Elizabeth Clark "Liz" Phair (born April 17, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist.
Phair began her career in the early 1990s by self-releasing audio cassettes under the moniker Girly Sound, before signing with the independent independent label record label Matador Records. Her 1993 debut studio album Exile in Guyville was released to acclaim: by the turn of the twenty-first century, it had been ranked by Rolling Stone as... [read more] - Help Me, Mary
Help me, Mary, pleaseI've lost my home to thievesThey bully the stereo and drinkThey leave suspicious stains in the sinkThey make rude remarks about meThey wonder just how wild I would beAs they egg me on and keep me...
- Canary
I learn my nameI write with a number two pencilI work up to my potentialI earn my nameI come when calledI jump when you circle the cherryI sing like a good canaryI come when calledI come, that's allSend it up on...
- *** And Run
I woke up alarmed I didn't know where I was at first Just that I woke up in your arms And almost immediately I felt sorry 'Cause I didn't think this would happen again No matter what I could do or say Just that I...
- Strange Loop
The fire you like so much in meIs the mark of someone adamantly freeBut you can't stop yourself from wanting worse'Cause nothing feeds a hunger like a thirstBaby, I'm tired of fightingI always wanted youI broke up at...
- Glory
He's got a really big tongueIt rolls way outSnaking around in the clubIt slicks you downScratching his face like a bumHe pulls you backCirca nineteen-eighty-oneHe pulls you backYou are, you are shining some gloryYou...
- Divorce Song
And when I asked for a separate roomIt was late at night, and we'd been driving since noonBut if I'd known how that would sound to youI would have stayed in your bed for the rest of my lifeJust to prove I was...
- Mesmerizing
You said things I wouldn't sayStraight to my face, boyYou tossed the egg upAnd I found my hands in place, boyAfter backing up as far as you could getDon't you know nobody parts two rivers met?Don't you know I'm very...
- Soap Star Joe (I)
He's just a hero in a long line of heroesLooking for something attractive to saveThey say he rode in on the back of a pick-upAnd he won't leave town till you remember his nameHe's just a hero in a long line of...
- Explain It To Me
Head underwaterKeeps getting harderGive 'em your medicineFame injectionTell him to jump higherTell him to run fartherMake him measure upDecades longer than youPiece it togetherIt's like weatherWatch him travelKiss the...
- Gunshy
Rifle in hand and two in the bushThree count delay, I may need a little pushTake out the garbage on Tuesday nightsSeems like the small things are the only things I'll fightSeems like the small things are the only...
- Dance Of The Seven Veils
Johnny, my love, get out of the businessIt makes me wanna rough you up so badlyMakes me wanna roll you up in plasticToss you up and pump you full of leadJohnny, my love, get out of the businessThe odds are getting...
- Flower
Everytime I see your face I get all wet between my legsEverytime you pass me by, I heave a sigh of pain (background lyrics sung throughout) Everytime I see your face I think of things unpure, unchasteI want to ***...
- 6' 1"
I bet you fall in bed too easilyWith the beautiful girls who are shyly braveAnd you sell yourself as a man to saveBut all the money in the world is not enoughI bet you've long since passed understandingWhat it takes...
- Girls! Girls! Girls!
You've been around enough to knowThat if I want to leave, you better let me goBecause I take full advantage of every man I meetI get away almost every dayWith what the girls call, what the girls callWhat the girls...
- Shatter
I know that I don't always realizeHow sleazy it is messing with these guysBut something about just being with youSlapped me right in the face, nearly broke me in twoIt's a mark I've taken heartAnd I know I will carry...
- Johnny Sunshine
You took the car, it was my favorite one Little white Dart, and drove it to Idaho You took the rug, red-and-white checkerboard Rolled it right up and took it to Idaho You left me nothing You left me nothing Johnny...
- Never Said
(yeah)I never said nothingI never said nothingI never said nothingI never said nothingI don't know where you heard itDon't know who's spreadin' it 'roundAll I know is I'm clean as a whistle, babyI didn't utter a...
- Stratford-On-Guy
I was flying into Chicago at nightWatching the lake turn the sky into blue-green smokeThe sun was setting to the left of the planeAnd the cabin was filled with an unearthly glowIn 27-D, I was behind the wingWatching...
- Rock Me
Oh baby you're young but that's okayWhat's give or take nine years anywayI'll bet you that cigaretteYou won't regret my timeI want to be with a guy like youSo uncomplicated, so in tuneJust take off my dressLet's mess...
- Red Light Fever
"Red Light Fever"Lying wide awake in the darkTryin' to figure out where you areAlways goin' nowhere'Fraid of goin' somewhereSomewhere's a place in your heartSometimes when I think about youWhy you're always running...
- It's Sweet
Down on the lower east sideIn the dirtiest apartment you could findYou took me up to your placeBut the elevator threw me into spaceAnd I really didn't even askWhat time it wasI could tell 'er we'd draw the curtain...
- Hot White Cum
Give it to me, don't give it awayDon't think about what the others sayMy skin's getting clear, my hair's so brightAll you do is *** me every day and nightYou're my secret beauty routineNa, na, na, na, what my body...
- Favorite
"Favorite"Don't look ***y but it just feels rightNot too dirty and it's not too tightWhy I never threw it out, I'll never know exactly whyKeep it in the drawer beside my bedIt's faded pink now, but it used to be...
- Extraordinary
You think that I go home at nightTake off my clothes, turn out the lightsBut I burn letters that I writeTo you, to make you love meBut I drive *** through the parkAnd run the stop sign in the darkStand in the...
- What Makes You Happy
But don't worry, mom, I met him in a restaurantAnd all this time I've been getting to know himHe's got an ex-wife in PasadenaAnd sometimes she's a mess to deal withBut mostly we've been living here uninjuredThere's a...
- Perfect World
What a pretty life you have Oh boy, it's a pretty life you have And I would need a map Just so I could navigate the back yard Home is very ordinary I know I was born to lead a double life A murderous strife and misery...
- Big Tall Man
I'm a big, tall manI cut the grassMy left eye hurtsI am waiting and reading partsI can be a complicated communicator Yes I'm winningSpinningI feel energy bein' pulled off from all sidesAnd it feels goodLike relieving...
- Love Is Nothing
You thought I was something from afarYou thought I'd totally excite youI guess it's just another thing to stand up close and ignite youLove is nothing, nothing, nothing like they sayYou gotta pick up the little pieces...
- Go On Ahead
You go on ahead, honeyYou have a good time thereYou make me feel funnyI'm no ordinary lover or friendI believe we have things to doI believe in myself and I believe in youI believe when I sleep you are near to meWhen...
- Uncle Alvarez
There's a portrait of Uncle AlvarezHangin' in the hallNobody wants to look at itBut Uncle Alvarez sees us allOh, oh, oh imaginary accomplishmentsHey, hey, hey you visionary guyYou might even shake the hands of...
- Headache
I can see the Russian Army rolling through my headOn one side of me lies the enemy, the other half is deadI've got diamonds and I've got pearlsAnd I said, "Hey mister, won't you come for me?"You can take me home, but...
- Fantasize
He's a friend of mineKind of special guyHe's a run-aroundHey, you've got to hide your love away!I hear people are talking about usAnd I just have to sayI lie awake every nightThinking about you, I fantasizeAll around...
- Ride
As I stumble into bed, I curse the devil in my headAnd if I die before I wake, I hope the lord won't hesitateTo pluck my coffin from the groundHe need not heed the neighbors nowAnd throw me up for all to see,The flies...
- Baby Got Going
Baby got goin' on a southern train, you knowFired up pistons drivin' belowAnd the whole vibration, seat upholsterySilky underwear, oh conductor let's rollLet's roll!Baby got goin' but I can't complain, you knowIt...
- Johnny Feelgood
Johnny feel good, Johnny right onJohnny miss you, Johnny light onJohnny makes me feel strangely good about myselfModeration is a memoryDive right in and let him send meI could take this in doses large enough to...
- Polyester Bride
I was talking, not two days agoTo a certain bartender I'm lucky to knowAnd I asked Henry, my bartending friendIf I should bother dating unfamous menAnd Henry said,"You're lucky to even know me,You're lucky to be...
- Shitloads Of Money
Louis is probably thirty years old but he looks like a solid 45Louis says he's got a headacheI look in his eyes, and I believe himThe big L.K.'s and the gangster disciplesLouis can't think of who else could take...
- Girls' Room
I'm sleeing in girls' roomI'm sleeping in the skyI'm sleeping in the waterI'm sleeing in girls' roomI'm sleeing in girls' roomI'm sleeing in girls' room tonightHere comes TiffanyMy best friend, TiffanyWearing a size...
- White Chocolate Space Egg
Orange and blue, green and pinkI see you in everythingDon't need money, don't need wineI've got better ways to spend my timeI'll see you aroundEvery hollow has its favorite soundAnd my heart is holding onPurple,...
- Only Son
All these babies are bornTo the wrong kind of peopleAnd I wish I had knownI was not good enoughI'm the worst kind of sonBringing shame to my familyAnd I know I have wornMy mother's heart out, believe meI saw itI saw...
- X-Ray Man
(What I sense...)As far as I know, baby, you can seeAs far as I go, funky baby, digging deep inside of me(Uh uh uh uh uh, uh uh uh uh uh...)As far as I know, sister, I'm alrightAs far as I know, funky lady, I'm coming...
- Shane
I know that it was the night the war broke outBecause you and I were driving aroundAnd you were doing a storyAbout if people understood what had happened to their worldTonight in bed sleepingThe world tonight in bed...
- Jealousy
He's got a million dollar carHe's got a thirty-seven year old guitarHe's got a family who deals heroinYou're on the edge of your chairAnd you feel itHe's looking at you, he's laughing at youIt's happeningI can't, I...
- Nashville
They don't know what they like so much about itThey just go for any shiny old bauble, and nobody sparkles like youBut I can't imagine it in better termsThen ***, half-awake, about to shave and go to workAnd I'm...
- Go West
Safe on the interstateNew York is three thousand miles awayAnd I'm not looking forward to following throughBut it's better than always running back into youI've closed my eyes and my bank accountAnd gone west, young...
- Supernova
I have looked all over the placeBut you have got my favorite faceYour eyelashes sparkle like gilded grassAnd your lips are sweet and slippery like a cherub's bare wet ass'Cause you're a human supernovaA solar...
- Chopsticks
I met him at a party and he told me how to drive him homeHe said he liked to do it backwardsI said, "That's just fine with me,That way we can *** and watch TV."It was four a.m. and the light was gray, like it always...
- Whip-Smart
I'm gonna tell my son to grow up pretty as the grass is greenAnd whip-smart as the English Channel's wideAnd I'm gonna tell my son to keep his money in his mattressAnd his watch on any hand between his thighsAnd I'm...
- May Queen
Don't be fooled by him, he's fineRock-and-roll Ken doll, he's a national end-allHe's an off and on friend of mineWhere have I been?Got any what?Who have I seen?I spy a May queenYou were miles above meGirls in your...
- Cinco De Mayo
Cinco de mayo, blowout, denialIt wasn't fun this time, letting you goWhat if I never, a bullet forever,Held out my hand to you?We wouldn't have known beautiful flowAbsolute measure, I ain't no pleasure houndBus out of...
- Crater Lake
Once you've left a lonely rage on its own, it growsAnd dynamite stuffed in a mailbox doesn't smoke until it blowsAnd, oh, all the tears in four tiny yearsWell, look at me, I'm frightening my friendsYou better roll...
- Support System
I don't need a support systemLifting me into prop positionWhat I need is a man of actionI need my attraction to youDriving me down all those dangerous avenuesLions and tigers tearing at their foodI know the gossip...
- Alice Springs
See the sun rise so loudThis whole town gets drowned outSky-writing with the sweep of a flashlightI'm driving over that waySome pot of gold, it's just a carpeting store on opening daySee the moon rise so slow and...
- Dogs Of L.A.
The canyon air is like a breath of fresh L.A.I was a Star Trek crew member, with my Beatle boots and my Super-8And I raced you to the top, the camera gets a stuttered shotOf me approaching a painted shrineI kissed the...
- Everything To Me
I bet it makes you laughWatching me work so hard to reach youYou never gave a damnAbout all of those things I did to please youAll that you wantedYou found somewhere elseAnd nothing could drag youAway from...
- Why Can't I
Get a load of me, get a load of youWalkin' down the street, and I hardly know youIt's just like we were meant to beHolding hands with you when we're out at nightGot a girlfriend, you say it isn't rightAnd I've got...
- Somebody's Miracle
I'm so far, so far away from it nowThat it seems like I may never know howPeople stay in love for half of their livesIt's a secret they keep between husbands and wivesBaby, there goes somebody's miracleWalking down...
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