A Down And Dusky Blonde-God Help the Girl

[00:00.00]A Down and Dusky Blonde -God Help the Girl [00:17.181]I fried my head [00:18.491]I'm not a brunette [00:20.611]I'm a down and dusky blonde [00:24.421]I am living in a tree [00:27.851]When I lie in bed I see [00:31.971]Beyond my lover's head the moon [00:35.151]I hear the rain [00:41.211]I am conscious of my voice as a tool [00:44.891]It's more demure [00:48.321]Than your friend the singing queen [00:52.01]With her matinee good looks [00:55.871]She talks like talking from a book [00:59.921]I speak the language of my village of my street [01:09.251]But I need a friend and I choose you [01:12.121]I tell you the way I feel [01:15.991]The truth is crushing like a heel [01:19.921]I will forget the kiss and feel if you will too [01:29.171]Tell me tales of punk rocking girls [01:32.601]It's a dim and distant page [01:36.471]But I mostly blame my age [01:39.961]Please make allowances for me [01:43.211]I do not see [01:49.11]It's a drag that you're getting old [01:51.821]I love to think about the year [01:55.691]When we sobbed and then we cheered [01:59.621]The town deserted like a film [02:04.241]Your torso crushing me [02:07.681]Into the country and the tunnels and the fields [02:17.131]But I need a friend and I choose you [02:20.61]I tell you the way I feel [02:23.811]The truth is crushing like a heel [02:27.741]I will forget the kiss and feel if you will do [03:16.911]I read a book a day [03:18.911]Like an apple [03:20.591]But I did not eat [03:23.961]And so the doctor came to me [03:27.771]He said a woman does not live [03:32.81]By the printed word [03:34.141]Forgive yourself and eat [03:41.501]Autumn sped along outside [03:44.751]Trick photography on speed [03:47.551]I was locked inside a room [03:52.671]They made a deal [03:54.171]They would control [03:56.721]The simple things like bodies [03:59.161]But I kept my soul [04:05.591]When I needed someone I chose you [04:08.711]Because the fledgling soul awakes [04:12.781]And on the balcony she quakes [04:16.651]And she is waiting for the sign [04:20.831]And when the brother does not come [04:24.861]And when the sister's much to you [04:27.721]She chooses you