She moves through the black doorShe turns toward the desperate light With her breath like iodineWith her filigree designShe summons the fire from her hipsFlamingo blood melts down ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Jim Carroll Band
Lorraine (OPENING POEM)Seven blonde womenThey gather in the squareThey raise their hands up to the sunTheir skin is so thin and whiteYou know their fathers must surely be wealthyI ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Jim Carroll Band
Jody, what you been doing?It's been a long, long timeSince we went dancing in the schoolyard,With your breasts like bleeding limesJody, are you still hanging with that latin?With r...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Jim Carroll Band
We should have left at onceWe should have never stayedNow they have drawn the lineNow there is a barricadeNow there's a barricadeA barricade Who makes promises?Who makes promises t...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Jim Carroll Band
EvangelineMy first lady,She wears satin glovesSince her hands got dirty She travels hereShe travels there . . .She's on the "A" list EverywhereI can't take it anymoreIf she calls b...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Jim Carroll Band
You're passing,I hear your shadow through the doorIt's outlined on my shadeLike a map of some foreign shore If I could keep that shadow,I could live forever in theseRooms, the room...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Jim Carroll Band
I don't believe in sinBut maybe I'll beginA vagrant evil's climbing up my skin The shadows from last weekAre dancing in the streetIn homage to the darkness closing inIt's hard to s...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Jim Carroll Band
Hollywood looks good at nightThe TVs get fine receptionBut last night Jean told SteveAbout her imminent conceptionShe wants a plum tree for the house, for their childStevie raised ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Jim Carroll Band
Your uncle's scandals shook the house of lordsYour daddy's squeezed out as Chairman of the BoardNo more doctors write you no more 'scriptsNo more intercontinental tripsNo more luxu...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Jim Carroll Band
Bob drives taxis when the meter runsBobby hears the music when it's doneHe hears the voicesHe hears the voicesWheels on rain, lightning from the stormBobby takes the gasPedal to th...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Jim Carroll Band