Violent Femmes were an American alternative rock band that existed from 1980 to 2009, originally formed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The band performed as a trio, including: singer, guitarist and songwriter Gordon Gano, bassist Brian Ritchie, and two drummers, Victor DeLorenzo (1980-1993) and Guy Hoffman (1993-2009). [read more] - Jesus Walking On The Water
Oh my, oh my, oh my, what if it was true?and oh my, oh my, oh my, tell me is it true.Did he, did he, did he die upon that cross?and did he, did he, did he come back across?Chorus:Jesus walking on the water.Sweet Jesus...
- Never Tell
Hey sister, have you heard?Some people stand like trees, without a wordand what that means is that some people don't talk.Oh please pardon me mister.Ya know I just didn't hear you the first time that you said that,but...
- It's Gonna Rain
Transcribed by Wes Torres Now who, who, who do you think I am?Well, I built this ark with Japheth, Shem, and Ham.Now what, what, what do you think it's gonna dowhen I live by faith and now my...
- Country Death Song
I had me a wife, I had me some daughters.I tried so hard, I never knew still waters.Nothing to eat and nothing to drink.Nothing for a man to do but sit around and think. Nothing for a man to do but sit around and...
- I Hear The Rain
I hear the rain. I hear the rain. I hear the rain.Got to kill the pain.I hear the rain. I hear the rain. I hear the rain.Got to kill the pain.Burry me out on a lone prarie.Prarie water washin' over me.Burry me out on...
- Hallowed Ground
"The profit is a fool, the spirtual man is mad,for the multitude of thine inequity, and the great hatred." (Hosea 9:7)Everyone's trying to decide,where to go when there's no place to hide.I follow the bombs as they're...
- I'm Nothin
I-M-N-O-T-H-I-NI-M-N-O-T-H-I-NI'm nothing'I'm nothin'Are you a republican or a democratA liberal fascist full of crapI'm nothin'I'm nothin'Somebody somewhere might be somethingBut everybody everywhereKnows that I'm...
- Mirror Mirror (I See A Damsel)
I see a damselIn danger and distressI see that she is prettyI see a young girlDressed in a dirty dressI see that she is prettyMirror mirror on the wallWho's the fairest one of allI see a fat girlWith her hair a messI...
- Agamemnon
The telephone, the telephoneI have an ideaWomen always have ideasHello...Here is AgamemnonHere is AgamemnonWho? Wrong connectionThis is...I am a moralistAn anti-militaristI am against duelsI cannot stand seeingA fly...
- I Saw You In The Crowd
I saw you in the crowdI saw you singing out loudThe people were swayingThe band was playingSomething real loudI couldn't hear one wordScreams were all that I heardBut I saw her faceI saw her eyesI saw His graceIn the...
- Don't Start Me On The Liquor
Don't start me on the liquorI'll drink it all down straightI'll make a toast to loveBut I drink the mostWhen I got somebody to hateI'm an old manI got an old man's painWill the morningWill the morning ever come...
- New Times
New Times. New Times. New Times.Good morning. Good morning. Good morning.I'm the guard. At one timeThis was rather pleasantThe poets they still had to museOver the classicism of clean shoesBut who today still...
- Jesus Of Rio
Christ the Redeemer towering high over RioRio de Janeiro, RioWhere they held a summit to save the worldAnd to mark the time when development As traditionally understood-had failedAnd the affluent North raping the...
- I'm Nothing
I-M-N-O-T-H-I-NI-M-N-O-T-H-I-NI'm nothing'I'm nothin'Are you a republican or a democratA liberal fascist full of crapI'm nothin'I'm nothin'Somebody somewhere might be somethingBut everybody everywhereKnows that I'm...
- Breakin' Up
Now every once in a whileThere's a crack in my smileDark voices are talking to meDark voices tell me the wayIt's supposed to beThey said "Breakin' up"They said "It's hard to do"But what they say About breakin'...
- When Everybody's Happy
Can you imagine The world at peaceWhat would it be likeCan you imagineSuch harmonyAnd what will happenWhen everybody's happyBut meCan you imagineThis headache I haveWriting this songCan you imagine The storm insideAnd...
- This Island Life
This tea's too strong for meAs I await your companyI had too much sun todayOcean waters wash awayNothing but the presentPresenting its presenceThis island lifeSeparate my right from my wrongNo I am not paganBut my...
- Key Of 2
Well I was sentenced to prisonTo do about one yearThey said it isn't so bad We got a good band hereWe play every Wednesday nightSometimes Tuesday tooIt's the music of the future and it will get to youWhen I heard the...
- 4 Seasons
How will I stand the summerWhen spring was such a bummerHow will I weather my winterWhen my fall was such a ballbusterIt's spring and there'll be no spring flingWhen my winter was what a winnerAnd I am taking a...
- Machine
I got a machineAnd I took over the worldIn one weekendI took over the worldWith my machineI did it because I was looking for a projectAnd it was eitherTake over the world or learn FrenchSo I took over the worldAnd...
- Black Girls
I dig the black girls, oh so much more than the white girls.I was so pleased to learn they were faster.C'est, c'est, c'est vous I'm after.All comes a faggot white boy.Said look, look, look first kind of joy.They come...
- Sweet Misery Blues
Yeah, I saw you coming down the street.I could tell by your look that you didn't want to meet.So this time, I went away, but next time,I'm just gonna have to say,can I buy you a dress or something?Could I buy you some...
- To The Kill
Ain't had no funall the time jacking aroundain't had no funall the time messin mindI kick it aroundbut if it's alright with you if it's alright yes I willaw c'mon babe go ahead to the killI ain't no kid ChicagoI ain't...
- Ugly
Crossed the path then I followed your faceit was hard to believe it was hard to traceI saw you todayseems like I see you everydaybut there's something I figured out 'bout youooh ooh ooh ooh ooh yeahso uglyI'm tellin'...
- Prove My Love
- Promise
Y'know that I want your lovingbut my logic tells me that it aint never gonna happenand then my defense'd say I did't want it anywaybut you know sometimes I'm a liercould you ever want me to love you could you ever...
- Gone Daddy Gone
Beautiful girl lovely dresshigh school smiles oh yesbeautiful girl lovely dresswhere she is now I can only guesscause it's gone daddy gone your love is gonegone daddy gone the love is gone awaywhen I see you eyes will...
- Add It Up
Day after day I will walk and I will playbut the day after todayI will stop and I will start my waywhy can't I get just one kisswhy can't I get just one kissbelieve me there'd be somethings that I wouldn't missbut I...
- Gimme The Car
Come on dad gimme the car tonightCome on dad gimme the car tonightI got this girl I wanna....Come on dad gimme the carCome on dad gimme the car tonightI tell'ya what I'm gonna doI'm gonna pick her upI'm gonna get her...
- Confessions
People worry what are they worrin about todayseems like there's a good reasonto worry worry worry I'd sit around listening to you story if I wasn't in such a hurry hurry hurryand I'm so lonely I just don't think I can...
- I Know It's True But I'm Sorry To Say
I know it's true, but I'm sorry to sayyesterdays a day away.Nothing I can do to make it stay like that.Ain't that a fact.I know it's true, but I'm sorry to sayI just can't handle things this way.I know it's late, but...
- Good Feeling
Good feeling won't you stay with me just a little longerit always seems like your leavingwhen I need you here just a little longerdear lady there's so many things that I have come to fearlittle voice says I'm going...
- Blister In The Sun
When I'm out walking I strut my stuff yeah I'm so strung outI'm high as a kite I just might stop to check you outlet me go on like I blister in the sun let me go on big hands I know your the onebody and beats I stain...
- Kiss Off
I need someone a person to talk tosomeone who'd care to love could it be you could it be yousituation gets rough then I start to panicit's not enough it's just a habithey kid your sick well darling this is ityou can...
- Please Do Not Go
Tell you man I'm stuck on this lovely girlof course to me u'know she mean all the worldbut then she like another guyI fall down dead she never see the tears I cryplease please please do not gohow long can the days go...
- American Music
Do you like amercan music I like american music don't you like american music baby I want you to hold me I want your arms around me I want you to hold me baby did you do too many drugs I did too many drugs did you do...
- Out The Window
Life was fun life was great til I made my big mistake oh no it'll never happen to me life was short and life was sweet I was thinking as I hit the street I could hardly beleve I could scarcely conceive but I had gone...
- Used To Be
I used to be happy I used to be such a loving man I used to be that was before the end of my world that was before the end of my world she used to be happy she used to be such a loving woman she used to be that was...
- More Money Tonight
I always felt that I was different I always thought that that was good I always thought that I was different I always felt that that was goodsometimes in school people pick on me in the gym locker room or in the...
- Life Is A Scream
She said to me oh I don't know what you mean all I'm trying to do istrying to make your scene I said to her no way baby life ain't what it seem well don't you know baby that life is a scream - aagh she came up to me...
- Flamingo Baby
You're a flamingo you stand on one leg you're a flamingo baby you hatched from an egg well you hold your foot up so delicately over the sea and when it comes down it comes down on me well it used to want to hump you I...
- He Likes Me
He likes me he likes me ooh... isn't that nice he likes me he likes meooh... isn't that nice that your brand new friend he likes your old true friend and isn't that the way that it ought to be that your brand new...
- I'm Free
I'm free and I'm happy I am free from your hatred I've parted from the part that I participated in so I'm free it was easy I know nothing of your hatred I've known and shone the light and the darkness abated so I'm...
- Lack Of Knowledge
I'm not doing something I'm supposed to do I'm doing something I'm not supposed to I don't know about that I don't know about that I don't know nothing bout nothing like that destroyed my people are destroyed my...
- Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
I needed time to realize my crime it was let me love & steal I did dances inside my mind now how can I be real do you really want to hurt me? do you really want to make me cry? no I don t really want to hurt you then...
- Hey Nonny Nonny
Beauty sat bathing by a spring where fairest shades did hide her the winds blew calm the birds did sing the cool streams ran beside her my wanton thoughts enticed mine eye to see what was forbidden but better memory...
- Girl Trouble
Have mercy on me I got girl trouble up the***have mercy on me peopleI got girl trouble up the***and don't tell me no joke cause I'm not gonna laugh I need the cure only one cure in this world I need the cure only...
- Look Like That
I like his shoes I like his hat I'd like me better if I looked like that uh -huh uh-huh I like her shoes I like her hat I'd like you better if you looked like that uh-huh uh-huh but then my love starts burning for...
- Bad Dream
I'm living in a bad dream.They're supposed to be here by now.What the hell is taking them so long?I parked the car just like they said.Now, I'm sitting, waiting for a bullet in my head.I'm living in a bad dream. I'm...
- Life Is An Adventure
Life is an adventure,made for an adventurer.Made just for the boy who can,grow up strong and become a man. Nothing will bother you,you will do what you want to.Laughes and loves and hopes and dreams,action will supply...
- Didgeriblues
Once I knew a dude who blew the didgeridoo.He knew a girl who he decided to woo tounder her balcony with a didgeridooand did she know you would do the digeridoo too,if you knew she'd do, do the didgeridoo.Then a baby...
- Living A Lie
I'm living a lie because I can't tell the truth.There's a fire in the basement,a fire on the roof.I'm just sitting in my chair wearing a smile.I'm going to vanish in the air after awhile.Did did you get the news that...
- Tonight
Tonight. Tonight.Tonight.Tonight, I want to get high. Tonight, I want to get high.Tonight, I want to get high, high, high.I don't care if I live or die.Tonight, cause I want to get high.Tonight, I want to get drunk....
- Sweet World Of Angels
I think that I would like tostroll down a street or two.Stop by some places that I knowand see whats become of me.Stay close and comfort.The winds that tear em up.Now, they're breezing out to pastureand I'm breezing...
- I Wanna See You Again
I wanna see you again.I don't care where and I don't care when.I wanna see you again,cause this beginning will have no end.Bring your whips, bring your chains.We can exchange names.I wanna see you again.I wanna see...
- I Danced
I danced before I had two feet.Sang before I had a tongue.I laughed before I had two eyes.Loved before my heart was young.I swam before I had two handsand held the distance in my toes.Before I heard the stars I...
- Thanksgiving (No Way Out)
I see no way out.I feel a closing in.Living this way, I won't live this way.Its no way to live.I am not grateful.I am hateful.I see stupid things,So i say stupid things.One thing I know I want to goWhere my heart...
- Death Drugs
Long live the legend. Long live the legend.Long live the legend.It'll out live us.Aw mom, I need some long sleeved shirts.You got to get me some long sleeved shirts.Mom mom, I need some long sleeved shirts.You gotta...
- She Went To Germany
What you gonna do? What you gonna do?What you gonna do on your vacation?What you gonna do? What you gonna do?What you gonna do for relaxation?Change you name?Cut your hair?You can go anywhere.You deserve some fun and...
- Dahmer Is Dead
Dahmer is DeadDahmer is Dead. A broomstick bashed him upside his head.Upside the head, upside the head.Bloody broomstick.Dahmer is dead.Am I supposed to feel outrage?Am I supposed to feel sorrow?Jeffery Dahmer has no...
- Cold Canyon
Travel 'round the countryLook out for what I can getAnother blessed highwayHey mister you're gonna regret'Cause you just reminded me of somethingI long to forgetBut no matter how much he drink or smokeMy memory's...
- Two People
I'm thinking of two peopleThat I could loveOh momma make me feel so goodWhatever I think of Oh and I knowIt don't seem like I have that much to giveWe could find a foreign placeWhere we could live
- Special
You smile because you knowYou smile because you knowYou smile I told you soC'mon gimme a smile---I'm gonna let you knowYou're something special Your momma don't lieYour papa don't lieYour momma don't lieYour papa...
- Faith
Got my faith babyIn the LordGot my faith babyIn the Lord Lord LordAnd I knowHe'll make everything alrightNo matter where a child roamThat child's gonna have a homeIf he's got his faith alrightI don't believe in no...
- No Killing
We don't want no killing LordI don't wanna see my brother dieWe don't want no killing LordI don't wanna to see my sister cryI don't wanna seeI don't wanna see I I I I II know that bad things are going downI, I know...
- I Held Her In My Arms
I'm gnawing on the knowledgeThat I have been burntAnd I'm learning things that I Should've already learntEveryone I ever knewWas so kind and coyI was with a girlBut it felt like I was with a boyI can't even remember...
- Candlelight Song
In the morningOf the morningI hear morningOf the deepest kindKind and kindlySoft and sillyWile and willinlg less Much less much lessWhat's best what's bestLifelessnessMy doll is deadListen to the song sing alongListen...
- Old Mother Reagan
Old Mother ReaganAnd her crewTook awayFrom me and youI hope she goes far awayShe better go far awayY'know it ain't rightWhen it's all wrongThis is the Old Mother ReaganProtest songOld Mother ReaganShe's so dumbShe's...
- World Without Mercy
When your words have no meaningand you're known as no one,am I someone to you,someone to turn to,even when others turn away?Even though others turn away?When history blurs,and every man, women, and child,are left...
- Good Friend
If only you could knowHow I'd love you soThe way good friends doThe way I would be youAnd me too, I'd be yourGood friend, I'd be yourGood friend, I'd be yourGood friendThat's what I would've beenOh but everytime I...
- Heartache
Na na na na naNa na na na naNa na na na na Na na na na naI know nobody ever taught youHow to dance like thatNobody ever taught youHow to dance like thatNobody ever taught meHow to dance like thatHeartache---too...
- Love And Me Make Three
Where were youWhen Judas needed a bandSitting in the backseatWith another woman in your handDon't look this way With your changing point of viewJust sit on a fenceAnd pretend to be youChrist is cryingOutside your...
- Children Of The Revolution
You can bump and grind.Have a good time.You can twist and shout.Let it all hang out,but you won't fool the children of the revolution.No you won't fool the children of the revolution.You can tell a plane, in the...
- Breakin' Hearts
See that girlShe put me in a whirlShe's got a way of breakin' heartsMan o manI wonder if I canShe's got a way of breaking heartsSeems like she is alwaysWorkin' on the slyThen she tells her poor manGood byeHoly smokeI...
- Mother Of A Girl
You look like you could be the mother of a girl a girl I hated more than any other girl in the world the way I let her treat me was totally a disgrace I wanted to permanently wipe that smile off her face no I'm not...
- Just Like My Father
I'm just like my father but I am much worse he hurt his mother I hurt mine worse I'm just like my brother he hurt his wife I hurt mine first it hurts to be like Cain ain't no way I'm not able y'know what I mean he...
- Nightmares
It seems that the problem is very deep 'cause everytime I try to sleep I have nightmares thinking about getting together with you no no I wouldn't say so I would not call it a curse but what worries me then is when I...
- See My Ships
See my ships they are sailing in and out of the harbor will they go together or must they stay apart yes I know it's in my heart surely you see what's inside of me Jesus is coming soon I can hear Gabriel blow his...
- Dating Days
Three women in thirty days tell me seriously our dating days are over and done are dead and gone it seems that no matter how much I drink I seem to still stay sober it seems that no matter how young I am I seem to...
- Fat
I hope you got fat cause if you got really fat you just might want to see me come back I don't care how heavy or how skinny just gimme something to love a little extra weight would never look no nicer on nobody else...
- Lies
Well I'm reading this poem and it's so profound and I like its rhythm and I like its sound it's by a very famous poetno critic can criticise and then I pause a moment and I start to realize he's tellin' lies lies lies...
- Fool In The Full Moon
I've been following women all afternoon don't turn around too soon I've been following you all afternoon following you a fool in the full moon something's got a hold on me when I get a hold of you following women...
- Outside The Palace
I've been outside the palace I've been outside the gate I still don't feel that I made any mistake when I got off that train I felt my feet hit the ground I didn't want to go where that gravy train was bound GOD help...
- World We're Living In
I can't go out no more I just better stay at home I just better stay all alone 'cause what am I gonna do if I see someone I'd like to do something to what am I gonna say if I see someone I'd like to say something to...
- Telephone Book
I look at my telephone book I look at my telephone book I can't stand the way it look I hate to think the way you took me down into a burnin' rage I wrote your name on every page but you don't return my calls you...
- Dance Mother***er Dance
When I say dance, you best dance mother***erdancedance mother***er dancedance mother***er dancedance mother***er danceI say dancedance mother***er dancedance mother***er danceI say dance, dance, dance, dance,...
- Degradation
Ladies and gentlmen. The Violent Femmes. Come witness the beauty of their degradation. Mothers bring you sons. Mothers bring your daughters to this most educational exhibit. The alternative has constitute has...
- I Hate The TV
I hate the tvI hate the tvI hate the tvI hate the tvy'know that it's killing mey'know that it's killing meI hate the presidentI hate the presidentI hate the presidentI hate the presidenty'know that he's killing...
- Waiting For The Bus
We got the mother and the kidswe got the guy and his datewe all get mad we all get laidlooks like somebody forgot about usstandin on the corner waitin' for a bussay hey mister driver mandon't be slowcause I got...
- Johnny
Oh Johnnydo you miss your motherdo you miss your fatheroh an johnny, do you miss meoh and I was so hungryI just wanted to attackand I was so hungryand that mean I'll never look backOh Johnnysometimes I wondersometimes...
- Gordon's Message
Hello,this Gordon of the Violent Femmes and I've just been locked inside my house, so I can't go out and get my bus and stuff and get up there by one 'clock. I'll...Someone's coming over to rescue me so... it wasn't...
- Intro
The Violent Femmes, they bring all their equipment on the bus. And you can't *** with the Violent Femmes. You can not *** with this band.
- 36-24-36
36-24-36see a girl walkin' down the streetjust the kind of girl that I'd like to meetit ain't her hair, her clothes, her feetsomethin' much more discreetnow I ain't loud baby I ain't proudI just want what I'm not...
- America Is
America isAmerica isAmerica isAmerica isAmerica is the home of the hypocriteAmerica is the home of the hypocriteAmerica is the home of the hypocriteAmerican dream so f-f-full of itLook at the indians look at the...
- Rejoice And Be Happy/Mosh Pit
Rejoice & be happy when they revile you, just like the Savior told us to do.Rejoice & be glad when for His name's sake, they speak all manner of evil and against you they hate.Blessed are you who are persecuted too,...
- Nothing Worth Living For
There's nothing worth living for tonightTell me that there's something worth living for tonightDon't let me downDon't let me drownThe pain is somewhere very close to me
- World Were Living In
I can't go out no more I just better stay at home I just better stay all alone 'cause what am I gonna do if I see someone I'd like to do something to what am I gonna say if I see someone I'd like to say something to...
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