.Y Kant Tori Read lyrics.

The Big Picture
Cool on Your Island
Fayth
Fire on the Side
Pirates
Floating City
Heart Attack at 23
On the Boundary
You Go to my Head
Etienne Trilogy

+The Big Picture:


someone smashed my window
broke into my brand new car
last night
caught my boyfriend lookin'
at another slender pair of thighs
gotta make more money
gotta get gotta get there faster than
the rest
knock 'em off the ladder
if they even seem to stand a chance 

the big picture
got a big white cloud
the big picture
is starin at me
starin at me

why do I feel so threatened
that somebody else will
take what's mine
babe it's only rented
no one really owns the merchandise
what about what I want
somehow it got lost somewhere
inside
my mother's on my case 
I told her it's my life
well, she just died 

the big picture
got a big white cloud
the big picture
starin at me
the big picture
on a big blank wall
the big picture
is starin at me
starin at me 

when I can see
I'll try again
I've got my paints


+Cool on Your Island:


if you don't treat me better
baby, I'll just run away
baby, I don't know what drives you
to play these silly games

come on baby, I'm much stronger than you know
sometimes, I'm not afraid to let it show 

when will you wake up
I want you more than the stars and the sun
but I can take only so much
cool on your island
is it cool on your island? 

I got a brand new dress babe
could it make you wanna try
I guess I didn't want to notice
the stars gone from your eyes

come on baby, I'm must stronger than you know
sometimes I'm not afraid to let it show 

we could buy an airplane
build a home in the sand
you could tell your secrets
I could understand
but then by the morning
it comes crumbling down
and as you're leaving
wait... 

if you don't treat me better
baby I'll just run away
if you don't treat me 
one day you'll wake up cold
then you'll know
you'll know
you love me


+Fayth:


make in the city
do what you can
wave to the boy with the gun in his hand
lollipop girls pave the street
stand in line to be in your limousine
you took my love
took my money
you took my sex
took my love
took my money
give me

fayth
help me keep myself together 
with a little more 
fayth
with a little more
fayth

had to keep our love together
with a little more
fayth
I could wake up and face the day

how do you keep the romance there
when a little french maid
lives downstairs
radio blasts as the baby cries
run to the dragon that runs my life
you took my love
you took my money
you took my sex
took my love
took my money
give me

I could wake up and face the day
maybe I could start again
why am I afraid of change
maybe Fayth could understand
darlin' I remember when
I held the violets in my hand
love can crush 
held too tight
we could bring it back alive
with a little more
fayth


+Fire on the Side:


purple sunset
orange moon
I'm alone again without you
I knew someone had to lose
kiss goodbye
go back to your separate life
that you have with her
ashes blown in the windy sky
take my heart as you go

baby it burns
baby it burns
baby it burns to be your fire on the side
taste my tears
see how they burn
baby it burns
to be your fire on the side 

purple sunset
orange moon
how can the music play
when the only band is made of gold
up wrapped around your hand that I 
used to hold against my chest
every night but I still can hope
you will see I'm your home 

I knew someone had to lose
kiss goodbye
go back to your separate life
that you have with her
take my heart as you go


+Pirates:


traveled far from my home
foreign streets paved with stone
deep in my dreams
Moroccan sand
now I sail my ship on dry land 

there is a light that
shines on the frontier 
pirates
and on a dark night
when you feel lonely
and when the world just 
can't understand you
pirates

steal the jewel
watch it break
it cuts with an eye
I can't escape
the ruby heals
alone I stand
when I sail my ship
on dry land

there is a light that 
shines on the frontier
and baby someday 
we're gonna be there
pirates
and on a dark night 
when you feel lonely
and when the world just 
can't understand you
pirates

there is a light that 
shines on the frontier
pirates
there is a light
that shines on the frontier


+Floating City:


you went away
why did you leave me
you know I believed you
nothing explained
where are the answers
I know I need you
tell me is your city paved with gold
is there hunger
do your people grow old
do your governments have secrets that they've sold 

every night I wait take me away
to your floating city
by my window at night
I see the lights to your floating city
come and take me away
I want to play in your floating city
floating city 

tv turns off
any of us that say that we've seen you
tell me are we
the only planet
that can't conceive you
will we be like Atlantis long ago
so assured we're advanced
with what we know
that our spirit never had time to grow 

is it weak to look for
saviors out in space
Little Earth she tries so hard
to change our ways
sometimes she must get sick of this place 


+Heart Attack at 23:


I don't know why I did it
took the keys to my brothers car
why should I hang around here anymore
just to put my foot to the floor

sirens wake me up
wake me up with a cry
things we do for attention...
just a little reminder, dear
I am still alive
so confused I almost threw
it all away for you
you took me higher
and you dropped me lower
than I've ever been before 

if I have a heart attack at 23
I'm loving you too much
if I have a heart attack at 23
wave bye-bye
you'll miss me baby
if I have a heart attack at 23 

all of my friends
we waste so much love on our men
why can't I be forgiving
while he been out messin'
with his Argentine baby

I must be dreaming
we were together
in a land of scarlet ribbon
that tied you to me darlin'

roll on
but you know I'm never satisfied 
with all the good things in my life
I thought I needed you to be strong
I'll still miss you
when I'm gone 


+On the Boundary:


you said you wanted safer ground
but you got caught up in the river
I was there to save you boy
but you'd rather drown
you said you were unhappy
but that was alright
better than not knowing
what's on the other side 
and you know I was always there for you
and you know I always believed in you
I guess that wasn't enough 

on the boundary
don't you need my love
you won't even let me
keep you from falling
from the boundary
that divides our love 

I gave you a kingdom
that you could be lord in
and we both know you loved
the taste of my world
but you ran back to your corner
where you trip over your lines
look left
look right
no room to hide 

I guess that wasn't enough
I guess I wasn't enough 


+You Go to My Head:


sweet love
hello
make a slave of me
I should have no control
little dove
hello
you take full advantage
of my open window

when the cold of the night has washed away
all I want is to wake in your arms
and I know that I shouldn't let you stay
but I'm a lush for your love 

you go to my head
and you know I can never say no
to you and your friend 

you call
oh no
boy your heart swings in the wind
from rose to rose
honeybee
go home
to that warm nest
you left minutes ago 

yes I understand you give your time
can't you see I've given my heart
all that light in your eyes is from the wine
I'm such a lush for your love 


"You should see the album cover--for my hairspray if nothing else."
-Tori on Y Kant Tori Read


+Etienne Trilogy:


maybe I'm a witch lost in time
running through the fields of Scotland
by your side
kicked out of France
but I still believe
take me to a land far across the sea 

Etienne, Etienne
hear the west wind whisper my name
Etienne, Etienne
by morning maybe we'll remember who I am 

maybe you're the knight who saved my life
maybe we faced the fire side by side
here we are again under the same sky
as the gypsy crystal slowly dies 

I close my eyes
see you again
I know I loved you
but I can't remember where or when 

maybe I'm a witch
Etienne
whisper my name
Etienne


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