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MARC ALMOND - MOTHER FIST
Mother
Fist
There is a Bed
Saint Judy
The Room Below
Angel in Her Kiss
The Hustler
Melancholy Rose
Mr Sad
The Sea Says
Champ
Ruby Red
The River
(Almond)
Well now I've been on my own for many a year
Seems like I'll never get loved
Got me a hand on this brother of mine
And I'm gonna get me the rub
Turn me the lights down to a purple glow
Put Bessie Smith on the wall
Bring me the five young daughters
And help my ship to set sail
Chorus
Mother fist never gets angey
Mother fist she never gets bored
I don't have to feed her
I just have to need her
She cries give me the word
When I'm downtown in Barcelona
When I'm pissed or I'm pissed off
Mother fist just gives me her tender kiss
And some of her sexy stuff
And I lock my door from the inside
Turn my mind to sweet sweet pain
And I wail just like Yma Sumac
Mother fist she never complains
Repeat chorus
Now I don't care if I'm in a prison
In confinement solitary
A soldier lost in the legion
Or a sailor out on the sea
A beggar, thief or a rich man
A gunman mercenary
A one legged crook
An Armenian cook
As long as my mother's with me
Repeat chorus
(Almond)
There is a bed where I can end my days
To think about the road I've run the miles I've come
There is a bed where troubles melt away
My lonely hours or hours with you
The times that we've come through
There is a bed where we shared times of love
And out of love those nights are memories best forgot
We argued about trivial things
And slept apart a wall we built among the sheets
There ia bed where sickness left its touch
And fever damp the sheets where I would shake all night
Cold burning on my brow
Hallucinations here and now
A fight to live or die
There is a bed where first we both made love
And left the marks, reminders of how good it felt
The hard, the soft the sweat in midnight's hour
We built the fort, we climbed the tower
There is a bed where years will make us wise
Truth and lies, defeat, despise and forgiving
The sheets our cradle birth to death
The twists and turns of love, the life we're living
There is bed where nights I lay awake
To think about my future to forget my past
My bed a boat to sail the seas
To land where safety finds me gripping to the mast
And though I feel the years slip through my fingers
Sorrow lingers and won't go away
There is a bed that is my sanctuary
A bed where I can end my days
There is a bed
(Almond)
Saint Judy
She's staggering across the floor
Saint Judy
Behaving like a whore
Saint Judy
She's giving it all the tears
She tears her dress
Looks a mess
Well I've wanted to do it for years
Well I've wanted to do it for years
Now I had a dream
Well, more a fantasy
Kip, Noll, John Holmes and me
All in bed we were going O.T.T.
What a sight to see
What a sight to see
Well a diva a day
Keeps the boredom away
I love 'em when they throw up their arms
And they bathe in that applause
Shouting, screaming
Singing, stamping
Slamming hotel doors
Champagne chilled
And the pills well spilled
All wide eyes
And overkill
Minks, the drinks
The curves, the kinks
Always acts before she thinks
Well that's what you call a star boys
That's what you call a star
Too many of my skeletons
In other people's closets
Too many people taking
Without leaving deposits
Too many people bringing me down
Bringing me down
Well they may find me on a hotel floor
High heels in a pool of gore
Curtains closed
And a bolted door
Breaking every law
And if I die before I wake up
I pray the Lord don't smudge my make-up
The dress will be fine when the hem I take up
The dress will be just fine
Sometimes I feel like a moral-less child
Sometimes I feel that I've gone too wild
Spilled my guts
Done myself in
Died for a multitude of sins
It feels good to die for your sins
It feels so good
So good boys
Well, let's all put on our sequinned dresses
And end it all in tears
Lets all holler and beat our breasts
Ending it all in tears
Christ I've wanted to do this for years
Saint Judy
What are we going to wear?
Saint Judy
Our souls we're gonna bear
Saint Judy
She's sqeezing out those tears
She tears her dress
Looks a mess
Christ I've wanted to do this for years
(Almond)
I keep old feelings locked
In the room below
Soft kisses
Stained wine glasses
And outside the snow
Broken windows
Wilted flowers
And we stayed happy there for hours
Chorus
Oh, how I love Carmen Amaya
She sings my sad then happy heart
How I loved any kind of love
And you the love of art
I painted walls flamenco orange
You painted me in greys and charcoals
We stayed together, braved the winter
I was happy, but then I had you
Repeat chorus
Sometimes the ceiling would collapse
The upstais sink leaked down our walls
We never washed the cups or dishes
Well love can keep you very busy
Repeat chorus
(Almond)
He's bringing trouble
A suitcase of heartache
Another sad scene on the way
He wears a necklace of tears
A string of bright trophies
Throwing a new love away every day
Chorus
It must be the angel in her kiss
That makes him the devil in her arms
It must be the angel in her kiss
That makes him the devil in her arms
She was as sad as the sea out of season
The winter took her baby away
Stitched up her dreams
With Italian seams
And buried the needle away
I gotta say
Repeat chorus
And she'd kill for the thrill
Of the love in his eyes
Billy Macbeth all thunder and lies
Show her the way to his hand in his glove
That put her the candle she lit for his love
Repeat chorus
She's just another lost case
To the heart of a man
Another lost case
To the heart of a man
I would like to clip your wings
Grounded angels are useless things
Repeat chorus
(Almond)
Over there in the cold
Stands the hustler his eyes are old
He has seen a million
Ugly scenes
Places where men droop with mould
The backrooms where soiled goods are sold
Seen with opened eyes
Since frail fifteen
He has found it hard at first
But on his brow there sits a curse
For when the young must suffer
At the hands of men
Memories of Christmas past
Were never there to ever last
Things as were can never
Be again
Over there by the wall
Stands the hustler, he's not very tall
He's trampled by the jaded
By the sly
He's seen the darker side of men
First fascinated and then
He found his urge to laugh
An urge to cry
He'll find close friends, no friends at all
He feels so lonely, tired and small
How few are chosen from
The golden call
There's something in us all it seems
To crave adventure, hunt for dreams
But corruption the seducer
Spoils our schemes
And surely as the snow will melt
The hustler grabs his soul and heads
For home with lessons learnt
Under his belt
Over there by the wall
Stands the hustler with the men of law
On either side to flank the
Sallow youth
But some of us will never learn
It takes the blow of fists to burn
How painfully we suffer
For the truth
(Almond)
First I saw you
Love in a silk black slip
In dark waters
Sinking like a ship
Trouble on your lips
Murder on your song
Song of a mean man
Lovers come and gone
Chorus
Oh.... Melancholy Rose
Oh.... Melancholy Rose
Come souls midnight
We'll both sail away
Leaving red sunsets
To end our passion play
Bitter allows
Tingles on the tongue
Body and soul
Lovers come and gone
Repeat chorus
Always running away
Black Sobraine hair
Turning cigarette ash grey
Sprawled across troubled beds
Hands outstretched
Reaching for the pills
In lonely rundown motels
Life, love, men
Dust to dust
Disaster after disaster
Must be some dark kiss on your lips
A promise of heaven or hell in your song
Tomorrow it'll all be gone be gone
Oh.... melancholy Rose
Lovers come and gone
Oh.... melancholy Rose
Love has come and gone
Oh.... melancholy Rose
Murder in your song
(Almond)
Poor Mr Sad
He's flown away
In search of his heaven now
Heaven knows why
And Mr Sad
Left me a note to say
If he finds his heaven now
He won't have time to cry
Chorus
So I'm gonna fly, fly, fly away
On my wings I made
Out of sorrows I threww away, away
Maybe, I'll be back one day
Who knows
Repeat verse
Poor Mr Sad
He lives for dreams
He's out of his mind it seems
With schemes that gleam
Too bright for me
But what the hell
I've nothing to lose
I built my wings today
So I say
Please wait for me
Because I'm gonna fly
Repeat chorus
Poor Mr Sad
Gliding in the sky
You flew to your heaven now
now I know why
I flew in search
Of years I left behind
But something that's in your mind
Is something nobody can take away
It's yours forever
(Almond)
The sea says
Come with me and whisper
Run with me
And tell me
Why is it you're lonely
I held your hand
In those years as a child
Soothed all your fevers
Tousled your hair
Gave you my treasures
My shells and my shingle
Made you feel happy
When things seem so bad
The sea says
I gave you stories
Adventure and mystery
When all was not well
I sung you to sleep
Crept into the cracks
Of your imagination
Made you feel happy
When things seem so bad
The sea says
Please don't go to pieces
Things can't be so bad
Why looking so sad
I held your hand
In those years as a child
Soothed all your fevers
Tousled your hair
Gave you my treasures
My shells and my shingle
Made you feel happy
When things seem so bad
When things seem so bad
When things seem so bad
(Almond)
Way back then I was a champion
A fighter in the ring
And all the crowds would cheer
My praises they would sing
Now I'm a forgotten man
A hobo out alone
No champ to push me on
Nothing, no-one to call my own
Lovely instrumental
I was a dark eyed boy
Stars in his eyes
Promises made flesh and blood
Grip of arm
And granite charm
Oh, times were golden
Times were good
Sinew young
And skin of ore
Molten and streaming with dreams
Now I nod away the days
Barely remembering names it seems
Oh, I would smile
To hear the bell
Ringing out my glory
Like a bull I paced the ring
My bloody territory
I held on high
The fist in glove
The symbol of my power
Now I wait
A punch drunk fool
To fade away forever
Broken noses
Broken jaws
And many broken hearts
An idol and a hero
Till my courage fell apart
And now my brain a-ringing
With the final bell and count
They hold my hand up limply
Told the world that I was OUT!
I didn't mind the scars, the blood
The crushing of the hand
But to lose a nation's love, respect
Is something I'll never understand
Something I'll never understand
I'm gonna bury my head
And cry
(Almond)
Well it seems you have a heart
I saw it once so I know its true
You let it out on Sundays when
You let it beat me black and blue
When you went and stole my heart
I saw it go so I know its true
It was a ruby, ruby, ruby red
It was the most precious gift I could give to you
Chorus
It was as red as the sun in the evening sky
It was as red as the fire in a panther's's eye
It was as red as the rose under the summer sun
Like a fire from a killers gun
Ruby, ruby red
Shine a light onto this boy's bed
There's a street lamp glowing in my head
Oh, Ruby, ruby, ruby red
Well it seems you have a soul
You let it go so I know its true
It was a ruby, ruby, ruby red
It keeps me warm when I'm feeling sad and blue
Well you went and stole my heart
I saw it go so I know its true
I wrapped it up in a bouquet of barbed wire
It was the wickedest gift I could give to you
Repeat chorus
Oh just like Johnny Rio baby
I need to be desired
I give up looking for my past
For the ones I left behind
Ruby red, ruby red, hey, hey, hey
Repeat chorus
It was the most precious jewel I could give to you
Colour me red when I'm feeling blue
The colour of a kiss
In a young girl's dream
The mark of a guillotine
A drop of blood from a single thorn
Red wet sheets in the afternoon
A red light leading to my tomb
Ruby red all around my room
Ruby, ruby red
Oh shine a light onto this boy's bed
Oh, ruby, ruby, ruby red
(Almond)
And he dances every night
Framed in candles
And white white light
All is revealed
When all is too bright
You're such a pleasure
A wonderful pain
Makes me never want
To love again
But sorrow always comes
To those with fickle fame
Chorus
And the tears are gonna come
The tears are gonna come
We are consumed by corruption
Old before our time
Hurt by others' hunger
Scarred by love as greed (how I need)
How cruel the birthday of 17
Youth behind you
The long years ahead
Showing you what you might have been
Instead of drifting, drifting, drifting
Repeat chorus
Foundations crumble
Walls subside
We all break apart
When there's heartache inside
Hold back those years
Those tears
With a futile pride (we're gonna come clean)
Beware of love
And of dark-eyed men
They're sweet and they're tender
But they have no hearts
Just long smashed
Cruel shards of broken glass
Repeat chorus
And all those songs
That made me cry
Keep flooding back
And years of new discovery and you
Disturbing my dreams
Now we're flowing down that river
Heading for that delta
I don't know which way to flow
But my heart's a forest fire
And yours a field of snow
I don't know which way to flow
Don't know which way
To flow...