Boys for Pele
copyright 1996 Atlantic Records Corporation
[ Beauty Queen | Horses
| Blood Roses | Father
Lucifer | Professional Widow |
| Mr Zebra | Marianne
| Caught a Lit Sneeze | Muhammad
My Friend | hey Jupiter |
| Way Down | Little Amsterdam
| Talula | Not the Red Baron
| Agent Orange |
| Doughnut Song | In
the Springtime of His Voodoo | Putting the Damage
On | Twinkle ]
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"I separated from a soul mate, and for the first time I started
to look at my beliefs
about men, women, equality, honor, disrespect, passion, sensuality
- all these things.
As I wrote the songs for Boys for Pele, I started valuing
myself through my own eyes,
instead of valuing me through the eyes of others, like the press or
a lover or whatever."
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BEAUTY QUEEN
She's a Beauty Queen my sweet bean bag in the
street take it down out to the laundry scene don't
know why she's in my hand can't figure out what it
is but I lie again
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HORSES
I got me some Horses to ride on to ride on they say
that your demons can't go there so I got me some
Horses to ride on to ride on as long as your army
keeps perfectly still and maybe I'll find me a sailor
a tailor and maybe together we'll make mother well
so I got me some Horses to ride on to ride on as
long as your army keeps perfectly still you showed
me the meadow and Milkwood and Silkwood and
you would if I would but you never would so I
chased down your posies your pansies in my
hosies then opened my hands and they were empty
then off with Superfly sniffing a Sharpie pen honey
it's Bill and Ben off with Superfly counting your bees
oh me honey like one two three the camera is
rolling it's easy like one two three and if there is a
way to find you I will find you but will you find me if
Neil makes me a tree an afro a pharaoh I can't go
you said so and threads that are golden don't break
easily
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BLOOD ROSES
Blood Roses Blood Roses Back on the street now
can't forget the things you never said on days like
these gets me thinking when chickens get a taste
of your meat chickens get a taste of your meat you
gave him your blood and your warm little diamond
he likes killing you after you're dead you think I'm a
queer I think you're a queer I think you're a queer
Said I think you're a queer and I shaved every place
where you been I shaved every place where you
been God knows I know I've thrown away those
graces the Belle of New Orleans tried to show me
once how to tango wrapped around your feet
wrapped around like good little roses Blood Roses
Blood Roses back on the street now now you've cut
out the flute from the throat of the loon at least
when you cry now he can't even hear you when
chickens get a taste of your meat when he sucks
you deep sometimes you're nothing but meat
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FATHER LUCIFER
Father Lucifer you never looked so sane you always
did prefer the drizzle to the rain tell you that you're
still in love with that Milkmaid how's the Lizzies
how's your Jesus Christ been hanging nothing's
gonna stop me from floating nothing's gonna stop
me from floating he says he reckons I'm a
watercolour stain he says I run and then I run from
him and then I run he didn't see me watching
from the aeroplane he wiped a tear and then he
threw away our appleseed nothing's gonna stop me
from floating everyday's my wedding day though
baby's still in his comatose state I'll die my own
Easter eggs don't go yet and Beenie lost the sunset
but that's OK does Joe bring flowers to Marilyn's
grave and girls that eat pizza and never gain weight
Father Lucifer you never looked so sane
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PROFESSIONAL WIDOW
Slag pit stag shit honey bring it close to my lips
yes don't blow those brains yet we gotta be big boy
we gotta be big starfucker just like my Daddy just
like my Daddy selling his baby just like my Daddy
gonna strike a deal make him feel like a
congressman it runs in the family rest your
shoulders Peaches and Cream everywhere a Judas
as far as you can see beautiful angel calling "we got
every re-run of Muhammad Ali" prism perfect honey
bring it close to your lips yes what is termed a
landslide of principle proportion boy it better be big
boy starfucker just like my Daddy just like my
Daddy selling his baby just like my Daddy gonna
strike a deal make him feel like a Congressman
it runs in the family Mother Mary china white brown
may be sweeter she will supply Mother Mary china
white brown may be sweeter she will supply she will
supply she will supply
she will supply
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MR. ZEBRA
Hello Mr Zebra can I have your sweater cause it's
cold cold cold in my hole hole hole Ratatouille
Strychnine sometimes she's a friend of mine with a
gigantic whirlpool that will blow your mind hello Mr
Zebra ran into some confusion with a Mrs Crocodile
furry mussels marching on she thinks she's Kaiser
Wilhelm or a civilised syllabub to blow your mind
figure it out she's a goodtime fella she got a little
fund to fight for Moneypenny's rights figure it out
she's a goodtime fella too bad the burial was
premature she said and smiled
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MARIANNE
Tuna rubber a little blubber in my igloo and I knew
you pigtails and all girls when they fall and they
said Marianne killed herself and I said not a chance
don't you love the girls and all those sailors get your
bags and hold down won't you just hold down cause
Ed is watching my every sound I said they're
watching my every sound the weasel squeaks
faster than a seven day week I said Timmy and that
purple Monkey are all down at Bobby's house
making themselves pesters and lesters and jesters
and my traitors of kind and I'm just having thoughts
of Marianne she could outrun the fastest slug she
could Marianne quickest girl in the frying pan
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CAUGHT A LITE SNEEZE
Caught a lite sneeze caught a lite breeze caught a
lightweight lightningseed boys on my left side boys
on my right side boys in the middle and you're not
here I need a big loan from the girl zone building
tumbling down didn't know our love was so small
couldn't stand at all Mr St. John just bring your son
the spire is hot and my cells can't feed and you still
got that Belle dragging your foots I'm hiding it well
Sister Ernestine but I still got my Belle dragging my
foots right on time you get closer and closer called
my name but there's no way in use that fame rent
your wife and kids today maybe she will maybe she
will caught a lite sneeze dreamed a little dream
made my own pretty hate machine boys on my left
side boys on my right side boys in the middle and
you're not here boys in their dresses and you're not
here I need a big loan from the girl zone
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MUHAMMAD MY FRIEND
Muhammad my friend it's time to tell the world we
both know it was a girl back in Bethlehem and on
that fateful day when she was crucified she wore
Shiseido Red and we drank tea by her side sweet
sweet used to be so sweet to me Muhammad my
friend I'm getting very scared teach me how to love
my brothers who don't know the law and what about
the deal on the flying trapeze got a peanut butter
hand but honey do drop in at the Dew Drop Inn
sweet sweet between the boys and the bees and
Moses I know I know you've seen fire but you've
never seen fire until you've seen Pele blow and I've
never seen light but I sure have seen gold and
Gladys save a place for me on your grapevine till I
get my own TV show ashre ashre ashre ashre and if
I lose my Cracker Jacks at the tidal wave I got a
place in the Pope's rubber robe Muhammad my
friend it's time to tell the world we both know it was
a girl back in Bethlehem
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HEY JUPITER
No one's picking up the phone guess it's me and
me and this little masochist is ready to confess all
the things that I never thought that she could feel
and hey Jupiter nothings been the same so are you
gay are you blue thought we both could use a friend
to run to and I thought you'd see with me you
wouldn't have to be something new sometimes I
breathe you in and I know you know and sometimes
you take a swim found your writing on my wall if my
hearts soaking wet Boy your boots can leave a
mess hey Jupiter nothings been the same so are
you gay are you blue thought we both could use a
friend to run to and I thought I wouldn't have to keep
with you hiding thought I knew myself so well all the
dolls I had took my leather off the shelf your
apocalypse was fab for a girl who couldn't choose
between the shower or the bath and I thought I
wouldn't have to be with you a magazine no one's
picking up the phone guess it's clear he's gone and
this little masochist is lifting up her dress guess I
thought I could never feel the things I feel hey
Jupiter
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WAY DOWN
Maybe I'm the afterglow cause I'm with the band
you know don't you hear the laughter on the way
down yes I am the anchorman dining here with Son
of Sam ain't too much to chat of on the way down
coulda made a great big star gonna drive his great
big car gonna have it all here on the way down the
way down the way down let's go way down way
down way down she knows
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LITTLE AMSTERDAM
Little Amsterdam in a southern town hominy get in
on the plate girl Momma keep your head down
Momma it wasn't my bullet don't take me back to
the Range I'm just comin out of the cell in my brain
girl you got to know these days which side your on
Momma got shit she loved a brown man then built a
bridge in the Sheriff's be she'd do anything to save
her man you see her olives are cold pressed and
her best friend is a sun dress but Momma it wasn't
my bullet round and a round and a round I go round
and a round this time for keeps Father only you can
save my soul and playing that organ must count for
something girl you got to know these days which
side your on Little Amsterdam shut down today
they buried her with a butter bean bouquet and the
Sheriff now he can't ride away like he said into the
sunset and I won't say he shouldna paid but
Momma it wasn't my bullet
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TALULA
Congratulate you said you had a double tongue
balancing cake and bread say goodbye to a glitter
girl Talula Talula you don't want to lose her she
must be worth losing if it is worth something Talula
Talula she's brand new now to you wrapped in your
papoose your little Fig Newton say goodbye to the
old world ran into the Henchman who severed Anne
Boleyn he did it right quickly a merciful man she
said 1+1 is 2 but Henry said that it was 3 so it was
here I am Talula Talula I don't want to lose it it must
be worth losing it it is worth something Talula Talula
she's brand new now to you wrapped in your
papoose your little Fig Newton and Jamaica do you
know what I have done Mary M weaving on said
what you want is in the blood Senators I got Big
Bird on the fishing line with a bit of a shout a bit of a
shout a bit of an angry snout he's my favourite
hooker of the whole bunch and I know about his
only Bride and how the Russians die on the ice I
got my rape hat on honey but I always could
accessorise and I never cared too much for the
money but I know right now that it's in God's hands
but I don't know who the Father is Talula Talula he's
brand new now to you wrapped in your papoose
your little Fig Newton
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NOT THE RED BARON
Not the Red Baron Not Charlie Brown think I got the
message figured another pilot down and are their
devils with halos in beautiful capes taking them into
the flames Not Judy G Not Jean Jean with a
hallowed heart I see that screen go down in the
flames with every step with every beautiful heel
pointed Not the Red Baron I'm sure Not Charlie's
wonderful dog not anyone I really know just another
pilot down maybe I'll just sing him a last little sound
many there know some girls with red ribbons the
prettiest red ribbons
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AGENT ORANGE
Gotta tell you what I heard from Agent Orange Mr
Suntan Mr Happy Man Mr I know the girls on all the
world tours Mr Agent yes he's my favourite and they
don't understand he's got palm oil pants yes, he's
down and there and everywhere he's getting in too
deep in this underwater city where she swims and
swims
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DOUGHTNUT SONG
Had me a trick and a kick and your message well
you'll never gain weight from a doughnut hole then
thought that I could decipher your message there's
no one here dear no one at all and if I'm wasting all
your time this time maybe you never learned to take
and if I'm hanging on to your shade I guess I'm way
beyond the pale and southern men can grow gold
can grow pertty blood can be pretty like a delicate
man copper to steel to a hinge that is faltered that
lets you in lets you in lets you in something's just
keeping you numb you told me last night you were
a sun now with your very own devoted satellite
happy for you and I am sure that I hate you two
sons too many too many able fires and if I'm
wasting all your time this time I think you never
learned to take and if I'm hanging on to your shade I
guess I'm way beyond the pale
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IN THE SPRINGTIME OF HIS VOODOO
Standin on a corner in Winslow Arizona and I'm
quite sure that I'm in the wrong song 2 girls 65 got a
piece tied up in the back seat "honey we're
Recovering Christians" in the Springtime of his
voodoo he was going to show me spring and right
there for a minute I knew you so well got an angry
snatch girls you know what I mean when swivelin
that hip doesn't do the trick me pureed sanitarily Mr
Sulu warp speed warp speed warp speed in the
Springtime of his voodoo every road leads back to
my door every road I will follow every road leads
back to my door got all your crosses loaded and I
know she's not that Foxy Boys I said I know she's
not that Foxy but you gotta owe something
sometimes you gotta owe when you're your
momma's sunshine you've got to give something
sometimes when you're the sweetest cherry in an
apple pie I need some voodoo on these prunes in
the Springtime of his voodoo he was going to show
me spring
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PUTTING THE DAMAGE ON
Glue stuck to my shoes does anyone know why
you play with an orange rind you say you packed
my things and divided what was mine you're off to
the mountain top I say her skinny legs could use
sun but now I'm wishing for my best impression of
my best Angie Dickinson but now I've got to worry
cause boy you still look pretty when you're putting
the damage on don't make me scratch on your door
I never left you for a Banjo I only just turned around
for a poodle and a corvette and my impression of
my best Angie Dickinson but now I've got to worry
cause boy you still look pretty when you're putting
the damage on I'm trying not to move it's just your
ghost passing through I said I'm trying not to move
it's just your ghost passing through it's just your
ghost passing through and now I'm not quite sure
there's a light in your platoon I never seen a light
move like yours can do to me so now I'm wishing for
my best impression of my best Angie Dickinson but
now I've got to worry cause boy you still look pretty
to me but I've got a place to go I've got a ticket to
your late show and now I'm worrying cause even
still you sure are pretty when you're putting the
damage on yes when you're putting the damage on
you're just so pretty when you're putting the
damage on
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TWINKLE
Sure that star can twinkle and you're watching it do
boy so hard boy so hard but I know a girl twice as
hard and I'm sure said I'm sure she's watching it too
no matter what tie she's got in her right dresser tied
I know she's watching that star gonna twinkle gonna
twinkle gonna twinkle and last time I knew she
worked at an Abbey in Iona she said "I killed a man
T but I've gotta stay hidden in this Abbey" but I can
see that star when she twinkles and she twinkles
and I sure can that means I sure can that means I
sure can so hard so hard
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