I have to admit that I didn't give this one too much love for quite a while. I had only listened to about 4 or 5 songs on it. Well, as the time came closer to going to see Tori live, I decided it was time I gave it another shot. I am totally in love with some of the songs that I had never given the light of day before (mainly Icicle and Yes, Anastasia) Anyhow, here's the five I chose from Tori's sophmore effort.
Pretty Good Year
tears on the sleeve of a man
don't want to be a boy today
heard the eternal footman
bought himself a bike to race
and greg he writes letters and burns his cds
they say you were something in those formative years
hold onto nothing as fast as you can
well still pretty good year
maybe a bright sandy beach
is gonna bring you back
maybe not so now you're off
you're gonna see america
well let me tell you something about america
pretty good year
some things are melting now
well what's it gonna take till my baby's alright
and greg he writes letters with his birthday pen
sometimes he's aware that they're drawing him in
lucy was pretty your best friend agreed
well still pretty good year
God
god sometimes you just don't
come through
god sometimes you just don't come through
do you need a woman to look after you
god sometimes you just don't come through
you make pretty daisies pretty daisies love
i gotta find what you're doing about things here
a few witches burning gets a little toasty here
i gotta find why you always go when the wind blows
tell me you're crazy maybe then i'll understand
you got your 9 iron in the back seat just in case
heard you've gone south well babe you love your new 4 wheel
i gotta find why you always go when the wind blows
(give not thy strength unto women
nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings)
will you even tell her if you decide to make the sky fall
will you even tell her if you decide to make the sky
god sometimes you just don't come through
god sometimes you just don't come through
do you need a woman to look after you
god sometimes you just don't come through
Cornflake Girl
never was a cornflake girl
thought that was a good solution
hangin with the raisin girls
she's gone to the other side
givin us a yo heave ho
things are getting kind of gross
and i go at sleepy time
this is not really happening
you bet your life it is
peel out the watchword just peel out the watchword
she knows what's going on
seems we got a cheaper feel now
all the sweeteaze are gone
gone to the other side
with my encyclopedia
they musta paid her a nice price
she's puttin on her string bean love
this is not really happening
you bet your life it is
rabbit where'd you put the keys girl
and the man with the golden gun
thinks he knows so much
thinks he knows so much
rabbit where'd you put the keys girl
Icicle
icicle icicle where are you going
i have a hiding place when spring marches in
will you keep watch for me
i hear them calling
gonna lay down
gonna lay down
greeting the monster in our easter dresses
father says bow your head like the good book says
well i think the good book is missing some pages
gonna lay down
gonna lay down
and when my hand touches myself
i can finally rest my head
and when they say 'take of his body'
i think i'll take from mine instead
getting off getting off while they're all downstairs
singing prayers sing away he's in my pumpkin p.j.'s
lay your book on my chest
feel the word
feel the word
feel the word
feel it
i could have
i should have
i could have flown
you know i could have
i should have
i didn't so
Yes, Anastasia
i know what you want the magpies have come
if you know me so well then tell me which hand i use
make them go
make it go
saw her there in a restaurant
poppy don't go
i know your mother is a good one
but poppy don't go
i'll take you home
show me the things i've been missin
show me the ways i forgot to be speaking
show me the ways to get back to the garden
show me the ways to get around the get around
show me the ways to button up buttons
that have forgotten they're buttons
well we can't have that
forgetting that
girls girls what have we done to ourselves
driving on the vine
over clothes lines
but officer i saw the sign
thought i'd been through this in 1919
counting the tears of ten thousand men
and gathered them all
but my feet are slipping
there's something we left on the windowsill
there's something we left yes
we'll see how brave you are
we'll see how fast you'll be running
we'll see how brave you are
yes, anastasia
and all your dollies have friends
thought she deserved no less than she'd give
well happy birthday
her blood's on my hands
it's kind of a shame cause i did like that dress
it's funny the things that you find in the rain
the things that you find
in the mall and in the date mines
in the knots still in her hair
on the bus i'm on my way down
all the girls seem to be there
come along now little darlin'
come along now with me
come along now little darlin'
we'll see how brave you are
All Tori Amos lyrics are © Sword & Stone.
