LYRICS / SET LIST
1. Armor (unreleased)
I guess I see no reason - for you to trust me
and to be honest...
I wouldn’t trust me either
But I think now might be the time to start - I guess now’s a good a time as any - now our armor gives us no protection - can’t you see now
might be the right time
You say that something’s missing - and you give no good reason
you think you know what love is... but that’s a misconception
Don’t you see now it wasn’t what you thought? think it’s time you changed your definition
now our armor gives us no protection
can’t you see now
we’ve got a good thing
Always on your guard for any imperfection - you push so hard
for me to keep my distance
I’ve got a few good questions - for which you have no answers - is that an indication
it’s time you changed your position?
Don’t you see now it wasn’t what you thought - think it’s time you changed your definition - now our armor gives us no protection
can’t you see now
might be the right time
might be the right time - might be the right time - might be the right time? might be the right time...
Song by Elizabeth McCullough © The Bear in the Elephant Suit Publishing 2020 (SESAC)
2. Ground Rush
Look out that window there
stick out your neck - the speed will burn your eyes - I’m finding it hard to believe that you care
so we just watch as the clouds roll by
and jump out - thinking that we can fly
get a little closer if you dare
Don’t look now, you are falling - down, down, down, down down, down - don’t look down, we are falling
ground, ground rush - ground, ground rush
We’ve done this all before
you fell too fast, you left me far behind
it’s easy to see how this thing could go wrong but you still have the key to my heart
I don’t see how we can stay apart
just hold me to you as we fall
Don’t look now, you are falling
down, down, down, down down, down - don’t look down, we are falling
ground, ground rush - ground, ground rush
Look out that window there
pick up your feet, the door is open wide - I’m finding it easy to see what’s outside - and I just watch as you close your mind - you don’t think that we should get this high - but you’ll get closer if you try
Don’t look now, you are falling
down, down, down, down down, down don’t look down, we are falling
ground, ground rush - ground, ground rush, ground, ground rush - ground, ground rush
Song by Elizabeth McCullough © The Bear in the Elephant Suit Publishing 1999 (SESAC)
3. Venus Smile (unreleased)
These days it doesn't seem it ever mattered if your sea was green or eyes were blue - last time I looked my eyes were clear
and you were wiser than you knew
you hide behind your irony and words that mock your depth - and when at last your heart is broken
know there's more to you than this
Everyone asks the same question - when will Venus smile on me?
Too bad it took so long to find your voice
it still hides now and then
but if you keep on showing up
then you have found that you can trust those words to something baby, that ain't you - you told me in another world - you needed something more
then you asked for me to wait for you and you didn't even come
Gotta believe that you called me for a reason - you bust into my world
swing that carrot on a string
if everyone believes in fate
then what is taking it so long - to finish what it started then and bring you home to me
So I ask myself why do you shadow me? I didn't ask for this...
long time since I've had to love
well, anyone but me
then the cards say it is matter - secret forces leading those whose lives belong together - but it's so hard to believe
Everyone asks the same question - when will Venus smile on me? Everybody wants to know the answer - when will Venus smile on me?
You told me in another world
you needed something more
then you asked for me to love you
and you didn't even come
you hide behind your irony and words that mock your depth and when at last your heart is broken know
there's more to you than this
Song by Elizabeth McCullough © The Bear in the Elephant Suit Publishing 2020 (SESAC)
4. Reconsider Me
If you’re all alone
and you need someone
call me up
and I’ll come running - reconsider me, reconsider me
If it’s still the past
that makes you doubt
well darlin’ that was then
and this is now
reconsider me, reconsider me
And I’ll never make you sad again
‘cause I swear that I’ve changed since then - and I promise that I’ll never make you cry
let’s let bygones be forgotten - reconsider me
please consider me
You can go and be
who you want to be
and it’ll be alright if we disagree - I’m the one who cares
and I hope you’ll see
that I”m the one who loves you - reconsider me
Let’s let bygones be forgotten - reconsider me
please consider me
And I’ll never make you sad again ‘cause I swear
that I’ve changed since then
and I promise that I’ll never make you cry
And I’ll never make you sad again ‘cause I swear
that I’ve changed since then
and I’ll never make you sorry
If you try...
Song by Warren Zevon, rearranged by Elizabeth McCullough © Warren Zevon 1987 BMG Platinum Songs OBO Rosetta V
5. Every Day You Break My Heart
You don’t see anything I do
and absence doesn’t make you fonder
and one more moment is too long for me to stay - mama you break my heart every day
mama you break my heart every day
slow down, back up
no one believes a single word you say - shoot up that poison
it couldn’t hurt
if you believe that it won’t
Don’t listen to a word we say
a shame your children don’t know better
can’t change a thing about the time you threw away - mama you break our hearts every day
What do you see when you look in the mirror?
a pretty young girl with a beautiful mind
do you really believe all the things that you tell us - do you think just to wish hard enough
makes it so?
let go, wake up
you’ll never get back what you let get away - suck down that suicide
you’ll never see past all that smoke in the way
let go, don’t look back
so sad you don’t know you deserve what you need - give up that death wish
just one day left means that it’s not too late
You said we could be anything
but your eyes taught me something different - I look at you and see the future
mama you break my heart every day
mama you break my heart every day
mama you break my heart
Song by Elizabeth McCullough © The Bear in the Elephant Suit Publishing 2019 (SESAC)
6. One Day the Sun Came Up (9/11/2001)
One day the sun came up
we were high over the canyon - and headed for home
racing the sunrise
don't look back
you know California's a dream to you now...
And somehow I don't sleep - no comfort
no matter how high
are my head or my feet
I can't look at me now - all is falling
is it the years
or the loss
on my face?
one day the sun rose behind us
to light the way - somehow, I think
it got lost in the clouds
Thinking about you - it passes...
thank god
I can't live that again
Smoke, fire, and dust
as we all drift away up high
floating goodbye
you know those who are left behind feel it the most
and still I don't sleep - no comfort
no matter how high
are my head or my feet
One day the sun came back - smoke, fire, and dust
we will settle back down - dusting the ground
float away on the river
Song by Elizabeth McCullough © The Bear in the Elephant Suit Publishing 2019 (SESAC)
7. Wichita
Somewhere past Wichita - that girl caught up with you - invisible wire
with no strings to bind
floating past mountaintops - I fell in love with them - hearing them in your voice - reflected in mine
A cellular connection - electricity finds you - that girl from Wichita - using up your time
Two days from Wichita
your past caught up with you - you heard your own cry
sing in the wire
A cellular connection - electricity finds you - that girl from Wichita - using up your time
and the horoscope spoke of a new kind of lover - seeing the world through another one's eyes - back then I'd hoped there was still a chance you would see
the mirror she broke but she never did lie
as April snow drifts down
you spoke two thousand miles - weeds tumble back again
you just roll by
weeds tumble back again
you just roll by
Song by Elizabeth McCullough © 2005 The Bear in the Elephant Suit Publishing (SESAC)
8. Something of Value
The morning breaks so cruelly - taste of you still in my mouth - And all my hope
has fallen to it’s knees
You tease me with affection - blind me with compassion - and blame it on the flesh
To hear you speak - of leaving - and your fondness for my kiss - that moment when you opened - which somehow I have missed
What kind of chance was this? came when I was sleeping - and vanished in the mist
What flows between us
light of love, expressed and then denied - Was I always yours?
Were you ever mine?
So I know that talk is free
but still worth more
than all your gin-induced confessions - and you think girls like me
we’re a dime a dozen
But now we’ve worked too hard - to make something of value - and let it go so cheap
What flows between us?
light of love, expressed and then denied - Was I always yours?
Were you ever mine?
what flows between us
love of life, expressed and then denied
Was I always yours? Were you ever mine? Was I always yours? Were you ever mine?
Song by Elizabeth McCullough © The Bear in the Elephant Suit Publishing 2001 (SESAC)
9. Straw Hat
He missed the boat
so he took a taxi
they sat in the rain while she smoked a cigarette - she brought her straw hat
and he put it on his head
through his long lashes she could see forever - she had a drink
and he had another
and he said maybe we should feed you lover
As they sat together at the kitchen table she was so full up she couldn’t eat a bite
He held her hand
as they walked the pier
said so much
but there was so much more
As they stood together at the end of the boardwalk - in the Wall street shimmer they could see each other
He wanted to look
but she wished to be
in the bedside light they found a moment in between - she didn’t know
he could be so true...
to a vow so far away
he couldn’t reach it
As they sat together at the edge of the bed
he found it wasn’t so easy not to break that promise
He wore her straw hat
as he was looking in the mirror - at a face that he had never seen
he walked through her closet door - then he took it off
tucked it beneath his arm
and then he walked away
Song by Elizabeth McCullough © 2001 Bear in the Elephant Suit Publishing (SESAC)
10. Black Hole
I've fallen into a black hole
looked like your heart
felt like my soul
now I’ve got nowhere to go
from this side - out looks like the end of the world
Why'd you have to roll over me that way? you mowed me like a wheat field
on a patent black tractor
with your back-ho jeering me
from back at the farm house
you got your baby cake and still eaten me whole
Paste my face in the middle of a dart board
break that toy truck before it's out of the store
all this driving with the brakes on gets to be a drag - and all this play-acting’s getting to be a bore
Where on earth did you learn about relationships? Reading Charles Atlas getting sand in your face? you used to be a loser
so you punish all the girls
c’mon - getting your feet wet can't be all that bad
I'm a falling tree
and you're a wood with no ears
screaming platitudes inside of a vacuum
a hundred hands clapping
and you feel no better
can't get any damper than the middle of a tide pool
You know there's nothing to these school girl fantasies
but you take this licking cause the clock keeps on ticking
that flying angel savior's a no show
but you gotta go deeper
it's the only way out
only way out
Song by Elizabeth McCullough © 2001 Bear in the Elephant Suit Publishing (SESAC)