Jim Carroll Lyrics

Catholic Boy I was born in a pool, they made my mother stand And I spat on that surgeon and his trembling hand Wh...

City Drops Into the Night It's when Billy's whores are re to seeorkin' They're workin' with the skeleton crew It's when the sk...

Crow It must be strange to just fall from the stage and snap a bone that is so close to the brain And be ...

Day and Night Day and night . . . the shadows move too slowly From dark to light she promised she could know me Re...

I Want the Angel I want the angel Whose dreams are fatal They cause the snake's milk to run and curdle I want the an...

It's Too Late It's too late To fall in love with Sharon Tate But it's too soon To ask me for the words I want car...

Nothing Is True You get nothin' back for all you've saved Just eternity in a spacious grave She said, "Nothing ...

People Who Died Teddy sniffing glue he was 12 years old Fell from the roof on East Two-nine Cathy was 11 when she pu...

Three Sisters Though I don't really understand her I love my sister, her name's Miranda The boys from uptown they ...

Wicked Gravity The gravity here is just sick for revenge It's like my lungs are filled with chains . . . The sky se...

Barricades By Jim Carroll We should have left at once We should have never stayed Now they have drawn the line...

Dry Dreams Each night, they surround me With the lights and the microphones . . . With their bodies and the mi...

Evangeline By Jim Carroll and Wayne Woods Evangeline My first lady, She wears satin gloves Since her hands got...

Jealous Twin She moves through the black door She turns toward the desperate light With her breath like iodine W...

Jody Jody, what you been doing? It's been a long, long time Since we went dancing in the schoolyard, With...

Lorraine (lyrics) I was underneath the staircase I was talking with my angel He said that beauty is only terror You kn...

Lorraine (Opening poem) Seven blonde women They gather in the square They raise their hands up to the sun Their skin is so t...

Rooms By Jim Carroll and Steve Linsley You're passing, I hear your shadow through the door It's outlined ...

Still Life By Jim Carroll and Lenny Kaye I don't believe in sin But maybe I'll begin A vagrant evil's climbing...

Them They hit you with their papers when you're living on loan. They're the ones who say nothing when yo...

Work, Not Play The bell rings . . . It's a decade past my decadence My beast wears rings and he's waiting In the sh...

(No More) Luxuries Your uncle's scandals shook the house of lords Your daddy's squeezed out as Chairman of the Board No...

Black Romance Everything you ever wanted Is passing with the driving rain I died like a salamander On my heart hea...

Dance the Night Away I smoke a cigarette As I wait in the bath And I wait for you For an hour and a half And I go to the...

Freddy's Store I'm walking Uptown I hear a most peculiar sound Like a seashell in my ear Like the ocean was near I ...

Hold Back the Dream [Messed?] and peculiar Dancing with Julia I see no spare sky This is the last try The static from d...

I Write Your Name I write your name Everywhere I go Like a worn out code Just to let you know I write your name On m...

Love Crimes Hollywood looks good at night The TVs get fine reception But last night Jean told Steve About her im...

Low Rider Johnny's trapping stars in his car With the radio on In the parking lot Lily heard a sound While th...

Voices Bob drives taxis when the meter runs Bobby hears the music when it's done He hears the voices He hea...

Desert Town I hitched a ride to a desert town (I never planned this trip) I saw my past in the sun like a tongue...

Falling Down Laughing He was feeling invulnerable That was foolish but wonderful But of course the first one was always fr...

Hairshirt Fracture It's a garbage truck hour, I'm sleeping in the shower I'm feeling like I'm waiting on a train By the...

Pools of Mercury Sirens begin, the red light spins Hungry go the thieves Betty's in the sandbox trying to detox She ...

The Beast Within If give me your ear I'll whisper you wind that could soothe your burnt blood The door is right here...

Crimes of Passion She's an all-night all-night rental She's a rental Oriental Suki-Lee... Oh, her eyes, yes her eye...

Differing Touch Every time she calls I'd like to just ignore her I think she's working both sides It's not my parano...

I Don't Hear You The blue light flashes Billy feels its motion He says, "Should I go and set it free?" B...

Junky Man By Rancid: The common man doesn't suffer pain like this Only the soul that has never been kissed Let...

Perfect Water Perfect water The dark wind braids the waves The crazed birds raid the trees Is this our destiny? To...

Plain Division There's a wind up in the trees Like a voice that's whispering "Please" Someone's decided o...

What's Number One Those were high times back in Delhi I was left for dead Everybody beat it to L.A. So the papers r...