Spring Is Coming With A Strawberry In The Mouth - Caroline Polachek

Girl, you've been so good to me Stayin' by my side through the bad times All my dreams never came true somehow But things are gonna be different now, baby My ship is coming in Baby, baby My ship is coming in And won't it be fine Girl, we're gonna make it this time You can throw away that shabby dress Buy yourself the finest things in town, girl Dry your eyes, we're celebratin' Oh, there's so many good times awaitin', baby My ship is coming in Baby, baby My ship is coming in And won't it be fine Girl, we're gonna make it this time I know it's been tough on you But through it all, you've been so true Happy to be just lovin' me And anything you want, it's yours 'cause baby My ship is coming in Baby, baby My ship is coming in Baby, baby My holy ship I've been waiting and it's coming in Oh, can't you see it, baby Can't you feel the ship And know it's coming in Just to meet you Everything you wanted Everything we ever wanted...

Can you treat it like an oil well When it's underground, out of sight? And if the site is just a whore-sign Can it make enough sense to me? Pretend the table is a trust-knot We'll put our labels down, favors down I'll watch a yarn of twine unravel And you'll never get it back It's what I want (it's what I want) It's what I want (twine comes down) It's what I want (it's what I want) Don't you know I could make a try? Make a try, make a try, make a try I've been crowned the king of it And it is all we have, so wait To hear my words, and they're diamond-sharp I could open it up, and it's up and down Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh It's what I want (it's what I want) I'll see you beg like a little dog (ball and twine) Don't you know that it's what I want? (It's what I want) I'll see you beg and it makes you dry Make me dry, make me dry, make me dry I've been down, the king of it It's all we have, I've been down And I could wait to hear the words They're diamond-sharp today Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Earth went silent London fell asleep She dreamed of winter Where you appeared to me Perfect timing as new petals in november A tender creature A fever Disarming, fluorescent There you were With your mirror Shining the world all over me There I was With my butterfly net Trying to catch your light I collected Stupid ashes So that after you'd gone I could hold onto something But you stayed unwavering Through every false goodbye Unsubsiding, pining For now and for never There you were With your mirror Shining the world all over me There I was With my butterfly net Trying to catch your light Oh, if only The umbrella of the sky Could wrap us up and up That's where I'd zoom in close Dilated as your eyes Until then I'll keep it brief Faithful inertia Her bullet doesn't slow It seeks and finds me How far it goes Heaven help me Take this bag of wings And drown it in the Thames And wake tomorrow Hollow, hardly forgetting There you were There I was With my butterfly net Trying to catch your light

Awake from a dream One that started as a nightmare Like a war so extreme It erased itself from memory Here's where I jumped From the airplane without questioning it The curve of the coast of Los Angeles Spreading itself below And blooming overhead The parachute I've got to trust it now, ohh-oh Change in the wind And I'm drifting from the crescent Pulled farther out From the shore than where I can swim to it And blooming overhead The parachute I've got to trust it now, ohh-oh Closing in on the sparkle of the waves Go on, take me It will feel like going home Go on, take me I'm not afraid to drown What is this Pulling me back the other way To strip malls, highways, and treetops Landing on the soft ground

How long can sunlight stay Warm in the storm How long 'til the bath runs cold Come dawn, come day, come half-awake Come blue, come grey, come waves that break And it's not enough No reply, no relief Dreams of dried fields That once were green Burnt by someone just like me Come dawn, come day, come half-awake Come blue, come grey, come waves that break And it's not enough No reply, no relief Hold on Hold on To save a single living piece of us I still got it I still got your heat

Starlight in the tunnel Kind of familiar Hopedrunk everasking How does it feel to know Your final form? So old, so new Pull close to me and never be alone Ooh Real life is a rumor Under the theatre Deeper, dig it deeper 'Til the meanwhile slows They'll find our bones And yet, they won't Pull close to me and never be alone Ooh Dawn is just a headspace Night is a feeling Hopedrunk everasking Centuries come and go They'll find our bones And yet, they won't