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Let go of my hand
I don't wanna drag you
Down with me now
Let go of my hand
It would destroy you
To reach out to me
See me i'm drowning
And i'll take anything
To keep me afloat now
Till i get to the land
Think of yourself
Let go of my hand

See it as it is
See it as it really is
See it as it is

Let go of my hand
I don't wanna fool you
Into believing
I meant anything
It would destroy us
In one single minute
Look at us both now
We're already in it

See it as it is
See it as it really is
See it as it is

Let go of my hand
Let go of my hand
Let go of my hand
Of my hand

Na na na

See it as it is
See it as it really is
See it as it is
See it as it really is
See it as it is
See it as it really is
See it as it is
See it

(velvet goldmine soundtrack 1998)

Darlin' you can't live your life singing songs in exile
You were born for stardom's crown and not for self denial
So don't you close the door on fate when she comes to call
And tell her that you'll join her there at the masqueraders ball
Funny how some people never love at all

We'll take the whole shebang
All or nothing anything
Ecstasy's the birthright of our gang
We'll take the whole shebang
Free your heart of guilt and shame
Come and claim what's yours the whole shebang

Nothing on this earth could hold you prisoner my dear
Except for contemplations evil brother known as fear
But love is extraterrestrial and love falls from the stars
Like maxwell demon's silver disc into this world of ours
Funny how we keep on loving true love power

We'll take the whole shebang
All or nothing anything
Ecstasy's the birthright of our gang
We'll take the whole shebang
Free your heart of guilt and shame
Come and claim what's yours the whole shebang

Ta ta ta
Yeah

Kick up your heels and paint your face wave goodbye to yesteryear
We could sway in outer space from the chandelier
Woe sometimes it breaks my heart i hide my tears

We'll take the whole shebang
All or nothing anything
Ecstasy's the birthright of our gang
We'll take the whole shebang
Free your heart of guilt and shame
And come and claim what's yours the whole shebang

We'll take the whole shebang (whole shebang)
All or nothing anything
Ecstasy's the birthright of our gang
We'll take the whole shebang (whole shebang)
Free your heart of guilt and shame
And come and claim what's yours the whole shebang
Yeah yeah yeah

I heard that your orpheus he done left town
Snuck out the back way while you slept face down
Bound for the underworld he rolled down his wool sleeves
And like a serpent coiled about the wet leaves
Tennessee waltzing a dance of disease
Can't you see

Pick up your shears delilah right there
Leave all your cares to fall like dead hair
Outside a carriage waits to take you home
Its tricky handbrake will not hold out for long
Do hop inside for your map it has been drawn
Can't you see

What leads you
What leads you
What leads you
What leads

Pickin' the mandrake i would use for tea
I heard the water spirits calling me
And faintly a peacock cried behind the tulles
Can't you see

That when you feel it tickle your brain
Filling your skull's bowl with a butane
Maybe the genie wants back in the lamp
He's run out of wishes and his clothes are all damp
Back to the bottle though he knows just how cramped
That can be

What leads you
What leads you
What leads you
What leads you

What is it now now
What is it
What is it
What is it now
What is it now now
What leads
Well what leads you
What leads you now now now
Down down down
Down down down down down
What leads you

All the sailors with their seasick mamas
Hear the sirens on the shore
Singin' songs for pimps with tailors
Who charge ten dollars at the door

You can really learn a lot that way
It will change you in the middle of the day
Though your confidence may be shattered
It doesn't matter

All the great explorers
Are now in granite lake
Under white sheets for the great unveiling
At the big parade

You can really learn a lot that way
It will change you in the middle of the day
Though your confidence may be shattered
It doesn't matter

All the bush-league batters
Are left to die on the diamond
In the stands the home crowd scatters
For the turnstiles
For the turnstiles
For the turnstiles
For the turnstiles

Take a rush laugh
Was the world this fuzzy last year
Take a walk run past
The old machines that sleep in pastures
It's the well that draws you back
When the gate you open latches
Overgrown with leaves and phone lines
Now i can't remember who i was before
Changed my name changed my face

We're coming down
We're coming down
We're coming down
We're coming down

Take a rush relax
Does the rock believe you're happy
Take a drive to crash
Into the bike you once pedaled madly
Quite content among the mint
Now i can't remember who i was before
Changed our coats cleared our throats to say

We're coming down
We're coming down
We're coming down
We're coming down

A simple tale of rich to rags
But one that often comes to mind
The seer that looked into the mirror
And left his sleeping wife behind
I said goodnight sir john dee

Well light is a medicine to all of us
With which we feed the silver lamb
That walks beside the wolf of the trinity
They say her teeth are made of sand
I said goodnight john dee
Goodnight

A lantern swinging like a pendulum
The shape of your smile's shadow appears
To invoke the worst i reached into my purse
And i took out the shew-stone gently
And i said goodnight well goodnight john dee
Goodnight well goodnight john dee
Goodnight goodnight john dee
Goodnight

It was muggy july around supper time
When i pulled into new orleans
I got dropped off at south rampart street
I was hungry for a plate of greens

I made my way down the banquette
Where i could see an open door
And overhead a sign made of painted pine read
The dixie drug store

Peppers and roots were hanging
From the rafters above
There were oils and sprays all on display
For money luck and for love

I reached down to pick one up
When a dark hand grabbed my arm
And before i could see just who it was
She said you don't want that charm

The last man to walk that thing out of here
Just up and disappeared
Found his wallet and his wingtip shoes
Near a tombstone down in algiers

What you need my travelling friend
Is a place to wash your jeans
And i wouldn't be the least surprised
If you were hungry for a plate of greens

She beckoned me on up the stairs
For she'd done made up her mind
Said take off your hat and kick off your boots
And leave your pride behind

She was turnin' tricks and nothing clicked
And the room was black as pitch
She had me backed up against the wall
I was fumbling for the switch

I could hear her crack the shutters
As i felt a little draft
When she gave me a shove into the tub
And said it's time to take your bath

I lay there in my stockinged feet
I was soaked from head to toe
At the same time down on rampart street
I heard the trumpet blow

Sparks started poppin' from an old tin cup
Sitting on the window sill
The whole place smelled like matches
And onions on the grill

I was catchin' cold and i told her so
As i let out a little cough
She told me since my pants were clean
Why don't i just dry off

I found myself a little tea-towel
Wrapped it around my waist
I was standin' there half naked
When i noticed we were face to face

And now it seemed the picture's
Gettin' pretty strange
Stripped bare in her chamber and
I hadn't even asked her name

I started to inquire
She knocked me upside the head
My noggin felt on fire
As she pulled me into bed

You needn't ask no questions
Of the things that don't concern you
If you aren't afraid of the fire son
Fire it won't burn you

She took me down to a secret place
In the bayou of her blankets
She offered to share her bourbon
I thanked her then i drank it

Thru a small crack in the ceiling
Burst the louisiana moon
It shone down on our bodies
And we began to croon

Like a couple of coyotes
We were howling thru the night
And i swear they were a beatin' those
Congo drums outside

I told her she was crazy
And she replied it's true
And she finally introduced herself
As the famous marie laveau

I said now come on darlin'
She died a century ago
Don't believe the paper she said
It simply isn't so

I shot back that's impossible
There ain't a ghost of a chance
But i wouldn't turn a pretty ghost down
If she asked me up to dance

We laughed until the mornin'
By then my pants had dried
I picked up my hat and pulled on my boots
And i gathered up my pride

I figured she had done stepped out
I didn't see her anywhere
And i set out to find her
I headed on downstairs

Got down to the bottom
I couldn't believe my eyes
Gone were all the bottles
And the remedy supplies

I shouted out for marie
I darted out the door
An old man on the wooden porch said
What you in there for

Son you got no business
The hoodoo store's been closed
Long as i remember
A century i suppose

But mister i just spent the night
With a young gal named laveau
He said the widow paris
Done had a little laugh on you

I said you mean to tell me
That was the voodooin'
He nodded yes none other
The queen of new orleans