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Queen of the Universe
04:18
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Being with you intimately
is always like overdosing on ecstasy
your electric vibes moving through me from inside
your décolletage your Kryolan
you amblyopia your tourmaline
breathtakingly perverse
you're the queen of my universe
with your aura and with your allure
you come singing to me
Being with you sensually
is always to discover your profound mystery
your glitter and your glam
the amplitude of your circuitry
with your Kabuki theater make-up on
you have been my dominatrix
and I've been your switch
with your aura and with your allure
you come singing to me
When I said I love you - you thought it was strange
you thought it was strange
you're a work of art and my heart
knows what it wants
it wants what it wants
Being with you
being with you . . .
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Martha
03:31
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I remember the sound of your cello
presumably named after Ichabod Crane
talking with you yesterday
I recall the bands in which you once played:
Amber Asylum The Cherubs and Shiva Dancing
Martha we are living through precarious times
I'm sorry to present myself to you
in such a state
like I said I have a massive crush on you
I always thought you were intelligent & beautiful
You look to the left a little outside
letting your freak flag fly
disclosing the details of your heart to me
reflections of a time that used to be
I wanted to be in a band like Jethro Tull
I wanted to be in a band like The Cure
I wanted to be in The Flaming Lips
I wanted to be in The Velvet Underground
you know my love she had her delusions
I suppose I have them as well
but she was pure in her affinity
for Dave Gahan and Rozz Williams
for Stiv Bators and Johnny Thunders
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I once had a girl
she was beautiful like you Anna Carow
we had a little dog she named after Fritz Lang
she was the center of my world
for nearly three years
until one Monday in Spring
she disappeared
The first time I saw Sparklehorse
they opened the show for Cracker
Mark Linkous sang and played guitar
from his wheelchair
I always liked the poetry of David Lowery
especially 'Life is Grand'
from the Camper Van Beethoven Days
I saw The Flaming Lips and
Vic Chestnutt at Slim's
I saw Arab Strap and Deerhoof at
The Great American Music Hall
I saw Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
at a festival in Spain
I always dug their whimsy
and their ancient magic
It was Emmylou Harris who
introduced me to Townes Van Zandt
and it was she who informed me of his leaving
then I bought all his cassettes
from the Tower outlet store
I wish I'd seen him play
underground at Spike's Cafe
You were always so beautiful
the girl with stars in her hair
hardcore like Rozz Williams & Darby Crash
with your gleaming smile
your confrontation style
with your glamour fashion
and your love for Daniel Ash
You dealt me a blow
from which I'll never quite recover
in oranges and in blue
it crushes me to know
that you lost sight of the beautiful light
waiting for you there
on your horizon
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Bruce & Michele
05:04
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Teardrops don't stream down my face anymore
instead they come pouring like a mountain cascade
at the waterfall
Bruce and Michele have been my harbor
for the past five days
they understand I'm not beyond
being overcome by love
My closest friends understand my grief
they understand my nihilistic tendencies
I told them I might fall apart
if I got too fucked up
but I did not and the room they offered me
was lovely and dark
I could feel the air upon my skin
I slept in comfort and in dreams
in the evening Michele would feed me
quinoa and fava beans
I was always hungry
I was always grateful to sit at your table
as a lost vagabond
Alexis used to ask
'your not angry with me are you'
that's a sentiment I know all too well
moving through the night
I'm a drunken tyrant
I certainly can't remember everything
that I do
On those beautiful June afternoons
I would stand at your window as the sun
would set upon the hills of Niles
I would long to lie beside you in the dust
in the dust
I would ache to behold you
forever once again
Townes Van Zandt Rickie Lee Jones
Nina Simone on a Sunday morning
I tell myself take care as I long
to behold you forever once again
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Alexander McQueen
04:23
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I love the way you've told me about
fragrance & perfume with their notes of
patchouli & sandalwood
and of the designers who inspired you in school
Thierry Mugler and Jean Paul Gaultier and
Alexander McQueen Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen
I love your impersonation of Laura Dern
when she played Lula in 'Wild at Heart'
and the way you portray Tallulah Bankhead
makes me laugh you always make me laugh
You are wild at heart you are wild at heart
you are wild at heart
The picture that you took of yourself
standing of the porch is a work of art
you're a work of art
and the picture that you took of yourself
on the Greyhound bus breaks your mother's heart
it breaks her heart, like
Alexander McQueen Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen
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Jerry Vessel San Francisco, California
Jerry Vessel has previously released music as Heirlooms of August. He has been a member of San Francisco bands The Muons, Red House Painters, and Six Eye Columbia.
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