Marry Me St. Vincent

Marry me, John, marry me, John I\'ll be so good to you You won\'t realize I\'m gone Marry me, John, marry me, John I\'ll be so sweet to you You won\'t realize I\'m gone You won\'t realize I\'m

Save Me from What I Want St. Vincent

Keys are in my pocket and they rattle you away Seventh floor apartment and a fiery escape But I'm a wife in watercolors, I can wash away What seventeen cold showers couldn't wash away Save me, save me

What Me Worry? St. Vincent

What me worry? I never do I\'m always amused and amusing you Sans le fear of impending doom Life is like banquet food: pleasure to peruse Do I amuse you, dear?

What Me Worry St. Vincent

What me worry I never do I'm always amused and amusing you Sans le fear of impending doom Life is like banquet food Pleasure to peruse Do I amuse you, dear Would you think me queer If while standing beside

Reckless St. Vincent

the dawn had come And the angels came down and picked you up Breathless The smell of your hair on curtains, babe The wind blew the windows out in the rain Reckless, reckless And every part of you is in me

Neutered Fruit St. Vincent

Did you ever really stare at me Did you ever really stare at me Like I stared at you I ate flowers in the backyard Bought finely neutered fruit Shot a hundred arrows at a knoll a hundred sparrows

Bring Me Your Loves St. Vincent

Bring me your loves All your loves, your loves I wanna love them too, you know x4 I thought you were like a dog I thought you were like a dog But you made a pet of me Bring me your loves All your loves

Marrow St. Vincent

and the marrow I wish I had a gentle mind And a spine made up of iron Mouth connects to the teeth And teeth to the loves and curses Honey can you reach the spot That need oilin' and fixin' H E L P Help me

Rattlesnake St. Vincent

Grande Am I the only one in the only world Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Oh oh, oh oh, woah oh, oh oh Woah oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Woah oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh Sweatin', sweatin' No wind whipping behind me

Bad Believer St. Vincent

I left my momma sitting in the pew Knelt before the trembling pastor Fainted as he touched my trembling hand What do you know I\'m just a bad believer What do you know What do you know Show me

Dilettante St. Vincent

Oh Elijah don't make me wait Nobody's winning The sharks are swimming in the red Oh Elijah don't make me wait While you are sleeping My mind goes creaking down the wall Slow down dilettante So I

Digital Witness St. Vincent

mind People tell you TV only looks just like a window Yeah People tell you TV only looks just like a window Yeah DIGITAL WITNESSES, what’s the point of even sleeping If I can’t show it, you can’t see me

Surgeon St. Vincent

Best find a surgeon come cut me open Best find a surgeon Come cut me open Dressing, undressing for a wall If mother calls She knows well we don't get along, get along, get along I tell the mailman

Laughing with a Mouth of Blood St. Vincent

mouth of blood From a little spill I took Oh, what are you laughing at See I traded my plot of land For a plane to anywhere Oh, where do you go And I can't see the future But I know its got big plans for me

Bicycle St. Vincent

You stole my bicycle So I had to walk Twenty six blocks in the rain What a shame You took my tennis shoes So I took the train To avoid the rain What a shame You saw me on the street You offered me a seat

Del Rio St. Vincent

We were down on 10th You told me I looked spent Gave that look you give And rushed me to the river Del Del Rio Del Del Rio We filled our cups Drank to drink enough Then when we were done We threw ourselves

Flea St. Vincent

I'm just like a hungry little flea Jumping on somebody's warm body When you start to itch and scratch and scream Once I'm in, you can't get rid of me Once I'm in, you can't get rid of me Drip you in diamonds

Hysterical Strength St. Vincent

Hey it's your blood That makes my veins run It's true, so I tried to give it back to you Young one, look at me It's not your beast to leash Oh don't hold more than you can stand to carry Must of

Broken Man St. Vincent

(Oh) Like you never seen a broken man Lover, nail yourself right to me If you go, I won't be well I can hold my arms wide open But I need you to drive the nail Like, what are you looking at?

I Prefer Your Love St. Vincent

world has got you down Name tagged tourists, sick at the sight of them Tight walking the sidewalk in spite of them As my headache moves from east to west Mother, won't you open your arms and Forgive me

The Apocalypse Song St. Vincent

Wait I\'ll be swifter than the speed of light Carbon my body a billion years of time You wake with the stitches over both your eyes And deny me my body and all earthly delights It\'s time You are

Rosyln St. Vincent

Won't, won't, won't, won't Won't let you talk me Won't let you talk me down Will pull it taut, nothing let out

The Antidote St. Vincent

I am the antidote I’ll suck your venom out Show me where it really hurts I’ll show you where it really hurts Should’ve stopped for the wind Should’ve stopped for love Should’ve stopped for the wind Should

Psychopath St. Vincent

exactly like a blowing wind Putting out the embers and the tiny flames and Keeping the big ones burning So I am standing in the sand where we said It's the best day of my life and meant all of it Keep me

Paris Is Burning St. Vincent

I write to give word the war is over Send my cinders home to mother They gave me a medal for my valor Leaden trumpets spit the soot of power They say, \"I\'m on your side \"When nobody is, \'cause

The Power's Out St. Vincent

the children cried Almost could not believe my eyes The power's out And no one can save us No one can blame us now That the power's out It was pouring like a movie Every stranger looked likе they knew me

Prince Johnny St. Vincent

another spit and penny style redemption Cause we're all sons of someone's We're all sons of someone's I wanna mean more than I mean to you I wanna mean more than I meant to him So I pray to all To make me

Every Tear Disappears St. Vincent

deeper in the pit If I can show a hand then I can show a fist Call the twenty first century, tell her give us a break Every tear disappears Every tear disappears Oh and what about the pain Don't ask me

Northern Lights St. Vincent

my dry moments I saw the morning Northern Lights Convinced it was the end of times I saw the morning Northern Lights Gotta get young fast Gotta get young quick Gotta make this last If it makes me

Strange Mercy St. Vincent

Oh little one I know you've been tired for a long long time And oh little one I ain't been around a little while But when you see me wait Oh little one your Hemingway jawline looks just like

Violent Times St. Vincent

hide All of the wasted nights chasing mortality When in the ashes of Pompeii Lovers discovered in an embrace For all eternity I must have been dreaming I fell down the well But I swear you were hearing me

Your Lips Are Red St. Vincent

You remind me

Birth In Reverse St. Vincent

from the edge Like a birth in reverse What I saw through the blinds You could say that I'm saying phenomenal lies On the cosmic eternity party line Was a birth in reverse in America This tune will haunt me

These Days St. Vincent

losing so long La la la la la I've stopped my dreaming I won't do too much scheming these days These days These days I sit on cornerstones And count the time in quartertones to ten Please don't confront me

Year Of The Tiger St. Vincent

When I was young Coach called me the tiger I always had A knack with the danger Living in fear in the year of the tiger Living in fear in the year of the tiger Italian shoes Like these rubes know

Teenage Talk St. Vincent

Protecting us from our now and later You know I never loved you more Than when we were hiding from those sirens sirens Drank so much that night Carved the state of Texas in our forearms How do you see me

All Born Screaming (Feat. Cate Le Bon) St. Vincent

your hallowed houses Just to feel my headache pound I feel like graffiti on a urinal in the abattoir Well, it goes and it goes I can't stop my legs, I can't feel my feet I own nothing and nothing owns me

Now, Now St. Vincent

I\'m not your mother\'s favorite dog I\'m not the carpet you walk on I\'m not one small atomic bomb I\'m not anything at all I\'m not the feather at your feet I\'m not your yellow brick street I\'...

Human Racing St. Vincent

Romeo, where\'d you go? It\'s been years and still no sign But I\'m keeping hope alive Juliet, how you been? You look like death like you sure could use some rest from this place human racing and ...

Landmines St. Vincent

I\'m crawling through landmines Just to know where you are There\'s smoke in my eyes Cause you\'re burning the ground I\'m crawling through landmines Just to feel where you are Under cover of nigh...

All My Stars Aligned St. Vincent

I read the signs, I got all my stars aligned My amulets, my charms, I set all my false alarms So I\'ll be someone who won\'t be forgotten I\'ve got a question and you\'ve got the answer I\'ll do a...

Jesus Saves, I Spend St. Vincent

While Jesus is saving I\'m spending all my days In backgrounds and landscapes with the languages of saints While people are spinning like toys on Christmas day I\'m inside a still life with the oth...

Huey Newton St. Vincent

?Feelings flash cards Fake knife real ketchup Cardboard cutthroats Cowboys of information Pleasure dot loathing dot Huey dot Newton Oh it was a lonely lonely winter Fuckless porn sharks Toothless b...

We Put a Pearl in the Ground St. Vincent

Instrumental

Now,Now St. Vincent

I'm not your mother's favorite dog I'm not the carpet you walk on I'm not one small atomic bomb I'm not anything at all I'm not the feather at your feet I'm not your yellow brick street I'm not any...

Chloe In The Afternoon St. Vincent

You’re all legs I'm all nerves black lacquered horse hair whip By your heels heal my hurt horse hair whip be your floor Chloe in the afternoon Chloe in the afternoon Chloe in the afternoon Chloe in...

Cruel St. Vincent

Bodies, can't you see what everybody wants from you? Forgive the kids, for they don't know how to live Run the alleys casually cruel Cruel, cruel Bodies, can't you see what everybody wants from you...

Cheerleader St. Vincent

I’ve had good times with some bad guys I’ve told whole lies with a half smile Held your bare bones with my clothes on I’ve thrown rocks then hid both my arms I don’t know what good it serves P...

Champagne Year St. Vincent

So I thought I'd learned my lesson But I secretly expected A choir at the shore And confetti through the fall night air I'll make a living telling people what they want to hear It's not a kill...

Regret St. Vincent

Morning pry the windows openLet in what's so terrifyingSummer is as faded as a lone cicada callMemories so bright I gotta squint just to recallRegret the words I've bittenMore than the ones I ever ...