animals
All of the animals

And hey there, Mr. morning sun, what kind of creature are you?
I can't stare, but I know you're there
Goddamn, how I wish I knew

And hey there, Mrs. lovely moon, you're lonely and you're blue
It's kind of strange, the way you change
But then again, we all do too

I'd like to sing to you, if you'd like me too
I'd like to sing to you, if you'd like me too
I'd like to sing, sing, sing, sing, sing to you
Alone

I'd like to dance with you, if you'd like me too
I'd like to dance with you, if you'd like me too
I'd like to dance, dance, dance, dance, dance with you
Alone

I'd like to sleep with you, if you'd like me too
I'd like to sleep with you, if you'd like me too
I'd like to sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep with you
Alone

Ribbons around the fumes, we'll be sleeping soon
Ribbons around the fumes, we'll be sleeping soon
Ribbons around those fumes
Alone

Put me in your suitcase
Let me help you pack
'Cause you're never coming back
No, you're never coming back

Cook me in your breakfast
And put me on your plate
'Cause you know I taste great
Yeah, you know I taste great

At the hop, it's greaseball heaven
With candy pants and Archie too

Put me in your dry dream
Or put me in your wet
If you haven't yet
No, if you haven't yet

Light me with your candle
And watch the flames grow high
No, it doesn't have to try
It doesn't have to try

Well, I won't stop all of my pretending
That you'll come home
You'll be coming home, someday soon

Put me in your blue skies
Or put me in your gray
There's gotta be someway
There's gotta be someway

Put me in your tongue tie
Make it hard to say
That you ain't gonna stay
That you ain't gonna stay

Wrap me in your marrow
Stuff me in your bones
Sing a mending moan
A song to bring you home

My ships are frozen sticks
They lay stuck to the floor
My wrists and my breasts are bleeding bricks
They don't float anymore

And my tongure, it's a carbon scroll
Doesn't burn anymore
And my friends are all useless lens
They don't see anymore

And all my chicks are all useless hens
They don't lay anymore
And my fists are plastic dice
They're the shape of the sun
Yeah

And my love is a so long song
Gone forevermore
And I like where I
Yeah, I love where I
And I like where I live

Noah

Not everyone can relate, to what you and I appreciate
Not everyone can relate, to what you and I appreciate
To what you and I appreciate

Not everyone can relate to what you and I appreciate
Noah is a cowboy but nobody knows
His cattle's on that hillside still nobody knows
Not everyone can relate to what you and I appreciate

But I know you'd like to run away
But it's hard with horseshoes made of clay
And the selfish friend that I am says stay
My friend, my friend, my friend, my friend

Sister

Sister, sister, keep the fire inside, and your dogs won't die
And now it's all clear, it's all clear, you can see the child before it's born
Yeah it's all clear, it's all clear, it's all your little sun smile for it's shone
Sister, we'll climb, we'll climb 'til the dogs, climb over us
We'll climb, we'll climb, we'll climb 'til the dogs, climb over us
Sister, what you're coming to all the lights out, I can't see no more
Now I reach out, now I feel for, now I reach out, now I feel for
Now I reach out, now I feel for, now I reach out, now I feel for

Water May Walk

Water may walk
Daughter may walk
Mother may walk
Father may walk
Marth feel asleep in a perfect fire

Water in hands
Mother in hands
Brother in hands
Held in the hands
Of one million bending bones

I know its name
You know its name
Never above
Never above
One thousand mending moans

The fire inside
The silver inside
The hollow inside
The echo inside
The red setting sun inside

The earth has its eyes
The sea has eyes too
Brown mother eyes
Blue mother blue
And eyes are the stems of space

Mother may grow
Daughter may grow
Father may grow
And swallow the seed
Of trees in the chest of my mind

I've got some to give
I've like to give some
Love will still live
When our time is done
And earth be light, be light

Hose down the dead
Before they die
Before they die
Hose down the dead
Before they die
Before they die
Do you hear a dying fire
A dying fire
Can you feel
A golden soul
One golden soul

Now I put the ovaries in my bath
And all the dogs will die and
The devil will call the cats home
And he looks up to the sky

I put the ovaries in my mouth
And all the dogs will die
The devil will call the cats home
And he looks up to the sky

Hose down the dead
Before they die
Before they die
Hose down the dead
Before they die
Before they die
Before they die
Before they die
Before they die

An Island

And all my fingers ran off
And I just couldn't follow them
Your eyelash was an island
And your eyes were someone's friend

Oh could that have been
Well I hardly was a real sweet thing
Now when my smells grew some new smells
And I just couldn't smell them all
I smell my sister in the winter
And my father in the fall
Cross and then snow
A tired moan

Be Kind

Be kind, baby be kind
Be kind, baby be kind
The light of this might
Align your legs to time
They give me up as I got mine
Oh and that's too many times
Baby be kind
And my eyelids are fine
Don't let your eyes pop out boy
You may drop your black candy apple
From the fright of having your eyes pop out
And someone else buys seeing double
So be kind baby be kind
Won't cha be kind baby be kind
And the way he drops the ants will cover him up
I said you'd get 'em back dear
Don't cha try to puff them all up
Baby dear don't cha try
To be kind baby be kind
You know the light of this whole world and mine
Aligns your legs to time
The lake it ain't your fire
And that is all I've had
Too many had done
These eyelids mine
Don't let your eyes pop out
You might drop them on your stove
And they'll wiggle on home

Owl Eyes

Send me up hollow eyes unwinding Asia and all your little diamonds
All your little diamonds
Everybody that's inside me buries the body that's behind me
The body that's behind me

The Good Red Road

It ain't hard to adore ya
Thread ya into my town
Put your guard down, explore ya
And I'll always be around

I want to live in Jamaica
Yeah I wanna live in Jamaica

..hair down
How'd they get their nose
..your hair down

I'm in love with an anchor
I can floss with her tail
She's the island above me
And I can tell, I can tell

When ya finally break my legs
And I can never leave the house again
Then I'll finally love you
And we can have some kids

The electric heart shines for you
It's given up sparks
But that's nothing new

The electric heart
Spins its lightning web
The spider sparkle lights the way ahead

I eat the biscuits, a gift for her
I eat the fishes, they got no fur

The open road
Oh God's final town
I'll take a little sip from its high drip
The earth hurts sky say your name
The earth was dry until you came

A little baby begins to grow
A happy belly begins to glow

The electric sky combing in the snow
He's always high
He's a gentle soul
My winter friends with Christmas legs
And cold, cold beards
And frozen heads

We keep them shiny
We keep them shone
Cuz though they're tiny, they're valuable

I've lost my nails
But that's nothing new
And goddamn thumbs
Thumbs, goddamn you

And if all else fails
As all else do
There's someone else for sure will take my place

Now flung from dreams your voice reappears
And it almost sings like you're almost here
Singing an ancient chant, spreads his dusty lens
And I'm coming in in my head
Electric heart sang for us
Shining love

This is the soup
That i believe in
This is the smoke
I'm always breathin'
This is the way
I share my breakfast
This is the way
I serve my sentence

I know I know
I should lay low
I should stand tall

This is the beard
I'm always growin'
I know they're here
I see them floating
Her empress beards
They float so holy
Their beards are here
They gently hold me

Well who knows who knows
Yeah I may come home
Yeah I may return

This is the way
I'm always leaving
This is the soft
Voice of the evening
This is the way
I hear my father
These are the flames
That drown the water

Well I knew I knew
I could stand tall
I could lay low

This is the sound
That swims inside me
That circle sound
Is what surrounds me
This is the land
That grows around me
And these are the hands
That come in handy

Well we've known we've known
We've had a choice
We chose rejoice

A Sight to Behold

It's a sight to behold
When you've got some old words to mold
And you can make 'em your own

Still love it would be much better
Love it would be much better
I'm told

It's like golden corn
And I love its golden glow
It's the little head inside your little hole
And out spring some sparkling thoughts

Still love it would be much better
Love it would be much better
Love it would be much better
Love it would be much better

It's like finding hope
In an old folk song
That you've never ever heard
Still you know every word
And for sure you can sing along

But love it would be much better
Love it would be much better
Love it would be much better
Love it would be much better
I know, I know

The body breaks
And the body is fine
I'm open to yours
And i'm open to mine

The body aches
And that ache takes it time
But you'll get over yours
And i'll get over mine

And the sun will shine
And the moon will rise up

The body calls
Yeah, the body, it calls out
It whispers at first
But it ends with a shout

The body burns
Yeah, the body burns strong
Until mine is with yours
Then mine will burn on

My flesh sings out
It sings, "come put me out"

The body sways
Like the wind on a swing
A bridge through a hoop
Or a lake through a ring

The body stays
And then the body moves on
And I'd really rather not dwell on
When yours will be gone

But within the dark
There is a shine
One tiny spark
That's yours and mine

One, two, three, four

By the banks of old Poughkeepsie
My love swam with me
Nature's tender bones are breathing lungs
Each breaths each breeze and

Have you felt it?
Have you?
I've felt it too
And so have you

Summer days she stays by her window
Her saggy flesh it sweeps the floor
Down her steps and through her hallway
Coming out her door and

Have you seen it?
Have you?
I've seen that too
And so have you

Now man holds hands hand neck shaped cobweb
White oil fills each pore
Again down your steps and through your hallways
Jumping out your door and

Have you done it?
Have you?
I've done that too
And so have you

Well, love me tender
V-v-v-v-v-v-iva Las Vegas
And now I'm all shook up
Heartbreak hotel
Lordy miss cordy
Blue moon blue suede shoes and

Have you heard it?
Have you?
I've heard that too
And I know for sure
That so have you

Dogs they make up the dark
Surrounding mountains they move towards the sea
Light that shines from your womb is blinding
Mountains still move towards the sea

Will is my friend
Will sings like John
Goin' back to California
Will is the west
Coast with me
Will is a past
Is a plenty
Will is a good friend of mine
With whom I spend a whole lot of my time

The lemon tree
It laughs at me
It's growing beautifully
The little veins
It would unwind
And it'll wrap your whole in time
Now let's have a glass of wine
Now let's have another glass of wine

This is the water
In which we wade
This is our father
And this is how he strayed
This is the wind
And this is the breeze
I ooooo eeee
Will is my friend
Will sings like John
Goin' back to California

The daughter of a man
Was a mammal
She wore the mark of fire
And of flame
Though they're both the same

Born onto the age of the golden
Oh that golden age of endless loss and endless gain
Tra la la la, now

Because my lips have split
All the little children
They are hiding in front
In the middle and in behind
La, la, la, la !

And because my nose has froze
But I can keep on smelling
I could smell my little day away
I could smell my whole day away
Na da da da !

Now because my teeth don't bite
I could take them out dancing
I could take my little teeth out
And show them a real good time
Tra la la la

Well a real good time
A good time
A real good time
Good time
A good time
A real good time
Good time
A good time
A real good time
Good time
A good time
A real good time
Good time
A good time
A real good time
Good time
A good time
A real good time
Good time
A good time
A real good time
Good time
A good time
A real good time
Good time
A good time
A real good time

Your head's a seesaw
It sees and then saw
Now get some extra fingers growing
Yeah get some extra fingers growing
In, in, in

Your eyes are ramble
Light of candle
Now get some amber fluid flowing
Get some amber fluid flowing

Your lips are graying
And your mouth is saying
Get some other diamonds sparkling
Get some other people talking

You young dumb ripe thing
You're brave and you're antsy
You strong-lunged new thing
You're here to get this baby dancing
You're here to get this baby dancing
You're here to get this baby dancing
You're here to get this baby dancing
You're here to get this baby dancing
You're here to get this baby dancing

I always knew
I always knew
I always knew

Rejoicing in the hands

In the dark we are without her empress light
In the dark we are without a light
Half asleep we're calmly waiting through her night
Half asleep we wait 'til she arrives

Clouds of birds are governing her dark blue sky
Clouds of birds are governing her sky
A rush of wind is gently playing with their wings
And yellow stones are standing on her eyes

All rejoice we are in her hands
When in here hands all rejoice
Owl eyes her sun will rise and light the land
All rejoice we are in her hands

Fall, oh catch since once burned your bread but when the night comes
Light of match will catch lay low leva? sing so long
Widow spreads like cornfields in fall she come night come
She leave no trace she don't leave her roll like cornfields in fall

Ohhhh , ohhh, ohhh

So long friend I know finally would you lie with me
And hello singer warm ring like hell wontcha sing for me
So long snake you're still old, so long snake you're still old
So long snake you're still old, so long snake you're still old oooohh oohhh
So long snake you're still old, so long snake you're still old...

When the sun shone on vetiver
When the sun shone on vetiver
When the sun shone down

Well they're silver and they're gold
Well they're silver and they're gold
Well they're silver and cold

And I'm longing for the land
And I'm longing for their land
For nature's forgiving hand

And we're drifting
And we're sailing
And we're drifting
And we're sailing
And we're drifting
Sailing...

Now the sun aligns you legs
And your lips and arms and breasts
And the moon pulls wet Earth

And your branches crawl around my claws
Your branches crawl around my claws
And my leaves brush up against your arms

And we're dancing
And we're dancing
And we're dancing...

In Thailand, my baby waits for me
In Graceland, my baby waits for me
In Spainland, my baby waits for me
In Ireland, my baby waits for me
In no lands, my baby waits for me
Wimpishly ...

I fall in love

There was sun

And I know I was born, I was born
When I slipped out of my mother's womb
And I know it was warm, it was warm
'Cause I slipped out on a hot afternoon
Oh waouh oh

And I know there was sun, there was sun
When I felt it on my human skin
And I know it was done, it was done
When I saw the moon rising
Ah ah ah

And each strand of her hair is really insect eyes
And each hole in her tongue is always occupied
By the milk of the sun

And each head on her head is fields of gold wheat
Where I'm lying on my back
Where I'm falling asleep
Hmm hmm hmm hmm

And each lash in her eye is really white roots
And each line in her skin is really red roots
Hmm hmm hmm hmm

And the neck her head's on is a tunnel of dawn
But darkness will come
But darkness will come
For sure, it's gonna come

And the breast on her chest
Is where I take my rest
Is where I have my fun
Is where I have my fun
Mm hmm hmm hmm

And one long red nail
That shots from her toe
Is tickling my blood
And shifting its flow
Hmm hmm hmm hmm

And each strand of her hair
Is really insect eyes
And each hole in her tongue
Is always occupied
By the milk of the sun

And i'm always late, 'ways late
And i'm always late
Yeah, i'm always late
Yeah, i'm always late

Ah ah ah ah...

And your black tulips of time
And your black tulips of time
And your hands rejoice in mine

Ah ah ah ah...

And that seed, it grows all day
And that seed, it grows all night
And our veins are intertwined

Ah ah ah ah...

Autumn's child

Raise your head
Autumn's child
You sweet young thing
Stay dead horse
Stand dead horse
Run river run
Sun shine sun
Sing child sing
Sing your song
Sing your song
Autumn's child
Come raise your head Autumn's child
Sweet young thing
Sweet young thing

Now that I know
The way it goes
You've gotta pay back every penny that you owe

Twelve years old
In your mama's clothes
Shut the blinds and lock up every door

And if you hear
Someone's coming near
Just close your eyes and make them disappear now

Years away
Finds me here today
On my own and always on my way now

So I send my friends
Gifts from where i've been
Something for the hand that never there to lend

Better keep those eyes
Climbing paradise
And don't pretend you won't reach it in the end now

Dearest dear
I know you've been here
Why'd you run, tell me why'd you disappear

Now that you're not
Here with me
'Seems to be the only time I can see you clearly

I may not know
How to treat or give you what you need
But I am a gentle man who says what he means now

And now I sing
Upon my knees
And praise the kindness of a gentle breeze

I see it swell
Like a story in me to tell
Told years away and past my day of dying

So you raise them up
To have and always have
They're unaware of share or give a hand to help some

Oh you give them away
But they’ll come back to you someday
Wanna know why nobody was ever there to help them

And not it ain’t fair
And if God forbid you care
It’s enough to get you in a whole lot of trouble

Awww realize
It ain’t wise to idealize
Or put your life in the hands of any struggle

Never renounce or ever claim to be
And never buy that freedom just ain’t free now

I heard somebody say
That the war ended today
But everyone knows it's goin' still

On mother lands and mother seas
Here's what we believe
It's simple
We don't want to kill

I heard somebody say
That the war ended today
But everyone knows its goin' still

On mother lands and mother seas
Here's what we believe
It's simple
We don't want to kill

Oh, it's simple
We don't want to kill
Oh, it's simple
We don't want to kill
Oh, it's simple
We don't want to kill

Long-Haired Child

A mind winters day, it’s cold, and I know for certain
When I go outside my head will start hurtin
It’s a winter’s day and I know for certain
When I go outside my head will start hurtin
So I'll wrap it up in materials
To keep my head from getting cold
I’ll wrap it up in materials to
To keep my head from getting cold
And I said to all my friends when I have kids
Yeah I said to all my friends when I have kids

I’m gonna want that child to be a long-haired child
I’m gonna want that child to be a long-haired child
I’m gonna want the child to be a long-haired child
I’m gonna want the child to be a long-haired child

And I go outside and mingle in the snow
My head looks like a globe
Ain’t no hair on it at all
Do I buy a wig
Should I grow my beard
And comb it upwards
And around my ears
Well I can’t wait for the kids to come
No I can’t wait for the kids to come
Say "hey babe you ain't going to no barber shop!"
‘Cause I want yeah I want I know for certain

I want the child to be a long-haired child
I’m gonna want the child to be a long-haired child
I’m gonna want the child to be a long-haired child
I’m gonna want the child to be a long-haired child
Baby that’s for sure, baby that's for sure

And when the snow it hits my temple
I wanna rush home and put on the kettle now
And warm my little brain and bald head
I’m too cold to know if I’m alive or dead

But when my baby slips out my mama’s womb
When my baby slips out my mama’s womb
We’re gonna enter a new life
Enter a new life, that’s for sure
You’re gonna enter your self back through your baby’s front door
Now if you want that child to be a long-haired child
You’re gonna make that baby be a long-haired child that’s for sure
Baby, baby, that’s for sure
Shoo bop, shoo bop
Shoo bop, shoo bop

Lazy Butterfly

Lazy butterfly napping on me
Dreaming of the sky and rolli pollies
Wake up, wake up, clouds are coming, clouds are coming
Wake up, wake up, rains are falling, rains are falling

Colors in my eye are staring at me
Anchor at my side the sweetest silver
Pleasure, pleasure, don’t forget her, don’t forget her
Lover, love her, I won’t forget her, I won’t forget her

Seashell fingernail scratching at me
Brown eyed lullaby singing at me
Come on, come on, try and catch me, try and catch me
Come on, come on, try and catch me, try and catch me

Cardinal cloudsmoke I know they feel it
Rising from an oak because I feel it
He burn, he burn, mesmerizing, mesmerizing
He burn, he burn, hypnotizing, hypnotizing

Hopeful wise old worm in his temple
Digging in the dirt and staying simple
Married, married, to the dessert to the dessert
Climbing, climbing, up a ladder up a ladder

New born hummingbird in a meadow
Suckling at the flow of its shadow
See the day that fish will fist you, fish will fist you!
It’s never too late, I’d like to think so, I’d like to think so

Knife stuck in her paw someone help her
Gather sticks and straw and build her shelter
Don’t you, don’t you, let her die yet, let her die yet
Don’t let, don’t let, let her die yet, let her die yet

Queen Bee

Well I do like a certain girl
She moves like a dancing dream
I saw everything I’ve seen
And I meant everything I mean

Oh Queen Bee you’re always happy and free
Oh Queen Bee land by me, by me
She’s kissed everyone I’ve kissed
She’s missed everyone I’ve missed
And her guess is always as good as mine
And I’m blessed, she treats me so damn kind

She’s grown every seed I’ve grown
She’s known everything I’ve known
And our dreams they always coincide
And our bows always firmly tied
And oh Queen Bee, I’m always happy to see you
Oh Queen Bee, sting me, sting me

I Feel Just Like a Child

Well I feel just like a child
Yeah I feel just like a child
Well I feel just like a child
Well I feel just like a child
From my womb to my tomb
I guess I’ll always be a child

Well some people try and treat me like a man
Yeah some people try and treat me like a man
Well I guess they just don’t understand
Well some people try and treat me like a man
They think I know shit
But that’s just it
I’m a child

Well I need you to tell me what to wear
Yeah I need you to help and comb my hair
Yeah I need you to help tie my shoes
Yeah I need you to come and keep me amused
From my cave to my grave
I guess I’ll always be a child

Well I need you to help me reach the door
And I need you to walk me to the store
And I need you to please explain the war
And I need you to heal me when I’m sore
You can tell by my smile
That I’m a child

And I need you to sit me on your lap
And I need you to make me take my nap
Could you first pull out a book and
Read me some of that
Cause I need you to make me take my nap

And I need you to recognize my friends
Cause they’re there even though you don’t see them
They got their own share of plate and a seat
You know I won’t touch my food unless they eat
From the roof to the floor I'll crawl around some more
I’m a child

And I need you to help me blow my nose
And I need you to help me count my toes
And I need you to help me put on my clothes
And I need you to hide it when it shows
From being my daddy’s sperm to being packed in an urn
I’m a child

And when I steal you gotta smack me 'til I cry
Don’t you stop 'til the tears run dry
See I was born thinking under the sky
Didn’t belong to a couple of old white guys
From sucking on my mother’s breast
To when they lay my tomb to rest
I’m a child yeah

Well I’m a little child
Well I’m a little child
I guess I’m always be
A little child

Some People Ride the Wave

Some people ride the wave of generosity
Some people ride the wave of mediocrity
Me I ride the wave of never gonna drown
Oh just fooling around

Now I gots the balloons
And you you gots the mud
Me I gots the snail
And you you gots the slug
Well you got so much more than I figured was in store
Oh I ain’t foolin no more

Now some people ride the cat when asleep or when awake
Some people ride a cat for riding a cat’s sake
Me I ride this cat cause its claws have got my eyes
I’ll get ‘em back in a few more tries
Oh I’ll get ‘em back in a few more tries

Some people ride the books that tenderize their names
Some people ride the books that bastardize our claims
Me I write the book that’s sifting in the sand
Aw, some day I’ll understand
Aw, some day I’ll understand

Some people write the songs that stay inside our souls
Some people write the songs that really ain’t songs at all
Me I write the song that ends right when it starts
They’ll split before they part
Oh they’ll split before they part

The Beatles

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are the only Beatles in the world
Do you feel like dancing are you getting hungry
Do you wanna be my girl

"Riquitiquitiqui" canta el troubador
Como una flor tan gorda que no tiene sabor
Qué rica es la vida y qué rico es el amor
No mates al toro mata al toreador

Yo sí oigo a Donovan
Yo sí oigo a Marc Bolan
Yo sí oigo a Ben Chasny
A Six Organs me gusta a mí

Dragonflys

I don’t owe me any money
You don’t owe me a thing
When we drink beer
Dragonflies appear
Dragonflies appear

Cripple crow

When they come from the over the mountain
Yeah we’ll run we’ll run right around them
We’ve got no guns no we don’t have any weapons
Just our cornmeal and our children

While we pay for mistakes with no meaning
All your gifts and all your peace is deceiving
And still our pain dissolves with believing

Now that our bones lay buried below us
Just like stones pressed into the earth
Well we ain’t known by no one before us
And we begin with this one little birth

Cripple crow say something for our grieving
Where do we go once we start leaving
Well close that wound
Or else keep on bleeding
And change your tune
It’s got no meaning

Hey Mama Wolf

When I’m in the woods I know what to call you now
When I’m in the woods I know what to call you now
Hey Mama Wolf
Hey Mama Wolf

Well maybe the mountains know what to call you now
Maybe the mountains know what to call you now
Hey Mama Wolf
Hey Mama Wolf

When I’m in a womb I know what to call you now
And when a belly blooms I know what to call you now
Hey Mama Wolf
Hey Mama Wolf

Well out in Saint Marie I know what to call you now
Swimming in the sea I know what to call you now
And when you swim with me I know what to call you now
And when you’re under me I know what to call you now
Hey Mama Wolf...

Hows About Tellin’ A Story

Well how’s about tellin’ a story
One that’s really about somebody
What they saw and what they did
How they died and how they lived
But by the time I found a name I moved onto another game
Called write a song about toes and spines, it's god damn
Now I can’t think of any story lines
But you know I’d love to try and sing about a person, place, or thing
Mount Sinnai and the Wolfman, Katmandu, and Honest Abe
Something happens up in Tucson and then it happens again in Maine
San Francisco, sweet thing, ladeedada da..na na!

Chinese children

If I lived in China I’d have some Chinese children
If I lived in China I’d have some Chinese children
Well out of my toes my little black baby grows
And that’s my fact

Well if I lived in China, I’d have some Chinese children
Yeah if I lived in China, I’d have some Chinese children
Well if I lived in China, if I lived in China, uh huh
Well out of my ears my little black baby hears
And that’s my fact

Now if I lived in Russia, I’d have some Chinese children
If I lived in Prussia, I’d have some Chinese children
Well if I lived in India, they’d still be Chinese children uh huh
And out my toes my little blue baby grows
And that’s another fact

Now if I lived in Ireland, I’d have some Chinese children
Yeah if I lived in Ireland, I’d have some Chinese children
Yeah if I lived in Ireland, if I lived in Ireland, uh huh
Well if I lived in Spainland, they’d still be Chinese children
And if I lived in Greeceland, they’d still be Chinese children
But out of my thumbs my little red baby runs
And that’s another fact, an unchanging fact

Now if I lived in my land, which I do, I’d still have Chinese children
And if I lived in Iceland, I’d still have Chinese children
Well if I lived in Greenland, I’d still have Chinese children uh huh
But out of my ears my little grey baby hears
And that’s my fact

Well if I lived in Thailand, I’d have some Chinese children
Well if I lived in Japan, I’d still have Chinese children
If I lived in this land, if I lived in that land, uh huh
And up from my lungs and standing on my tongue
My little green baby sung

Yeah if I lived in Brooklyn, I’d still have Chinese children
Yeah if I lived in Oakland, they’d still be Chinese children
Oh if I was an Indian yeah, if I was an Indian, uh huh
Whatever I do they’re Chinese through and through, uh huh

Well I got Chinese children
I got Chinese children...

I Love That Man

I love that man when he’s on stage
I hear bad things in a good way
And how I thank you all the time
So don’t refuse this thank you of mine

And I arrive at your feet in peace
And I spend my time as I please
And I can’t stop light from shining in
My goddamn breath keeps breathing

And at your end and your leaving
May you have no sin worth grieving
And I hope that I can someday ask
Something new to you at last

Now you talk, I’ll pour
And our nearness grows
And when I’m bored, I’ll let you know

This black ink cross that’s on our palms
Let’s keep them on
And never wash them off
It ain’t for God, it’s just for us

Once my friend but never again
And once we’re dead, we never end
We never end, we never end, we never end

*** Thanx a lot to Serge for this one ***

Korean Dogwood

Red oak sugar and Korean dogwood and Korean dogwood
Vibes turn to rubbed rum
Lit by mission moonlight
Kangas on that hillside
You are my life
And you baffle me some
Like vanilla's maple
Inca cornflower
You’re my baby’s blue eyes
And when you're gowndissolves in a prayer
You’ll hear a sound
That rings true and fair
Black King lightning
The dawn of orange blossoms and orange blossoms
My friend Keegan
Drawing endless love songs, endless love songs
Calm breath, sweet being, show me what you’re seeing
Show me what you’re seeing
And though right and loud and proud
Every little word
It still ain't heard
Strange prayers looming
Over all our brothers, over all our brothers
Prison life served
But Navajo Gospel
Is a rope thrown helpful
But for sure all that we’ve made
Will be swallowed by the Earth
For it’s got no worth

Little boys

Life is tough and love is rough
For the man who just can’t ever seem to get enough
The days go by and the women come and go
So many that you decide to get rid of your front door
So you don’t have to hear them all disappear

You just sit and you wait
Staring at your empty plate
And you can say I’m a lonely sailor
Rockin’ gently on my dreams
‘Cause I can have it all, but I don’t want it all
And it ain’t like I’ve never ever ever tried
I've just never been fully satisfied

But just a tie a little shoelace
And to share a sleeping bag
And I look ahead to the days
When I can look back at all the fun that I’ve had
But still, but still, but still..

I see so many little boys I wanna marry
I see plenty little kids I’ve yet to have
Even when the moon goes out
Even when the sea dried out
I still see so many little boys I wanna marry
I see plenty little kids I’ve yet to have now
Even when the sea’s all freeze
And everything’s lying underneath
Even when the sun ceases to shine
I won’t care, I’ll still have on my mind
So many little boys I wanna marry yeah yeah
I see plenty little kids I’ve yet to have

And in the shower I get my dreaming done
I hold my breath and I wait for the day to come
Oh little Billy, little Timmy, little Jimmy, you’re the one
I may not look it, but I swear my heart is young for so many..
Little boys I wanna marry
I see plenty little kids I’ve yet to have you know you know

I've got many little boys I wanna marry, yeah you know
I've got many little kids I've yet to have
Oh oh, Yeah yeah
Little boys I wanna marry, yeah you know
I've got plenty little kids I've yet to have now, yeah you know
I've got so many, so many little boys I wanna marry now, marry now
So many...

Ancor

Don’t the flowers at your feet smell sweet
Well they sure smell sweet to me
And don’t the moon way up high shine bright
Well it sure shines bright to me

And don’t the water on your lips feel good
Well it sure feels good to me
And don’t the lips on your lips feel good
Well they sure feel good to me...

So long old bean

Well these days I’m spread so thin
I'm getting carried up by the wind
Every time you get high
You might see me floating by

Well so long old bean
It's been a dream being with you
I couldn't tell us apart
Oh and i know neither could you

Don't tread on me
When you float downstream
On a moonbeam

So long old bean
So long old bean

Here comes the mapinguari singing awww
When's there gonna be an end to wondering
When all of our troubles are gonna end 'cause
We've had our fill of finding our empty pockets
Emptier still and there probably won't be
An end to that my friends

Now that my tralala's are dating
Little sips of the Hollywood bowl
They mute up my mind
How kind of them to mellow mellow mellow my soul
Well they're the gambling kind
As smooth as a tuba' ass on the dole
Money never beats soul
How noble

Don't forget me
When you float downstream
On a moonbeam

So long old bean
So long old bean

I'm a little firefly
Landing on you

Seahorse

I'm high and I'm happy and I'm free
I got my whole heart
Laid out right in front of me
And I finally can see
The way it's always been
The need for peace
Starts from within

So I leave my possesions to the wind
And I'm done with ever wanting anything
Well I can die satisfied
No desires do I hide
Not today, not today
Nor for the next one thousand lives

I want to be a little seahorse
I want to be a little seahorse
A little seahorse

I want to be a little seahorse
I want to be a little seahorse
I want to be a little seahorse...

Well I'm scared of ever being born again
If it's in this form again
Well I wanna know how why where and when and then
I wanna see you be the bright night sky
I wanna see you come back as the light
I wanna see you be the bright night sky
I wanna see you come back as the light

Bad Girl

I've been a bad girl
I ain't playin' fair
I want you to be free
But I don't wanna share
No I don't wanna let you go
But it's about time I do
I can't blame you anymore
And I still love you

Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah...

I know it ain't easy
Being left on your own
Why did you leave me
Well I don't really know
And why wait another day
When a day won't change a thing
Please don't ever let me say
That again

Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah, wah...

Mama I ain't waiting
I ain't waiting
But I'm still holding on

Mama I ain't waiting
No I ain't waiting
But I'm still holding on
Holding on baby

Mama I ain't waiting
No I ain't waiting
But I'm still holding on

Mama I ain't waiting
No I ain't waiting
But I'm still holding on

Seaside

The shore worn
And born black
I love that
I love that

Seaside
Seaside
Seaside
Seaside

The hunter
In Heaven
Is thunder
A companion

By my side
My side
My side
My side

Now seen
Unseen, yeah
Now seen
Unseen, yeah

The sea is calm
The path on high
It swoops down
To lie

By your side
Your side
Your side
Your side

Shabop shalom

Our story begins on a sunday afternoon
Just between halfway tree and spanish town
Where a young boy
Not yet the cock o’ the walk that he would soon become,
Was lying on the grass and takin’ in the sweet and sensuous scent of hibiscus
That languidly lilted along the summer breeze

It was at this precise moment that he saw her.
Her walk was soft and delicate with a thaumaturgical touch
That only a rabbi’s daughter could have
Before their eyes had even met
Her luminous lips had already lured him in
Salvation winked with he promise of a briss held at pinnacle
And a congregation of sages bunny hopping and chicken dancing to yiddish mento

Then their eyes linked
An aeon blinked amharic vows were scryed upon their hearts
Just to think this could all be with a frenectomy and a few words of love.

My shabop shalom baby
Won’t you shabop shalom with me
Under the old banana tree
Whoa, whoa

My sweet telavivian lamb‘s bread
My heart can act as an emoliant
And you’ll never ever say
Get bent!

No, no
Todamama todamama
Todamama todamama
Todamama

Todamama todamama
Todamama todamama
Todamama

All the signals that i’m sendin i’ll keep sending
And on the constantillionth time
I’ll make you mine
Yes, i swear i will

Your sweet supple breasts are golden ghettos
Soft statues in stilettos
Two wise men instead of three

Blow a kiss just for me
I’m ever in a foul mood
I’ve gotta see you in your talmud
And so happy in makes me

(who who who who who)

You wanna know who
Who wrote the book of jude?
She wants to know who
(who who who who who)
Who wrote the dead sea scrolls?
Well, i did, i did
Yeah
Yes, i did, i did

I did, i did
Mm-hm!
I did, i did

Hexakosioi hexekonta hex phobia can be a fun ordeal
I swear by solomon’s seal

Honey, when it comes to love
There’s a fire in the deep bend of my heart
Givin’ me the heeby-geebys

You see
I know the land of wood and water is
Merely fooder for the loves slaughters
And darling, I’ve watched you cake walk to the immaculate conception
For far too long

Walls are wailing
I’m livicated to you
Ahaba raba
Ahaba raba for you

We’re in heaven
We’re in heaven, it’s true
I’m in ascending
I’m ascending tonight with you

Tonada Yanomaminista

We burned all our clothes
Blew Yopo up our nose
We're a young and lazy ol' wild boar
Yep
We followed the stork
It led us to camp
We didn't get lost but we lost a chance
1901 was the year of the bleedin' horse
And I was lonely, lonely
1902 the Devil sucked off the moon
Please hold me, please hold me
My ear to your chest,
Your back to the ground,
Please move mama
Please make a sound
That war party's lookin' for you
And lookin' for me
Damn, damn, we weren't scared
Just unprepared
So we followed the caw
'Till our eyes were locked in,
We became her and she became them
And then
I heard the voice of heaven
Sayin' don't be scared of anything
I heard the voice of the land,
The beautiful land, sing
I recognize you mother
In a little playful touch from death
As above so below
You're in control of the rest
Then the six nippled frog
Ran across the golden moss
Followin' behind us, behind us
And the W.A.C.
Was pointing Remingtons at the trees
They couldn't find us
Can't find us

Saved

Well I don't need nobody to rescue me,
Or help me see the way you treat me.
But I do need somebody to help me say
It's time to walk away (Alright, okay)

Too many times
Too many times
Too many times
You crossed over that line
You changed your mind
You changed your mind
You changed your mind
But I never did change mine

Still I was saved by the fire
Singing its song in my heart
That hypnotized all the demons
And tore them apart
But you make them all come back
You make them all return
You're so good at that
And I will never learn
No I never will (I never will, baby)

Well I don't need nobody to heal my pride
Cause I'm playing dead inside
But I do need somebody
To come wake me up, shake me up
Help me to stand up, stand up

You put me down
You cut me down
You turned me down
And I still stick around

You tame my soul
Swallowed me whole
I lost control
And I still couldn't let you go

But I was saved by the fire
That was burning deep inside of myself
I was a knave to desire
But I finally got a little bit of help

You ripped out my tongue
You couldn't trust me with that
You hid your trust fund
I wouldn't a judged you for that
You made me feel dumb
Well I ain't new to that

I must-a treated you wrong
And now you’re treating me wrong right back
Two many times, three many times, four many times
I'm about to crack
Eight many times, nine many times
Too many times
I lost track

Still yes, I was saved by the fire
Burning deep inside my soul
Yeah I was saved by the fire
Burning deep inside my soul
(Yeah, I know, yeah I know)
Yes I was saved by the fire
Burning deep inside my soul…

Lover

Well I-I, I wanna be your lover
I wanna be your man
I want you to understand

And I-I, I wanna open your door
And love you 'til you're sore
That works for - wait a minute, wait a minute!
Yeah

I wanna be your thing, your anything your everything oh yeah

And I-I, I wanna fill your cup (cup cup cup)
Fill it up, fill it up to the brim with love
That works for - wait a minute, wait a minute!

You'll never have to ask
I'll give you my sweet grass
I'm gonna mesmerize your ass
Just give me my first chance, it's gonna be the last
I'm gonna make you wanna stay

I-I I wanna be your cow
Give you all the milk around town
Let me see, let me see you drink it down
I-I, I wanna be the pear tree
I want you to climb all over me
Try my fruit and taste my seed

Climb right on me, lay it on me
C-climb right on me, l-lay it on me!

Just let my do my thing
Until you start to sing
I'm going down all you night long
I'm gonna build a bond
I'm pullin' out my wand
Feels so right it can't be wrong!

Yeah!

Well I-I, I wanna be your lover
I wanna be your man
I want you to understand

And I-I, I wanna be you lover baby
I wanna be your girl
Blow a kiss and change the world, yeah

We're gonna make it through
You got me and I got you
Your bleedin' heart's at my command
If you don't love me to
Then bein' friends will do
Long as you let me in your bed!

Carmencita

I walk with my head down
I mumble all the words
I keep my feelings to myself only

I never stand my ground
I just stand around
If you love me then why won't you hold me

Everything and everyone around me is changing
Now that I've been the other woman

Your music rides ten horses in the sky
And gallops through the evening
You, you have no side for me to stand by
In space, I see you and her

And everything and everyone around me is changing
Now that I've been the other woman
Oh now that I've been the other woman

Like a newlywed hummingbird
Building its home
Stick by stick above the river

You are green, you are red
You are yurple you are blue
You are gold you are silver

Well my eyes are made of lemons
My tears are made of limes
You love me, you hate me, I'm losing my mind

I've sailed the sea of love aboard the ship of hopes
I'm a skipper, I'm the captain, I'm the crew

And everything and everyone around me is changing
Now that I've been the other woman
Oh now that I am the other woman

I will always be the other woman
I'll never be the only woman
The only woman...

Freely

It ain't about a heart you find
It's about the one you sight
It's about the love you hide
It's waitin' to be let outside

And it ain't about losing your mind
But if you happen to, that's fine
But there’s only one way to shine
And it's called trying to live

Freely, freely meu coracao
Freely, freely meu coracao
I'd like to live that way
I'd like to live that way

And my mother may not understand
Why I’m the way that I am
But i love her and I wanna let her in (do you love her?)
Get to know a friend

And now we gotta take some time
Get to know each other our whole lives
And I call on you to remind
Nothing's really mine
Except for

Freedom, freedom en meu coracao
Freedom, freedom en meu coracao
I'd like to live that way
Oh I'd wanna stay stay that way

You ever seen anything as kind
As the wind blowing by
I've never seen anything as wise
As the sun rise that shines

Freely, freely en meu coracao
Freely, freely meu coracao
I'd like to live that way
Oh I'd wanna live that way

I remember

I remember a faraway laugh
A sweet caress
You'd help me zip up my dress

I remember your arms around my neck
21 shells wrapped in my nest
Endlessness
Didn't last

I won't change
Given the chance

And I remember no place for me to hide
Before you came home at night
I remember you turning out the lights
All I ever saw was the red in your eyes
No big surprise
Happened nearly every night

Your own flesh and blood
I did wonder why

I remember not knowing what to say
And how calm you had remained
Your child stillborn with no name
I remember the never-ending summer rain
Oh
Please don't let what was get in the way of what's next
Don't forget
That what's to come hasn't come yet

My Dearest Friend

I'm gonna die of loneliness, I know
I'm gonna die of loneliness, for sure

I'm gonna die of loneliness, I know
I'm gonna die of loneliness, for sure

My dearest friend
You'll soon begin to love again
To love again

Houses

( Voodoo-Eros compilation "The Enlightened Family: A Collection of Lost Songs" )

Ask me about my mother
And I'll tell you that I love her
'Cause she feeds me all kinds of foods
Yeah, she feeds me all kinds of foods
Don't you love your baby
Tell me tell me tell me tell me true
And all the foods you ate
Enough to fill your plate

Big houses burn
Big houses burn down
Big houses burn
Big houses burn down
Don't burn down mine

I do dig a certain girl

Well i do like a certain girl
She moves like a dancing dream
I saw everything i've seen
And i meant everything i mean

Oh, queen bee,
All is happy and free
Oh, queen bee,
Land by me
By me

She's kissed everyone i've kissed
She's missed everyone i've missed
And her guess is always good as mine
I'm blessed,
She treats me so damn kind

She's grown every seed i've grown
She's known everything i know
And our dreams,
They always coincide
And our bows,
Are always fully tied

Oh, queen bee
Who is happy to see
Oh, queen bee
Sting me
Sting me
Sting me

Little life, how did you be so lucky
Little life, how did you be so glad
Songs arrive even in the mail box
Songs keep coming even happy to be sad

If you were a bird how would you fly
If you were a butterfly
If you were a penguin under the sea
If you were a bumble bee

Little life, how did you be so lucky
Little life, how did you be so glad
Songs arrive even in the mail box
Songs keep coming even happy to be sad

If you were a bird how would you fly
If you were a butterfly
If you were a penguin under the sea
If you were a person just like me

Oh Little life, how did you be so lucky
Oh Little life, how did you be so glad
Songs arrive even in the mail box
Songs keep coming even happy to be sad

I said songs keep coming even happy to be sad

( Caetano Veloso / Duet with Cibelle )

I’m wandering round and round nowhere to go
I’m lonely in London London is lovely so
I cross the streets without fear
Everybody keeps the way clear
I know, I know no one here to say hello
I know they keep the way clear
I am lonely in London without fear
I’m wandering round and round here nowhere to go

While my eyes
Go looking for flying saucers in the sky

Oh Sunday, Monday, Autumm pass by me
And people hurry on so peacefully
A group approaches a policeman
He seems so pleased to pleace them
It’s glad to live at least and I agree
He seems so pleased at least
And it’s so good to live in peace and
Sunday, Monday, years and I agree
I agree

While my eyes
Go looking for flying saucers in the sky
While my eyes
Go looking for flying saucers in the sky

I choose no face to look at
Choose no way
I just happen to be here
And it’s ok
Green grass, blue eyes, gray sky, God bless
Silent pain and happiness
I came around to say yes, and I say

Green grass, blue eyes, gray sky, God bless
Silent pain and happiness
I came around to say yes, and I say

But my eyes
Go looking for flying saucers in the sky

But my eyes
Go looking for flying saucers in the sky

Now that i know

Now that i know
The way it goes
You gotta pay back every penny that you owe

Twelve years old
In your mama's clothes
Shut the blinds and lock up every door

And if you hear
Someone coming near
Just close your eyes and make them dissappear now

Years away
Finds me here today
On my own and knowless of my way now

So i send my friends
Gifts from where i've been
Something for the hand that's never there to lend

Better keep those eyes
Climbing paradise
And don't pretend you won't reach it in the end now

Dearest dear
I know you been here
Why'd you run tell me why'd you dissappear now

That you're now
Here with me
Seems to be the only time i can see you clearly

I may not know
How to treat or give you what you need
But i am a gentleman who says what he means now

And now i sing
Upon my knees
And praise the kind ?gives us? A gentle breeze

I'd see that swell
Like a story in me to tell
Told years away and past my baby dying

So you raise them up
To heaven or ways to hell
They're unaware share to give a hand to help some

Spiralling

( Antony & The Johnsons Featuring Devendra Banhart )

Well and I can and I die
I can, I die

Well and I'm freezing
I'm freezing

Well it's a sly curse
A sly curse

Well and I'm spiralling
I'm spiralling

In my broken hearted game
I've got all my fives
I've got all my ones to choose from
My cave, waiting for you
Waiting for you

I'm ravage like a dog and beat
I'm gone, gone
In Carthusian Red I get cut along
I am, I'm undone
I am undone

Where go, where now
Can't stand
If I can, can die
I'm freezing
Sly curse
I'm spiralling

In my cruel life God poisoned
I was born, born
Not a girl and not a jewel
I am, I am some son
I am some bum

Where go, where now
Can't stand
If I can, can die
I'm freezing
Sly curse
I'm spiralling
Spiralling [x4]

Held Red Rook [x6]

* Carthusian Red is a monastery of the particularly austere Carthusian monastic order. Red Rook is a reference,
I think, to the old Parker Brothers card game, Rook; most decks featured a picture of a bird on the front, and different sets of decks were colored, some red.
'I've got all my fives' because it makes since in context of the Rook: a five is the lowest scoring card in the game.

(7'' Split Single Devendra Banhart / Xiu Xiu 2005)

Did you know you were going to shoot off
The top of a four year old girl's head
And look across her car-seat
Down into her skull
And see into her throat and did you know
That her dad would say to you
"Please Sir, can I take her body home?"
Oh wait, you totally did know...
That that would happen
Cuz you're a jock who was
Too stupid and too greedy
And too unmotivated to do anything else
But still be the biggest and still do
What other people tell you to do
You did it to still be a winner
You shot your grenade launcher
Into peoples windows and
Into the doors of peoples houses
Why should I care if you get killed