Y KANT TORI READ (1988)        

 

1. The Big Picture
 2. Cool On Your Island
 3. Fayth
 4. Fire On The Side
 5. Pirates
 6. Floating City
 7. Heart Attack At 23
 8. On The Boundary
 9. You Go To My Head
10. Ettiene Trilogy
   


 

1. The Big Picture
 

Words and Music by:
Tori and Kim Bullard
 

Someone smashed my window
Broke into my brand new car
Last night
Caught my boyfriend lookin’
At another slender pair of thighs
Gotta make more money
Gotta get, gotta get
There faster than
The rest
Knock 'em off the ladder
If they even seem to
Stand a chance
 

Chorus:

The big picture
Gotta big white cloud
The big picture
Is starin' at me
Starin’ at me
 

Why do I feel
So threatened
That somebody else will
Take what's mine
Babe it's only rented
No one really owns the
Merchandise
What about what
I want
Somehow it got
Lost somewhere
Inside
My mother's on my case
I told her It’s my life
Well, she just died
 

Chorus:

The big picture
Gotta big white cloud
The big picture
Starin’ at me
The big picture
On a big blank wall
The big picture
Is starin' at me
Starin’ at me
 

When I can see
I’ll try again
I’ve got my paints
 

Repeat second chorus
 
 
 

2. Cool On Your Island
 

Words by: Tori
Music by: Tori and Kim Bullard
 

If you don't teat me better
Baby I’ll just run away
Baby I don't  know what drives you
To play all these silly games
C’mon baby
I’m much stronger than you know
Sometimes
I’m not afraid to let it show
 

Chorus:

When will you wake up
I want you more than the stars and the sun
but I can take only so much
cool on your island
is it cool on your island

I gotta brand new dress babe
Could it make you wanna try
I guess I didn't want to notice
The stars gone from your eyes
C'mon baby
I’m much stronger than you know
Sometimes
I’m not afraid to let it show
 

Repeat chorus
 

We could buy an airplane
Build a home in the sand
You could tell your secrets
I could understand
But then by the morning
Comes crumblin' down
And as your leavin'
Wait
 

Chorus:

When will you wake up
I want you more than the stars and the sun
But I can take only so much
Cool on your island
You're so cool on your island
Is it cool on your island
Is it cool baby
 

If you don't treat me better
Baby I’ll just run away
If you don't treat me
One day you'll wake up cold
Then you'll know
You'll know
You'll know
You love me
 
 
 

3. Fayth
 

Words by: Tori
Music by: Tori and Brad Cobb
 

Make it in the city
Do what you can
Wave to the boy
With a gun in his hand
 

Lollipop girls
Pave the street
Stand in line
To be in your limousine
 

You took my love
You took my money
You took my sex
Took my love
Took my money
Give me
 

Chorus:

Fayth
Help me keep myself together
With a little more
Fayth
With a little more
Fayth yeah
Fayth
I could keep our love together
With a little more
Fayth
I could wake up and face the day
 

How do you keep the romance there
When a little French maid
Lives downstairs
 

Radio blasts
As the baby cries
Run to the dragon that
Runs my life
 

You took my love
You took my money
You took my sex
Took my love
Took my money
Give me
 

Repeat chorus
 

I could wake up and face the day
Maybe I could start again
why am I afraid of change
Maybe fayth could understand
darlin' I remember when
I held the violets in my hand
Love can crush held too tight
We could bring
It back alive
With a little more
Fayth
 

Repeat chorus
 
 
 

4. Fire On The Side
 

Words and Music by: Tori
 

Purple sunset
Orange moon
I’m alone again
Without you
I knew someone
Had to lose
 

Kiss goodbye
Go back to your separate life
That you have with her
Ashes blow in the windy sky
Take my heart as you go
 

Chorus:

Baby it burns
Baby it burns
Baby it burns
To be your
Fire on the side
Taste my tears
See how they burn
Baby it burns
To be your
Fire on the side
 

Purple sunset
Orange moon
How can the music play
When the only band
Is made of gold
 

Wrapped around your hand
That I used to hold
Against my chest
Every night
But I still can hope
You will see
I’m your home
 

Repeat chorus
 

I knew someone
Had to lose
Kiss goodbye
Go back to your separate life
You have with her
Take my heart
As you go
 

Repeat chorus
 
 

5. Pirates
 

Words and Music by: Tori and Kim Bullard
 

Traveled far
From my home
Foreign streets
Paved with stone
Deep in my dreams
Moroccan sand
Now I sail my ship
On dry land
 

Chorus:

There is a light that
Shines on the frontier
Pirates, yeah
Pirates
And on a dark night
When you feel lonely
And the world just
Can’t understand you
Pirates yeah
Pirates
 

Steal the jewel
Watch it break
It cuts with an eye
I can't escape
The ruby heals
Alone I stand
When I sail my ship
On dry land
 

Chorus:

There is a light that
Shines on the frontier
And baby someday
We're gonna be there
Pirates, yeah
Pirates
And on a dark night
When you feel lonely
And when the world just
Can't understand you
Pirates, yeah
Pirates
There is a light that
Shines on the frontier
Pirates, yeah
Pirates
There is a light that
Shines on the frontier
 
 
 

6. Floating City
 

Words and Music by: Tori
 

You went away
Why did you leave me
You know I believed you
Nothing explained
Where are the answers
I know I need you
 

Tell me
Is your city paved with gold
Is there hunger
Do your people grow old
Do your governments have secrets
That they've sold
 

Chorus:

Every night I wait
Take me away
To your floating city
By my window at night
I see the lights to your
Floating city
Come and take me away
I want to play
In your floating city, yeah
Floating city, yeah
 

T.V. turns off any of us
That say that we've seen you
Tell me are we the only planet
That can't conceive you
 

Will we be like atlantis
Long ago so assured
That we're advanced
With what we know that our spirit
Never had time to grow
 

Repeat chorus
 

Is it weak to look for
Saviors out in space
Little earth
She tries so hard
To change our ways
Sometimes she must get sick
of this place
 

Repeat chorus
 
 

7. Heart Attack At 23
 

Words and Music by: Tori
 

Sirens wake me up
Wake me up with a cry
Things we do for attention...
Just a little reminder dear
I am still alive
 

So confused
I almost threw it all away for you
You took me higher
And you dropped me lower
Than I've ever been before
 

Chorus:

If I have a heart attack at 23
I’m loving you too much
If I have a heart attack at 23
Wave bye-bye you'll miss me
You'll miss me baby
If I have a heart attack at 23
 

Al my friends
We waste so much love
On our men
Why can't I be forgiving
While he been out a-messin'
With his argentine baby
 

Repeat chorus
 

I must be dreaming
We were together in a
Land of scarlet ribbon
That tied you to me darlin'
 

Roll, roll, roll, roll on
But you know I’m never satisfied
With all the good things n my life
I thought I needed you to be strong
I’ll still miss you when I’m gone
 

Repeat chorus
 
 

8. On The Boundary
 

Words and Music by: Tori
 

You said you wanted safer ground
But you got caught up in the river
I was there to save you boy
But you'd rather drown
 

You said you were unhappy
But that was alright
Better than not knowin'
What's on the other side
 

And you know
I was always there for you
And you know
I always believed in you
I guess that wasn't enough
 

Chorus:

On the boundary
On the boundary baby
On the boundary
Don't you need my love
You won't even let me
Keep from fallin'
From the boundary
That divides our love
 

I gave you a kingdom
That you could be lord in
And we both know you loved
The taste of my world
But you ran back to your corner
Where you trip over your lines
Look left, look right,
No room to hide
 

Repeat chorus
 

I guess that wasn't enough
I guess I wasn't enough
 

Repeat chorus
 
 
 

9. You Go To My Head
 

Words and Music by: Tori
 

Sweet love
Hello
Make a slave of me
I should have more control
Little dove
Hello
You take full advantage
Of my open window
 

When the cold of the night
Has washed away
All I want is to wake in your arms
And I know
That I shouldn't let you stay
But I’m a lush for your love
 

Chorus:

You go to my head
You go to my head
You go to my head
And you know I can
Never say no
To you and your friend
 

You call
Oh, no (you know you want him)
Boy, your heart swings
In the wind from rose to rose
Honeybee
Go home (please stay)
To that warm nest you left
Minutes ago
 

Yes, I understand
You give your time
Can't you see
I've given my heart
All that light in your eyes
Is from the wine
I’m such a lush for your love
 

Repeat chorus
 
 

10. Etienne Trilogy
 

The Highlands
Music by: Tori and Kim Bullard
 

Etienne
Words and Music by: Tori
 

Skyeboat Song
(Traditional)
 

Maybe I’m a witch lost in time
Running through the fields
Of Scotland by your side
 

Kicked out of France
But I still believe
Taken to a land far across the sea
 

Chorus:

Etienne
Etienne
Hear the west wind
Whisper my name
Etienne
Etienne
By the morning
Maybe I’ll remember
Who I am
 

Maybe you're the knight
Who saved my life
Maybe we faced
The fire side by side
 

Here we are again
Under the same sky
As the gypsy crystal
Slowly dies
 

Chorus:

Etienne
Etienne
Hear the west wind
Whisper my name
Etienne
Etienne
By the morning
Maybe we'll remember
Who I am
 

I close my eyes
See you again
I know I've held you
But I can't
Remember
Where or when
 

Repeat second chorus

 


  If you have some corrections to the lyrics presented in this page, or find any misspellings, please email me (Giovanni Mantilla) at giofabman@hotmail.com  


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