Til The Band Comes In Scott Walker

Here on the outskirts of life It's a world with the voice of a caretaker's wife I'm leaving tomorrow don't let it bring you down Stick around and around and around and around.

Clara Scott Walker

Mend amend bring and rub beat the band I tried I tried Shrugged off the splintering white bone Teeth shaken out with a stroke Brain running down along spear from the wound in the eye hole Stones

JEAN THE MACHINE Scott Walker

JEAN THE MACHINE (Semel/Walker) Whatever happened to Jean the machine She used to live down the hall from me And all the boys in the band Miss her so bad now Ain't it pitful She made her way

We Could Be Flying Scott Walker

There's a few that comes in the spring A touch of hope, a new beginning Times racing by, I know But as it crossed my mind I thought we all would end up winning Love is rising like a summer sun Caught in

THROUGH A LONG AND SLEEPLESS NIGHT Scott Walker

who is to blame Can't help but wonder If you're lonely too As I lie here and toss about So alone, so without you How I wish, my heart with me My memories alone Why must I re-dream, re-live The

The World's Strongest Man Scott Walker

As the morning turned my way See birds flying through this hazy face And I came back here to replace your place in my life And didn't you know that I'm not the world's strongest man When it comes to you

IF YOU GO AWAY Scott Walker

IF YOU GO AWAY (Brel/Shuman) If you go away On this summer day Then you might as well Take the sun away All the birds that flew In the summer sky When our love was new And our hearts were

MONTAGUE TERRACE Scott Walker

MONTAGUE TERRACE (In Blue) (Engel) The little clock's stopped ticking now We're swallowed in the stomached rue The only sound to tear the night Comes from the man upstairs His bloated belching

Jesse Scott Walker

Neath the bougie a thimble rigger slyly rolls the pea Bye the bye the bye the bye Red is patchy snows the silver Bye the bye the bye the bye Can't turn from a crotch in the darkness To turn to the

USE ME Scott Walker

Withers) My friends feel it's their appointed duty They keep tryin' to tell me All you really wanna do is use me Hey, but my answer to all that 'use me' stuff I wanna spread the news that if

Montague Terrace (In Blue) Scott Walker

The little clock's stopped ticking now We're swallowed in the stomached rue The only sound to tear the night Comes from the man upstairs His bloated belching figure stomps He may crash through the ceiling

All My Love's Laughter Scott Walker

All my love's laughter And all my love's faces She comes in the morning, her cloak in her arm She's following after The king of all places And your tendress warming Will bruise all her charms Don't lose

WHEN THE WORLD WAS YOUNG Scott Walker

WHEN THE WORLD WAS YOUNG(Gerard/Vannier/Mercer)It isn't by chance I happen to be A boulevard deer, the toast of ParisFor over the noise, the talk and the smoke I'm good for a laugh, a drink or a jokeI

Sky Walker Miguel, Travis Scott

Quick to dead the bull like a matador Quick to dead the bull like a matador Bull, bull, bull like a matador Quick to dead the bull like a matador Cap and a stem, catch a wave on us (splish) Take

Herod 2014 (Feat. Sunn O)))) Scott Walker

They'll hardly be boarding the 12:10 to Tucson. Is she shaking them hard in dry run cabaret? She's hidden her babies away Ho, Ho, watenay Ho, Ho, watenay Ho, Ho, watenay I'm closing in.

LITTLE THINGS Scott Walker

LITTLE THINGS (That keep us together) (Engel) It's on days like these When your brother falls You can read it all in the Times How a moving car Stole a movie star Little Things that keep

THANKS FOR CHICAGO MR JAMES Scott Walker

THANKS FOR CHICAGO MR JAMES You always said I would'nt stay I guess you saw the way Before it all began I've always been a changin' train And when you think on this Toy might forgive me then

A WOMAN LEFT LONELY Scott Walker

A woman left lonelywill soon grow tired of waiting and soon she'll do crazy thingson lonely occasions A simple conversationwith a new man, now and then makes a touchy situationwhen a good thing comes

INDECENT SACRIFICE Scott Walker

INDECENT SACRIFICE Took the model And the murder Weapon Took some throttle And the place I slept in Took it all And now saying Goodbye In the morning Took the wallet With the coral

The Escape Scott Walker

The car in front follows the long way around Prey moves predator moves Foreshortened angels hunting me down Halle halle halle Underkill sticks in gullets Overkill is personal too many bullets Rabbi

Psoriatic Scott Walker

Birds Birds This is not a cornhusk doll dipped in blood in the moonlight Like what happen in America This is us our eyelids snagged dipped in mob in the daylight Like what happen in America The

Cue Scott Walker

fork and stick the fork in him Polish the fork and stick the fork in him Shinier still and stick the fork in him He's done boys He's done boys Where will you sleep my stomach My second stomach through

Buzzers Scott Walker

Polish the fork and stick the fork in him Polish the fork and stick the fork in him Shinier still and stick the fork in him He's done boys he's done boys Where will you sleep my stomach My second stomach

THE COCKFIGHTER Scott Walker

THE COCKFIGHTER (Scott Walker) IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT FROM HERE TO THOSE STARS feathers on the sides of my fingers IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT FROM HERE TO THOSE TREMBLING STARS and the feathers

AMSTERDAM Scott Walker

AMSTERDAM (Brel/Shuman) In the port of Amsterdam There's a sailor who sings Of the dreams that he brings From the wide open sea In the port of Amsterdam There's a sailor who sleeps While the riverbank

PATRIOT Scott Walker

PATRIOT (a single) (Scott Walker) ja '91 see how they run i brought nylons from New York some had butterflies some had specks i brought nylons from New York Hard flat butterflies some had

THE PLAGUE Scott Walker

THE PLAGUE (Engel) I spent many a night laying on my back Waiting for the dawn to pierce a crack in the ceiling Hanging from the sky And I envied the boy who grabbed the toy And ran away and

THE ROPE AND THE COLT Scott Walker

THE ROPE AND THE COLT (Hassein/Shaper) I seek the man who killed my friend and when we meet my life may end my life depends upon my gun and my gun spells hope in the land where the rope and the

RAWHIDE Scott Walker

RAWHIDE (Scott Walker) This is how you disappear out between midnight, called up under valleys of torches and stars.

A FACE IN THE CROWD Scott Walker

A FACE IN THE CROWD (Bergman/Legrand) Tomorrow is a face in the crowd A leaf in the wind A bend in the road We're travelling Tomorrow is a sky filled with dreams A gift from the moon A sea

TIME OPERATOR Scott Walker

TIME OPERATOR (Semel/Walker) Moon breathin' in thru' my window Curtains are sighing dust of the day Still I'm not alone like all my neighbours say Chorus: Time Operator Take the time to

WHAT ARE YOU DOING THE REST OF YOUR LIFE Scott Walker

WHAT ARE YOU DOING THE REST OF YOUR LIFE (Bergman/Bergman/Legrand) What are you doing the rest of your life?

A Lover Loves Scott Walker

As the grossness of spring lolls its head against the window As the grossness of spring lolls its bloodied head Curare Curare Curare brogue cries from the street Curare Curare As the grossness of spring

LOST IN THE STARS Scott Walker

LOST IN THE STARS (Anderson/Weill) Before Lord God made the sea or the land He held all the stars in the palm of his hand And they ran through his fingers like grains of sand And one little star

TRACK FIVE Scott Walker

TRACK FIVE (Scott Walker) It's a starving reflection if he dies in the night listening to the increase. It cuts out your likeness in blood circulations suspended beneath a release.

The Amorous Humphrey Plugg Scott Walker

knee And the telly swallowing me And the neighbor shouting next door And the subway trembling the roller-skate floor I seek the buildings blazing with moonlight In Channing Way Their very eyes seem to

The Gentle Rain Scott Walker

We both are lost And alone in the world Walk with me In the gentle rain Don't be afraid Either hand for your hand And I will be your world For a while I feel your tears As they roll down your face They

ALWAYS COMING BACK TO YOU Scott Walker

ALWAYS COMING BACK TO YOU (Engel) What was it like when we were young Sleeping in eachothers arms Walking in eachothers dreams Was it only yesterday I've forgotten anyway What was it like

TRACK THREE Scott Walker

TRACK THREE (Scott Walker) Delayed in the headlong Resembled to breaking-point I swear you never slept at night when the growing is slow.

TILT Scott Walker

TILT (Scott Walker) He was so strong he was so bold when they made him they broke the mold if he heads this way when the moon is slow Come over and pray they'll turn the buffalo they'll turn

WE CAME THROUGH Scott Walker

WE CAME THROUGH (Engel) We came through We came riding through like warriors from afar Our black horses danced upon the graves of yesterday's desires Haunted by our visions framed in fire I greet

My Death Scott Walker

for in front of that door there is you My death waits like a beggar blind who sees the world with an unlit mind throw him a dime for the passing time My death waits to allow my friends a few good times

JOANNA Scott Walker

JOANNA (Tony Hatch/Jackie Trent) Joanna I can't forget the one they call Joanna We owned the summer hand in hand Joanna And now she's always just a tear away Goodbye you, you long lost summer

COUNTRY GIRL Scott Walker

COUNTRY GIRL (Robert Farnon) Country girl Country girl I beheld her in meadowland Longing and reaping And singing a refrain Oh, what a melancholy strain The valley echoed with the ring No

The Lady Came From Baltimore Scott Walker

Lady came from Baltimore All she wore was lace Didn't know that I was poor She never saw my place I was there to steal the money Take her rings and run Then I fell in love with the lady Got away with none

THE HOUSE SONG Scott Walker

THE HOUSE SONG (Bannard/Stookey) This house goes on sale every Wednesday mornin' It's taken off the market in the afternoon You can buy a part of it if you want too It's been good for, it'll be

MY DEATH (LA MORT) Scott Walker

as our love is bright let's laugh for us and the passing time But whatever is behind the door there is nothing much to do angel or devil I don't care for in front of that door there is you

Jolson and Jones Scott Walker

With an arm across the torso Face on the pale monkey nails Touching in the shattered lives it unearths A nocturne filled with glorious ideas A chilling exploration of erotic consumption With

LADY CAME FROM BALTIMORE Scott Walker

LADY CAME FROM BALTIMORE (Tim Hardin) Lady came from Baltimore All she wore was lace Didn't know that I was poor She never saw my place I was there to steal the money Take her rings and run

BIG LOUISE Scott Walker

BIG LOUISE (Engel) She stands all alone You can hear her hum softly From her fire escape in the sky She fills the bags 'neath her eyes With the moonbeams And cries 'cause the world's passed