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Heaven

by Alice Bierhorst

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1.
Get Under My Skin ©1996 Alice Bierhorst/BMI Welcome to my armor; you're bumping up against it Who said skin is a living organ The only shivers that I get are in my mind But in my wildest dreams you dig deep enough to GET UNDER MY SKIN Well I'm not the kind of girl who gives secrets out like candy I play my cards close to my chest But if I let you have a glimpse of what my heart can do Would it scare you off and be more than we bargained Or would you call my bluff and take me in your arms? I take off my clothes while I'm reading you your rights I'm not looking for promises that you'll love me for the rest of my life I take off my clothes and I stand in my stocking feet The world that we know isn't all that it's cracked up to be CHORUS Just be good to me All I need's a little recognition, not your sympathy Just some reassurance that you really see me Just be good to me You don't have to stick around until morning Just be good to me and GET UNDER MY SKIN I'm a modern day heroine; impervious to pain, or so I pretend But I'm sick and tired of self-control, where will it end? Someday I'll get stuck in the "off" position then where will I be Like a broken toy abandoned on the shelf I'll feel like a broken toy, have to fend for myself I take off my clothes… I'm not asking for miracles when we turn out the lights I take off my clothes… I'm not looking for answers, you don't have to tell me what these kisses mean CHORUS You don't have to stick around until morning You don't have to stick around Just be good to me and GET UNDER MY SKIN
2.
Chicken Farm ©1996 Alice Bierhorst/BMI Oh, no, now here we go again You rear your ugly head You like to interrupt me life It makes you feel like you have one What makes you think that I want you You always talk and never do You promise me the earth and sky But all that spit lands in my eye CHORUS Send you back to the CHICKEN FARM They pluck roosters there, don't they Send you back where you belong Where you can't do nobody harm You say you know just where I'm at I'm sorry pal, I can't relate This isn't about love and hate This is about getting along You don't know what you want me for You never felt like this before You're like the boy who cried wolf CHORUS And maybe someday you'll make a good roast Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na You keep talking round and round Your words mean nothing they're just sound You say that it's all existential Yeah, that's right, so let me be CHORUS 2x And maybe someday you'll make a good roast Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
3.
Worry Doll ©1996 Alice Bierhorst/BMI Turn around and watch me Turn around and watch me Blood looks black on black and white tv Turn around and watch me Turn around and watch me Fingernails bitten down to the bone Look at me I'm a WORRY DOLL It can't be me But I see my reflection - yes, it is Look at me… It can't be me Have to stop this infection from spreading Turn around and catch me Turn around and catch me Freefalling from the empire state Turn around and catch me Turn around and catch me Flying like a moth searching for a flame CHORUS Turn around and wash me Turn around and wash me Baptize me in a bed of fire Turn around and wash me Turn around and wash me Cleanse me of all these sins I've acquired CHORUS
4.
Broken Drums 04:37
Broken Drums ©1996 Alice Bierhorst/BMI These BROKEN DRUMS Discarded hearts that we heap up in our corners This arc of diamonds in the dark Extinguished with daylight These faintly beating Keeps us alive like a motor We're feasting on what remains everyday Dimly conscious of their source CHORUS And I promised you I'd never grow old I'd stay virginal, the child you admired Like a mastodon frozen in time I'd stay physical, a streak of white light You said I'd never be trusted again You said you'd haunt me until the end These broken dreams We let them burn down just like candles in the dark These swallowed tears rusted inside No longer graceful in our judgments CHORUS And I promised you I'd never grow old I'd stay virginal, the child you admired False promises never meant to keep The world just kept on turning These BROKEN DRUMS Discarded hearts that we heap up in our corners
5.
Ours ©1996 Alice Bierhorst/BMI Getting on this train It's the first day of the rest of my life Or so they always say And I'm inclined to believe them But I've still got my name And you've heard me rant and rave How I'll never be anyone's wife That tirade was my finest hour Standing on the platform I blush at my naiveté I used to say it was the stupidest thing To get on with someone else I was annoyed at the world of lovers They always looked the same Glassy-eyed and dumbstruck What gives them such privilege CHORUS And I can't be your girlfriend everyday Humor me from time to time Sometimes I just have to get out in the street and Pretend that this world is still just mine I'm wearing this navy blue pinafore that I loved When I was four years old Somehow it just seems fitting On this last day of my childhood It's not that I won't be a kid anymore I'm the same as I was just yesterday But all the rules have changed And I don't know how to play CHORUS I keep tripping on pronouns What was mine is now yours All the old conditioning Just leads my foot right to my mouth I'm convinced this world runs on pronouns In a million ways that we don't understand His and hers and mine and yours Scariest one of all, OURS Getting on this train Nothing ever felt so right To draw a line in the sand Say that was then, this is now That was the introduction And this, this is the body of the work I don't know where to start But I know I'm in good company CHORUS I can't be your girlfriend everyday I'm sure that you're of the same mind Sometimes we just have to get out in the street and Pretend that this world is still just OURS This world is still just OURS This world is still just OURS
6.
Tender is the Night ©1996 Alice Bierhorst/BMI TENDER IS THE NIGHT Tender is the... And all the other girls know All the other girls TENDER IS THE NIGHT Tender is the... And all the other girls know All the other girls All the other girls know They know now They know now They know now TENDER IS THE NIGHT Surrender to the... And all the other girls know All the other girls All the other girls know They know now They know now They know now Volumes about you Volumes about you Volumes about you Volumes about you And oh, how they fly Right out of your hand TENDER IS THE NIGHT Tender is the... And all the other girls know
7.
Bodies in Motion ©1996 Alice Bierhorst/BMI I'm floating in timeless space I'm noting this gracious place that you provide With just one touch With just one touch A call to grace in a landscape strange and lush Where was I before Where was I before This moonwalk is taking me Where life begins and everything spins and sings The stories that endure The stories that endure CHORUS BODIES IN MOTION that exert no pressure Always come to rest on the same plane Now I walk downtown and nothing's holding me down Gravity snaps, gravity Now I walk downtown and nothing's holding me down Gravity CHORUS I'm floating in timeless space I'm noting this gracious place that you provide Where thoughts have wings that heal and cure And the mysteries that made me blind fall away And restore my eyes CHORUS
8.
The Map 02:47
The Map ©1996 Alice Bierhorst/BMI Take this map and walk out of here There's nothing I can give you Nothing more than this Take these arms and wrap them around you They'll keep you warm forever Wherever you may go Wherever you may go CHORUS All that I ask is that sometimes you look down All that I ask is that you keep your eyes on the ground For me Keep them on the ground For me Keep them on the ground Take these eyes from the back of my head They'll be your eyes in darkness when there's no end in sight Take these words - they've said all they can When you call and no one hears you, take them out again CHORUS
9.
I'd Do Anything ©1996 Alice Bierhorst/BMI CHORUS I'D DO ANYTHING for you Just name your price And I'll slash it in two Just to prove that I'm nice I'D DO ANYTHING for you Just to prove that I'm right Of mice and men I could talk all night I'D DO ANYTHING for you Doesn't matter where or when You're my best friend Now pay the price I open up the door - it turns me on I lie down on the floor - it turns me on I walk down the hall - it turns me on I listen through the wall - you know it turns me on CHORUS I'D DO ANYTHING for you I'D DO ANYTHING for you I sit up on the bed - it won't be long I live inside my head - but it's not that strong I know everything inside - so sing along Of mice and men you know I've read a lot CHORUS I'D DO ANYTHING for you I'D DO ANYTHING for you I'D DO ANYTHING for you I'D DO ANYTHING for you
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Lullaby 04:57
Lullaby ©1996 Alice Bierhorst/BMI Darlin', darlin', darlin' I can't get to sleep Won't you tell a bedtime story to me Darlin', darlin', darlin' I know you'll understand If I close my eyes while I'm holding your hand tonight CHORUS LULLABY and good night baby Sleep tight all night long When you awaken the sun will be shining Through your bedroom window and on your sleepy head Darlin', darlin', darlin' The night is closing in The stars are warming' up and the moon is marching in Darlin', darlin', darlin' The night is all I know Won't you help me please, won't you help me to go to sleep CHORUS Darlin', darlin', darlin' I'm so scared of the dark Won't you help me light sleep's sweet spark Darlin', darlin', darlin' Oh, where are you now If you ever leave me, don't know how I'll ever get back to sleep CHORUS

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Tough and tender, wily and wise, grit and whispers, the life of a nervy twenty-something soul in San Francisco in the 1990's.

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released February 12, 1996

Alice Bierhorst: vocals, guitars, violin, percussion
Erik Pearson: bass, guitar, vocals
Adam Weissman: drums

Produced by: Alice Bierhorst, Erik Pearson, Kyle Statham and Rick Wilson

Recorded by: Kyle Statham and Rick Wilson, Black Eyed Pig Studio, San Francisco, CA

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Alice Bierhorst New York, New York

Alice Bierhorst is a visionary singer and songmaker. Ethereal and earthy, tender and tough, her music draws upon classical music, 60's and 70's pop, roots rock, Tin Pan Alley, and dreamy indie folk. Debussy, Kate Bush, Burt Bacharach, Carole King, Nick Drake, Brian Wilson, Judee Sill in the mix. A voice clear and plaintive, airy and grounded, full of wonder, tenderness and love. ... more

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