1 GIVE

2 WELCOME TO ENGLAND
3 STRONG BLACK VINE
4 FLAVOR 5 NOT DYING TODAY
6 MAYBE CALIFORNIA 7 CURTAIN CALL
8 FIRE TO YOUR PLAIN 9 POLICE ME
10 THAT GUY 11 ABNORMALLY ATTRACTED TO SIN
12 500 MILES 13 MARY JANE 14 STARLING
15 FAST HORSE 16 OPHELIA 17 LADY IN BLUE
BONUS TRACK OSCAR’S THEME
RECORDED & MIXED BY MARK HAWLEY & MARCEL VAN LIMBEEK
PRODUCED BY TORI AMOS
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EBONY BEAUTY, PASS THIS SHADE, THE LOOKING GLASS REFLECTS, THEN A VOICE CALLS ME BACK.
WHOSE GOD THEN IS GOD? THEY ALL WANT JURISDICTION.
GIVE NOT DYING TODAY
So you heard & I crossed over the line & Do I have regrets? & Well, not yet & There are some, & some who give Blood & I There was a gambler and a cleaner and a puppeteer & only the puppet could explain just what he was & All on a bus
give love & I give & Soon before the sun & before the sun & begins to rise & I know that I & I must give & so that we were hopin’ to pass the time & plug my piece in boys then we can drink the wine & drink the wine drink the
I & I can live & There are some, & some whose give & twists itself to take & they mis-take & who, what made up the wine— & music, good friends, I’m not dyin’ today. & I may be 6 feet under full of wonder & I’m not dyin’ today & Dyin’
line & some say it was pain & or was it shame & Soon before the sun & before the sun & begins to rise & I know today & I’m not dying mister & today & Neil is thrilled he can claim he’s mammalian & “But the bad news,” he said,
that I & I must give & so that I & I can live & Some & Some who give Blood. & I give love & I give “Girl, you’re a dandelion.” & Dandelion. hey I need to think about that. & Yeah, I thought about that and I said, & “What
the Hell?” & He said, “Nope, you are Earth bound, blow them seeds away & maybe one will make a sound.” & Make a
WELCOME TO ENGLAND sound, make a sound— & music, good friends, & I’m not Dyin’ Today & I may be 6 feet under full of thunder, & I’m
“Do a dance for me.” & Baby it is late still you pour me & a tall one... & “Go on, let the liquid take off what you’re not Dyin’ Today. & Dyin’ today, & I’m not dying mister & today & So they got us go & goin’ and comin’ & Cause they
on. & You’ve been down before...” & Boy, not like this. & I’m in Quicksand I am sinking fast & “Perfect,” he laughed, make us pay & if we go or stay & Is he prayin’ & that I’ll pop my clogs? & If they can’t prove I’m crazy & by noon I’ll
“cause your other half has & got himself a Devil’s access — & Welcome to England,” & he said, “Welcome to my be pushin’ up them daises & Tomorrow, with their Donut box they’ll say, & “It’s sad she’s Brown Bread.” & Hey, I got my
world. You better bring your own sun & sweet girl. You gotta bring your own sun now don’t you forget — & you bring weapons— & music, good friends, & I’m not Dyin’ today. & I may be 6 feet under & way down yonder & I’m not Dyin’
your own sun, just enough for everyone.” & Heels on. Go on. & Bang a Tango but do not get tangled & Who can stay today & Dyin’ & I’m not dying, sister, take your paws off & my ankle straps and my mister & Dyin’ Fryin’, rather have
strong? when they only give us lies to lean on & When your heart explodes is it deathly cold? & You must let the colors a lie-in & I am not blowin’ that Gabriel’s Trumpet & I got my own band to play today
violate the & Blackness & There is a magic world parallel & so leave your daily & hell — “Welcome to England,” & he
said, “Welcome to my world...” & It’s not a question if I can & Fight by your side and withstand & Anything but, & I MAYBE CALIFORNIA
forgot that you said, “Girl if you come... & you better bring your sun. & Sweet girl, you gotta bring your sun & Now hey Mrs. see, please don’t jump & “why not, nothing is making sense anymore to me & I don’t know when I stopped
don’t you forget you bring your sun— & Just enough for & everyone & for everyone.” & “Welcome to England” & welcome making him smile. & Now the kids see me cry all the time.” & From one mother to the other & They’ll never get over
to england this & for their lifetime all their wishes & will be dashed upon those cliffs. & So let’s be strong you and me & The night
is o-opening & Our angels are falling & and they will warm & they’ll warm us & She asked, “Right Now? & Right
STRONG BLACK VINE Here?” & I’m feelin’ soon, & soon my dear, & maybe california & maybe california. & As mothers we have our
Shut your mouth & I’m spinnin’ it tight down south & I’m on raid & tie you down cause boy I can & save you from that troubles & You’ll leave them with emptiness & for their lifetime all their wishes will be dashed upon those cliffs & those
evil faith & Eagles serve yeah unhuh Mother first & they turn you predator but boy I can & save you from that evil cliffs & So let’s be strong you and me & the night is o- it is opening & our angels are falling & and they will warm & they
faith & Arms sold in Balmy cities that may not be with us for long & save you from that evil faith & lay back & Strong will warm us & She asked, “Right Now? & Right Here?” & I’m feelin’ soon so soon my dear, & maybe california & maybe
Black Vine & submission & is my mission for a & Strong Black Vine & you just might see that & sweet jesus & Strong california & Until then there will be & starlight shining down & for every tear in every town
Black Vine & submission & is my mission for a & Strong Black Vine & your mission & concentrate & Blown to bits her
innocent flesh to dust & all for a dark god & all for the love of some evil faith & Swollen stream & every drip serpents CURTAIN CALL
bless & you rape Earth knowledge & still she would save you from your evil faith & Bodies bathe in black gold your ebony beauty & pass this shade & the looking glass reflects & then a voice calls me back, & “this is just circumstance
pleasure & Arms sold in Balmy cities that may not be with us for long & save you from that evil faith it is not & personal”, oh no it never is. & then you ram your hand in your bag & for a little friendly substance & By the
time you’re 25 & they will say, “you’ve gone and blown it”. & By the time you’re 35, I must confide, & you will have
FLAVOR blown them all & Right on cue just act surprised & when they invite you to take & your curtain call & you climbed
Battle of the minds & cries Below cries Above & You must pick a side & Will you choose fear? & Will you choose China’s wall & your & curtain call & I have done what I’ve done & and it has the ultimate consequence & then a voice
love? & What does it look like, & this orbital ball from the fringes of The Milky Way? & What does it feel like, & this calls me back, & “this is not business, no, & its more like spiritual” & is that what it is & Then you ram your hand in
orbital ball on the fringes of The Milky Way? & Raining flavor & Icing flavor & flavor love & Whose God then is God? & They your bag & for a little protection & By the time you’re 25 & they will say, “you’ve gone and blown it.” & By the time you’re
all want jurisdiction & In the Book of Earth & whose God spread fear? & Spread love? & And what does it look like, & this 35, I must confide, & you will have blown them all & Right on cue just act surprised & when they invite you to take & your
orbital ball from the fringes of The Milky Way? & What does it feel like, & this orbital ball on the fringes of The Milky curtain call & you climbed China’s wall & your curtain call & they closed China’s wall & curtain call & ebony beauty &
Way? & Raining Flavor & Icing Flavor & flavor love & Turn up the frequency & What does it look like, & this orbital ball pass this shade & the looking glass reflects
from the fringes of The Milky Way? & What does it feel like, & this orbital ball on the fringes of The Milky Way? & Raining
flavor & Icing flavor & Spread that flavor & flavor flavor FIRE TO YOUR PLAIN
Shock & got the shock of my life & just buckle up girls & I’m stealing the night & From them & steal the night & What
they’re down to & let’s see in cold day light & I gotta get this right & I gotta get this right & Cause she’s up & And
I am low & Watching you & Watching her play this game & yeah she’s bold & bold enough & to set fire to your plain & her
fire to your plain & Pray & you can pray to your jane & I put out the call & but not to be saved & Called my Deviline
kin & with her yellow Astin Martin & “we gotta get this right” & I gotta get this right & Cause she’s up & And I am
low & Watching him & Watching her play this game & yeah she’s bold & Bold enough & to set fire to his plain & she
said, “Get in and set the SAT-NAV to hell” & Or would it be Purgatory & I gotta get this right & I gotta get this right & Cause
she’s up & And I am low & Watching you & Watching her play this game & yeah she’s bold & Bold enough & to set
fire to your plain & Her fire to your plain & Her fire & Bold enough & Her fire to your plain
IF A FEATHER LINED WITH HIS WORDS BECOMES A BLADE.
POLICE ME MARY JANE
Police yourself & Police yourself & Police me & Police yourself & Police yourself & Police me & We’ve got our own Then he said, “Mom I want to forna... & I mean formulate and discover the realms of the unknown & with Mary Jane & After
remote viewing & Ever cell has been taught to think & Perhaps the answer to the question & Lies in the question & Perhaps all you’ll be away for the weekend & Just please consent & I need a friend” & I admit your puberty was somewhat
you should read my thoughts & Line them up like soldiers & Police yourself & Police yourself & Police me & Loaded, full of strange & Could this be fixed with Mary Jane? & Mary Jane Mary Jane Mary Jane Who? & So I said, Son you want to
winter you are & Storming Blackberry girl & Will you strike before he’s & Loaded, full of winter you are storming & Blackberry permeate & And discover the realms of the unknown & With Mary Jane & After all the other boys that are your age & They
girl will you strike & Before he’s loaded & Full of winter you are & Police yourself & Police yourself & Police me & Can only wake to medicate & Do I know her family? & Is she even mannerly when she’s out in society? & “She even
they monitor how you think? & They’ve got their own remote viewing & To get off he cries “slutty goth” & But I’m a bakes” & She even bakes? & “These odd brownies” & Mary Jane Mary Jane Mary Jane Who? & Then he said, “I believe in her
brightly colored person & Loaded, full of winter you are & Storming Blackberry girl & Will you strike before he’s & Loaded, family, & On her maternal side there was a & Dr. Tetrahydrocannabinol Pure Isomer Dronabinol & Mary Jane Who. & (For Cor)
full of winter you are storming & Blackberry girl will you strike & Before he’s loaded & Full of winter you are & Perhaps
the answer to the question & Lies in the question & Perhaps you should read my thoughts & Line them up like STARLING
soldiers & Police yourself & Police yourself & Police me Starling you were right I am the jealous kind & whoever would have guessed & Starling now I am shut out and
confined & even within my nest & what, what does it take to make it through another day? & if a feather lined with
THAT GUY his words becomes a blade & Starling when he screams he screams in black and white & just like the magpie & shattered
That Guy & Swears he will walk & and carries a chip as big as New York & That Guy & at night makes me scream & and night then I woke & not to a lonely lark but to a raven’s cry & if a feather lined with his words becomes a blade & then
smashes the best possibilities & That Guy & Just brings his war & home, she cries, “why can’t Daddy leave his war what, what will it take to make it through another day? & so when they play, play the song & sing along & it could be
outside?” & That Guy & When he wants can love & like no other love & until the darkness comes & Do we make up to your turn to shine & if you know the lines & hey what’s that you say & “You can find, find him on line & most of the
break up? & Do we break up then wake up? & To cuts instead of kisses & To cuts instead & Instead & Instead & That time these days” & “Is that right,” I say. & you were right Starling
Guy & Swears he will walk & and carries a chip as big as New York & That Guy & Cannot seem to see & there’re no
other guys & but the one he used to be & Do we make up to break up? & Do we break up then wake up? & To cuts FAST HORSE
instead of kisses & To cuts instead & Instead & Instead & Will we make up? & Will we break up? & Will I wake up How can I be drunk? & You strike with dry poison & I am possessed & Still engaged in some kind of advanced
with, with & That Guy & That Guy & That Guy shackling & Girl you got to find you the man who & can smoke this out, Bad Medicine & Girl you got to find you the
man who & can smoke this out, Good Medicine would say— & You got you a Fast horse darlin’ & But all you do is
ABNORMALLY ATTRACTED TO SIN complain it ain’t & a maserati. & You had a soul that you left back in Memphis & but your mama ain’t New York
Impeccable peccadillo & You are off your guard & Pussy willow calls there by the church, & “don’t go in if you are she is pure & Tennessee & On a desert High-way & I am struck by my own rage & Time-bomb in his palm a finger-
abnormally attracted to sin” & Abnormally attracted to sin & She may be dead to you & But her hips sway a natural apple & augments this advanced shackling & Girl you got to find you the man who & can smoke this out, Bad
kind of faith & That could give your lost heart & A warm chapel & You’ll sleep in her bell tower & And you will simply Medicine & Girl you got to find you the man who & can smoke this out, Good Medicine would say— & You got you a
wake & Abnormally attracted to sin & Abnormally attracted to sin & Impeccable peccadillo & I know who you are & Tales Fast horse darlin’ & But all you do is complain it ain’t & a maserati. & You had a soul that you left back in Memphis & but
of longing sway & Lost without a verse & Hymns of swing lay low & there by the church, & “don’t go in if you are your mama ain’t New York she is pure & can’t you see your mama ain’t New York & she is pure Tennessee & Tennessee
abnormally attracted to sin”
OPHELIA
500 MILES Ophelia your secret is safe & Ophelia you must break the chain & some girls will get their way & some fathers will
He walked 300 miles & Just to bring me bread & His body like a sculpture & Almost decorated & and I’ll wake him as control from the grave & Ophelia you must remember & Veronica’s America is not like— & is not like Charlotte’s, one
the dawn does & and we’ll break it on the bus & saying, “this was made for us, love” & In lovers communion for 500 to savor & cosmic flavor & then Alison whispers, “remember & Change waltzes in with her sister Pain & waiting for
miles & And in 500 miles will he break & Break me again? & In lovers communion for 500 miles & And in 500 miles you to send her away & wish her well break the chain & break the chain” & I feel you & Ophelia & “The Eve of St.
will we brake & Even break & Step it up & Grab your phone & Get your suitcase & There is no time to waste & A big Agnes”, & a poem he can’t reach you in & Ophelia you know how to lose & but when will you learn to choose & those
adventure awaits & Sad news, France suffered a late snow & The blooms break through the ice & In San Francisco & A men who choose to stay & those mothers who won’t look the other way & Ophelia you must remember & Veronica’s
guitar man finally confessed & He left that actress & Over the lakes with hearts touched by frost & We fought in the America is not like— & is not like Charlotte’s, one to savor & cosmic flavor & then Alison whispers, “remember & Change
Land of the Midnight Sun & I lost myself & I lost myself & I walk 300 miles & Just to bring & To bring him bread & In waltzes in with her sister Pain & waiting for you to send her away & wish her well break the chain & break the
love some gifts are simple & Others I underrated & So I’ll wake him as the dawn does & And we’ll face what any chain” & I feel you & Ophelia
lovers must & Blueness pales within a flames lust & In lovers communion for 500 miles & And in 500 miles will he
break & Break me again? & In lovers communion for 500 miles & And in 500 miles will he brake & Even break & will LADY IN BLUE
we brake & Even break & Brake & Even brake & Don’t slow down & We might not even break Cigarettes recommended & “Need a Light to use?” & said the Lady In Blue after the rain & What is left? & What is right...
you may understand, & I left the right man. & said the Lady In Blue, & “I left the right man.” & Boys play well into
midnight & “Can I join you?” & said the Lady In Blue after the rain & “Pillow cold, but She won’t stray into other lands,”
he said, & “Take my hand,” to the Lady in Blue, & “You wronged the right man.” & Cigarettes recommended & “Need a Light
to use?” & said the Lady In Blue, & “I wronged the right man” & Boys play well into midnight & “Can I join you?” & said
the Lady in Blue after the rain & Boys you play well into midnight & “Can I join you?” & said the Lady In Blue & said the
Lady In Blue & said the Lady In Blue, & “I can play too.”

Lyrics for Oscar’s Theme can be found at www.everythingtori.com

GIVE CURTAIN CALL 500 MILES All Songs Written by Tori Amos
Bösendorfer Piano, Synths & Vocals Tori Amos Bösendorfer Piano & Vocals Tori Amos Bösendorfer Piano, Synths & Vocals Tori Amos Published by Sword and Stone (ASCAP)
Loops & Drums Matt Chamberlain Loops & Drums Matt Chamberlain Drums, Loops & Percussion Matt Chamberlain ©2009 Sword and Stone Publishing – All lyrics reprinted by permission
Bass Jon Evans Bass Jon Evans Bass Jon Evans Recorded & Mixed by Mark Hawley & Marcel van Limbeek
Guitar Mac Aladdin Acoustic & Electric Guitars Mac Aladdin Electric & Acoustic Guitars Mac Aladdin Assisted by Adam Spry
Produced by Tori Amos
WELCOME TO ENGLAND FIRE TO YOUR PLAIN MARY JANE Mastered by Jon Astley
Bösendorfer Piano, Synths & Vocals Tori Amos Bösendorfer Piano, Synths & Vocals Tori Amos Bösendorfer Piano & Vocal Tori Amos Recorded, Mixed & Mastered at Martian Engineering, Cornwall, England
Loops & Drums Matt Chamberlain Loops, Drums & Percussion Matt Chamberlain Management: John Witherspoon & Chelsea Laird – The Bridge Entertainment Group
Bass Jon Evans Bass Jon Evans STARLING Chief Technician: Adam Spry
Acoustic & Electric Guitars Mac Aladdin Electric Guitars Mac Aladdin Rhodes, Bösendorfer Piano & Vocals Tori Amos Studio Accountant: Helen Gilbert
Loop & Drums Matt Chamberlain Strings Arranged & Conducted by John Philip Shenale
STRONG BLACK VINE POLICE ME Bass Jon Evans Piano Technician: Ann Walker
Vocals Tori Amos Synths & Vocals Tori Amos Acoustic & Electric Guitars Mac Aladdin Additional overdubs at Avast Studios, Seattle, WA
Drums & Percussion Matt Chamberlain Loop & Drums Matt Chamberlain
Bass Jon Evans Bass Jon Evans FAST HORSE Photography: Karen Collins
Electric Guitars Mac Aladdin Electric Guitars Mac Aladdin Piano & Vocals Tori Amos Creative Director: Sandy Brummels
Arrangement John Phillip Shenale Drums & Percussion Matt Chamberlain Art Direction & Design: Christopher Kornmann for spit and image
B3 Organ & Synths John Phillip Shenale THAT GUY Bass Jon Evans The Glam Squad: Stylist: Karen Binns & Make Up: Jenni Clark & Hair: Barry Lee Moe
Bösendorfer Piano & Vocals Tori Amos 12 String & Mandolin Mac Aladdin
FLAVOR Drums Matt Chamberlain Arrangement John Phillip Shenale Legal: Peter Paterno & Michelle Jubelirer at King, Holmes, Paterno & Berliner
Bösendorfer Piano, Rhodes, Bass Jon Evans B3 Organ & Synths John Phillip Shenale US Booking: Carole Kinzel at CAA
Synths & Vocals Tori Amos Guitar Mac Aladdin European Booking: Mike Dewdney at ITB
Drum Loop & Percussion Matt Chamberlain Synths John Phillip Shenale OPHELIA International Booking: Marlene Tsuchii at CAA
Bass Jon Evans Orchestra Arranged & Conducted Bösendorfer Piano & Vocals Tori Amos European Travel: Dave Brock at Rima Travel
Electric Guitars Mac Aladdin by John Phillip Shenale Drums Matt Chamberlain
Thanks to my creative partners Johnny & Chelsea at The Bridge, to Mark & Marcel for
String Players: Violin Ed Bale, Matthew Bass Jon Evans
being the progressive production team that you are. Deep respect for all of the musicians,
NOT DYING TODAY Elston, Fiona McNaught & Kate Robinson, Electric Guitar & Mandolins Mac Aladdin
John Phillip Shenale, Matt Chamberlain, Jon Evans & Mac Aladdin. To Karen Binns & all
Rhodes, Organ & Vocals Tori Amos Viola Holly Butler & James Hogg,
the designers who have supported this project. To Karen Collins & her team. To Barry Lee
Drums & Percussion Matt Chamberlain Cello Rosemary Banks & Caroline Dale LADY IN BLUE
Moe. To Janine. To Jenni Clark. To all of the film crew fondly known as the L.A. Hippies.
Bass Jon Evans Bösendorfer Piano, Synths & Vocals Tori Amos
Christian Lamb, Chris Kantrowitz & last but never least Kendra Wester. Jim Garrity & to
Acoustic & Electric Guitars Mac Aladdin ABNORMALLY ATTRACTED TO SIN Loops, Drums & Percussion Matt Chamberlain
Alan for the Swiss chocolate. And to Nell Arnaud. To Greg in New York. Helen Gilbert &
Synths, Organ, & Vocals Tori Amos Bass Jon Evans
Adam Spry. Jon & Jude. Carol Kinzel, Bruce Lampcov, Deborah MacCullough. To Mick,
MAYBE CALIFORNIA Loops & Drums Matt Chamberlain Electric Guitar Mac Aladdin
Sancha, Anne, Dan & Richard. Tim Levy & Samuel Adamson. Barry & Kalen.
Bösendorfer Piano & Vocals Tori Amos Bass Jon Evans
Drums & Percussion Matt Chamberlain Electric & Acoustic Guitars Mac Aladdin OSCAR’S THEME Thanks also to Doug, Mel, Monte & Avery. My Universal team...Cameo, Kim, Tom, Serena,
Bass Jon Evans Bösendorfer Piano & Vocals Tori Amos Rian, Sandy, Beth, Paul, Jason, Dan, Kirk, Joel, Lori & Leah, Pat, Michael, Trina & Aleix,
Acoustic & Electric Guitars Mac Aladdin Loop Matt Chamberlain Felice & Lyssa at Girlie Action. In the UK...Ted, Darcus, Jon, Pru, Ted, Ruth, Glen, Steve &
Strings Arranged & Conducted Bass Jon Evans Polly. Of course, Max & Lee Ellen. And a special thanks to Amanda Marks – thanks for
by John Phillip Shenale being in the right place at the right time.
String Players: Violin Ed Bale, Matthew
Elston, Fiona McNaught & Kate Robinson, PERSONAL THANKS: Firstly to Mark, Husband & conspirator. Tash, you are the sun to
Viola Holly Butler & James Hogg, me, just yes to the Dobyns 5-Cody, Casey, Kit, Kelsey & of course Cory. Dr. Marie
Cello Rosemary Banks & Caroline Dale Dobyns, Mom & Dad–the Oak Trees of the family. Phillip, Kelly, Wesley & Becky, Tim &
Sue, & the rest of all the Amos bunch. The Copeland tribe of the Carolinas, to the
most patient woman in Christendom, Mrs. Irene Hawley. To Mac Aladdin’s dad. Sage
of thanks to Manny King & to your students past & present who visit us on tour. To
Curtis Kehkahbah for your insight & wisdom. To Dr. Daee. Dr. Roberts & all at your
office, especially that Antoinette. Hugs to Beenie (Nancy Shanks), Vincent & all you do &
to my soul brother, Neil Gaiman & to my little brother, Rantz. SuperDebs & Mark, Sian,
Rhys & Abbie. Uncle Bob. Arminda. Ali & Jon. The Beans. Leo’s wisdom. Michael’s Spirit.