Vic Chesnutt & Kristin Hersh Lyrics

Aunt Avis Help me mama, for I have grinned Save me daddy from…
Caffeine The best of us puking The rest of us not doing…
Duty Free No chocolate in the duty free shop Two drops of scotch Gonn…
Florida Florida, Florida, the redneck riviera Florida, Florida, ther…
Home Hey again, up for a spin? Pretty rain make you smile This…
Hope I know I don't want you, I feel broken and…
Panic Pure My earliest memory Is of holding up a sparkler High up…

2nd Floor If you want to see two circling swans On the surface…
Arthur Murray She's so musical Look at her dance in a flurry Who get's…
Assist Where are you Mr. Mustache noveliers, I'm in need of such…
Aunt Avis Help me mama, for I have grinned Save me daddy from…



Bakersfield Well the souvenirs On my dusty shelf Well I get out…
Band Camp Well the first time I ever laid eyes on you Was…
Bernadette I was shivering, I'll admit it I had nothing better to…
Bernadette & Her Crowd I was shivering I'll admit it. I had nothing better…
Betty Lonely Betty Lonely lives in a duplex of stuccoon the north…
Big Huge Valley Well the big huge valley is a ribbon of light The…
Blanket Over The Head We will remain ignorant Incapable of knowing Insoluble is th…
Bourgeois and Biblical Bourgeois and biblical Hanging on nails Mad metallic icons T…
Bug "Michelle loves Willie" "Our little Sarah" "Daughters of the…
Caper Caper, if you flaunt it then got to stop in…
Cash Do your math! Eat your clams! I always hated the L.A. Rams. …
Chain Chain, chain Every gesture, every frame Chain Chain, ch…
Chinaberry Tree Me with overshedding Going at the chinaberry tree All the …
Concord Country Jubilee I stumbled so innocently Over all the obscene boundaries S…
Confusion Well, when I woke up this morning The sky was so…
Coward The courage of a coward Is greater than all others A scare…
Cutty Sark Don't hit me with a broom I must request relief Don't…
Danny Carlisle He wanted a tree fort more than anything Yes, he wanted…
Deadline Deadline, it ain't moving Deadline, stiff as a board Deadlin…
Debriefing When I stop breathing, My poor old heart finally gives out …
Degenerate I am a rough ball of twine I have a duty…
Distortion Everybody lies What's the big deal? It's impossible to know …
Dodge There's so many ghosts out there on these streets I always…
Doubting Woman I was supposed to tell you about the point of…
Drunk she said it, she should know She'd by told by, she…
Duty Free No chocolate in the duty free shop Two drops of scotch G…
Dying Young Holes in his sweater, fluid in his lungs The experts say…
Dying Young Intro Holes in his sweater, fluid in his lungs The experts say…
Everything I Say The barn fell down Since i saw it last It's rubble now Well…
Fa-La-La Fa-la-la is running around All over the grounds of the hosp…
Fish Not the way it used to be, but it was…
Flirted With You All My Life I am a man. I am self aware. Everywhere I go,…
Florida Florida, Florida, the redneck riviera Florida, Florida, ther…
Flying I'm flying Across the ocean And I'm soaring Back home …
Fodder On Her Wings A bird fell to earth Reincarnated from her birth She had f…
Free Hope Bricks are dirty, lakes are dead the Family dog is…
Free of Hope Bricks are dirty, lakes are dead the Family dog is…
Fun Party / Shoestring Store That was brutieful Fun party fun party fun party party…
Fun/Party/Shoestring Store That was brutieful Fun party fun party fun party party…
Giant Sands Do a little rope trick Move around the mildew When you sto…
Girl's Say Girls say "why do you want to do that?" And boys…
Giupetto Giupetto! Pinnochio, Your adopted son is getting ready to g…
Glossolalia I am a stranger Lurking alone in my own vicious wilderness …
Gluefoot Cross my heart and cross my eyes Stick a needle in…
Gnats Gnats and bats and things with wings I know why the…
Got To Me I couldn't get away from it I was in over my…
Granny Granny, Oh Granny Whatya doin' by the kitchen sink? She sa…
Gravity of the Situation Well we blew past the army motorcade-and It's abnormal load…
Guilty by Association You've been sanctified And I've been tried guilty by associa…
Hermitage Sitting here resting my bones, fanning my affliction Wishin…
Hot Seat Ventolin and Vivarin and primatene Secret tequila shots and …
I'm Through Forget everything I ever told you I'm sure I lied way…
In Amongst the Millions It was the languid years, duels were fought so that…
In My Way Do you think it makes a difference? I say yes Taking my…
In My Way Yes Do you think it makes a difference? I say yes Taking my…
Independence Day Well future stepped into my field and turned it into…
Isadora Duncan Once I dreamed I was dancing with Isadora Duncan In a…
It Is What It Is I am a monster like quasimodo Or caliban the natural man G…
Kick My Ass I'm so sorry you had to kick my ass You said…
Ladle You file me with the libertines I fold in line My monthly…
Latent / Blatant Hardcore greedy, greedy man Loud with the ladies Mister ar…
Latent/Blatant Hardcore greedy, greedy man Loud with the ladies Mister arro…
Little Caesar Little Caesar has a mandate Now there is no doubt The bles…
Little Vacation Like a little vacation Like a little old song that I…
Look at Me Yeah Look at me in my thirties Plowing forth, unsteady and…
Lucinda Williams Imports and altercations My faculties on a shoe-string vacat…
Maiden Dogs are barking, birds are chirping The only thing better …
Marathon To-do lists on a long yellow legal pad Blue windsor knots…
Merriment An old woman in a wig and a mule eating…
Mighty Monkey Smell the mighty monkey Trainer is a junky And the tightro…
Miss Mary Miss Mary took a shower and she showed herself to…
Mr. Reilly Well there's a Mr. Reilly who swears That in Baton Rouge…
My Last Act Fill the basin with my hands Your strong shoulders in my…
My New Life I am so lonely I am so lonely I am so lonely I…
Myrtle A funny pilgrim on a crazy crusade A saucy chaucer, a…
Mysterious Tunnel Just never could say, "good bye" or "adieu" Ooh, but the…
Nathan The great grandfather, with his pious beard Bathed in the ri…
Naughty Fatalist Rave and rant in yer old Foster Grants I can see…
New Town New town reeks of lumber New town beat the crowds New town…
Old Hotel I can see my old hotel Down amongst the smells I'm up…
Onion Soup Thin and unshaved, drunk and mysterious ooh, I must say…
Over It ain't over til it's over Just like some joker said When…
Panic My earliest memory is of holding up a sparkler High up…
Panic Pure My earliest memory is of holding up a sparkler High up…
Parade Where did you go after the parade I wandered, searching for…
Philip Guston The hand, the hand, The hand, the hand, The hand, the hand…
Prick I was shaking with laughter Scared the bratty children Did…
Rabbit Box while I was still in elementary school I discovered Daddy's …
Rambunctious Cloud Here comes the rain, the bottom fell out Thunder hit, shook…
Rattle Keeping it on the road Keeping it on the road Can't say…
Replenished Sitting in the breakfast nook, Flipping through a saucy boo…
Rips in the Fabric She was walking down a sidewalk Sniffing, sniffing in the wi…
Rustic City Fathers Those rustic city fathers were realtors, Realtors And all …
Sad Peter Pan It's the plan of most to discover that magnificent ghost…
Scratch Scratch Scratch Scratch, scratch, scratch Goes the cat on the carpet She ste…
See You Around I'm sorry for my lack of communication But as I'm staring…
Sleeping Man You're a freak of nature You are a Siamese You are in…
Society Sue Anything we should know about your change? We were strollin…
Soft Picasso It was a modern love affair Completely cool and casual They …
Soggy Tongues Well the big huge valley is a ribbon of light The…
Speed Racer have I learned anything from all of these lectures? I think…
Splendid In the pasture we run free By the spring creek we…
Sponge Pleasure is melting like chocolate My blue ribbon gumption i…
Square Room Sitting in a square room My voice is freezing And the beams…
Squeak The wall came down, yes I saw it ? The reporter…
Stay Inside Well, I guess I'm through stewing How 'bout lets roll…
Steve Willoughby Someday I'm gonna be rich Someday I'm gonna be bona fide Som…
Stevie Smith Nobody heard him the dead man, But still he lay moaning: I…
Strange Language Up on the bluff, where I wish I was Twisting up…
Stupid Preoccupations I am sick of you Expecting me to do All these puny…
Styrofoam Emotion drains Like the contents of a cooler My thorax is St…
Sultan So Mighty I'm here because I'm a eunuch I am no threat I'm here…
Super Tuesday Super Tuesday, on the ball Super Tuesday I am out on a…
Supernatural Built a king on compliments Charisma and advertisements Stil…
Swelters After the splice When the temperature's nice After the patch…
Tarragon Suckin on a toothpick Soaked with cinnamon The boys in the…
Thailand It's a battle of the culinary arts in that boiling…
The Garden Pus on your finger, mud on your mind The tiller is…
Thought You Were My Friend Thought you were my friend, but you are my foe Took…
Threads Your personal pariah is in a wool cap The mirror flakes…
Thumbtack Take a light bulb from the closet And replace the…
To Be With You Thoughts of your flutter are flooding my mind Not constant …
Twelve Johnnies One johnny went to the newlywed school. One Johnny did a…
Until the Led Knowing what I know now I should've had a cow I didn't…
Untitled Narrowed eyes and soggy tongues Beautiful rumors are flying …
Very Friendly Lighthouses I hope that you are through and You knew what you…
Vesuvius Trying to clip the creek to the bank with a…
Virginia Virginia, Virginia, she's a beautiful queen She rules with …
Wallace Stevens I saw a blackbird Thirteen ways Then strew a fist many Mo…
Warm Warm, the body is warm The muscles twitch The posture comp…
We Hovered With Short Wings About your reef Over the hillock crest A breathlike aviati…
We Should Be So Brave We should be so brave, You're always pulling for the underdo…
West of Rome West of Rome, just east of the border In a static-y…
What Do You Mean Like a puppy on a trampoline What do you mean? Like a…
What Do You Mean? Like a puppy on a trampoline What do you mean? Like a…
When I Ran Off and Left Her When I ran off and left her She wasn't holding a…
When The Bottom Fell Out When the bottom fell out There wasn't any doubt I just sud…
Where Were You Where were you two years ago when I was locked…
Withering What are you doing withering away Yes I've heard you've lost…
Woodrow Wilson She said her father looked like Woodrow Wilson She said her…
Wounded Prince Wounded prince, where's your daddy? He's out watching the f…
Wren Like at the wren's nest Like at rock eagle Ironies swirl a…
Wrong Oberheim, Yamaha, Steinway And the lot I must have played…
Wrong Piano Oberheim, Yamaha, Steinway And the lot I must have played…
You Are Never Alone It's ok, you can take a condom It's ok, you can…
Zippy Morocco Zippy morocco with a hat on his head Set sail for…

2.I Never Will Marry One day as I rambled down by the seashore The wind…
37 Hours By now, I should know where you're going By now I…
A Cleaner Light A high That's a swell take on this situation I was trying…
A Loon Some store I'm not going back there any more Wandered in…
Aching For You Chinese food and your sleeping back We're born-again losers…
Amazing Grace Amazing Grace How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like m…
Amica Montana The baby's so simian I guess we never evolved completely Y…
Around Dusk around dusk you walk the seven blocks to paradise and thro…
Banks Of The Ohio My love asked me, to take a walk Just to walk,…
Baseball Field Lovely empty baseball field, just one of the places to…
Beestung Start with your fingers they finger the change That carries …
Bliss Warm on your cold heart Cool on your hot head A worn…
Breathe In breathe in 'cause breathing is what you do converged roads m…
Caffeine The best of us puking The rest of us not doing…
Can the Circle Be Unbroken (One, two) I was standing By the window On a dark and…
Candyland I lost a boy And now I look for him Through every…
Cartoons This war's OK In a sweet old fashioned way Like a game…
Cathedral Heat Arrest the boy Warm between the eyes As he jackknifes into…
Cheech's Song I've been waiting, been waiting.…
Clay Feet This is no time to fuck up Scooting around the linoleum On…
Close Your Eyes You can't make it You can't cry You can't make it home…
Cold Water Coming That filthy stare He's on a tear Cold water coming for the…
Costa Rica Eyes in the back of your head Ear to the ground Love…
Cuckoo Oh the cuckoo she's a pretty bird She wobbles when she…
Day Glo Up this way down under the ocean Tumbled in anger by…
Deep Wilson Slipping down railings And balconies With a sleepy ease I ne…
Delicate Cutters This is another Throwing Muses song. Don't say that, it's so…
Down in the Willow Garden Down in the willow garden Where me and my love did…
Echo White label on the backseat Glows an artificial green I crav…
Elizabeth June the ground's on fire the ground's on fire and so are you …
Ether I would bet You don't care So I pray to…
Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me And My Monkey Come on come on come on come on Come on is…
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey Come on, come on Come on, come on Come on it's such…
Faith Was it me, or the cold? Made you give up hope Made…
Firepile This is him, when I begin Call him tied, call him…
Flipside There's always drooling zombies Or at least on dick I'm havi…
Flooding I can pinpoint the moment you closed your eyes And said…
Fly When he stares, it's like he's splitting hairs I'm a wreck…
fly around my blue eyed girl Fly around my blue-eyed girl Fly around my Daisy Fly around …
Fog Walk a mile, then walk another mile When you hit the…
Fortune i left you cracking up in the east river like some…
Fox Point pray for who pretty please who knows what crowded, empty cro…
Gazebo Tree That sky is a-shine with sheen, those eyes are a…
Gin tempting to finish this disaster under midnight sun hope, gi…
Gut Pageant That fine fever brought us here Lambasted eyeballs When we…
Halfway Home a nasal voice in the background "get away from me, get…
Heaven In the race but out of step You struggle to hold…
Hips and Makers Rocking on the ocean Rocking on the sea Every bird flies…
Home Hey again, up for a spin? Pretty rain make you smile This…
Hope I know I don't want you, I feel broken and…
Houdini Blues Oh no don't you put me in that box You know…
Husk Terrible wine Set you free Damn slap-happy sleep c'mon out, …
I Never Will Marry One day as I rambled down by the seashore The wind…
ice Damp and sour skulled We land with a thud 8 hours off…
in shock Pinned by a dream state You are fearless And your empty arms…
Jesus Christ Angels from the realms of glory Stars shone bright above Roy…
Krait in a suburban desert a fast food high we swipe at peeling…
Lady Godiva Weed, California we jump out of the van like we can…
Lethe you again my only friend down the channel we call it going c…
Like You Excuse me, a doormat is good honest work Only the bored…
Listerine Listerine covers your tracks Doesn't do shit for the facts …
Little Birdy Little birdy, little birdy What makes you fly so high? It's …
Loon Some store I'm not going back there any more Wandered in…
Loud Mouth it's dark in here but we don't care hot, lost in…
Mama's Gonna Buy Mama's gonna buy him a little lapdog Mama's gonna buy him…
Me and My Charms You can come back When you want Just know that I'll be…
Measure Do you have a face I can measure the day by How…
Milk Street You were good You were kind You were drunk all…
Mississippi Kite you paint your own tv on the wall carve out insects…
Moan in a deep cold you can't be brave in a deep cold you…
Morning Birds i couldn't sleep anyway the hole you left is full of…
nerve endings Nerve endings mutiny Put a rock into my brain I feel almos…
No Shade In Shadow No Shade in Shadow it was feast or famine that day…
One Train Four days in Spain Smoky Spain And I take off again Then …
Pale Before I go to you I never wash my neck 'Cause…
Panic Pure My earliest memory Is of holding up a sparkler High up…
peggy lee Peggy Lee in between midnight and sleep And the sky over…
Pennyroyal Tea ( Nirvana Cover ) I'm on my time with everyone I have…
Poor Ellen Smith Come all you kind people, my story to hear What happened…
Poor Wayfaring Stranger I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger I'm wandered through a w…
Pretty Polly Polly, pretty Polly, come go along with me Polly, pretty Pol…
Rock Candy Brains Must've been on mushrooms when you wrote that pile of…
Rubidoux the freeway's freeway close i laugh from the back the race…
Ruby Everybody was so pretty there And up and jumping around An…
San Francisco Breakfast at the movies Gatorade And blackjack on the bed G…
Shake I like you when I'm in the mood As the crow…
Silica Let the ache out Spread it around You want to fly him…
Silver Sun He nears suspiciously As panic enters Geography for beginne…
Sinkhole Well it's sundown in the sinkhole, It's sunrise up on the…
Slippershell you soft soap the soft-shelled the porous morons like me …
Snake Oil Well I never I never saw Anybody move like that before Why d…
Sno Cat A man made of butterfat Careening around on a sno-cat And I…
Some Catch Flies When he stares, it's like he's splitting hairs I'm a wreck…
Spain Four days in Spain Smoky Spain And I take off again Then I…
Speedbath in the boiling grip of bad love i was dizzy with…
Spring Nothing like chrome when it shines No better weather to driv…
SRB Head first into the head board I'm shatter proof The crani…
Stained I guess you heard, hell you're so weird Like a spider,…
Static your mouth fell out of the sky and suddenly i had…
Sugar Baby You're a sight, you look like Someone dressed as you What …
Sugarbaby You're a sight you look like Someone dressed as you What d…
Summer Salt Let's back up and act like we're sober Newborn clean Head ov…
Sundrops You can't get any more sunshine I can't get over how…
Sweet Roseanne Sweet Rosey-anne, sweet Rosey-anne Bye bye, sweet Rosey-anna…
Teeth I could get a piece of meat from a barren…
The Cuckoo Oh the cuckoo she's a pretty bird She wobbles when she…
The Key Lightning and foam make a pelican fly Copper and snow make…
The Letter September 29, 1984 Dear so and so Gather me up because…
the thin man We're just a little starving Two feet away and I can't…
Three Nights Drunk [One, two , three!] The first night that I come home…
Torque my lip gloss froze off outside the airport on a hard bench…
Trouble Trouble Oh trouble set me free I have seen your face And it'…
Tuesday Night When you sleep you tell me off I told you…
Uncle June & Aunt Kiyoti Lying all night, screaming in pain Defending the cross in th…
Uncle June and Aunt Kiyoti Lying all night, screaming in pain Defending the cross in t…
Under the Gun My heart goes out to you A lover on a night…
Vanishing Twin I feel the tug of war I fight the fight But I…
Velvet Days Velvet Days you make your little way Pouring rain make that…
Vertigo And in the subsequent solitude Flat on your backs again We…
Vitamins V Pour tea and death by mosquito And vitamins V Home in the…
Wave of Mutilation Cease to resist, giving my goodbye Drive my car into the…
What'll We Do With the Baby-o What'll we do with the baby? What'll we do with the…
When the Levee Breaks If it keeps on raining the levee's gotta break If it…
White Suckers We were awake together all night long Sharing paraphernalia…
White Trash Moon The neighbors dog won't let you sleep Try not to stare…
Whole Heap of Little Horses Go to sleep, go to sleep Go to sleep little baby When…
wild vanilla Wild vanilla Clean dreams downcast eyes If you lived here …
William's Cut It was all passion misunderstood All passion mislaid I'm on …
Winter How do you talk again I forgot Like sand in naked flame Oh…
You Cage Oh the cuckoo she's a pretty bird She wobbles when she…
Your Dirty Answer You know how it feels when the real world encroaches Rubbing…
Your Ghost If I walk down this hallway, tonight, It's too quiet, So I…