Cat Power - Faces

Looking out across the next few days
I can see, nothing
Looking out across the next few year
I can see, they're gonna go by fast
Looking out across the next few days
Smoke's gonna clear slowly
Looking out across the next few days
I can see, they're gonna go by fast
They're gonna go by
Lying for, me
So I won't hear a thing
To bat me back
So I'll notice some grave thing
I'm not made of successful things
I'm not made of successful things
I'm not made of success
I've got what it takes
I've got what it takes
To rest
To rest
To rest
But I'm still around
Looking across the faces I've know
I can see
Nothing
Looking out across my family members
I know they miss me
I know they must miss me
Never had a lot of fun
Better things to do around the house
Never had a lot of fun
Better things to do without
Lying for, me
So I won't hear a thing
To bat me back
So I'll notice some grave thing
I'm not made of successful things

Cat Power - In This Hole

In this hole that we have fixed
We get further and further and further
From the world
We must do

I saw you asleep beside a wall
Your skull inside a ball
Your eyes blackened by
The sound and the thought of God
Where should I hang my head?
Where would you like for me to hang my head?

One absence of truth
And one horrible thing I saw
What you truly wanted to become
And who you thought I was
The fall, the fall
Afraid to love
What is deeper than the grave
Goes all the way down those tracks
Everybody bow your head for the greatest inspiration
Complete contradiction
Away

In this hole that we have fixed
We get further and further
From the world
We must do
I know this, I know this
You know this, you know this

In this hole that we have fixed
We get further and further and further
From the world
We must do

I saw you outside that wall
Your skull outside that wall
Your eyes perceived by the sound
And the light of God

Cat Power - She's Got You

I've got your picture that you gave to me
And its signed with love just like it used to be
The only thing different
The only thing new
I've got your picture, she's got you

I've got the records that we used to share
And they still sound the same as when you were here
The only thing different
The only thing new
I've got the records, she's got you

I've got your memory or has it got me
I really don't know
But i know it won't let me be

I've got your class ring that proved you cared
And it still looks the same as when you gave it dear
The only thing different
The only thing new
I've got these little things, she's got you

I've got your memory, or has it got me
I really don't know but I know it won't let me be
I've got your class ring that proved you cared
And it still looks the same as when you gave it dear

The only thing different
The only thing new
I've got these little things, she's got you

(originally recorded by Patsy Cline)

Cat Power - A Pair Of Brown Eyes

One summer evening drunk to hell
I stood there nearly lifeless
An old man in the corner sang
"Where The Water Lilies Grow"
And on the jukebox Johnny sang
About a thing called love
And it's how are you kid and what's your name
And how would you bloody know?
In blood and death 'neath a screaming sky
I lay down on the ground
And the arms and legs of other men
Were scattered all around
Some cursed, some prayed, some prayed then cursed
Then prayed and bled some more
And the only thing that I could see
Was a pair of brown eyes that was looking at me
But when we got back, labeled parts one to three
There was no pair of brown eyes waiting for me

And a rovin' a rovin' a rovin' I'll go
For a pair of brown eyes

I looked at him he looked at me
All I could do was hate him
While Ray and Philomena sang
Of my elusive dreams
I saw the streams, the rolling hills
Where his brown eyes were waiting
And I thought about a pair of brown eyes
What waited once for me
So drunk to hell I left the place
Sometimes crawling sometimes walking
A hungry sound came across the breeze
So I gave the walls a talking
And I heard the sounds of long ago
From the old canal
And the birds were whistling in the trees
Where the wind was gently laughing

And a rovin' a rovin' a rovin' I'll go
For a pair of brown eyes

(originally recorded by The Pogues)

Cat Power - Cross Bones Style

Oh how time flies
With crystal clear eyes
And cold as cold
When you're ending with diamond eyes

Oh come child
In a cross bones style
Oh come child
Come and rescue me

Cause you have seen some unbeilevable things

Hater I have your diamonds
And still...

Cause you have seen some unbeilevable things

Hater I have your diamonds

Oh come child
In a cross bones style
Oh come child
come and rescue me

Cause you have seen some unbeilevable things

Hater I have your diamonds
And still, so still...

Oh how time flies
With crystal eyes
And cold as cold
When you're ending with diamond eyes

Oh come child
In a cross bones style
Oh come child
Come and rescue me

Cause you have seen some unbeilevable things

Cat Power - Peace And Love

Peace and love is a famous generation
I'm a lover but I'm in it to win
Peace and love is a famous generation
I'm a lover but I'm in it to win

Everybody got shit to pay
Can’t go lala with fafa hu-rah-rah
Gotta go dealing with DaDa for nada
It ain’t appropriate that I’m stoked that I get
A hundred-thousand hits on the internet
But that don't mean a shit
Even if you're legitimate
I want to feel honey now, like I got money now
But that don't mean a shit
Even if you're legitimate

I used to have scrounge money, on the ground money
Choosing Black Flag was choosing a race
They had a name for us, it was despicable
So disrespectable, we're like the dirty chemical
We were so attracted to mappable
People just wanted us to blend in and fade
Oh, you’re a horror now, a visual foul
When I was a teen, I had incredible dreams
99% y'all, it's in the wall y'all
Constitution's fine you're choosing a school
So our kids know who’s spinnin’ the globe

Peace and love is a famous generation
I'm a lover but I'm in it to win
Peace and love is a famous generation
I'm a lover but I'm in it to win
Peace and love is a famous generation
I may be a lover, but I'm in it to win
Peace and love is a famous generation
I'm a lover but I'm in it to win

Cat Power - Still In Love

Today I passed you on the street
And my heart fell at your feet
I can't help it if I'm still in love with you

Someone else stood by your side
She looked so satisfied
I can't help it
I'm still in love with you

A picture from the past came slowly stealin'
As I brushed your arm and walked so close to you
Then suddenly I got that old-time feelin'
I can't help it
I am still in love with you

It hurts to know another's lips will kiss you
And hold you just the way I used to do
Oh heaven only knows how much I miss you
I can't help it
I'm still in love with you

(originally recorded by Hank Williams)

Cat Power - I'll Be Seeing You

I’ll be seeing you
All the old familiar places
This heart of mine embraces
All day through

In the small cafe
In the park across the way
The children’s carousel
Chestnut trees, the wishing well

I’ll be seeing you
Every lovely Summer’s day
And everything that’s light and gay
I’ll always think of you that way

Find you in the morning sun
And when the night is new
I’ll be looking at the moon
I’ll be seeing you

I’ll be seeing you
Every lovely summer’s day
And everything that’s light and gay
I’ll always think of you that way

Find you in the morning sun
And when the night is new
I’ll be looking at the moon
I’ll be seeing you

I’ll be seeing you
I’ll be under the same old moon
I’ll be seeing you
I’ll be seeing you

I’ll be looking at the moon

I’ll be seeing you

(originally recorded by Billie Holiday)

Cat Power - Naked, If I Want To (Jukebox version)

Would you let me walk down your street
Naked if I want to?
Can I fire fireworks on the fourth of every single July?
Can I buy an amplifier, oh, on time?
My sweet time

Well I ain't got no money
I will pay this time
And I ain't got no money
But I will pay you before I die

And would you let me walk down your street
Naked if I want to?
Can I fire fireworks on the fourth of every single July?
Can I buy an aeroplane while i'm high in all the sky?
And I got no mercy
I will pay this time
And I got no mercy
I will pay you before I die

(originally recorded by Moby Grape)

Cat Power - Headlights

Last thing I remember

Last thing I remember

Last thing I remember

Somebody was laughing in my ear

Last thing I remember

The sun was coming up

Last thing i remember

Last thing i remember

Hey the headlights are getting to

Close to me

Hey the headlights are cutting me

I can see

Somewhere above me

I can see

My friend weeping

My friend singing over me

Lifting her arms up to the sky

Lifting her arms up to the sky

Somewhere above me

I can hear

Like birds singing

Or are they weeping

Get up around eight

Get up around eight

Get up around eight

Get up around eight

Let's make some coffee

And get real stoned

Hey let's play a record or two

A record or two

A record or two

A record or two

Hey the headlights are getting too

Close to me

Hey the headlights are cutting me

And I can see I'm alone

It's cold as hell

It's cold as hell

It's cold as hell

It's cold as hell

It's cold as hell

Cat Power - Against the Wind

It seemed like yesterday
But it was so long ago, long ago
Jimmy was lovely, was the king of my nights
And the darkness with the radio playin' low
The secrets that we shared, the mountains that we moved
Caught like wildfire

Against the wind
We were running against the wind
We were running against the wind

The years rolled out, I found myself alone
Surrounded by strangers I thought were my friends
It took all I own
Found myself running from my home
Guess I lost my way
Oh, there were so many roads
I was livin' to run and running to live

Against the wind
Against the wind
We were young and strong
And always on the run
Against the wind

Movin' 8 miles a minute for months at a time
Breakin' all the rules that would bend
I found myself searching for shelter again

Against the wind
Against the wind
And we were running again and again

And we're young and strong
I'm a little older now, but I'm still running
Against the wind
Against the wind
Against the wind

We're young and strong
Again, against the wind

(originally recorded by Bob Seger)

Cat Power - Kingsport Town

The winter wind

Is blowing so strong

My hands have got

No gloves

Wish to my sole

That I could have

The boy I'm dreaming of

Don't you remember me, babe

I remember you quite well

Caused me to leave

All of New York town

With a high sheriff on my tail

A high sheriff on my tail, boys,

High sheriff on my trail.

All because I've fallen for

A curly headed dark-eyed boy

Who's gonna stroke

Your coal black hair

And your sandy colored skin

Who's gonna walk you side by side

And tell you everything is alright

Who's gonna look

You straight in the eye

And hold your bad luck hand

Who's gonna walk you

Who's gonna talk to you

And who's gonna be your woman

The winter wind

Is blowing so strong

My hands have got

No gloves

Don't you remember me, babe

I remember you quite well

(originally recorded by Bob Dylan)

Cat Power - Here Comes A Regular

Well, a person can work up a mean, mean thirst
After a hard day of nothin' much at all
Summer's passed, it's too late to cut the grass
Ain't much to rake anyway in the fall
Sometimes I just ain't in the mood
To take my place in the back with the hard knocks
Like a picture on the fridge that's never stocked with food
I used to live at home, now I stay in the house

And everybody wants to be special here
I call out your name
Here comes a regular
Am I the only one here today?

Well, a drinkin' buddy that's bound to another town
Once the police made you go away
And even if you're in the arms of someone's baby, now
I'll take a great big whiskey to you anyway
And everybody wants to be someone's here
Someone's gonna show up, never fear

'Cause here comes a regular
Call out your name
Here comes a regular
Am I the only one who feels ashamed?

Kneeling along sad, old set eyes
He says
"Opportunity knocks once, then the door slams shut"
All I know is I'm sick of everything that my money can buy
The fool who wastes his life, God rest his guts
First the lights, then the collar goes up and the wind begins to blow
Turn your back on a pay-you-back, last call
First the glass, then the leaves that pass, then comes the snow
Ain't much to rake anyway in the fall

Here comes a regular
Call out your name
Here comes a regular
Am I the only one here today?

(originally recorded by The Replacements)

Cat Power - Hate

Anyone can tell you there's no more road to ride

Everyone will tell you there's no place to hide

There's no laws or rules to unchain your life

But the ones who didn't make it,

The ones who couldn't take it,

So glad they made it out alive

Everyone loves the fun

Everyone comes by

In the wind I crunch, I want to die

They can give me pills

Or let me drink my fill

The heart wants to explode

Far away where nobody knows

Do you believe she said that?

Do you believe she said that?

I said “I hate myself and I want to die.”

Half of it is innocent

The other half is wise

The whole damn thing makes no sense

I wish I could tell you a lie

Hey, come here

Let me whisper in your ear

I hate myself and I want to die

Do you believe she said that?

Can you believe she repeated that?

I said, “I hate me, myself and I”

Said “I hate myself and I want to die”

Cat Power - Nothing Really Matters

When I see your face in the crowd

With a look of obsession

There's no subtle way to say

There's plenty of defense and discretion

Even with what's left

All the gifts put outside

It's like nothing really matters

How can other people's ways

Be an estimate of your way of life?

Can't the words, and birds, and trees, and Earth

Be the same thing, and be just as right?

It's hard, a learned test

It's so hard, a learned test

It's like nothing really matters

It's like nothing really matters

It's like nothing really matters to them

The courage to turn it around

If he could see the different way

If he could turn it on its knee and bend it down

It wouldn't really matter

But outside, a learned test

A learned test

Cat Power - Woman Left Lonely

A woman left lonely

Will soon grow tired of waiting

She'll do crazy things

On lonely occasions

A simple conversation

With a strange man now and again

Makes a touchy situation

With her conscience now and then

And when she gets lonely

She's thinkin' 'bout her man

She knows he's takin' her for granted

And she just don't understand

Well, the fevers of the night

They burn an unloved woman

All those red-hot flames

Drive a sweet temptation

A woman left lonely

She's just the victim of her man

He can't keep up his own world

She does the best that she can

And a woman left lonely

Is lonely through and through

All along she conquers

All the hell he put her through

A woman left lonely

A woman left lonely

She's just a victim of her man

She gets tired waiting

All alone she's just waiting

(Janis Joplin)

Cat Power - King Rides By

If time had a place
And space for your past
Like a little novel
You wanted to read again and again
Would I be in your novel?
Would I begin and end in it?

If I had a place
And space for your little boy eyes
Could you really believe?
I certainly dare you
I do not want to scare you
Anymore

Oh, what a fuss when the king rides by
Oh, what a fuss when the king rides
Straight through my heart
Straight through my life

Need your love more than you'll ever know

A light kiss, the touch of your han
A million things I will never understand
Oh, what a fuss when the king trades in
Oh, what a fuss when the king trades

All of my love
For someone else's hand
Need your love more than you'll ever know

You don't miss your water
You don't miss your water
'Til your well is gone

Cat Power - Keep On Runnin' (Crawlin' Black Spider)

When will you do what you say you'll do?

How could you really do it?

Will you keep on running?

Baby settle down

Will you keep on running?

You'll lose your heart

Will you keep on running?

Baby settle down

Will you keep on running?

Run on, run on

You'll rule your day

Crawlin' black spider baby

Crawlin' black spider

Begin to crawl on baby with the cracks were very high

Just keep on crawlin' till the day I die

Crawlin' black spider

When will you do what you say you'll do?

How could you really do it?

Will you keep on running?

Baby settle down

Will you keep on running?

You'll lose your heart

Will you keep on running?

Baby settle down

Will you keep on running?

Run on, run on and you'll rule your day

Crawlin' black spider

Cat Power - Horizon

Mother, I know your face

Father, still hold your place

Sister, I'm around you

Remember me

Brother, I'm on my way

I'm visiting

Little sister, I know from where your brown eyes get

Your face on horizon I cannot see

Your face on horizon I cannot say

Mother, I wanna hold your hand

Father, I need you to be a man

Sister, if there's any help in me

I'm always on my way

Little brother, let's get on to travel

Let's get up to something

Little sister, can I have this dance?

You're on the horizon I cannot stay

You're on the horizon I'm on my way

You're on the horizon

And he looked the other way

Cat Power - Wanderer/Exit

Oh, wanderer
I'll be here wondering
If your brown eyes still have color
Could I see?
That night, that night
With those hands, those hands
That night, that night
Oh, galleon ring

With heart, wild heart
You would sing to me
Who is now the lady from the other town
Twist of fate would have me sing your name
With a baby on my mind
And your soul in between

Wild heart, young man
Goddamn, I never wanted to keep
If your goal is
Ages off before the end of your story
Give my hand to Jesus
When I ran away with you
Oh, wanderer
I've been wandering

Oh, wanderer
I'll be wandering