St. Vincent - Regret

Morning pry the windows open
Let in what's so terrifying
Summer is as faded as a lone cicada call
Memories so bright I gotta squint just to recall
Regret the words I've bitten
More than the ones I ever said

Who's the one animal
All by yourself, all of us
All of us
All of us

Who's the one animal
All by yourself, all of us
Who's the one animal
All by yourself, all of us

I'm afraid of heaven because I can't stand the heights
I'm afraid of you because I can't be left behind
I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake
Oh well, there's a red moon rising
The door slammed and it felt like a cannonball

Who's the one animal
All by yourself, all of us
Who's the one animal
All by yourself, all of us
All of us
All of us

St. Vincent - The Power's Out

monday morning subway station pushers pushing racers racing came the message on the station the power’s out across the nation
and ladies and gentleman it seems we’ve got a problem the man on my screen said just as somebody shot him
and the mothers gasped the children cried almost could not believe my eyes
the power’s out and no one can save us no one can blame us now
that the power’s out

it was pouring like a movie every stranger looked like they knew me handsome cowboys praying gothic said I just remembered being happy
and “ladies and gentleman do remember me smiling” the queer on the train said as she jumped off the platform
and some blind folks held the police crying I swear to you I would not lie
the power’s out
the power’s out and no one can save us no one can blame us now
that the power’s out

that’s why I never came home

St. Vincent - La Fruta Mas Dulce

Mi Sophie se trepó
Al techo para ver a la luna
Luna
Ay, Dios, un mal paso
La mandó tumbando
Pero por un momento qué vista
Qué vista

Eres una natural
No renuncies
La fruta más dulce
Eres una natural
Sabes que este no es
La fruta más dulce
Está por las ramas

Mi Danny tomó un tren
Para ver América
Eso sigue, sigue, sigue, sigue, sigue

Eres una natural
No renuncies
La fruta más dulce
Eres una natural
Sabes que este no es
La fruta más dulce
Está por las ramas

Eres una natural
No renuncies
La fruta más dulce
Eres una natural
Sabes que este no es
La fruta más dulce
Eres una natural
No renuncies
La fruta más dulce

St. Vincent - Big Time Nothing

don’t blink don’t wait don’t walk you’re late don’t fall from grace behave don’t trip sashay ok sashay
don’t kid don’t blame don’t snap insane don’t crack don’t act your age don’t change your name its all the rage
do ask but don’t tell don’t laugh but do smile don’t have a glass don’t stay a while don’t take a pic don’t feel so sick

big time nothing

I look inside I look inside I look inside
nothing
I look inside I look inside I look inside
your eyes

one two one two

don’t show don’t flake go hard debase don’t make a dishonest mistake don’t be so sure I need a cure one more score

big time nothing
just like a
big time nothing
I I I
I look inside I look inside I look inside
nothing
I look inside I look inside I look inside
your eyes

St. Vincent - Broken Man

on the street i’m a kingsize killer
I can make your kingdom come
on my feet I’m an earthquake shaking
so open up my little onehey what are you looking at
who the hell do you think I am
what are you looking at
like you never seen a broken manlover nail yourself right to me
if you go I won’t be well
I can hold my arms right open
but I need you to drive the nail
hey what are you looking at
who the hell do you think I am
what are you looking at
like you never seen a broken manHow do you see me now?
You built my tower to tear it down.
And how could you see me now?
If I stopped cracking up myself
If I stopped cracking up

St. Vincent - Strange Mercy

Oh, little one, I know you've been tired for a long, long time
And oh little one I ain't been around for a little while
But when you see me, wave

Oh, little one, your Hemingway jawline looks just like his
Our father in exile
For God only knows how many years
But when you see him, wave
Through double-pane
I'll be with you lost boys
Sneaking out where the shivers won't find you

Oh little one I'd tell you good news that I don't believe
If it would help you sleep
Strange mercy

If I ever meet the dirty policeman who roughed you up
No I I don't know what
If I ever meet the dirty policeman who roughed you up

I'll be with you lost boys
Sneaking out where the shivers won't find you

St. Vincent - Just The Same But Brand New

The people in the street had overtaken you
By the time you rounded Second Avenue

So I walked away
All perfumed
Felt just the same
But brand new

And anything you wrote I checked for codes and clues
The letters stopped unceremoniously in June

So I changed my I's
And A's to yours
I'm just the same
But brand new

And I do my best impression of weightlessness, now too
And I might be wrong, I might be wrong, I might be wrong
But honey I believed I could

Float away
Dangling
I'm just the same
But brand new to you

St. Vincent - Cruel

Bodies, can't you see what everybody wants from you?

Forgive the kids, for they don't know how to live
Run the alleys casually cruel
Cruel, cruel

Bodies, can't you see what everybody wants from you?
For you could want that, too
They could take or leave you
So they took you, and they left you
How could they be casually cruel?
Cruel, cruel, oh
Cruel, cruel, oh

Bodies, can't you see what everybody wants from you?
If you could want that, too, then you'll be happy

You were the one waving flares in the air so they could see you
And they were a zephyr, blowing past ya, blowing fastly so they can see ya
Cruel, cruel, oh
Cruel, cruel, oh

St. Vincent - Sweetest Fruit

my sophie climbed the roof to get a better view of the moon
my god then one wrong stair took her down to the depths but for a minute what a view what a view
you’re a natural baby you don’t have to quit
sweetest fruit
you’re a natural baby you know this aint it
the sweetest fruit is on the limb

my danny took a bus to find america it goes on and on and on and on and on

you’re a natural baby you don’t have to quit
sweetest fruit
you’re a natural baby you know this aint it
the sweetest fruit is on the limb

you’re a natural baby you don’t have to quit
sweetest fruit
you’re a natural baby you know this aint it
the sweetest fruit is on the limb

St. Vincent - The Neighbors

Sister say a prayer for us one we learned from nuns and such
I won't believe not a word you speak just make it sweet to hear
Let's pour wine in coffee cups and drive around the neighborhood
And shine the headlights on houses until all the news is good

Oh no! What would your mother say?
Oh no! What would your father do?
Oh no! What would the neighbors think?
Oh no!

How am I supposed to sleep? Roaming blackouts on the streets
Oh not a word, not another speech, we'll run the headlights down
These kids are foaming at the mouth, psychotropic capricorns
Tomorrow's some kind of Strangerland where all the news is good

Oh no! What would your mother say?
Oh no! What would your father do?
Oh no! What would the neighbors think?
Oh no! If they only knew, knew

How can Monday be alright, then on Tuesday lose my mind?
Tomorrow's some kind of stranger who I'm not supposed to see

Oh no! What would your mother say?
Oh no! What would your father do?
Oh no! What would the neighbors think?
Oh no! If they only knew, knew

St. Vincent - Northern Lights

If you say it is, then I guess it is
What you say it is, but I don't feel anything
'Cause your pendulum is in swing again
Yeah, your pendulum hasn't swung back in

It's a champagne year full of sober months
Through my maudlin days, through my dry moments

I saw the Northern, Northern Lights
Convinced it was the end of times
I saw the Northern, Northern Lights

Gotta get young fast
Gotta get young quick
Gotta make this last
If it makes me sick

I saw the Northern, Northern Lights
Convinced it was the end of times
I saw the Northern, Northern Lights
Convinced it was the end of times

I saw the Northern, Northern Lights
I saw the Northern, Northern Lights
I saw the Northern, Northern Lights
I saw the Northern, Northern Lights

St. Vincent - Live In The Dream

Hello do you know where you are?
You’ve been out cold we almost called the cops
Don’t get up can you count to 10?
Oh boy you’re so lucky we found you when we did
Cause there’s a lot of people here who wanna do you harm
But stay with me you fallen lamb and I’ll keep you in my arms

But I can’t live in the dream
The dream lives in me

Welcome child you’re free of the cage
Trying to seem sane makes you seem so strange

You look tired go on rest your head
Oh girl you’re so lucky we found you when we did
Cause there’s a lot of people here who wanna do you harm
But stay with me you fallen lamb and I’ll keep you in my arms
But I can’t live in the dream
The dream lives in me

But I can’t live in the dream
The dream lives in me

St. Vincent - The Party

Honey, the party, you went away quickly
But oh, that's the trouble with ticking and talking
I lick the ice cube from your empty glass
Oh, we've stayed much too late
Till they're cleaning the ashtrays

Do you have change or a button or cash?
Oh, my pockets hang out like two surrender flags
Oh, but I'd pay anything to keep my conscience clean
I'm keeping my eye on the exit sign, steady now

How did we get here?
With creaks in these chairs
Oh, there aren't enough hands to point all the fingers
But I sit transfixed by a hole in your tee shirt
Oh, I've said much too much and they're trying to sweep up

St. Vincent - Champagne Year

So I thought I'd learned my lesson
But I secretly expected
A choir at the shore
And confetti through the falling air

I make a living telling people what they want to hear
It's not a killing, but it's enough to keep the cobwebs clear

'Cause it's not a perfect plan
It's not a perfect plan
But it's the one we got

It's not a perfect plan
But it's the one we got

'Cause I make a living telling people what they want to hear
And, boy, I tell you, it's gonna be a champagne year

St. Vincent - Actor Out Of Work

You're a supplement, you're a salve
You're a bandage, pull it off
I can quit you cut it out
You're a patient, I am lung

You're a cast signed broken arm
You're an actor out of work
You're a liar and that's the truth
You're an extra, lost in the scene

You're a boxer in the ring
With brass knuckles underneath
You're the curses through my teeth
You're the laughter, you're the obscene

You're a supplement, you're a salve
You're a bandage, pull it off
I think I love you, I think I'm mad

You're a cast signed broken arm
You're an actor out of work
I think I love you, I think I'm mad

You're a boxer in the ring
With brass knuckles underneath
I think I love you, I think I'm mad

St. Vincent - Down

You hit me one time
Imagine my surprise
You hit me two times
You got yourself a fight
I was a patsy
You were a creep from the cheap seats
Thinking that my little scratch was like your big victory
See but I'll take you down, uh-huh

Tell me who hurt you – no, wait, I don't care to
Hear an excuse why you think you can be cruel
(Cruel, cruel, cruel)
Mama always told me
(My mama told me)
You got to turn the other cheek
But even she would agree
You're an exception to that rule
(Rule, rule, rule)

I'll take you
Yeah I'll take you
I'll take you
I'll take you down
(I'll take you down, down, down, down)
I'll take you down
(I'll take you down, down, down, down)

Go get your own shit
Get off of my tit
Go face your demons
Check into treatment
Go flee the country
Go blame your daddy
Just get far away from me

Cause I'll take you down
(I'll take you down, down, down, down)
'Cause I'll take you down
(I'll take you down, down, down, down)
(I'll take you down)

Go tell your friends

St. Vincent - Hang On Me (piano version)

I know you're probably sleepin'

I got this thing I keep thinkin'

Yeah, I admit I've been drinkin'

The void is back and I'm blinkin'

I cannot stop the aeroplane from crashin'

And we circle down from the sky

Yeah, so hang on me

Hang on me, hang on me

'Cause you and me

We're not meant for this world

You and me

We're not meant for this world

I know you hate my hysterics

I promise this time it's different

I won't cry wolf in the kitchen

Just please, oh, please don't hang up yet

I cannot stop the taxi cab from crashin'

And only lovers will survive

Yeah, so hang on me

Hang on me, hang on me

'Cause you and me

We're not meant for this world

You and me

We're not meant for this world

You and me

We're not meant for this world

You and me

We're not meant for this world

St. Vincent - Down And Out Downtown

Last night's heels
On the mornin' train
It's a long way back downtown

Ten missed calls, they don't
Know where you are
It's a long way back downtown

Hey, I was flying (Flying, flying, flying)
Over the Empire State (Over, away)
Then you kissed me (Kissed me, kissed me)
And I crashed again

When did it start?
This feeling so wrong
When you're down and out downtown

(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Bowery John
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Forgotten but not gone

(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Praying at St. Ann's
Bodega roses in my hands
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Down and out downtown
And the
Joker with that funny laugh
Is digging through the basement of my past
It's a long way back down
Down and out downtown

Hey, I was flying (Flying, flying, flying)
Over the Empire State (Over, away)
When you kissed me (Kissed me, kissed me, kissed me)
And I crashed again
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

St. Vincent - My Baby Wants A Baby

My baby loves me like a saint
My baby hates when I'm away
My baby wants a baby
How can I go on?
What in the world (What in the world) would my baby say?
I got your eyes and your mistakes
You make a home (You make a home) I run away
And the story starts again
Then I couldn't stay in bed all day
I couldn't leave like my daddy
And I wouldn't be your only baby anymore

My baby's closer than a shave
My baby's blue when I dye grey
My baby wants a baby
How can it be wrong?
But I wanna play guitar all day
Make all my meals in microwaves
Only dress up if I get paid
How can it be wrong?

What in the world, what in the world, would my baby say?
I got your eyes and your mistakes
I wanna run, I wanna run, I wanna chase
The ending I can't see
Then I won't have no legacy
'Cause I won't write no symphony
Won't have no streets named after me
Won't even have your sympathy
No one will scream that song I made
Won't throw no roses on my grave
They'll just look at me and say
Where's your baby

St. Vincent - Hang On Me

I know you're probably sleepin'

I got this thing I keep thinkin'

Yeah, I admit I've been drinkin'

The void is back and I'm blinkin'

I cannot stop the aeroplane from crashin'

And we circle down from the sky

Yeah, so hang on me

Hang on me, hang on me

'Cause you and me

We're not meant for this world

You and me

We're not meant for this world

I know you hate my hysterics

I promise this time it's different

I won't cry wolf in the kitchen

Just please, oh, please don't hang up yet

I cannot stop the taxi cab from crashin'

And only lovers will survive

Yeah, so hang on me

Hang on me, hang on me

'Cause you and me

We're not meant for this world

You and me

We're not meant for this world

You and me

We're not meant for this world

You and me

We're not meant for this world