- Letras del "WHEN THE PAWN..." -
"ON THE BOUND" All my life is on me now, hail the pages turning And the future’s on the bound, hell don’t know my fury You’re all I need, you’re all I need, you’re all I need You’re all I need, you’re all I need, you’re all I need You’re all I need - and maybe some faith would Do me good I don’t know what I’m doing, don’t know should I Change my mind, I can’t decide, there’s too many Variations to consider No thing I do don’t do no thing but bring me More to do, It’s true, I do imbue my blue unto myself, I make it bitter Baby, lay your head on my lap one more time Tell me you belong to me Baby say that it’s all gonna be alright I believe that it isn’t.
"TO YOUR LOVE" Here’s another speech you wish I’d swallow Another cue for you to fold your ears Another train of thought too hard to follow Chugging along to the song that belongs to the shifting of gears Please forgive me for my distance The pain is evident in my existence Please forgive for my distance The shame is manifest in my resistance To your love, to your love, to your love I would’ve warned you, but really, what’s the point? Caution could but rarely ever helps Don’t be down when my demeanor tends to disappoint It’s hard enough even trying to be civil to myself Please forgive me for my distance The pain is evident in my existence Please forgive for my distance The shame is manifest in my resistance To your love, to your love, to your love My derring-do allows me to dance the rigadoon Around you But by the time I’m close to you, I lose My desideratum and now you, so Now you have it, so baby tell me what’s the word? Am I your gal, or should I get out of town? I just need to be reassured Do you just deal it out, or can you deal with What I lay down? Please forgive me, for my distance The pain is evident in my existence Please forgive me for my distance The shame is manifest in my resistance To your love, to your love, to your love
"LIMP" You wanna make me sick; You wanna lick my wounds, Don’t you, baby? You want the badge of honour when you save my hide But you’re the one in the way Of the day of doom, baby If you need my shame to reclaim your pride And when I think of it, my fingers turn to fists I never did anything to you, man But no matter what I try You’ll beat me with your bitter lies So call me crazy, hold me down Make me cry; get off now, baby- It won’t be long till you’ll be Lying limp in your own hand You feed the beast I have within me You wave the red flag, baby you make it run run run Standing on the sidelines, waving and grinning You fondle my trigger, then you blame my gun And when I think of it, my fingers turn to fists I never did anything to you, man But no matter what I try You’ll beat me with your bitter lies So call me crazy, hold me down Make me cry; get off now, baby- It won’t be long till you’ll be Lying limp in your own hand
"LOVE RIDDEN" Love ridden, I’ve looked at you With the focus I gave to my birthday candles I’ve wished on the lidded blue flames Under your brow And baby, I wished for you Nobody sees when you are lying in your bed And I wanna crawl in with you But I cry instead I want your warm, but it will only make Me colder when it's over So I can’t tonight, baby No, not ‘baby’ anymore - if I need you I’ll just use your simple name Only kisses on the cheek from now on And in a little while, we’ll only have to wave My hand won’t hold you down no more The path is clear to follow through I stood too long in the way of the door And now I’m giving up on you No, not ‘baby’ anymore - if I need you I’ll just use your simple name Only kisses on the cheek from now on And in a little while, we’ll only have to wave No, not ‘baby’ anymore - if I need you I’ll just use your simple name Only kisses on the cheek from now on And in a little while, we’ll only have to wave
"PAPER BAG" I was staring at the sky, just looking for a star To pray on, or wish on, or something like that I was having a sweet fix of a daydream of a boy Whose reality I knew, was a hopeless to be had But then the dove of hope began its downward slope And I believed for a moment that my chances Were approaching to be grabbed But as it came down near, so did a weary tear -I thought it was a bird, but it was just a paper bag -Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad, oh it kills Cuz I know I’m a mess he don’t wanna clean up I got to fold cuz these hands are too shaky to hold -Hunger hurts, but starving works, when it costs too much to love And I went crazy again today, looking for a strand to climb Looking for a little hope Baby said he couldn’t stay, wouldn’t put his lips to mine, And a fail to kiss is a fail to cope I said, ‘Honey, I don’t feel so good, don’t feel justified Come on put a little love here in my void,’ - he said ‘It’s all in your head,’ and I said, ‘So’s everything’ - But he didn’t get it - I thought he was a man But he was just a little boy -Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad, oh it kills Cuz I know I’m a mess he don’t wanna clean up I got to fold cuz these hands are too shaky to hold -Hunger hurts, but starving works, when it costs too much to love -Hunger hurts, and I want him so bad, oh it kills Cuz I know I’m a mess he don’t wanna clean up I got to fold cuz these hands are too shaky to hold -Hunger hurts, but starving works, when it costs too much to love
"A MISTAKE" I’m gonna make a mistake- I’m gonna do it on purpose I’m gonna waste my time Cuz I’m full as a tick And I’m scratching at the surface And what I find is mine And when the day is done, and I look back And the fact is I had fun, fumbling around All the advice I shunned, and I ran Where they told me not to run, but I sure Had fun, so I’m gonna fuck it up again I’m gonna do another detour Unpave my path And if you wanna make sense Whatcha looking at me for I’m no good at math And when I find my way back, The fact is I just may stay, or I may not I’ve acquired quite a taste For a well-made mistake I wanna mistake why can’t I make a mistake? I’m always doing what I think I should Almost always doing everybody good Why- Do I wanna do right, of course but Do I really wanna feel I’m forced to Answer you, hell no I’ve acquired quite a taste For a well-made mistake, I wanna Make a mistake, why can’t I make a mistake I’m always doing what I think I should Almost always doing everybody good Why-
"FAST AS YOU CAN" I let the beast in too soon, I don’t know how to live Without my hand on his throat; I fight him always & still O darling, it's so sweet, you think you know how crazy -How crazy I am You say you don’t spook easy, you won’t go, but I know And I pray that you will -Fast as you can, baby run-free yourself of me Fast as you can I may be soft in your palm but I’ll soon grow Hungry for a fight, and I will not let you win My pretty mouth will frame the phrases that will Disprove your faith in man So if you catch me trying to find my way into your Heart from under your skin -Fast as you can, baby scratch me out, free yourself Fast as you can Fast as you can, baby scratch me out, free yourself Fast as you can Sometimes my mind don’t shake and shift But most of the time, it does And I get to the place where I’m begging for a lift Or I’ll drown in the wonders and the was And I’ll be your girl, if you say it’s a gift And you give me some more of your drugs Yeah, I’ll be your pet, if you just tell me it’s a gift Cuz I’m tired of whys, choking on whys, Just need a little because, because I let the beast in and then; I even tried forgiving him, but it’s too soon So I’ll fight again, again, again, again, again. And for a little while more, I'll soar the Uneven wind, complain and blame The sterile land But if you’re getting any bright ideas, quiet dear I’m blooming within Fast as you can, baby wait watch me, I’ll be out Fast as I can, maybe late but at least about Fast as you can leave me, let this thing Run its route Fast as you can
"THE WAY THINGS ARE" I wouldn’t know what to do with another chance If you gave it to me I couldn’t take the embrace of a real romance It’d race right through me I’m much better off the way things are Much much better off, better by far, by far I wouldn’t know what to say to a gentle voice It’d roll right past me And if you chalk it up you’ll see I don’t really have a choice So don’t even ask me I’m much better off, the way things are Much much better off, better by far So keep on calling me names, keep on, keep on And I’ll keep kicking the crap till it’s gone If you keep on killing, you could get me to settle And as soon as I settle, I bet I’ll be Able to move on How can I fight, when we’re on the same side How can I fight beside you So keep on calling me names, keep on, keep on And I’ll keep kicking the crap till it’s gone If you keep on killing, you could get me to settle And as soon as I settle, I bet I’ll be Able to move on So keep on calling me names, keep on, keep on And I’ll keep kicking the crap till it’s gone If you keep on killing, you could get me to settle And as soon as I settle, I bet I’ll be Able to move on
"GET GONE" How many times do I have to say To get away-get gone Flip your shit past another lasses Humble dwelling You got your game, made your shot, and you got away With a lot, but I’m not turned-on So put away that meat you’re selling Cuz I do know what’s good for me- And I’ve done what I could for you But you’re not benefiting, and yet I’m sitting Singing again, sing, sing again How can I deal with this, if he won’t get with this M'I gonna heal from this; he won’t admit to it Nothing to figure out; I gotta get him out It’s time the truth was out that he don’t give a Shit about me How many times can it escalate Till it elevates to a place I can’t breathe? And I must decide, if you must deride That I’m much obliged to up and go I’ll idealize, then realize that it’s no Sacrifice, because the price is paid, and There’s nothing left to grieve Fuckin go- Cuz I've done what I could for you, and I do know what’s Good for me and I’m not benefiting, instead I’m sitting singing again, singing again, singing again, Sing, sing, sing again How can I deal with this, if he won’t get with this M'I gonna heal from this; he won’t admit to it Nothing to figure out; I gotta get him out It’s time the truth was out that he don’t give a Shit about me
"I KNOW" So be it, I’m your crowbar If that’s what I am so far Until you get out of this mess And I will pretend That I don’t know of your sins Until you are ready to confess But all the time, all the time I’ll know, I’ll know And you can use my skin To bury secrets in And I will settle you down And at my own suggestion, I will ask no questions While I do my thing in the background But all the time, all the time I’ll know, I’ll know Baby-I can’t help you out, while she’s still around So for the time being, I’m being patient And amidst this bitterness If you’ll just consider this-even if it don’t make sense All the time-give it time And when the crowd becomes your burden And you’ve early closed your curtains, I’ll wait by the backstage door While you try to find the lines to speak your mind And pry it open, hoping for an encore And if it gets too late, for me to wait For you to find you love me, and tell me so It’s ok, don’t need to say it.
