@ALBUM: American Thighs lyric sheet All lyrics copyright 1994 Are You There God It's Me Music ASCAP except "Number One Blind" copyright 1994 Are You There God It's Me Music ASCAP/Owl Troop ASCAP. Lyrics transcribed by Daniel Weaver daniel@gordian.com and are currently being used without permission. Special thanks to Tom Stachura for figuring out some of the particularly obscure passages. Also thanks to Jim Louvau, Ralf A. Engeldinger, and Patricia M. Schwarz for corrections. GET BACK - 3:12 - Nina Gordon ALL HAIL ME - 3:09 - Louise Post SEETHER - 3:16 - Nina Gordon SPIDERMAN '79 - 5:16 Louise Post FORSYTHIA - 4:44 - Nina Gordon WOLF - 4:19 - Louise Post CELEBRATE YOU - 4:20 - Louise Post FLY - 3:38 - Louise Post NUMBER ONE BLIND - 3:44 - Nina Gordon/Jim Shapiro VICTROLA - 2:18 - Louise Post TWINSTAR - 3:16 - Nina Gordon 25 - 7:55 - Nina Gordon SLEEPING WHERE I WANT - 3:19 - Nina Gordon @SONG: GET BACK I'm spinning out, I can't control my car. It doesn't matter and you think you might be you are. I misplace it and I don't know where it's at, And I could find it but I'd never get it back... Don't get it back Don't get it back The more you want it, the less you're gonna get back. I'm running out, I don't know when to stop. I thought I'd wait until I saw the penny drop. It started raining and it's falling in my lap, And I could spend it, but I'd never get it back... Don't get it back Don't get it back The more you want it, the less you're gonna get back. Don't get it back Don't get it back The more you want it, the less you're gonna get it back. The more you want it, the less you're gonna get it back. The more you want it, the less you're gonna get back. I'm spinning out, I can't control my car. @SONG: ALL HAIL ME Yeah So sorry, lady. So sorry now. I've killed your baby. I don't know how. So sorry, so sorry now. So sorry, so sorry now. You - so sorry mister. (oh-oh, oh-oh) But don't look now, I got your sister I shot her down. So sorry, so sorry now. So sorry, so sorry now. Cuz I'm a bad man, I do what I can. Cuz I'm a bad man, I do what I can. Cuz I'm a bad man, I do what I can. All hail me. So sorry mother I've let you down I'm soaked in right here I can't get out So sorry, so sorry now. So sorry, so sorry now. So sorry, so sorry now. Cuz I'm a bad man, I do what I can. Cuz I'm a bad man, I do what I can. Cuz I'm a bad man, I do what I can. All hail me. Ha, ha, ha, all hail me. (oh, I'm melting) @SONG: SEETHER Ow! Seether is neither loose nor tight. Seether is neither black nor white. I tried to keep her on a short leash, I tried to calm her down. I tried to ram her into the ground, yeah. Can't fight the seether Can't fight the seether Can't fight the seether I can't see her till I'm foaming at the mouth Seether is neither big nor small. Seether is the center of it all. I tried to rock her in my cradle, I tried to knock her out. I tried to cram her back in my mouth, yeah. Can't fight the seether Can't fight the seether Can't fight the seether I can't see her till I'm foaming at the mouth Keep her down, boiling water, Keep her down, what a lovely daughter. Oh, she is not born like other girls, But I know how to conceive her. Oh she may not look like other girls, But she's a snarl-toothed seether, seether! Can't fight the seether Can't fight the seether Can't fight the seether I can't see her till I'm foaming at the mouth Seether Can't fight the seether Can't fight the seether Can't fight the seether I can't see her till I'm foaming at the mouth Yeah. @SONG: SPIDERMAN '79 You're so nice, you tie me in a web And cradle me till dawn. You're so deadly that I can see your breath Beneath me when you're gone. You're so windy, I'd like to pin you down And tack you to the wall, Spiderman, Spiderman. Spider Sunday, you blaze up from the south With oil on your hands. I'm streaked in grease and grime and idle mouths. You've spoiled all my plans, Spiderman, Spiderman, Spiderman. I can't take more of that. I can't take more of that. I can't take more of that. I can't take more of that. Whoa, ho-oh. Tiny truckstop, you lay me in a towel And savor me like a lamb. You smell of corduroy and lemon drops And rags pulled from a can. I dream in black and white, I've long forgot exactly who I am, am, A Spiderman, Spiderman, Spiderman, Spiderman. Whoa, ho-oh. Spiderman. @SONG: FORSYTHIA Yellow baby, a yellow baby is a bad sign. But I don't mind, I don't mind. Ohh, Forsythia. Spider monkey, a spider monkey is a good lie. But I don't know why. Ohh, Forsythia, Oh-ohh. I don't mind sitting in the way, way back. I don't mind lying to my friends. One thing about Forsythia, She comes around and I get lost Against her yellow I'm no longer me. Yellow daisy, a dandelion or a pussy willow, It's a different thing. Oh-oh, Forsythia. Forsythia. Forsythia. One thing about Forsythia, She comes around and I get lost Against her yellow I'm no longer me. One thing about Forsythia... There's one thing about Forsythia... @SONG: WOLF That was a time for falling I knew you well. There was no time for crawling Me when you fell. This is a time to take cover In a wishing well. Summer was blowing all over me When you fell. Sailors can take all the breathing Out of the sail. I took a trip when you needed me... When you fell, Waters were driving me To a deep place; I close my eyes to see Your sweet face. A coke inside me, I slept in hell... Angels can be so deceiving When they love you well. Did you think you would be leaving me? These are some lavendar flowers In a broken shell; They comfort me ever since the day when you fell. When you fell, Waters were dancing me In a dark place, I close my eyes to see Your determined face, My secret inside me I slept in hell... This a time for believing In fairy tales - One in which you are brought back to me. Wolf, I cried wolf. Wolf, I cried wolf. Wolf, I cried wolf. @SONG: CELEBRATE YOU I wear my patent leather shoes And my golden fleeces, A feather in my hair for you And then I fall to pieces At your celebration (oh-oh, oh-oh) Celebration (Oh-oh, oh-oh) Celebration (Oh-oh, oh-oh) Celebration (Oh-oh, oh-oh) Celebrate you. We're quiet as two mannequins Feasting on silences. We wait for Christmas to begin To see the cracking faces. I tip my glass and toast to you, The blood spills on the carpet At your celebration (oh-oh, oh-oh) Celebration (Oh-oh, oh-oh) Celebration (Oh-oh, oh-oh) Celebration (Oh-oh, oh-oh) Celebrate you. And in the dream you held a gun; You killed off all who hurt you And left me there the only one Who would not dare desert you. I'm safe here growing in the shade, Away from all your brightness. I lost my innocence today When I learned how to write this. Tonight my nightgown is in knots. I toss and turn in your honor. I'll never know just what I have got As long as you're my father. And I'll keep searching here for you, I'll clean out every corner. It's not my fault. It's not my fault. (celebrate you) It's not my fault. (celebrate you) It's not my fault. (celebrate you) It's not my fault. @SONG: FLY Twice bitten, twice baked. Twice led down the same mistake. Try me on a Saturday, try me. Try me. Fine fool for a holiday Slow sun in a Spanish way One heart for one week of May, why me? Why me? Twice given to yesterday Right for a foray with fate. Fly me home to heaven's gate, fly me. Fly me. Fly... Twice bitten, twice baked. Twice led down the same mistake. Try me on a Saturday, try me. Try me. Try me, try me. @SONG: NUMBER ONE BLIND Be my blind. Be it all the time. Be it night or day, Take my sun away, away. Levolor, which of us is blind? Levolor, left me in the dark. Levolor, I can't see a thing but you, Is it morning? Blind me please, I am on my hands and knees. I can only pray Take my sun away, away. Levolor, which of us is blind? Levolor, left me in the dark. Levolor, I can't see a thing but you, Is it morning? It is time. It is time (oh-oh). Levolor, which of us is blind? Levolor, left me in the dark. Levolor, I can't see a thing but you, Is it morning? Levolor, which of us is blind? Levolor, left me in the dark. Levolor, I can't see a thing but you, Is it morning? Levolor, Levolor, Levolor, Levolor... * Levolor is a company which makes really nice blinds. * Thanks to webmaster@ucsd.edu for the insightful tip. @SONG: VICTROLA You're so wonderful, I adore you, I adore you, I adore you, Victrola. You're so audio, don't remove me, To a movie, I am grooving, Victrola. Ahhh... Happy New Year Ahhh... Happy New Year Ahhh... Happy New Year Ahhh... Ahhh... Ahhh... Ahhh... Happy New Year Ahhh... You're no winter love, I can lie here With you so near We both live here Happy New Year, You're my sweet dear Victrola Victrola-ahhh-ahhh. @SONG: TWINSTAR Flying, when all I want to do is die. Feels like you're flyin', Oh God, I wish that I could fly. You want to lift me up, But you don't know, and you don't see I'm stuck in my ways, stuck in my ways, oh. Even when all I want to do is drown. You keep on breathing and I keep on sinking down, oh, oh. You want to lift me up, But you don't know, and you don't see I'm stuck in my ways, stuck in my ways. I'm stuck in my ways, oh. You want to lift me up, But you don't know, and you don't see I'm stuck in my ways, stuck in my ways. I'm stuck in my ways. I'm stuck in my ways, oh. 25 I'm afraid I will never change. It's okay, I am not ashamed. I can say that my bed is made. You can bend me, shape me any way. You can bend me, shape me any way you want me. I maintain I am not in pain. How I try not to place the blame. I came late to an early game. You can bend me, shape me any way. You can bend me, shape me any way. You can bend me, shape me any way. You can bend me, shape me any way you want me. When I was five, I took a dive. When I was ten, I walked again. When I was fifteen, I kept my motor clean. When I was twenty, I got plenty. When I was twenty-five... When I was twenty-five... @SONG: SLEEPING WHERE I WANT This is my favorite disease, I am sleeping in his dreams. And the TV is on It is seeping into me It is guiding my dreams It is only three So its Jeopardy You can go and burst my tiny bubble Blow me off without a care But I am sleeping where I want to. This is my favorite time. I can sleep until the phone rings And I doubt that it will. You can go and burst my tiny bubble Blow me off without a care But I am sleeping where I want to. Please send your comments and suggestions to: Daniel Weaver daniel@gordian.com