Grant Lee
Phillips
Ladies' Love Oracle - 1999
You're a pony
that's OK
I don't need to see you
Tied up to a hitching gate
That would
only break you
The light pours
in
Onto our skin
We have the power to begin
When all we want is the
world
I'm a zebra that's
all right
All I see is black and white
When it comes to being gray
Well
I won't stand in the way
The light pours
in
And out of our furnace
We have the power just to turn
Turn into gods
turn into heroes
The light pours
in
Onto our skin
We have the power to begin
When all we want is the
world
Heavenly heavenly
what other words
Could I use to describe
The heavenly ivory touch of your
hand
As it covers my eyes
Hushing me off to sleep
Putting my mind at
ease
Lovingly lovingly
every caress
That you ever gave
All of you knowing me like no one
else
At the end of the day
Brushing my fears away
Knowing just what to
say
Heavenly heavenly
no other love
Was meant to be mine
The perfectly heavenly stars up above
Were duly aligned
I had to wait for you
Now that my search is
through
Heavenly heavenly
I've been seeking
affirmations
All night long oh and
What I'm feeling in my heart
it
Can't be wrong no Sir
I keep squinting
for something I might have
Done hair different it's all up for grabs
Lord
I've been squinting as though through a keyhole
Just like Clint
Eastwood for a few dollars more
I done read all of
the cards and I
Saw my fate waiting
Like a chauffeur down at the airport
it
Holds my name up but
I keep squinting
for something I might have
Just overlooked but there ain't no turning
back
I've been squinting as though through a keyhole
Just like Clint
Eastwood for a few dollars more
Folks around me they
keep stepping
In my shoes oh but
They don't fit right and they don't walk
The way I do oh and
All the garbage
trucks a rolling
Down my street slowly
I can barely strain away to
Hear myself think ah
I keep squinting
for something I might have
Done hair different it's all up for grabs
Lord I've been squinting as though through a keyhole
Just like Clint Eastwood for a few dollars more
Mmm mum is the word
Numb is a better word
So haven't you heard
Luke
the Drifter and me
Who wrote us a song
Too lonesome to sing
Not on this side of
the dial
Not on this short wave
Buster
Keaton and I
Danced down on the window sill
Ten stores high
If one night you
take to walking
Way up off the ground
Do yourself a favor
Don't look
down
I keep falling back
to earth
Just as I am floating high
Luke the Drifter
and me
Thumbed us a ride
Down the highway of dreams
Once you're out
beyond the city
This old road gets dark
Lose your barrens
And forget
where you are
I keep falling back
to earth
Just as I am floating high
Very high high high
All these rats are
swimmin' for the land
They ain't goin' down with the captain
Same old rats
that took a bite outa' me
Darling way back when the word was
mutiny
Nothin' but a raft
to carry me and my girl
They just wrote us off
Till we turned up blazing torches on their docks
One night we're gonna' burn 'em down
And the same goes
for those who underestimate
Said the love of my life was just another blind date
You know I hardly had a single word edgewise
Before the true believers started to drop like flies
But I don't see 'em
out parading arm in arm
I see 'em dodging cars in harm's way
You think with so many words of wisdom they could fill up a library
But one night I'd
have to burn it down
One night I'd have to burn it down
I can think of at
least fourteen ways to disappear
No I don't need to be told when it's plain
as day I'm in the minority here
But why must all the horrible people have all the cheer
Blue green grass is
standing somewhere still
I know it is even if it's over landfill
I got to
think that there's still a tiny patch
To raise some hens and watch those
chickens hatch
Browsing through
the almanac I watch the stars
That plummet now and then
And I'm waiting for a flamin' shoe to drop on us again
One night gonna burn
it down
One night we're gonna burn it down
[One two three
One two three]
Oh what a colorful
lie
Leading me on
Without ever batting an eye
How many pecks on the
cheek
Before I get wind
That I'm on a losing streak
Yeah too many for
me
Too many for me
Darlin' I'm
folding
I'm tired of holding
Onto a love untrue
Darlin' I'm
folding
I lay down my hand
And walk away from you
Oh what a painful
lament
Knowing what was
And not knowing where it went
Destiny
beckoned my name
Drew me to you
But destiny loves to play games
Yeah
loves to play games
Darlin' I'm
folding
I'm tired of holding
Onto a love untrue
Darlin' I'm
folding
I lay down my hand
And walk away from you
I'll walk away it's
true
For I keep breaking this promise
Breaking this promise
Darlin' I'm
folding
I'm tired of holding
Onto a love untrue
Darlin' I'm
folding
I lay down my hand
And walk away from you
World you are a
mill
Do you grind away until
Every grain of life is tilled
Girl you're like a
running stream
And every line I've tossed you've washed it clean
Upon the
shore you're headed for the sea
There's a peace
that I've always found
In a lonesome serenade
Such a piece of mind
overwhelms
As my every desire's replayed
Oh oh oh in a lonesome
serenade
Rowed on paddle
boats
In a past of mine I've never known
On a lake of polished
stone
Take us far
away
To an island where she can't be swayed
By another man's embrace
There's a peace
that I've always found
In a lonesome serenade
Such a piece of mind
overwhelms
As my every desire's replayed
Oh oh oh in a lonesome
serenade
Warmed when you become
Reckon all that growin' pains you some
Still you smile what's done is done
There's a peace
that I've always found
In a lonesome serenade
Such a piece of mind
overwhelms
As my every desire's replayed
Oh oh oh like a lonesome
serenade
There's a tug at my
heart
Like a rope it's pulling
Out on the horizon
But I've no way of
knowing
Where to start
Nothing is for sure
no sleep still in my eyes
Fumbling for the door oh she doesn't like to face
the morning light
Nothing is for sure oh as I begin my day
Glasses are a
blur as my world's about to spin the other way
Staring at the
ceiling
I can see to heaven
But only when I'm willing
So I pray for
the strength
To begin again again
Nothing is for sure
no sleep still in my eyes
Fumbling for the door oh she doesn't like to face
the morning light
Nothing is for sure oh as I begin my day
Glasses are a
blur as my world's about to spin the other way
Spin me the other
way
I've got to learn not to say always
Spin me the other way
People on
the other half got no worries
Nothing is for sure
no sleep still in my eyes
Fumbling for the door oh she doesn't like to face the morning light
Nothing is for sure no as I begin my day
Glasses are a blur as my world's about to spin the other way
Nothing is for sure
oh
And nothing is for sure
Spin me the
other way
I've got to learn not to say always
Watching the clock
over Jackson
Square
I could feel my life drifting away
Loosing my hold like the muddy banks
In eleven straight days of rain
I want to call on
the St. Expedite
I better call on that St. Expedite
Hung on the carousel
took me a while
To see that it just goes 'round
I kept a thinking your name rings a bell
You resemble someone when you smile
And I wanna say it's
that St. Expedite
Honey you got a face like St. Expedite
My spirit grows heavy
and I wonder at times
What keeps it from floating up higher
The hatred of people that I might have crossed
Or the gravity of our desires
It's hell either
way callin' St. Expedite
Hell either way callin' St. Expedite
Save your breath save you
promises
Be the death of you
Save your white rice newlywed
I do's I do's
See us glide
As much alike as snowflakes
On the ice
Drifting as the day breaks through
Save your strength for the
altitude
It ushers us to dream
And people can't be everything
They seem to be
Not you not me
See us glide
As much alike as snowflakes
On the ice
Drifting as the day breaks through
Stole a wall to grab a smoke
And in the breath you drew
Must've know I was feelin'
Lonely too
See us glide
As much alike as snowflakes
On the ice
Drifting as the day breaks through