lived in bars

we’ve lived in bars
and danced on the tables
hotels trains and ships that sail
we swim with sharks
and fly with aeroplanes in the air

send in the trumpets
the marching wheelchairs
open the blankets and give them some air
swords and arches bones and cement
the lights and the dark of the innocent of men

we know your house so very well
and we will wake you once we’ve walked up
all your stairs

there’s nothing like living in a bottle
and nothing like ending it all for the world
we’re so glad you will come back
every living lion will lay in your lap
the kid has a homecoming the champion the horse
who’s gonna play drums guitar or organ with chorus
as far as we’ve walked from both of ends of the sand
never have we caught a glimpse of this man

we know your house so very well
and we will bust down your door if you’re not there

Cat Power

metal heart

“Losing the star without a sky
Losing the reasons why
You’re losing the calling that you’ve been faking
And I’m not kidding

It’s damned if you don’t and it’s damned if you do
Be true ’cause they’ll lock you up in a sad sad zoo
Oh hidy hidy hidy what cha tryin to prove
By hidy hidy hiding you’re not worth a thing

Sew your fortunes on a string
And hold them up to light
Blue smoke will take
A very violent flight
And you will be changed
Sand everything
And you will be in a very sad sad zoo.

I once was lost but now I’m found was blind
But now I see you
How selfish of you to believe in the meaning of all the bad dreaming

Metal heart you’re not hiding
Metal heart you’re not worth a thing “

Cat Power

Assaf Avidan and the Mojos (part 2:BW)

She said “baby, get down on your knees”
I said “babe if you insist”
She said “why do you keep seeing things you know that don’t exist”
I said “baby, I love you, now what can I do,
I’ll probably love you till the day I die”
She said “well pretty honey, if that’s true than give me both them, pretty eyes”

I said “baby, you can have them – you can have my eyes”
See I was thinking if she took them I won’t see her lies
But my baby – I can taste her lies.

She said “baby, get into this sack”
I said “baby, I don’t know what’s there”
She said “all I want to do with you
Is take you with me everywhere”

I said “okay, baby take me everywhere,
Take me through the day, through the night”
She said “oh silly babe, don’t you kid with me,
You know I really don’t have the time”.

Still I said “baby, you can take me” – and I got right in
See, I was thinking if she took me, I could taste her skin
But my baby, all I taste is her lies.
Oh my baby, all I taste is her lies,
Oh my honey, all I taste is her lies.

I said “baby, you can have them – you can have my eyes”
See I was thinking if she took them I won’t see her lies
But my baby – I can taste her lies.
Oh my baby,
Oh my honey,
Oh my baby

Oh my baby,
I can taste…

Her lies.

(Assaf Avidan “Her Lies” )

strawberry

כשתבואי לשכב איתי
תלבשי שמלה שחורה
מאוירת בתותים
ומגבעת שחורה
מקושטת בתותים
והחזיקי סלסלת תותים
ותמכרי לי תותים
תגידי בקול דק ומתוק
תותים תותים
מי רוצה תותים
אל תלבשי כלום מתחת לשמלה
אחר כך
חוטים יעלו אותך למעלה
בלתי נראים או נראים
ויורידו אותך
ישר על הזין שלי.

יונה וולך

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