Playlist Violent Femmes

violent femmes - kiss off

I need someone a person to talk to
someone who'd care to love
could it be you could it be you
situation gets rough then I start to panic
it's not enough it's just a habit
hey kid your sick well darling this is it
you can all just kiss off into the air
behind my back I can see them stare
they'll hurt me bad but I won't mind
they'll hurt me bad they do it all the time
yeah yeah they do it all the time
I hope you know this will go down
on your permanent record
oh yeah well don't get so distressed
did I happen to mention that I'm impressed
I take one one one cause you left me and
two two two for my family and
3 3 3 for my heartache and
4 4 4 for my headaches and
5 5 5 for my lonely and
6 6 6 for my sorrow and
7 7 for no tomorrow and
8 8 I forget what 8 was for and
9 9 9 for a lost god and
10 10 10 10 for everything
everything everything everything

violent femmes - 12 steps

I think I'm powerless over this.
Only a power greater than me
could store my synergy.

I took my will into no will but thy will.
Made a moral inventory of my moral story.

One step, two step, three step, four.
Five, sex, seven, on the eighth step, more.
Nine step, ten step, eleven step twelve.
Only twelve step get me out of hell.

I was wrong, I say to myself.
And I say to everybody else.
My character needs a caretaker.
Under God.
Who would remove my shortcomings and my highgoings.
I made a list of everyone I dissed and pissed on.
And I will make amends to correct this.

One step, two step, three step, four.
Five, sex, seven, on the eighth step, more.
Nine step, ten step, eleven step twelve.
Only twelve step get me out of hell.

T-W-E-L-V-E S-T-E-P-S

I will do it directly unless this causes injury.
I will admit to be full of shit as soon as I'm aware of it.
Seek through prayer and meditation to keep God in communication.
Now my spirit is week, I say wake up in love and go to sleep in hate.

One step, two step, three step, four.
Five, sex, seven, on the eighth step, more.
Nine step, ten step, eleven step twelve.
Only twelve step get me out of hell.

I am getting powerless over this.
I have become powerless over this.
I have become powerless over this.

violent femmes - add it up

Day after day
I will walk and I will play
but the day after today
I will stop
and I will start my way
why can't I get just one kiss
why can't I get just one kiss
believe me there'd be somethings that I wouldn't miss
but I look at your pants and I need I need a kiss
why can't I get just one screw
why can't I get just one screw
believe me I know what to do
but something won't let me make love to you
why can't I get just one fuck
why can't I get just one fuck
I guess it's something to do with luck
but I waited my whole life for just one
day afterday
I get angry
and I will say
that the day
is in my sight
when i'll take a bow
and say goodnight
oh my my, my my mum
have you kept your eye, your eye on your son
I know you?ve had problems, you?re not the only one
When your sugar left, he left you on the run
oh my my, my my mum
take a look now at what your boy has done
he?s walking around like he?s number one
went downtown and you got him a gun
so don?t shoot, shoot, shoot that thing at me
don?t shoot, shoot, shoot that thing at me
you know you?ve got my sympathy
but don?t shoot, shoot, shoot that thing at me
don?t shoot, shoot, shoot that thing at me
don?t shoot, shoot, shoot that thing at me
you know you?ve got my sympathy
but don?t shoot, shoot, shoot that thing at me
going down the kitchen at the top of the stairs
can I mix in with your affairs
share a smoke, make a joke
grasp and reach for a leg of hope
words to memorize, words hypnotize
words make my mouth exercise
words all failed the magic prize
nothing I can say when I?m in your thighs
oh my my, my my mother
I would love to love you lover
city is restless, it?s ready to pounce
here in your bedroom, ounce for ounce
oh my my, my my mother
I would love to love you lover
the city is restless, it?s ready to pounce
here in your bedroom, ounce for ounce
I?ve given you, decision to make
things to lose, things to take
just as she?s about ready to cut it up
she says wait a minute honey, I?m gonna add it up
add it up?add it up?add it up?
day after day
I get angry
and I will say
that the day
is in my sight
when I?ll take a bow
and say goodnight

violent femmes - blister in the sun

When I'm out walkin' I strut my stuff
Man,I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite I just might stop to check you out
Let me go on like I blister in the sun
Let me go on big hands I know you're the one
Body and beats I stain my sheets
I don't even know why
My girlfriend she's at the end she is starting to cry
Let me go on like I blister in the sun
Let me go on big hands I know you're the one

When I'm out walkin' I strut my stuff
Man,I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite I just might stop to check you out

When I'm out walkin' I strut my stuff
Man,I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite I just might stop to check you out

Body and beats I stain my sheets
I don't even know why
My girlfriend she's at the end she is starting to cry

When I'm out walkin' I strut my stuff
Man,I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite I just might stop to check you out

Let me go on like I blister in the sun
Let me go on big hands I know you're the one

violent femmes - breakin up

Now every once in a while
There's a crack in my smile
Dark voices are talking to me
Dark voices tell me the way
It's supposed to be
They said "Breakin' up"
They said "It's hard to do"
But what they say
About breakin' up
Y'know it's just not true
Breakin' up, it's easy to do
Breakin' up, it's easy to do
Why if you know
Why did you have to go
And leave me on t he floor
About as sick as a dog
I'm feeding my face
Like a bleary-eyed hog
Why'd it have to stop
With so much good undone
Breakin' up, it's easy to do
Breakin' up, it's easy to do
Breakin' up, it's easy to do
Y'know I break up every time
I break up with you

violent femmes - a story

I got a story
A sad sad story
About a girl
Who met a boy
About her mother
Whose vision saw her
Daughter to marry
Another boy
(Nooo nooo nooo...)
They made a plan
To get away
To run away
And though it be hard
To make that day
Freely to live
Without the mother
They'd send a postcard
(Nooo nooo nooo...)
Out on the interstate
That's where they made their mistake
That's where they met their fate
Out on the interstate
They met a monster
The monster of the interstate
Who will not hesitate
Who eats teenagers
Like a shark eats little fishes
Who eats bad kids disobeying parents wishes
An interloper against the elopers
A troll at the pay toll
They stopped at the toll booth
And reached for a quarter
The monster filled the whole booth
He gave them no quarter
"Don't eat me"
Chirped the girl
Clutching to her purse
"Don't eat me"
Croaked the boy
"Or eat her first
I'll turn right around
And take her back to her mother's
We repent of being out of wedlock lovers"
"You should have thought of that before"
And a scaly horny hand
Ripped the car lock door
And the boy
Tried to drive
But oh boy
He was eaten alive
And the girl
Tried to scream
But she was swirled
In the giant's vanilla ice cream
And the boy was yummy
And the girl was yummy
As they slid down the throat
To the monster's yellow tummy
He said:
"Hmm hmm good
Didn't do like they should
Hmm hmm good
Didn't do like they should"
The mother sold the
Rights to the story
It was so scary
This gory story
They made a movie
A horror movie
The mother made a million
And the producers made a billion
"And that other sweet boy
That my daughter has shunned
Now I'm his wife and he's my husband"
The moral of this story
Is clear for all to see
And if clearly all can see
Then it isn't clear to me

violent femmes - 4 seasons

How will I stand the summer
When spring was such a bummer
How will I weather my winter
When my fall was such a ballbuster
It's spring and there'll be no spring fling
When my winter was what a winner
And I am taking a fall
'Cause if I ain't got you I got nothing at all
How will I stand the summer
When the spring just made me dumber
How will I fare my fall
Will I lose my mind in the wintertime
It's spring and I'm a spring ding-a-ling
It's summer and I'm just a little dumber
And I am taking a fall
'Cause if I ain't got you I got nothing at all
Thru' the 4 seasons
I'm searching for reasons
I'm not gonna take the spring
'Cause the spring don't mean a thing
I'm not gonna take the winter
My winter is a splinter
I'm not gonna take the summer
Summer is such a bummer
But I am taking the fall
'Cause if I ain't got you I got nothing at all
Thru' the 4 seasons
I'm searching for reasons
Vivaldi, The 4 Seasons
It seems to me to be a theme of love
With no variations of aggravations
Spring, summer, winter and fall
Spring, summer, winter and fall
Spring, summer, winter and fall
If I ain't got you I got nothing at all

violent femmes - america is

America is
America is
America is
America is
America is the home of the hypocrite
America is the home of the hypocrite
America is the home of the hypocrite
American dream so f-f-full of it

Look at the indians
look at the blacks
look at the figures
look at the facts
check out the facts
the facts not the lies
when you find out
big surprise

America is the home of the hypocrite
America is the home of the hypocrite
America is the home of the hypocrite
American dream so f-f-full of it

check out the indians
check out the blacks
check out the figures
check out the facts
check out some facts
check out the facts not the lies
when you find out
it's a big surprise right between the eyes

America is the home of the hypocrite
America is the home of the hypocrite
America is the home of the hypocrite
American dream so f-f-full of it

american dream is only a dream
no desperation limit
new desperation level
even though my nose don't work
I smell trouble I smell trouble
no desperation limit
new desperation level
murder, mureder in the goverment
say you're sorry
say you're sorry
no desperation limit
new desperation level
turn the key
turn the lock
nationalism
you can suck my..
no desperation limit
new desperation level
watch the worl's progressin'
everywhere
aggresion, aggresion
aggresion, aggresion
aggresion, aggresion

violent femmes - 36 24 36

36-24-36
see a girl walkin' down the street
just the kind of girl that I'd like to meet
it ain't her hair, her clothes, her feet
somethin' much more discreet
now I ain't loud baby I ain't proud
I just want what I'm not allowed
movin on up & help myself
do a world of good for my mental health
36-24-36
something's brookin' that needs to be fixed
I don't know how to tell you this but
I'm getting bored and I need some kicks
like 36-24-36
man-o man-o man-o man
I got a red hot plan if you understand
cannot fail it's plain to see
I'm have'n fun and makin' money
I know this summer's gonna be the best
if I don't die from lack of rest
experience what my daddy said
that's what I got just like he said
36-24-36
something was broke but I got it fixed
I don't know if I should tell you this
but I was gettin' bored and I got my kicks
like 36-24-36
somethings special 'bout her personality
somethings special 'bout her psysiology
36-24-36
I want lots of pretty chicks
36-24-36
I want lots of pretty chicks
36-24-36
I want lots of pretty chicks
36-24-36
I want lots of...

violent femmes - agamemnon

The telephone, the telephone
I have an idea
Women always have ideas
Hello...
Here is Agamemnon
Here is Agamemnon
Who? Wrong connection
This is...
I am a moralist
An anti-militarist
I am against duels
I cannot stand seeing
A fly in rage
I cannot look at
A uniform or blood
That woman has seduced me
And now I am done for
Darling, where shall I
Hide you in a hurry?
Here is Agamemnon
Here is Agamemnon
I am coming
Directly from the trenches
And look forward
To a solemn luncheon
Oh, my nerves
I'm losing my find
This damned telephone
Spoils my favorite position
And no I can start
Writing poetry again

violent femmes - all i want

All I want is to talk to you
All I want is to talk to you
I?m aching for your touch
I?m breaking because I miss you so much
Do you miss me too?

All I want is to walk with you
All I want is to walk with you
I?m hoping for your kiss
I?m doping because I miss
you so much
Do you miss me too?

A little bit closer
A little bit closer
Someday
When I try to get closer
Then you move away.

All I want to say is?

All I want is to be with you
All I want is to be with you
You?re hurting deep inside
You?re flirting cause you need
To feel that you are still alive

A little bit closer
A little bit closer
Some way
When I try to get closer
Then you move away

All I want to say is?

All I want is to walk with you
All I want is to talk to you
I?m praying for one night
I?m laying so low
Because I love you so
Though I know it aint right

violent femmes - american music

Do you like amercan music
I like american music
don't you like american music baby
I want you to hold me
I want your arms around me
I want you to hold me baby
did you do too many drugs
I did too many drugs
did you do too many drugs too baby
you were born too late
I was born too soon
but every time I look at that ugly moon
it reminds me of you
it reminds me of you ooh ooh ooh
I need a date to the prom
would you like to come along
but nobody would go to the prom with me baby
they didn't like american music
they never heard american music
they didn't know the music was in my soul baby
you were born too soon
I was born too late
but every time I look at that ugly lake
it reminds me of me
it reminds me of me
do you like american music
we like american music
I like american music baby
do you like american music
we like all kinds of music
but I like american music best
baby you were born too late
and i was born too late
but every time I look at that ugly lake
it reminds me of me
it reminds me of me
do you like american music
it reminds me of me
do you like american music...

violent femmes - at your feet

At your feet would fall many kings
At your feet will fall many things
At your hands I'd kiss every one of your rings
And this song in silence sings... my love

At your feet I'd kiss every one of your cool toes
My dumb heart is not as smart as what a fool knows
At your kiss I'd curse everyone
For my bad luck I wish but to whisper
"I love you" but I will not not fuck up your life

At your feet will fall many tears
And your hands will form many fears
Before your face will pace many a peer
I'm the one who comes but to disappear
And reappear oh my dear
I want you near... here

At your feet would fall many queens
At your feet the willow tree leans
And my love will follow you there
Lightning strikes but I don't know where

Is my love
I love you
All my life

violent femmes - bad dream

I'm living in a bad dream.
They're supposed to be here by now.
What the hell is taking them so long?
I parked the car just like they said.
Now, I'm sitting, waiting for a bullet in my head.
I'm living in a bad dream.
I'm living in a bad dream.
I'm living in a bad dream gone bad.
I'm living in a bad dream.
I'm living in a bad dream
I'm living in a bad dream that's sad.
I'm supposed to be feeling better by now.
What the hell is taking me so long?
I hit the hay just like they said.
Now, I'm sitting, waiting for a bell in my head.
I'm living in a bad dream.
I'm living in a bad dream.
I'm living in a bad dream gone bad.
I'm living in a bad dream.
I'm living in a bad dream
I'm living in a bad dream that's sad.
On a curve, lost control.
On a cliff, lost control.
This is not happening to me.
I say so.
I'm supposed to be a better person by now.
What the hell is taking me so long?
Dying saviors off sum cross.
Now, I'm hoping and I'm praying that they'll nullify my losses.
I'm living in a bad dream.
I'm living in a bad dream.
I'm living in a bad dream gone bad.
I'm living in a bad dream.
I'm living in a bad dream
I'm living in a bad dream that's sad.
I'm living in a bad dream.
I'm living in a bad dream.
I'm living in a bad dream gone bad.
I'm living in a bad dream.
I'm living in a bad dream
I'm living in a bad dream that's sad.
I'm living in a bad dream.

violent femmes - black girls

I dig the black girls, oh so much more than the white girls.
I was so pleased to learn they were faster.
C'est, c'est, c'est vous I'm after.

All comes a faggot white boy.
Said look, look, look first kind of joy.
They come around so queer and quiet,
as I rebel and riot.

Shall I dig the white boys?
All so much more that the black boys.
I was so pleased to learn they're not smarter.
Go on, give, give, give it to me harder, harder, harder, just sayharded.

You know I love the Lord of hosts,
the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost.
I was so pleased to learn that he's inside me
In my time of trouble he will hide me.

I dig the black girls.
I dig the black girls.
I dig the black girls.
I dig the black girls.

Gordon Gano: Vocals, guitar
Brian Ritchie: Electric Bass, Slide Bass, Jew's Harp, Vocals
Victor DeLorenzo:Drums,Vocals
John Zorn: sax, clarinet Peter Balestrieri: Sax Drake ScottCornetto
Produced by Mark Van Hecke
Recorded at Secret Sound Studio, New York City

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