Neko Case - Prison Girls Lyrics






Where am I tonight? La, da, da
My hotel room won't remember me
And this dream will die, die by morning
And this dream won't remember me

Awakened by a droning voice
I love your long shadows and your gunpowder eyes
Is it a lady or is it a man
Humming helicopters through the blades of a fan

I love your long shadows and your gunpowder eyes
I love your long shadows and your gunpowder eyes

On my feet to chase it down
The lights were spokes and rungs away
I stumbled back and hit the floor
Long shadows crawl beneath the door
To a passage so poorly lit
There's moths flying away from it

Who am I tonight? La, da, da
My hotel room won't remember me
Darkness enter prison girls
Pushing mops and kicking pails
Now's my chance
I clasp my chest
And declare unto my audience
I love your long shadows and your gunpowder eyes
I love your long shadows and your gunpowder eyes

Prison girls are not impressed
They're the ones that have to clean this mess
They've traded more for cigarettes
Than I've managed to express

Filing past miles long
The cheek is frozen to the floor
The prison girls have filled their beds
Their thoughts too dry above their heads

I love your long shadows and your gunpowder eyes





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  1. R.... K....

    I'm here from fifteen years ago because I can find music myself

  2. C.... V....

    Bates motel promo brought me here

  3. C.... R....

    Npr brought me here

  4. b.... c....

    scorned as timber beloved of the sky

  5. M.... ....

    is that a barefoot ginger on a Pontiac with a longsword?

    Just checking.

    M.... ....

    It's a Mercury Cougar, actually.

    M.... ....

    Someone get this guy a napkin! He gunna need it!

  6. A.... J....

    I will always love bates motel

  7. S.... _....

    mother what have you done

  8. V.... V....

    well that bates motel promo was sick

    V.... V....

    Cannibal Queen Sure it was..

    V.... V....

    Salmon Snail Gave me chills omg i'm not ready for it to end

  9. h.... b....

    It's time to check out everyone. What a beautiful motel😭💙

    h.... b....

    hendra bp there not gonna come out with a 6th season? i really hope they do. bates motel has made my life so much better

  10. V.... B....

    Mother aproves

  11. h.... ....

    BATES MOTEL

  12. i.... ....

    BATES MOTEL SERIES FINALE PROMO SONG 😟😟

  13. M.... N....

    My mother... I miss her so terribly. Norman Bates.

    M.... N....

    Freddie Highmore will always be Norman to me now.

  14. M.... A....

    Who's here from Bates Motel??

    M.... A....

    Salmon Snail Me 😂

    M.... A....

    Me.... I miss Bates Motel too much❤😔

    M.... A....

    are they coming out with a 6th season?

  15. J.... J....

    Great number neko case , l love here music , iT is so differend , 😘😘😘😘💕💕woow

  16. s.... ....

    This song has been on my mind for awhile now. I keep trying to decipher it, verse by verse. I know the protagonist is in jail, something is happening, but idk what, but she winds up telling the other prison girls about it, but they're not impressed. I think she's dead at the end, though. I am vexed.

    s.... ....

    It its a dream-a series of images strung together by the illogic of the subconscious. The greatness in the song is in the individual images. ie. "a passage so poorly lit, there's moths flying away from it!"

    s.... ....

    +Shiva Ganesha yr dope for that

    s.... ....

    @Shiva Ganesha That's one of my favorites in this song. Neko is just amazing.

  17. i.... T....

    harkulade

  18. K.... K....

    wonderful metaphor you just painted for us!!

  19. B.... ....

    cool song

  20. u.... ....

    Absolutely one of my favorite songs to listen to, play and sing along to or recommend to anyone open to such sophisticated and haunting songwriting.

  21. b.... ....

    I LOVE her rockabilly grindhouse sound.

  22. M.... B....

    The best album cover.

  23. r.... ....

    This woman is amazing. Her lyrics are fresh, and her voice is like something deep in your soul is trying to come alive.

  24. S.... G....

    "To a passage so poorly lit there's moths flying away from it."--and every other line in this song--my god this is a masterpiece. Why is it that only us few are seeing this?

    S.... G....

    i get. it but miss gastown

  25. E.... ....

    @element7795

    I'd recommend "Things that Scare Me," "I Wish I Was the Moon Tonight," "Polar Nettles," and "Vengeance is Sleeping." She's got tons of good stuff, but those are a few of my favorites. 1st and 3rd are similar to this song in terms of mood.

  26. e.... ....

    Wish she had more this good. Any recommendations?

  27. M.... ....

    So good.

  28. C.... ....

    This is one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs I've ever heard. It simultaneously makes me a little sad and yet very happy to be alive too.

  29. G.... G....

    Amazing song!

  30. h.... r....

    Her voice reaches out and touches your body and leaves you with a feeling like you've just been kissed.

  31. f.... ....

    Truly amazing. Can't wait for the next record!

  32. m.... ....

    Lovely. Her performance with Elvis Costello on “Spectacle” was even more special because Elvis went crazy on the guitar.

  33. f.... ....

    Gorgeous lyrics "Love your long shadows and your gunpowder eyes..." What makes this so very haunting is the tritone (diminished fifth chord). My daughter in Canada introduced me to this artist and now I can't get enough.

  34. E.... J....

    que buena bestia!

  35. d.... ....

    "on my feet to chase it down..." this has got to be one of the best things she has ever made. amazingly beautiful. (CIA)