From: tphilip@acpub.duke.edu (Thomas Philip)

LIZ PHAIR -- Exile in Guyville Lyrics

--- 6'1"

I bet you fall in bed too easily
with the beautiful girls who are shyly brave
and you sell yourself as a man to save
but all the money in the world is not enough

I bet you've long since passed understanding 
what it takes to be satisfied
You're like a vine that keeps running higher
but all the money in the world is not enough
and all the bridges blown away keep floating up

Its cooooold, and rough
and I kept standing 6'1" instead of 5'2"
and I love my life
and I hated you 

Its cooooold, out there
and rough
and I kept standing 6'1" instead of 5'2"
and I love my life
and I hated you

--- Help Me, Mary

Help me Mary, please
I've lost my home to the thieves
They bullied the stereo and drink
They leave suspicious things in my sink

They make rude remarks about me
They wonder just how wild I would be
As they egg me on and keep me mad
They play me like a pit bull in a basement and for that

I lock my door at night
I keep my mouth shut tight
I practice all my moves
I memorize the stupid rules

I make myself their friend
I show them just how far I can bend
As they egg me on and keep me mad
They play me like a pit bull in a basement and for that

I'm asking you, Mary, please 
Temper my hatred with peace
Weave my disgust into fame
And watch how fast they run to the flame

--- Glory

He's got a really big tongue
that rolls way out
Snaking around in the club
It slicks you down
scratching his face like a bum
He pulls you back
circa 1981
He pulls you back

You are, you are, shining some glory 
You are, you are, shining some glory 
on me, on me
You are, you are, shining some glory 
You are, you are, shining some glory on me

--- Dance of the Seven Veils

Johhny my love, get out of the business
It makes me wanna rough you up so badly
Makes me wanna roll you up in plastic
Toss you up and pump you full of lead

Johhny my love, get out of the business
the odds are getting fatter by the minute
that I have got a bright and shiny ladder
and I am gonna get your happy head

I only ask because I'm a little cunt in spring
You can rent me by the hour
I know all about the ugly pilgrim thing
Entertainers bring May flowers

So Johnny my love
We got us a witness
now all we gotta do is get a preacher
He can prob'ly skip the until death part
'Cause Johnny my love you're already dead

I only ask because I'm a little cunt in spring
You can rent me by the hour
I know all about the ugly pilgrim thing
Entertainers bring May flowers. . . 

May flowers. . . May flowers. . . (to you)

--- Never Said

(Yeah)

I Never Said Nothing
I Never Said Nothing
I Never Said Nothing
I Never Said Nothing

Don't know where you heard it
Don't know who's spreading it 'round
All I know is I'm clean as a whistle baby
I didn't utter a sound

I Never Said Nothing
I Never Said Nothing
I Never Said Nothing
I Never Said Nothing

Don't know what they told you
Don't even care what about
All I know is I'm clean as a whistle baby
I wouldn't let the cat out

So don't look at me sideways
Don't even look me straight on
Don't look at my hands in my pockets baby
I hate to let it get you on

I Never Said Nothing
No I Never Said Nothing
I Never Said Nothing
I Never Said Nothing

No not to anyone

--- Soap Star Joe

He's just a hero
In a long line of heroes
Looking for something attractive to save
They say he rode in
On the back of a pickup
And he won't leave town 
'Til you remember his name

He's just a hero
In a long line of heroes
Looking for some bony billboard to grace
They say he's sprung from the skull of Athena
Think about your own head
And the headache he gave

He's just a hero
In a long line of heroes
Looking for action in a price he can pay
They say he's famous
But no one can prove it
Make him an offer just to see what he'll say

Check out the dashboard lights
Glowing all green and white
He feels safe in the dark
He wears his bluejeans tight

He's just a hero
In a long line of heroes
Looking for something attractive to save
They say he rode in
On the back of a pickup
And he won't leave town 
'Til you remember his name

Check out the fingernail
Check out the aftershave
Check out America
You're looking at it babe

--- Explain It to Me

Head underwater
Keeps getting hotter
Give him the medicine
Male injection
Tell them to jump higher
Tell 'em to run farther
Make him measure up
Decades longer than you

Piece it together
It's like weather
Watch him travel
Kiss the gravel
Tell him to jump higher
Tell him to run farther
Make him measure up
Ten times longer than you
Ever should, you never could 
explain them to me, explain them to me

--- Canary

I learn my name
I write with a number two pencil
I work up to my potential
I earn my meat
I come when called
I jump when you circle the cherry
I sing like a good canary
I come when called
I come, that's all

Send it up on fire
Death before dawn
Send it up on fire
Death before dawn

I clean the house
I put all your books in an order
I make up a colorful border
I clean my mouth
Cause froth comes out

Send it up on fire
Death before dawn
Send it up on fire
Death before dawn

--- Mesmerizing

You said things I wouldn't say
Straight to my face boy
You tossed the egg up 
And I found my hands in place boy
After backing up as far as you could get
Don't you know nobody parts two rivers met
Don't you know I'm very happy
You know me well
I'm even happier 
I like it
I like it (Yeah)

With all of the time in the world to spend it
Wild and unwise
I wanna be mesmerizing too
mesmerizing too
mesmerizing to you

With all of the time in a world to spend it
Wild and unwise
I wanna be mesmerizing too
mesmerizing too
mesmerizing to you

--- Fuck and Run

I woke up alarmed
I didn't know where I was at first
Just that I woke up in your arms
And almost immediately I felt sorry
Cause I didn't think this would happen again
No matter what I could do or say
Just that I didn't think this would happen again
With or without my best intentions
And whatever happened to a boyfriend
The kind of guy who tries to win you over
And whatever happened to a boyfriend
The kind of guy who makes love cause he's in it

I want a boyfriend
I want a boyfriend
I want all that stupid old shit
Like letters and sodas

You got up out of bed
You said you had a lot of work to do
But I heard the rust in your head
And almost immediately I felt sorry
Cause I didn't think this would happen again
No matter what I could do or say
Just that I didn't think this would happen again
With or without my best intentions

I want a boyfriend
I want a boyfriend
I want all that stupid old shit
Like letters and sodas

I can feel it in my bones
I'm gonna spend another year alone
It's Fuck and run
Fuck and run
Even when I was seventeen
Fuck and run
Fuck and run
Even when I was twelve

You almost felt bad
You said that I should call you up but
I knew much better than that
And almost immediately I felt sorry
Cause I didn't think this would happen again
No matter what I could do or say
Just that I didn't think this would happen again
With or without my best intentions

I can feel it in my bones
I'm gonna spend my whole life alone
It's Fuck and run
Fuck and run
Even when I was seventeen
Fuck and run
Fuck and run
Even when I was twelve

--- Girls! Girls! Girls!

You been around enough to know
That if I want to leave you better let me go
Because I take full advantage
Of every man I meet
I get away almost every day
with what the girls call
what the girls call
what the girls call . . . the girls call murder

You been around enough to see
That if you think you're it 
You better check with me
Because I take full advantage
Of every man I meet
I get away almost every day
with what the girls call
what the girls call
what the girls call . . . the girls call murder

--- Divorce Song

And when I asked for a separate room
It was late at night
And we'd been driving since noon
But if I'd known
How that would sound to you
I would have stayed in your bed
For the rest of my life
Just to prove I was right
That it's harder to be friends than lovers
And you shouldn't try to mix the two
Cause if you do it and you're still unhappy  
Then you know that the problem is you
And its true that I stole your lighter
And its also true that I lost the map
But when you said that I wasn't worth talking to
I had to take your word on that
But if you'd known
How that would sound to me
You would have taken it back
And boxed it up and buried it in the ground
Boxed it up and buried it in the ground
Boxed it up and buried it in the ground
Burned it up and thrown it away
You put in my hand a loaded gun
And then told me not to fire it
When you did the things you said were up to me
And then accused me of trying to fuck it up
But you've never been a waste of my time
It's never been a drag
So take a deep breath and count back from ten
And maybe you'll be alright
And the license said
You had to stick around until I was dead
But if you're tired of looking at my face I guess I already am
But you've never been a waste of my time
It's never been a drag
So take a deep breath and count back from ten
And maybe you'll be alright

--- Shatter

I know that I don't always realize 
How sleazy it is
Messing with these guys
But something about just being with you
Slapped me hard in the face
Nearly broke me in two
It's a mark
I've taken hard
And I know I will carry with me for a long long time

I don't know if I could drive a car
Fast enough to get to where you are
or wild enough not to miss the boat completely
Honey I'm thinking maybe
You know just maybe

I don't know if I could fly a plane
Well enough to tail spin out your name
Or high enough to lose control completely
Honey I'm thinking maybe
You know just maybe, maybe

--- Flower

Every time I see your face
I get all wet between my legs
Every time you pass me by
I heave a sigh of pain

Every time I see your face
I think of things unpure unchaste
I want to fuck you like a dog
I'll take you home and make you like it

Everything you ever wanted
Everything you ever thought of is
Everything I'll do to you
I'll fuck you and your minions too

Your face reminds me of a flower
Kind of like you're underwater
Hair's too long and in your eyes
Your lips a perfect suck me size

You act like you're fourteen years old
Everything you say is so
Obnoxious, funny true and mean
I want to be your blowjob queen

You're prob'ly shy and introspective
That's not part of my objective
I just want your fresh young jimmy
Jamming, slamming, ramming in me

Every time I see your face
I think of things impure unchaste
I want to fuck you like a dog
I'll take you home and make you like it

Everything you ever wanted
Everything you ever thought of is 
Everything I'll do to you
I'll fuck you till your dick is blue

--- Johnny Sunshine

You took the car
It was my favorite one
A little white Dart
And drove it to Idaho
You took the horse
It was a thoroughbred
Saddled it up
Out on the interstate
You gave the cat
poured it in antifreeze
Dumped in a truck
with the rest of the cattlefeed
You took the house
You went and changed the locks
Now I am stuck
Living another box

You left me nothing
You left me nothing
Johnny Sunshine
You left me nothing
You left me nothing
Johnny Sunshine
You left me nothing
You left me nothing
Johnny Sunshine
You left me nothing
You left me nothing

I think I've been taken
For everything I own
I've been hurt so badly
I'm alone, baby I'm alone

--- Gunshy

Rifle in hand and two in the bush
Three count delay I may need a little push
Take out the garbage
On Tuesday nights
Seems like the small things
Are the only things I love [??]
Seems like the small things
Are the only things I love [??]

Gunshy, Gunshy, Gunshy, Gunshy

See monkeys -- two monkeys
story of my life
Send three bucks to a comic book
Get a house car and wife
Send three bucks to a comic book
Get a house car and wife

Gunshy, Gunshy, Gunshy, Gunshy

--- Stratford-On-Guy

I was flying into Chicago at night
Watching the lake turn the sky into blue green smoke
The sun was setting to the left of the plane
and the cabin was filled with an unearthly glow
In 27D I was behind the wing
watching the landscape roll out
like credits on the screen

The earth looked like it was lit from within
like a poorly assembled electrical ball as we moved
Out of the farmlands into the grid
The plan of the city was all that you saw

And all of these people seemed totally still
as the ground raced beneath them thirty thousand feet down
It took an hour, maybe a day
But once I really listened the noise
Chased them away

And I was pretending that I was in a Galaxie 500 video
The stewardess came back and checked on my drink
In the last streams of sunlight, a Brigitte Bardot
There's an ad on my headphones
Along with those eyes that you get
When your circumstance is movie size

It took an hour, maybe a day
But once I really listened the noise
Just fell away

It took an hour, maybe a day
But once I really listened the noise
Chased them away

It took an hour, maybe a day
But once I really listened the noise
Just flew away

--- Strange Loop

The fire you like so much in me
Is the mark of someone adamantly free
But you can't stop yourself from wanting worse
Cause nothing feeds a hunger like a thirst
Baby I'm tired of fighting

I always wanted you
I woke up at the roadhouse
I wouldn't know you were alive
You haven't seen me for weeks now
It wouldn't shock you if
I drove right up in the back of your eyes
I can't be trusted 
They're saying, I can't be true
But I only wanted more than I knew

Baby I'm tired of fighting
I always wanted you
I only wanted more than I knew

*****

-- 
Thomas Philip          tphilip@acpub.duke.edu

"Without religion, there will always be debauchery, frippery, and vodka" -- Leo Tolstoy