Beneath the Devil Moon

Michelle Malone - Beneath the Devil Moon

  • Grace

    I was up all night

    dreaming of you

    Pretty valentine

    Bleeding again from the sole of her shoes

    Cause she’s got to carry the weight of the truth

    Would you take it easy on me

    Would you take it easy on me

    Would you like to see me crawling

    Would it do any good

    Good would do if it could

    I was up all night drinking of you

    We got into a fight

    Love always drains the life out of me

    But I can’t complain

    I’m in the deep freeze

    Would you take it easy on me

    Would you make it easy on me

    Would you like to see me crawling

    Would it do any good

    Good would do if it could

    Through the grace of your heart

    I’d be alright through the grace of your heart

    Sleep through the night through the grace of your heart

    Keep me in line through the grace of your heart

    Keep me alive through the grace of your heart

    I got up alright

    Breakfast for two

    Pieces of hate all over the room

    Your love is a light that leads to my soul

    That’s melting the wall,

    That’s drowning me, so

    Would you take it easy on me

    Could you make it easy on me

    Would you like to see me crawling

    Would it do any good

    Good would do if it could

    Through the grace of your heart

    The grace of your heart

    I’d be alright through the grace of your heart

    Sleep through the night through the grace of your heart

    Swallow my pride through the grace of your heart

    Buried alive through the grace of your heart

    Love has no pride

    Love has no pride

    Grace

    Michelle Malone ©1996 & 1996, Strange Bird Songs/Ensign Music/ASCAP

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  • In the Weeds

    I been deep in the weeds for so long now

    That it’s starting to look like up to me

    I got fireflies sending signals out

    but it looks like it’s all up to me

    Life, she caught me slumbering

    the wake up call came much too late

    I went to dial your number friend

    But the numbers didn’t add up straight

    I had nothing to show you but I had somewhere to go

    So I walked outside, on down the line

    And I lay my body down, can’t get my feet back on the ground

    walk my head around, walk my head around

    If I can stay alive, If I can stay alive, If I can stay alive

    I could be somebody tomorrow

    I’m not saying keep sharp objects away

    but I cut this shirtsleeve from my heart

    and if red is the color of life and love

    I want to wear your love like heaven, yea

    My desire to survive is second only to my desire to be loved by you

    Let me take you

    to the waters edge, show you how beautiful you are in the reflection of these tears

    in the reflection of these years

    If I can stay alive, if I can stay alive, If I can stay alive

    I could be somebody tomorrow

    You say you’d love me anyway, and if I were the hotel maid I think you’d love me more

    But I feel like a loser, like a shaker not a mover, like a worn out lonely whore

    I been deep in the weeds for so long now

    Machete swing don’t cut me down

    One more day and I just might

    Turn this darkness into light

    If I can stay alive, if I can stay alive, if I can stay alive

    I could be somebody tomorrow

    him, run for

    Michelle Malone ©1996 & 1996, Strange Bird Songs/Ensign Music/ASCAP

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  • My Green Thumb

    You hand me life to hold on to

    Now I’ve got a lock without a clue

    I’ve got a guitar but I haven’t got any blues

    You drove your car into the rail

    Hey, little star, your engine failed

    You lack the luster, dull and pale

    But I cannot shine for you

    Talk to me – that’s what you came to do

    But you just stand there without a clue

    I’ve got a guitar but I have no diagnosis for you

    Space invader, little quasar

    Oh, how I wonder what you are

    You can’t get where you’re going to

    Still I cannot take you

    I’ve got a spot out back where I’ve taken my shovel

    I’ve got a spot out back that’s taking all of my time

    I’ve got a plot out back if I should run into trouble

    So don’t give me anything to hold

    You keep your diary in bold

    I never said I wanted to

    But you just assumed…

    I’ve got a garden where I – am growing patients

    And my green thumb has become…has come undone

    I’ve got a garden where I’m – growing impatient

    Oh, my green thumb has become… has come undone

    I’ve got a garden where I – am growing patients

    Oh, my green thumb has become… has come undone

    I’ve got a garden where I’m – growing impatient

    Oh, my green thumb has become

    Michelle Malone ©1996 & 1996, Strange Bird Songs/Ensign Music/ASCAP

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  • Blue Suede

    You hand me life to hold on to

    Now I’ve got a lock without a clue

    I’ve got a guitar but I haven’t got any blues

    You drove your car into the rail

    Hey, little star, your engine failed

    You lack the luster, dull and pale

    But I cannot shine for you

    Talk to me – that’s what you came to do

    But you just stand there without a clue

    I’ve got a guitar but I have no diagnosis for you

    Space invader, little quasar

    Oh, how I wonder what you are

    You can’t get where you’re going to

    Still I cannot take you

    I’ve got a spot out back where I’ve taken my shovel

    I’ve got a spot out back that’s taking all of my time

    I’ve got a plot out back if I should run into trouble

    So don’t give me anything to hold

    You keep your diary in bold

    I never said I wanted to

    But you just assumed…

    I’ve got a garden where I – am growing patients

    And my green thumb has become…has come undone

    I’ve got a garden where I’m – growing impatient

    Oh, my green thumb has become… has come undone

    I’ve got a garden where I – am growing patients

    Oh, my green thumb has become… has come undone

    I’ve got a garden where I’m – growing impatient

    Oh, my green thumb has become

    Michelle Malone ©1996 & 1996, Strange Bird Songs/Ensign Music/ASCAP

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  • The Edge

    Once in my life

    a little girl learning goodbye

    Daddy’s all gone

    She’s left standing in the drive

    Dreams come to rescue me

    Dream me away

    Dreams they rescue me

    Gone away

    I’m staring out the window

    a million miles away

    Blue Suede

    No fires for the widow

    No flowers did she lay

    Blue suede

    Once in my life

    Had a brother who had me

    He may have gone

    But he will never leave

    Dreams they to rescue me

    Dream away

    Dreams they rescue me

    Gone away

    Now I’m staring out the window

    a million miles away

    Blue Suede

    No fires for the widow

    No flowers did she lay

    Blue Suede

    From down there

    Was nothing I could do

    Lie down there or

    Crawl back in the womb

    There was no room

    Michelle Malone ©1996 & 1996, Strange Bird Songs/Ensign Music/ASCAP

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  • All My Lifetime

    I should try to speak

    but all this fighting left me weak

    If I could defend

    but the ink runs from my pen

    I’d beg you not to go away

    We should be here together

    Though we are somewhere near the edge

    I’m begging you don’t go away

    We should be getting better

    Though we are somewhere near the edge

    And if I could erase

    I’d leave the past without a trace

    and with picture-perfect valentine

    Replace the words disguised as mine

    And beg you not to go away

    We should be here together

    Though we are somewhere near the edge

    I’m begging you don’t go away

    We should be getting better

    Though we are somewhere near the edge

    Life is not living without you

    Love is not loving without you

    This is something that I feel

    the tight squeeze and the cracking cold steel

    and I can’t stop it – my heart

    must be breaking

    I’m begging you don’t go away

    We should be here together

    Though we are somewhere near the edge

    I’m begging you don’t go away

    We should be getting better

    Though we are somewhere near the edge

    Why are we somewhere near the edge

    Michelle Malone ©1992, Cold Cocked Music/Sony ATV Songs/BMI

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  • All My Lifetime

    When you walked away

    You had nothing left to say

    Now you’ve come to change your mind

    It’s too late this time

    I’ve got no tears to cry

    It’s time to say goodbye

    I can’t cry for what you lost

    and I can’t live with what it cost

    and everyday that passes by

    All My Lifetime

    Everyday – All My Lifetime

    Everyday – All My Lifetime

    It’s too late- All My Lifetime

    It’s so hard to be someone

    In the company of none

    If I could only close my eyes

    Don’t look back inside

    But I’ve got no tears to cry

    This time I’ll say goodbye

    ‘Cause I can’t cry for what you’ve lost

    And I can’t live with what it cost

    And everyday that passes by

    All My Lifetime

    Everyday – All My Lifetime

    Everyday – All My Lifetime

    It’s too late – All My Lifetime

    I’ve got no tears to cry

    It’s time to say goodbye

    Goodbye

    All My Lifetime

    Goodbye

    Michelle Malone & Kristen Hall, Ludakris Music/ASCAP

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  • Medicated Magdalene

    I’m so fucking lonely. I ain’t even high.

    Nobody knows me. God knows they try.

    Some people talk it. Some people lie.

    I’m sick of people talking and I’ve heard every line.

    I see your eyes sparkle when they look into mine. Yea.

    Some people talk and you can hear a bell ring.

    Some people talk and you don’t hear a thing.

    Oh no, here we go again. .

    Medicated Magdalene

    Sing me that song, my friend

    And medicate me Magdalene

    Until I come down again

    We don’t come together. We don’t come alone.

    How is the weather? Dry as a bone.

    Some people talk it, then go home alone.

    I’ve seen your eyes rise like a couple of planets.

    We wouldn’t be together even if we’d planned it. Yea.

    I’m sick of people talking when they don’t understand.

    Just to keep from falling, you held onto my hand.

    And I’m feeling so shot down on the street today

    I want you to love me then I want to run away

    I’m so fucking lonely. But I’m feeling fine.

    Nobody Knows me. Anonymities kind.

    Some people talk it. Some people lie

    I’m sick of people talking and I’ve heard every line

    I see your eyes sparkle when they look into mine

    Some people come together, you can hear a bell ring

    Some people come together and you don’t hear a thing

    Michelle Malone ©1996 & 1996, Strange Bird Songs/Ensign Music/ASCAP

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  • Speaking of Fueled

    Don’t you get in my way

    I’m coming through like a freight train

    Don’t you get in my way

    I’m coming through like a freight train

    Time for reflection

    Did not see it the first time

    Where have you been all these years

    Running in circles

    Listening to strangers

    Too many voices to hear

    I’m dreaming again

    I’m scheming

    Don’t you get in my way

    I’m coming through like a freight train

    Don’t you get in my way

    I’m coming through like a freight train

    Too distant, for certain,

    Now I think I’m hurtin’

    How do you feel everything

    Back up from the sewer

    and staring at stars

    Alice, why did you leave me for so long

    I’m dreaming again

    I’m scheming

    Don’t you get in my way

    I’m coming through like a freight train

    Don’t you get in my way

    I’m coming through like freight train

    (spoken)

    From the bottom of the looking glass

    Though the cream may always rise

    Somehow I made it …scarred but …smarter

    and I’m never/ going back/ again, no sir

    (Not on purpose anyway)

    I cried last night for that

    girl beneath the black cloud

    I did not know her personally but

    I do remember seeing her from across the pale charade

    Heaven in hell, man, what a parade

    She could fly for hours on her magic carpet

    Encircle the heart and stab it and stop it

    (and there was enough fuel for that bonfire

    to last more than a few lifetimes-

    I’m convinced that she had already

    been hording it for several incarnations)

    How long? How long?

    Where have you been?

    What have you done?

    And why do you fearfully from yourself run?

    Did you rape? Did you murder?

    As a king or a servant

    A frustrated nun, a frigid high priestess

    A molester of children

    A hunter of helpless beasts

    Whatever the breach

    Brought you to this near and distant place with me

    Say goodbye

    Say goodbye

    To a world where you cannot breathe

    To hiding behind unfamiliar skin

    To singing songs, never knowing what they mean

    Knowledge is power – I never knew me… ‘TIL NOW, ’til now

    It’s time to open up that goddamn door

    It’s time to find out just what you’re here for

    Said it’s time to open up that goddamn door

    It’s time to find out just what you’re here for

    I’m dreaming again

    I’m screaming

    Don’t you get in my way

    I’m coming through like a freight train

    Don’t you get in my way

    I’m coming through like a freight train

    Don’t you get in my way

    I’m coming through like a freight train

    Michelle Malone ©1996 & 1996, Strange Bird Songs/Ensign Music/ASCAP

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  • Green

    I feel green, as green as the leaves of last summer

    I feel blue, as blue as a bird on fire

    and I’ve got to let it happen now

    I feel stupid like anything I got to say’s not worth it

    I feel lonely and mute, but I’m not blind and I’m not perfect

    and I’ve got to let it happen

    I’ve got to let it happen

    I’ve got to let it happen now

    Let it out

    Let it out

    Get it out

    but I feel naked and it’s feeling kind of good like I’ve found freedom

    and I feel green, as green as the leaves of my heaven

    Come on and let it happen

    Come on and let it happen

    Come on and let it happen now

    Let it out

    Let it out

    come out

    come out

    and show yourself to me

    Michelle Malone ©1996 & 1996, Strange Bird Songs/Ensign Music/ASCAP

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  • Devil Moon

    When I was 17, I called the road my own

    So many sights to see, I turned every stone

    I burned the midnight oil. I burned the candle wax

    With fire in my veins and no one on my back

    One night found myself around New Orleans way

    I picked up a rider, whose name he did not say

    He clicked his long clean nails upon the window dash

    I got a funny feeling when he flashed his leather skin of ash

    Now that Devil Moon won’t light my way

    Now that Devil Moon won’t light my way

    Now that Devil Moon won’t light my way

    And I can’t find no one to show the way

    He traveled with no bags, just an old fedora and an ivory cane.

    He looked me in the eye and said, “Friend, you will never be the same.”

    I laughed to his face and put him right back on the road.

    Then I realized I had nowhere to run. Then I realized I had no where to go.

    And I’ve been driving hard

    Through the wind and rain

    Looking for a friend,

    but nobody knows my name (solo)

    Driving in the dark. Ended up at my father’s home.

    With no answer at the door, thought I was all alone.

    Then I heard a scratching sound and through the windowpane

    He looked me in the eye and said, “Friend, you’ll never be the same.”

    Michelle Malone ©1996 & 1996, Strange Bird Songs/Ensign Music/ASCAP

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  • Dimming Soul

    I don’t want to talk to anyone I see today

    Nothing’s gonna change – nothing they can do or say

    The word is on the wind – planted are the seeds we’ve sown

    I don’t want to talk, ’cause talking walks these feelings home

    Then you say that everything is gonna be alright now

    Then you say the words I long to hear

    Then I say that everything is gonna be alright now

    When you say the words that heal my dimming soul

    Then I taste it, I feel it, I kiss you, I want you, mmm

    Yea, I taste it, I feel it, I miss you, I want you, mmm

    Believe it – experience of lightning bolt presence, mmm

    I’ve come alive, I’ve come alive – take of me you beautiful you

    Then you say that everything is gonna be alright now

    Then you say the words I long to hear

    Then I say, “What did I do to ever deserve you, now?”

    When you say the words that heal my dimming soul

    When I can’t find my way to the end of the day

    Won’t you wrap me up in your sky

    I’m afraid that I could be

    Fading away, away

    Then you say that everything is gonna be alright now

    Then you say the words I long to hear

    Then I say, “What did I do to ever deserve you, now?”

    When you say the words that heal my dimming soul.

  • Michelle Malone ©1996 & 1996, Strange Bird Songs/Ensign Music/ASCAP

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