King Of May (LP Version) Natalie Merchant

safely there Never worry Never care Beyond this day Farewell tonight To all joy and to all delight Go well and go peacefully We cant keep your majesty Be on your way Make ready for the last King

King Of May Natalie Merchant

your way Go safely there And never worry Never care Beyond this day Farewell tonight To all joy And to all the light Go on Go peacefully We can't keep your majesty Be on your way Make ready for the last king

Thick As Thieves (LP Ver.) Natalie Merchant

Remember how it all began The apple and the fall of man The price we paid So the people say Down a path of shame it lead us Dared to bite the hand that fed us The fairy tale The moral end The wheel

Effigy (LP Ver.) Natalie Merchant

Im an effigy A parody of who I appear to be Put your flaming torches under me Im an effigy A parody of who I appear to be Put your flaming torches under me Im an effigy A parody of who I appear

Ophelia (LP Ver.) Natalie Merchant

Ophelia was a bride of god A novice Carmelite In sister cells the cloister bells Tolled on her wedding night Ophelia was a rebel girl A blue stocking suffragette Who remedied society Between her

My Skin (LP Ver.) Natalie Merchant

Need a lullabye, a kiss goodnight, Angel, sweet love of my life Oh, I need this I'm a slow dying flower Frost killing hour The sweet turning sour nad untouchable Do you remember the way That you

Frozen Charlotte (LP Ver.) Natalie Merchant

Blue like the winter snow in this full moon Black like the silhouettes of the trees Late blooming flowers lye frozen underneath the stars I want you to remember me that way Far away Ill be gone

Life Is Sweet (LP Ver.) Natalie Merchant

Thats not right But dont cry Know the tearsll do no good So dry your eyes They told you life is hard Its misery from the start Its dull and slow and painful I tell you life is sweet In spite of

Break Your Heart (LP Ver.) Natalie Merchant

shallow, self-absorbed See the push and shove for their rewards I, me, my is on their minds You can read about it in their eyes People ruthless, people cruel See the damage that some people do Full of

The Living (LP Ver.) Natalie Merchant

Whats it like there outside With the living? From this broken down place Where I hide From the living From the living Cause I dont care to stay With the living O, the bottle has been to me My cl...

When They Ring Them Golden Bells (With Hidden Track- Ophelia Reprise) (LP Ver.) Natalie Merchant

Tis the glory hallelujah Jubilee In that far off sweet forever, Just beyond the shining river When they ring the golden bells for you and me We shall know no sin or sorrow In that heaven of

Kind And Generous (LP Ver.) Natalie Merchant

La-La-La-La-La... 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 admiration For everything you've done, you kn...

I May Know The Word Natalie Merchant

I may know the word but not say it I may know the truth but not face it I may hear a sound a whisper sacred and profound but turn my head indifferent I may know the word but not say it I

Thick As Thieves Natalie Merchant

Remember how it all began The apple and the fall of man The price we pay So the people say Down the path of shame it led us Dared to bite the hand That fed us fairy tale and moral end Wheel of Fortune

When They Ring the Golden Bells Natalie Merchant

angels singing 'Tis the glory hallelujah Jubilee In that far off sweet forever, Just beyond the shining river When they ring the golden bells for you and me We shall know no sin or sorrow In that heaven of

Saint Judas Natalie Merchant

with a grand and a thunderous song Let it rattle out the windows, let it spill out on the lawn Shout, shout your praises to the man who kissed the Lord To the back stabbing brother that betrayed all of

Ladybird Natalie Merchant

don’t know where to fly You don’t know what you feelbut you know it’s not satisfied today So many little ones, so many mouths you’ve got a lot to feed and you know you don’t know how Making the best of

Space Oddity Natalie Merchant

Ground Control to Major Tom Ground Control to Major Tom Take your protein pills and put your helmet on Ground Control to Major Tom Commencing countdown, engines on Check ignition and may God's love be

Sally Ann Natalie Merchant

A woman of beauty A woman of pain In France or Jakarta Her shadow's the same You go home with Sally Ann You go home with Sally Ann You go home A woman of kindness With bracelets of jade In China, in Japan

River Natalie Merchant

Young and strong Hollywood son in the early morning light this star fell down on Sunset Boulevard young and strong beautiful one we embraced so close is gone was torn away let the youth of

Build A Levee Natalie Merchant

When I was just a little girl my mamma said to me, beware of the devil my child In the dark rocky places hell keep Beware of the devil my child Beware of his charming ways Youll fall under an evil

Wonder Natalie Merchant

Doctors have come from distant cities just to see me stand over my bed disbelieving what they're seeing they say I must be one of the wonders of god's own creation and as far as the can see

Beloved Wife Natalie Merchant

You were the love for certain of my life you were simply my beloved wife I don't know for certain how I'll live my life now alone without my beloved wife my beloved wife I can't believe I've

Wonder (Live) Natalie Merchant

Doctors have come from distant cities just to see me stand over my bed disbelieving what they're seeing they say I must be one of the wonders of god's own creation and as far as the can see they

Effigy Natalie Merchant

I'm an effigy A parody of Who I appear to be Put your flaming torches under me I'm an effigy A parody of Who I appear to be Put your flaming torches under me I'm an effigy A parody of Who I appear to be

Gun Shy Natalie Merchant

By the 1/4 inch cut of your hair and the Army issue green, for the past eight weeks I can tell where you've been.

Ballad Of Henry Darger Natalie Merchant

Wholl tell the story of her? Henry Darger Henry Darger Wholl tell it all to the world? O, Henry... Wholl buy the carbon paper now?

The Gulf Of Araby Natalie Merchant

If you could fill a veil with shells from Killiney's shore And sweet talk in a tongue that is no more If wishful thought could bridge The Gulf of Araby Between what is What is What is And what can never

House Is On Fire Natalie Merchant

listen well All you better best come and lean in boys Cause I dont dare to raise my voice Ive been sitting here for the longest time Reading all the warning and the danger signs I dont have the gift of

San Andreas Fault Natalie Merchant

Go west paradise is there you'll have all that you can eat of milk and honey over there you'll be the brightest star the world has ever seen sun-baked slender heroine of film and magazine

Giving Up Everything Natalie Merchant

Giving up everything my hungry ghost of hopefulness Giving up everything not haunted by wanting this Giving up everything the fortune I was saving Giving up everything I mercy killed my craving Giving

The Ballad Of Henry Darger Natalie Merchant

Henry, Henry Oh Henry Oh Henry, Henry Who'll tell the story of her? Henry Darger, Henry Darger Who'll tell it to all the world? Henry, Henry Oh Henry Oh Henry, Henry Who'll buy the carbon paper now?

Owensboro Natalie Merchant

Well, I lived in a town Way down south By the name of Owensboro And I worked in a mill With the rest of the a??trasha??

Motherland Natalie Merchant

Motherland Where in the hell can you go far from the things that you know, far from the sprawl of concrete that keeps crawling its way \'bout 1,000 miles a day? Take one last look behind.

Maggie Said Natalie Merchant

Dig one more shallow grave before I'm dead Maggie said I'm just lookin' for a place that I can lay my weary head There's no perfect end Just time to leave Maggie said They wreck the table at the game of

Crazy man Michael Natalie Merchant

Your sorcerer’s words Are to taunt me” He took out his dagger Of fine and broad steel And he struck down the raven Through the heart-o The bird fluttered long And the sky it did spin And this

Dust Bowl Natalie Merchant

I'm adding doctor's fees to remedies with the cost of three day's work lost. I try and try but I can't save. Pennies, nickels, dollars slip away. I've tried and tried but I can't save.

Golden Boy Natalie Merchant

Top of the fold Toast of the town Everyone stops when you come around They hold their breath for you Heroes are born Idols are made Were all fools for this factory fame And youve got the brand

Carnival Natalie Merchant

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

Put The Law On You Natalie Merchant

Youre just about the lowest and the dirtiest thing Ive ever seen Did you really think you could pull it off The perfect crime, crime of the heart?

Carnival Natalie Merchant

Carnival Natalie Merchant 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

Life Is Sweet Natalie Merchant

But don't cry, you know the tears will do no good So dry your eyes Oh, they told you life is hard misery from the start, it's dull, it's slow, it's painful But I tell you life is sweet In spite of the

Seven Deadly Sins Natalie Merchant

Well, of all those seven deadly sins, I Wore around my neck for him Hunger, anger, lust, and greed Envy, pride, and jealousy There was one, I guess, that was the worst of all That gave a little push, started

Learning The Game Natalie Merchant

with learning the game When you love him and he doesn't love you You're only learning the game When he says that you're the only one he'll ever love Then you find that you are not the one he's thinking of

Just Can't Last Natalie Merchant

could take you by the hand If I could name it, if I could just explain it If I could only help you, help you understand Well I can I can see that you''re hurting Weighed down like a beast of

Where I Go Natalie Merchant

Climbing under a barbed wire fence by the railroad ties climbing over the old stone wall I am bound for the riverside well I go to the river to soothe my mind ponder over the crazy days of

Seven Years Natalie Merchant

there was no measuring far above this dirty world far above everything in your tower over it you were clean so warm and insightful were you in my eyes I was sure the rightful guardian of my life

Jealousy Natalie Merchant

o, my jealousy does she talk the way I do is her voice reminding you of the promises the little white lies too sometimes, tell me while she's touching you just by mistake accidentally do you

My Skin Natalie Merchant

flower In the frost-killing hour Sweet turning sour and untouchable I need the darkness, the sweetness, the sadness, the weakness Oh I need this I need a lullaby, a kiss goodnight, angel, sweet love of

Break Your Heart Natalie Merchant

shallow, self-absorbed See them push and shove for their rewards With nothing else on their minds You can read about it in their eyes People ruthless, people cruel The damage that some people do Full of