[00:00.00]A Down and Dusky Blonde -God Help the Girl
[00:17.181]I fried my head
[00:18.491]I'm not a brunette
[00:20.611]I'm a down and dusky blonde
[00:24.421]I am living in a tree
[00:27.851]When I lie in bed I see
[00:31.971]Beyond my lover's head the moon
[00:35.151]I hear the rain
[00:41.211]I am conscious of my voice as a tool
[00:44.891]It's more demure
[00:48.321]Than your friend the singing queen
[00:52.01]With her matinee good looks
[00:55.871]She talks like talking from a book
[00:59.921]I speak the language of my village of my street
[01:09.251]But I need a friend and I choose you
[01:12.121]I tell you the way I feel
[01:15.991]The truth is crushing like a heel
[01:19.921]I will forget the kiss and feel if you will too
[01:29.171]Tell me tales of punk rocking girls
[01:32.601]It's a dim and distant page
[01:36.471]But I mostly blame my age
[01:39.961]Please make allowances for me
[01:43.211]I do not see
[01:49.11]It's a drag that you're getting old
[01:51.821]I love to think about the year
[01:55.691]When we sobbed and then we cheered
[01:59.621]The town deserted like a film
[02:04.241]Your torso crushing me
[02:07.681]Into the country and the tunnels and the fields
[02:17.131]But I need a friend and I choose you
[02:20.61]I tell you the way I feel
[02:23.811]The truth is crushing like a heel
[02:27.741]I will forget the kiss and feel if you will do
[03:16.911]I read a book a day
[03:18.911]Like an apple
[03:20.591]But I did not eat
[03:23.961]And so the doctor came to me
[03:27.771]He said a woman does not live
[03:32.81]By the printed word
[03:34.141]Forgive yourself and eat
[03:41.501]Autumn sped along outside
[03:44.751]Trick photography on speed
[03:47.551]I was locked inside a room
[03:52.671]They made a deal
[03:54.171]They would control
[03:56.721]The simple things like bodies
[03:59.161]But I kept my soul
[04:05.591]When I needed someone I chose you
[04:08.711]Because the fledgling soul awakes
[04:12.781]And on the balcony she quakes
[04:16.651]And she is waiting for the sign
[04:20.831]And when the brother does not come
[04:24.861]And when the sister's much to you
[04:27.721]She chooses you