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Virginia Dare

by Virginia Dare

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1.
Wicked Head 02:41
Wicked Head, Bit off both my hands wicked head, you've got some strange ideas but you can't hurt me, no you can't hurt me Wicked Head, went to bed with the preacher's wife had a little baby went and named him Caligula but you can't hurt me, no you can't hurt me and your eyes hold nothing and your mouth is full of sand and your touch is cold what is it makes you such a wicked man? Wicked head says every boy is a soldier with your chalk white hands you've got some strange ideas, but you can't hurt me no no no no no
2.
I know what you're thinking I know what you'll say right now's not the right time today's not the day yet the full moon needs trimming and I've got a knife and I know a couple more mad girls who'll do the job right wheatpaste and newsprint don't fill me up and until I get something to chew on nothing nothing's enough I'll wreck all the houses that won't let me in I'll dig for the last act of kindness that can't be cashed in
3.
Scratch 03:12
Nother ever happens, nothing I can stand. I go below, dragged down and low I get the creeps I long for more I'm waiting for you I wait for weeks In another moment, my head will come off in my hands I count to ten again and again and again, again and again Won't you stay and dig into my skin? Won't you scratch your initials in in the nicest way? Velvet gowns and lace, razor blades and paste good things go bad neglected and sad, yeah, they go to waste I long for more. I long for you please don't make me wait
4.
Girl King 03:30
Girl King cries and does cry: "Don't bump your head on my sky and spill your weak confessions" Girl King is unforgiving if only I could touch her I'd feel so much better Here she comes here she comes undone Looks like the Girl King broke her... We tried to make her happy we want her to be happy yeah
5.
How come an angel bruises herself when you know that she can fly? she won't get better, her friends won't let her they give her thin smiles and a dime She goes out of the room too many times You just get three chances that's simple enough how come my girl keeps fucking up? I dreamt she was drowning in a shallow pool i woke up crying in the deep end She goes out of the room too many times A piece of black ribbon, a spoon and a cup first she's down and then she's up She won't take her coat off, she won't sit down and she hides her pretty arms
6.
I go out, all tied up, bright red mouth spits a few words out I bump my head in the usual places I come to and wonder whose pale face I'm looking through. Once I had a name but it's hard to remember. Bend and sway bend and sway even the moon longs to get away someday I've been broken, I've been bent, I'm a paper doll in a ripped up dress. I can't stop eating glue, it's my favorite pastime. Listen, honey, you've been burned - you're the type that never learns. Raised on black and blue, it's your favorite movie. Bend and sway, bend and sway, even the moon longs to get away someday Break of day and I predict those words last night will never stick. What is it makes me sad whenever you're near me? Bend and sway, bend and sway, even the moon longs to get away someday get away, get away, get away someday
7.
Okay, I surrender. When will it be your turn? My city lays in ruin Everybody's singing your tune How does it feel? They gave you the golden gloves I begged you to take them off I got mad and left, and you flipped me off behind my back. How does it feel? Whip in hand, superman just like them How does it feel?
8.
Aurora borealis, give me a necklace pulled from the heavens broken into seven tiny little pieces, keep the little hurt buts, safe between your two lips. Aurora borealis, I want more not less, ripped stockings, dirty hair, never ever welcome there. Heaven have an accident, spill me some medicine, satisfy my thirst! I can never find it! I can never find it! Buried in a whisper, deeper than a pin prick. Aurora borealis, take off your ripped dress, give me the antidote pulled from your pretty throat. Rough cries dark prayers, dressed up goin' nowhere, heaven save me from myself!
9.
With my mouth painted black, I blew you a kiss through my baby teeth. I gave everything back and stood still like a deer in the headlights. I didn't know any names, I didn't know any real skull & crossbones. We drank and drove on the Hollywood Freeway and threw the forty-ouncers out the window. I didn't know I could fly away away away away I fell down all the time and searched for my name on all fours on the pavement. With X's for eyes, we burned holes in our arms just to pass the time. The sun fell from the sky and I wore out the grooves on your 45. I didn't know I was chained. I never knew I could chew through the bulk of it. Come liberation day we stood drinking beers in somebody's driveway. I didn't know I could fly away away away away I fell down all the time and searched for my nam on all fours on the pavement. I washed away my wounds โ€” the ones I got just to be like you. I cut myself just to feel, and found out I was really real.
10.
Alice 04:25
These days are made for cutting Flowers fall from trees It's heaven here inside your kitchen god your mouth is sweet I never ever would have predicted the nature of this dream I fell into the rabbit hole, you fell after me And when I hit the bottom, I landed on my feet Bless the bruised and kiss the broken, I can finally see Sparks fly whenever you touch me Let's drink gasoline your kiss dissolved every harsh word that was ever spoken to me...
11.
Anywhere but here, anywhere but here I'll give you all of my candy anywhere but here I can love, let me love, anywhere but here Take me to the sea fish out of the water gold coins fall out of her mouth take me to the sea I can love; let me love, anywhere but here
12.
She's not a young girl; she was once when I knew confusion, we lost our heads It's just a pinprick, that's what she said it's almost funny that you're not dead The dream that comes between your precious metal thread can't keep away the things you dread. She crawls on all fours. It's come to this. It's paranoia in a black slip. I can't devour the things you bring. I left her there, I left her there! The dream that comes between your precious metal thread can't keep away the things you dread.
13.
Five & Ten 02:53
I eat the last peach and swallow the end of summer. I cut the pit out, I cut my lip โ€” come and kiss me now! Kiss me goodbye. See that bluejay, he won't be so fat come winter. Blue feather in my hear โ€” come and kiss me now! Kiss me goodbye. Our little shack can't take the wind. Build a fire with my old things. I'm gonna cash my green stamps in, gonna buy something pretty at the 5 & 10. Sunflowers got their heads all hangin' down. I wrote my name on your wooden fence โ€” come and kiss me now, kiss me goodbye. Kiss me goodbye!
14.
Shipwreck 03:34
intro = four bars of F C F I'm the one who doubts you, I'm the one holdin her head C G I'm the one who kisses you with a mouth both bitter and sad C F I'm the one who begged you and made you take me in C G C Now I'm sorry for this wretched state I'm in F I'm the ship that dreams of shipwrecks C I'm the drowned girl round your neck Bb I'm the ship where the captain sinks G the thing that he loves best C F The thrill of whiskey, the rip of red, that hole kicked through your wall C G C didn't make me feel good after all C G Bb C didn't make me feel good after all, after all Bb F C After all
15.
Guess I'll go somewhere it's brighter Guess I'll go somewhere it's brighter Guess I'll go somewhere it's brighter Guess I'll go somewhere it's brighter It's too dark for you to find me It's too dark for you to find me It's too dark for you to find me It's too dark for you to find me I let the world divide me I let the world divide me I let the world divide me I'm sorry now I'm sorry now

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released January 1, 1994

Recorded at Lowdown Studio, San Francisco, 1993 and '94.
Mary O'Neil wrote all the songs, sang, and played autoharp.
Brad Johnson played guitar and drew the cover art.
Greg Freeman played bass and engineered the recording.
Paula Frazer played bass and sang on some of the first six songs.
Derrall Ward Garrison III played drums on 14 and 15.
Originally released in 1994 as two EPs and a single on Nuf Sed, then in Europe as a CD by Brinkman Records.

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