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Velvet Leash
03:38
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VELVET LEASH
you keep me
you keep me
on a long velvet leash
you leave me tied up
to anything
i have a stone
it’s the size of your mouth
your magic, magic mouth
hot water and a brand new key
look at what you have done to me
do you wanna dance with me baby
i don’t got nobody but you
do you wanna leave this party
i hate everyone but you
you are not vanilla you’re sweet cream
you might bless my heart but
you’re still so goddamn mean
i have to try not to
touch all their shiny things
i have to
read all their magazines
we have to just try to
look like the rich girls
but we’ll never look
rich as the rich girls
milk money, warm bread
big ideas that they put in my head
do you wanna give it to me gently
i don’t got nobody but you
do you wanna tell it to me slowly
you hate everybody too
i am not vanilla i’m sweet cream
i might bless your heart
but i’m still georgia mean
you keep me
on a velvet leash
on a long velvet leash
you want to tie me down to anything
on a long velvet leash
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2. |
All Around Town
03:44
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ALL AROUND TOWN
your big black car it drags me all around town
kiss all the pretty boys and throw your money down
when the money’s all gone you’re still hot as coal
and i know you you’d rather lose than fold
tell me what to do with you
anything you want me to
and yes i do
you were born in the middle of a hot night in july
and your momma couldn’t tell if you were laughing or crying
a storm blew in right off the gulf
so you never did learn when enough was enough
tell me what to do with you
anything you want me to
and yes i do
so i sing you the song of your favorite night bird
and i buy you the things that you don’t deserve
heartache heartache heartache is old
and it grows in your chest like a black black mold
tell me what to do with you
anything you want me to
and yes i do
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3. |
Electric Eyes
03:09
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ELECTRIC EYES
trade you my raisins for your m&m's
rest of your kool-aid by the jungle gym
ate every cherry off the cherry tree
ran from my neighbors so he couldn't catch me
you could ride to town on that bottom lip
your electric, electric eyes and your bottom lip
oh louise i know your kind
you got sugar in your blood
and sugar on you mind
sugar in your blood
honey, sugar on your mind
we need blood for our gravy juice for our gin
i can tell you got it all by how you walked in
we need cream for our coffee butter for our rolls
and we don’t need nobody to save our souls
you could ride to town on that bottom lip
your electric, electric eyes and your bottom lip
oh virginia i know your kind
you got sugar in your blood
and sugar on you mind
sugar in your blood
honey, sugar on your mind
i cut the silk from his suit jacket
because i know my mama she deserved it
at night i wake up with a pain in my teeth
you're the only ones whose gonna satisfy me
you're the only ones whose gonna satisfy me
you could ride to town on that bottom lip
your electric electric eyes and your bottom lip
oh louise i know your kind
you got sugar in your blood
and sugar on you mind
sugar in your blood
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4. |
The Most Beautiful Name
02:27
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THE MOST BEAUTIFUL NAME
when you born they gave you
the most beautiful name
and you tried your best to take it
but it only brought you pain
oh the mirror oh the mirror is a very tricky thing
it can make you see things that i swear i can not see
and who, honey, who can tell
why being born seems less painful than death
close the curtains lock every door
just because i hate my body
doesn’t mean i can’t love yours
and oh my darling oh my darling
why would you want to be healthy
if this is what they claim unwell to be
and who, honey, who can tell
why they would want to send an angel to hell
when you were born they gave you
the most beautiful name
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5. |
Terribly Blue
04:41
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TERRIBLY BLUE
momma wanted it all to be good
take you by the ankle and dip you in gold
everybody knows that we did not have gold
so she washed you in diet coke
how can you love me if you’re lying all the time
its so hard to do right but damn its worth a try
the cops want to nab you but their laws don’t apply
you frighten the devil with your beautiful eyes
the only way out is by the skin of your teeth
tear gas, red roses, and cold concrete
how can you love me when i’m leaving all the time
i can’t always protect you but damn its worth a try
i hope that you live for a hundred more years
till all of your teeth are rotten or gold
and all you can eat is bread and honey
white bread and honey and red rose jelly
how can you love me if i’m leaving all the time
its so hard to do right but damn i’m gonna try
i’ll get you to paris if it’s the last i do
cuz i heard in the springtime it is terribly blue
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6. |
Ice Cold Plum
04:01
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ICE COLD PLUM
brought you one ice cold plum
it was dark as your heart
your heart that i won
sweet saddle oxfords
bad words in my mouth
barefoot on the gravel
behind our house
open the window
its raining outside
you only ever call me
when you already crying
that ok, sugar that fine
as long as you come back
and see me some time
you’re gonna die
darling, so am i
i’m gonna love you
in the meanwhile
daddy works all night
at least that’s what they say
till the cops pull up
in the driveway
open the window
its raining outside
you just walked in the front door
and you’re already lying
that ok, sugar that fine
as long as you come back
and see me some time
brought you one
golden goose
she laid and she laid
but we still turned her loose
think that your lost
but we’re still up a ways
i’ll be waiting for you
in the driveway
open the window
its raining outside
you just walked in the front door
and you’re already lying
that ok, sugar that fine
as long as you come back
and see me some time
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7. |
Favorite
03:35
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FAVORITE
we got big in texas it was hotter than june
you stood next to me and the whole town swooned
you were touching your neck you were trying to tell me
what i could do to possibly quell you
but in one single bite i split the apple in two
you knew i could do it did you know you could too?
you traded your favorite
for a slice of pie
and big old empty bed
and now you’re free
at least that’s what you said
i can beat you at rummy i can beat you at gin
but who will i play in minneapolis
you’re in kentucky with a broken down truck
callin me crying said i miss you stop much
but one thousand miles isn’t that far to walk
when you’ve got a chain on your ankle
and you like weather this hot
you traded your favorite
for a jar of jam
and big old losing hand
and now you’re free
at least that’s the plan
i traded my favorite
for a slice of pie
and big old empty bed
and now i’m free
at least thats what i said
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8. |
White Rabbit
04:49
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WHITE RABBIT
you made me a dress
of white, white leather
you put it on me
and take it off
no one does it better
i built you a house
of baby finch feathers
can you miss a town
if you don’t miss the weather
i’m gonna lose you
i’m gonna lose you
i’m gonna lose you
i’m gonna lose you
i’m gonna lose you
honey, i’m gonna lose you
and nothing can be done
can you skin a rabbit
fast as you run your mouth
can you wrap your love in white fur
can you save her from the winter
do you miss the sound
of the snow falling from the ether
do you miss her mouth
me neither baby
baby, me neither
i’m gonna lose you
i’m gonna lose you
i’m gonna lose you
i’m gonna lose you
i’m gonna lose you
honey, i’m gonna lose you
and nothing can be done
i must have some your dust
left on me somewhere
closet full of your clothes
ash on my window sill
can we build a boat
of fine white pine
sawdust falling from the rafters
ever after baby ever after
i’m gonna lose you
i’m gonna lose you
i’m gonna lose you
i’m gonna lose you
i’m gonna lose you
honey, i’m gonna lose you
and nothing can be done
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9. |
Laughing & Crying
03:54
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LAUGHING & CRYING
the girl that i love she’s got a big golden tongue
and a heart made out of coal
now i sing the blues from way down in my soul
she planted a seed deep in my chest
and it grew a tall grass
now i have to cry
every time that i laugh
laughing and crying oh laughing and crying
i’m gonna wait right here for you
till i’m worth my weight in coal
ever since i was born
i’ve been a strange child
i can not tell you why
i like to stay inside
when the sun is in the sky
i don’t know why i can’t be on time
but when i get up to go
i put a pot of tea
right there on my stove
laughing and crying oh laughing and crying
i’m gonna wait right here for you
till i’m worth my weight in coal
the girl that i love
she’s got a big golden tongue
and a heart made out of lead
i can not seem
to get her out of my head
laughing and crying oh laughing and crying
i’m gonna wait right here for you
till i’m worth my weight in coal
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10. |
Cook & Sew
05:13
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COOK & SEW
oh my sweet
georgia pine
ask weeping willow
for some time
and your accent
sometimes it sounds
like your holding honey
in your mouth
and your house is
made of molasses
the blackstrap kind
i melt right down
to your red velvet mouth
every time
i don’t mean that you’re sweet
but we all know you’re fine
whiskey with my water
sugar with my tea
you keep me good company
if you want me to
i’ll cook and sew
i’ll cook and sew
if you want me to
i’ll cook and sew
i’ll cook and sew
i kneel right down
to the wide lonely road
every time
and i don’t mean that that’s sweet
but it does do me fine
oh my sweet georgia peach
let me sink my teeth
i melt right down
to your red velvet mouth
every time
and i don’t mean that your sweet
but we all know you’re fine
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Amelia Jackie New York, New York
Raised by a single mom and three sisters, Amelia Jackie spent most of her childhood moving around from place to place, a
lifestyle that continued through adulthood until settling in to New York City.
Her debut album, 'You Can't Fuck The Internet,' beckons us into the sensual environments that spawned her, where the smell of sweet peaches meets the fumes of burnt diesel.
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