The Kid With The Butterfly Net Graham Parker

, every field was open Nothing was impossible yet For the kid with the butterfly net The kid with the butterfly net There's a stream runs through this land Runs through the heart of this land There's a

The Kid With The Butterfly Net (Alternate Take) Graham Parker

, every field was open Nothing was impossible yet For the kid with the butterfly net The kid with the butterfly net There's a stream runs through this land Runs through the heart of this land There's a

Love Is A Burning Question Graham Parker

We work through the rituals and cover our poisonous tracks Making good use of weaknesses, horoscopes, rumors and facts Inspired by the needles and pins and the pains in the heart With no control over the

They Murdered The Clown Graham Parker

The ringmaster looked a bit pasty and down Dying as he was to get out of town The lions and the tigers had gnawed at his feet But the lion tamer's whip hurt much more than their teeth The Giovanni Sisters

Blue Highways Graham Parker

The kid's left home, the kid's got a kid of her own Don't knock that door, don't knock it, nobody's home The mystery sign, turn off and follow it blind The interstate is jammed and crammed with exhaust

Children And Dogs Graham Parker

She said she just wanted a friend And then she'd be good Something to play with now again And give lots of food We've got a yard that's big enough She says he's like a dream But they've got us running

Over The Border (To America) Graham Parker

A man smokes and a dog stretches A woman works and a kid kvetches I'm ridin' on a road that stretches Over the border to America Over the border to America I got nothin' but lonesome time A backyard and

Ten Girls Ago Graham Parker

Buster turned round to me And said hey kid you must be joking You got an attitude You think you're funny but you're choking hey hey Back every word that comes out of your mouth Ten girls ago You thought

The Girl Isn't Ready Graham Parker

The girl isn't ready, the girl isn't ready The girl isn't ready, is what her mother says We just put her toys away, it seems like yesterday She has seen something better through the window She will reach

Local Girls Graham Parker

she waits each morning So isolated that she thinks that the army is the place where a man ought to be Don't bother with them, they don't bother me Don't bother with the local girls Don't bother with the

You Got The World (Right Where You Want It) Graham Parker

As you wash your hair and bathe in Perrier As you hit the bank machine at night Drinking money for tomorrow's flight As you count your loss or bet on a black horse Sit behind the wheel of a black Porsche

Lady Doctor Graham Parker

G C G C I went in with a heart burn into the surgery To my surprise two pretty eyes was running up and down me.

Too Many Knots To Untangle Graham Parker

I don't understand telepathy, but I am thinking of you I am going to get my feelings across the gulf that divides me and you Cos when the doors get locked and the windows are shuttered The oaths get broken

Strong Winds Graham Parker

Have you seen her run through the wild things Dropping behind her the child's things that she'll no longer need Scattering like seeds they are discarded then Nothing can give them a life again they're

Museum Of Stupidity Graham Parker

One day there'll be a museum of stupidity Where we can hang ourselves and throw away the key Along with the attitudes of the pmrc And this bullshit drug war full of hypocrisy The banning of 2 live crew

Slash And Burn Graham Parker

The world was stripped of beauty baby By the working man He was told it was his duty baby Again and again and again They took the slaves from Africa baby Along with sugar sacks To build the British Empire

Just Like Hermann Hesse Graham Parker

I took off my mask that night and bared my teeth in your face You saw something else living under my skin the wolf with no thought of disgrace I know I know some things you must never confess I drop to

When I Was King Graham Parker

run the first run of stamps People had cashed in their post office savings To buy some and lick the back of my neck I just let them get on with it arrange the coronation I just didn't turn up, I just

Hotel Chambermaid Graham Parker

When the lights are low you know I'm going to go to my hotel chambermaid I'm going to jump the garden and come on hard all right While the river's rolling outside the window Going to see her going to get

She Wants So Many Things Graham Parker

about you where YOU don't get a mention With her hand on a Bible she's right in your face She's a living example of God's bad taste And with him for an ally she can't be a heretic But her heart's from

Just Like Joe Meek's Blues Graham Parker

My head was swimming in a Bangkok joint You got paint on your coat like an arrow point I followed where it led as if pulled by a bow Fired into the night deep and slow to where I'll never know The hotel

A Brand New Book Graham Parker

I once read the story of somebody's life I had a few moments to spare He was a good man who lived with his wife With the usual kids in his hair There was happiness a lot of weirdness And a sprinkle of

Platinum Blonde Graham Parker

Stuff comes down from the golden triangle On ferries from Denmark to Helsingborg The band strikes up but they're out of time On synthesiser and washboard Wooden tulips grow by the roadside Made in a factory

Platinum Blonde (BBC Session) Graham Parker

Stuff comes down from the golden triangle On ferries from Denmark to Helsingborg The band strikes up but they're out of time On synthesiser and washboard Wooden tulips grow by the roadside Made in a factory

Get Started. Start A Fire Graham Parker

The mona lisa's sister doesn't smile She tried to pose but only for a while Leonardo sent her home since then she has lived alone With her few belongings and a copy of a painting of herself unhappy She

Butterfly Net Caroline Polachek

Earth went silent London fell asleep She dreamed of winter Where you appeared to me Perfect timing as new petals in November A tender creature A fever Disarming, fluorescent [Chorus] There you were With

OK Hieronymus Graham Parker

I break a heart in a thousand places, she makes a slur against other races He rejects all of the unpretty faces, sticks them full of knives I take a shot at birds flying south, he takes the gun barrel

I'm Just Your Man Graham Parker

I'm not a page in history not something that bold I'm not the greatest mystery that was ever told I may not be who you wanna spend a whole life with alone I'm not that fascinating with features carved

Waiting For The Ufo'S Graham Parker

"No-one can hide it anymore we know it's not imagining Even the skeptics are unsure when they stop to think People are not worth their life now they are obsolete We're dying to be invaded and put the blame

Under The Mask Of Happiness Graham Parker

She looked so good he looked so sane Not forever could they last Under the mask under the mask Under the mask of happiness Under the mask of happiness She got colder with each incision No one knew he

Green Monkeys Graham Parker

In a distant street a distant beat repeats machine gun like In a forest grows a sweet fruit filled with poison In a clear blue sky a plane bursts into flames high above us In an office blind machines blink

Daddy's A Postman Graham Parker

We wake up every morning Rush downstairs to the car Jump inside it with mummy Her eyes are shining like stars The sun's like something that God sent The air's as fresh as our clothes We're going to the

Short Memories Graham Parker

They took their kids in their teenage years Fitted them out with combat gear Filled their hearts with mortal fear and sent them away Some came home their pants in creases Some came home in bits and pieces

My Love's Strong Graham Parker

When the world's asleep And there's no one in your arms Raindrops hit the window Like distant alarms You don't have to worry Hey girl don't you cry My love beats adversity baby Eats it alive And I got

And It Shook Me Graham Parker

And it shook me, it shook me up, it shook me up, yeah I remember the way you looked when we first met There are some things in this world you can't forget You were standing underneath the light I lost

Success Graham Parker

The dreams and hopes of men Are powered by addiction And who am I to say that This is an affliction When everybody gets Suckered in and lives their Lives like fiction Writing their own story Of success

Burning On A Higher Flame Graham Parker

The night falls dark around me, and the dogs bark out a curse A bad dreams twist inside me and I scream for a doctor or a nurse But I'm just dyin' for morning, watch the sun rise like a pearl Just to feel

New York Shuffle Graham Parker

D A Manhattan baby with a sing song voice G D she got her place in the human zoo D A I went to living on the boulevard G A now that the revolution's due G A She said I've been around from town to town

Wrapping Paper Graham Parker

friends I've dug my own grave, please don't let me lie in it Instead let's bury everything that caused us pain Speak to me now, speak to me, darling You're not a princess, I'm not prince charming Speak with

Wrapping Paper (Alternate Take) Graham Parker

friends I've dug my own grave, please don't let me lie in it Instead let's bury everything that caused us pain Speak to me now, speak to me, darling You're not a princess, I'm not prince charming Speak with

Big Man On Paper Graham Parker

Oooh la la la la la la la la bop bop bop I look at a news cast being broadcast and Try to connect with the events in front of my eyes But I can't see any further than the bills on the table Or my kids

Call Me Your Doctor Graham Parker

Call me your doctor if you want, I'll get the cure out To be administered before sleep Call out the thing you really want And I'll be there I'll make a housecall I'll find the problem's root No matter

That's Where She Ends Up Graham Parker

It's not right the way that you deal with her She's not something you handle like cash To be undressed like Sunday's leftovers To be picked on Monday And Tuesday in the trash That's where she ends up It's

The Sun Is Gonna Shine Again Graham Parker

sun is gonna shine again We'll make it around that bend I'll walk one more mile with you Cos you're my friend The sun is gonna shine again Someday we will ride a train that only seats one class To a destination

Passion Is No Ordinary Word Graham Parker

pretend to feel CHORUS Passion is no ordinary word, Passion is no ordinary word Passion is no ordinary word, Ain't manufactured or just another sound That you hear at night at night Ain't got no idols for the

Here It Comes Again Graham Parker

make him pick up the check Well, here it comes here it comes, here it Here, here, here it comes again twice While you were sleeping the neighbors crept in Saw you were naked and called it a sin The next

Little Miss Understanding Graham Parker

tail wag You're little miss understanding yeah You're little miss understanding yeah You're little miss understanding yeah You're little miss understanding yeah I know I got a kink somewhere A chip on the

Fools` Gold Graham Parker

A D A D I been doing my homework now for a long long time A D A D And everything that I look for I know I will one day find E D E D I'm a fool so I'm told I get left in the cold E D A Cause I will

Fools' Gold Graham Parker

A D A D I been doing my homework now for a long long time A D A D And everything that I look for I know I will one day find E D E D I'm a fool so I'm told I get left in the cold E D A Cause I will search

Oasis Graham Parker

I am a lucky man that's what I think I might come close to the edge but I never sink And I notice that vulnerable look in your eyes tonight And in the desert that passes for my heart, Sweet rain is falling