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All songs © 2005 Elisa
Korenne
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find my strength
road trance
about
honest lies
andy the lightbulb eater
marrow
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I'm
a gypsy in a taxi cab
Don't remember where I'm at
On my way somewhere else
Hope they expect me
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find my strength
road trance
about
honest lies
andy the lightbulb eater
marrow
instead
flirt with me
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Below
the rise of my instep
In the scrape on my knee
In the dip of my waistline
Or the hole in my jeans
In the sight of my neck raised high
In your hand released
You will find my strength
You will find my strength
Behind
my lipstick
In my crooked teeth
Astride my shoulders
Between the seams
Below the curve of my hip
Beneath the bend in my wrist
You will find my strength
You will find my strength
You
can sit and you can stay
You can hide, or run away
Hey, hey, hey
My
arm by your elbow
Your face in my eyes
Behind my lashes
I don't hide
In the lines of my hands
In the curling of my toes
You will find my strength
You will find my strength
You
can sit and you can stay
You can hide, or run away
Hey, hey, hey
Either, either way
You will find my strength
Take a spell to decide
Can you meet me standing
Or can you choose to fly
Beside me
You
can sit and you can stay
You can hide, or run away
Hey, hey, hey,
Either, either way
You will find my
You will find my
You will find my strength
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find my strength
road trance
about
honest lies
andy the lightbulb eater
marrow
instead
flirt with me
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You're
right in front of me
I watch you drive
You're just a car to me
Can't see inside
Road
is a river
Reflecting sky
Shining between us
Drive by goodbye
I'm
in a road trance
I dream of road romance
Could you be my chance?
Let's do the driving dance
Road
is a river
Reflecting sky
Shining between us
Drive by goodbye
Do
you watch me drive?
Do you wonder what I'm like?
Can you see inside?
Can you see inside?
Road
haze in the way
Are you getting closer or further away?
You pave the way
Then you accelerate
Road
is a river
Reflecting sky
Shining between us
Drive by goodbye
Road is a river
Reflecting sky
Shining between us
Drive by goodbye
Drive by goodbye
Drive by goodbye
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find my strength
road trance
about
honest lies
andy the lightbulb eater
marrow
instead
flirt with me
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Twist
tie mouth
Wrapping up a puckered pout
Drenched and tuckered out
Is she lost or found?
Will she fall down or bounce?
Smile turns to a scowl
About face
Didn't
think the world would leave her alone
Couldn't remember where she called home
Took the communion cup for her own
And she drank, she drank, she drank.
Teeth
too big for her mouth
Biting off a fair amount
All her insides are out
Giving up
Putting out
The old life don't count now
It's about time
Didn't
think the world would leave her alone
Couldn't remember where she called home
Took the communion cup for her own
And she drank, and drank, and drank.
Twist tie mouth
Closing off that old puckered pout
Her luck ran out
Now it's about to change
It's about to change
Didn't
think the world would leave her alone
Couldn't remember where she called home
Took the communion cup for her own
And she drank, she drank, she drank.
And she drank, she drank, she drank.
She drank, and drank…
That's what it's all about…
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find my strength
road trance
about
honest lies
andy the lightbulb eater
marrow
instead
flirt with me
butte
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Your
lies are so honest
They give you away
They speak so earnestly
Of what you don't want to say
My
father always told me, "Stick close to the truth,
So when they come looking, it's so much harder to catch you."
But
your lies stray
So far from truth
That when I come looking
I can see right through to you
My
father liked to show me, how to put one by them
And when they'd find out, we'd be far gone by then
Your lies, so honest, your lies
To
seduce a liar
You need only see the truth
Nothing's more seductive
Than being seen right through
When
my father left he told me, he wouldn't be gone long
If I had only followed, I wouldn't have had to go it alone
Your
lies, so honest, your lies
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find my strength
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honest lies
andy the lightbulb eater
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SiMother
swooned when Andy revealed
That her missing lightbulb was this morning's meal
Tonics and doctors, therapists and quacks
None could keep Andy from metal and glass
Andy nibbled on anything bright
So they switched to candles and cursed dark nights
Halogens at breakfast, fluorescents at lunch
He'd chew and he'd crack and he'd grind and he'd munch
Crack
Crunch Feel it Slide
Screw Twist Down Inside
He
sharpened his teeth with frequent dining
He toughened his tonsils and stomach lining
He learned to crack glass between molar and tongue
To maneuver shards past cheek and gums
He'd skip out on English, and hang out in Shop
He'd sneak into junkyards to see what was dropped
Before anyone could tell him to "Shoo!"
He'd crack and he'd grind and he'd munch and he'd chew
Crack
Crunch Feel it Slide
Screw Twist Down Inside
He
grabbed a snack at the hardware store
A crowd gathered, and asked for more
Soon audiences waited with eyes aglow
For Andy's Electric Lightbulb Show
Then one day it happened, his skin turned to glass
Andy opened his mouth, and the light streamed past
His fingers were beacons, his arms were beams,
He shined and he glowed and he blazed and he gleamed
Crack
Crunch Feel it Slide
Screw Twist Down Inside
Crack Crunch Feel it Slide
Screw Twist Down Inside
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find my strength
road trance
about
honest lies
andy the lightbulb eater
marrow
instead
flirt with me
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TI
want to take all you can give
I'll even take what isn't given yet
I'm not interested in hedging my bets
I hold affection like a sieve
I
want to feel you in my bones
I need to fill my inner void
I don't care what needs to be destroyed
I can't fight this inner jones
I
need emotion to feed my soul
I know emotion's hiding in your bones…
I want your marrow.
No straight and narrow, for me
Give me your marrow, for free
Yeah…
I'm
a junkie for your inner heat
I'm happy to take my licks
As long as I can get my fix
I know it'll be a treat.
Let
me wade into your passion
Let me suck until I'm satisfied
I'm not expecting you to be a free ride
But I'm no good at being rationed
I
need emotion to feed my soul
I know emotion's hiding in your bones…
I want your marrow.
No straight and narrow, for me
Give me your marrow, for free
Yeah…
I
want to know you inside-out
Let me be a parasite
So I can love you with all my might
Which could drown all my self-doubt
Nothing
you can freely give will do
So open up your bones to me
To take what feeling I can carry free
This may be more than you can stand
I
need emotion to feed my soul
I know emotion's hiding in your bones…
I want your marrow.
No straight and narrow, for me
Give me your marrow, for free
Yeah…
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find my strength
road trance
about
honest lies
andy the lightbulb eater
marrow
instead
flirt with me
butte
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My
letters go unwritten
Your notes I leave unread
Forget that I forgot you
And remember me instead
The
smoke it whispers heartache
Embers fight the dark
Your presence never stronger
Than since we've been apart
Time
goes on unbidden
Fingers twist my sleeve
My shoulders to attention
The bell tolls twice for me
The
rumble in your belly
The tired in your eyes
Too long since you were marching
Too long your vigil outside
The
candle flame it sputters
The wax spills to the sheets
Forget that I forgot you
And leave me the night to greet
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find my strength
road trance
about
honest lies
andy the lightbulb eater
marrow
instead
flirt with me
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Flirt
with me
But not enough
Make me hungry
For what I didn't want
Flirt with me
Then turn away
To toy with another
In violent play
Flirt with me
Make me beg you
To keep me guessing
As we dance ahead
Amuse
me
Decadently
Ice to lip
Lip to hand
Smoothly
Intrude upon me
Then leave me parched
Without a glass
Flirt
with me
Try again
To make me thirst for your touch
Like I did back when
You'd flirt with me
So long ago
Till the moon set in the afternoon
And then we went home
Amuse
me
Decadently
Ice to lip
Lip to hand
Smoothly
Intrude upon me
Then leave me parched
Without a glass
Flirt
with me
Try again
To make me thirst for your touch
Like I did back when
You'd flirt with me
So long ago
Till the moon set in the afternoon
And then we went home
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find my strength
road trance
about
honest lies
andy the lightbulb eater
marrow
instead
flirt with me
butte
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Dusty
Bibles lead to dirty lives
So I left mine behind after momma died
Burned her apron and broke her jars
Only thing we agreed on was that tears scar
Walked out on Tommy a week before our wedding day
Rode a coach to a place where a girl could make her own way
Traded gingham for silk and rouge
Farmhouse walls for the fenceless route
See
the beauties in Butte, Montana
They're the prettiest girls I know
Enjoy the beauties in Butte, Montana
Save up your pennies for the show
Took
my dowry to Jesse's on the strip
Rented a room with a timer and a bed
Tallied in pencil on the peeling walls
Each time my bedposts dug deeper in the floor
Checkered curtains over window grime
Backdoor exits keeping time
Five years of fifteen minutes, socked away
Emptied my mattress and I bought old Jesse's place
See
the beauties in Butte, Montana
We're the prettiest girls you'll find
Enjoy the beauties of Butte, Montana
We'll perk you up after the mines
Claimed
the corner room, and made a corner life
Matched girls to miners, and then I realized
Corners are edges of rooms with walls
Broke my timer between my high heel and the floor
Told the foreman we could marry the next day
Sat on my suitcase and waited for him to take me away
I could see another room, four walls high
Shined up my pistol, and I let it cry
See
the beauties in Butte, Montana
They're the prettiest girls I know
Enjoy the beauties in Butte, Montana
Save up your pennies for the show
Save your pennies for the show
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find my strength
road trance
about
honest lies
andy the lightbulb eater
marrow
instead
flirt with me
butte
favorite
Will
you be my favorite, and tease me when you come to call
Slide down the banister just to prove you won't fall
Will you change the length of your stride to stroll beside me
Then stand on the corner and hold me tight
Yeah, be my favorite
Will
you be my favorite and stay in bed with me past noon
Set the alarm and then dream right through
Will you lose your way from here to there
And lose all sense in the scent of my hair
Be my favorite
When
you're around I forget to breathe
In case one wrong inhale takes this fantasy from me
Will
you be my favorite and say what's hard for me to hear
Let me know you know I'm scared
Hear the part of me that sometimes forgets to speak
And make me go ahead when I feel weak
Be my favorite, there's not much you gotta do
Be my favorite, I can be yours too
Be my favorite…