@ALBUM: Exile in Guyville Liz Phair Matador Records, 1993 Produced by Brad Wood & Liz Phair Lyrics transcribed 1993 by some anonymous person. Heavily re-transcribed April 1994 by Greg Howard, "bringing you better lyrics through astrophysics since 1994." Please send me corrections and feedback at howard@madraf.astro.wisc.edu. thanks! @SONG: 6'1" I bet you fall in bed too easily with the beautiful girls who are shyly brave and you sell yourself as a man to save that all the money in the world is not enough I bet you've lost this past understanding what it takes to be satisfied Like a vine that keeps climbing higher but all the money in the world is not enough and all the bridges blown away keep floating up Its cold and rough and I kept standing 6'1" instead of 5'2" and I loved my life and I hated you Its cold, out there and rough and I kept standing 6'1" instead of 5'2" and I loved my life and I hated you @SONG: Help Me, Mary Help me Mary, please I've lost my home to your thieves They bully the stereo and drink They leave suspicious things in the sink They make rude remarks about me They wonder just how wild I would be As they egg me on and keep me mad They play me like a pit bull in a basement, and for that I lock my door at night I keep my mouth shut tight I practice all my moves I memorize their stupid rules I make myself their friend I show them just how far I can bend As they egg me on and keep me mad They play me like a pit bull in a basement, and for that I'm asking, will you Mary please Temper my hatred with peace Weave my disgust into fame And watch how fast they run to the flame @SONG: Glory He's got a really big tongue it rolls way out Snaking around in the club It slicks you down scratching his face like a butthole He pulls you back circa nineteen eighty-one He pulls you back You are, you are, shining some glory You are, you are, shining some glory on me, on me You are, you are, shining some glory You are, you are, shining some glory on me @SONG: Dance of the Seven Veils Johhny my love, get out of the business It makes me wanna rough you up so badly Makes me wanna roll you up in plastic Toss you up and pump you full of lead Johhny my love, get out of the business the odds are getting fatter by the minute that I have got a bright and shiny ladder and I am gonna get your heavy head I ask because I'm a cunt in spring You can lend me by the hour I know all about the ugly pilgrim thing Entertainers bring May flowers So Johnny my love We got us a witness now all we gotta do is get a preacher He can probably skip the "until death" part Because Johnny my love you're already dead I ask because I am a cunt in spring You can lend me by the hour I know all about the ugly pilgrim thing Entertainers bring May flowers @SONG: Never Said (yeah) I never said nothing I never said nothing I never said nothing I never said nothing You don't know where you heard it Don't know who's spreadin' it 'round All I know is I'm clean as a whistle baby I didn't utter a sound I never said nothing I never said nothing I never said nothing I never said nothing You don't know what they told you Don't even care what about All I know is I'm clean as a whistle baby I didn't let that cat out So don't look at me sideways Don't even look me straight on And don't worry [about] [i've got] my hands in my pockets, baby I ain't done anything wrong I never said nothing No baby, I never said nothing I never said nothing I never said nothing @SONG: Soap Star Joe He's just a hero In a long line of heroes Looking for something attractive to save They say he rode in On the back of a pickup And he won't leave town 'til you remember his name He's just a hero In a long line of heroes Looking for some money, billboard to grace They say he sprung from the skull of Athena Think about your own head And the headache he gave He's just a hero In a long line of heroes Looking for action in a price he can pay They say he's famous But no one can prove it Make him an offer just to see what he'll say Check out the dashboard lights Glowing all green and white He feels safe in the dark He wears his bluejeans tight He's just a hero In a long line of heroes Looking for something attractive to save They say he rode in On the back of a pickup And he won't leave town 'til you remember his name Check out the thinning hair Check out the aftershave Check out America You're looking at it babe @SONG: Explain It to Me Head underwater Keeps getting hotter Give 'em your medicine [Fame] injection Tell them to jump higher Tell 'em to run farther Make 'em measure up Decades longer than you [Piece] it together It's like weather Watch him travel Kiss the gravel Tell him to jump higher Tell him to run farther Make him measure up Ten times longer than you Ever should, you never could explain them to me, explain them to me @SONG: Canary I learn my name I write with a number two pencil I work up to my potential I earn my meat I come when called I jump when you circle the cherry I sing like a good canary I come when called I come, that's all Send it up on fire Death before dawn Send it up on fire Death before dawn I clean the house I put all your books in an order I make up a colorful border I clean my mouth Cause froth comes out Send it up on fire Death before dawn Send it up on fire Death before dawn @SONG: Mesmerizing You said things I wouldn't say Straight to my face, boy You tossed the egg up And I found my hands in place, boy After backing up as far as you could get Don't you know nobody parts two rivers met Don't you know I'm very happy You know me well I'm even happier I like it I like it With all of the time in the world to spend it Wild and unwise I wanna be mesmerizing too mesmerizing too mesmerizing to you With all of the time in the world to spend it Wild and unwise I wanna be mesmerizing too mesmerizing too mesmerizing to you @SONG: Fuck and Run I woke up alarmed I didn't know where I was at first Just that I woke up in your arms And almost immediately I felt sorry Cause I didn't think this would happen again No matter what I could do or say Just that I didn't think this would happen again With or without my best intentions What ever happened to a boyfriend The kind of guy who tries to win you over What ever happened to a boyfriend The kind of guy who makes love cause he's in it, and I want a boyfriend I want a boyfriend I want all that stupid old shit like letters and sodas letters and sodas You got up out of bed You said you had a lot of work to do But I heard a rest in your head And almost immediately I felt sorry Cause I didn't think this would happen again No matter what I could do or say Just that I didn't think this would happen again With or without my best intentions I want a boyfriend I want a boyfriend I want all that stupid old shit like letters and sodas letters and sodas I can feel it in my bones I'm gonna spend another year alone Fuck and run Fuck and run Even when I was seventeen Fuck and run Fuck and run Even when I was twelve You almost felt bad You said that I should call you up but I knew much better than that And almost immediately I felt sorry Cause I didn't think this would happen again No matter what I could do or say Just that I didn't think this would happen again With or without my best intentions I can feel it in my bones I'm gonna spend my whole life alone Fuck and run Fuck and run Even when I was seventeen Fuck and run Fuck and run Even when I was twelve @SONG: Girls! Girls! Girls! You been around enough to know That if I want to leave you better let me go Because I take full advantage Of every man I meet I get away almost every day with what the girls call what the girls call what the girls call . . . the girls call murder You been around enough to see That if you think you're it You better check with me Because I take full advantage Of every man I meet I get away almost every day with what the girls call what the girls call what the girls call . . . the girls call murder @SONG: Divorce Song And when I asked for a separate room It was late at night And we been driving since noon But if I'd known How that would sound to you I would have stayed in your bed For the rest of my life Just to prove I was right That it's harder to be friends than lovers And you shouldn't try to mix the two Cause if you do it and you're still unhappy Then you know that the problem is you And its true that I stole your lighter And its also true that I lost the map But when you said that I wasn't worth talking to I had to take your word on that But if you'd known How that would sound to me You would have taken it back And boxed it up and buried it in the ground Boxed it up and buried it in the ground Boxed it up and buried it in the ground Burned it up and thrown it away You put in my hands a loaded gun And then you told me not to fire it When you did the things you said were up to me And then accused me of trying to fuck it up But you've never been a waste of my time It's never been a drag So take a deep breath and count back from ten And maybe you'll be alright And the license said You had to stick around until I was dead But if you're tired of looking at my face I guess I already am But you've never been a waste of my time It's never been a drag So take a deep breath and count back from ten And maybe you'll be alright @SONG: Shatter I know that I don't always realize How sleazy it is Messing with these guys But something about just being with you Slapped me right in my face Nearly broke me in two It's a mark I I have taken heart And I know I will carry with me for a long long time I don't know if I could drive a car Fast enough to get to where you are or wild enough not to miss that boat completely I need, I'm fakin', baby You know just maybe I don't know if I could fly a plane Well enough to tail spin out your name Or high enough to lose control completely I need, I'm fakin', baby You know just maybe, maybe @SONG: Flower [high part:] Every time I see your face I get all wet between my legs Every time you pass me by I heave a sigh of pain [low part:] Every time I see your face I think of things unpure unchaste I want to fuck you like a dog I'll take you home and make you like it Everything you ever wanted Everything you ever thought of is Everything I'll do to you I'll fuck you and your minions too Your face reminds me of a flower Kind of like you're underwater Hair's too long and in your eyes Your tip's a perfect suck me size You act like you're fourteen years old Everything you say is so Obnoxious, funny, true and mean I want to be your blowjob queen You're probably shy and introspective That's not part of my objective I just want your fresh young jimmy Turning slamming ramming in me Every time I see your face I think of things unpure unchaste I want to fuck you like a dog I'll take you home and make you like it Everything you ever wanted Everything you ever thought of is Everything I'll do to you I'll fuck you 'til your dick is blue @SONG: Johnny Sunshine You took the car It was my favorite one A little white Dart And drove it to Idaho You took the horse It was a thoroughbred Saddled it up Out on the interstate You kept the [cat] [put it in] antifreeze Dumped in the trunk with the rest of the cattlefeed You took the house You went and changed the locks Now I am stuck Living [in a] [out of a] box I think I've been taken for everything I own I've been hurt so badly I'm alone, baby, I'm alone You left me nothing You left me nothing Johnny Sunshine You left me nothing You left me nothing Johnny Sunshine You left me nothing You left me nothing Johnny Sunshine You left me nothing You left me nothing @SONG: Gunshy Rifle in hand and two in the bush Three count delay, I may need a little push Take out the garbage on Tuesday nights Seems like the small things Are the only things I'll fight Seems like the small things Are the only things I'll fight Gunshy, Gunshy, Gunshy, Gunshy Sea monkeys, do monkey's Story of my life Send three bucks to a comic book Get a house, car and wife Send three bucks to a comic book Get a house, car and wife (wife) Gunshy, Gunshy, Gunshy, Gunshy @SONG: Stratford-On-Guy I was flying into Chicago at night Watching the lake turn the sky into blue-green smoke The sun was setting to the left of the plane And the cabin was filled with an unearthly glow In 27-D I was behind the wing watching landscape roll out like credits on a screen The earth looked like it was lit from within like a poorly assembled electrical ball as we moved Out of the farmlands into the grid The plan of the city was all that you saw And all of these people sitting totally still As the ground raced beneath them thirty thousand feet down It took an hour, maybe a day But once I really listened, the noise Just went away And I was pretending that I was in a Galaxie 500 video The stewardess came back and checked on my drink In the last strings of sunlight, a Bridgette Bardot Has a hat on my headphones Along with those eyes that you get When your circumstance is movie size It took an hour, maybe a day But once I really listened, the noise Just went away It took an hour, maybe a day But once I really listened, the noise Just went away @SONG: Strange Loop? The fire you like so much in me Is the mark of someone adamantly free But you can't stop yourself from wanting worse Cause nothing feeds a hunger like a thirst Baby I'm tired of fighting I always wanted you I broke up at the roadhouse I wouldn't know you were alive You haven't seen me for weeks now It wouldn't shock you if I drove right out through the back of your eyes I can't be trusted They're saying I can't be true But I only wanted more than I knew Baby I'm tired of fighting I always wanted you I only wanted more than I knew ----------------------------------------------------------------------