Star Witness Neko Case

My true love drowned in a dirty old pan Of oil that did run from the block Of a falcon sedan 1969 The paper said \'75 There were no survivors None found alive Trees break the sidewalk And the side...

Night Still Comes Neko Case

You never held it at the right angle, You never held it at the right angle, Catch a, catch a, catch a, catch a falling star, But wash your hands of it Catch a, catch a, catch a, catch a falling star

Hold On, Hold On Neko Case

The most tender place in my heart is for strangers I know it\'s unkind but my own blood is much too dangerous Hangin\' round the ceiling half the time Hangin\' round the ceiling half the time Comp...

Man Neko Case

I\'m a man That\'s what you raised me to be I\'m not an identity crisis This was planned I\'m a man There\'s innocence in all mankind It\'s what kind of animal I am It\'s that simple, oh I\'m a m...

Margaret Vs. Pauline Neko Case

Everything\'s so easy for Pauline Everything\'s so easy for Pauline Ancient strings set feet a light to speed to her such mild grace No monument of tacky gold They smoothed her hair with cinnamon w...

Porchlight Neko Case

So far away Curses wild upon you Hungry and gaining Porch light burns so far away Miles away Days have gone by and I've barely gone Safe on the road that speeds from your front door I can't turn a...

Nothing To Remember Neko Case

I spent my life becoming invisible It’s hard to maintain and it’s hard to get by I don’t recall, fight or flight setting in I had no introduction I just breathe it in like the air And there’s nothi...

Deep Red Bells Neko Case

Who led you to this hiding place? These lightning thread-spun silver tunnels The red bells beckon you to ride A handprint on the driver's side It looks a lot like engine oil And tastes like being p...

Pretty Girls Neko Case

NEKO CASE "Pretty Girls" pretty girls, you're too good for this How you break my heart in this cold waiting room Oh my pretty girls, you're too good for this Don't let them tell you you're nothing

If You Knew Neko Case

And if you knew what I knowYou wouldn't go to see herAnd least of all believe her when she says that she wants youWell you're just another puppet, she's not even keeping scoreAnd the lazy way she c...

Soulful Shade Of Blue Neko Case

Dressmaker dressmakerI'm singing at the hallNext Saturday night and he'll be thereHe's been goneFor so longI want him back againMake me the sweetest dress you canMake it a soulful shade of blueWith...

Hex Neko Case

When you hear me calling your name in the nightDo you run to your window thinking a coyote mightBe howlingWhen you hear me knocking at your door againDo you tell yourself it's only the windThat's b...

The Tigers Have Spoken Neko Case

They shot the tiger on his chainIn a field behind the cagesHe walked in circles 'til he was crazyAnd he lived that way foreverAnd he lived that way beside them,Separate from the other tigersHe did ...

Loretta Neko Case

When I talk to LorettaOh, boots, socks and sweaterWell she hugs me sweet and lowAnd it's never let me goWhen I talk to Loretta, she makes me feel like number oneWhen I talk to Loretta, she makes me...

Favorite Neko Case

Oh lieI thought you were goldenI thought you were wiseCaught you returningTo the house you caught fireBut I know that I was your favoriteAnd I said AmenWise, found favorin' heavenAnd I at your side...

Rated X Neko Case

Well if you've been a married woman and things didn't seem to work outWell Divorce is the key to bein' loose and free but you're gonna be talked aboutEverybody knows that you've loved once, and the...

This Little Light Neko Case

This little light of mineI'm going to let it shineThis little light of mineI'm going to let it shineThis little light of mineI'm going to let it shineEvery day, every dayEvery day, every dayGonna l...

Wayfaring Stranger Neko Case

I am a poor wayfaring strangerA-traveling through this world belowBut there's no sickness, toil, or dangerIn that bright land to which I goI'm going there to see my fatherI'm going there no more to...

Behind The House (Demo) Neko Case

One night I woke up crying in the lane behind the houseClothes were wet and steaming by the time I figured it outYou didn't die in the fire, it was the flood that carried you from meAnd the embers ...

Set Out Running Neko Case

Want to get it all behind meYou know everything reminds meI can't be myself without youWant to crawl down deep insideThe springs inside the mattressWhere l cry my dirty secrets'Cause I just can't s...

Guided By Wire Neko Case

Voices that did comfort meAre furthest from my sanityAnd come from places I have never seenEven in my darkest recollectionThere was singin' my life back to meThe life you learn from someone elseTha...

Mood To Burn Bridges Neko Case

So many people live in my townAnd mind to my business but none of their ownThey're all so happy now that I've done wrongI'm surprised they don't come up and thank meSo if you want moral adviceI sug...

No Need To Cry Neko Case

Lie in bed and ignore the TVWatch the clouds sift through the aeroAnd you'll be in my arms againThere's no need to cryOf all the things so bittersweetYou're the first thing I see in morning and in ...

Twist The Knife Neko Case

TenderlyTenderlyPlease take my breath from meInto the fountainAnd up from the gravesTearfullyJoyfullyBurn what is left of meI don't want these burdensI've handsomely gained (?)You'll be my guestAnd...

Thrice All American Neko Case

I want to tell you about my hometownIt's a dusty old jewel in the South Puget SoundWell the factories churn and the timbers all cut downAnd life goes by slow in TacomaPeople they laugh when they he...

We've Never Met Neko Case

Oh my darling, oh my darlingHow can you forget?All the love we had between usNow it's like we've never metOh it kills me, how it kills meWhen I think I held you upYou were golden, I was blindWith y...

Whip The Blankets Neko Case

Well it's hot in the yardAnd it's cool in the bedAnd I whip the blankets into cotton threadAnd I'll tear all the carpet up over my head'Til my feet can go right through the basementWell you play so...

South Tacoma Way Neko Case

I put on that sweater you gave meI woke up in the kitchen a few minutes laterI didn't know how I had gotten thereDid you guide meI didn't make it to your funeralI didn't want ritual nor resignI jus...

Bought And Sold Neko Case

Lost loveYou're the one that lies in my armsYou're the one that stole all my charmsI let you inMiseryYou took everything young from meBurned it down right in front of meMy blood runs coldNobody sai...

Furnace Room Lullaby Neko Case

All night, all I hear, all I hear's your heartHow come, how comeI twisted you over and under to take youThe coals went so wild as they swallowed the restI twisted you under and under to break youI ...

Things That Scare Me Neko Case

Fluorescent lights engageBlackbirds frying on a wireSame birds that followed me to school When I was youngWere they trying to tell me somethingWere they telling me to runThe hammer clicks in placeT...

Outro With Bees Neko Case

How's hope feeling todayTired and sick of this placeRed wine is fastAt the lip of your glassSaying I'm going to ruinEverythingEverythingSo its better my sweetThat we hover like bees'Cause there's n...

Lady Pilot Neko Case

What?Stars can't fight city lightsThey've turned their backs on usIt's true today, I saw it from the planeAeroplanes were never built to flyDown down down down...Don't look downDon't look nowCrossh...

Tightly Neko Case

When I'm walkin' under starsI covet all the waning hoursAll the lonely houses stand like monumentsTo thievesWhen I'm walkin' in the darkI'm free to covet all I wantYou've made it all so very danger...

Look For Me (I'll Be Around) Neko Case

When you tire of all the bright lightsHaste that's killing and you're willing to stay home nightsWhen your feet are back on the solid groundLook for me, I'll be aroundWhen the new crowd starts to b...

Stinging Velvet Neko Case

Rain falls, I fix my eyesLet go of the focus and I blur out all the linesJust to remember, rememberCrying 'cause it's not my faultWater through my lashes look just like Christmas lightsAnd I still ...

I Missed The Point Neko Case

I have lightningIf the stars dry out to guide meI have soft clayTo knit my bones astrideWhat a miracle they sayDark clouds gatherVelvet holesGaping wide ohAnd they pour it downAnd they sing to meOf...

Blacklisted Neko Case

Fast trainWhere do your passengers waitWhat's at the heart of your engine's rageTo what smooth place at the end of the lineWith crackling fires and quiet plainsDo the trees bend downFold their limb...

I Wish I Was The Moon Neko Case

Chimney falls and lovers blazeThought that I was youngNow I've freezing hands and bloodless veinsAs numb as I've becomeI'm so tiredI wish I was the moon tonightLast night I dreamt I had forgotten m...

Runnin' Out Of Fools Neko Case

Are you sure you got the right numberIs it me you wanna talk to tonightEveryone in town's got your numberEverybody's got you pegged rightIs that why you got in touch with meOhhh, guess you must be ...

A Widow's Toast Neko Case

Specters move like pilot flamesTheir widows toast at St. AngelBetter times collide with nowThe tears were warm, I feel them stillTheir heat to vapor and disperseAnd cloud our eyes with weary glazeY...

That Teenage Feeling Neko Case

Now that we've metWe can only laugh at these regretsCommon as a winter coldThey're telephone polesThey follow each otherOne, after another, after anotherBut now my heart is green as weedsGrown to o...

Fox Confessor Brings The Flood Neko Case

Driving home I see those flooded fieldsHow can people not know what beauty this isI've taken it for granted my whole lifeSince the day I was bornClouds hang on these curves like meAnd I kneel to th...

John Saw That Number Neko Case

Old John the baptist, old John divineLeather harness round his lineHis meat was locust and honeyWild honey lord, wild honeyJohn saw that numberWay in the middle of the airCryin' holy, holy to the L...

Dirty Knife Neko Case

So suddenly the madness cameWith its whiskered, wolven, ether pangsHe locked the doorAnd shut the blindsHe laid down on the floor and he slept like ironWhile the dirty knife worked deepInto his spi...

Lion's Jaws Neko Case

You're gone, the trees are so quietWhen your hand was in my pocketHow they swayed from side to sideNow the meddling sky and my snowy eyeSees a different nightThe night I fell into the lion's jawsTo...

Maybe Sparrow Neko Case

Maybe sparrow you should waitThe hawks alight till morningYou'll never pass beyond the gateIf you don't hear my warningNotes are hung so effortlessWith the rise and fall of sparrow's breastIt's a d...

At Last Neko Case

I can say that I've lived here in honor and dangerBut I'm just an animal and cannot explain a lifeDown this chain of days I wished to stay among my peopleRelation now means nothing, having chosen s...

The Needle Has Landed Neko Case

Here I am in traffic's slow flowWhere the needle touched downCarbon planes draw a cage round the air force baseWhere the needle touched downMy foot on the brake it's ok to fly lowOver poor Spanaway...

Lower Case Witness

I sleep inside the moment that we stood upon a frozen lake When we were still in love and only spoke in lower case I live with memories of waking to your shoulder blades That overstay their welcome