WHAT GIRLS ARE MADE OF
By
Garbage

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Tell me, please, what little girls are made of
Sugar and spice and all things nice
But we can bleed for a whole week straight
Every month, and the pain doesn’t faze us

Do you really think we give a shit about what you said
Or what you ever did?
Do what you want, but I’m not listening
‘Cause I’m not fucking about

You think you know what I can do
My virgin tongue, oh see how it fools you

Do you really think I give a shit about anything you said
Or what you ever did?
Say what you want, but I’m not listening
‘Cause I’m not fucking about

Yeah you!
Haven’t you heard?
I let you off with murder
And I’ve been drinking again
It helps to blot you out
‘Cause if I stop to think, I swear I’ll lose it

Watch me cutting every string
One by one
See me cut out all the rot
Bit by bit
Watch me as I push you back
Inch by inch
I push you back, boy
Inch by inch

Yeah you!
Haven’t you heard?
I let you off with murder
And I’ve been drinking again
It helps to blot you out
‘Cause if I stop to think, I swear I’ll lose it

Tell me, please, what little girls are made of

BLOOD FOR POPPIES

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To lift the sun,
I’ve been sitting here all night long
Rolling rock, over Buddah with the longhorn
Got a hole, rip a pocket off my uniform
With the black watch boys
Get your heads down
Oooh
Duty calls, but it’s way too late
I’m too far gone
Waiting for God, oh hell
With my pants down
Crack the stash
Then be quiet in the midday sun
I miss my dog, and I miss my freedom
Ooh ooh oohh

I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
They know I’m here just out of sight
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
It’s by my side, and I know I’m right
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
They know I’m here just out of sight
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
It’s by my side, and I know I’m right

I hate the things I think about you
When I’m all alone
I know you’re tough
But I’ve been gone
For so long
Play the memories of you
Inside my head
So all these pictures of us
Burn and radiate
Watch the clouds, and I’m falling
Falling through the cracks
Head beats
And my heart is pounding fast
Off the ground
Into the starry dark, into your arms
I’m falling
Ooh ooh oohh

I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
They know I’m here just out of sight
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
It’s by my side, and I know I’m right
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
They know I’m here just out of sight
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
It’s by my side, and I know I’m right

I pray my body’s right
I’ve got to stay alive
I’ve gotta take a chance and keep on moving
Keep on moving

I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
They know I’m here just out of sight
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
It’s by my side, and I know I’m right
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
They know I’m here just out of sight
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
It’s by my side, and I know I’m right

I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
They know I’m here just out of sight
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
It’s by my side, and I know I’m right
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
They know I’m here just out of sight
I don’t know why they are calling on the radio
It’s by my side, and I know I’m right

BELOVED FREAK

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You’re not certain when you feel hurt
Get violent when you deal
With how the world drags you along
You’re not alone

Nothing good was ever free
No one gets it, no one sees
So here you stand, beloved freak
You’re not alone
You’re not alone
You’re not alone
Sometimes we get so tired and weak
We lose the sky beneath our feet
You’re not alone

Every comet throws an arc
And scars our vision ‘cross the dark
When we’re gone we will remain
You’re not alone

People lie and people steal
They misinterpret how you feel
And so we doubt and we conceal
You’re not alone

Don’t worry for me
Just think of yourself, think of yourself
Don’t worry for me
Just think of yourself, think of yourself

When we’re gone we will remain
When we’re gone we will remain
When we’re gone we will remain
When we’re gone we will remain

So here you stand, beloved freak
The world is at your feet
Here you stand, beloved freak
The world is at your feet

This little light of mine
I’m going to let it shine
This little light of mine
I’m going to let it shine
This little light of mine
I’m going to let it shine
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine

And so you stand, beloved freak
The world is lying at your feet
There you stand, beloved freak
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine

SUGAR

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Give me sugar
Give me, something sweet
I’ve spent a lifetime
Feelin’ incomplete
If I sound bitter
Or if I come too late
Please reconsider
I don’t need much on my plate
Just give me sugar

Don’t come close, please keep at a distance,
Look but don’t touch till the light goes on
Silence in line and please wait at the window
Don’t touch the glass till the curtain calls

Wait, wait… don’t make me wait
Wait, wait… don’t make me wait
Just give me sugar

Give me sugar
Give me, something deep
Don’t make a habit
Of crawling on my knees
But this is different
Can’t you see I’m in control
This is the moment
Where all your dreams have flown
Just give me sugar

Don’t come close, please keep at a distance,
Look but don’t touch till the light goes on
Silence in line and please wait at the window
Don’t touch the glass till the curtain calls

Wait, wait… don’t make me wait
Wait, wait… don’t make me wait
Just give me sugar

To hook her on
Sugar to hook her on
Some sugar to hook her on
Sugar to hook her on

Oh won’t someone love me
Won’t someone love me
Won’t someone love me
Oh won’t someone love me
Like you
Like you
Like you
Like you
Someone like you

BIG BRIGHT WORLD

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We are difficult to understand
It was hard to make this simple plan work
Difficult, but that’s what made it burn

You’re a satellite around my heart
One million before the start
Indescribable, but that’s what makes it you

Shivers up and down my spine
Feet to the teeth
Inside this big, bright world
Inside this big, bright world
Inside this big, bright world
We rage against the dying
Rage against the dying light

You’re mysterious, you make no sense
I love you ’cause you’re innocent
You fell out through a hole inside the sun

So magnify the best inside me
Build the parts that you can’t find me
The parts that won’t give out when things get hard

Shivers up and down my spine
Feet to the teeth
Inside this big, bright world
Inside this big, bright world
Inside this big, bright world

Round and around in the setting sun
Round and around in the setting sun
Round and around in the setting sun
Round and around and around and around and around

Inside this big, bright world
Inside this big, bright world
Inside this big, bright world
Rage against the dying
Rage against the dying light

I’m with you

SHOW ME

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You could hear long before you could dream
You could walk
You could run long before you could sing
You could talk
Think about all the things you never say
And spit them out

And show me
Show me how
Show me
Show me how
Show me
Show me who you are
Show me
Show me now

It’s not as easy as it seems
The world is big
The sea is deep
There is no rope
There is no line
We’re specks of dust up in the sky
There is no space
There is no time
There’s only you and what we leave behind

And show me
Show me how
Show me
Show me how
Show me
Show me who you are
Show me
Show me now

And what we leave behind

And what we leave behind

And show me
Show me how
Show me
Show me how
Show me
Show me what we leave behind
And what we leave behind
What we leave behind

Show me
What we leave behind

Show me
What we leave behind

Show me
What we leave behind

Show me
What we leave behind

Show me
What we leave behind