Liz Themes/Motifs
Below is a list of all the Liz themes and motifs in her songs. Enjoy!
Egg
He tossed the egg up and I found my hands in place - Mesmerizing
As they egg me on - Help Me Mary
Whitechocolatespaceegg - the album and the song
Months/Days/Years
January's all across my head - Headache
Cause everyone's got a Monday-Shitloads of Money
I'm dog-less and love-less and cold in a midwestern winter -One Less Thing
On a cold November morning - Stuck on an Island
May
I spy a May Queen-May Queen
Entertainers bring may flowers -Dance of the Seven Veils
Spring
Who wants to loose the beast of spring? -Carnivore
Because I'm a real cunt in spring -Dance of the Seven Veils
Dreams
When I am woken from a dream -You Have No Idea
Sometimes A Dream... -Sometimes a Dream(Is What Makes You A Slave)
I had a dream, and you were in it -Greased Lightning
You had a dream in which I was a spider -Tell Me You Like Me
While I was dreaming that you were in love with me -Tell Me You Like Me
A Man named Henry
Doing coke with Henry -Stuck On An Island
And I asked Henry, my bartending friend -Polyester Bride
I think in an interview,Liz said Henry is a bartending friend of hers from Chicago.
Johnny
Johnny Sunshine - the song
Johnny Feelgood - the song
Johnny, my love - Dance of the seven veils
The number 27
In 27-d I was behind the wing -Stratford-On-Guy
Gate twenty-seven, I can't find the room-White Bird of Texas
Animals
They play me like a pitbull - Help Me Mary
Do you wanna find alligator cowboy boots they just put on sale? - Polyester Bride
It was a thoroughbred - Johnny Sunshine
I didn't let the cat out - Never Said
I sing like a good canary - Canary
Lions and tigers are tearing at their food - Support System
dogs of L.A. - Dogs of LA
So there's this young bull and this old bull - Why I Left California
Animal Girl - Animal Girl
Gonna get drunk and fuck some cows - South Dakota
Its the mouth of the gift horse I know -Batmobile
You killed the cat -Johnny Sunshine
You took the horse -Johnny Sunshine
Dead Shark - Dead Shark
As God is my squirrel -South Dakota
See monkies, do monkies -Gunshy
I took my dog to the vet today-One Less Thing
She was describing to me this incredible owl -Waiting for the bird (White Bird of Texas)
Sailors
The sailors may start to fight back the dinner -Animal Girl
Hello Sailor, buy you a drink -Hello Sailor
Geography
I was flying into Chicago at night - Stratford on Guy
Nashville - Nashville
New York is 3000 miles away - Go West
Never been to Rome - Cinco De Mayo
Dogs of L.A. - Dogs Of LA
That's why I left California - Why I left California or California
I was born in South Dakota - South Dakota
Florida driveways - Big Tall Man
He's got an ex-wife in Pasadena - What Makes You Happy
Burnout Ohio - Cinco De Mayo
Jeremy's talking about the Bronx- Money
Looks like shit and it smells like America - Shitloads of Money
As whip-smart as the English Channel's wide - Whip Smart
Parents
But don't worry mom -What Makes You Happy
I know I have worn my mothers heart out -Only Son
Mom and Dad sit back in the loveseat -I'll Get You High
Aloha, Doctor Phair -Stuck on an Island (Liz's father is a an AIDS doctor)
Fuck
Fuck and Run - Fuck and Run
Fuck or Die - Fuck or Die
You accuse me of trying to fuck it up - Divorce Song
That way we can fuck and watch TV - Chopsticks
You fuck like a volcano - Supernova
Where do you get the fuck off thinking - Support System
Walk down that hill and fuck all of those cows - Why I left California (California)
Get drunk and fuck some cows - South Dakota
Who the fuck am I to criticize him - Johnny Feelgood
Headache
Headache - Headache
Louis says he's got a headache - Shitloads of Money
Like relieving a headache - Big Tall Man
Russia
Russian Girl - Russian Girl
I can see the Russian army running through my head - Headache
*The Russian star motif on Whipsmart*
Parties
I met him at a party - Chopsticks
I was there at that party cause...-Support System
I think there are more here...
Driving/Cars
He rode in on the back of a pickup - Soap Star Joe
Driving me down all those dangerous avenues - Support System
I dropped him off and I drove on home - Chopsticks
You and I were driving around - Shane
Take off the parking brake- Go West
He's got a million dollar car - Jealousy
I'm driving over that way - Alice Springs
I'm drag racing - Big Tall Man
The back of his convertible car - Johnny Feelgood
Driving since noon - Divorce Song
I don't know if I could drive a car -Shatter
Batmobile - Fire up the Batmobile (Batmobile)
Drove right out of the back of your eyes-Divorce Song
Headlights in the dark - Big Tall Man
And I totalled my car -Stuck on an Island
The very first car in a race around the world -Speed Racer
Famous People
I told him that I knew Julia Roberts when I was 12 at summer camp - Chopsticks
Oh, everyone's talking 'bout Elvis - Elvis, Be True
Hurricane Cindy(Crawford)-Hurricane Cindy
In the last strings of sunlight, a Brigitte Bardot -Stratford-On-Guy
Young Abe Vigoda plays Frankenstein -Dogs of LA
I kissed the Buddha and made him cry -Dogs of LA
Fire/Blowing Things Away
and all the bridges blown away - 6'1"
Fire up the batmobile - Fire up the Batmobile
Burned it up and thrown it away -Divorce Song
The fire you like so much in me - Strange Loop?
Burnout Ohio - Cinco De Mayo
Dynamite...doesn't smoke until it blows -Crater Lake
Send it up on fire -Canary
Angel with wings afire - Supernova
A giant, flying friction blast - Supernova
'The camera gets a studdered shot'
