Tori Amos - Strange Little Girls Album Lyrics

waiting for the phone to ring
diamond necklace on my shoulder
waiting for the phone to ring
lipstick on my neck and shoulder

it seems to be my fancy
to make it with frank and nancy, well

over the bridge we go
lookin' for love
over the bridge we go
lookin' for love

i'll come running to you
oh baby, if you want me
i,i,i...i'll come running to you now
baby, if you want me
i,i,i,i...
looking at my hands today
look to me that they're made of ivory
had a funny call today
someone died and someone's married

you know that it's my fancy
to make it with frank and nancy, well

over the bridge they go
looking for love
over the bridge we go
looking for love
i'll come running to you now
baby, if you want me
i....i'll come running to you
baby, if you want me
i....i'll come running to you now
baby, if you want me
i....i'll come running to you
baby, if you want me
and something's got a hold on me
it's the beginning of the new age
ohhhhh, it was...
it's the beginning of the new age
can't you save time for yourself
yes, it's the beginning of the new age
oh, you little sick little f*cks
yes
it's the beginning of the new age....

baby, your da-da loves you
and i'm always gonna be here for you
no matter what happened
you're all i got in this world
i'd never give you up for nothing
nobody in this world is ever gonna keep you from me
i love you

come on, hey hey, we going to the beach
grab a couple of toys, and let da-da strap you in the car seat
where's mama? she's taking a little nap in the trunk
oh that smell; da-da musta runned over a skunk
now i know what you're thinking; it's kinda late to go swimming
but you know you're mama
she's one of those type of women, that do crazy things
and if she don't get her way, she'll throw a fit
don't play wit da-da's toy knife honey, let go of it
now don't look so upset, why you acting bashful
don't you wanna help da-da build a sand castle
and mama said she wants to show you how far she can float
don't worry about that little boo-boo on her throat
it's just a little scratch, it don't hurt
her was eating dinner while you were sweepin'
spilt ketchup on her shirt
mama's messy isn't she
we'll let her wash off in the water
and me and you can pway by ourselves, can't we

just the two of us, just the two of us
just the two of us
just the two of us

see honey, there's a place called heaven and a place called hell
there's a placed called prison and a place called jail
and da-da's probably on his way to all of 'em, except one
cause mama's got a new husband, and a stepson
and you don't want a brother do ya
maybe when you're old enough to understand a little better
i'll explain it to you
but for now, we'll just say mama was real real bad
she was being mean to dad, and made him real real mad
but i still feel sad that i put her on timeout
sit back in your chair, honey, quit trying to climb out
i told you it's ok, hey hey, you wanna bah-bah
take a night-night
na-na-goo-goo gah-gah
or make coo-coo-cocka
da'll change your di-ey
clean the baby up so i can take a nighty-nighty
your da'll wake her up as soon as we get to the water
97' bonnie & clyde, me and my daughter
me and my daughter

me and my daughter

just the two of us, just the two of us
just the two of us
just the two of us

wake up sweepy head, we're here
before we pway
we gonna take mommy for a wittle walk out on the pier
baby don't cry honey, don't get the wrong idea
mama's too sweepy to hear you screaming in her ear
that's why you can't get her to wake
but don't worry
da-da made a nice bed for mommy at the bottom of the lake
here, you wanna help da-da tie a rope around this rock
we'll tie it to her footsy, then we'll roll her off the dock
ready now, here we go, on the count of phree
1, 2, phree, weeeeeeee
there goes mama, spwashing in the water
no more fighting wit dad
no more restraining order
no more step da-da
no more brother
blow her kisses buh-bye
tell mommy you love her
now we'll go play in the sand, build a sand castle and junk
but first, just help dad with two more things out of the trunk

just. the. two. of. us...

one day you see a strange little girl look at you
one day you see a strange little girl feeling blue
she’d run to the town one day
leaving home and her country fair
just beware
when you’re there
strange little girl

she didn’t know how to live in a town that was rough
it didn’t take long before she knew she'd had enough
walking home in her wrapped up world
she survived but she’s feeling old
'cause she found
all things cold

strange little girl
where are you going?
strange little girl
where are you going?
strange little girl
you really should
you really should be
going

i know you really should
i know you really should
i know
i know you really should

one day you see a strange little girl look at you
one day you see a strange little girl feeling blue
walking home in her wrapped up world
she survived but she’s feeling old
'cause she'd found all things cold

strange little girl
where are you going?
strange little girl
where are you going?
strange little girl
you really should
you really should
you really should
strange little girl
where are you going?
strange little girl
where are you going?
strange little girl
you really should
you really should
you really should
strange little girl
where are you going?
strange little girl
where are you going?
strange little girl
you really should
you really should
you really should
be going...

words like violence
break the silence
come crashing in
into my little world
painful to me
pierced right through me
can't you understand
oh my little girl

all i ever wanted
all i ever needed
is here in my arms
all i ever wanted
all i ever needed
is here in my arms

vows are spoken
to be broken
feelings are intense
words are trivial
pleasures remain
so does the pain
words are meaningless
and unforgettable

all i ever wanted
all i ever needed
is here in my arms
all i ever wanted
all i ever needed
is here in my arms

words are very unnecessary
they can only do harm

words like violence
break the silence
come crashing in
into my little world
painful to me
pierced right through me
can't you understand
oh my little girl

all i ever wanted
all i ever needed
is here in my arms
all i ever wanted
all i ever needed
is here in my arms
all i ever wanted
all i ever needed
is here in my arms

vows are spoken
to be broken
feelings are intense
words are trivial
pleasures remain
so does the pain
words are meaningless
and forgettable

all i ever wanted
all i ever needed
is here in my arms
all i ever wanted
all i ever needed
is here in my arms
all i ever wanted
all i ever needed
is here in my arms

words are very unnecessary
they can only do harm
can only do harm

i'm not in love
so don't forget it
it's just a silly phase
i'm going through
and just because
i call you up
don't get me wrong
don't think you got it made
i'm not in love, no
it's because...

i said
i'd like to see you
but then again
that doesn't mean you mean that much to me
so if i call you
don't make a fuss
don't tell your friends about the two of us
i'm not in love, no
it's because...

i keep your picture
upon the wall
it hides a nasty stain
still lying there
it hides a nasty stain
still lying there

i keep your picture
upon the wall
it hides a nasty stain
still lying there
it hides a nasty stain
still lying there

so don't you ask me
to give it back
i know you know it doesn't mean that much to me
i'm not in love, mmnhmmm
it's because...

ooh you'll wait a long time for me
ooh you'll wait a long time....
ooh you'll wait a long time for me
heeee, you'll wait a long time

i'm not in love
so don't forget it
it's just a silly phase
i'm going through
and just because
i call you up
don't get me wrong
don't think you got it made
i'm not in love
i'm not in love

jodie wears a hat although it hasn't rained for six days
she says a girl needs a gun these days
hey, on account of those rattlesnakes
on account of those rattlesnakes

she looks like eva marie saint
in on the waterfront
she reads simone de beauvoir
in her american circumstance
hey..

she's less than sure if her heart has come to stay in san jose
and her neverborn child haunts her now
as she speeds down the freeway
as she tries her luck with the traffic police
out of boredom more than spite
she never finds no trouble, she tries too hard
she's oblivious despite herself
hey..

she looks like eva marie saint
in on the waterfront, she says
all she needs is therapy
all you need is love is all you need
ah-ahh

jodie never sleeps 'cause there are always needles in the hay, hey
she says a girl needs a gun these days
hey, on account of the rattlesnakes
hey, on account of the rattlesnakes

she looks like eva marie saint
in on the waterfront
she reads simone de beauvoir
in her american circumstance
her heart's like crazy paving
upside down and back to front, she says
ooh, it's so hard to love when
love was your great disappointment

oooo
on account of those rattlesnakes
she says a girl needs a gun these days, hey
uh..uh..hhmmmmm
she says a girl needs a gun these days
hey, on account of the rattlesnakes
hey, on account of those rattlesnakes

the smart money's on Harlow
and the moon is in the street
and the shadow boys are breaking all the laws
you're east of East St. Louis
and the wind is making speeches
and the rain sounds like a round of applause
and napoleon is weeping in a carnival saloon
his invisible fiance is in the mirror
the band is going home
it's raining hammers, it's raining nails
it's true, there's nothing left for him down here

and it's time time time
and it's time time time
and it's time time time
that you love
and it's time time time

well they all pretend they're orphans
and their memory's like a train
you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away
and the things you can't rememeber
tell the things you can't forget
that history puts a saint in every dream

well she said she'd stick around
until the bandages came off
but these mama boys just don't know when to quit
Matilda asks the sailors, are those dreams
or are those prayers
so just close your eyes, son
this won't hurt a bit

and it's time time time
and it's time time time
and it's time time time
that you love
and it's time time time

well, things are pretty lousy for a calendar girl
the boys just dive right off the cars
and splash into the street
and when they're on a roll
she pulls a razor from her boot
and a thousand pigeons fall around her feet
so put a candle in the window
and a kiss upon his lips
as the dish outside the window fills with rain
just like a stranger with the weeds in your heart
and pay the fiddler off till i come back again

and it's time time time
and it's time time time
and it's time time time
that you love
and it's time time time

it's time time time
and it's time time time
and it's time time time
that you love
and it's time time...time

i want to live
i want to give
i want to live
i want to give
i've been a miner
for a heart of gold
it's these expressions
i never give

that keep me searching for a heart of gold
that keep me searching for a heart of gold
and i'm getting old

i've been to hollywood
i've been to redwood
i crossed an ocean
for a heart of gold
i've been in my mind
it's such a fine line
that keeps me searching for a heart of gold
that keeps me searching for a heart of gold
that keeps me searching for a heart of gold, i said

i've been to hollywood
i've been to redwood
i crossed an ocean
for a heart of gold

i've been in my mind
it's such a fine line
that keeps me searching for a heart of gold
that keeps me searching for a heart of gold
that keeps me searching for a heart of gold

and i'm getting old
i said, i'm getting old
i said, i am getting old
i said, i am...
keeps me searching for a heart of gold
keeps me searching for a heart of gold
that keeps me searching for a heart of gold
keep me keep me keep me keep me
that keeps me searching for a heart of gold
keep me keep me keep me keep me
that keeps me searching for a heart of gold
that keeps me searching for a heart of gold
that keeps me searching for a heart of gold

the silicon chip inside her head
gets switched to overload
and nobody's gonna go to school today
she's going to make them stay at home

and daddy doesn't understand it
he always said she was good as gold
and he can see no reason
'cause there are no reasons
what reason do you need to be shown

tell me why
i don't like mondays
tell me why
i don't like mondays
i don't like
i don't like
i don't like mondays
tell me why
i don't like mondays
i want to shoot
the whole day down, down, down
shoot it all down
heeyeea

and the playing stopped in the playground now
she wants to play with her toys a while
and school's out early and soon we'll be learning
the lesson today is how to die

and then the bullhorn cackles
and the captain tackles
with the problems and the how's and why's
and he can see no reason
'cause there are no reasons
what reason do you need to die, die, ohhh

tell me why
i don't like mondays
tell me why
i don't like mondays
i don't like
i don't like
i don't like mondays
tell me why
i don't like mondays
tell me why
i don't like mondays
i don't like
i don't like
i don't like mondays
ooohmmm
i don't like mondays...no...

i wanna to shoot
the whole day down
whole day...
whole day....
the whole day down

[spoken]:
john lennon was shot here at the entrance to the Dakota building lennon was shot four times with a 38 caliber gun in what seems to be a totally senseless killing

[Dr. Edison Amos]:
The 2nd amendment gives the right of the people to keep and bear arms. this is a dispute which is going on in America now. We should work diligently to keep this second amendment in place for any individual with responsibility. Let me repeat again, responsibility and boundaries of those who are priviledged to be a part of all of these 27 amendments of the Consititution of the United States of America, plus the Declaration of Independance.

[George W. Bush]:
I believe that uhhh... people who are gonna commit crimes shouldn't have guns.

[George Bush, Sr.]:
i guess my reaction is the same as every other father's, every other grandfather. my heart goes out to the people, to the victims. because i don't understand how kids can be out there..[?].. making bombs. and uhh..and uhh, families being totally unaware of it. with this culture going on. i'm just troubled by it as anybody else. and i don't know any answers.

happiness is a warm gun
happiness is a warm gun, mama
happiness is a warm gun, mama

mother superior jump the gun
mother superior jump the gun
mother superior jump the gun
mother superior jump the gun
mother superior jump the gun
i said, mother superior jump the gun
i said, i'm gonna
mother superior jump the gun
mother superior jump the gun
and i said-a
mother superior jump the gun
i said, i'm gonna [?], you baby

she's not a girl who misses much

Get these 10 bill of rights...each one gives the people a special right

she's not a girl who misses much

This 2nd one is a right to bear arms

she's well acquainted with the touch
she's well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand

keep me down
i need a fix 'cause i
i said, i need a fix 'cause i...
i need a....
need, i need, i need
i need a
i need
i need a
mama, i need a...
i need
mama
i need...my boy
i need
'cause happiness is a warm gun
happiness is a warm gun, mama
happiness is a warm guuuuuuuuuuun, mama

i need a
i need a
i need
she's not a girl who misses much
she's not a girl who misses much

mother superior jump the gun

i need a fix 'cause i'm going down
i need a fix 'cause i'm going down
i need a fix 'cause i am going down
i need a fix..
i....
mama, i need a fix 'cause i'm going down

down to the bits that i left uptown
down to the bits that i left uptown
down to the bits that i left uptown
i said, i need a fix cause i'm going down
i need i need i need
mother superior jump the gun
mother superior jump the gun

mama....
mama....
happiness is..
happiness...
mama.....
mama...
a-mama....

trapped in purgatory
a lifeless object, alive
awaiting reprisal
and death..
i said, she said..
death will be their acquisition

the sky is turning red
return to power draws near
fall onto me
onto her
fall onto me
the sky's crimson tears

abolish the rules
abolish the rules
made of stone

pierced from below
souls of my treacherous past
betrayed by many
now ornaments dripping above

awaiting the hour of reprisal, mmmm
your time slips away

raining blood
raining blood

from a lacerated sky
bleeding its horror
creating my structure
now I shall
reign in blood

take your mind back
i don't know when
sometime when it always seemed to be just us and them
girls that wore pink
boys that wore blue
boys that always grew up better men
than me and you

what's a man now
what's a man mean
is he rough or is he rugged
cultural and clean
now it's all changed
it's got to change more
we think it's getting better
but nobody's really sure

and so it goes, go round again
but now and then we wonder who the real men are

see the nice boys
dancing in pairs
golden earring, golden tan
blow-wave in the hair
sure they're all straight, straight as a line
all the guys are macho
see their leather shine

you don't want to sound dumb
don't want to offend
so don't call me a faggot
not unless you are a friend
then if you're tall
handsome and strong
you can wear the uniform and i could play along

and so it goes, go round again
but now and then we wonder who the real men are

time to get scared
time to change plan
don't know how to treat a lady
don't know how to be a man
time to admit
what you call defeat
'cause there's women running past you now
and you just drag your feet

man makes a gun
man goes to war
man can kill and man can drink
and man can take a whore
kill all the blacks
kill all the reds
if there's war between the sexes
then there'll be no people left

and so it goes, go round again
but now and then we wonder who the real men are
and so it goes, go round again
but now and then we wonder who the real men are
and so it goes, go round again
but now and then we wonder who the real men are