Runnin' Out Of Fools Neko Case

Are you sure you got the right number Is it me you wanna talk to tonight Everyone in town's got your number Everybody's got you pegged right Is that why you got in touch with me Ohhh, guess you must be runnin

I Missed The Point Neko Case

I have lightning If the stars dry out to guide me I have soft clay To knit my bones astride What a miracle they say Dark clouds gather Velvet holes Gaping wide oh And they pour it down And they sing to

Behind The House (Demo) Neko Case

One night I woke up crying in the lane behind the house Clothes were wet and steaming by the time I figured it out You didn't die in the fire, it was the flood that carried you from me And the embers of

Twist The Knife Neko Case

Tenderly Tenderly Please take my breath from me Into the fountain And up from the graves Tearfully Joyfully Burn what is left of me I don't want these burdens I've handsomely gained (?)

Dirty Knife Neko Case

iron While the dirty knife worked deep Into his spine The blood runs crazy The blood runs crazy Cascading letters pool on the stairs The grass is high, the cats are wild You can't even touch the tip of

Look For Me (I'll Be Around) Neko Case

When you tire of all the bright lights Haste that's killing and you're willing to stay home nights When your feet are back on the solid ground Look for me, I'll be around When the new crowd starts to bore

Stinging Velvet Neko Case

Rain falls, I fix my eyes Let go of the focus and I blur out all the lines Just to remember, remember Crying 'cause it's not my fault Water through my lashes look just like Christmas lights And I still

The Needle Has Landed Neko Case

down Carbon planes draw a cage round the air force base Where the needle touched down My foot on the brake it's ok to fly low Over poor Spanaway An eagle swooped down from a semi-trailer Took the name of

Set Out Running Neko Case

crawl down deep inside The springs inside the mattress Where l cry my dirty secrets 'Cause I just can't shake this feeling That I'm nothing in your eyes And if I knew heartbreak was coming I would've set out

Rated X Neko Case

Well if you've been a married woman and things didn't seem to work out Well Divorce is the key to bein' loose and free but you're gonna be talked about Everybody knows that you've loved once, and they

Favorite Neko Case

I at your side But I never felt sorry For those shimmering lies When I laid down and cried I was faking And I said Amen Last night I dreamt That I hit a deer with my car Blood from his heart Spilled out

John Saw That Number Neko Case

Old John the baptist, old John divine Leather harness round his line His meat was locust and honey Wild honey lord, wild honey John saw that number Way in the middle of the air Cryin' holy, holy to the

That Teenage Feeling Neko Case

another, after another But now my heart is green as weeds Grown to outlive their season And nothing comforts me the same As my brave friend who says, "I don't care if forever never comes 'Cause I'm holding out

Soulful Shade Of Blue Neko Case

Dressmaker dressmaker I'm singing at the hall Next Saturday night and he'll be there He's been gone For so long I want him back again Make me the sweetest dress you can Make it a soulful shade of blue

Margaret Vs. Pauline Neko Case

Everything\'s so easy for Pauline Everything\'s so easy for Pauline Ancient strings set feet a light to speed to her such mild grace No monument of tacky gold They smoothed her hair with cinnamon waves

Lion's Jaws Neko Case

fell into the lion's jaws To my regret and your delight Those teeth themselves could not divine Nor their pressure estimate The haze I wish to never break And to never contemplate Momentum for the sake of

This Little Light Neko Case

This little light of mine I'm going to let it shine This little light of mine I'm going to let it shine This little light of mine I'm going to let it shine Every day, every day Every day, every day Gonna

Outro With Bees Neko Case

How's hope feeling today Tired and sick of this place Red wine is fast At the lip of your glass Saying I'm going to ruin Everything Everything So its better my sweet That we hover like bees 'Cause there's

Blacklisted Neko Case

Fast train Where do your passengers wait What's at the heart of your engine's rage To what smooth place at the end of the line With crackling fires and quiet plains Do the trees bend down Fold their limbs

Star Witness Neko Case

My true love drowned in a dirty old pan Of oil that did run from the block Of a falcon sedan 1969 The paper said \'75 There were no survivors None found alive Trees break the sidewalk And the

Man Neko Case

I\'m a man That\'s what you raised me to be I\'m not an identity crisis This was planned I\'m a man There\'s innocence in all mankind It\'s what kind of animal I am It\'s that simple, oh I\

Deep Red Bells Neko Case

and small And popsicles in summer Deep red bells Deep as I have been done Deep red bells Deep as I have been done It always has to come this The red bells ring this tragic hour We've lost sight of

Fox Confessor Brings The Flood Neko Case

home I see those flooded fields How can people not know what beauty this is I've taken it for granted my whole life Since the day I was born Clouds hang on these curves like me And I kneel to the wheel Of

If You Knew Neko Case

And if you knew what I know You wouldn't go to see her And least of all believe her when she says that she wants you Well you're just another puppet, she's not even keeping score And the lazy way she cheats

Night Still Comes Neko Case

You never held it at the right angle, You never held it at the right angle, Catch a, catch a, catch a, catch a falling star, But wash your hands of it Catch a, catch a, catch a, catch a falling star

Whip The Blankets Neko Case

getting to burning it down And the fire, it's spreading like madness 'Cause I'm steeped in this pleasure I've snapped from my tether That the nation may vibrate apart And you lead me again to the back of

At Last Neko Case

I can say that I've lived here in honor and danger But I'm just an animal and cannot explain a life Down this chain of days I wished to stay among my people Relation now means nothing, having chosen so

Hex Neko Case

west Do you tell yourself that the heart in your chest Is still beating Will you know or must I tell you This is my lover's spell you have fallen into My dear My voice is all you'll hear Only the sound of

Guided By Wire Neko Case

ones to love And the ones who took the credit left me reelin' But I owe much to the nameless and all those surrogates Those who're singin' my life back to me Life is not a constant thing It's only made of

Things That Scare Me Neko Case

a wire Same birds that followed me to school When I was young Were they trying to tell me something Were they telling me to run The hammer clicks in place The world's gonna pay Right down in the face of

Nothing To Remember Neko Case

introduction I just breathe it in like the air And there’s nothing to remember There is nothing to remember I owe you nothing That’s all I’ve got for you And you’ll borrow nothing That’s what you expect of

Mood To Burn Bridges Neko Case

So many people live in my town And mind to my business but none of their own They're all so happy now that I've done wrong I'm surprised they don't come up and thank me So if you want moral advice I suggest

Thrice All American Neko Case

its honor, shrugged off the put downs You know that you're poor, from Tacoma Buildings are empty like ghettos or ghost-towns It gives me a chill to think what was inside I can't seem to fathom the dark of

South Tacoma Way Neko Case

Couldn't pay my respects to a dead man Your life was much more to me And I chased away with sticks and stones But that rage kept following me Following Me Following Me So lost I was asleep in the palms of

No Need To Cry Neko Case

Lie in bed and ignore the TV Watch the clouds sift through the aero And you'll be in my arms again There's no need to cry Of all the things so bittersweet You're the first thing I see in morning and in

A Widow's Toast Neko Case

heat to vapor and disperse And cloud our eyes with weary glaze You raise your glass and may exclaim "I'll put my hands on the truth by God" But it's faster, love, than you and me Faster than the speed of

Bought And Sold Neko Case

Lost love You're the one that lies in my arms You're the one that stole all my charms I let you in Misery You took everything young from me Burned it down right in front of me My blood runs cold Nobody

Lady Pilot Neko Case

Don't look down Don't look now Crosshairs of our shadow trace the dam Told that there were people trapped alive Boulder City looks like coals in the fire Cabin's perched by satellites And now it's flying

Porchlight Neko Case

far away Miles away Days have gone by and I've barely gone Safe on the road that speeds from your front door I can't turn around 'cause I long to be forgiven It hangs in my hair and the hems of

Maybe Sparrow Neko Case

Maybe sparrow you should wait The hawks alight till morning You'll never pass beyond the gate If you don't hear my warning Notes are hung so effortless With the rise and fall of sparrow's breast It's a

Furnace Room Lullaby Neko Case

breathe with your throne on my chest All night, all I hear, all I hear's your heart How come, how come So far under the bed Into the beams you've gone I've gone, you've gone I'm wrapped in the depths of

Pretty Girls Neko Case

NEKO CASE "Pretty Girls" pretty girls, you're too good for this How you break my heart in this cold waiting room Oh my pretty girls, you're too good for this Don't let them tell you you're nothing

Hold On, Hold On Neko Case

The most tender place in my heart is for strangers I know it\'s unkind but my own blood is much too dangerous Hangin\' round the ceiling half the time Hangin\' round the ceiling half the time Comp...

The Tigers Have Spoken Neko Case

They shot the tiger on his chainIn a field behind the cagesHe walked in circles 'til he was crazyAnd he lived that way foreverAnd he lived that way beside them,Separate from the other tigersHe did ...

Loretta Neko Case

When I talk to LorettaOh, boots, socks and sweaterWell she hugs me sweet and lowAnd it's never let me goWhen I talk to Loretta, she makes me feel like number oneWhen I talk to Loretta, she makes me...

Wayfaring Stranger Neko Case

I am a poor wayfaring strangerA-traveling through this world belowBut there's no sickness, toil, or dangerIn that bright land to which I goI'm going there to see my fatherI'm going there no more to...

We've Never Met Neko Case

Oh my darling, oh my darlingHow can you forget?All the love we had between usNow it's like we've never metOh it kills me, how it kills meWhen I think I held you upYou were golden, I was blindWith y...

Tightly Neko Case

When I'm walkin' under starsI covet all the waning hoursAll the lonely houses stand like monumentsTo thievesWhen I'm walkin' in the darkI'm free to covet all I wantYou've made it all so very danger...

I Wish I Was The Moon Neko Case

Chimney falls and lovers blazeThought that I was youngNow I've freezing hands and bloodless veinsAs numb as I've becomeI'm so tiredI wish I was the moon tonightLast night I dreamt I had forgotten m...

Runnin' Out Of Fools Aretha Franklin

I guess, you must be runnin' out of fools When you went and left me there crying Your goodbye was even colder than ice It didn't bother you, I was crying And now you wanna break my heart twice Is that