South Tacoma Way Neko Case

I was asleep in the palms of your hand In dreams we were happy and safe I can't comprehend the ways I miss you They come to light in my mistakes In my mistakes In my mistakes Now I'm travelling down Tacoma

Thrice All American Neko Case

I want to tell you about my hometown It's a dusty old jewel in the South Puget Sound Well the factories churn and the timbers all cut down And life goes by slow in Tacoma People they laugh when they hear

Whip The Blankets Neko Case

the blankets into cotton thread And I'll tear all the carpet up over my head 'Til my feet can go right through the basement Well you play so surprised at what you have found But I heard you coming from way

The Tigers Have Spoken Neko Case

They shot the tiger on his chain In a field behind the cages He walked in circles 'til he was crazy And he lived that way forever And he lived that way beside them, Separate from the other tigers He did

If You Knew Neko Case

And if you knew what I know You wouldn't go to see her And least of all believe her when she says that she wants you Well you're just another puppet, she's not even keeping score And the lazy way she cheats

Behind The House (Demo) Neko Case

all of you to see Beware my girl, beware Beware my girl, beware of these memories and what is real, what is real I walk this world forever in a dream Or is this the land of the living Or is this your way

Look For Me (I'll Be Around) Neko Case

me, I'll be around When the new crowd starts to bore you Just remember there is someone to adore you When you're weary of nights out on the town Look for me, I'll be around May not seem exciting the way

Furnace Room Lullaby Neko Case

far under the bed Into the beams you've gone I've gone, you've gone I'm wrapped in the depths of these deeds that have made me I can't bring a sound from my head though I try I can't seem to find my way

Deep Red Bells Neko Case

Does your soul cast about like an old paper bag Past empty lots and early graves Of those like you who lost their way Murdered on the interstate While the red bells rang like thunder?

Guided By Wire Neko Case

' my life back to me The life you learn from someone else That you can only trust yourself Sometimes that is still too much to want Gravity won't get you through the mazes You can never travel by the way

John Saw That Number Neko Case

Old John the baptist, old John divine Leather harness round his line His meat was locust and honey Wild honey lord, wild honey John saw that number Way in the middle of the air Cryin' holy, holy to the

Tacoma Fruit Bats

I might just go back to Tacoma If it'll have me back I miss the lingering blanket of cold cloud And the moss in the sidewalk cracks Yeah I may go back to old Tacoma If it opens its arms I surely will Back

Hold On, Hold On Neko Case

The most tender place in my heart is for strangers I know it\'s unkind but my own blood is much too dangerous Hangin\' round the ceiling half the time Hangin\' round the ceiling half the time Comp...

Night Still Comes Neko Case

My brain makes drugs to keep me slow, A hilarious joke for some dead pharaoh. But now, not even the masons know What drug will keep night from coming. There are so many tools that are made for my ...

Man Neko Case

I\'m a man That\'s what you raised me to be I\'m not an identity crisis This was planned I\'m a man There\'s innocence in all mankind It\'s what kind of animal I am It\'s that simple, oh I\'m a m...

Star Witness Neko Case

My true love drowned in a dirty old pan Of oil that did run from the block Of a falcon sedan 1969 The paper said \'75 There were no survivors None found alive Trees break the sidewalk And the side...

Margaret Vs. Pauline Neko Case

Everything\'s so easy for Pauline Everything\'s so easy for Pauline Ancient strings set feet a light to speed to her such mild grace No monument of tacky gold They smoothed her hair with cinnamon w...

Porchlight Neko Case

So far away Curses wild upon you Hungry and gaining Porch light burns so far away Miles away Days have gone by and I've barely gone Safe on the road that speeds from your front door I can't turn a...

Nothing To Remember Neko Case

I spent my life becoming invisible It’s hard to maintain and it’s hard to get by I don’t recall, fight or flight setting in I had no introduction I just breathe it in like the air And there’s nothi...

Pretty Girls Neko Case

NEKO CASE "Pretty Girls" pretty girls, you're too good for this How you break my heart in this cold waiting room Oh my pretty girls, you're too good for this Don't let them tell you you're nothing

Soulful Shade Of Blue Neko Case

Dressmaker dressmakerI'm singing at the hallNext Saturday night and he'll be thereHe's been goneFor so longI want him back againMake me the sweetest dress you canMake it a soulful shade of blueWith...

Hex Neko Case

When you hear me calling your name in the nightDo you run to your window thinking a coyote mightBe howlingWhen you hear me knocking at your door againDo you tell yourself it's only the windThat's b...

Loretta Neko Case

When I talk to LorettaOh, boots, socks and sweaterWell she hugs me sweet and lowAnd it's never let me goWhen I talk to Loretta, she makes me feel like number oneWhen I talk to Loretta, she makes me...

Favorite Neko Case

Oh lieI thought you were goldenI thought you were wiseCaught you returningTo the house you caught fireBut I know that I was your favoriteAnd I said AmenWise, found favorin' heavenAnd I at your side...

Rated X Neko Case

Well if you've been a married woman and things didn't seem to work outWell Divorce is the key to bein' loose and free but you're gonna be talked aboutEverybody knows that you've loved once, and the...

This Little Light Neko Case

This little light of mineI'm going to let it shineThis little light of mineI'm going to let it shineThis little light of mineI'm going to let it shineEvery day, every dayEvery day, every dayGonna l...

Wayfaring Stranger Neko Case

I am a poor wayfaring strangerA-traveling through this world belowBut there's no sickness, toil, or dangerIn that bright land to which I goI'm going there to see my fatherI'm going there no more to...

Set Out Running Neko Case

Want to get it all behind meYou know everything reminds meI can't be myself without youWant to crawl down deep insideThe springs inside the mattressWhere l cry my dirty secrets'Cause I just can't s...

Mood To Burn Bridges Neko Case

So many people live in my townAnd mind to my business but none of their ownThey're all so happy now that I've done wrongI'm surprised they don't come up and thank meSo if you want moral adviceI sug...

No Need To Cry Neko Case

Lie in bed and ignore the TVWatch the clouds sift through the aeroAnd you'll be in my arms againThere's no need to cryOf all the things so bittersweetYou're the first thing I see in morning and in ...

Twist The Knife Neko Case

TenderlyTenderlyPlease take my breath from meInto the fountainAnd up from the gravesTearfullyJoyfullyBurn what is left of meI don't want these burdensI've handsomely gained (?)You'll be my guestAnd...

We've Never Met Neko Case

Oh my darling, oh my darlingHow can you forget?All the love we had between usNow it's like we've never metOh it kills me, how it kills meWhen I think I held you upYou were golden, I was blindWith y...

Bought And Sold Neko Case

Lost loveYou're the one that lies in my armsYou're the one that stole all my charmsI let you inMiseryYou took everything young from meBurned it down right in front of meMy blood runs coldNobody sai...

Things That Scare Me Neko Case

Fluorescent lights engageBlackbirds frying on a wireSame birds that followed me to school When I was youngWere they trying to tell me somethingWere they telling me to runThe hammer clicks in placeT...

Outro With Bees Neko Case

How's hope feeling todayTired and sick of this placeRed wine is fastAt the lip of your glassSaying I'm going to ruinEverythingEverythingSo its better my sweetThat we hover like bees'Cause there's n...

Lady Pilot Neko Case

What?Stars can't fight city lightsThey've turned their backs on usIt's true today, I saw it from the planeAeroplanes were never built to flyDown down down down...Don't look downDon't look nowCrossh...

Tightly Neko Case

When I'm walkin' under starsI covet all the waning hoursAll the lonely houses stand like monumentsTo thievesWhen I'm walkin' in the darkI'm free to covet all I wantYou've made it all so very danger...

Stinging Velvet Neko Case

Rain falls, I fix my eyesLet go of the focus and I blur out all the linesJust to remember, rememberCrying 'cause it's not my faultWater through my lashes look just like Christmas lightsAnd I still ...

I Missed The Point Neko Case

I have lightningIf the stars dry out to guide meI have soft clayTo knit my bones astrideWhat a miracle they sayDark clouds gatherVelvet holesGaping wide ohAnd they pour it downAnd they sing to meOf...

Blacklisted Neko Case

Fast trainWhere do your passengers waitWhat's at the heart of your engine's rageTo what smooth place at the end of the lineWith crackling fires and quiet plainsDo the trees bend downFold their limb...

I Wish I Was The Moon Neko Case

Chimney falls and lovers blazeThought that I was youngNow I've freezing hands and bloodless veinsAs numb as I've becomeI'm so tiredI wish I was the moon tonightLast night I dreamt I had forgotten m...

Runnin' Out Of Fools Neko Case

Are you sure you got the right numberIs it me you wanna talk to tonightEveryone in town's got your numberEverybody's got you pegged rightIs that why you got in touch with meOhhh, guess you must be ...

A Widow's Toast Neko Case

Specters move like pilot flamesTheir widows toast at St. AngelBetter times collide with nowThe tears were warm, I feel them stillTheir heat to vapor and disperseAnd cloud our eyes with weary glazeY...

That Teenage Feeling Neko Case

Now that we've metWe can only laugh at these regretsCommon as a winter coldThey're telephone polesThey follow each otherOne, after another, after anotherBut now my heart is green as weedsGrown to o...

Fox Confessor Brings The Flood Neko Case

Driving home I see those flooded fieldsHow can people not know what beauty this isI've taken it for granted my whole lifeSince the day I was bornClouds hang on these curves like meAnd I kneel to th...

Dirty Knife Neko Case

So suddenly the madness cameWith its whiskered, wolven, ether pangsHe locked the doorAnd shut the blindsHe laid down on the floor and he slept like ironWhile the dirty knife worked deepInto his spi...

Lion's Jaws Neko Case

You're gone, the trees are so quietWhen your hand was in my pocketHow they swayed from side to sideNow the meddling sky and my snowy eyeSees a different nightThe night I fell into the lion's jawsTo...

Maybe Sparrow Neko Case

Maybe sparrow you should waitThe hawks alight till morningYou'll never pass beyond the gateIf you don't hear my warningNotes are hung so effortlessWith the rise and fall of sparrow's breastIt's a d...

At Last Neko Case

I can say that I've lived here in honor and dangerBut I'm just an animal and cannot explain a lifeDown this chain of days I wished to stay among my peopleRelation now means nothing, having chosen s...

The Needle Has Landed Neko Case

Here I am in traffic's slow flowWhere the needle touched downCarbon planes draw a cage round the air force baseWhere the needle touched downMy foot on the brake it's ok to fly lowOver poor Spanaway...