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

When you tire of all the bright lights Haste that's killing and you're willing to stay home nights When your feet are back on the solid ground Look for me, I'll be around When the new crowd starts to bore

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\

Runnin' Out Of Fools Neko Case

Are you sure you got the right number Is it me you wanna talk to tonight Everyone in town's got your number Everybody's got you pegged right Is that why you got in touch with me Ohhh, guess you must be

Star Witness Neko Case

sidewalk skins my knees There\'s glass in my thermos And blood on my jeans Nickels and dimes of the fourth of July Roll off in a crooked line To the chain-link lots where the red tails dive Oh how I

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 waves

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 Compared

Fox Confessor Brings The Flood Neko Case

Driving home I see those flooded fields How can people not know what beauty this is I've taken it for granted my whole life Since the day I was born Clouds hang on these curves like me And I kneel to the

I Wish I Was The Moon Neko Case

Chimney falls and lovers blaze Thought that I was young Now I've freezing hands and bloodless veins As numb as I've become I'm so tired I wish I was the moon tonight Last night I dreamt I had forgotten

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

Soulful Shade Of Blue Neko Case

Dressmaker dressmaker I'm singing at the hall Next Saturday night and he'll be there He's been gone For so long I want him back again Make me the sweetest dress you can Make it a soulful shade of blue

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

We've Never Met Neko Case

All the love we had between us Now it's like we've never met Oh it kills me, how it kills me When I think I held you up You were golden, I was blind With your poison in my blood Bittersweet are the memories

Stinging Velvet Neko Case

Rain falls, I fix my eyes Let go of the focus and I blur out all the lines Just to remember, remember Crying 'cause it's not my fault Water through my lashes look just like Christmas lights And I still

Mood To Burn Bridges Neko Case

So many people live in my town And mind to my business but none of their own They're all so happy now that I've done wrong I'm surprised they don't come up and thank me So if you want moral advice I suggest

Twist The Knife Neko Case

Tenderly Tenderly Please take my breath from me Into the fountain And up from the graves Tearfully Joyfully Burn what is left of me I don't want these burdens I've handsomely gained (?)

South Tacoma Way Neko Case

I put on that sweater you gave me I woke up in the kitchen a few minutes later I didn't know how I had gotten there Did you guide me I didn't make it to your funeral I didn't want ritual nor resign I just

Lady Pilot Neko Case

Stars can't fight city lights They've turned their backs on us It's true today, I saw it from the plane Aeroplanes were never built to fly Down down down down...

Set Out Running Neko Case

Want to get it all behind me You know everything reminds me I can't be myself without you Want to crawl down deep inside The springs inside the mattress Where l cry my dirty secrets 'Cause I just can't

Night Still Comes Neko Case

My brain makes drugs to keep me slow, A hilarious joke for some dead pharaoh. But now, not even the masons know What drug will keep night from coming.

Bought And Sold Neko Case

Lost love You're the one that lies in my arms You're the one that stole all my charms I let you in Misery You took everything young from me Burned it down right in front of me My blood runs cold Nobody

That Teenage Feeling Neko Case

regrets Common as a winter cold They're telephone poles They follow each other One, after another, after another But now my heart is green as weeds Grown to outlive their season And nothing comforts me

Nothing To Remember Neko Case

to remember There is nothing to remember I owe you nothing That’s all I’ve got for you And you’ll borrow nothing That’s what you expect of me So you send me alone/along Down the thin sailor’s marks

Favorite Neko Case

Oh lie I thought you were golden I thought you were wise Caught you returning To the house you caught fire But I know that I was your favorite And I said Amen Wise, found favorin' heaven And I at your

Things That Scare Me Neko Case

Fluorescent lights engage Blackbirds frying on a wire Same birds that followed me to school When I was young Were they trying to tell me something Were they telling me to run The hammer clicks in place

The Needle Has Landed Neko Case

Here I am in traffic's slow flow Where the needle touched down Carbon planes draw a cage round the air force base Where the needle touched down My foot on the brake it's ok to fly low Over poor Spanaway

Thrice All American Neko Case

I want to tell you about my hometown It's a dusty old jewel in the South Puget Sound Well the factories churn and the timbers all cut down And life goes by slow in Tacoma People they laugh when they hear

Behind The House (Demo) Neko Case

One night I woke up crying in the lane behind the house Clothes were wet and steaming by the time I figured it out You didn't die in the fire, it was the flood that carried you from me And the embers of

Hex Neko Case

When you hear me calling your name in the night Do you run to your window thinking a coyote might Be howling When you hear me knocking at your door again Do you tell yourself it's only the wind That's

If You Knew Neko Case

And if you knew what I know You wouldn't go to see her And least of all believe her when she says that she wants you Well you're just another puppet, she's not even keeping score And the lazy way she cheats

Rated X Neko Case

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

Whip The Blankets Neko Case

Well it's hot in the yard And it's cool in the bed And I whip the blankets into cotton thread And I'll tear all the carpet up over my head 'Til my feet can go right through the basement Well you play so

Loretta Neko Case

When I talk to Loretta Oh, boots, socks and sweater Well she hugs me sweet and low And it's never let me go When I talk to Loretta, she makes me feel like number one When I talk to Loretta, she makes me

Lion's Jaws Neko Case

You're gone, the trees are so quiet When your hand was in my pocket How they swayed from side to side Now the meddling sky and my snowy eye Sees a different night The night I fell into the lion's jaws

No Need To Cry Neko Case

Lie in bed and ignore the TV Watch the clouds sift through the aero And you'll be in my arms again There's no need to cry Of all the things so bittersweet You're the first thing I see in morning and in

Guided By Wire Neko Case

Voices that did comfort me Are furthest from my sanity And come from places I have never seen Even in my darkest recollection There was singin' my life back to me The life you learn from someone else That

I Missed The Point Neko Case

I have lightning If the stars dry out to guide me I have soft clay To knit my bones astride What a miracle they say Dark clouds gather Velvet holes Gaping wide oh And they pour it down And they sing to

Tightly Neko Case

When I'm walkin' under stars I covet all the waning hours All the lonely houses stand like monuments To thieves When I'm walkin' in the dark I'm free to covet all I want You've made it all so very dangerous

At Last Neko Case

I can say that I've lived here in honor and danger But I'm just an animal and cannot explain a life Down this chain of days I wished to stay among my people Relation now means nothing, having chosen so

Furnace Room Lullaby Neko Case

All night, all I hear, all I hear's your heart How come, how come I twisted you over and under to take you The coals went so wild as they swallowed the rest I twisted you under and under to break you I

Wayfaring Stranger Neko Case

I am a poor wayfaring stranger A-traveling through this world below But there's no sickness, toil, or danger In that bright land to which I go I'm going there to see my father I'm going there no more to

A Widow's Toast Neko Case

Angel Better times collide with now The tears were warm, I feel them still Their heat to vapor and disperse And cloud our eyes with weary glaze You raise your glass and may exclaim "I'll put my hands on

Maybe Sparrow Neko Case

beneath my feet Your dusty eyes cold as clay You didn't hear my warning Maybe sparrow it's too late Moonlight glanced off metal wings In a thunderstorm above the clouds The engine hums a sparrow's phrase For

This Little Light Neko Case

let it shine This little light of mine I'm going to let it shine This little light of mine I'm going to let it shine Every day, every day Every day, every day Gonna let my little light shine Jesus gave me

John Saw That Number Neko Case

moon round his waist Gathered wind in his fists so the stars round his wrists Cryin' holy, holy to the lord Read the revelations, you'll find him there Third chapter, fourth verse where he said unto me

Deep Red Bells Neko Case

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 poor and small And popsicles in summer Deep red bells Deep as I

Dirty Knife Neko Case

blood runs crazy with giant strides He sang nursery rhymes to paralyze The wolves that eddy out the corner of his eyes But they squared him frozen where he stood In the glow of the furniture piled high for

Blacklisted Neko Case

at the end of the line With crackling fires and quiet plains Do the trees bend down Fold their limbs round you Welcome home faithful one We forgive you Slow down fast train Slow down fast train Take me

Outro With Bees Neko Case

and sick of this place Red wine is fast At the lip of your glass Saying I'm going to ruin Everything Everything So its better my sweet That we hover like bees 'Cause there's no sure footing No love, I

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 ...

Breathe Sasha

s nothing new You've got them all on the case, all on the case just for you And it?s easy when you don?