Natalie Merchant

A woman of beauty A woman of pain In France or Jakarta Her shadow’s the same You go home with Sally Ann You go home with Sally Ann You go home A woman of kindness With bracelets of jade In China, in Japan Choices are made You go home with Sally Ann

I've walked these streets a virtual stage it seemed to me make up on their faces actors took their places next to me I've walked these streets in a carnival of sights to see all the cheap thrill seekers the vendors & the dealers they crowded around m

Well, I lived in a town Way down south By the name of Owensboro And I worked in a mill With the rest of the "trash" As we're often called As you know Well, we rise up early In the morning And we work all day real hard To buy our little meat and

one fine day you'll look at me and then you'll know our love was meant to be one fine day you're gonna want me for your girl the arms I long for will open wide and you'll be proud to have me right by your side one fine day you're gonna want me for yo

Natalie Merchant Miscellaneous Space Oddity Ground Control to Major Tom Ground Control to Major Tom Take your protein pills and put your helmet on Ground Control to Major Tom Commencing countdown, engines on Check ignition and may God's love be with

Adventures Of Isabel Isabel met an enormous bear Isabel, Isabel, she didn't care bear was hungry,bear was ravenous bear's big mouth was cruel and cavernous bear said, Isabel, glad to meet you How do, Isabel, now I'll eat you Isabel, Isabel, she didn'

Life Is Sweet lyrics It's a pity, It's a crying shame He pulled you down again How painful it must be To bruise so easily Inside It's a pity, it's a downright crime It happens all the time You wanna stay little daddy's girl You wanna hide from the vi

How did I love you? there was no measuring far above this dirty world far above everything in your tower over it you were clean so warm and insightful were you in my eyes I was sure the rightful guardian of my life damn you betrayer how you lied but

Where in hell can you go Far from the things that you know Far from the sprawl of concrete That keeps crawling its way About 1,000 miles a day? Take one last look behind Commit this to memory and mind Don't miss this wasteland, this terrible place Wh

How did I love you? There was no measuring Far above this dirty world Far above everything In your tower over it You were clean So warm and insightful Were you in my eyes And I was sure the rightful Rightful guardian of my life Damn, damn you, betray

You were the love for certain of my life you were simply my beloved wife I don't know for certain how I'll live my life now alone without my beloved wife my beloved wife I can't believe I've lost the very best of me you were the love for certain of m

Who'll save the poor little girl? Henry Darger. Who'll save the poor little girl? Henry. Who'll tell the story of her? Henry Darger. Who'll tell it to all the world? Henry. Who'll buy the carbon paper now? Henry Darger. Who'll trace the lines of her

Well, my heart is sad And I am lonesome For the only one I love When shall we meet? Oh no never Till we meet in heaven above So bury me underneath the willow Under the weeping willow tree So that he may know Where I am sleeping And perhaps he'll weep

If you see them father Please tell them I'm a poor mourning pilgrim Bound for Canaan land Well I weep and I moan And I move slowly on I'm a poor mourning pilgrim Bound for Canaan land If you see them sister Please tell them I'm a poor mourning pilgri

Equestrienne See, they are clearing the sawdust course For the girl in pink on the milk-white horse See the girl in pink on the milk-white horse Cantering over the sawdust course Her spangles twinkle his pale flanks shine Every hair of his tail is fi

The Man In The Wilderness The Man in the wilderness He asked of me How many strawberries grow in the salt sea? And I answered him, as I thought good As many a ship sails in the wood The Man in the wilderness He asked me, Why His hare could swim and h

Margaret, are you grieving Over Goldengrove unleaving? Leaves, like the things of man, you With your fresh thoughts care for, can you? Ah! as the heart grows older It will come to such sights colder By and by, nor spare a sigh Though worlds of wanwoo

Ophelia was a bride of god A novice Carmelite In sister cells the cloister bells Tolled on her wedding night Ophelia was a rebel girl A blue stocking suffragette Who remedied society Between her cigarettes Ophelia was a sweetheart To the nation over

Calico Pie Calico Pie The little Bird fly Down to the calico tree Their wings were blue singing 'Tilly-Tilly-loo!' Till away they flew, - but they never came back to me! Calico Jam, The little Fish swam, Over the syllabub sea, He took off his hat, To

Come all you good workers Good news to you i'll tell Of how the good old union Has come in here to dwell Which side are you on boys? Which side are you on? My daddy was a miner He's now in the air and sun He'll be with you fellow workers Until the ba