Here are the lyrics, as best as I could figure, to several of
the new Nields songs (which, with the exception of "Strawberry
Girl", are not yet on a released CD). Several of these songs
will, however, be included on the up-coming CD "Love and
China", which is due for release in March! Over half of the
songs on the album are included here. All songs are by Nerissa
Nields unless noted otherwise.
Keep in mind that, having only heard some of these songs live,
I am bound to make mistakes. If you have heard any of these
songs and find a discrepancy/mistake, please e-mail me at
catamethyst@hotmail.com so I can fix it. Or
if you have lyrics to another new song, also e-mail me and I'll
add it.
Now, without further ado...
Don't wanna get my heart broken
Don't wanna lay myself out on the line
I've got me plenty of friends
If you're in need of a friend
You can have one of mine
Don't wanna lay my heart open
For the arrow to find the tender spot
Don't wanna think about what I don't have
I wanna worry 'bout what I've got
But you pulled me in
Make me feel brand new again
Make me turn around when I walk away
This is not me, this is not how I play
I'm in a tailspin back again
Tailspin back again
Tailspin back again
I've got everything I wanted
How can I want something more?
I'm not the kind who spends the afternoon waiting
For a package to arrive at my door
And when it does, I say "Hey, what is this?
Is this something that I really need?"
Did I ask for a god
To come down to the earth
Did I ask you to intercede?
But you changed my mind
Reconfigure how I spend my time
Make me lift my chin
When you break my heart
Where's the fun in that?
When does the easy part start?
And then tailspin back again
Tailspin back again
Tailspin back again
Tailspin back again
Tailspin back again
Tailspin back again
I don't recall your cruelty,
I only remember your smile
I've been hiding like a refugee
In the self-help aisle
I've been hiding like a book
If you want to know me
You'll have to look
Yesterday's girl
Yesterday's girl
Yesterday's girl is doing fine
We were just velveteen
But I thought I could love you real
Promises from a magazine
Telling me to lie and steal
They tell me time will help me forget you
It won't make me regret you
Yesterday's girl
Yesterday's girl
Yesterday's girl is doing fine (doing fine)
Yesterday's girl the sun is shining
Yesterday's girl you can't sit still
Yesterday's girl here is your coffee
Yesterday's girl I'll pay your bill
Yesterday's girl you're looking lovely
Yesterday's girl you're looking strong
Yesterday's girl please look around you
You are right where you belong
I could pick flowers from the past
And let them surround me
Promises from a photograph
Creating a boundary
I have a garden of my own now
I'm tending it better alone now
Yesterday's girl
Yesterday's girl
Yesterday's girl is doing fine (doing fine)
Yesterday's girl
Yesterday's girl
Yesterday's girl is doing fine (doing fine)
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la etc.
Yesterday's girl
When it is gray
There's nothing to say
And no one wants to play with you now
Oh no
When it is blue
There's nothing to do
They sold their coat to you
To show them how
Oh yeah
With their pictures of iconettes
Hoarded like cigarettes
Mary and the Pope won't keep them dry
But there's something not to forget
Someone who won't let you get by
(Oooo) take a ticket to my house
Whoa you're halfway there
(Oooo) take a ticket to my house
And I'll rock you in my mother's chair
When you were young
You thought it was fun
To run away from home
Time after time
Oh yeah
No one would yell
But no would tell
That if you fell down
No one would mind
Oh no
Well there's a church on the periphery
Our lady of epiphany
A woman kneels down to take the host
She's been sober for 20 years
And this is what she fears and loves most
(Oooo) take a ticket to my house
Whoa you're halfway there
(Oooo) take a ticket to my house
And I'll rock you in my mother's chair
I've got the roses that you gave me
All the times you tried to save me
I remember how it was when you were mine
You were always be my side
And you held me when I cried
I'm crying by myself this time
I've got the rings on my hand
The vacation that we planned
I got the photos that we took in Kathmandu
I've got music, I've got friends
But I'd trade them back again
Cuz I haven't got a thing without you
Haven't got a thing, I haven't got a thing
There's no one who can bring me what you used to
And I'd do anything to win you back again
But I can't make you love me if you refuse to
You took the TV and the car
Left me the bed and the wishing jar
Every night I wish for lovers who are true
And the house is big and cold
Full of the ghost of the truth you told
And I haven't got a thing without you
Haven't got a thing, haven't got a thing without you
And I can't do anything but think about you
I've got a chair and a window
I see the road and the barn and the snow
I have everything I need in just this view
Til the cars go by at night
Grateful that somebody left on a light
And I haven't got a thing without you
Til the cars go by at night
Grateful that somebody left on a light
And I haven't got a thing without you
I’m walking on the range
And I’m calling out your name
Calling out your name, calling out your name
Walking on the range,
And I’m calling out your name
"Honey, will you please come home?"
I’m jumping off a cliff
And I’m making up a list
Making up a list, for what I wish I’d wished
Making up a list, for what I wish I’d wished
"Honey, will you please come home?"
Come on home
Come on home
Come home, my Sweet Baby Jones
And have we grown?
Now we’re on our own
If I ever get you all alone,
I’ll put my hands on you
And I’ll never let you go
Never let you go
Never let you go
You won’t ask me where I’ve been,
And you won’t want to know
But honey, will you please come home?
Come on home
Come on home
Come home, my Sweet Baby Jones
And have we grown
And have we grown?
Now we’re on our own
If I ever get you all alone
I’ll hold you in the dark
And listen while you cry
Listen while you cry
And I won’t ask you why
I’ll let the tears fall down
And I’ll wait till they’ve dried
And honey, oh please come home
Honey, will you please come home?
Oh honey.
I’ve been living in this club too long
Saving money, trying to write the great American radio song
I sleep behind the bar, I get all the bands what they need
Waiting for the tune to come and liberate me.
Well, to learn this tune I had to be alone;
When I sing it to myself, it leads me home
Morning comes, I play the streets again
People throw me change, I wonder if I could change them
But I don’t care; you know I’d play for free,
Waiting for the one to finally recognize me.
But to learn this tune I had to give it all;
When I sing it to myself, it makes me fall
(oohs and aahs)
I confess, sometimes I miss my mom,
But then I think where I would be if I hadn’t gone
Angry smiles and dryer sheets and birthdays in the box;
Never at the door when opportunity knocks.
And to learn this tune I had to be alone
When I sing it to myself, it leads me home.
But to learn this tune I had to be alone;
When I sing it to myself,
When I sing it to myself
When I sing it to myself, it leads me home
He wakes in the morning
He’s up with the sun
I’m not there to kiss him goodbye
But I know what he’s doing
He’s drinking black coffee
Black, so he can still catch the sky
One hand on the truth, and one on Old Red
He’ll go hundreds of miles today
When he thinks of me,
He’ll smile and keep driving
The woman he let slip away
How can you hate the prairie?
How can you hate the sea?
How can you hate the sound of high lonesome?
Well, he loves the road more than me
I’m home in the evening
With a book on my lap
And a bottle for company
But this is the last time
I swear it’s the last
That I’m talking to nobody
Well, this town’s unforgiving
And cannot keep secrets
They see his hand on my waist like a brand
But there’s a bar in Bucks County
Where they don’t know his name
And a cowboy that might understand
How can you hate the prairie?
How can you hate the sea?
How can you hate the sound of high lonesome?
Well, he loves the road more than me
He loves the road more than me.
someday we'll look back on this and we'll understand
why we had to suffer so at each other's hands
honey a love so sweet at first the best I ever tasted
but what a lot of love got wasted
saturday we drove all day out to colorado
you said you were gonna walk down by the old arroyo
I sat on the porch and watched you climb over the fence
seemed like such a long distance
everybody gather 'round the fire (everybody)
everybody listen to my song (everybody)
everybody wants a little sweetness
and nothing wrong, nothing wrong, nothing wrong
nothing wrong, nothing wrong, nothing wrong
all the country songs have told me that our love is over
send me to the bars and tell me find another lover
once that sweetness passes you can never get it back
the train has fallen off the tracks
everybody gather 'round the fire (everybody)
everybody listen to my song (everybody)
everybody wants a little sweetness
and nothing wrong, nothing wrong, nothing wrong
nothing wrong, nothing wrong, nothing wrong
playing my guitar, watching the western sky
the sun is steady, winking at me, like a private eye
I see you in the distance with a handful of wild flowers
you said, "honey I was just waiting for you to climb down from the tower"
and the trees are gold and thirsty
and they need a little rain
nothing would ever happen if we always stayed the same
I should end this story here, now that all is well
but you know, and I know that there's always more to tell
I'm a singer so I choose the sweetness that I pour
I like to leave you wanting more
yeah I'm a singer, measuring the sweetness that I pour
we only need a little, but we're always wanting more
everybody gather 'round the fire (everybody)
everybody listen to my song (everybody)
everybody wants a little sweetness
and nothing wrong, nothing wrong, nothing wrong
nothing wrong, nothing wrong, nothing wrong
didn’t want to move cause we were scared of the storm
if we thought enough about it we’d be safe and warm
so we thought a lot about it but nevertheless the storm came
it blew in from the north and so i had to go
it blew in from the south and so you had to go
it blew in the house till there was
nothing left but the frame
in the frames i see
pictures of you and me
in your eyes i still can see my face
but the house can stand if you just
hold onto my hand
till we find a new state of grace
looking everywhere for someone else to know
though all the wise ones tell me that really slow
i’m in such a hurry all the time is going by fast
and i’m afraid to ask you how you really are
you get that look in your eye as though you’re seeing far
but you can’t see the future when
it’s all disguised as the past
in the past i see
the way you looked at me
nothing could compete with my face
bring me down to earth
give me a human birth
bring me to a new state of grace
spend each day like i don’t have to pay it back
i’m living in oblivion to each attack
when our dear one died it was for
more than a lack of love
and half a love is better than no love at all
when you’re on the ground there is no where to fall
you can look up and give thanks to
every face who smiles at you from above
in the sky i see
the heights you lifted me
in the trees i still can see your face
there’s enough to give if they only let us live
till we find a new state of grace
till we find a new state of grace
The sky is grey comin' in to New Haven,
this is where I always thought I'd be saved,
and this is where I always thought I'd see your car
you didn't live here you used to live in virginia
still i thought that I knew how to win ya
i know i won, cause you proved that you'd drive far
you'd drive for love
and you'd drive for china
you would follow me to the jealous sea
I was young but I looked 27,
you were old but you acted like 11
against all odds we began a little affair
everything was fine 'til I asked you for your money,
and you said "aw honey I haven't gotten any"
and I said I'd settle for anything at all that you had to spare
I'd settle for love
and I'd settle for china
I'd settle down with you by the jealous sea
so here we are coming back to New Haven,
I thought by now we'd have had it made
and be living in the corner of everyone's eye
instead I find you circling again
all I ask is that you treat me like a friend
and walk me through the shards of all of your lies
all of your broken love and broken china
all along the beach of the jealous sea
pieces of love and pieces of china
all along the shore of the jealous sea
I'm so busy this december
there are places I should be
and you across town in your motel room
waiting for epiphany
I'm not ready for the questions
I'm not the daughter that i thought I'd be
I'm not ready for the presents
and all the singing round the tree
hark the herald angels singing
angels we have heard on high
take the gifts that they are bringing
and kiss another year goodbye
merry christmas new born baby
merry christmas grandma jones
give away what you were saving and you will never alone
the sky is grey
the night comes early
I'm heading for my brothers place
his baby greets me smiling curly
I kiss her rosy little face
they don't ask me where your staying
they give me "Fear not, for behold" to read
A glass of wine, their daughter playing
tonight that's everything I need
hark the herald angels singing
angels we have heard on high
take the gifts that they are bringing
and kiss another year goodbye
merry christmas new born baby
merry christmas grandma jones
give away what you were saving and you will never alone
I'm driving home and it starts snowing
I hum a carol to the night
you fall apart because you're growing
unfolding slowly towards the light
and theres a light on in my window
did I leave it on or have you come home
either way there is a light on
either way we're turning towards the sun
hark the herald angels singing
angels we have heard on high
take the gifts that they are bringing
and kiss another year goodbye
merry christmas new born baby
merry christmas grandma jones
give away what you were saving and you will never alone
give away what you are saving and you will never be alone
When I see what's real in the dark
midlife crisis, broken heart
I'm glad that no one told me it was coming
I'd like to live expecting the best
but if you give me the choice
I'd like to know the rest
a figure in the distance always running
all these years
that I spend with you my dear
wishing I was someoen else
years go by
what do I have left
I won't make it by myself
I won't make it by myself
I'm always looking for some kind of cure,
and handsome guru on a distant shore
playing the game of life
in a hurry
he hands me my man and tells me to roll
if your number comes up you gotta pay with your soul
but keep on smiling
it does no good to worry
all these years
that I spend with you my dear
wishing I was someone else
years go by
what do I have left
I've gotta make it by myself
I've gotta make it by myself
the weather's changing like a woman today
she started december but she ended in may
but love cannot be measured by the mercury
it comes and goes in rows and flows
and tears fall down
I lose control
give up before the ending
of the story
all these years that I spend with you my dear
wishing you were someone else
years go by
what do I have left
I'm gonna make it by myself
I'm gonna make it by myself
Special thanks to:
-George!, TEd, and especially Bern, April, and Conehead;
without these people I would never have gotten hold of
these taped shows and therefore couldn't provide the lyrics.
-April, Jenna, Rachel, Sheila, Katie, and especially Matt and Charlotte for helping out on filling blanks and correcting lyrics.
Please send all corrections/fill-in-blanks to
catamethyst@hotmail.com and they will be fixed/added ASAP.
