Amerikan Rüyasının Melankolik Aynası: Lana Del Rey – "Norman Fucking Rockwell!" (2019)

Lana Del Rey'in 2019 yılında yayımlanan bu başyapıtı, modern zamanların pastoral bir ağıtı niteliğinde. Sanatçı, bu albümle dinleyiciyi Kaliforniya’nın güneşle yıkanan sahillerinden, insan zihninin en karanlık ve sorgulayıcı dehlizlerine doğru uzun bir yolculuğa çıkarıyor. Albüm, klasik Amerikan ikonografisiyle bireysel kırılganlıkları harmanlayarak, şöhretin, aşkın ve varoluş sancılarının iç içe geçtiği bir evren yaratıyor. "Norman Fucking Rockwell!", sadece bir müzik albümü değil, aynı zamanda hayal kırıklıklarıyla dolu bir dönemin estetik bir manifestosu olarak öne çıkıyor.

### Norman Fucking Rockwell

 * **Ana Tema:** İlişkilerdeki güç dengesizliği ve hayal kırıklığı.

 * **Lirik Analizi:** Albüme ismini veren bu parça, entelektüel kibir ile duygusal karmaşayı merkezine alıyor. "Man-child" betimlemesiyle, büyümemiş bir erkeğin yarattığı duygusal tahribat işleniyor. Lirikler, sanatçının partnerinin çocuksu tavırlarına ve kendi melankolisine karşı sergilediği teslimiyetçi ama bir o kadar da keskin bakışı yansıtıyor.

### Mariners Apartment Complex

 * **Ana Tema:** Kendi hikayesinin kontrolünü ele almak.

 * **Lirik Analizi:** Dış dünyadaki algıların aksine, sanatçı burada kendini "aydınlık, yıldırım ve gök gürültüsü" olarak tanımlayarak içsel gücünü ilan ediyor. İnsanların onu yanlış anlamasına karşı bir savunma mekanizması geliştirerek, kendi karmaşıklığını sahipleniyor ve bir rehber figürüne dönüşüyor.

### Venice Bitch

 * **Ana Tema:** Zamanın geçiciliği ve aşkın estetikleşmesi.

 * **Lirik Analizi:** "Hiçbir altın parıltısı kalıcı değildir" felsefesi üzerine kurulu olan parça, uzun süresiyle bir atmosfer yaratıyor. İkili ilişkideki günlük anların, yazın soluşuyla paralel bir şekilde melankoliye dönüşünü anlatıyor. İlişkinin getirdiği kaosu, "birbirimize delice ait olduğumuz" bir anı olarak kutsallaştırıyor.

### Fuck It I Love You

 * **Ana Tema:** Kaçış arzusu ve teslimiyet.

 * **Lirik Analizi:** California’ya taşınmanın bir kurtuluş değil, kişinin kendisini yanında götürdüğü bir durum olduğunu vurguluyor. Sevginin yarattığı savunmasızlığı, "ne olursa olsun, seni seviyorum" diyerek kabulleniyor. Neon ışıkları altındaki yaşamın getirdiği boşluk hissi ile aşkın yarattığı sarhoşluk arasında gidip geliyor.

### Doin' Time

 * **Ana Tema:** İlişkideki sadakat ve tutsaklık.

 * **Lirik Analizi:** İlişkinin getirdiği acının bir hapis cezasına benzetildiği bu parça, tutkunun yıkıcı etkisini ele alıyor. Birine karşı duyulan aşırı sevginin, kişiyi nasıl kendi duygularının mahkumu haline getirebileceğini, hafif bir ritim altında karanlık bir tonla betimliyor.

### Love Song

 * **Ana Tema:** Aidiyet ve güven arayışı.

 * **Lirik Analizi:** Birine karşı "bir kez yaşanacak" türden bir bağlılık kurma arzusu öne çıkıyor. Arabanın arka koltuğunda paylaşılan mahremiyet, dünyadan izole bir güvenli alan yaratma çabasıyla anlatılıyor. Partnerine kendini olduğu gibi gösterme isteği, parçanın en saf noktasını oluşturuyor.

### Cinnamon Girl

 * **Ana Tema:** İncinme korkusu ve iyileşme çabası.

 * **Lirik Analizi:** İkili ilişkide duygusal mesafe koymaya çalışan partnerine karşı, sanatçının "eğer beni incitmeden seversen, ilk sen olursun" çağrısını içeriyor. Kendi içindeki yangını, partnerinin sunduğu şefkatle söndürme arzusu, şarkının duygusal omurgasını oluşturuyor.

### How To Disappear

 * **Ana Tema:** İsimsizliğe ve huzura kavuşma.

 * **Lirik Analizi:** Karmaşık şehir hayatından, tanıdık yüzlerin ve olayların uzağına, daha huzurlu bir yaşama geçişi anlatıyor. İnsanların kendi korkularını unutmak için sığındıkları yerlerden bahsederek, kendi "kaybolma" biçimini buluyor. Geçmişin gölgelerini geride bırakıp şimdiki zamana odaklanmayı hedefliyor.

### California

 * **Ana Tema:** İyileşme süreci ve sadakat.

 * **Lirik Analizi:** Uzaktaki birine gönderilen bir davet niteliğinde. "Geri dönersen seni karşılarım" mesajı, ilişkinin bitmediğine dair bir umudu ve geçmişteki güzel anılara tutunma arzusunu yansıtıyor. Birlikte yapılabilecek basit aktivitelerin hayali, iyileşme sürecinin parçası olarak sunuluyor.

### The Next Best American Record

 * **Ana Tema:** Paylaşılan yaratıcı tutku ve hırs.

 * **Lirik Analizi:** Bir ilişkiyi, "gelecek en büyük Amerikan kaydını yapmak" kadar büyük bir hedefe adamanın hikayesi. İki insanın birbirine duyduğu aşkın, onların sanatsal ve bireysel kimlikleriyle nasıl bütünleştiğini anlatıyor. Paylaşılan anlar, kültürel bir nostaljiyle çerçeveleniyor.

### The Greatest

 * **Ana Tema:** Kültürel bir veda ve değişim.

 * **Lirik Analizi:** Sanatçı, geçmişteki güzel günleri yad ederken, modern dünyanın hızına ve değişimine "elveda" diyor. Bir dönemin sonuna gelindiği hissiyatı ile kişisel kayıpların yarattığı burukluğu, "kültür artık parlıyor ve ben oyunun sonuna geldim" sözleriyle özetliyor.

### Bartender

 * **Ana Tema:** Gözlerden uzak bir aşkın korunması.

 * **Lirik Analizi:** Şöhretten ve insanların beklentilerinden kaçıp, sadece kendi kurguladığı basit ve özel bir hayata sığınma çabası. Barmen ile kurulan metaforik bağ, partneriyle paylaştığı "Cherry Coke" gibi masum ve kişisel sembollerle korunuyor.

### Happiness Is A Butterfly

 * **Ana Tema:** Mutluluğun geçiciliği.

 * **Lirik Analizi:** Mutluluğu, yakalanması zor ve narin bir kelebeğe benzetiyor. Ona her yaklaşıldığında uzaklaşması, sanatçının duygusal iniş çıkışlarını ve mutluluğu yakalama çabasının beyhudeliğini vurguluyor. Yine de bu süreci dans ederek yaşama arzusu, parçaya hafif bir iyimserlik katıyor.

### Hope Is A Dangerous Thing For A Woman Like Me To Have - But I Have It

 * **Ana Tema:** Kırılganlık ve hayata tutunma gücü.

 * **Lirik Analizi:** Albümün finalinde, sanatçı iç dünyasındaki karanlıkları ve "canavarları" dürüstçe sergiliyor. Umudun bir kadın için bazen tehlikeli bir yük olabileceğini kabul etse de, sonunda bu umudu hala taşıdığını belirterek, her şeye rağmen yaşamayı seçtiğini güçlü bir şekilde ifade ediyor.

Lana Del Rey - "Norman Fucking Rockwell!" Albüm Şarkı Sözleri (2019)

"Norman Fucking Rockwell"

Goddamn, man-child

You fucked me so good that I almost said, "I love you"

You're fun and you're wild

But you don't know the half of the shit that you put me through

Your poetry's bad and you blame the news

But I can't change that, and I can't change your mood

Ah-ah

'Cause you're just a man

It's just what you do

Your head in your hands

As you color me blue

Yeah, you're just a man

All through and through

Your head in your hands

As you color me blue

Blue, blue, blue

Goddamn, man-child

You act like a kid even though you stand six foot two

Self-loathing poet, resident Laurel Canyon know-it-all

You talk to the walls when the party gets bored of you

But I don't get bored, I just see it through

Why wait for the best when I could have you?

You-oh-oh

'Cause you're just a man

It's just what you do

Your head in your hands

As you color me blue

Yeah, you're just a man

All through and through

Your head in your hands

As you color me blue

Blue, blue

You make me blue

Blue, blue

Blue, blue, blue

Blue, blue, blue

☆☆☆☆☆

"Mariners Apartment Complex"

You took my sadness out of context

At the Mariners Apartment Complex

I ain't no candle in the wind

I'm the board, the lightning, the thunder

Kind of girl who's gonna make you wonder

Who you are and who you've been

And who I've been is with you on these beaches

Your Venice bitch, your die-hard, your weakness

Maybe I could save you from your sins

So kiss the sky and whisper to Jesus

My, my, my, you found this, you need this

Take a deep breath, baby, let me in

You lose your way, just take my hand

You're lost at sea, then I'll command your boat to me again

Don't look too far, right where you are, that's where I am

I'm your man

I'm your man

They mistook my kindness for weakness

I fucked up, I know that, but Jesus

Can't a girl just do the best she can?

Catch a wave and take in the sweetness

Think about it, the darkness, the deepness

All the things that make me who I am

And who I am is a big-time believer

That people can change, but you don't have to leave her

When everyone's talking, you can make a stand

'Cause even in the dark, I feel your resistance

You can see my heart burning in the distance

Baby, baby, baby, I'm your man (Yeah)

You lose your way, just take my hand

You're lost at sea, then I'll command your boat to me again

Don't look too far, right where you are, that's where I am

I'm your man

I'm your man

Catch a wave and take in the sweetness

Take in the sweetness

You want this, you need this

Are you ready for it?

Are you ready for it?

Are you ready for it?

☆☆☆☆☆

"Venice Bitch"

Fear fun, fear love

Fresh out of fucks forever

Trying to be stronger for you

Ice cream, ice queen

I dream in jeans and leather

Live stream, I'm sweet for you

Oh God, miss you on my lips

It's me, your little Venice bitch

On the stoop with the neighborhood kids

Calling out, bang bang, kiss kiss

You're in the yard, I light the fire

And as the summer fades away

Nothing gold can stay

You write, I tour, we make it work

You're beautiful and I'm insane

We're American-made

Give me Hallmark

One dream, one life, one lover

Paint me happy in blue

Norman Rockwell

No hype under our covers

It's just me and you

Oh God, miss you on my lips

It's me, your little Venice bitch

On the stoop with the neighborhood kids

Calling out, bang bang, kiss kiss

You're in the yard, I light the fire

And as the summer fades away

Nothing gold can stay

You write, I tour, we make it work

You're beautiful and I'm insane

We're American-made

Oh (Yeah), oh (Yeah), oh (Yeah)

Sounding off, bang bang, kiss kiss

Oh (Yeah), oh (Yeah), oh (Yeah)

Sounding off, bang bang, kiss kiss

Oh God, want you on my lips (I do, I do)

It's me, your little Venice bitch (Yes, it is)

On the stoop with the neighborhood kids

Sounding off, bang bang, kiss kiss

Oh, shatter (Yeah), oh, shatter (Yeah, yeah), oh, shatter (Yeah)

(Sounding off, bang bang, kiss kiss)

Yeah (Yeah), oh (Yeah), oh (Yeah)

(Sounding off, bang bang, kiss kiss)

Yeah, yeah

You heard my baby's back in town now

You should come, come over

We'll be hanging around now

You should come, come over

Oh God, I love him on my lips

It's me, your little Venice bitch

Touch me with your fingertips

It's me, your little Venice bitch

Back, back in the garden

We're getting high now because we're older

Me myself, I like diamonds

My baby, crimson and clover

(La-la-la-la-la-la, losers, beautiful losers)

(La-la-la-la-la-la, losers, beautiful, losers)

Wha-wha-wha-wha-whatever

Everything, whatever

Wha-wha-wha-wha-whatever

Everything, whatever

Ah, ah, ah, ah

Ah yeah, ah yeah

(La-la-la-la-la-la, losers, beautiful losers)

Ah yeah, ah

(La-la-la-la-la-la, losers, beautiful losers)

La-la-la-la-la-la, losers, (Yeah) beautiful losers (Yeah)

La-la-la-la-la-la, losers, (Yeah) beautiful losers (Yeah)

La-la-la-la-la-la, losers, beautiful losers

La-la-la-la-la-la, losers, beautiful losers

Back in the garden

We're getting high now because we're older

Me myself, I like diamonds

My baby, crimson and clover

Crimson and clover, honey

Crimson and clover, honey

Crimson and clover, honey

Crimson and clover, honey

Crimson and clover, honey

Crimson and clover, honey

Over and over, honey

Over and over, honey

Over and over, honey

Over and over, honey

Over and over

If you weren't mine, I'd be

Jealous of your love

If you weren't mine, I'd be

Jealous of your love

If you weren't mine, I'd be

Jealous of your love

If you weren't mine, I'd be

Jealous of your love

If you weren't mine, I'd be

Jealous of your love

☆☆☆☆☆

"Fuck It I Love You"

I like to see everything in neon

Drink lime green, stay up 'til dawn

Maybe the way that I'm living is killing me

I like to light up the stage with a song

Do shit to keep me turned on

But one day I woke up like

"Maybe I'll do it differently"

So I moved to California, but it's just a state of mind

It turns out everywhere you go, you take yourself, that's not a lie

Wish that you would hold me or just say that you were mine

It's killing me slowly

Dream a little dream of me

Make me into something sweet

Turn the radio on, dancing to a pop song

Fuck it, I love you

Fuck it, I love you

Fuck it, I love you

I really do

I used to shoot up my veins in neon

And shit's even brighter; you're gone

So many things I would say to you

I want you

You moved to California, but it's just a state of mind

And you know everyone adores you

You can't feel it and you're tired

Baby, wish that you would hold me or just say that you were mine

But it's killing me slowly

Dream a little dream of me

Turn this into something sweet

Turn the radio on, dancing to a pop song

Fuck it, I love you

Fuck it, I love you

Fuck it, I love you

I really do

It turns out California's more than just a state of mind

I met you on the boulevard, braids in my hair, you blew my mind

And if I wasn't so fucked up, I think I'd fuck you all the time

(I really do)

It's killing me slowly

Fuck it, I love you (I moved to California, but it's just a state of mind)

Fuck it, I love you (It turns out everywhere you go, you take yourself, that's not a lie)

Fuck it, I love you (Wish that you would hold me or just say that you were mine)

I really do (It's killing me slowly)

(Fuck it, I love you)

California dreaming, got my money on my mind

(Fuck it, I love you)

Jazz in my veins, running out of time

(Fuck it, I love you)

California dreaming, got my money on my mind

(I really do)

Jazz in my veins, running out of time

(Fuck it, I love you)

California dreaming, got my money on my mind

(Fuck it, I love you)

Jazz in my veins, running out of time

(Fuck it, I love you)

California dreaming, got my money on my mind

(I really do)

Jazz in my veins, running out of time

☆☆☆☆☆

"Doin' Time"

Summertime, and the livings easy

Bradley's on the microphone with Ras M.G

All the people in the dance will agree

That we're well-qualified to represent the L.B.C

Me, me and Louie, we gon' run to the party

And dance to the rhythm, it gets harder

Me and my girl, we got this relationship

I love her so bad, but she treats me like shit

On lock-down like a penitentiary

She spreads her loving all over

And when she gets home, there's none left for me

Summertime, and the livings easy

Bradley's on the microphone with Ras M.G

All the people in the dance will agree

That we're well-qualified to represent the L.B.C

Me, me and Louie, we gon' run to the party

And dance to the rhythm, it gets harder

(Harder, yeah, harder, yeah)

Oh, take this veil from off my eyes

My burning sun will, some day, rise

So, what am I gonna be doing for a while?

Said, I'm gonna play with myself

Show them how we come off the shelf

Summertime, and the livings easy

Bradley's on the microphone with Ras M.G

All the people in the dance will agree

That we're well-qualified to represent the L.B.C

Me, me and Louie, we gon' run to the party

And dance to the rhythm, it gets harder

(Harder, yeah, harder, yeah)

Evil, we've come to tell you that she's evil, most definitely

Evil, ornery, scandalous and evil, most definitely

The tension, it's getting hotter

I'd like to hold her head underwater

Summertime

Summertime, and the livings easy

Bradley's on the microphone with Ras M.G

All the people in the dance will agree

That we're well-qualified to represent the L.B.C

Me, me and Louie, we gon' run to the party

And dance to the rhythm, it gets harder

☆☆☆☆☆

"Love Song"

In the car, in the car, in the backseat, I'm your baby

We go fast, we go so fast, we don't move

I believe in a place you take me

Make you real proud of your baby

In your car, I'm a star and I'm burning through you

In your car, I'm a star and I'm burning through you

Oh, be my once in a lifetime

Lying on your chest in my party dress

I'm a fucking mess, but I

Oh, thanks for the high life

Baby, it's the best, passed the test and yes

Now I'm here with you, and I

Would like to think that you would stick around

You know that I'd just die to make you proud

The taste, the touch, the way we love

It all comes down to make the sound of our love song

Dream a dream, here's a scene

Touch me anywhere 'cause I'm your baby

Grab my waist, don't waste any part

I believe that you see me for who I am

So spill my clothes on the floor of your new car

Is it safe, is it safe to just be who we are?

Is it safe, is it safe to just be who we are?

Oh, be my once in a lifetime

Lying on your chest in my party dress

I'm a fucking mess, but I

Oh, thanks for the high life

Baby, it's the best, passed the test and yes

Now I'm here with you, and I

Would like to think that you would stick around

You know that I'd just die to make you proud

The taste, the touch, the way we love

It all comes down to make the sound of our love song

The taste, the touch, the way we love

It all comes down to make the sound of our love song

☆☆☆☆☆

"Cinnamon Girl"

Cinnamon in my teeth

From your kiss, you're touching me

All the pills that you take

Violet, blue, green, red to keep me at arm's length don't work

You try to push me out, but I just find my way back in

Violet, blue, green, red to keep me out, I win

There's things I wanna say to you, but I'll just let you live

Like if you hold me without hurting me

You'll be the first who ever did

There's things I wanna talk about, but better not to give

But if you hold me without hurting me

You'll be the first who ever did

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah

Hold me, love me, touch me, honey

Be the first who ever did

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah

Hold me, love me, touch me, honey

Be the first who ever did

Kerosene in my hands

You make me mad, on fire again

All the pills that you take

Violet, blue, green, red to keep me at arm's length don't work

There's things I wanna say to you, but I'll just let you live

Like if you hold me without hurting me

You'll be the first who ever did

There's things I wanna talk about, but better not to give

But if you hold me without hurting me

You'll be the first who ever did

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah

Hold me, love me, touch me, honey

Be the first who ever did

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah

Hold me, love me, touch me, honey

Be the first who ever did

There's things I wanna say to you, but I'll just let you live

Like if you hold me without hurting me

You'll be the first who ever did

There's things I wanna talk about, but better not to give

Like if you hold me without hurting me

You'll be the first who ever did

☆☆☆☆☆

"How To Disappear"

John met me down on the boulevard

Cry on his shoulder 'cause life is hard

The waves came in over my head

What you been up to, my baby?

Haven't seen you 'round here lately

All of the guys tell me lies, but you don't

You just crack another beer

And pretend that you're still here

This is how to disappear

This is how to disappear

Joe met me down at the training yard

Cuts on his face 'cause he fought too hard

I know he's in over his head

But I love that man like nobody can

He moves mountains and pounds them to ground again

I watched the guys getting high as they fight

For the things that they hold dear

To forget the things they fear

This is how to disappear

This is how to disappear

Now it's been years since I left New York

I've got a kid and two cats in the yard

The California sun and the movie stars

I watch the skies getting light as I write

As I think about those years

As I whisper in your ear

I'm always going to be right here

No one's going anywhere

☆☆☆☆☆

"California"

(One, two, three, four)

You don't ever have to be stronger than you really are

When you're lying in my arms, baby

You don't ever have to go faster than your fastest pace

Or faster than my fastest cars

I shouldn't have done it, but I read it in your letter

You said to a friend that you wish you were doing better

I wanted to reach out, but I never said a thing

I shouldn't have done it, but I read it in your letter

You said to a friend that you wish you were doing better

I wanted to call you, but I didn't say a thing

(Two, three, four)

Oh, I'll pick you up

If you come back to America, just hit me up

'Cause this is crazy love, I'll catch you on the flip side

If you come back to California, you should just hit me up

We'll do whatever you want, travel wherever how far

We'll hit up all the old places

We'll have a party, we'll dance 'til dawn

I'll pick up all of your Vogues and all of your Rolling Stones

Your favorite liquor off the top shelf

I'll throw a party all night long

You don't ever have to be stronger than you really are

When you're lying in my arms, and, honey

You don't ever have to act cooler than you think you should

You're brighter than the brightest stars

You're scared to win, scared to lose

I've heard the war was over if you really choose

The one in and around you

You hate the heat, you got the blues

Changing like the weather, oh, that's so like you

The Santa Ana moves you

(Two, three, four)

Oh, I'll pick you up

If you come back to America, just hit me up

'Cause this is crazy love, I'll catch you on the flip side

If you come back to California, you should just hit me up

We'll do whatever you want, travel wherever how far

We'll hit up all the old places

We'll have a party, we'll dance 'til dawn

I'll pick up all of your Vogues and all of your Rolling Stones

Your favorite liquor off the top shelf

I'll throw a party all night long

Oh, I'll pick you up

If you come back to America, just hit me up

'Cause this is crazy love, I'll catch you on the flip side

If you come back to California, you should just hit me up

☆☆☆☆☆

"The Next Best American Record"

My baby used to dance underneath my architecture

To the Houses of the Holy, smoking on them cigarettes

My baby used to dance underneath my architecture

He was cool as heck

He was cool as heck

And we were so obsessed with writing the next best American record

That we gave all we had 'til the time we got to bed

'Cause we knew we could

We were so obsessed with writing the next best American record

'Cause we were just that good

It was just that good

Whatever's on tonight, I just wanna party with you

Topanga's hot tonight, I'm taking off my bathing suit

You make me feel like

There's something that I never knew I wanted

My baby used to dance underneath my architecture

He was '70s in spirit, '90s in his frame of mind

My baby used to dance underneath my architecture

We lost track of space

We lost track of time

And we were so obsessed with writing the next best American record

That we gave all we had 'til the time we got to bed

'Cause we knew we could

We were so obsessed with writing the next best American record

'Cause we were just that good

It was just that good

Whatever's on tonight, I just wanna party with you

Topanga's hot tonight, I'm taking off my bathing suit

You make me feel like

There's something that I never knew I wanted

We play the Eagles down in Malibu and I want it

It's you, all the roads lead to you

Everything I want and do, all the things that I say

It's true, all the roads lead to you

Like the 405 I drive through

Every night and every day

I see you for who you really are

Why the thousands of girls love

The way Bill plays guitar

Whatever's on tonight, I just wanna party with you

Topanga's hot tonight, I'm taking off my bathing suit

You make me feel like

There's something that I never knew I wanted

We play the Eagles down in Malibu and I want it

There's something that I never knew I wanted

☆☆☆☆☆

"The Greatest"

I miss Long Beach and I miss you, babe

I miss dancing with you the most of all

I miss the bar where the Beach Boys would go

Dennis' last stop before Kokomo

Those nights were on fire

We couldn't get higher

We didn't know that we had it all

But nobody warns you before the fall

And I'm wasted

Don't leave, I just need a wake-up call

I'm facing the greatest

The greatest loss of them all

The culture is lit and I had a ball

I guess I'm signing off after all

I miss New York and I miss the music

Me and my friends, we miss rock 'n' roll

I want shit to feel just like it used to

When, baby, I was doing nothing the most of all

The culture is lit, and if this is it, I had a ball

I guess that I'm burned out after all

I'm wasted

Don't leave, I just need a wake-up call

I'm facing the greatest

The greatest loss of them all

The culture is lit and I had a ball

I guess that I'm burned out after all

If this is it, I'm signing off

Miss doing nothing the most of all

Hawaii just missed that fireball

L.A. is in flames, it's getting hot

Kanye West is blond and gone

"Life on Mars?" ain't just a song

I hope the live stream's almost on

☆☆☆☆☆

"Bartender"

All the ladies of the canyon

Wearing black to their house parties

Crosby, Stills and Nash is playing

Wine is flowing with Bacardi

But sometimes, girls just want to have fun

The poetry inside of me is warm like a gun

I bought me a truck in the middle of the night

It'll buy me a year if I play my cards right

Photo-free exits from baby's bedside

'Cause they don't yet know what car I drive

I'm just tryna keep my love alive

With my bartender, hold me all night

Bartender, our love's alive

Baby, remember, I'm not drinking wine

But that Cherry Coke you serve is fine

And our love's sweet enough on the vine

Bartender, bar-t-t-tender

All the ladies of the canyon

Wearing white for their tea parties

Playing games of levitation

Meditating in the garden

And I love the little games that we play

From the valley to the beach

And when at last the day is done, I grab my keys

I bought me a truck in the middle of the night

It'll buy me a year if I play my cards right

Photo-free exits from baby's bedside

'Cause they don't yet know what car I drive

I'm just tryna keep my love alive

With my bartender, hold me all night

Bartender, our love's alive

Baby, remember, I'm not drinking wine

But that Cherry Coke you serve is fine

And our love's sweet enough on the vine

Bar-t-t-tender, bar-t-t-tender, bar-t-t-tender

Ha, ha, ha, ha

I bought me a truck in the middle of the night

60 MPH on PCH drive

Here to Long Beach to Newport by your side

As they don't yet know where I reside

60 miles from the last place I hide

With my bar-t-t-tender, hold me all night

Bar-t-t-tender, keep love alive

Bar-t-t-tender

☆☆☆☆☆

"Happiness Is A Butterfly"

Do you want me or do you not?

I heard one thing, now I'm hearing another

Dropped a pin to my parking spot

The bar was hot, it's 2 AM, it feels like summer

Happiness is a butterfly

Try to catch it, like, every night

It escapes from my hands into moonlight

Every day is a lullaby

Hum it on the phone, like, every night

Sing it for my babies on the tour life, ah

If he's a serial killer, then what's the worst

That can happen to a girl who's already hurt?

I'm already hurt

If he's as bad as they say, then I guess I'm cursed

Looking into his eyes, I think he's already hurt

He's already hurt

I said, "Don't be a jerk, don't call me a taxi"

Sitting in your sweatshirt, crying in the backseat, ooh

I just wanna dance with you

Hollywood and Vine, Black Rabbit in the alley

I just wanna hold you tight down the avenue

I just wanna dance with you

I just wanna dance with you

Baby, I just wanna dance (Dance)

With you (Dance)

Baby, I just wanna dance (Dance)

With you

Left the canyon, drove to the club

I was one thing, now I'm being another

Laurel down to Sunset in the truck

I'll pick you up if you're in town on the corner, ah

Happiness is a butterfly

We should catch it while dancing

I lose myself in the music, baby

Every day is a lullaby

Try to catch it like lightning

I sing it into my music, I'm crazy

If he's a serial killer, then what's the worst

That can happen to a girl who's already hurt?

I'm already hurt

If he's as bad as they say, then I guess I'm cursed

Looking into his eyes, I think he's already hurt

He's already hurt

I said, "Don't be a jerk, don't call me a taxi"

Sitting in your sweatshirt, crying in the backseat, ooh

I just wanna dance with you

Hollywood and Vine, Black Rabbit in the alley

I just wanna hold you tight down the avenue

I just wanna dance with you

I just wanna dance with you

Baby, I just wanna dance (Dance)

With you (Dance)

Baby, I just wanna dance (Dance)

With you

☆☆☆☆☆

"Hope Is A Dangerous Thing For A Woman Like Me To Have - But I Have It"

I was reading Slim Aarons

And I got to thinking that I thought

Maybe I'd get less stressed

If I was tested less like all of these debutantes

Smiling for miles in pink dresses

And high heels on white yachts

But I'm not

Baby I'm not

No, I'm not

That I'm not

I've been tearing around in my fucking nightgown

24/7, Sylvia Plath

Writing in blood on my walls

'Cause the ink in my pen don't work in my notepad

Don't ask if I'm happy, you know that I'm not

But at best I can say I'm not sad

'Cause hope is a dangerous thing

For a woman like me to have

Hope is a dangerous thing

For a woman like me to have

I had fifteen-year dances

Church basement romances yeah I've cried

Spilling my guts with the Bowery Bums

Is the only love I've ever known

Except for the stage which I also call home when I'm not

Serving up God in a burnt coffee pot for the triad

Hello it's the most famous woman you know on the iPad

Calling from beyond the grave, I just wanna say, "Hi dad"

I've been tearing up town in my fucking white gown

Like a goddamn near sociopath

Shaking my ass is the only thing that's

Got this black narcissist off my back

She couldn't care less and I never cared more

So there's no more to say about that

Except hope is a dangerous thing

For a woman like me to have

Hope is a dangerous thing

For a woman with my past

There's a new revolution

A loud evolution

That I saw

Born of confusion

And quiet collusion

Of which mostly I've known

A modern day woman

With a weak constitution

'Cause I've got

Monsters still under my bed

That I could never fight off

A gatekeeper carelessly dropping

The keys on my nights off

I've been tearing around in my fucking nightgown

24/7, Sylvia Plath

Writing in blood on your walls

'Cause the ink in my pen don't look good in my pad

They write that I'm happy, they know that I'm not

But at best you can see I'm not sad

But hope is a dangerous thing

For a woman like me to have

Hope is a dangerous thing

For a woman like me to have

Hope is a dangerous thing

For a woman like me to have

But I have it

Yeah, I have it

Yeah, I have it

I have