__CLARE MEANS__


PINS AND NEEDLES by Clare Means Pins and needles in our bed Held together by a thread Sticks and stones in our bath Skin bruised; skin scratched Spread sand on my toast Mix salt in your tea I'll poison you if you'll poison me We've changed for the worse We're strange, we're perverse And there is no stopping us We've changed for the worse We're strange, we're perverse And there is no stopping us now I'm a tiger in your eyes And you're a compromise Until I find another And we will pounce on our prey Til we have all decayed Til there is nothing left but bones of us We've changed for the worse We're strange, we're perverse And there is no stopping us We've changed for the worse We're strange, we're perverse And there is no stopping us now Pins and needles in our bed Held together by a thread Sticks and stones in our bath Skin bruised; skin scratched Spread sand on my toast Mix salt in your tea I'll poison you if you'll poison me We've changed for the worse We're strange, we're perverse And there is no stopping us We've changed for the worse We're strange, we're perverse And there is no stopping us now No stopping us now No stopping us now TIMBER by Clare Means Into the woods of Virginia Through tall pines she led you And you fell like timber She wasn't there to catch you And I fell like timber at your feet And you fell like timber But never for me Never for me And isn't it just my luck To fall in the quiet of the snow And I was hoping you would hear me But I didn't make a sound When I fell like timber at your feet And you fell like timber But never for me Yeah I fell like timber at your feet And you fell like timber But never for me Never for me
GEORGETTE by Clare Means You're dragging a suitcase the size of a coffin They offer you rides, you insist on walking You'll have it your way or nothing at all You're smiling through a broken grin You never did want those spaces filled You'll have it your way or nothing at all Oh Georgette Make me brave, make me brave Brave like you Cause I'm just doing what they tell me Yeah I'm just doing what they tell me to You throw your dollar down on the table Telling me take it; exclaiming you hate it You'll have it your way Or nothing at all Dreaming with your head in hand Sleepless in the Santa Monica sand You'll have it your way Or nothing at all Oh Georgette Make me strong, make me strong Strong like you Cause I'm just doing what they tell me Yeah I'm just doing what they tell me to And left alone when you were young You learned it all on your own You made it your way You had no one at all Oh Georgette Make me brave, make me brave Brave like you Cause I'm just doing what they tell me Yeah I'm just doing what they tell me to Oh Georgette I'll be brave, I'll be brave Brave like you
TO WAR by Clare Means I'm in love with a man that I'm not supposed to love Because we've tried so many times that I just have to give it up But the love is always the easiest part It's just the battle grounds that tear us apart We go to war, to war To love, to love To war, to war Once more we go around We go to war, to war To love, to love To war, to war Once more we go around But when he holds me it's like no other lover And when he kisses me how those lips make me quiver But from those lips spew these words that Slice like swords And they stab me straight through the heart We go to war, to war To love, to love To war, to war Once more we go around We go to war, to war To love, to love To war, to war Once more we go around Watch the blood rain down from our thunderclouds Watch my guts spill out as you dig your knife in deeper Help! I plead, but you're the help I seek You're my strength, you're my weakness So dig your knife in deeper.... We go to war, to war To love, to love To war, to war Once more we go around We go to war, to war To love, to love To war, to war Once more we go around
LOVELY SIN by Clare Means I've waited for you to come around But you come in waves In and out and away you go I keep waiting for you but you never return I've been waiting for you since the day we were born But then again we were never here I keep waiting for you but in vain I fear In vain... But you're my lovely sin, lovely sin Your lovely skin so filled with sin So I will wait for you I will wait for you But now the night is pushing on The clock says that it's two in the morn And you still haven't called Must I always call you? Always chase your tail, pin you up and stare As you wiggle on my wall Watch your shadow rise and fall Again But you're my lovely sin, lovely sin Your lovely skin so filled with sin So I will wait for you I will wait for you Cause I've never known a touch like yours And I doubt I will again Few have your skills And few know your sin But you're my lovely sin, lovely sin Your lovely skin so filled with sin So I will wait for you I will wait for you I will wait for you
LOOK WHO'S LUCKY NOW by Clare Means & Michael Starr You ran me 'round and deceived me You knocked me to my knees You held me down and kept me bound But now I'm finally free I can feel a change a comin' It's the dawn of a brand new day And like that sun that's rising I'll burn those clouds away Look who's lucky now Look who's lucky now Look who's lucky now Look who's lucky now Drowning in shallow waters The sand, it scraped my skin But I fought your storm I got to shore And now the light seeps in I can feel a change a comin' It's the dawn of a brand new day And like that sun that's rising I'll burn those clouds away Look who's lucky now Look who's lucky now Look who's lucky now Look who's lucky now Scorched by your fire Surrounded by your flames But I've risen from the ashes And I'll never be the same I can feel a change a comin' It's the dawn of a brand new day And like that sun that's rising I'll burn those clouds away Look who's lucky now Look who's lucky now Look who's lucky now Look who's lucky now
VOODOO DOLL by Clare Means I've got a voodoo doll She looks a lot like you I've got a voodoo doll She's a bleach blonde too I've got a voodoo doll She looks a lot like you I've got a voodoo doll She's a bleach blonde too Once my friend but now my foe The pain you caused...well now you'll know Cause I've got a voodoo doll She looks a lot like you I've got a voodoo doll She's a bleach blonde too Stick the pins in and you'll feel my sting Push them in further and they'll make you scream I've got a voodoo doll She looks a lot like you I've got a voodoo doll She's a bleach blonde too I've got a voodoo doll She's a bleach blonde too
LETTERS FROM A LIAR'S HEART by Clare Means Dark, dark, way down lurk creatures of the deep They slither and slide and knock against our feet Push them down beneath the sand; no one can hear them breathe Push them down beneath the sand, their skin on our feet And letters from a liar's heart are laying in your hand Scribbled, sad, sorry sentences No pardons will be given; no pardons received Letters from a liar's heart Letters from me Like seashells in buckets And sand in the shells Glass in the sand so finely ground Hide me away, hide me away Hide me away, hide me away And letters from a liar's heart are laying in your hand Scribbled, sad, sorry sentences No pardons will be given; no pardons received Letters from a liar's heart Letters from me Let's swim to the shore, let's swim to the shore Let's swim far, far, far away from here Let's swim to the shore, let's swim to the shore Let's swim far, far, far away from here And hide me away, hide me away Hide me away, hide me away And letters from a liar's heart are laying in your hand Scribbled, sad, sorry sentences No pardons will be given; no pardons received Letters from a liar's heart Letters from me
THE NIGHT THAT I FOUND YOU by Clare Means & Michael Starr Through the tangled trees Two-toned eucalyptus leaves Blindly sliding down The trail to Cobalt Creek Floating side by side Toes up to the sky Clothes all in a pile The night that I found you. Under tall reeds Your voice speaks to me I hear but cannot see The night that I found you Floating side by side Toes up to the sky Clothes all in a pile The night that I found you The night that I found you The night that I found you
THE WALLS by Clare Means The walls are falling down around me through the curtains in my room The walls are falling down around me through the curtains in my room The wind is howling through these crumbling walls The more I build, the more they fall Stumbling on a city street I'm just laughing at my clumsy feet cause... The walls are falling down around me through the curtains in my room The walls are falling down around me through the curtains in my room Help me build these walls The more I build the more they fall Won't you help me build these walls Cause the more I build The more they fall The walls are falling down around me through the curtains in my room The walls are falling down around me through the curtains in my room It's getting cold with these crumbling walls As the starry night falls Build it up brick by brick But with no mortar they will not stick Where are the blueprints to my home? I can't find them all alone The walls are falling down around me through the curtains in my room The walls are falling down around me through the curtains in my room
PAPER DOLL by Clare Means I only wish you the best but I wish I'd never met you I wish I'd never seen your face I wished I'd never touched it I wish I never spoke your name I wish I'd never loved you I'm gonna cut you out like a paper doll Just like you were never here at all Cut you out like a paper doll Just like you were never here All those years and all those tears They're coming back to me I'll cry them backwards Live them in reverse The tears roll up my cheeks I'm gonna cut you out like a paper doll Just like you were never here at all Cut you out like a paper doll Just like you were never here I only wish you the best but I wish I'd never met you I wish I'd never seen your face I wished I'd never touched it I wish I never spoke your name I wish I'd never loved you I'm gonna cut you out like a paper doll Just like you were never here at all Throw you in the fire and watch you burn Let the flames and smoke take their turns On your little paper limbs You little paper heart Turn to ashes and grow dark I only wish you the best But I wish I'd never met you
THE ROOM WHERE IT'S ALWAYS NIGHT by Clare Means In the room where it's always night You can easily sleep 'til noon And no matter what time you sleep until It holds you like a tomb And there is a small window that looks Onto a thin dark alleyway And you can watch and watch But nothing will change In the place where that laundry hangs It's in this room where I dream In a feverish sleep It's in this room where I dream of you... It's in this room where I dreamed of you Thousands of miles away Holding your new woman And rolling around in bed And I could know what time it is there If I could know what time it is here But in the room where it's always night The sun doesn't seem to care It's in this room where I dream In a feverish sleep It's in this room where I dream of you Where I dream of you Where I dream of you
NEW YORK NIGHT lyrics by Clare Means music by Clare Means & Michael Starr It was our last night at the Chelsea Hotel, curtains pulled tight over thin glass doors. Sirens wail down below but we're locked up on the fourth floor. All that's below is a spiral of paint, all that is above us is a spiral of sky, all that's between us is all that we're not and we're giving it all to the New York night. So close your eyes, and hold on tight and wrap yourself around the New York night. The fan creaks to the bodies below. Light seeps from under the door. The key is in the lock from the rush inside to give it all to the New York night. So close your eyes, and hold on tight and wrap yourself around the New York night. Sirens wail on 23rd, drowning out our every word, but there is nothing left to say. It's better off this way. So close your eyes, and hold on tight and wrap yourself around the New York night. EVERYBODY'S ROOM BUT MINE by Clare Means Never knew my momma Never knew my pa I have four brothers Never met one I've lived in everybody's room but mine I've lived in everybody's room but mine My momma left me when I was born She couldn't care for a baby boy Her body filled with poison she put the needle in Body filled with cocaine and heroin But don't listen to me I tell too many lies don't listen to me 'cause I've lived in everybody's room but mine No one ever listens I tell too many lies no one ever looks I can't look in their eyes the truth I never hear the truth I never speak I trust no one no one trusts me But don't listen to me I tell too many lies Don't listen to me 'cause I've lived in everybody's room but mine I have four brothers never met one I've had six mothers never trusted none Every night I rock myself to sleep Every night I rock myself to sleep But don't listen to me I tell too many lies Don't listen to me 'cause I've lived in everybody's room but mine
SNOW ANGELS by Clare Means Dance with me through fields of snow follow me far away we'll go we'll make angels in the snow Skate with me across icy lakes carving figures with our skates we'll make angels in the snow Skating under colored lights touching through our frostbite we'll make angels in the snow They can have their sun, their heat when you're with me there is no need we'll make angels in the snow Skating under colored light touching through our frostbite we'll make angels in the snow Tell me this will never end Skating round, holding your hand we'll make angels in the snow Skating under colored light touching through our frostbite we'll make angels in the snow Sipping from your hot cocoa Lying in our fields of snow making angels in the snow making angels in the snow HAUNT YOU by Clare Means You say you don't know me who's fault is that? Been around for 25 years you ever thought about that? Don't regret a single thing about my childhood with you it never would have been half as good But you never sent me a birthday card or Christmas greetings too you act as though I don't exist but you know I do.... You know I do, you know I do I'm going to haunt you 'cause you know I do I'm going to haunt you, you know it's true I'm going to haunt you 'cause you know I do I'm going to haunt you... Of the 10 other children none you treated well you made their childhood living hell guess I'm the lucky one missed out on you guess I am relieved that that much is true But you never sent me a birthday card or Christmas greetings too you act as though I don't exist but you know I do.... You know I do, you know I do I'm going to haunt you cause you know I do I'm going to haunt you, you know it's true I'm going to haunt you 'cause you know I do I'm going to haunt you... Now you're living with your mail-order bridein the Philippines You're living every dirty old man's fantasy But you never sent me a birthday card or Christmas greetings too you act as though I don't exist but you know I do.... You know I do, you know I do I'm going to haunt you cause you know I do I'm going to haunt you, you know it's true I'm going to haunt you 'cause you know I do I'm going to haunt you...
WHITE BAMBOO by Clare Means Quality Inn room 233 wondering why you left me light on the wall like white bamboo feels like China where I am with you China love so foreign and fragile cut the skin and watch it spill over your white bamboo Pickup pulls into it's spot empty cars in a crowded lot lights through my window, shadows move lost in this forest of white bamboo China love so foreign and fragile cut the skin and watch it spill over your white bamboo Jet-lag dreams rock me awake your sharp words I cannot shake the humid night still and blue writing by the light of the white bamboo China love so foreign and fragile cut the skin and watch it spill over your white bamboo The whir of traffic softly plays lonely cars on a dark highway and I can't see a thing that I write cradled in this bamboo night China love so foreign and fragile cut the skin and watch it spill over your white bamboo NOTIONS OF LOVE by Clare Means I'll probably never tell you this I've lied with every kiss I've lied with every touch I never did feel that much Don't believe my smile Don't believe what you hear Don't believe me whispering softly in your ear cause I'm... Swimming in your ocean but I'm going through the motions I'm drowning in these notions of love Don't listen to my heartbeat It doesn't beat for you Don't count my pulse You'll find that I am untrue cause I'm... Swimming in your ocean but I'm going through the motions I'm drowning in these notions of love Baby I'm just cold and mean Maybe I'm just cold and mean cause I'm... Swimming in your ocean but I'm going through the motions I'm drowning in these notions of love Don't listen to my footsteps walking by your side you'll find that they are far behind from your careless stride And don't feel my breath exhale upon your cheek it's all been a mean and nasty dirty little trick cause I'm... Swimming in your ocean but I'm going through the motions I'm drowning in these notions of love
ANGELS OF THE FREEWAY by Clare Means In the city of angels I fly away There's nothing angelic about it anyway I'm one of many on this dirty freeway And I just don't know which exit to take My only friend is this red car She's promised to take me real far but her motor would hum without me she don't care who sits in her seat Taillights blur before me A chopper whirs above me Somewhere below some crime creeps I sit alone in my bucket seat In the city of angels I fly away There's nothing angelic about it anyway I'm one of many on this dirty freeway And I just don't know which exit to take In the city of pumped and swollen breasts In the city of poised cigarettes the sun will rise in the muddy sky the dirty air clouds my eyes In the city of angels I fly away There's nothing angelic about it anyway I'm one of many on this dirty freeway And I just don't know which exit to take Through the canyons the traffic turns I'm one of many this city has spurned Through the canyons the traffic turns I'm one of many this city has spurned In the city of angels I fly away There's nothing angelic about it anyway I'm one of many on this dirty freeway And I just don't know which exit to take In the city of angels I fly away There's nothing angelic about it anyway I'm one of many on this dirty freeway And I just don't know which exit to take CHLOE by Clare Means Remember Chloe, We built those spaceships out of batteries and old radios? We flew to the moon and we flew to the moon and we flew to the moon and back and back Stretching out on freshly mowed grass we watched the clouds pass orange slices and oreos in the sun in the sun Remember Chloe, We built those spaceships out of batteries and old radios? We flew to the moon and we flew to the moon and we flew to the moon and back and back Now I waste my days away with empty men and their empty ways running circles with tasteless food Saturdays used to be so good Remember Chloe, We built those spaceships out of batteries and old radios? We flew to the moon and we flew to the moon and we flew to the moon and back and back
ASBURY PARK by Clare Means Hey Mr. Fitzpatrick how does it feel trapped behind those great big bars clasping cold steel? Asbury Park misses you carousel and ferris wheel Asbury Park misses you carousel and ferris wheel Remember when you took your first ride? You never dreamed you end up inside these walls But you threw your hands around her neck and squeezed oh so tight watched her draw her last breath but the little boy inside remembers... Asbury Park misses you carousel and ferris wheel Asbury Park misses you carousel and ferris wheel No mother or father to teach you right from wrong and crying in that barren cell you're still alone Asbury Park misses you carousel and ferris wheel Asbury Park misses you carousel and ferris wheel And you see her face when you close your eyes and you hear that little boy he lurks inside and says... Asbury Park misses you carousel and ferris wheel Asbury Park misses you carousel and ferris wheel GUITARS AND CHOCOLATES by Clare Means Guitars and chocolates and old country songs and coffee in the morning I find my reasons to go on even though you're long gone I brewed a cup up for you It's getting cold by me It's rich and strong but it's working wrong cause it's not bringing you back to me but I've got... Guitars and chocolates and old country songs and coffee in the morning I find my reasons to go on even though you're long gone Yesterday I bought a brand new book It went to bed with me and I guess it'll have to do since you closed the chapter on me But I've got... Guitars and chocolates and old country songs and coffee in the morning Oh but these are working wrong cause they're not bringing you back to me to me... to me... CLAREMEANS.COM