Shakespear's Sister Album

Bitterness becomes you
It goes well with your hair
Just like your sister's earrings
Or that funny little shirt you wear
Now you're holding parties
For the ghosts of a Burgess page
Connoisseur, butterfly collector
You're a living legend in your head

You're so hot
You're so cold
You're so rock'n'roll
You're so close
Too close

Go, go if you want
It's okay
Stay if you must
I don't care anyway
I'm gonna move on
I'm gonna move on
I'm gonna move on out

Star-struck on Quaaludes
A poet on a stake
A substation
A pulp fiction
You just never got the hang of it

You've been bought
And sold
But you still don't know
About rock'n'roll
You're too close
Too close

Go, go if you want
It's okay
Stay if you must
I don't care anyway
I'm gonna move on
I'm gonna move on
I'm gonna move on out

Take a letter Mr. Jones
Close the door, unplug the phones
And if anyone should ask you
Tell them I'm not at home
Oh no, I'm digging up rock'n'roll
And you're close, so close

(Shoop shoop, rock'n'roll)
(Shoop shoop, shoop shoop)

I don't care anyway...
I'm moving right on...
C'mon...

Hey boys, it's a steal
You're hanging on, by your finger nails
As usual, the king is dead
Long live the queens
Hey girls, no big deal
You're fifteen minutes
Start right here, so baby lets go
Lets go..

I'm watching the world,
I'm taking my time
I've waited my turn
Now I'm gonna shine

Heroes take their toll
Hog your dreams, then crush your soul
And take you out, out to dinner
Roll on the original
Highly strung out, spaced out individual
I'm a terminal sinner

I'm watching the world,
I'm taking my time
I've waited my turn
Now I'm gonna shine

And all the pretty people that I used to see
Have died or moved away
Or they're in recovery
And all the buildings where the faithless used to play
Have crumbled into clay
And I don't know what to say,
I just don't know what to say

I'm watching the world,
I'm taking my time
I've waited my turn
Now I'm gonna shine

I declare my innocence,
I'm worth more than 60 pence
Look, i've got a shiny car,
I Can Drive, I can drive,Yes, baby, i'm for real
That's just the way I feel
I can take a ride anytime

Everything I pass is old,
Everything I touch is gold,
Now I see the world unfold,
I Can drive, I can drive

Yes baby, it's a steal,
Nothing that you see is real,
Get yourself a pair of wheels,
Learn to drive, come on

There goes the year
In doctors' bills and sleeping pills
Too many years
Have I been interned
I miss the flames

In which I was burned
When I say I miss you
When I say I miss you
Do I scare you?
Do I scare you?
Do I?
I probably do

I rest my case
The child dies at 35
I could be lying here
In the time it takes you to arrive
I could be crying
I could be dying
Oh, woah, I could be lying
When I say I miss you
When I say I miss you
Do I scare you?
Do I scare you?
Do I?
I probably do

You gave me nothing
I asked for nothing
You really gave me nothing
But myself

Didn't know what I was thinking
But you didn't really care
I'm gonna find that gun you bought me
The one I'm holding
Just the way he taught me
Hey mister
I say listen mister
That's my finger on the trigger
It's my finger
Holding the trigger baby
Does it scare you?
But I dare to
This is my finger
And it's pointing at you
When I say I miss you
When I say I miss you
When I say I miss you
When I say I miss you
When I say I miss you
Do I scare you?
Do I scare you?
Do I scare you?
When I say I miss you
When I say I miss you
Do I scare you?
Oh oh, oh oh....
When I say I miss you
Oh oh..

Here come those tired old tits again
You're getting looks but losing friends
Even as the party ends
You're still here
Haven't you noticed my distress
I wish you'd worn another dress
Must I witness your excess, again

Some other day
Some other time
Would've been fine
I'm never here most of the time
Good times come and go
And I should know
Good times come and go, I know

I have to say in your defence
He broke your ring of confidence
And though it's spiced up your romance
Big deal!
I wish the ground would swallow me
Or maybe you in sympathy
I look around the room to see
Who has seen

Some other day
Some other time
Would've been fine
I'm never here most of the time

Good times come and go
And I should know
Good times come and go, I know

Good times come and go
Please come 'round now
Good times come and go, I know

I have to say in your defence
He stole your ring and spent the rent
He kept you in the strictest sense
Un-free

Good times
Good times
Good times come and go
Please come round (home?) now
Good times come and go, I know
I know, I know

Someone please remind her
She's got acute angina
And baby I should know
Good times
Good times...

In this faded room, I sit
I need a home
But this isn't it
I need a heart as hard as stone
I need a friend
You could be the one

You say I'm weak
You tell me I'm vain
I want a thrill to ease the pain
Put on a record
Straight to my brain
But don't you ever put me down again

Oh baby baby
My time will come
Oh baby baby
Can you wait that long?

And as the storm clouds break
I run outside to dance in the rain
You know I've always loved the storm
It's only you that does me harm

Oh baby baby
I'm gonna prove you wrong
Oh baby baby
Can you wait that long?

(Faith, don't fail me now...)

In this faded room, I sit
I need a home
But this isn't it
I need a heart as hard as stone
I need a friend
You could be the one

You say I'm weak
You tell me I'm vain
I want to kill to ease the pain
Put on a record
Straight to my brain
But don't you ever put me down again

Oh baby baby
I'll prove you wrong
Oh baby baby
Can you wait that long?

I don't care who you are
I know who I am
I don't reach for the stars
Things just happen
I don't keep what I write
Somebody else can
I don't mean to be mean
I just am

Oh dear
Did I crash my car again?
Did I kill another friend?
Oh life's so tragic

All the signs were pointing right
But I took a left turn
Looking back I should have braked
But I've never learned
Everyone I ever loved
Broken in two
But if we're comparing scars
I got more than you

Oh dear
Did I crash my car again?
Did I kill another friend?
Oh life's so tragic

... oh dear oh dear
The trees are green....
I touch the sky, I kiss the ground
The wheels underneath me keep spinning around and around
Oh come on, come on, come on
And take me home yeah, oh take me home daddy
You take control
I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't
Yes you can, yes you can)

You could have been a docker
You had it all
Feather cut and muscles
I hear you're a banker these days
Well we took New York
And wrapped it up in a silver shawl
Yeah yeah yeah

You were always kicking in the exit door
While I was saving pennies
For the bus back home
Coming down in the afternoon

Excuse me John
What are you on
Can you spare a bit for me
To carry on
Through today, 'til tonight
'Cos tomorrow's out of sight
Out of reach
Out of it, again

You carried off a billboard
Twenty foot by ten
And put it in your bedroom
Now you can't get in
So please wash your hands
As you leave this century

Excuse me John
What are you on
Can you spare a bit for me
To carry on
Through today, 'til tonight
'Cos tomorrow's out of sight
Out of reach
Out of it, again

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

You know you want it
You know you need it
You know I need it too

Excuse me John
What are you on
Can you spare a bit for me
To carry on
Through today, 'til tonight
'Cos tomorrow's out of sight
Out of reach
Out of it, again

[No lyrics]

Stoned in the supermarket
Said hello to cherry cola
Every single sucker has to pay
Don't bump the groove you bitch
You gotta tell them all that you are rich
You gotta face the music
Take it like a man

Let's have a party
Let's have a real good time
A singles party
You in your head, me in mine
Go on and wish yourself
A happy new year

If you don't believe in Mother Nature
Then believe in digging dirt
Only the knowing know
Rewind the tape, the truth will hurt
No it's not my kind of cure
I like my manifestos pure
God is trash you can buy him by the gram

Let's have a party
Let's have a real good time
A singles party
You in your head, me in mine
Go on and wish yourself
A happy new year

Don't bump the groove, she said
You know you won't be here when you are dead
You gotta taste the music, get it while you can

Let's have a party
Let's have a real good time
A singles party
You in your head, me in mine
Go on and wish yourself
A happy new year

A happy new year
A happy new year
A happy new year yeah yeah
I said, a happy new year

I wonder if I'm getting through
The silence around you
Maybe your cruelty enslaved me
Well I don't ask much
Not as much as you
I just wanted somebody to come home to
I thought that it would be him
But maybe I've still got some questions
But they got no answers

There are no saints
There are no sinners
There is no song without a singer
So play me some chords and I'll sing you a tune
But it won't be pretty
I never could sing anyway
I know I
I never could sing anyway

Black smoke rises in a distant sky
The silence is my lullaby
You know how solitude can sooth me
As I draw the curtains I open my eyes
It's written on the wall ten foot high
You know the truth and now so do I
Or maybe you got all the answers
I've got no more questions

There are no saints
There are no sinners
There is no song without a singer
There are no losers and no winners
There is no song without a singer
So let me go
Let me go...
I never could sing anyway (let me go)
You know I (let me go)
I never could sing anyway (let me go)