Playlist Kimya Dawson

kimya dawson - 12 26

One of her babies is rotting in the sun
and the other one was found drowned in the ocean
her mom and dad are in their van crushed and bloated
and her husband was thrown from his fishing boat
so please give me a break from all your complaining
about who was mean to you and how your stepdad is a pain
- i care, i swear, but i just can't take it, not today
all i can think about are tsunamis and earthquakes

everything she's ever known is gone, gone, gone
everyone she's ever loved is gone, gone, gone
the only reason she's alive is
she grabbed a palm frond and held on
and held on

you can call me crazy but it seems to me we could
have sent more than we spend in one day killing iraqis
to help the hundreds of thousands
who are injured and diseased
and hungry and homeless and without families
i'm appalled by our government's initial reaction
and the fact that they asked for a verbal retraction
from the folks who called them stingy
they're just covering their assets
well, they thank their greedy god for wiping out the lower class

everything she's ever known is gone, gone, gone
everyone she's ever loved is gone, gone, gone
the only reason she's alive is
she grabbed a palm frond and held on
and held on

one of her babies is rotting in the sun
and the other one was found drowned in the ocean
her mom and dad are in their van crushed and bloated
and her husband was thrown from his fishing boat

we'd have 12/26 tattooed across our foreheads
if something this atrocious happened on our coast instead
well, a tragedy's a tragedy no matter where it happens
close your eyes really tight and try to imagine
that everything you've ever known is gone
and everyone you've ever loved is gone
and the only reason you're alive is you were lucky
and you were strong enough to hold on
while you watched your family die
while you watched your family die
while you watched your family die
while you watched your family die

everything she's ever known is gone, gone, gone
everyone she's ever loved is gone, gone, gone
the only reason she's alive is
she grabbed a palm frond and held on
and held on

kimya dawson - 5 years

I imagined nick valensi wrapped his long, long arms around me
and they went around my body almost seven times
he said "baby i've been thinking and i think i will quit drinking
and i think on my next birthday i'll turn thirty five
and i will settle down with you, we'll make sweet love the whole night through
you'll convert into a jew, sit shiva for your former life"
and i said "nick although you're handsome, i'll hold out for isaac hanson,
and he'll get his braces back when i become his wife"
me and hanson will go dancing, me and hanson true romance
me and hanson take a chance, lock the door it's party time
all our babies will be born november seventeenth i'm sure
and we'll get a cookiepuss from the local carvel store
then our brothers will come over for a big game of red rover
everybody holding hands, break the chain, break the chain

what would i do when you've had a few?
oh would i stay or go away?
would you grieve if i chose to leave?
what would you say if i was in pain?

last night sergio valenti customized some denim for me
special for my special shape, they fit me perfectly
now i've got this new ensemble, certain circles i'm a bombshell
but a guardian anglo keeps saying "negro please"
pay attention and you'll notice one man's chops is one man's bloatus
one man's taint is one man's choad is one man's mr. clean
and every scene i've ever seen becomes a tootsie roll to me
a little tasteless waxy turd that gets stuck in my teeth
and everywhere i try to go the cars are moving much to slow
i said "excuse me mr. johnson" he said "call me beau"
"i think this is my biggest fear, the road before me is unclear"
he said "close your eyes my child and let the old man steer"
i said "oh, thanks anyway, what would fenton lawless say?"
five years in the saddle and i've gotta take the reins

what would i do when you've had a few?
oh would i stay or go away?
would you grieve if i chose to leave?
what would you say if i was in pain?

five years in the saddle and i've gotta take the reins
five years in the saddle, five years in the saddle
five years in the saddle and i've gotta take the reins
five years in the saddle and i've gotta take the reins
five years in the saddle, five years in the saddle
five years in the saddle and i've gotta take the reins

kimya dawson - all i could do

I had a show a few weeks ago
Its getting harder and harder to sing
And it is hard to focus on my guitar
Playing when inside a baby is kicking

At first I was sad and scared
Cause this is all I know how to do
Then john and peter played standing up
Sometimes something will change and that change
Will change you.

Then I thought back to six years ago
When brian pilkton told me to play
He gave me a car, a typewriter, a guitar
Before that all I could do was count days.

Then I thought back to before my coma
Rehab into coma, my junkie roommates
All that I knew how to do was put cigarettes
Out on my self, I took pills and I drank.

And I thought back to when I was 15
How I was squeaky clean, and I wanted to die
I was feeding the homeless while combating loneliness
All that I could do was keep living a lie.

Then I think back to that 12 year old poet
How she didn't know it was what she would be
All she could do was hide under her bed
Scared to death that somebody might read her diary

See I have changed and I'll keep on changing
And maybe my songwriting will suffer
But its okay if at the end of the day
All I can do next is just be a good mother
Its okay if at the end of the day all I can do next
Is be a good mother.

kimya dawson - all i want is you

If I was a flower
Growing wild and free
All I'd want is you
To be my sweet honey bee
And if I was a tree
Growing tall and greeen
All I'd want is you
To shade me
And be my leaves

All I want is you
Will you be my bride
Take me by the hand
And stand by my side
All I want is you
Will you stay with me?
Hold me in your arms
And sway me
Like the sea

If you were a river
In the mountains tall
The rumble of your water
Would be my call
If you were the winter
I know I'd be the snow
Just as long
As you were with me
Let the cold winds blow

All I want is you
Will you be my bride
Take me by the hand
And stand by my side
All I want is you
Will you stay with me?
Hold me in your arms
And sway me
Like the sea

If you were a wink
I'd be a nod
If you were a seed
Well I'd be a pod
If you were the floor
I'd wanna be the rug
And if you were a kiss
I know I'd be a hug

All I want is you
Will you be my bride
Take me by the hand
And stand by my side
All I want is you
Will you stay with me?
Hold me in your arms
And sway me
Like the sea

If you were the wood
I'd be the fire
If you were the love
I'd be the desire
If you were a castle
I'd be your moat
And if you were an ocean
I'd learn to float

(2x):
All I want is you
Will you be my bride
Take me by the hand
And stand by my side
All I want is you
Will you stay with me?
Hold me in your arms
And sway me
Like the sea

kimya dawson - angels and seagulls

The boat that we're sailing on can't stop in town
'cause the waves that the boat is on won't settle down
if this boat flips over and everyone drowns, well that's alright with me
that's alright with me

god's green pasture's not heaven to me
i'll spend forever deep down in the sea
singing and swimming and being happy
weightless and painless eternally

one grandpa's ashes and one's underground
one grandma's ashes and one's still around
if this boat flips over and everyone drowns, well that's alright with me
that's alright with me

god's green pasture's not heaven to me
i'll spend forever deep down in the sea
singing and swimming and being happy
weightless and painless eternally

i don't want to die alone, i am too proud
that you can tell me from the rest of the crowd
if this boat flips over and everyone drowns, well that's alright with me
that's alright with me

god's green pasture's not heaven to me
i'll spend forever deep down in the sea
singing and swimming and being happy
weightless and painless eternally

the angels and seagulls will ask themselves how
i've got my head in the crow's nest my feet starboard bough
and the ocean will say "well she's one of us now"
and i will be set free, i will be set free, i will be set free, i will be set free

kimya dawson - anthrax

There's anthrax in the envelope i opened in my dream
the sky is red and little kids are running, screaming in the street
i tried to run and save them but i had molasses feet
i keep having nightmares and i'm scared to go to sleep

if you fall in i'll jump down
and touch your face while we're both sinking
(stinking thinking) we won't drown
you are my friend
and what we're doing's too important
for our lives to end quite yet

in montreal i got so mad, someone broke into the van
stole my guitar and aaron's bag
then we turned on cnn, watched the towers fall again
and realized that our lives aren't so bad

this is just a test take it with love and you will pass
you will be rewarded if you do your very best
nothing ever goes as planned so don't take anything for granted
if you do the world will kick your ass

the air is filled with computers and carpets
skin and bones and telephones and file cabinets
coke machines, firemen, landing gear, and cement
they say that it's okay but i say don't breathe in

the air is filled with computers and carpets
skin and bones and telephones and file cabinets
coke machines, firemen, landing gear, and cement
they say that it's okay but i say don't breathe that shit in

an angel named gabriel is watching over you
he was a friend mistreated now he's dead so say you're sorry to him
when you say your prayers tonight if you make amends
the gates to heaven here on earth will open up again

if you fall in i'll jump down
and touch your face while we're both sinking
(stinking thinking) we won't drown
you are my friend
and what we're doing's too important
for our lives to end quite yet

kimya dawson - being cool

Is new york city really like a graveyard they all ask me
and i say well it was last week but man that was in the past
see i stopped going to the places where the people act so nasty
and pretentious 'cause i'm happy sitting with my friends in sidewalk singing songs

and some people are still standing in the way of where i'm going
so i say please excuse me, step aside, or keep on moving
and i guess they sensed that my momentum meant that i was winning
but i'm only just beginning and i'd rather go with friends than go alone

and some people grab my hands and some people grab my shirt
some people race ahead to see if they can get there first
some people stay behind 'cause they've got something else in mind
whatever you decide if you are true to you you're gonna be alright

like akida he's a father now he is in love with amber
their baby's name is skyler he's a baby of the summer
i wonder as i wander if i'll ever settle down
or if every day i'll take my roots uprooted en route to another town

i was sitting on a couch somewhere watching vh-1
when i found out that bruce springsteen is his mother's only son
i'm my mother's only daughter and we were both born to run
even he says it's amazing raising babies in the place where you come from

but i am a rock tumbler i've got rocks inside my head
and just because they come out shining doesn't mean that they are diamonds
and i guess that my worst nightmare is your very favorite bar
when i'm worth my weight in shale and slate i'll know that i'm a super duper star

i'll be a great big ball of burning gas and i'll be sitting on my big fat ass
sipping cristal light beside a plastic wading pool
and the next day i'll be somewhere else part of me will hate myself
part of me will know deep down that i am pretty cool
the part of me that knows i never cared for being cool
the part of me that knows i never cared for being cool
the part of me that knows i never cared for being cool

kimya dawson - better weather

There are my specs
the ones I've been looking for
I threw them out my window ten years ago
and now they're on my doorstep

so you put one and one together
and there will be better weather
and you know that it's forever now that he has custody
with his son up on his shoulders they are a sight to behold
'cause the dad is twenty eight even though he looks seventeen
so you'll never guess the woes that they have known
cause they don't show
and in a couple years they've grown into a perfect family
I'm so proud my brother did so good with his kid
I just wish that I could live with the fishes I love in their anemone
but I'm a turtle it wont work I've gotta stay out in the current
with my house upon my back so I can hide inside of me
all together in the tank you always dreamed about escaping
when you finally make a break for it you deserve to be free
to be free
to be free
to be free

there are my spectacles
the ones I've been looking for
I threw them out my window ten years ago
and now they're on my doorstep
that's how it happened
the confusion at the store
the shark never knew his father
and the baby never knew his motherboard

kimya dawson - blue like nevermind

Eyes like omens i've been told
and friends are found when keys are stolen
find the keys the corn is golden
friends have golden hearts and souls and
icy blue eyes may seem cold when
hearts are far apart and broken

when the sky is open wide
pages bound to the roadside
breaking backbones as i drive
blue like nevermind

blue is fire and blood and balls
paint peeling on the bedroom walls
and broken doors on bathroom stalls
and waterfalls and booty calls

je vois les yeux
les yeux son tres bleu
mes yeuse je fermerai
et dites je suis fatigué

eyes like omens i've been told
and friends are found when keys are stolen
find the keys the corn is golden
friends have golden hearts and souls and
icy blue eyes may seem cold when
hearts are far apart and broken

when the sky is open wide
pages bound to the roadside
breaking backbones as i drive
blue like nevermind

kimya dawson - bobby o

Bobby-O, Bobby-O
Skinny younger brother of Fabio
Rode his horse down to Mexico
Oh Bobby-O

His horses' name was Rambo
But Rambo was really slow
How slow was he? He didn't go
Oh Bobby-O

He got a job down in Mexico
Teaching water aerobics in a sombrero
All the old ladies sure thought he was a pro
Doing jumping jacks in his pink Speedo
Oh Bobby-O

He did something naughty
What it was we'll never know
But the hotel owner said, "Man, you gotta go
Pack your bathing suit and don't forget Rambo"
Oh Bobby-O

Bobby-O, Bobby-O
Skinny younger brother of Fabio
Rode his horse down to Mexico
Oh Bobby-O, Oh Bobby-O
Oh, oh, oh, oh Bobby-O

kimya dawson - caving in

Have you ever been swindled by a swindler who lies
'cause he wants to see you smile, have a good time, be inspired
and he doesn't want for you to cry or know he cries inside
so he hides behind his great triumphant rock and roll disguise
we want things to be real but you really can't deny
we feel excited and on fire is it wrong to lie and say he's fine
when the reason he's not fine is the pressure of the power changing lives
and just for an hour all these people will be better people
take this job and shove it, adios I'm a ghost
I am leaving for the coast and I'll never work for anyone again
I am not your savior or your heavenly host
I'm just a piece of zwieback toast
getting soggy in a baby's achin' mouth
I'm going south like the geese
I just goosed you and so maybe I seem loose to you
but I don't even want to spoon
and I did once
but I don't now
now that I see how you do things
the way you play and sing's amazing
but the way you play the game is crazy
you don't have to say you're sorry you don't owe me anything
don't owe me anything
sometimes it seems like I've got all the answers
but the answers aren't the same when the questions keep on changing
like how will I react when I see my mother crying
every single day 'cause she is afraid of dying?
and how will I contain my anger
when Delila plays Unchained Melody instead of Lost In Your Eyes?
and where will I go where I can feel safe
when my family sells its place and we all split up and move away?
I'm trying to be brave 'cause when I'm brave
other people feel brave
but I feel like my heart is caving in
I'm trying to be brave 'cause when I'm brave
other people feel brave
but I feel like my heart is caving in
I'm trying to be brave 'cause when I'm brave
other people feel brave
but I feel like my heart is caving in

kimya dawson - chemistry

My heart is on my sleeve my head is in the sand
i said how did we end up here? you said happenstance
but i didn't understand so i made other plans
i ran to the ocean washed the blood off of my hands
i washed away my tears washed away ten years
washed away the empty space in-between my ears
and you said all that i mean is that you and me
didn't meet because of fate but rather probability
and you said the truth's like corn and lies are like weeds
you said the schroedinger equation collapsed perfectly
and i said mercy me be patient please
'cause i don't know a goddam thing about the birds and the bees
i just know what i'm like and i'm like what i see
even though it's hard to see because you just blinded me
and if there's one thing i learned in chemistry
it's that the gain of electrons is reduction, obviously
but you can't see electrons without machines
and you can't tell from my inflection if i'm being mean
and i don't know if i can take you seriously
sometimes elections depend on the absentees

and my family and my friends
and all the little kids that love me make me strong
and no matter how this ends
i know i'll never ever ever be alone

some day i'll be an old lady
with a big dress and an apron
a babushka and bare feet
i'll be out in my garden
on my hands and knees
and i'll be singing a song
that is really sad and sweet

mommy and daddy your baby is grown
and the smell of the cold, wet dirt reminds me home

kimya dawson - driving driving driving

I'm not a conspiracy theorist
But I read blogs by scientists and
I believe they know more than we are being told
By the mainstream media sources
Want the truth to hold its horses
So there isn't mass hysteria
As the sea floor erodes
And those in and on the ocean
All say "hey, what's this commotion"
And try to get away, they are moving in slow motion
'cause their bodies are so heavy from a substance
thick and deadly
They say "I don't want to die, it's all your fault,
I wasn't ready"
And I'm sorry and I'm scared and sad
and mad and unprepared
To see the stuff that's in the sea evaporate into the air
Where it will gather and form clouds
that travel north upon the wind
Drop its cool refreshing poison raindrops
on our crops and children

And maybe it's the end
I always thought the end of man would be
Exactly what we need for the earth to stand a chance
And I always thought that I'd be fine
If this happened in my lifetime
Now that I'm a mother, it is really terrifying

I've always identified with the turtles' soft insides
Because there are times when I really need to hide
But even the strongest, toughest,
thickest shell is not designed
To survive
To survive
To survive
Something of this magnitude

Because water is fluid and oil is crude
And it billows way down deep
And it sticks to grains of sand
And it floats up on the surface where the birds all try to land
And it's ruining the marshes, ecosystems are destroyed
And the people all along the gulf coast are now unemployed
While the men who cut the corners still scream
"drill, drill, drill"
From their yachts far away and their mansions on the hill
And they turn away the cameras and scream
"kill, kill, kill"
As they burn endangered sea turtles alive

They're burning turtles alive

And the seas are all connected
And we are all connected
And you're living in denial if you think you won't be affected
You can't hide behind your flag
Because water knows no border
It'll creep in every crevice, it'll seep in every pore
They lie about the damage, the solutions are illusions
There's no cover-up big enough to hide this huge a contusion
On the face of our mother
Yeah, that's right, mother earth
Is the cost of every living thing what your product is worth?
We are all afflicted with an underground addiction
Will our desire for convenience be the cause of our extinction?

The industry's the master and we are all the slaves
And we're driving, driving, driving to our graves, graves, graves
The industry's the master and we are all the slaves
And we're driving, driving, driving to our
graves, graves, graves, graves, graves, graves,
graves, graves, graves

So we must teach our kids to love themselves
And let them live their lives
What will they be if they grow up?
Whatever they like
It's crucial to raise children who won't do what they're told
Who will fight for what's right and who can't be bought or sold

I want nothing of this business, I'm staying underground
I'm gonna ride the railroad and let my guard down
We can forage and ride bikes, jump in lakes, go on hikes
We can sing and sing for hours and click 'like' 'like' 'like'
When somebody posts something good
we share and spread the truth
It's time to define what success means to you
I hope my kid will never be another cog in their machine
Trapped inside a box trying to remember her dreams
They'll sell us all out for their greed, greed, greed
As we cry for the earth while she bleeds, bleeds,
bleeds, bleeds, bleeds, bleeds, bleeds, bleeds, bleeds

So hold onto to your loved ones, hold on for dear life
Try to walk like thunder leaving footprints that are light
Hold onto to your loved ones, hold on for dear life
Try to walk like thunder leaving footprints that are light
Hold onto to your loved ones, hold on for dear life
Try to walk like thunder leaving footprints that are light
Hold onto to your loved ones, hold on for dear life
And try to walk like thunder leaving footprints that are light

I'm not a conspiracy theorist
But I read blogs by scientists and
I believe they know more than we are being told
By the mainstream media sources
Want the truth to hold its horses
So there isn't mass hysteria
As the sea floor erodes
And those in and on the ocean
All say "hey, what's this commotion"
And they try to get away, but they are moving in slow motion
'cause their bodies are so heavy from a substance thick and deadly
They say "I don't want to die, it's all your fault, I wasn't ready"

kimya dawson - eleventeen

Silver pink ponies flying over me
you may feel strange, well, you are an angel
stuck in tight pants stuck at a high school dance
stuck doing people things not knowing you have wings
you are my serenade you are my lemonade
you are my soul throw it all out the window
you are my training wheel you are my chamomile
you are my friend come again some other day

you are my pantomime and you are my moonshine
you are my sunshine you are my shooting star
you are my elbow you are my buttercup
spoonful of puppycat bellyful of kittypup
pretty pretty baby tin toy maybe
X marks the spot and it's not what they expected
sing that song again the one that makes me cry when
she walks into the room and you don't know what to do

every step of every day i love you
every single one of you
whenever you get in your own way i
love you, you love me too
no pain anymore nothing to feel sorry for
heaven is right here heaven is everywhere
look at the trees dancing in the breeze
feel the raindrops on your knees

silver pink ponies flying over me
flying over me they're flying over you too
silver pink ponies flying over me
flying over me their flying over you too
silver pink ponies flying over me
you may feel strange, well, you are an angel
stuck in tight pants stuck at a high school dance
stuck doing people things not knowing you have wings

you are an angel
you are an angel
you are an angel
you are an angel

kimya dawson - everything is alright

Thick shakes little snakes
fashion accessories earthquakes
five and dime cherry lime
wait my turn at the back of the line
barbed wire forest fire
muddy trail air in my tires
downhill's faster much faster
than uphill no time to kill
take a chill take a pill
headrest on the windowsill

i lived alone so i took him home
he doesn't love me but he keeps me company
everything is alright

grape soda locked door
lost shoe satin star
pink ribbon cellophane
boxing match football game
kitchen floor reggie bar
monster mash corned beef hash
a-ha saxophone
5'3" dial tone
lips parched sousa march
flat foot no arch

i lived alone so i took him home
he doesn't love me but he keeps me company
everything is alright

why do i always pretend i can spoon a guy and still be his friend?
i always wind up crushed out in the end and it makes me crazy
whoa - whoa - whoa crazy
whoa - whoa- whoa

dolly parton was really smart when
she said
"it's not my head that's broken it's my heart-
daddy come and get me"
come and get your baby
your big crybaby
is going crazy

why do i always pretend i can spoon a guy and still be his friend?
i always wind up crushed out in the end

jason bateman jodie sweetin
alex p keaton
marla gibbs 227
barry watson seventh heaven
ricky schroeder ricky stratton
soleil moon frye dick van patton
mindy cohn corey haim
tina yothers willie ames
webster joey jeremiah
degrassi junior high

i lived alone so i took him home
he doesn't love me but he keeps me company
everything is alright

kimya dawson