Butch

The Geraldine Fibbers Butch Lyrics
1.Trashman in Furs

Lyricist:Carla Bozulich, Jessy Greene, Bill Tutton

Lay down Rosey
It's the blue and the orange time
A water and a twist of lime

I had so much to tell you
I raced through the sky
To touch you for the last time
So much to tell you
I raced through the sky
To whisper a message into your morphine drip

Not a dark boy
A sparkle and a mark boy
Making cake out of trashcan afterthoughts

Death is a spinster
Mortally whacking the funny boys
'Til they're not laughing anymore

I had so much to tell you
I raced through the sky
To touch you for the last time
So much to tell you
I raced through the sky
To whisper a message into your morphine drip

Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry
I'm havin' fun drivin'
I'm ridin' ridin' ridin'
To a place with no pain
No tears, no art, no ears, no cars
No need for you to cry for me
Don't cry for me
They're here for me no need for you to cry

Lay down Rosey
It's the blue and the orange time
A water and a twist of lime

I had so much to tell you
I raced through the sky
To touch you for the last time
So much to tell you
I raced through the sky
To whisper a message

So much to tell you
So much to tell you
I raced through the sky


2.Toy Box

Lyricist:Carla Bozulich, Kevin Fitzgerald, Daniel Keenan, Bill Tutton

Less is not more, take cover
The end is near, don't walk
Thanks a lot, bleeding me
My shell on top of your knotty fist
With a speculum shoved up my cunt, after hours

Take solace, my love in the little things
Red droplets, wet eyelashes and money
That's the way it goes, I shot my baby
It has to be love
For one lousy minute she felt like a queen

I stand here naked at attention
Is this my only skill?
I fucked my first fruit today, lousy lay

I asked my daddy for a quarter
He gave me twenty five cents
And a kiss for good luck

Daddy, what can I do to make you stop crying?
I been wandering the canned fruit aisle
Wondering what I can do to make you smile
Jesus only knows, Jesus only knows

In time I'll grow too big and old
To help you with your strange hurt
But right now I'm a school girl
Learning exactly what I was put on this earth for
For one lousy minute she felt like a queen

Well should the smart little girl tell a story or a lie?
With her eyes on the toy, she's a tomboy in the mirror
Watch her as she changes, see how she grows
Her cells are re-arranging, she'll need a woman's clothes
What are these ugly changes?
Jesus only knows, Jesus only knows, Jesus only knows

I stand here naked at attention
Is this my only skill?
I fucked my first fruit today, lousy lay

I asked my daddy for a quarter
He gave me twenty five cents
And a kiss for, and a kiss for
And a kiss for good luck


3.Pet Angel

Lyricist:Carla Bozulich, Jessy Greene, Bill Tutton

The moon is so full, an owl winks just once
You offer to dance with me
You cradle my body in safety and warmth
And a sweet wind blows through the trees

Step to a one and a two and a three
Step to a four, five and six
Spin your little girl three times on her love
And your lover picks up sticks

To you, to you, your love sticks to you
Like you wished for a million times
The skies are parting, the clouds fill with rain
And a lonesome church bell chimes

The rain cracks the sky like tears of joy
The rain makes mischief in her hair
Your love needs a comb, won't you please take me home
For a towel and some dry things are there?

I tripped in my chill, got a hand from ol' Bill
The man with the porcupine face
You grabbed my little wrist and you gave it a kiss
You said, 'Old Bill'd never take your place'

To you, to you, straight home to you
Take her to your spot on the map
Give a taste of your love and a taste of your strap
Give her someone to answer to

You are my sunshine, I pull the drapes shut tight
It's curtains for you, goodbye
The cat's in the bag, the bag's in the river
The river makes me cry

Your hands, my heart, what's so hard about that?
Nothin' 'cept I can't be your wife
I loved that boy till death do us part
Till the evening I took his life

To you, to you, straight up to you
Into your charitable hands
Take care of him, Jesus, I know you'll do what's best
Lay his wicked soul to rest

Take care of him, Jesus
I know you'll do what's best
Lay his wicked soul to rest


4.Folks Like Me

Lyricist:Carla Bozulich

Don't cry when I say, goodbye love
My hearts want to remain what I've become
But I feel your little hands a tremblin'
'Cause you know the love we shared is nearly done

And I'm goin' back to the place where
Folks like me are from

My people won't forget me
They'll kill me if I try to fight
There's just no word for this where I come from
I was a trusted servant, a noble scientist
But now a fugitive lover's what I've become

And I'm goin' back to the place where
Folks like me are from

I told you from the start
That I was not what I appeared
But one look in your eyes and I loved you
My plans were corrupted by your sweet finger tips
And I was never meant to fall in love

My work here was simple till I met you
I should've gone back a long time ago
This body's gettin' old and you know
I'll die in the cold winter sun

I'm goin' back to the place
My old life and my old face
I'm goin' back to the place where
Folks like me are from

Your Lord knows I don't want to leave here
I'd like to stay in this little house and provide for you
And if I knew I'd only be riskin' my own life
I'd stay until they came and struck me dead
But I couldn't stand to see them hurt a hair on your sweet head

So, goodbye to laughter and kisses
Goodbye to your belly and your tongue
Back home I'll soon forget just what bliss is
And it don't seem fair

But I'm goin' back to the place
Back to my own race
You won't have to live life on the run
I'm goin' back to the place where
Folks like me are from


5.California Tuffy

Lyricist:Carla Bozulich

A ball of light comes down to bite me on the ass
The legs, the breasts, I'm falling from my nest
My earth, my pride are laughing from inside
My eyes are closed and I'm dripping like a rose

Old palm trees sway in the breeze
Lick my lips, I'll be alone forever
You'll never get my heart

A nickel, a dime, you find, still rolling on the ground
You found a pearl in a strange and tangled girl
You laid her down and her face screwed up your mind
It's all a dream that is bursting at the seams

In tortoise, in shell, in hell, you'll find me on my back
I crack once more, yes I am just a tart, a heart on stilts
Pick the flower and it will wilt
To die in bliss for greedy lover's kiss

Old palm trees sway in the breeze
Lick my lips, I'll be alone forever
You'll never get my heart

Old palm trees sway in the breeze
Lick my lips, I'll be alone forever
You'll never get my, you'll never get my, you'll never get my

Old palm trees sway in the breeze
Lick my lips, I'll be alone forever
You'll never get my heart


6.Arrow To My Drunken Eye

Lyricist:Carla Bozulich, Jessy Greene

Thieves and sweet things
All come this way
And anyone is welcome
Until the break of day

Don't be caught with
Your nightie masted
If you are questioned, don't tell them
Don't tell them what we've discussed

I look under my bed
No monsters are there
I still have hands and a head
So it's been a good day

Been a good day so
I say my prayers, I say my prayers
Don't rescue me
I'm fine right where I am

I'm censor, I'm optic
I'm a lake at high noon
Glittering ripple
Rip open cocoon


7.Butch

Lyricist:Carla Bozulich, Nels Cline

Pretty child your eyelashes
Whippin through the rain
Wishin' you were waterproofed
Wishin' you could prove
That pretty place in a little box inside

The black streamin down your cheeks
Stay out stay back stay black kitty cat black
Pushin thirty-five under an answer blanket
Pretty child your eyelashes

The boy is a bird, the boy is a bird
The boy is a bird
The boy is always a much prettier bird
Than any old girl bird

He took his time in the mirror this mornin'
Shades of light green, deep blue and just a touch of rouge
It's funny how easy it is to lose
And all you're left with is chaos and a dirty face

Look at me, I'm far from home
I'm testing waters with a broken wing
I'm weightless
Underwater I can fly, underwater I can fly

The boy is a bird, the boy is a bird
The boy is a bird,
The boy is always a much prettier bird
Than any old girl bird

Just take your time, baby
You don't have to be rushin' around
Just go on in the bathroom
And wash your face, dear, you look puffy


8.The Dwarf Song

Lyricist:Carla Bozulich

They lay me down
In a boat like a swan
The fairies served me tea
In a buttercup
And I'm gone

We float in her
Her wings are clipped
But she swims so good
Our fine swan ship
And I dip into her eyes

I found a reason to live today
I found a reason to live today

My clumsy hands
Are full of grace
I make them dance
In the strangest place
They fall down

The trees bow
Their sleepy heads
Their flowers drip
Into my bed
And I touch them to my cheek

I found a reason to live today
I found a reason to live today

They lay me down
In a boat like a swan
The fairies served me tea
In a buttercup
And I'm gone

I found a reason to live today
(I found a reason to live today)


9.Blast Off Baby

Lyricist:Carla Bozulich

Look out, sugar, look out, love
The sky is falling from the heavens above
Your socks are swinging from the clothesline
Got no time for that now

And your eyes so big and black
That's a little lamb and that's a big black bug
Got your 50 cent fortune tucked under your rug
You got your zoot suit body bag ready to blast off

I'm in a milk crate by your bed
With my head untucked
To see your pretty feets
Blast off, baby, baby, blast off

Come on, honey, come on, doll
I wanna see you on fire
Come on and fly fire-ball
What you're leaving behind
Well, it ain't nothing at all

That's a little lamb and that's a big black bug
Got your 50 cent fortune tucked under your rug
You got your zoot suit body bag ready to blast off

I'm in a milk crate by your bed
With my head untucked
To see your pretty feets
Blast off, baby, baby, blast off
Blast off, baby, baby, blast off


10.Swim Back To Me

Lyricist:Carla Bozulich, Kevin Fitzgerald

Won't you look inside and see
What's inside a girl like me?
Rivers of blood pour from my eyes
Your careless heart I do despise
Sailing in a dunce cap revelry
Good morning on the bright blue sea

Check out all the peaches
Waving from the shore
Another taste of honey
To kill or to ignore
Forget me so fine
But don't forget how willing was I
Swim back to me

Your sunken pearls adorn the depths
Where your body rests
Within the hands of fish and sand

Looking down I see your face
Reflected in the waves
Touched upon by the rippling grace
Of a watery grave
Your hand holds up a pretty shell
I'm ringing like a fire bell

Swim back to me