Juvenilia

Liz Phair
Matador Records, 1995
Length: 27:58

Jealousy

Turning Japanese

I got your picture of me and you.
You wrote "I love you," I love you too.
I sit there staring when there's nothing else to do.

Oh it's in color. Your hair is brown.
Your eyes are hazel and soft as clouds.
I often kiss you when there's no one else around.

I've got your picture
I've got your picture
I'd like a million of them all by myself.

I want a doctor to take your picture
so I can look at you from inside as well.
You got me turning and I'm turning 
and I'm turning and I'm turning and I'm...

Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so.
Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so.
Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so.
Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so.

I've got your picture
I've got your picture
I'd like a million of them all by myself.

I want a doctor to take your picture
so I can look at you from inside as well.
You got me turning and I'm turning 
and I'm turning and I'm turning and I'm...

Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so.
Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so.
Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so.
Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so.

No sex no drugs no wine no women no fun no sin no you 
no wonder it's dark.
Everyone around me is a total stranger,
Everyone avoids me like a Cyclone Ranger, everyone...

That's why I'm 
turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so.
Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so.
Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so.
Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so.

Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so.
Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so.
Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so.
Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so.

Animal Girl

It's an animal girl and it's lying on the beach.
Its ass can surf in the sand while its head's asleep.
Its fingers roll a reefer cigarette.
Its skin can decompose beneath the sweat.

I know all I need to know.
I know how much girl to go.
Drinking iced scotch and soda.
I proclaim the ocean like a coppertone baby.

Wait and see.
You don't know who I am.
Fig or tree...
Lex or Superman.

The owners may dim the lights...
The sailors may start to fight 
back the dinner they wolfed at the taco joint.
But maybe a blue moon will shine 
in the heart of the hood.

It's an animal girl and its knees are turning in.
The Spitomatic flips it on its back.
There's a gathering crowd of heavy breasted men.
The burn patrol is freaking out again.

I know all I need to know.
I know how much girl to go.

California

Okay, this guy walks into a bar...
No, I'm just, I'm just fuckin' with you. I'm kiddin'.
Na, there's this, this young bull and this old bull 
and they're standin' on top of a hill.

And I tried to tell you before that that's why I left California.

So they're standin' on top of this hill, right?
And they're looking out over a pasture full of cows.
Whole fuckin' pasture.
And the young bull turns to the old bull and he goes,
"I got this really good idea."
And the old bull's like, "Yeah?"

And I tried to tell you before that that's why I left California.

"Hey," he's, he's like "Yeah. Yeah I got this really good idea.
Let's run down that hill and fuck one o' those cows."
And the old bull just looks at him. You know, he's just lookin' at him, 
he's like, "Look, I got a better idea."
The young bull's like, "Oh yeah? What's your fuckin' brilliant idea?"
And the old bull goes...

And I tried to tell you before that that's why I left California.

And the old bull goes, "Let's walk down that hill 
and fuck all o' those cows. Dig?"
You know like he ain't been in town long or something, I don't know.

And I tried to tell you before that that's why I left California.

South Dakota

For a mean baby, well I like your pants.
Born in South Dakota.
For a mean baby, well I like your hips.
Born in South Dakota, I was in born in South Dakota.

Man I feel lucky tonight, I'm gonna get stoned and run around.
Born in South Dakota.
Hey we're goin' to a rodeo town, I'm gonna get drunk and fuck some cows.
Born in South Dakota, I was born in South Dakota.
I was born in South (Hu Hu) Dakota.

Hey all you city fucks, it's a prairie man's world.
It's wide open.
Hey all you city fucks, it's a prairie man's world.
Masons and lumberchucks it's got its moss squirreled.
It's wide open.

I said it's wide open.
(Hu Hu) Dakota.

Man I feel lucky tonight, I'm gonna get stoned and run around.
Born in South Dakota.
Hey we're goin' to a rodeo town, I'm gonna get drunk and fuck some cows.
Born in South Dakota, I was born in South Dakota.
I was born in South (Hu Hu) Dakota.

Hey all you city fucks, it's a prairie man's world.
It's wide open.
Hey all you city fucks, it's a prairie man's world.
Masons and lumberchucks it's got its moss squirreled.
Mr. Flint-top and Razor-back you know I'm your girl.
I'm wide open.
I said I'm wide open.

(Hu Hu) Dakota.
(Hu Hu) Dakota.
(Hu Hu) Dakota.

Batmobile

Fire up the Batmobile
Cause I gotta get out of here.
I don't speak the language.
And you gave me no real choice
you gave me no real choice
you made me see that my behavior was an opinion.

So fire up the Batmobile
Cause I gotta get out of here.
It's the mouth of the gift horse I know
But I gave it my best shot
I gave it my best shot
I gave you the performance of a lifetime.

So I hope you all will see
there just isn't a place here for me.
I look around and feel
like somebody must be fucking with me.
I just can't take any of you seriously
and I can't keep keeping myself company.

Fire up the batmobile
Cause I gotta get out of here.
Big shoulders block the view
You can't get your money back
you can't get your money back
you can't pretend that isolation is the same as privilege

So I hope you all will see
there just isn't a place here for me.
I look around and feel
like somebody must be fucking with me.
I just can't take any of you seriously
and I can't keep keeping myself company.

Dead Shark

Don't be so rude.
I was only trying to make conversation.
Pay back or down.?
This is not going anywhere.?

Got a dead shark on our hands.
Got a dead shark on our hands.
Got a dead shark on our hands.

I'm just trying to get a handle on this
I'm just trying to figure out where I stand.
I'm just trying.
So sue me for trying

Do I just have a problem?
Or did you also think that this was hot.

I really hate talking to you on the telephone.
Can't we just work it out.
Let you come on over.
Can't we just work it out.
stay here and mine?

I'm not looking over my shoulder.
I'm not gazing up at the stars.
I'm not thinking 5 years in the future.
I'm just wondering where you'll sleep tonight.

Do I just have a problem?
Or did you also think that this was hot.

I'm looking over my shoulder.
I'm gazing up at the stars.
I'm not thinking 5 years in the future.
I'm just wondering where you'll stay tonight.

Easy

I think you're trying to scare me
So that I will stop thinking of you
I think you're trying to scare me
So that I will stop trying to be you.
It's not that easy.
It's not that easy.

I laughed when I heard you died, 
Cause I didn't know what else I was gonna do.
Now I laugh when I see you alive,
Cause I think you're just pulling my leg.
It's not that easy.
It's not that easy.

Well it must have taken a whole lot of anger.
And it must have taken a whole lot of time.
And I can't believe that you found me after all these years 
I guess you must have something heavy on your mind.

And I can't believe that you thought I'd be happy.
To see you up and around like it's any morning?.
You look like shit and the smell is even better.
And I feel like shit and I want to go back to bed.

You can walk through walls.
You can make the head of the doll spin around.
And you can haunt the halls.
But you can't ask me to make you feel at home.
It's not that easy.
It's not that easy.
Lyrics transcribed and translated to HTML 1995 by Aaron Walker
Corrections are welcome


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