by Merchant Ships on album For Cameron

September 9, 2001. Gary and I were skating at a hospital on top of a huge hill overlooking a valley. An ambulance came and took out a dead woman. Gary asked me why she wasn't moving or blinking. They

by Merchant Ships on album For Cameron

September 9, 2001. Gary and I were skating at a hospital on top of a huge hill overlooking a valley. An ambulance came and took out a dead woman. Gary asked me why she wasn't moving or blinking. They

by Merchant Ships on album Bummer Times Demo

we're strangers! we're playing twenty questions, we're fucking, falling in love, we're fucking falling apart. soon we're just strangers with history. i keep looking at the life around me, it's so full

by Natalie Merchant on album Miscellaneous

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 seek

by Natalie Merchant on album Miscellaneous

Na na na na na na na na na na Na na na na na na na na na na You've been so kind and generous, I don't know how you keep on giving For your kindness I'm in debt to you, for your selflessness, my admir

by Natalie Merchant on album Leave Your Sleep

(*Charles Causley) [** Disc 1:] I had a silver penny* And an apricot tree And I said to the sailor On the white quay Sailor O sailor Will you bring me If I give you my penny And my apricot tr

by Natalie Merchant on album Miscellaneous

Ooh, jealousy Ooh, jealousy Is she fine So well bred The perfect girl A social deb? Is she the sort You've always thought Could make you What you're not? Ooh, jealousy Ooh, jealousy Is she bright

by Natalie Merchant on album Leave Your Sleep

(*Ogden Nash) [** Disc 2:] Isabel met an enormous bear* Isabel, Isabel, she didn't care The bear was hungry, the bear was ravenous The bear's big mouth was cruel and cavernous The bear sai

by Abandon All Ships on album Geeving

[** feat. Lena Katina former member of t.A.T.u.:] I'll be there watching from way up high* The shadow you cant see when the suns in the sky Wondering eyes have no disguise It's obvious tha

by Natalie Merchant on album Miscellaneous

Doctors have come from distant cities Just to see me Stand over my bed they're disbelieving What they're seeing They say, I must be one of the wonders Of God's own creation And as far as they see the

by Natalie Merchant on album Leave Your Sleep

(*Laurence Alma-Tadema) [** Disc 1:] Well if no one ever marries me* And I don't see why they should Nurse says I'm not pretty And you know I'm seldom good, seldom good Well if no o

by Abandon All Ships on album Geeving

You are nothing but a false prophet* A sworn enemy from the day we met Head held up higher than your eyes could see Your source of greed lacks divinity For all that is and whatever will be May you al

by Natalie Merchant on album Miscellaneous

Take a look at my body, look at my hands There's so much here that I don't understand Your face saving promises, whispered like prayers And I don't need them 'Cause I've been treated so wrong, I've b

by Natalie Merchant on album Leave Your Sleep

(*E.E. Cummings) [** Disc 1:] Maggie and Milly and Molly and May* Went down to the beach one day to play Maggie and Milly, Molly and May Went down to the beach one day to play And Maggie discover

by Natalie Merchant on album Leave Your Sleep

(*Edward Lear) [** Disc 1:] 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

by Abandon All Ships on album Geeving

Take one last breath* Your about to jump to your death Your about to jump to your death Sail away from the shoreline Sail away from the shore I'm in front of Heavens door. Sail away from the sh

by Abandon All Ships on album Geeving

Even if it rains, and the sun won't shine, sun won't shine* Whatever the weather you'll be mine. All of this noise! Distracts me! Fear him now! Let there be light! Through the worst w

by Natalie Merchant on album Leave Your Sleep

[** Disc 2:] Well I saw a ship a sailing* It was sailing on the sea It was full of pretty things For baby and for me There were sweetmeats in the cabin There were apples in the hold The sails were

by Natalie Merchant on album Leave Your Sleep

(*William Brighty Rands) [** Disc 2:] If the butterfly courted the bee* And the owl the porcupine If churches were built in the sea And the three times one was nine Then the world would be Upside-D

by Natalie Merchant on album Miscellaneous

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 want to stay your little da