From the Choirgirl Hotel

Spark
Cruel
Black Dove (January)
Raspberry Swirl
Jackie's Strength
i i e e e
Liquid Diamonds
She's Your Cocaine
Northern Lad
Hotel
Playboy Mommy
Pandora's Aquarium







Spark
She's addicted to nicotine patches.
She's addicted to nicotine patches.
She's afraid of the light in the dark.
6.58 are you sure where my spark is?
Here... Here... Here...

She's convinced she could hold back a glacier,
(Convinced she could hold back sands of fire.)
But she couldn't keep Baby alive.
Doubting if there's a woman in there somewhere.
(Ha... doubting... guilty, guilty.)
Here... Here... Here...


You say you don't want it again and again.
But you don't, don't really mean it.
You say you don't want it, this circus we're in.
But you don't, don't really mean it.
You don't, don't really mean it...


If the Divine master plan is perfection,
(Somewhere...)
Maybe next I'll give Judas a try.
(Somewhere...)
Trusting my soul to the ice-cream assassin.
Here... Here... Here...


You say you don't want it again and again.
But you don't, don't really mean it.
You say you don't want it, this circus we're in.
But you don't, don't really mean it.
You don't, don't really mean it...


How many fates turn around in the overtime?
Ballerinas that have fins that you'll never find.
You thought that you were the bomb, yes well so did I.
Say you don't want it, say you don't want it...
How many fates turn around in the overtime?
(How many...)
Ballerinas that have fins that you'll never find.
(Girls into good sunshinin'.)
You thought that you were the bomb, yes well so did I.
(Open around the world until...)
Say you don't want it, say you don't want it.
Say you don't want it again and again.
But you don't, don't really mean it.
Say you don't want it this circus we're in.
But you don't, don't you don't really mean it.
You don't, don't really mean it...


She's addicted to nicotine patches.
She's afraid of the light in the dark.
6.58 are you sure where my spark is?
Here... Here... Here...








Cruel
(Cock-cock-cock.)
So don't give me respect don't give me a piece of your preciousness.
Flaunt all she's got in your old neighborhood,
I'm sure she'll make a few friends.
Even the rain bows down, let us pray as you cock-cock-cock your mane.
No cigarettes only peeled Havana's for you.
I can be cruel, I don't know why.
Why can't my bal-la-loon stay up in a perfectly windy sky?
I can be cruel, I don't know why, I don't know why.

Dance with the Sufis celebrate your top ten in the charts of pain. Nah...
Lover, brother, bogenvilla, my vine twists around your need.
Even the rain is sharp like today as you sh-sh-shock me sane.
No cigarettes only peeled Havana’s for you.
I can be cruel, I don't know why.
Why can't my bal-la-loon stay up in a perfectly windy sky?
I can be cruel, I don't know why, I don't know why.


Ah... ah ah... ah ah ah ah... ah ah...
Ah... ah ah... oh un oh ah... ah yes...
Ah... ah uh... mm ah ah ah... uh right...
Ah... ah oh... mm oh oh ah... ah- ah... ah.
Ah... ah oh... mm ah ah ah... ah ah... ah.
Ah... ah oh... uh un uh mm heh...


I can be cruel, but I don't know why.
Can't my bal-la-loon stay up in a perfectly windy sky?
I can be cruel, don't know why, don't know why... why... why...








Black-Dove (January)
She was a January girl, she never let on how insane it was,
In that tiny kind of scary house,
By the woods, by the woods, by the woods, by the woods...
By the woods, by the woods, by the woods, by the woods...

Black-dove... Black-dove...
You're not a helicopter, you're not a cop-out either, honey.
Black-dove... Black-dove...
You don't need a space ship. They don't know you've already lived...
On the other side of the galaxy.
The other side of the galaxy. The other side of the galaxy.


She had a January world. So many storms not right somehow.
How a lion becomes a mouse...
By the woods, by the woods, by the woods, by the woods...
By the woods, by the woods, by the woods, by the woods...
But I have to get to Texas, said I have to get to Texas.
And I'll give away my blue, blue dress... blue, blue dress.


Black-dove... Black-dove...
You're not a helicopter, you're not a cop-out either, honey.
Black-dove... Black-dove...
You don't need a space ship. They don't know you've already lived...
On the other side of the galaxy.
The other side of... The other side of the galaxy, heh.


But I have to get to Texas. Said I have to get to Texas.
And I'll give away my blue dress because, cowboy, the snakes,
They are my kin, are my kin. Ahay...
She has a January girl, she never let on how insane it was....
In that tiny kind of scary house.
By the woods, by the woods, by the woods, by the woods...
By the woods, by the woods, by the woods, by the woods...
By the woods, by the woods, by the woods. Black dove...








Raspberry Swirl
Huh-huh-huh, let's go.
I am not your señorita. I am not from your tribe.
In the gard- in the garden… I did no crime.
I am not your señorita. I am not from your tribe.
If you want inside her, well, boy you better make her raspberry swirl.

Things are getting dear desperate when all the boys can't be men.
Everybody knows I'm her friend, everybody knows I'm her man...
Things are getting dear desperate when all the boys can't be men.
Everybody knows I'm her friend, everybody knows I'm her man...


Huh-huh-huh, let's go.
I am not your señorita. I don't aim so high.
In my heart- in my heart… I did no crime.
If you want inside her, well, boy you better make her raspberry swirl.
Ra-a-a-a…a…spberry swirl, mmm let's go.
Ra-a-a-a…a…spberry swirl (swirl).


Things are getting dear desperate when all the boys can't be men.
Everybody knows I'm her friend, everybody knows I'm her man...
Things are getting dear desperate, when all the boys can't be men.
Everybody knows I'm her friend, everybody knows I'm her man...
Things are getting dear desperate when all the boys can't be men.
Everybody knows I'm her friend, everybody knows I'm her man...


Uh, hey. Ra-a-a-a…a…spberry swirl, uh let's go.
Ra-a-a-a…a…spberry swirl, you go inside her world.
(And she swirls.)
Yes let's go, ra-a-aspberry swirl, let's go.
(And she swirls, and she swirls again.)
Ra-a-a-a…a…spberry swirl.
(And she swirls, and she swirls, and she swirls again.)
Uh, uh, yes.
(And she swirls, and she swirls, and she swirls again.)
(And she swirls, and she swirls, she swirls, and she swirls…)
Uh, uh yeah, uh yeah, uh yeah, uh mmm...








Jackie's Strength
And Jackie-a and Jackie-a and Jackie-a and,
And Jackie-a and Jackie-a, hiy.
A Bouvier 'till her wedding day. Shots rang out, the police came.
Momma laid me out on the front lawn and prayed for Jackie's strength.
Feeling old by twenty-one, never felt my day would come.
My bridesmaids getting laid, I prayed for Jackie's strength.

Make me laugh. Say you know what you want.
You said we were the real thing.
So I show you some more and I learn,
What black-magic can do.
Make me laugh. Say you know you can turn,
Me into the real thing.
So I show you some more and I learn.


Stickers licked on lunch boxes, worshiping David Cassidy.
Yeah I mooned him once on Donna's box; she's still in recovery.
Sleepovers, Beens get some pot. You're only popular with my anorexia.
So I turn myself inside-out and hope someone will see, will see.


Make me laugh. Say you know what you want.
You said we were the real thing.
So I show you some more and I learn,
What black-magic can do.
Make me laugh. Say you know you can turn,
Me into the real thing.
So I show you some more and I learn.


And Jackie-a and Jackie-a and Jackie-a strength.
And Jackie-a and Jackie-a, hiey.
I got lost on my wedding day, typical. The police came.
Oh but virgins always get back stage, no matter what they've got to say.
If you love enough you lie a lot. Guess they did in Camelot.
Momma's waiting on my front lawn. I pray, I pray,
I said I pray for Jackie's strength (strength) strength.


Make me laugh. Say you know what you want.
You said we were the real thing.
So I show you some more and I learn.
And Jackie-a and Jackie-a and Jackie-a strength.
And Jackie-a and Jackie-a, hey, hmm.








i i e e e
(I… he i… he i… he i… I… he i… he i… ye i…)
Ya lie die... ya da da da die... ya da... da da die...
With your E's and your ease and I do one more.
(I… he i… he i… he i…)
Need a lip-gloss boost in your America.
(I… he i… he i… he i…)
Is it God's, is it yours, sweet saliva?
(I… he i… he i… he i…)
With your E's and your ease and I do one more.

I know we're dying, and there's no sign of a parachute.
We scream in cathedrals. Why can't it be beautiful?
Why does there gotta be a sa-sa-sacrifice?
Gotta be a sa-sa-sacrifce...


(I… he i… he i… he i... I… he i… he i…)
Just say yes, you little arsonist.
You're so sure you can save every hair on my chest.
Just say yes, you little arsonist, you don't want-
With your E's and your ease and I do one more.
(I… he i… he i… he i…)
With your E's and your ease and I do one more.
(I… he i… he i… ye i…)
Ya lie die... ya da da da die... ya die... la die die...


Well, I know we're dying, and there's no sign of a parachute.
In this chapel little chapel of love can't we,
Get a little grace and some elegance?
No, we scream in cathedrals. Why can't it be beautiful?
Why does there gotta be a sa-sa-sacrifice?
Gotta be a sa- c’mon, sacrifice, please.
Gotta be a sa-sa-sacrifice.
(I… he i… he i… ye i…)








Liquid Diamonds
Surrender then start your engines.
You'll know quite soon what my mistake was.
For those on horseback or dog sled, you turn on at the bend in the road.
I hear she still grants forgiveness, although I willingly forgot her.
The offering is molasses, and you say...

I guess I'm an underwater thing so I guess I can't take it personally.
I guess I'm an underwater thing, liquid running.
There's a sea secret in me it's plain to see a-it is rising.
But I must be flowing liquid diamonds... liquid... liquid… diamonds.


Calling for my soul at the corners of the world.
I know she's playing poker with the rest of the stragglers.
Calling for my soul at the corners of the world.
I know she's playin' poker with the rest, the rest...
And if your friends don't come back to you.
And you know this is madness.
A lilac mess in your prom dress, and you say...


I guess I'm an underwater thing so I guess I can't take it personally.
I guess I'm an underwater thing, liquid running.
There's a sea secret in me it's plain to see a-it is rising.
But I must be flowing liquid… diamonds… liquid... liquid… diamonds.


I call. I go inside her. Shall I see it so?
And you're doing oh-so-well these days. You do it again.
And I say it's coming back again. Something like that.
These Saturdays, such muse in it, can he bring me those chains?
Keep it back. Daddy's down preachin' back into himself.
Keep it just between us, yes. It's liquid... liquid... liquid...







She's Your Cocaine
Uh. She's your cocaine. She's got you shaving your legs.
You can suck anything but you know you wanna be me.
Said put on your makeup. Boy you're your favorite stranger.
And we've all like to watch, so shimmy once and do it again.
Bring your sister, bring your sister if you can't handle it.
Bring your sister, bring your sister if you can't handle it.

Mmm... She said control it, then she said, don't control it,
Then she said, you're controlling the way she makes you crawl, yes.
She's your cocaine, your Exodus laughing.
She knows what you are, so shimmy once and do it again.
Bring your sister, bring your sister if you can't handle it.
Bring your sister, bring your sister if you can't handle it.


Mmm... If you want me to, boy I could lie to you.
You don't need one of these to let me inside of you.
And is it true that devils end up like you?
Something safe for the picture frame.
(Oh... we know you well.)
And is it true that devils end up like you?
So tied up you don't know how she came.
I said um... She's your cocaine. She's got you shaving your legs.
Got you liking my back, got me taking it in.
Getting mine back, lasting mine evil.
Taking my easel and I'm writing good checks, yes.
You sign 'Prince of Darkness', try 'Squire of Dimness'.


Please don't help me with this.
Please don't help me with this.
Please don't help me with this.
No, ah ah ah ah ah, ah, ah ah ah ah ah, ah.
Ah ah ah ah ah, ah, ah, ah, ah...
Ah ah ah ah, ah, uh ah ah, ah, ah ah ah ah ah, ah...
Cut it again.








Northern Lad
Had a northern lad, well not exactly had.
He moved like the sunset, God who painted that.
First he loved my accent. How his knees could bend.
I thought we'd be okay, me and my molasses.
But I feel something is wrong… But I feel this cake just isn't done.

And don't say that you don't.
And if you could see me now, said if you could see me now.
Girls you've got to know when it's time to turn the page.
Or when you're only wet because of all the rain.
Because of... because of... all the rain, because of...


He don't show much these days, it's gets so fucking cold.
I loved his secret places but I can't go anymore.
"You change like sugar cane," says my northern lad.
I guess you go too far when pianos try to be guitars.
I feel the West in you, but I, I feel it falling apart too.


And don't say that you don't.
And if you could see me now... Said if you could see me now.
Girls you've got to know when it's time to turn the page.
Or when you're only wet because of all the rain.
Or when you're only wet because of all the rain.
Because… of, because of... of the rain, because of...
Because of... of all the rain, because… of... the... rain...








Hotel
Met'em in a hotel. Met'em in a hotel beneath ground.
Tell me that he's missing. Tell me this one is for Lollipop Gestapo.
You were wild, where are you now? How...
You were wild, where are you now? How...

Give me more... give me more... give me… more...
Give me more... give me more... give me… more...
I, I have to learn to let you crash down.
I, I have to learn to let you crash...


Met'em in a hotel. Met'em in a hotel.
You say he's the biggest thing there'll be this year.
I guess that what I'm seeking,
I guess that what I'm seeking isn't here.
Met him in a hotel. Met him in a guess world,
Guessed anyone but you.
You were wild, where are you now? How... (Ha, how.)
You were wild, where are you now? How... (Ha, how.)


Give me more... give me more... give me… more...
Give me more... give me more... give me… can't you just,
Give me more... give me more... give me… more...
I, I have to learn to let you crash down.
I, I have to learn to let you crash...
Where... are the velvets, where...
Where... are the velvets when you're coming, coming down?
Where... are the velvets, where...
Where... are the velvets when you're coming, coming down?


You were wild where are you now? How...
You were wild where are you now? How...
You were wild... King Solomon's Mines Exit 75.
I'm still alive. I'm still alive... I'm still alive. I'm still alive. I'm still alive.








Playboy Mommy
In my platforms I hit the floor.
I fell face down, didn't help my brain out.
And then the baby came before I found the magic how to keep her happy.
I never was the fantasy of what you want- wanted me to be…
Don't judge me so harsh little girl, so you got a playboy mommy.
But when you tell 'em my name and,
You wanna cross that bridge all on your own.
Little girl they'll do you no harm, 'cause they know your playboy mommy.
But when you tell 'em my name from here to Birmingham.
I got a few friends.

I never was there, was there when it counts. I get my way, you're so like me.
You seemed ashamed, ashamed that I was, a good friend of American soldiers.
I'll say it loud here by your grave, those angels can't ever take my place.
Don't judge me so harsh little girl, you got a playboy mommy.
But when you tell 'em my name and,
You wanna cross that bridge all on your own.
Little girl they'll do you no harm, 'cause they know your playboy mommy.
But you just tell 'em my name, you tell 'em my name.
I got a few friends.


Down on my knees an…
Somewhere, where the orchids grow I can't find those church bells,
That played when you died, played Gloria, talkin'bout Hosanah….
But don't judge me so harsh little girl, you got a playboy mommy, come home.
But when you tell them soldiers my name,
And cross that bridge all on your own.
Little girl they'll do you no harm,
'Cause they know your playboy mommy.
But I'll be home; I'll be home to take you in my arms...








Pandora's Aquarium
Pandora, Pandora's aquarium…
She dives for shells with her nautical nuns.
And thoughts you thought you'd never tell.
Pandora, Pandora's aquarium…
She dives for shells with her nautical nuns.
And thoughts you thought you'd never tell.

I'm not asking you to believe in me.
Boy I think you're confused, I'm not Persephone.
Foam can be dangerous with tape across my mouth.
These things you do I never asked you how.


Line me up in single file with all your grievances.
Stare, but I can taste you're still alive below the waste.
Ripples come and ripples go and ripple back to me… back to me…


Pandora's, Pandora's aquarium…
She dives for shells with her nautical nuns.
And thoughts you thought you'd never tell.


Line me up in single file with all your grievances.
Stare, but I can taste you're still alive below the waste.
Ripples come and ripples go and ripple back to me… back to me…


I am not asking you to believe in me.
Boy I think you're confused I'm not Persephone.
She's in New York somewhere checking her accounts.
The Lord of the Flies was diagnosed as sound… bey, Pandora…

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