Paroles de "Alive"  à  "Dream Brother" Alive - The Drugstore I , I feel the time is coming I , I walk into your eyes Oh , I don’t care if the clock is turning Cause I’m going to the other side You either die Or you keep on burning alive And I am burning I , I walked a long distance I’m feeling sore inside Oh , I don’t care if the sky is falling Cause I’ll never get to see the light You either die Or you keep on burning alive And I am burning And I am burning     All Flowers In Time Bend Towards The Sun My eyes are … a baptism Oh and I am filth And I sing her … into my face Oh phantom Lucifer Oh, all flowers in time bend toward the sun I know you say that there’s no one for you But here is one All flowers in time bend towards the sun I know you say that there’s no one for you But here is one , here is one , here is one , yeah One that can never be more Either, or drunk, with the world at her feet A soul, but with no place to go Oh, all flowers in time bend towards the sun I know you say that there’s no one for you But here is one All flowers in time bend towards the sun I know you say that there’s no one for you But here is one , here is one Oh we did go We can travel round Fading farther from me With your face in my window cloth When will you wait for me Sweet willow, oh It’s look ok to be angry But not to hurt me Your happiness , yes yes yes Darling darling , oh All flowers in time bend towards the sun I know you say that there’s no one for you But here is one All flowers in time bend towards the sun I know you say that there’s no one for you But here is one All flowers in time bend towards the sun I know you say that there’s no one for you But here is one , here is one , here is one     Alligator Wine - Screamin’Jay Hawkins Take the blood out of an alligator Take the left eye of a fish , yeah Take the skin of a frog  , yeah And mix it up in a dish Add a cu of grease swamp water And then countin’ one to nine Spit over your left shoulder And you got alligator wine Alligator wine Your porcupine Is gonna make you mine Is gonna make you mine It‘ll turn your blood into steam – shhh ! It’ll make you cough and sneeze You gotta scream like an eagle You gonna roar like a mountain lion When you finished drinking Good alligator wine Alligator wine Your porcupine Is gonna make you mine Is gonna make you mine Ah yeah ! Wouh ! Meet at the stroke of midnight By the swamp down in the wood I’m gonna make you love me babe Like you never thought you could You gonna drink my magic potion And your blood  eye is gonna shine You’d be scared forever Oh my alligator wine Gonna make you mine Your porcupine Is gonna make you mine Is gonna make you mine All Tomorrow’s Parties – The Velvet Underground And what costume shall the poor girl wear To all tomorrow's parties A hand-me-down dress from who knows where To all tomorrow's parties And where will she go and what shall she do When midnight comes around She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown And cry behind the door And what costume shall the poor girl wear To all tomorrow's parties Why silks and linens of yesterday's gowns To all tomorrow's parties And what will she do with Thursday's rags When Monday comes around She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown And cry behind the door And what costume shall the poor girl wear To all tomorrow's parties For Thursday's child is Sunday's clown For whom none will go mourning A blackened shroud, a hand-me-down gown Of rags and silks, a costume Fit for one who sits and cries For all tomorrow's parties   Angel Mine – Jack Kerouac - Extrait de Kicks Joy Darkness, l’album-hommage à Kerouac. Angel mine be your fine Angel divine Angel milk what’s your ilk Angel bilk Angel cash angel smash Angel hash     Auld Lang Syne - Chanson traditionnelle du nouvel an. Should auld acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind ? Should auld acquaintance be forgot And auld lang syne ! Or auld lang syne , my dear , for auld lang syne We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet For auld lang syne And surely ye’ll be your pint stowp And surely I’ll be mine ! And we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet For auld lang syne For auld lang syne , my dear , for auld lang syne We’ll tak a cup o’kindness yet , for auld lang syne We two have run about the braves And pou’d the gowns fine But we’ve wonder’d mony a  weary fit Sin’ auld lang syne For aud lang syne, my dear , for auld lang syne We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet For auld lang syne We two have paid in the burn Free morning sun till dine But seas between us briad have roar’d Sin’ auld lang syne For auld lang syne , my dear For auld lang syne We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet For auld lang syne And there’s a hand, my trusty fere And gie’s a hand o’ thine And we’ll tak a right gude-willie waught For auld lang syne For auld lang syne, my dear For auld lang syne We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet For auld lang syne     Back In NYC - Genesis I see faces and traces of home Back in New York City So you think I'm a tough kid Is that what you heard Well I like to see some action And it gets into my blood Let me out of Pontiac When I was just seventeen I had to get it out of me If you know what I mean, what I mean You say I must be crazy 'Cos I don't care who I hit, who I hit 'Cause I know it's me that's hitting out And I'm not full of shit Down by my bottle Filled up high with gasoline You can tell by the night fires Where Rael has been , has been As I cuddled the porcupine He said I had none to blame, but me Held my heart, deep in hair Time to shave, shave it off, it off No time for romantic escape When your fluffy heart is ready for rape. No! No time for romantic escape When your fluffy heart is ready for rape Off we go, off we go, off we go You're sitting in your comfort You don't believe I'm real You never buy protection From the way that I feel Your progressive hypocrites Hand out their trash It was mine in the first place So I'll burn it to ash And I've taken all the strongest meats And laid them down in colored sheets Laid them down in colored sheets Who needs illusion Of love and affection When you're out walking in the streets With your mainline connection, connection As I cuddle the porcupine He said I had none to blame, but me Held my heart, deep in hair Time to shave, shave it off, it off No time for romantic escape , When your fluffy heart is ready for rape. No! No time for romantic escape , When your fluffy heart is ready for rape. No! No time for romantic escape , When your fluffy heart is ready for rape No time Back in New York City     Be My Husband – Nina Simone Be your husband if you’ll be my wife Be your husband if you’ll be my wife (lyrics originaux : be my husband , man, I’ll be your wife) Stick to the promise that you made me You’ve gotta stick to the promise that you made me Stay away from Johnny Lee (lyrics originaux: Johnny Lee = Rosalie) Oh daddy gotta love me good Oh daddy gotta love me good Oh daddy gotta love me good If you want me to , I’ll cook and sew If you want me to , I’ll cook and sew If you want me to , I’ll cook and sew Don’t you treat me so doggone mean Please don’t treat me so doggone mean Cause you’re the meanest man I’ve ever seen Oh daddy love me good yeah Oh daddy love me good yeah Oh daddy now love me good Oh daddy now love me good     Bluebird Blues - Traditionnel - Chanson qui date de l'époque Gods & Monsters , groupe que Jeff avait formé avec Gary Lucas. Un grand merci à Léa pour la transcription de ces lyrics !   The stone cold loner And his eye’s amazing I’m a stone cold loner As cool as a man could be I was gigin’ myself When the love comes down on me I let my bluebird Fly on a cage I sing song for they’ve never gonna change the world , no Let her fly away Oh , let her fly away I guess some lonesome chap Who’s waited for you night and day Bluebird is a liar She‘ll never love you not for long Bluebird’s liar ! She never gonna love you long She don’t love you But you know your best friend done before I have an angel With eyes like the ocean blue I have an angel With eyes like the ocean blue Someday the bluebird Is gonna fly away back to you Angel , she’s got a  ??? strong Angel , angel sing a song The rain is falling and I believe my time has come I let my bluebird Fly on a cage She‘ll pull , for the night to change or save the world No, she‘s on  bruising storm , angel She’s on a bruising storm The rain is falling and I believe my time has come My bluebird told me I was a lover babe Falling a mountain in another  black bird cage I said why What was wrong with me Why why why , what’s wrong with me What’s you gonna do Cos’ there’s a black bird picking out you see Oh oh oh oh     Calling You - Jevetta Steele - La chanson de Bagdad Café. A desert road from Vegas tonowhere Some place better than where you’ve been A coffee machine that needs some fixing In a little café just around the bend I am calling you Can’t you hear me I am calling you A hot dry wind blows right through  me The baby’s crying and I can’t sleep But we both know a change is coming Coming closer sweet release I am calling you I know you hear me I am calling you Oh . . .     Catnip Dream – The Shonen Knife He is just a cat but he ‘s very very fat He’s not just a standard cat He is a cat but he’s still very fat American calico cat Catnip is a kitty cat drug One puff two puffs, high in a dream Funny kitty’s got very sleepy eyes I wonder what he’s dreaming of Catnip Dream Catnip Dream Dream meow meow meow Catnip Dream He gets his kicks from a tiny toy A green frog filed with catnip And pretty soon he’s going to be seventeen Kitty cat birthday party Catnip is a kitty cat drug We plant catnip seeds together All summer long he watches it growing Dreaming of the harvest moon Catnip Dream Catnip Dream Catnip Dream meow meow meow Catnip Dream He is a cat and he’s very very smart He knows the coolest place in the yard He is the king of the neighbourhood American calico cat Catnip is a kitty cat drug One puff two puffs, high in a dream Funny kitty’s got very sleepy eyes I wonder what he’s dreaming of Catnip Dream Catnip Dream Catnip Dream meow meow meow Catnip Dream     Chocolate – Garage version 94 Cette chanson n’a jamais été enregistrée en studio et  en concert , Jeff la jouait souvent en medley avec Mojo Pin ou Kangaroo . Il n’existe donc aucune version « officielle » mais la version qui suit est sans doute une des meilleures. Merci à Olivier pour la transcription (!)  et  à tous ceux que j’ai bassinés avec cette chanson et qui se reconnaîtront facilement ! (la chanson commence par un medley That’s all I Ask /Kangaroo)   Love ,love ,love ,turn me on Love ,love ,love ,love ,love ,yeah Love turn me on Turn you all over With my thumb on your tongue Rest your pretty heels on my shoulder You got me shaking like a bed On a a hardwood floor In a lovers room Your love is like sweet dark chocolate yeah Melting in my back pocket You got me shaking like a lovers bed on a hardwood floor oh There you stare , the finger twisting your red hair ,oh Your accusations flying from you oh You call me a liar , a cheater , you call me a whore ,oh well you call me a liar , call me a liar , call me a liar , cheater , cheater, And a whore You call me a liar, call me a cheater and a motherfucking whore You call oh Oh baby you call me a liar , a cheater , thief, beggar and a whore oh Baby I'm all of what you say and so much more Why do you Why do you come back to me time after time after time after time Why do you come back to me Why do you come back to me I'll tell you Why do you come back to this poor little cheap Bullshit You said I was bullshit woman You said my love was fucking bullshit You said I was bullshit and then you You call me a liar , a cheater and a whore And you shut your mouth if I showed you what your hole was for Yeah I tell you why, its all because , all because All because, all because your love all because your love All because your love , sweet love , secret love , flowing love Hot love , secret love , flowing love is just like chocolate Cause your love oh yeah All because your love is sweet chocolate Melting in my back pocket Melting in the tongue of gold Everybody ’s got to fuck Every man has to be the devil Every woman has to feel like she's been slapped around Everybody’s got to live with their own demons in the same house Everybody’s got to feel like they're the only one Everybody wants to be loved Everybody wants to be loved Everybody wants to be loved Don’t you want my love Don’t you want my love Don’t you want my love Don’t you want my love Don’t you want my love Don’t you Don’t you want my love Don’t you want my love Don’t you like what you see Don’t you love all I could be for you I could be your I could be your brother I could be your brother I could be your sister I could be your slave I could be your fucking dog oh babe I love you Some day I wish I could know what it’s like to be you and have me inside Some day I'd like to become you and to know what its like to feel with me in Yeah Oh you Oh you treat me like a devil But your kisses are just like heaven Oh you look so beautiful When you're walking out on me love Oh with nothing as tender As when I wake up in your hair When I wake up in your arms I swear upon my blood I understand you I swear on my grave I understand you Sometimes a man must be All his woman feels he could be That’s me , that’s me , that’s me And I'm not afraid to know you You gave me your all you gave me your best Your cigarettes smell like the fear inside my chest Oh shit And your love feels like sweet black chocolate Melting in the part of her Melting in around my skin Oh you’re so Baby your love is like sweet chocolate Melting in a tongue of gold oh yes yes yes Go on do it Go on do it Go on do it Go on do it Go on do it , go on say it , go on say it , go on be it Only be it Come on let me take it Come on let me do it Come on let me be it I swear I'm the only one yeah You're the only one You're the , that’s why I want you Like a That’s why I want you Like a kangaroo That’s why I want you Like a That’s why I want you like a kangaroo yeah That’s why I want you for ever and ever and everyman I cross my heart And anything you want You can call me a liar, you can call me a cheater you can call me a thief and a motherfucking whore I'm all you say I am and so much more Go…     Corpus Christi Carol – Benjamin Britten He bear her off, he bear her down He bear her into an orchard ground Lu li lu lay lu li lu lay The falcon hath bourne my mate away And in this orchard there was a hold That was hanged with purple and gold And in that hold there was a bed And it was hanged with gold so red Lu li lu lay lu li lu lay The falcon hath bourne my mate away And on this bed there lyeth a knight His wound is bleeding day and night By his bedside kneeleth a maid And she weepeth both night and day Lu li lu lay lu li lu lay The falcon hath bourne my mate away By his bedside standeth a stone Corpus christi written thereon     Curtains – Elton John I used to know this old scarecrow He was my song My joy and sorrow Cast alone between the furrows Of a field no longer sown by anyone I held a dandelion That said the time had come To leave upon the wind Not to return When summer burned the earth again Oh oh oh , oh oh oh Cultivate the freshest flower This garden ever grew Beneath these branches I once wrote such childish words for you But that’s okay There’s treasures children always seek to find And just like us You must have had A once upon a time     Demon John Say farewell G’night, Sonny-Jim In your defenseless Winning smile What do you hope to win ? And bliss face down , defended Well, now stoned Demon John There’s no town the boy cannot belong Why did you come here ? Is it to excavate all your sins ? Boil within ? Slaughter like the daughter of the devil you send me I have to deal, you called me here You couldn’t say that you were juiced The night that you were introduced To Demon John Gonna take him with you when you go ? Dance down slow Oh, way down You cannot escape the bar-side angel dissector You undo your life with too much cocoon Who’s your protector ? Dark is the city where the white girls walk by Down below your eyes, just like fireflies You call me here , come on here , follow me dear Past cascades of rage and fear You called me here You couldn’t say that you had been juiced The time that you were introduced To Demon John Well, you knew you had to want to go Dance down slow By the light of the sun Murder comes Today or tonight Better get yourself together And transcend it, a burst of light Blaze stars into me While the love breaks through here and now So, murder by the light of the sun Please, don’t get too close to me You said you are for real, it’s not pretend All memories stolen, know this for yourself How would you like to be the happiest man in the world? Behind the weathered field hands Whose blistered paws Harvest cut For wedding clothes they’ll never wear Marching down a road that was never there It takes place on a sunlit lace and the backbone broken Please bring us light Demon John You Demon John Take him with you When you go     Despite The Tears – Jeff Buckley & Chris Dowd - On peut trouver cette chanson sur l’album de The Seedy Arkhestra  “Puzzle”. He found a letter from his lover She said she's never coming home His things were lying on her doorstep And his tears they fell like rain And in his mind, he knew He'd love her always Despite the tears And in his town where few knew love He'd spend his nights all alone, crying And all the love he'd once shared with her Was gone, long, long, long gone And he knew a part of him was dying And in his mind He knew he'd love her always Despite the tears Don't cry, dont' cry, don't cry Lover we tried, we tried, we tried And in his mind he knew he'd love her always Despite the tears     Dido’s Lament - Extrait de l’opéra “Dido and Aenas” composé en 1681 par Henry Purcell Thy hand , Belinda , darkness shades me On thy bosom let me rest More I would , but death invades me Death is now a welcome guest When I am laid in earth , may my wrongs create No trouble in thy breast Remember me , but ah ! forget my fate     Dink’s Song (Fare Thee Well) - Traditionnel. If I had wings like Noah’s dove I'd fly up the river to the one I love Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well If I met your man, who was long and tall I'd hit his body like a cannon ball Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well One of these days and it won't be long Call my name and I'll be gone Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well I remember one night, a drizzling rain Round my heart I felt an achin' pain Fare thee well, oh honey, fare thee well When I wore my apron low Couldn't keep you from my do' Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well Now I wear my apron high Scarcely ever see you passing by Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well Now my apron's up to my chin You pass my door and you won't come in Fare thee well, oh honey, fare thee well If I had listened to what my mama said I'd be at home in my mama's bed Fare thee well, oh honey, fare thee well     Dream Brother There is a child sleeping near is twin The pictures go wild in a rush of wind The dark angel he is shuffling in Watching over them with is black feather wings unfurled The love you lost with her skin so fair Is free with the wind in her butterscotch hair Her green eyes bloom goodbyes With her head in her hands And your kiss on the lips of another Dream brother with your tears scattered round the world Don’t be like the one who made me so old Don’t be like the one who left behind his name Cause they’re waiting for you like I waited for mine And nobody ever came I feel afraid and I call your name I love your voice and your dance insane I hear your words and I know your pain Your head in your hands and her kiss on the lips of another Your eyes to the ground And the world spinning round forever Asleep in the sand with the ocean washing over . . .       - suite  / paroles -