St. Vincent - Daddy's Home Album Lyrics

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Pay Your Way in Pain

Whoa-oh
You got to pay your way in pain
You got to pray your way in shame

Ooh, I went to the store, I was feeling kinda hungry
But, didn't have the money and the shelves were all empty
So I went to the bank to ch-ch-check my checking
The man looked at my face, said, "We don't have a record"

Oh no, you thought we had forgotten
The show is only getting started
The road is feeling like a pothole
Sit down, stand up, head down, hands up and

Pay your way in pain
You got to pray your way in shame

Give me what I want
(What do you want, what do you want?)
You know what I want
(What do you want, what do you want?)
You know what I want
(What do you want, what do you want?) You relax baby
I, I, I wanna be loud

(Pay)
(Pain)
(Pray, shame)

So I went to the park just to watch the little children
The mothers saw my heels and they said I wasn't welcome
So I, I went back home, I was feeling kinda queasy
But all the locks were changed, my baby wouldn't see me

Oh no, you put your finger on it
The stove is only gettin' hotter
The sun is gotta, gotta melt you
Stand up, sit down, hands up, break down

(What do you want, what do you want?)
You know what I want
(What do you want, what do you want?)
I wanna be loud (what do you want, what do you want? Shame)
(What do you want, what do you want?)
I wanna be loud (what do you want, what do you want? Shame)

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Down and Out Downtown

Last night's heels
On the mornin' train
It's a long way back downtown

Ten missed calls, they don't
Know where you are
It's a long way back downtown

Hey, I was flying (Flying, flying, flying)
Over the Empire State (Over, away)
Then you kissed me (Kissed me, kissed me)
And I crashed again

When did it start?
This feeling so wrong
When you're down and out downtown

(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Bowery John
(Ooh-ooh-ooh)
Forgotten but not gone

(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Praying at St. Ann's
Bodega roses in my hands
(Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

Down and out downtown
And the
Joker with that funny laugh
Is digging through the basement of my past
It's a long way back down
Down and out downtown

Hey, I was flying (Flying, flying, flying)
Over the Empire State (Over, away)
When you kissed me (Kissed me, kissed me, kissed me)
And I crashed again
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

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Daddy's Home

I sign autographs in the visitation room
Waiting for you the last time
Inmate 502

Daddy's home

You still got it in ya
Government green suit
And I look down and out
In my fine Italian shoes
And we're tight as a bible
With the pages stuck like glue
Yeah, you did some time
Well, I did some time too

Daddy's home

Ow
Ow
Ow

Daddy's home
Daddy's home
Daddy's home
Daddy's home
Daddy's home
Daddy's home
Daddy's home

We're all good puritans
They'll pray about reform
You swore you had paid your dues
Then put a payday into your uniform
We're all born innocent
But some good saints get screwed
But hell, where can you run
When the outlaw's inside you

Ow
Daddy's home
Daddy's home
Daddy's home
Daddy's home
Daddy's home
Daddy's home
Daddy's home
Daddy's home
Daddy's home

Yeah
Oh
Ow
Daddy's home
Daddy's home
Daddy's home
Daddy's home
Daddy's home
Daddy's home
Daddy's home

Daddy's home

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Live In The Dream

Hello
Do you know where you are?
You've been out cold
We almost called the cops
Don't get up
Can you count to 10?
Oh boy, you're so lucky we found you when we did
'Cause there's a lot of people here who wanna do you harm
But stay with me you, fallen lamb
And I'll keep you in my arms

But I can't live in the dream
The dream lives in me

Welcome child
You're free of the cage
Trying to seem sane
Makes you seem so strange
You look tired
Go on rest your head
Oh girl, you're so lucky we found you when we did
'Cause there's a lot of people here who wanna do you harm
But stay with me you, fallen lamb
And I'll keep you in my arms

But I can't live in the dream
The dream lives in me

Oh, I can't live in the dream
The dream lives in me

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The Melting of the Sun

So sorry, missed the party
Hello, on the dark side of the moon
Jane lost it, crashed her corvette
Ran into the tide in Malibu

And we all heard the gun
But I was slow to run

It's just the melting of the sun
(It's just the sun)
I wanna watch you watch it burn
(So watch it burn)

Saint Joni ain't no phony
Smoking reds where Furry sang the blues
My Marilyn shot her heroin
"Hell," she said, "It's better than abuse"

So who am I trying to be?
A benzo beauty queen?

It's just the melting of the sun
(It's just the sun)
I wanna watch you watch it burn
(So watch it burn)
We always knew this day would come
(The day has come)
It's just the melting of the sun

Brave Tori told her story
Police said they couldn't catch the man
Proud Nina got subpoenaed
Singing "Mississippi good goddamn"
But me, I never cried
To tell the truth, I lied

Girl, the world's spinning 'round
Spinning down and out of time
Girl, you can't give in now
When you're down, down and out
Girl, the world's spinning 'round
Spinning down and out of time
Girl, you can't give in now
When you're down, down and out

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Humming (Interlude 1)

Listenin'
The kitchen
My Mother fixin'
Something missin'
And all the while she's hummin'

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The Laughing Man

9-1-1 (9-1-1, what's your emergency?)
I'm in love (I see, so how can I help you?)
I can hear the angels sweeping
So why do I feel like sleeping?

Little birds, little birds
Chirp, chirp, chirp
Singing like the day is perfect
But to me they sound psychotic

I know you're gone
You left the scene
Heaven had more important things
But I can't sleep

I know you'd know exactly what I mean
If life's a joke
Then I'm dying laughing

Brown liquor
Why not? Sure
Like the heroines of Cassavetes
I'm underneath the influence daily

Remember when (remember when)
We were kids (just kids)
Best of friends (best of friends)
All grass stains and chicken dinners
Menthol mouths and secret stitches
Half pipes and PlayStations
Suicidal ideation

I know you're gone
You dropped the scene
Left all of your guitars to me
But I can't play

I know you know exactly what I'm saying
If life's a joke
Then I'm dying laughing

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Down

You hit me one time
Imagine my surprise
You hit me two times
You got yourself a fight
I was a patsy
You were a creep from the cheap seats
Thinking that my little scratch was like your big victory
See but I'll take you down, uh-huh

Tell me who hurt you - no, wait, I don't care to
Hear an excuse why you think you can be cruel
(Cruel, cruel, cruel)
Mama always told me
(My mama told me)
You got to turn the other cheek
But even she would agree
You're an exception to that rule
(Rule, rule, rule)

I'll take you
Yeah I'll take you
I'll take you
I'll take you down
(I'll take you down, down, down, down)
I'll take you down
(I'll take you down, down, down, down)

Go get your own shit
Get off of my tit
Go face your demons
Check into treatment
Go flee the country
Go blame your daddy
Just get far away from me

Cause I'll take you down
(I'll take you down, down, down, down)
'Cause I'll take you down
(I'll take you down, down, down, down)
(I'll take you down)

Go tell your friends

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Humming (Interlude 2)

[Instrumental]

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Somebody Like Me

Paint yourself white
Clip on the wings
Climb high to the top
Of a building
Does it make you a angel
Or some kind of freak
To believe enough
In somebody like me
Baby
Oh, I guess we'll see
Who was the freak

Dress up in white
Slip on the ring
Walk straight down the aisle
To the violin strings
Does it make you a genius
The fool of the week
To believe enough
In somebody like me baby
Baby

Oh, I guess we'll see
Who was the free
Time (Oh I) tells us things (I guess we'll see)
That you and I can't see

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My Baby Wants a Baby

My baby loves me like a saint
My baby hates when I'm away
My baby wants a baby
How can I go on?

What in the world
Would my baby say?
I've got your eyes and your mistakes
You make a home
I run away
And the story starts again

Then I couldn't stay in bed all day
I couldn't leave like my daddy
And I wouldn't be your only baby
And I want more

My baby's closer than a shade
My baby's blue when I dye grays
My baby wants a baby
How can it be wrong? Oh

But I want to play guitar all day
Make all my meals in microwaves
Only dress up if I get payed
How can it be wrong? Oh

What in the world, what in the world
Would my baby say?
I've got your eyes and your mistakes
I want to run, I want to run
I wanna chase the ending I can't see
Then I won't have no legacy
'Cause I won't write no symphonies
Won't have no streets named after me
Won't even have your sympathy
No-one will scream that song at me
Won't throw no roses on my grave
They'll just look at me and say
"Where's your baby?"

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...At the Holiday Party

At the holiday party
Red wine lipped a little early
Reminiscing got us laughing
And that's when I saw your face cracking

Smiles and smoke and screams
Your Gucci purse a pharmacy
Pretend to want these things
So no-one sees you not getting
Not getting what you need
Need

You can't hide from me

Are you still working on your screenplay?
Or did those lights go out on Broadway
Think if you can just keep spinning
You won't miss what you've been missing

Pills and jewels and speed
Your little purse a pharmacy
And hide behind these things
So no-one sees you not getting
Not getting what you need
Need

You can't hide
You can't hide from me

(You can't hide)
(You can't hide)
(No, you can't hide from me)

(You can't hide)
(You can't hide)
(No, you can't hide from me)

(You can't hide)
(You can't hide)
(You can't, you can't hide from me)

(You can't hide)
(You can't hide)
(No, you can't hide from me)

(You can't hide)
(You can't hide)
(You can't, you can't hide from me)

(You can't hide)
(You can't hide)
(No, you can't hide from me)

(You can't hide)
(You can't hide)
(You can't, you can't hide from me)

(You can't hide)
(You can't hide)
(No, you can't hide from me)

(You can't hide)
(You can't hide)
(You can't, you can't hide from me)

(You can't hide from me)
(You can't hide from me)

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Candy Darling

Candy, darling
Who knows why the caged bird even sings?
For high priced lowlives
Red bodega roses, you and me

I never wanna leave
Your perfume candy dream

So Queen of south Queens
We never did stop cheering for you, babe
And your wig, blonde, rolls home
Waving from the latest uptown train

I never wanna leave
Your perfume candy scene

So Candy, darling
I brought bodega roses for your feet
And Candy, my sweet
I hope you will be coming home to me

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Humming (Interlude 3)

In the park
He didn't show up
You take a high note and I'll join a chorus
And all my ghosts will keep haunting you
Hmmm