"HOW MANY TIDES 

(AFTER SEAN SELLERS)"

MORIARTY

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMROCHKOgDc

 In the dark, I've learned to meet myself
I've learned to be friends with myself
Day after day
My whole like in one day
See what's beyond

How many times must a man hope 'til he dies
How many tides must a man weigh 'til it's over

Why should I be out of mind
Because I'm out of sight
Now my voice is in yours my dear
No more darkness,

 
Soon I'll be going, I'm going
I'm going not too far

Yes I'm going, I'm going
I'm going not so far

Oh I'm going, I'm going
I'm going, I'm going
I'm going

I'm going, I'm going

 "LONG IS THE NIGHT"

MORIARTY

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xZBTLX-5zY

 Long is the night
Long as the shame of the man
Who can't manage to die long
Under the lamppost his naked eye swing
And his eye, blind with the breath of Gin
And the smell of a blond girl's wet flesh under his nails
Oh God, how long is the night

Must they drag the sky away
Let the earth not lead me on
Must they drag the sky away
And lay me long in stillness
Long in stillness for night
Oh how long is the night
Deliver me from this night

It happened on a Friday
My life ran on with fasting
The air oozed vapours of lemon
And the fishbone stuck into my craw
When out of the gutted fish I lifted
A ring which cast for at the time of my birth
Feel in the river of night

Feel in the river of night
Where it sank I threw it back to the night
Must they drag the sky away
Let the earth not lead me on
Must they drag the sky away
And lay me long in stillness
Long in stillness for night
Oh how long is the night
Deliver me from this night

 

 "BACK IN TOWN"

MORIARTY

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhukYIPIv-o

I'm sick and stuck here
I woke up in the middle of the night
And got up in a rush of blood
Splattering myself in the fight

And I crawl to the ground
ANd I crawl for fear of the drown
It's my own little war
The one I'm ready to wage

So don't stand in the way
If you don't want to get hurt
My baby and me
We're having more than just a flirt

My baby's back in town
I can feel his roaming around
Well my baby's back in town
I'm moving ???

I think I'm kissing the sink
And sickness is a sticking my insides
I'm seeking a kick from the thickness of the quicksands
In which I dive

I'm sick I'm sucking on a pill
A sweet and sour lick of salt
I know I'm hooked but I'd kill
Anyone who sayd it's my fault

I see his skinny silhouette
In the distance I can hear his call
My soul is no longer a home
Since my baby came and took it all

So don't stand in the way
If you don't want to get hurt
My baby and me
We're having more than just a flirt

My baby's back in town
I can feel his roaming around
My baby's back in town
There's no more fooling around

Mess around, mess around
Mess around, mess around

 "ISABELLA"

MORIARTY 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyJvoxR1Gi0

 When we wake up we forget the words
But the music goes on and on
On and on

When we wake up we forget the picture
But the colour hangs on and on
On and on

Isa Isabella
Isa Isabella
Isa Isabella
La la la la la la
When we grow old we forget the names
But yours hanged on and on
For so long

And you forgot all that you left behind
And I was behind
I was behind
Isa Isabella
Isa Isabella
Isa Isabella
La la la la la la
La la la la la la...
When we grow old we forget the names
But the world keeps turning on
On and on
On and on, on and on
When we broke up I forgot all the words
You left the music on
And for good you were gone

And you forgot all that you left behind
And I was left behind
I was behind
Isa Isabella
Isa Isabella

 "OSHKOSH BEND"

MORIARTY

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knqsd2IFsuc

 

 It was cold when it came
I laid my cards plain to see
They told me I had nothing to blame
They told me I had nothing to blame

My backbone’s broken and the river’s swollen
The cars are purring and the leaves are pouring
The sidewalk’s empty and the street is slippery
The lights are dim just like the people at the party I was at
The people at the party I was at

Oh I gotta move, I wanna split
I’m pulling on a string that’s coming to an end
The last one broke on a bend
I lost a hat and sat with a duck
The last one broke on a bend
I ain’t got nothing to pluck
I ain’t got nothing to fuck
I ain’t got nothing at all

It was cold when it came
I had to duck to see the bus
Raging down on the cusp of my clustered lens
They told me I had nothing to blame
They told me I had nothing to blame

Oh the seats were warm and the birds they swarmed
The place was bright and it felt just right
My backbone’s swollen and the river’s broken
The cars are purring and the leaves are pouring
The sidewalk’s empty and the street is slippery
The lights are dim just like the people at the party I was at
The people at the party I was at

I gotta move I wanna split
I’m pulling on a string that’s coming to an end
The last one broke on a bend
I lost a hat and sat with a duck
The last one broke on a bend
I ain’t got nothing to fuck

 "COTTONFLOWER"

MORIARTY 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NefEu2knPyk

 

You are my cottonflower
You are the one for ever
Your smile is like a little wrinkle
Don't suffer babe, just let it trickle

This is my lucky hour
Let us spend it together
You keep me warm each time I travel
You give me shelter from the drizzle
Sing this song for you to sing when I'm gone
I'm bleeding bleeding hard

You are my cottonflower
I ain't nothing but a lonely rider
I do not know who is right who is wrong
Sing this song for you to sing when I'm gone

I am your purple spider
My holes are getting wider
Even though I hear the robins crying
I don't worry 'cause I'm only dying

Sing this song for you to sing when I'm gone
It don't hurt no more Ma

You've seen a thousand like me
I'm not the first one
I'm not the only one
The best one
The worst one
And last one
You've seen a thousand like me
Won't you turn off your T.V.

I ain't nothing but a lonely soldier
I don't know who is right who is wrong
Sing this song for you to sing when I'm gone
I'm gone, now I'm gone
I'm gone

You are my cottonflower
You are my cottonflower
Farewell cottonflower
Ants are riding on my chest
Soon I'll return to dust and rest

 "JIMMY"

MORIARTY 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnbl94GZ6TM

 Jimmy won't you please come home
Where the grass is green and the buffaloes roam
Come see Jimmy your uncle Jim
And your auntie Jimmie and your cousin Jim
Come home Jimmy 'cause you need a bath
And your grandpa Jimmy is still gone daft

Now there's buffalo Jim and buffalo Jim
And Jim buffalo now didn't you know
Jim Jim Jimmy it's your last cigarette
But there's buffalo piss and it's all kind of wet
Jambo Jimmy you'd better hold your nose
All roads lead to roam with the buffaloes

And the buffaloes used to say be proud of your name
The buffaloes used to say be what you are
The buffaloes used to say roam where you roam
Buffaloes used to say do what you do

Hey you've gotta have a wash but you can't clean your name
You're now called Jimmy, you'll be Jimmy just the same
The keys are in a bag in a chest by the door
One of Jimmy's friends has taken the floor

Jimmy won't you please come home
Where the grass is green and the buffaloes roam
Dear old Jimmy you've forgotten you're young
But you can't ignore the buffalo song

And the buffaloes used to say be proud of your name
The buffaloes used to say be what you are
The buffaloes used to say roam where you roam
Buffaloes used to say do what you do
If you remember you're unknown
Buffaloland will be your home
If you remember you're a gnome
Buffaloland will be your home
If you remember you're a Noam
Buffaloland will be your home
If you remember you're unknown
Buffaloland will be your home

 "LAZY EYE"

FRUIT BATS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8miINQVxIFg

 

You are a diamond in the dirt
And you're the centipede who broke the camel's back
You didn't think I'd get hurt
Love burns a circle in the snow

You're frog eggs in the sky
That rain on the GWB
And the palisades
Love turns tripe into gold
Love burns a circle in the snow

Hey, you there with the lazy eye
Turn, turn it to me
Let me hear you say it one more time
You, you there with the lazy eye

 

"THE GLORY OF"

FRUIT BATS 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIj93hhtuCY 

 Babies in the backyard
And made up languages
Ooh, the glory of

Leap like a lemur
Hurrying back to you
Ooh, the glory of my love for you
Comes rushing back to me
As I'm rushing back to you
To you, ooh
Ooh, the glory of

Babies in the backyard
And made up languages
Ooh, the glory of

Running on my feet and planes and cars
Trying to get you you
Ooh, the glory of your face
Pulling me back to you
Pushing me back to you
To you, ooh
Ooh, the glory of
Ooh, the glory of
Ooh, the glory of
Ooh, the glory of

 

 "O'CHILDREN"

NICK CAVE 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQL5zdEy-3k 

 

Pass me that lovely little gun
My dear, my darling one
The cleaners are coming, one by one
You don't even want to let them start

They're knocking now upon your door
They measure the room, they know the score
They're mopping up the butcher's floor
Of your broken little hearts

Forgive us now for what we've done
It started out as a bit of fun
Here, take these before we run away
The keys to the gulag

Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on
Here comes Frank and poor old Jim
They're gathering round with all my friends
We're older now, and the light is dim
And you are only just beginning

Oh, children
We have the answer to all your fears
It's short, it's simple, it's crystal-clear
It's roundabout and it's somewhere here
Lost amongst our winnings

The cleaners have done their job on you
They're hip to it, man, they're in the groove
They've hosed you down, you're good as new
And they're lining up to inspect you

Oh children
Poor old Jim's white as a ghost
He's found the answer that we lost
We're all weeping now, weeping because
There ain't nothing we can do to protect you

We're happy, Ma, we're having fun
And the train ain't even left the station

And have you left a seat for me?
Is that such a stretch of the imagination?

I'm hanging in there, don't you see?
In this process of elimination

We're happy, Ma, we're having fun (children)
It's beyond my wildest expectation (oh, children)

We're happy, Ma, we're having fun
The train ain't even left the station (oh, children)
(Hey, little train, wait for me)
(I once was blind but now I see)