Stockton Gala Days Lyrics

[ music: Jerome Augustyniak/words: Natalie Merchant ] Detroit to D. C. Night train, Capitol, parts East. Lone young man takes a seat. And by the rhythm of the rails, reading all h...Read Full Lyrics

Here is the store house of Her Majesty Well guarded by sentry But looks are free Call this the rayless and benighted age Witches by tallow candles shifted Shifted their shapes Her...Read Full Lyrics

[ lyrics: Wilfred Owen/music: J. C. Lombardo ] Bent double like old beggars in sacks Knockkneed and cursing or coughing like hags Men marched on sleeping some without boots Fatigu...Read Full Lyrics

The Painted Desert can wait till summer. We've played this game of just imagine long enough. Wait till summer? When I'm sure the rains have ended, the blooms have gone, everyone ki...Read Full Lyrics

These are days you'll remember. Never before and never since, I promise, will the whole world be warm as this. And as you feel it, you'll know it's true that you are blessed and lu...Read Full Lyrics

[ music: Natalie Merchant & Dennis Drew/words: Natalie Merchant ] Can I be unhappy? Look at what I see: a beast in furs and crowned in luxury. He's a wealthy man in the poorest ...Read Full Lyrics

[ music: Dennis Drew/words: Natalie Merchant ] [ backing vocals: Jevetta Steele ] Trouble me, disturb me with all your cares and you worries. Trouble me on the days when you feel...Read Full Lyrics

[ Natalie Merchant ] [ piano: Don Grolnick/cello: Dennis Karmazyn/viola: Novi/bass: Bob Magnusson/string arrangement: David Campbell ] The man in 119 takes his tea alone. Mornin...Read Full Lyrics

That young boy without a name. Anywhere I'd know his face. In this city the kid's my favorite to see I've seen him, I see him every day. Seen him run outside looking for a place to...Read Full Lyrics

How did they teach you to be just a happy puppet dancing on a string? How did you learn everything that comes along with slavish funnery? Tell me something, if the world is so insa...Read Full Lyrics