1. FLOWER OF THE MOUNTAIN

Yes, first I gave him the bit of seed cake out of my mouth
And it was leap year like now, yes
16 years ago my God after that long kiss
I nearly lost my breath, yes
He said I was a flower of the mountain, yes
So we are flowers on a woman's body, yes

Stepping out
Of the page
Into the sensual world
Stepping out

And Gibraltar as a girl where I was a flower of the mountain yes
When I put the rose in my hair like the Andalusian girls used
Or shall I wear a red, yes
And how he kissed me under the Moorish wall
And I thought well, as well him as another

Stepping out
Of the page
Into the sensual world

And then I asked him with my eyes to ask again, yes
And then he asked me would I, yes, to say yes, my mountain flower
And first I put my arms around him, yes and drew him down to me
So he could feel my breasts or perfume, yes
And his heart was going like mad and yes, I said yes, I will, yes


2. SONG OF SOLOMON

The Song of Solomon
The song of everyone
Who walks the path
Of the solitary heart
The soul cries out
Hear a woman singing

Don't want your bullshit, yeah
Just want your sexuality
Don't want excuses, yeah
Write me your poetry in motion
Write it just for me, yeah
And sing it with a kiss

Mmm, just take any line
"Comfort me with apples
For I am sick of love
His left hand is under my head
And his right hand
Doth embrace me"
This is the Song of Solomon
Here's a woman singing

Don't want your bullshit, yeah
Just want your sexuality
Don't want your excuses, yeah
Write me your poetry in motion
Write it just for me, yeah
And sign it with a kiss

And I'll do it for you
I'll be the Rose of Sharon for you
I'll do it for you
I'll be the Lily of the Valley for you
I'll do it for you
I'll be Isolde or Marion for you
I'll do it for you
Ooh I'll come in a hurricane for you
I'll do it for you
A wop bam boom

Don't want your bullshit, yeah
Just want your sexuality


3. LILY

(Oh thou, who gives sustenance to the universe
From whom all things proceed
To whom all things return
Unveil to us the face of the true spiritual sun
Hidden by a disc of golden light
That we may know the truth
And do our whole duty
As we journey to thy sacred feet)

Well I said, "Lily, oh Lily I don't feel safe
I feel that life has blown a great big hole
Through me" And she said
"Child, you must protect yourself
You can protect yourself
I'll show you how with fire"

Gabriel before me
Raphael behind me
Michael to my right
Uriel on my left side
In the circle of fire

I said, "Lily, no Lily I'm so afraid
I fear I am walking in the Veil of Darkness"
And she said, "Child, take what I say
With a pinch of salt
And protect yourself with fire"

Gabriel before me
Raphael behind me
Michael to my right
Uriel on my left side
In the circle of fire

He doesn't do, doesn't do, doesn't do
No don't don't don't
This must be used

Gabriel before me
Raphael behind me
Michael to my right
Uriel on my left side
Hmm, in the circle of fire

Oh, Gabriel before me, you'll
Raphael behind me
Michael to my right
Uriel on my left side
In the circle of fire


4. DEEPER UNDERSTANDING

As the people here grow colder
I turn to my computer
And spend my evenings with it
Like a friend

I was loading a new programme
I had ordered from a magazine:

"Are you lonely, are you lost?
This voice console is a must"
I press Execute

"Hello, I know that you've been feeling tired
I bring you love and deeper understanding
Hello, I know that you're unhappy
I bring you love and deeper understanding"

Well I've never felt such pleasure
Nothing else seemed to matter
I neglected my bodily needs

I did not eat, I did not sleep
The intensity increasing
'Til my family found me and intervened

But I was lonely, I was lost
Without my little black box
I pick up the phone and go, Execute

"Hello, I know that you've been feeling tired
I bring you love and deeper understanding
Hello, I know that you're unhappy
I bring you love and deeper understanding"

I turn to my computer like a friend
I need deeper understanding
Give me deeper understanding


5. THE RED SHOES

Oh she move like the diva do
I said "I'd love to dance like you"
She said "Just take off my red shoes
Put them on and your dream'll come true"

With no words, with no song
You can dance the dream, with your body on
And this curve, is your smile
(Yeah woo, yeah woo woo)
And this cross, is your heart
(Yeah woo, yeah woo woo)
And this line, is your path
(Yeah woo, yeah woo woo)

Oh, it's gonna be the way you always thought it would be
But it's gonna be no illusion
Oh, it's gonna be the way you always dreamt about it
But it's gonna be really happenin' to ya
Really happenin' to ya
Really happenin' to ya

Oh the minute I put them on
I knew, I had done somethin' wrong
All her gifts for the dance had gone
It's the red shoes, they can't stop dancin', dancin'

And this curve, is your smile
(Yeah woo, yeah woo woo)
And this cross, is your heart
(Yeah woo, yeah woo woo)
And this line, is your path
(Yeah woo, yeah woo woo)

Oh, it's gonna be the way you always thought it would be
But it's gonna be no illusion
Oh, it's gonna be the way you always dreamt about it
But it's gonna be really happenin' to ya'

She gotta dance, she gotta dance
And she can't stop 'til them shoes come off
These shoes do, a kind of voodoo
They're gonna make her dance 'til her legs fall off

Feel your hair come tumblin' down
Feel your feet start kissin' the ground
Feel your arms are openin' out
And see your eyes are lifted to God

With no words, with no song
I'm gonna dance the dream
And make the dream come true
I'm gonna dance the dream
And make the dream come true

She gotta dance, she gotta dance
(Yeah)
And she can't stop 'til them shoes come off
These shoes do, a kind of voodoo
(Yeah)
They're gonna make her dance 'til her legs fall off
Call a doctor, call a priest
They're gonna whip her up like a helicopter

Really happenin' to ya
Really happenin' to ya

You gotta dance
You gotta dance
You gotta dance
Yes


6. THIS WOMANS'S WORK

Pray God you can cope
I stand outside this woman's work
This woman's world
Ooh, it's hard on the man
Now his part is over
Now starts the craft of the father

I know you have a little life in you yet
I know you have a lot of strength left
I know you have a little life in you yet
I know you have a lot of strength left

I should be crying, but I just can't let it show
I should be hoping, but I can't stop thinking

Of all the things I should've said
That I never said
All the things we should've done
That we never did
All the things I should've given
But I didn't

Oh, darling, make it go
Make it go away

Give me these moments back
Give them back to me
Give me that little kiss
Give me your hand

(I know you have a little life in you yet
I know you have a lot of strength left
I know you have a little life in you yet
I know you have a lot of strength left)

I should be crying, but I just can't let it show
I should be hoping, but I can't stop thinking

Of all the things we should've said
That were never said
All the things we should've done
That we never did
All the things that you needed from me
All the things that you wanted for me
All the things that I should've given
But I didn't

Oh, darling, make it go away
Just make it go away now


7. MOMENTS OF PLEASURE

Some moments that I've had
Some moments of pleasure

I think about us lying
Lying on a beach somewhere
I think about us diving
Diving off a rock, into another moment

The case of George the Wipe
Oh God I can't stop laughing
This sense of humour of mine
It isn't funny at all
Oh but we sit up all night
Talking about it

Just being alive
It can really hurt
And these moments given
Are a gift from time

On a balcony in New York
It's just started to snow
He meets us at the lift
Like Douglas Fairbanks
Waving his walking stick
But he isn't well at all
The buildings of New York
Look just like mountains through the snow

Just being alive
It can really hurt
And these moments given
Are a gift from time
Just let us try
To give these moments back
To those we love
To those who will survive

And I can hear my mother saying
"Every old sock meets an old shoe"
Isn't that a great saying?
"Every old sock meets an old shoe"
Here come the Hills of Time

Hey there Maureen

Hey there Bubba
Dancing down the aisle of a plane

It's Murph, playing his guitar refrain

Hey there Teddy
Spinning in the chair at Abbey Road

Hey there Michael
Do you really love me?

Hey there Bill
Could you turn the lights up?


8. NEVER BE MINE

I look at you and see
My life that might have been:
Your face just ghostly in the smoke
They're setting fire to the cornfields
As you're taking me home
The smell of burning fields
Will now mean you and here

This is where I want to be
This is what I need
This is where I want to be
This is what I need
This is where I want to be
But I know that this will never be mine

Ooh, the thrill and the hurting
The thrill and the hurting
I know that this will never be mine

I want you as the dream
Not the reality
That clumsy goodbye-kiss could fool me
But I'm looking back over my shoulder
At you, happy without me

This is where I want to be
This is what I need
This is where I want to be
This is what I need
This is where I want to be
But I know that this will never be mine

Ooh, the thrill and the hurting
Will never be mine
The thrill and the hurting
It will never be mine
It can never be
The thrill and the hurting
Will never be mine


9. TOP OF THE CITY

One more step to the top of the city
Where just a couple of pigeons are living
Up on the angel's shoulders

I don't know if I'm closer to Heaven but
It looks like Hell down there
These streets have never been paved with gold
Welcome to the loneliest city in the world
It's no good for you baby
It's no good for you now
Keep looking up for the ladder

I don't know if you'll love me for it
But I don't think we should suffer this
There's just one thing we can do about it

Take me up to the top of the city
Take me up to the top of the city
Take me up to the top of the city
And put me up on the angel's shoulders

See how that building there is nearly built
There's a big fire over on the north of the city
I see you walking down the street with her
I see your lights going on and off
She's no good for you baby
She's no good for you now
Look I'm here with the ladder

I don't know if you love me or not
But I don't think we should ever suffer
There's just one thing we can do about this

Take me up to the top of the city
Take me up to the top of the city
Up to the highest point of the city
One more step to the top of the city
Put me up on the angel's shoulders

And I don't mind if it's dangerous
I don't mind if it's raining
Take me up to the top of the city

And put me up on the angel's shoulders
Take me up to the top of the city
Mmm yes, one more step to the top of the city
And put me up on the angel's shoulders


10. AND SO IS LOVE

And you huh?
You do huh?
We let it in
We give it out
And in the end
What's it all about?
It must be love

I give you my
I give you my
You give me your
You give me your joy

We used to say
Ah hell, we're young
But now we see
That life is sad
And so is love
(Ooh ooh baby live your life for love)
(Ooh ooh baby live your life for love)

We used to say
Ah hell, we're young
But now we see
That life is sad
And so is love
(Ooh ooh baby for the sake of love)
(Ooh ooh baby for the sake of love)

And whatever happens
What really matters?
It's all we've got
Isn't that enough?

(Life is sad and so is love)
You let it slip
You let it slip
(Life is sad and so is love)
I love you more
I love you more for it
(Life is sad and so is love)

(Life is sad and so is love)
All I don't want to
All for love
(Life is sad and so is love)
Just for the sake of love
(Life is sad and so is love)
You set me free, I set you free
(Life is sad and so is love)


11. RUBBERBAND GIRL

See those trees
Bend in the wind
I feel they've got a lot more sense than me
You see I try to resist

A rubberband bouncing back to life
A rubberband bend the beat
If I could learn to give like a rubberband
I'd be back on my feet
A rubberband hold me trousers up
A rubberband ponytails
If I could learn to twang like a rubberband
I'd be a rubberband girl
A rubberband girl me
A rubberband girl me
Oh, I wanna be a rubberband girl

When I slip out
Of my catapult
I gotta land with my feet firm on the ground
And let my body catch up

A rubberband bouncing back to life
A rubberband bend the heat
If I could learn to give like a rubberband
I'd be back on my feet
A rubberband hold me trousers up
A rubberband ponytails
If I could learn to twang like a rubberband
I'd be a rubberband girl
A rubberband girl me
A rubberband girl me
Oh, I wanna be a rubberband girl

Give like a rubberband
Twang like a rubberband
Snap like a rubberband

One rubberband won't keep you up
Two rubberbands won't keep you up
Three rubberbands won't keep you up
Here I go

One rubberband won't keep you up
Two rubberbands won't keep you up
Three rubberbands won't keep you up