Tanya Donelly
Tanya Donelly (born July 14, 1966, in Newport, Rhode Island) is an American… Read Full Bio ↴Tanya Donelly (born July 14, 1966, in Newport, Rhode Island) is an American singer/songwriter and guitarist based in New England who cofounded Throwing Muses with stepsister Kristin Hersh, then went on to work in The Breeders and Belly in the 1990s. In the late 1990s, she settled into a solo recording career, working largely with musicians connected to the Boston music scene.
Donelly is best known for her Grammy-nominated work in the mid-1990s as lead vocalist and songwriter for Belly, when she scored a national radio and music television hit with her composition "Feed the Tree." Belly recorded on Sire/Reprise Records and 4AD; Donelly's solo works have been released on Warner Brothers Records and 4AD.
Over the years she has listed several musical influences. In one interview she named her guitar-playing influences as Marc Ribot, the Beatles, and former bandmate Hersh. More recently she mentioned Leonard Cohen as a songwriting hero, citing her then-current listening favorites as Lucinda Williams and Joan Wasser, and listing Boston-based groups like the Dambuilders, Pixies, and Count Zero as past favorites. Although Donelly mainly performs her own original songs, she has in recent years added covers by Robyn Hitchcock, Nina Simone, and the Beatles to her repertoire.
Donelly is best known for her Grammy-nominated work in the mid-1990s as lead vocalist and songwriter for Belly, when she scored a national radio and music television hit with her composition "Feed the Tree." Belly recorded on Sire/Reprise Records and 4AD; Donelly's solo works have been released on Warner Brothers Records and 4AD.
Over the years she has listed several musical influences. In one interview she named her guitar-playing influences as Marc Ribot, the Beatles, and former bandmate Hersh. More recently she mentioned Leonard Cohen as a songwriting hero, citing her then-current listening favorites as Lucinda Williams and Joan Wasser, and listing Boston-based groups like the Dambuilders, Pixies, and Count Zero as past favorites. Although Donelly mainly performs her own original songs, she has in recent years added covers by Robyn Hitchcock, Nina Simone, and the Beatles to her repertoire.
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Tanya Donelly Lyrics
02 The Bright Light Stone cold in this warm bed again Wide awake and waiting…
04 keeping you I'm keeping you I'm keeping you I'm keeping you so realize…
07 Pretty Deep Do i look like a liar Do i look like a…
Acrobat You'd have to be an acrobat to touch her Where she…
After Your Party One half of one bottle of last night's chianti Some sufferi…
Another Moment All your friends have changed Another moment too soon for yo…
Between the Bars Drink up, baby, stay up all night With the things you…
Breathe Around You I live underwater and you live on the moon You can't…
Bright Light Stone cold in this warm bed again Wide awake and waiting…
Bum Some lucky bum Took away my right to some Sweet…
Bury My Heart Bury my heart separately It's something that don't belong to…
Butterfly Thing What's that thing About a butterfly wing causing a typhoon …
Clipped Winter is on us Winter is watching us Cutting and…
Darkside From the dark side of the sun My supernatural one You fell…
Days of Grace This is easy this sweet cacophony It's like shooting fish in…
Divine Sweet Divide I have lost something On the way And I can't explain What yo…
Dona Nobis Pacem Dona Nobis Pacem Pacem Dona Nobis Pacem Dona Nobis Pacem Do…
Every Devil What it comes down to What could ever take your place What…
Fall Out Honey won't you let yourself speak free Honey won't you let…
Fallout Honey won't you let yourself speak free Honey won't you let…
Goat Girl See my child my past Hoping yours is a blast…
Golden Mean I'm not afraid Of a voice I hear Calling me strong Calling m…
Heart of Gold I want to live, I want to give I've been a…
How Can You Sleep ( Bright Light EP Part 1 ) Puzzles that divide you Divid…
Human Some sun-faded beauty let you down And I'm supposed to feel…
I'm Keeping You I'm keeping you I'm keeping you I'm keeping you so realize…
Influenza ( pretty deep ep part 2 ) Two days at the…
Invisible One Oh she's right in front of you And a light year…
Just in Case You Quit Me There I said it, I've done you wrong The miles I…
Keeping You I'm keeping you I'm keeping you I'm keeping you so realize…
Kundalini Slide You think it might Turn out all right After the fighting You…
Landspeed Song I've sunk a lot into this venture i expect returns I've…
Lantern Come on what's-your-name I've got a good game I've got a sto…
Last Rain Sometime today it will rain One of the last of the…
Life Is but a Dream And a shadow fell Bringing sleep to all Life is but a…
Littlewing The first time lightning hit me Was the night I met…
Long Long Long (The Beatles cover) It's been a long long long time How cou…
Manna Look inside this milky whiteness No power of the hand…
Moon Over Boston When I'm feeling like this I go down to the river And…
Moonbeam Monkey I'm an angel dark, darker than loam Come to steer your…
Morna Chaperone me through this Peace come to my home I could suff…
My Life as a Ghost This perfect day We make our way to the end of…
Mysteries Of The Unexplained I heard a song I heard the saddest song on WSUK They…
New England It's June and I'm still wearing my boots Come soon, back…
Night You Saved My Life The In the beginning my love was fierce One heart stopped and…
Pretty Deep Do i look like a liar Do i look like a…
Restless You stare out the wall like it's a window And hold your…
River Girls I caught you down by the river again Down where the…
Shadow Walk with me awhile I've got something to say to you…
Shadow The Walk with me awhile I've got something to say to you…
So Much Song So much to lose Anyway so much to prove Step away from…
Storm Look, I can't watch you Sleep-walking through this Should we…
Story High Wait, wait, I'm on the edge of my chair And it's…
Swoon Look at him looking Everybody see how he looks at…
The Bright Light Stone cold in this warm bed again Wide awake and waiting…
The Center You're in the room I can feel you I don't want…
The Lovecats We move like caged tigers We couldn′t get closer than this T…
The Night You Saved My Life In the beginning my love was fierce One heart stopped and…
The Promise Hey, what I meant to say Let's get lost and find…
The Shadow Walk with me awhile I've got something to say to you…
The Storm Look, I can't watch you Sleep-walking through this Should we…
The Wave My face has never been one to betray me It lies…
These Days You say you alone can love me Give me the reason…
This Hungry Life Night falls and the light fades And still you won't take…
To The Lighthouse Leave a light on, lightkeeper Leave a light on, lightkeeper …
Vanilla She strolled into my backyard Drinking wine from a dixie cu…
Wave The My face has never been one to betray me It lies…
Whiskey Tango You accuse me of fancy talk When I'm just trying to…
World On Fire How am I still in the dark when the world…
Wrap-around Skirt This world is a wrap-around skirt This world is a wrap-aroun…