Little Earthquakes

Every finger in the room is pointing at me
I wanna spit in their faces
Then I get affraid what that could bring
I got a bowling ball in my stomach
I got a desert in my mouth
Figures that my COURAGE would choose to sell out now.

I've been looking for a savior in these dirty streets
Looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets
I've been raising up my hands
Drive another nail in
Just what GOD needs
One more victim

Why do we crucify ourselves
Every day I crucify myself
Nothing I do is good enough for you
Crucify myself
Every day I crucify myself 
And my HEART is sick of being in chains

Got a kick for a dog beggin' for LOVE
I gotta have my suffering
So that I can have my cross
I know a cat named Easter
He says will you ever learn 
You're just an empty cage girl if you kill the brid

I've been looking for a savior in these dirty streets
Looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets
I've been raising up my hands
Drive another nail in
Got enough GUILT to start 
My own religion

Why do we crucify ourselves
Every day I crucify myself
Nothing I do is good enough for you
Crucify myself
Every day I crucify myself 
And my HEART is sick of being in chains

Please be
Save me
I CRY

Looking for a savior in these dirty streets
Looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets
I've been raising up my hands
Drive another nail in
Where are those angels
When you need them

Why do we crucify ourselves
Every day I crucify myself
Nothing I do is good enough for you
Crucify myself
Every day I crucify myself 
And my HEART is sick of being in chains

Why do we change (chains?) 
Crucify ourselves
Everyday 

Never going back again
Crucify myself again 
You know
Never going back again to
Crucify myself
Everyday

From in the shadow she calls 
And in the shadow she finds a way finds a way
And in the shadow she CRAWLS 
Clutching her faded photograph my image UNDER her thumb 
Yes with a message for my heart 
Yes with a message for my heart

She's been everybody else's girl maybe one day she'll be her own
Everybody else's girl maybe one day she'll be her own

And in the doorway they stay 
And laugh as violins fill with water 
Screams from the BLUEBELLS can't make them go away
We'll I'm not seventeen but I've cuts on my knees 
Falling down as the winter takes one more CHERRY TREE 

She's been everybody else's girl maybe one day she'll be her own
Everybody else's girl maybe one day she'll be her own

Everyone else's girl maybe one day she'll be her own
rushin' rivers thread so thin limitation 
Everyone else's girl maybe one day she'll be her own
dreams with the flying pigs turbid blue and the drugstores too safe in their
   coats anda in their do's yeah 
Everyone else's girl maybe one day maybe one day one day one day she'll be
   her own
smother in our hearts a pillow to my dots

And in the mist there she rides 
And castles are burning in my heart 
And as I twist I hold tight 
And I ride to work every morning wondering why
"Sit in the chair and be good now"
and become all that they told you 
the white coats enter her room
and I'm callin' my baby callin' my baby callin' my baby callin'
Everybody else's girl maybe one day she'll be her own
Everybody else's girl maybe one day she'll be her own
Everybody else's girl maybe one day she'll be her own

Excuse me but can I be you for a while
My DOG won't bite if you sit real still
I got the anti-Christ in the kitchen yellin' at me again
Yeah I can hear that 

Been saved again by the garbage truck
I got something to say you know but NOTHING comes 
Yes I know what you think of me you never shut up
Yeah I can hear that

But what if I'm a mermaid
In these jeans of his with her name still on it 
Hey but I don't care 
Cause sometimes I said sometimes I hear my voice and it's been 
HERE silent all these years 

So you found a girl who thinks really deep thoughts
What's so amazing about really deep thoughts
Boy you best pray that I bleed real soon
How's that thought for you

My scream got lost in a paper cup 
You think there's a heaven where some screams have gone 
I got 25 bucks and a cracker do you think it's enough 
To get us there

But what if I'm a mermaid
In these jeans of his with her name still on it 
Hey but I don't care 
Cause sometimes I said sometimes I hear my voice and it's been 
HERE silent all these 

Years go by will I still be waiting 
For somebody else to understand
Years go by if I'm stripped of my beauty 
And the orange clouds raining in my head 
Years go by will I choke on my tears
Till finally there is nothing left 
One more casualty 
You know we're to EASY easy easy 

Well I love the way we communicate 
Your eyes focus on my funny lip shape 
Let's hear what you think of me now but baby don't look up 
The sky is falling 

Your MOTHER shows up in a nasty dress
It's your turn now to stand where I stand 
Everybody lookin' at you here take hold of my hand 
Yeah I can hear them

But what if I'm a mermaid
In these jeans of his with her name still on it 
Hey but I don't care 
Cause sometimes I said sometimes I hear my voice 
I hear my voice
I hear my voice
And it's been HERE silent all these years 
I've been here silent all these years
Silent all these
Silent all these years

So I ran faster
But it caught me here
Yes my loyalties turned
Like my ankle
In the seventh grade
Running after BILLY
Running after the rain

These precious things
Let them bleed
Let them wash away
These precious things
Let them break their hold over me

He said you're really an ugly girl
But I like the way you play
And I died
But I thanked him
Can you believe that sick sick
holding on to his picture
Dressing up every day
I wanna smash the faces
Of those beautiful BOYS
Those christian boys
So you can make me cum that doesn't make you JESUS 

These precious things
Let them bleed
Let them wash away
These precious things
Let them break their hold over me

I remember 
Yes in my peach party dress
No one dared
No one cared
To tell me where the pretty girls are
Those demigods 
With their NINE-INCH nails and little fascist panties tucked inside the heart 
 of every nice girl

These precious things
Let them bleed
Let them wash away
These precious things
Let them break 
Let them wash away
These these precious things
Let them bleed now
Let them wash away
These these precious things
Let them break their hold over me

Precious
Precious

Snow can wait
I forgot my mittens
Wipe my nose
Get my new boots on
I get a little warm in my heart
When I think of winter
I put my hand in my father's glove

I run off where the DRIFTS GET DEEPER
Sleeping beauty trips me with a frown
I hear a voice 
"You must learn to stand up for yourself 
 Cause I can't alyways be around"

He says when you gonna make up your mind
When you gonna love you as much as I do
When you gonna make up your mind 
Cause things are gonna CHANGE so fast
All the white horses are still in bed
I tell you that I'll always want you near 
You say that things change my dear

Boys get discovered as winter MELTS 
Flowers competing for the sun
Years go by and I'm here still waiting 
Withering where some snowman was 
Mirror mirror where's the crystal palace 
But I only can see myself 
SKATING around the truth who I am 
But I know dad the ice is getting thin 

When you gonna make up your mind
When you gonna love you as much as I do
When you gonna make up your mind 
Cause things are gonna CHANGE so fast
All the white horses are still in bed
I tell you that I'll always want you near 
You say that things change my dear

Hair is grey and the fires are burning 
So many dreams on the shelf 
You say I wanted you to be PROUD of me
I always wanted that myself

When you gonna make up your mind
When you gonna love you as much as I do
When you gonna make up your mind 
Cause things are gonna change so fast 
All the WHITE HORSES have gone ahead 
I tell you that I'll always want you near
You say that things change my dear

Never change

All the white horses

And if I die today I'll be the HAPPY Phantom 
And I'll go chasin' the nuns out in the yard 
And I'll run naked through the streets without my mask on 
And I will never need umbrellas in the rain  
I'll wake up in strawberry fields every day 
And the atrocities of school I can forgive 
The HAPPY phantom has no right to bitch

Oo who the time is getting close
Oo who time to be a ghost
Oo who every day we're getting closer
The sun is getting dim
Will we pay for who we been

So if I die today I'll be the HAPPY phantom 
And I'll go wearin' my NAUGHTIES like a jewel
They'll be my ticket to the universal opera
There's Judy Garland taking Buddha by the hand 
And then these seven little men get up to dance
they say Confucius does his crossword with a pen
I'm still the angel to a girl who hates to SIN

Oo who the time is getting close
Oo who time to be a ghost
Oo who every day we're getting closer
The sun is getting dim
Will I pay for who I been 

Or will I see you dear and wish I could come back
You found a girl that you could TRULY love again
Will you still call for me when she falls asleep 
Or do we soon forget the things we cannot see

Oo who the time is getting close
Oo who time to be a ghost
Oo who every day we're getting closer
The sun is getting dim
Will I pay for who I been 

And if I die today
And if I die today
And if I die today
Chasin' the nuns out in the yard 

China all the way to New York
I can feel the distance getting close
You're right next to me
But I need an airplane
I can feel the DISTANCE as you breathe

Sometimes I think you want me to touch you
How can I when you build a great WALL around you
In your eyes I saw a future together
You just look away in the distance

China decorates our table
Funny how the CRACKS don't seem to show
Pour the wine dear
You say we'll take a holiday
But we never can agree on where to go

Sometimes I think you want me to touch you
How can I when you build a great WALL around you
In your eyes I saw a future together
You just look away in the distance

China all the way to New York
Maybe you got lost in MEXICO
You're right next to me
I think that you can hear me
Funny how the distance learns to grow

Sometimes I think you want me to touch you
How can I when you build a great WALL around you

I can feel the distance
I can feel the distance
I can feel the distance getting close

Look I'm standing naked before you
Don't you want more than my sex
I can scream as loud as your last one
But I can't claim innocence

Oh god could it be the weather
Oh god why am I here
If love isn't forever
And its NOT THE WEATHER
Hand me my leather

I could just pretend that you love me
The night would lose all sense of fear
But why do I need you to love me
When you can't hold what I hold dear

Oh god could it be the weather
Oh god why am I here
If love isn't forever
And its NOT THE WEATHER
Hand me my leather

I almost ran over an angel
He had a nice big fat cigar
"IN A SENSE" he said "you're alone here 
 So if you jump you best jump far"

Oh god could it be the weather
Oh god why am I here
If love isn't forever
And its NOT THE WEATHER
Oh god could it be the weather
Oh god its all very clear
If love isn't forever
And its NOT THE WEATHER
Hand me my leather

Go go go go now
Out of the nest it's time
Go go go now 
Circus girl without a safety net 
Here here here now don't cry 
You raised your hand for the assignment 
Tuck those ribbons under your helmet 
Be a good soldier 
First my left foot then my right behind the OTHER
Pantyhose running in the cold

Mother the car is here
Somebody leave the light on 
Green limosine for the redhead DANCING dancing girl 
And when I dance for him 
Somebody leave the light on 
Just in just in case I like the dancing I can remember where I come from 

I walked into your dream 
And now I've forgotten how to dream my own dream
You are the CLEVER one aren't you 
Brides in veils for you
We told you all of our secrets
All but one
And don't you even try
The phone has been disconnected 
Dripping with blood and with time and with your advice
Poison me against the MOON

Mother the car is here
Somebody leave the light on 
Black chariot for the redhead DANCING dancing girl 
He's gonna change my name
Maybe you'll leave the light on 
Just in just in case I like the dancing I can remember where I come from 

I escape into your escape into our very favorite fearscape
It's across the sky and across my heart and I cross my legs oh my god 
First my left foot then my right behind the other
Breadcrumbs lost under the snow

Oo who mother
Oo mother the car is here
Maybe maybe you'll leave the light on for the for the for the dancing girl
He's gonna change my name
Maybe you'll leave the light
Just in case I like the dancing I can remember where I come come from 

Mother mother mother

All the world just stopped now
So you say you don't wanna stay together anymore
Let me take a deep breath babe
If you need me, me and neil'll be hangin' out with the DREAM KING

Neil says hi by the way 
I don't believe you're leaving cause me and Charles Manson like the same ice 
  cream
I think it's that girl and I think there're pieces of me you've never seen
Maybe she's just pieces of me you've never seen well

All the world is 
All I am 
The black of the blackest ocean 
And that tear in your hand 
All the world is DANGLIN'... danglin'... danglin' for me DARLIN' 
You don't know the power that you have 
With that tear in your hand
That tear in your hand

Maybe I ain't used to maybes smashing in a cold room cutting my hands up every time I touch you 
Maybe maybe it's time to wave goodbye now
Time to wave goodbye now

Caught a ride with the moon
I know I know you well well better than I used to
HAZE all clouded up my mind 
In the DAZE of the why it could've never been 
So you say and I say you know you're full of wish 
And your "baby baby baby babies" 
I tell you there're pieces of me you've never seen 
Maybe she's just pieces of me you've never seen well

All the world is 
All I am 
The black of the blackest ocean 
And that tear in your hand 
All the world is DANGLIN'... danglin'... danglin' for me DARLIN' 
You don't know the power that you have 
With that tear in your hand
That tear in your hand

With that tear in your hand
Tear in 

5am friday morning thursday night far from sleep 
I'm still up and driving can't go home obviously
So I'll just change direction cause they'll soon know where I live 
And I wanna live 
Got a full tank and some chips 

It was me and a gun and a man on my back 
And I sang "holy holy" as he buttoned down his pants

You can laugh
Its kind of funny
Things you think
Times like these
Like I haven't seen BARBADOS so I must get out of this

Yes I wore a slinky red thing 
Does that mean I should spread for you, your friends 
Your father, Mr Ed 

It was me and a gun and a man on my back 
But I haven't seen BARBADOS so I must get out of this

And I know what this means 
Me and Jesus a few years back used to hang 
And he said "it's your choice babe just remember 
I don't hink you'll be back in 3 days time so you choose well" 
Tell me whats right 
Is it my right to be on my stomach of Fred's Seville 

It was me and a gun and a man on my back 
But I haven't seen BARBADOS so I must get out of this

and do you know CAROLINA 
Where the biscuits are soft and sweet
These things go through your head when there's a man on your back 
And you're pushed flat on your stomach it's not a classic caddilac

It was me and a gun and a man on my back 
But I haven't seen BARBADOS so I must get out of this
I haven't seen BARBADOS so I must get out of this

All songs written by Tori Amos (c) 1991

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