Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English English people musician and singer-songwriter. Raised in Corscombe, Dorset, Harvey formed the band (calling it PJ Harvey) as a teenager with drummer Rob Ellis and bassist Ian Olliver, who was replaced with Steve Vaughan. The trio released their first album Dry Dry (album) in 1992. Ellis and Vaughan left the band after the release of Rid of Me (1993), and Harvey continued as a solo... [read more] - Electric Light
The beauty of her, under electric light The beauty of her, under electric light Tears my heart out every time Dawn there waiting, right outside Dawn there waiting, right outside She tears my heart out every time Siren...
- Joy
Joy was her name A life un-wed Thirty years old Never danced a step She would have left these red hills far behind if not for her condition 'Would have left these red hills long ago if not for my condition' Pitiful...
- The Garden
and he was walking in the garden and he was walking in the night and he was singing a sad love song and he was praying for his life and the stars came out around him he was thinking of his sins and he's looking at his...
- Angelene
My first name Angelene Prettiest mess you've ever seen Love for money is my sin Any man calls, I'll let him in Rose is my colour, and white Pretty mouth and green my eyes I see men come and go But there'll be one who...
- The Wind
Catherine liked high places High up on the hills A place for making noises Noises like the Whales Here she built a chapel with Her image on the wall A place where she could rest and A place where she could wash and...
- The River
and they came to the river and they came from the road and he wanted the sun just to call his own and they walked on the dirt and they walked from the road Ă«til they came up close Throw your pain in the river To be...
- My Beautiful Leah
Did you see her walking? Did she come around here, Sir? Black hair, brown eyes My beautiful Leah She was always so needing Said, "I have no-one" Even as I held her She went out looking for someone She only had...
- A Perfect Day, Elise
He got lucky one time Hitting with the girl in room 509 She turned her back on him facing the frame Said, "Listen Joe, don't you come here again". White sun scattered all over the sea He could think of nothing but her...
- The Sky Lit Up
I'm walking in the city tonight I'm walking in the city at dark Remembering, remember light Thinking of nothing, and the shooting stars And this world tonight is mine A world to be remembered in Think on a faded...
- Catherine
Catherine De Barra, you've murdered my thinking I gave you my heart, you left the thing stinking I'd break from your spell if it weren't for my drinking And the wind bites more bitter with each light of morning. I...
- Is This Desire?
Joseph walked on and on The sunset went down and down Coldness cooled their desire And Dawn said, 'Let's build a fire' The sun dressed the trees in green And Joe said, 'I feel like a King' And Dawn's neck and her feet...
- When Under Ether
The ceiling is movingMoving in timeLike a conveyor beltAbove my eyesWhen under etherThe mind comes aliveBut conscious of nothingBut the will to surviveI lay on the bedWaist down undressedLook up at the ceilingFeeling...
- The Mountain
Above the mountainThe mountainAn eagleIs flyingHigh above the mountainAn eagle calling downTo the soldier who faltersThe soldier on the groundBy the mountainI feel nothingFor in my own heartEvery tree is brokenThe...
- To Talk To You
Oh grandmotherHow I miss youUnder the earthWish I was with youTo talk to youTo talk to youI found somebodyTried to give myself toMany timesI wanted to talk to youIf I lay on the earthCould you hearOh grandmotherI'm so...
- Dear Darkness
Dear darknessDear darknessWon't you cover, coverMe again?Dear darknessDearI've been your friendFor many yearsWon't you do this for me?Dearest darknessAnd cover me from the sunAnd the words tighteningThe words are...
- White Chalk
White chalk hills are all I've knownWhite chalk hills will rot my bonesWhite chalk sticking to my shoesWhite chalk playing as a child with youWhite chalk sat against timeWhite chalk cutting down the sea lineI know...
- Grow Grow Grow
I sowed a seedUnderneath the oak treeI trod it inWith my boots I trampled it downGrowGrowGrowI sowed a roseUnderneath the oak groveWith my boots on the groundInto the earth I trampled it downGrowGrowGrowTeach me how...
- The Devil
As soon as I'm left aloneThe devil wanders into my soulAnd I pretend to myselfAnd I pretend to myselfI go outTo the old milestoneInsanely expectingYou to come thereKnowing that I wait for you thereThat I wait for you...
- Silence
All those placesWhere I recall the memoriesThat gripped meAnd pinned me downI go to these placesIntending to thinkTo think of nothingNo anticipateAnd somehow expectYou'll find me thereThat by some miracleYou'd be...
- Before Departure
Farewell my friendsFarewell my dear onesFarewell this worldForgive my weaknessGoodbye my friendsGoodbye to evening partiesRemember meIn the springTo work for your breadSoon you must leaveRemember your familyWork for...
- The Piano
Hit her with a hammerTeeth smashed inRed tongue twitchingLook inside her skeletonMy fingers stingWhere I feel your fingers have beenGhostly fingersMoving my limbsOh God I miss youOh God I miss youOh God I miss youOh...
- Rub 'Til It Bleeds
Speak I'm listeningBaby I'm your sweet thingBelieve what I'm sayingGod's truth I'm not lyingLie steadyRest your head on meI'll smooth it nicelyRub it better 'till it bleedsAnd you'll believe meCaught out againI'm...
- Yuri-G
Hey there Luna I'd like to tell youHow sad am I so love sick I could dieNeeding water my neck's stiff my head hurtsBeen looking up all night been looking up the Moon she's sobrightShe's so bright she's so cleanI'm...
- Ecstasy
Flying I'm flyingHitting heavens highI'm head on brake too lowFloating I'm floatingHanging below the seaI'm telling you love could mean ecstasyI'm in ecstasySinging I'm singingSounding hanging breatheI'm begging you...
- Driving
Tell him I'm driving, it's alrightTurning on this wheelTurning on headlightsA hundred different bibles by my sideIn my white gown I go flying downOh my eyes, it cannot beHe said no, it cannot beAll that time, it...
- Legs
Oh you're divineOh did I tell you you're divineOh did I ever when you were aliveDid it hurt when you bledOh lover boy I'll feed the headI'll bet you never thought I'd tryYour mouth my love was open wideSinging oh you...
- Hardly Wait
I can hardly waitI can hardly waitI can hardly waitI can hardly waitIt's been so long I've lost my tasteSay angel come, say lick my faceLet fall your dressI'll play the partI'll open this mouth wide, eat your heartI...
- Goodnight
Here I amPrarielandGot it all, got gun in handHere I sleepDungareesThat all my husband put on meWe have the starsWe have the treesWe have everything we need to feedI'll make babes, you'll make chairsWe'll sell them at...
- Easy
Oyster pearlYou easy girlsYou're flapping in, you're shoutingYou're dead good, all the men sayLegs wide, hips swinging like a doorwayEasyEasyEasyI'm ranting, I'm ravingI'm taking in just everythingYou're giving me no...
- Snake
You snake you crawled between my legsSaid want it all it's yours you betI'll make you queen of everythingNo need for God no need for himJust take my hand you'll be my brideJust take that fruit put it insideYou snake...
- Reelin'
I wanna bathe in milkEat grapesRobert DeNiro sit on my faceI can't sleep for thinkingSet my head a reelingI wanna go to SpainSpend nightsJust sipping on nectar and iceNo, I can't sleep for thinkingSet my head a...
- Rid Of Me
Tie yourself to meNo one else noYou're not rid of meNo you're not rid of meNight and day I breatheYou're not rid of meYeah you're not rid of meI beg you my darlingDon't leave meI'm hurtingLick my legs I'm on fireLick...
- Hook
I was blind I was lameI was nothing till you cameYou said babe make you singMake you feel like some queenSaid I'll take you KathleenTo your home and mineLord he hooked meFish hook and lineAnd rolled in like him...
- M-Bike
His m-bike's cleanYou polish that thingHe looks her over more than meBut I won't let it get to meYeah, he can play with his machineNight or day, rain or shineLooks at her shape, not at mineI'm not complainingI think...
- Passionless, Pointless
(With John Parish)
Let's talkLet's talkLet the dirt fallLet heads rollNo kind handIs reaching outFor me tonightI slept facing the wallI dreamt of buildings in piecesYou slept facing the wallAnd you wanted less than I wantedPassionless,...
- The Soldier
(With John Parish)
I imagine a dream In which I'm a soldierAnd I'm walkingOn the faces of dead womenAnd everyone I left behind meIt's the year whenThe troops enteredThe thirty ninthThe thirty ninth parallelSend me home restlessSend me...
- A Woman A Man Walked By / The Crow Knows Where All The Little Children Go
(With John Parish)
I once knew a woman manA courageous friend I thoughtIt turned out so wrong was I When we were up against the wallHe had chicken liver ballsHe had chicken liver spleenHe had chicken liver heartMade of chicken liver...
- Black Hearted Love
(John Parish)
I think I saw you in the shadowsI move in closer beneath your windowsWho would suspect me of this rapture?And who but my black hearted loveAnd who but my black hearted loveWhen you call out my name in raptureI...
- Pig Will Not
(With John Parish)
II will I will notI will notNo, I will notHow dare you, says the angelHe crashes down from the heightsShakes the disbelieverShakes the disbelievers headShakes him harderInstructing you wellHear me, do you hear the...
- Cracks In The Canvas
(With John Parish)
How do we cope with the days after a death?Empty daysNothing leftNot even a funeralI see shapes forming inside paintingsAnimals and humans, row upon rowWalking towards somethingWaiting fo somethingI'm looking for an...
- Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen
(John Parish)
Erika is watchingDaniel is hidingErika is counting16,15,14,13,12,11,10,9Erika is comingThe sun is setting the sceneIn the garden, it's starting to rainThe trees are tremblingErika's repeating "oh, oh, oh"There is no...
- April
(With John Parish)
April, how could i not have seenApril, you comingApril, how could i have worn inappropriate clothing?April, all that careful stepping rounding of my soul and now your rainApril, I feel you leavingI don't know what...
- The Chair
(With John Parish)
Where? Where have you goneDaniel, my youngest son?I keep expecting youTo be here in your chairSitting in your favourite chairWhen you swam into the waterI felt you leave through a thousand yawning milesMy heart...
- Leaving California
(With John Parish)
California, leaving CaliforniaNo one but me is walkingUnder palms that give no shadeI'm leaving you todayCaliforniaHow cruel was I to think that I could make you change?Oh give me some shadeOh England, come soonHow...
- No Child Of Mine
I have no time for hate or loveHey child, you're so full of woeI have no time for hate or lyingHey child, you're no child of mine
- Cat On The Wall
I heard our song on the radioIt wasn't long before I think of youCan't get the sound outta my headDon't look now, it's coming round againI saved your voice from the telephoneI play it back on the message machineIt...
- The Life And Death Of Mr Badmouth
Baby, you got a bad bad mouthEverything is poison that's coming outCheating, lying since the day you were bornSomeone outta rinse it out with soapWash it out, wash it out, wash it outNo kind words are coming out of...
- The Pocket Knife
Please don't make my wedding dressI'm too young to marry yetCan you see my pocket knife?You can't make me be a wifeHow the world just turns & turnsHow does anybody learn?Mummy, put your needle downHow did...
- The Darker Days Of Me & Him
Promises, promisesI'm feeling burnedYou taught me a lessonI didn't want to learnWhy did I come here?Please tell me againWhy did you ask me?Don't say you forgetI long for, I long forI long for my homeI long for a land...
- You Come Through
We are waitingFor the summerThe sun will bring backTreasures for usCome on my friendDrink to good timesGolden wishesTo your health and mineYou come throughFor meYou come trueFor meYou be wellFor meYou come throughFor...
- Shame
I don't need no rising moonI don't need no ball and chainI don't need anything with youSuch a shame, shame, shameShame, shame, shame - shame is the shadow of loveYou changed my lifeWe were as green as grassAnd I was...
- The Slow Drug
Blue now is the colourLove the drug I'm needingGot to keep this feelingWith the headlights burningWe're looking up for somethingAnswers on the ceilingWatching out the windowsWatch the way the wind blowsSoon it will be...
- It's You
Oh dear sweet mamaI'm not feeling wellCan I step outFor a little while?But I go missingI steal awayAnd I go kissingIn the alleyway All I want to do And all I want to grow up to be Is all caught up with you Look what...
- Who The ***?
Who the ***Do you think you areGet outOf my hairwho the ***do you think you areComin' roundhereWho the ***?Who the ***?Who the ***Do you think you areGet your combOut of thereComing outMy hairI'm not like other...
- The Letter
Put the penTo the paperPress the envelopeWith my scentCan't you seeIn my handwritingThe curve of my g?The longing OhWho is left thatWrites these days?You and meWe'll be differentTake the capOff your penWet the...
- The Desperate Kingdom Of Love
Oh love, you were a sickly childAnd how the wind knocked you downPut on your spurs, swagger aroundIn the desperate kingdom of loveHoly water cannot help you nowYour mysterious eyes cannot help youSelling your reason...
- Oh My Lover
Oh my loverDon't you know it's alrightYou can love herYou can love me at the same timeMuch to discoverI know you don't have the time butOh my loverDon't you know it's alrightOh my sweet thingOh my honey thighsGive me...
- Victory
I stumble and I'm inYou fit me with those angel wingsSet me goSet me highSet it up, I'm in the skyThe storm is goneAnd the temperature's highAnd delight is diningAt my tableTill I think, how lucky we areAngel at my...
- Plants And Rags
Plants and ragsEase myself into a bodybagPlants and ragsEase myself into a bodybagI dreamt of a manHe fed me fine foodHe gave me shiny thingsI dreamt of a manHe fed me fine foodHe gave me shiny thingsWhite and...
- Sheela-Na-Gig
I've been trying to show you over and overLook at these my child-bearing hipsLook at these my ruby red ruby lipsLook at these my work strong arms andYou've got to see my bottle full of charmI lay it all at your...
- Joe
Joe in you, my buddy beStay with me when I fall and dieAlways thought you'd come rushing inClear the shit out of my eye Joe in you, my buddy beLay my enemies out in linesCome in close now I'll wash your feetWith my...
- Dress
Put on that dressI'm going out dancingStarting off redClean and sparkling, he'll see meMusic play, make it dreamy for dancingMust be a way that I can dress to please himIt's hard to walk in the dress, it's not easyI'm...
- Fountain
Stand under FountainCool skin, Washed cleanWash him from meAlong comes the windA big bone shakerBlows off my clothesCompletely ***What to doWhen everything'sLeft youOut of the blueIt is heVision to meBearing...
- Water
WaterWalkingWalking on waterWalkingWalking on for years and years and yearsTaking it into my headLiving by the right linesReading what the very man saidWaterI'm walkingWalking on waterWalkingWalking onLying on eleven...
- O Stella
Stella Marie you're my starStella Marie you're my starStand on ground look up at herJust hanging in gold stoneJust hanging there face frozeBut I think I see her smilingThink I see her smilingThink I see her...
- Happy And Bleeding
She'd burstDropped offPicked the fruitRealiseI'm ***I'm *** tooSo cover my bodyDress it fineHide my linen and laceBeen sewing ever sinceSince time beganMore than the hillsMore than the treesMore than the...
- Hair
SamsonThe strengthThat's inYour armsOh to beYour stunning BrideSamsonYour hairGlisteningLike sunOh wouldThat itWere mineSamsonYour hairThat's inMy handsI'll keepIt safe You're mine You're mineHe said waitSaid...
- I Think I'm A Mother
I think I'll come overI'll give you my numberYou lover, supporter Then give me a motherYou come take me home andTake me to your doctorYou think you'll come over?I think I'm a motherRoll over, roll overAnd roll me a...
- The Dancer
He came riding fast like a phoenix outta fire flames,He came dressed in black with a cross bearing my name,He came bathed in light and splendour and glory,I can't believe what the Lord has finally sent me.He said...
- Down By The Water
I lost my heart under the bridgeThat little girlSo much to meAnd now I moan, and now I hollerShe'll never know just what I foundThat blue-eyed girl she said no moreAnd that blue-eyed girl became blue -eyed whoreDown...
- To Bring You My Love
I was born in the desertI been down for yearsJesus, come closerI think my time is nearAnd I've traveled overDry earth and floodsHell and high water to bring you my loveClimbed over mountainsTraveled the seaCast down...
- Meet Ze Monsta
See it coming at my headI'm not running I'm not scaredBig black monsoonTake me with youI'm not jerkingI won't hideYeah, I'm ready Meet ze monsta tonightBig black monsoonTake me with youOw! what a monstaWhat a...
- Long Snake Moan
Um-hmmmDunk you under deep salt waterBring me loverAll your power I'll be no hellOut of your spellOver under die of pleasureHear my dreamingYou'll be drowningHell's no God aboveAll drunk on my loveYou ought to hear my...
- Working For The Man
In the night I look for loveEndless strength from the man aboveGod of piston, God of steelGod is here behind the wheelI'm just working for the manFor lovePretty things get in my carTake them flying, it's not farTake...
- C'mon Billy
C'mon BillyCome to meYou know I'm waiting I love you endlesslyC'mon BillyYou're the only oneDon't you think it's time nowYou met your only sonI remember lover's playThe car was going We lay in it for daysI remember...
- Teclo
Long goes the nightLonger the dayTeclo your deathWill send me to my graveI learned to begI learned to praySend me his loveSend him to me againLet me rideLet me rideLet me ride on his grace for awhileLet me rideLet me...
- Send His Love To Me
Lover had to leave meCross the desert plainTurned to me, his ladyTells me "Lover wait"Calling Jesus, pleaseSend his love to meOh, wind and rain may haunt meLook to the north and praySend me, please, his kissesSend...
- Good Fortune
Threw my bad fortuneOff the top ofA tall buildingI'd rather have done it with youYour boy's smileFive in the morningLooked into your eyesAnd I was really in loveIn ChinatownHung overYou showed meJust what I could...
- The Mess We're In
Can you hear them? The helicopters? I'm in New York No need for words now We sit in silence You look me in the eye directly You met me I think it's Wednesday The evening, the mess we're in The city sun sets over me...
- One Line
Do you remember the first kiss?Star shooting across the skyTo come to such a place as thisYou never left my mindI'm watching from the wallAs in the streets we fightThis world all gone to warAll I need is you...
- The Whores Hustle And The Hustlers Whore
Speak to me of universal laws The whores hustle and the hustlers whore All around me people bleed Speak to me your song of greedSpeak to me of your inner charm Of how you'll keep me safe from harm I don't think so, I...
- A Place Called Home
One dayI knowWe'll findA place of hopeJust hold on to meJust hold on to meWalk tightOne lineYou're wantedThis timeThere's no-one to blameJust hold on to meAnd I'm right on timeAnd the birds keep singingAnd you're...
- Dry
I caught it in the faceComing around againI thought it was worth waitingYou're caught up in my headWet sides from time to timeBut mostly I'm just dryYou leave me dryYou leave me dryYou leave me dryYou've come all this...
- Man-Size
I'm coming up man-sized skinned aliveI want to fit I've got to getMan-sized I'm heading onHandsome got my leather boots onGot my girl and she's a wowI cast my iron knickers downMan-sized no need to shoutCan you hear...
- Highway 61 Revisited
Oh God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son."Abe said, "Man you must be puttin me on."God said, "No." Abe said, "What?"God say, "You can do what you wanna, butthe next time you see me comin you'd better run."Abe said,...
- 50 Ft Queenie
Hey I'm one big queen no one can stop meRed light red green smack back and watch itI'm your new one second to no oneNo sweat I'm clean nothing can touch meI'll tell you my name F U and C K50ft queenie force ten...
- Missed
He should not be hereHe's just too bigIn a cloud please come downI'd put stars at your feetPut Mars at your headShow yourself to meAnd I'd believeI'd moan and I'd weepFall silent at your speakI'd burst inFull to the...
- Me-Jane
Damn your chest-beating just you stop your screamingSplitting through my head and swinging from the ceilingMove it over Tarzan can't you see I'm bleedingI've called you by your first name good lord it's me-JaneI'm...
- Man-Size ***tet
I'm coming up man-sized skinned aliveI want to fit I've got to getMan-sized I'm heading onHandsome got my leather boots on Got my girl and she's awowI cast my iron knickers downMan-sized no need to shoutCan you hear...
- Urn With Dead Flowers In A Drained Pool
I need your lieDarling love liesAnd if you gave it to meI'd hold it in the palm of my handLike a good luck charm, or a viceAnd I'd reach up like a child to receive itThere is no more saidThere is no more realI got sun...
- City Of No Sun
And I remember everythingSunrise on a blue horizonYou, your hand in mineI remember the things you saidSaid, "I'll be a lady, wait through it all,Be there to catch you, after the fallRun through the red light, out of...
- Lost Fun Zone
I believe I am here to stayI believe his son was sent to saveThe fun zone is hereRide free soTake me one more timeTake me one more timeTake me one more timeI don't believe that I gotta die somedayPlease take me one...
- Un Cercle Autour Du Soleil
She layBreathingSunshineBeatingTime hereLingersTrace withMy fingersA circleA circle'Round the sunThe sun, the sun, the sunNo moreLaughterSince theBlack comeBut head downGet highUp there'sBlue skyAnd a circle, a...
- Heela
PJ Harvey:I was lost in loveI was lost inside'Till he said to meYou've got a lovely smileAnd I'm savedSavedAnd I'm savedAnd I'm savedHeal me with his handsHeal me with his heartWhen he said to meNo no we never partPJ...
- That Was My Veil
It starts at daylightI see himBefore my sad eyesI hear him breathingOh lover, need you to lead meNo never thought that you'd leaveThat was my veilThat was my timeOnce held secretBut now liesNo words canHeal my...
- Civil War Correspondent
Words leave my heart dryWords can't save lifeLove has no place hereNo joy, no tearsDarling, time's changedTime leaves, time fadesPlease see through my eyesSave your tears for the next who diesI shout but he don't...
- Taut
Jesus save meJesus save meCan I tell you something?Can I tell you a story?It's about me and Billy'Cause I rememberI remember it all started when he bought that carIt was the first thing he'd ever owned apart from...
- Rope Bridge Crossing
And I remember everythingSunrise on a blue horizonYou, your hand in mineI remember the things you saidSaid, "I'll be a lady, wait through it all,Be there to catch you, after the fallRun through the red light, out of...
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