LIZ PHAIR: "WHITECHOCOLATESPACEEGG"




1.) WHITE CHOCOLATE SPACE EGG
Orange and blue, green and pink
I see you in everything...
Don't need money, don't need wine
I've got better ways to spend my time

I'll see you around
Every hollow has its favorite sound
And my heart is holding on...

Purple, yellow, reddish brown
Once I felt you, I couldn't lay you down
Don't be shy baby, don't be careful with me
Let it go, let it soak me down

I'll see you around
Every hollow has its favorite sound
Every rock and tree and leaf
Abound your face
Your face, your face...

Trace...

Don't tell me I've been wrong...
Don't tell me all the magic's gone?

I'll see you around
Every corner has its favorite clown
I'll see you around
I'll see you around
I'll see you around
I'll see you

2.) BIG TALL MAN
I'm a big, tall man
I cut the grass
My left eye hurts
I am waiting and reading parts
I can be a complicated communicator

Yes I'm winning spinning
I feel energy
Being pulled from all sides
And it feels good
Like relieving a headache

Zeus and Athens
Florida driveway
Asphalt and tires
Sand and the beach, rocker panel
Headlights in the dark...
I am drag racing

Drive

Yes I'm winning spinning
I feel energy
Being pulled from all sides
And it feels good
Like relieving a headache

Fog and the distance beyond it...
Boats and the quiet morning noises...
I'm walking the shoreline
A beer and a cigarette...
A bug with twitching antennae
A button-up short sleeved shirt...

I'm a big, tall man
I cut the grass
My left eye hurts
I am waiting and reading parts
I can be a complicated communicator

Yes I'm winning spinning
I feel energy
Being pulled from all sides
And it feels good
Like relieving a headache

Yes, I'm careening down!
Winding the canyons, now!
Yes, I am broadcasting myself!

I'm a big, tall man
I cut the grass
My left eye hurts
I am waiting and reading parts
I can be a complicated communicator

3.) PERFECT WORLD
What a pretty life you have
Oh boy, it's a pretty life you have
And I would need a map
Just so I could navigate the back yard

Home is very ordinary
I know I was born to lead a double life
Of murder, strife and misery
And when I find it, I know I'll make sense of me

I know the girls that live inside your world
Just sitting next to a mortal makes their skin crawl

I want to be cool, tall, vulnerable and luscious
I would have it all if I'd only had this much
No need for lucifer to fall if he'd learn to keep his mouth shut
I would be involved with you

4.) JOHNNY FEELGOOD
Johnny Feelgood, Johnny right-on
Johnny miss you, Johnny light on
Johnny makes me feel strangely good about myself

Moderation is a memory
Dive right in and let him send me
I could take this in doses large enough to kill...

And I never met a man who was so pretty inside
He's got diamonds on the bed of his thumbnails
And I never realized I was so dirty and dry
Till he knocked me down
Started dragging me around
In the back of his convertible car...

And I liked it, lemme tell you
I liked it more and more

Crimson and Clover, soon he's taken over
All my senses now

And I never met a man who was so pretty inside
He's got petals on the bed of his sweat sock drawer
And who the fuck am I to criticize him
Cause I really need him now,
In fact I'm kinda freaking out
And I'm wondering where the hell you are...

And I've never met a man I was so crazy about
It kinda has become an obsession to me
I hate him all the time
But I still get up
When he knocks me down
And he orders me around
'Cause it loosens me up
And I can't get enough
And I'd pay to spend the night with him
Some more!

5.) POLYESTER BRIDE
I was talking, not two days ago
To a certain bartender I'm lucky to know
And I asked Henry, my bartending friend
If I should bother dating unfamous men

And Henry said:
"You're lucky to even know me.
You're lucky to be alive.
You're lucky to be drinking here for free
Cause I'm a sucker for your lucky, pretty eyes."

And then he said, "Do you want to be a Polyester Bride?
Or do you want to hang your head and die?
Do you want to find alligator cowboys boots they just put on sale?
Do you want to flap your wings and fly away from here?"

I was sitting, not two days ago
Feelin' lonely cause I'm just feeling low
And I asked Henry, my bartending friend
Why it is that there are those kind of men

And Henry said:
"You're lucky to even know me.
You're lucky to be alive.
You're lucky to be drinking here for free
Cause I'm a sucker for your lucky, pretty eyes."

And then he said, "Do you want to be a Polyester Bride?
Or do you want to hang your head and die?
Do you want to find alligator cowboys boots they just put on sale?
Do you want to flap your wings and fly away from here?"

"Princess, do you really want to flap your wings and fly...
Because you've got time."
He keeps telling me, "You've got time."
But I don't believe him, "You've got time."
I keep on pushing harder...
I keep on pushing farther away
But he keeps telling me, "Baby baby, do you want to be a Polyester Bride?
Do you want to flap your wings and fly away from here?"

6.) LOVE IS NOTHING
You thought I was something from afar
You thought I'd totally excite you

I guess it's another thing to stand up close and ignite you

Love is nothing, nothing, nothing
Like they say...
You gotta pick up the little pieces everyday

You were telling me the friends we have in common...
By the time I figured it out you were yawning

Love is nothing, like they say

You gotta get up and work the people everyday

And I thought, "Who am I?"
"Who's this guy?"
"Would I lie to make the day blur into the night...?"

7.) BABY GOT GOING
Baby got goin' on a southern train, you know
Fired up pistons driving below
And the whole vibration, seat upholstery
Silky underwear, oh conductor let's roll!

Baby got goin' but I can't complain you know
It knocks me out when she acts so strange, it's like a
Big Mac truck cut across three lanes in my soul, conductor
Let's throw some metal down, roll!

My baby got goin' when train kepta rollin'

Squeeze her knees underneath a book, you know
A real good shaking is all it took
Cause my baby's hooked on me, and as you can see
I'm wild about her!

She gets mad when it goes too slow, so I'm beggin' you man
Keep a shovelin' that coal and let's roll!
Dinah, blow your horn!

8.) UNCLE ALVAREZ
There's a portrait of Uncle Alvarez
Hanging in the hall
Nobody wants to look at it
But Uncle Alvarez sees us all

Ho ho ho imaginary accomplishments
Hey hey hey you visionary guy!
You might even shake the hands of presidents
Better send a postcard and keep the family quiet

He's not really part Cherokee Indian
He didn't fight in the Civil war
He's just Eugene Isaac Alvarez
We feel sorry for the wall

Ho ho ho imaginary accomplishments
Hey hey hey you visionary guy!
You might even shake the hands of presidents
Better send a postcard and keep the family quiet

And it's a long way down, you're hoping for a heart attack
Running around, investing in this and that, and your
Beautiful wife keeps your life on a shelf for you
Safe in the bedroom where there's no dust or mildew
And it's hard to believe you were once a beautiful dancer...

Better just to shake it off
As you write your resumé
Don't think of Uncle Alvarez
And the price he had to pay!

Ho ho ho imaginary accomplishments
Hey hey hey you visionary guy!
You might even shake the hands of presidents
You're gonna make 'em sorry when you die

Ho ho ho imaginary accomplishments
Hey hey hey you visionary guy!
You might even shake the hands of presidents
Better send some money to the Alma Matter

9.) ONLY SON
All these babies are born
To the wrong kind of people
And I wish I had known
I was not good enough
I'm the worst kind of son
Bringing shame to my family
And I know I have worn
My mother's heart out, believe me
I saw it
I saw it coming

All these things I have done
To my little little sister
When I try to support her
She don't believe
Why should she?
I hurt her
I mean I hurt her

So goodbye, so long, I'm gone already
I'm running out of time
I'm losing my mind
Won't you come take me home?
Won't somebody hold me?

All these babies are born
Like a field full of poppies
Who's gonna know which are torn?
I believe I'll soon leave the meadow
I see my shadow

I think I'm losing my soul

10.) GO ON AHEAD
You go on ahead, honey
You have a good time there
You make me feel funny
I'm no ordinary lover or friend

I believe we have things to do
I believe in myself and I believe in you
I believe when I sleep you are near to me
When you sleep I am near to you

You walk out of the room with your hands so deep in your pockets,
I don't recognize you
You say you're a ghost in our house and I realize I do think I see through you

It's a death in our love that has brought us here
It's a birth that has changed our lives
It's a place that I hope we'll be leaving soon
And I fear for the years in his eyes

And it goes around in circles: one night is lovely, the next is brutal
And you and I are in way over our heads with this one, it's hard
To admit it, but you hold me and I can't feel you
We hurt but we smile
I promise I'll make it back when the summer has warmed me awhile

11.) HEADACHE
I can see the Russian Army rolling through my head
On one side of me lies the enemy, the other half is dead
I've got diamonds and I've got pearls...
And I said, "Hey Mister won't you come for me?"
You can take me home but I will never be your girl
I won't let your mystery unfurl

That's the whole thing about it...
I'm so in love today
I've been waiting at the bus stop
Come my way?
I'm a
Psychosomatic sister
Running around without a leash
Snow is falling, January's all across the land
I've got seven other men in the ditches behind me,
And I think I'm the last survivor...

12.) RIDE
As I stumble into bed, I curse the devil in my head
And if I die before I wake, I hope the lord won't hesitate
To pluck my coffin from the ground
He need not heed the neighbors now
And throw me up for all to see
The flies of August swarming me...

I get a ride
Right by your side
Under your skin
I'm digging in

Well I don't know, but I've been told
The road to heaven is paved with gold
And if I die before I wake, I need a ride from you

Well sticks and stones can break my bones
And boys can make me kick and moan
But when I want it autodrive, I get a ride from you

I get a ride 98.5 Positive T-cell Regeneration
Regeneration Regeneration Positive T-cell Regeneration!

13.) WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY
But don't worry, mom, I met him in a restaurant
And all this time I've been getting to know him
He's got an ex-wife in Pasadena, and sometimes she's a mess
To deal with, but mostly we've been living here uninjured...

There's a silence and she says, "Listen here young lady.
All that matters is what makes you happy,
But you leave this house knowing my opinion
Won't make you love me if you don't care to."

I'm sending you this photograph
I swear this one is going to last
And all those other bastards were only practice!
I feel the sun on my back...
I smell the earth on my skin...
I see the sky above me like a full recovery...

She said, "Listen here young lady, all that matters is
What makes you happy,
But you leave this house knowing my opinion
It won't make a difference if you're not ready."

14.) FANTASIZE
He's a friend of mine
Kind of special guy
He's a run-around

Hey, you've got to hide your love away!
I hear people are talking about us
And I just have to say
I lie awake every night
Thinking about you, I fantasize...
All around us people are changing

He's a special guy
Kind of sentimental inside

I hear people talking about us
That's ok with me
Get it easily inside...

15.) SHITLOADS OF MONEY
Louis is probably thirty years old but he looks like a solid 45
Louis says he's got a headache
I look in his eyes and, I believe him
The big L.K.'s and the gangster disciples
Louis can't think of who else could take over
But he just can't get up in the morning
A genuine face, braced for survival...

It's nice to be liked
But it's better by far to get paid
I know that most of the friends that I have don't really see it
That way
But if you could give 'em each one wish
How much do you wanna bet?
They'd wish success for themselves and their friends and
That would include lots of money

Don't you know how many times you were stuck in the morning
You just couldn't move, though your mother was calling
You know what you need
Is a Lotto revival
A train flashes by and you're lost in a spiral...

It's nice to be liked
But it's better by far to get paid
I know that most of the friends that I have don't really see it
That way
But if you could give 'em each one wish
How much do you wanna bet?
They'd wish success for themselves and their friends and
That would include lots of money

Take the train on up to the zoo
And don't look back on what you've been through
Cause everyone's got a Monday...
It looks like shit and it must be America

It burns so quick, then it must be America

It's nice to be liked
But it's better by far to get paid
I know that most of the friends that I have don't really see it
That way
But if you could give 'em each one wish
How much do you wanna bet?
They'd wish success for themselves and their friends and
That would include lots of money

We all need a shitload of M-O-N-E-Y, money

16.) GIRLS' ROOM
I'm sleeping in the girls' room
I'm sleeping in the sky, I'm sleeping in the water

I'm sleeping in the girls' room tonight

Here comes Tiffany
My best friend, Tiffany
Wearing a size too small of sweater

Me and Tiffany
Dressing up pretty,
We love to ride, we love to canter

My best friend Tiffany
She is so popular
We're going from site to site and pool to pool tonight

And we hear Terry say that Tricia's ok
But she ought to learn to shave her bikini line better
And Lauren was born, like her mother, in a storm
And Tracey's been away forever...