by Nellie McKay & k.d. lang on album Miscellaneous

Watching you glide towards me, dear Oh, oh, oh, it's clear Rumor was wrong, we were right Swathed in all white as if a dove Oh, oh, oh, my love You heard it wrong, we're alright Though your ears may

by Nellie McKay on album Obligatory Villagers

Oh, our livin's a buncha shit Shit is a part of livin' Fartin's a friend of shit And I slowly carry on Give me a clarinet Give me a break but hurry And why do you lie awake Sing the [Incomprehensible

by Nellie McKay on album Home Sweet Mobile Home

I mean I must have said Please Lord, send me a hard-luck childhood Please Bub, spare me a hot romance Please lady, gift me with genius, not pleasure Please Mrs. Henry, start me off without a chance I

by Nellie McKay on album Miscellaneous

We're gonna get some food in the house tonight Get some food in the house tonight We're gonna get some food in the house tonight Get some food in the house For to starve is to hate is to kill is to s

by Nellie McKay on album Miscellaneous

I'm gonna pounce, pounce I'm gonna pounce I'm gonna pounce, pounce I'm gonna pounce I'm gonna pounce, pounce I'm gonna pounce I'm gonna pounce (Meow) Like a pussy cat I'm gonna pounce, pounce I'm go

by Nellie McKay on album Miscellaneous

I'm swept away Yes, I'm off the ground flying Swept away Yesterday's all but gone Like a hurricane You are tossing me 'round And I'm swept away And today you're the one For society Shimmy, shimmy, s

by Nellie McKay on album Home Sweet Mobile Home

They say minds move mysteriously Well, I've seen 'em all, and I still don't believe it In my nightmares, monotonously, they open the door Set my heart free from dreaming I never could believe yo

by Nellie McKay on album Miscellaneous

I wake up, I am bored To my pictures I implore Should I go or stay What should I be today Make a leap, go to sleep Should I cry or should I weep Where should I go from here Am I hetero or queer Oh,

by Nellie McKay on album Miscellaneous

You're supposed to have a laugh And have a lot to say You're supposed to have a gas And make your getaway But do you know you can't be wrong? How do you know you can't be wrong? You've got a long and

by Nellie McKay on album Miscellaneous

Baby watch your back Baby watch your back I watched you come and go and never noticed Like daily papers, faces, knick-knacks But now I've seen you And you are my focus Baby watch your back I went my d

by Nellie McKay on album Miscellaneous

Fuzzy are the lights, fuzzy like your smile Fuzzy really nice, Suzie like a star Hello stranger, fellow stranger Hello stranger, walking straight in the fog Blue chandelier, where you go tonight? Di

by Nellie McKay on album Miscellaneous

Another day begins and there you are The mother sways her shins Here comes the footstep of the man Who'll make your dreams The tube is fitted in And there you are The tepid sedative Then a scream Ho

by Nellie McKay on album Home Sweet Mobile Home

There's a town near Old Montgomery Past the land where palm trees roll In the heart of Magnolia country Callin' me home, sweet mobile home We had left that coastal city Traveled north across the plai

by Nellie McKay on album Miscellaneous

Send a breeze a pitbull's yelp A tender squeeze, a cry for help Make it now and make it fast Such memories can never last I long for the day, music and mayhem Mama's a smilin' friend In the scuzzy hu

by Nellie Mckay on album Normal As Blueberry Pie

I remember you You're the one who made my dreams come true A few kisses ago I remember you You're the one who said, "I love you too" Didn't you know? I remember too A distant bell and stars that fel

by Nellie McKay on album Miscellaneous

Oh, waiter bring me my check soon I have a hectic schedule I'm saddened by the news that we won I wonder what I'd say to the bomb Where are you now, where are you going? Do you mind and do you care t

by Nellie McKay on album Miscellaneous

Never thought I'd live to be old enough To be old enough to feel like this And never thought I'd figure it out enough To be loud enough to make you listen On and on the meadows sing We ring out merry

by Nellie McKay on album Miscellaneous

You and me We sweat, we slave We gamble recklessly As if a dagger in the dark Me and you We misbehave We trample fecklessly Upon the bladder of our hearts But it's a happy flower in the mornin' sun

by Nellie McKay on album Miscellaneous

Well, now it takes more than a robin to make the winter go And it takes two lips of fire to melt away the snow Well, it takes two hearts a-cookin' to make a fire grow And baby, you've got what it take

by Nellie McKay on album City Folk Live VI