Silent All These Years

Song Silent All These Years
Artist Tori Amos
Album Fade To Red

Lyrics

[00:17.88] excuse me but can i be you for a while
[00:21.43] my dog won't bite you if you sit real still
[00:24.91] i got the anti-christ in the kitchen yellin at me again
[00:30.81] yeah i can hear that been saved again by the garbage truck
[00:36.16] i got something to say you know but nothing come
[00:40.39] yes i know what you think of me you never shut up
[00:45.88] yeah i can hear that but what if i'm mermaid
[00:49.77] in these jeans of his with her name still on it hey
[00:54.97] but i don't care
[00:56.79] cause somtimes i said sometimes
[00:59.87] i hear my voice and it's been
[01:03.63] here
[01:08.57] silent all these years
[01:13.35]
[01:17.77] so you found a girl who thinks really deep thought
[01:21.89] what's so amazing about really deep thought
[01:25.69] boy you best pray that i bleed real soon
[01:31.12] how's that thought for ya
[01:33.00] my scream got lost in a paper cup
[01:36.41] you think ther s heaven where some
[01:39.33] screams have gone
[01:40.21] i got 25 bucks and cracker do you think it's enough
[01:44.14] to get us there cause
[01:48.32] what if i'm a mermaid
[01:51.14] in these jeans fo his with her name still on it hey
[01:55.44] but
[01:55.77] i don't care cause sometimes
[01:58.20] i said sometimes
[02:00.21] i hear my voice and it's beenhere
[02:08.95] silent all these years
[02:11.50] go by will i still be waiting for somebody else to understand
[02:18.45] years go by will i'm stripped of my beauty and the orange cloud raining in my head
[02:25.75] years go by will i choke on my tears till finally there is nothing left
[02:33.04] one more casualty you know we're too easy
[02:37.67] easy easy
[02:39.93] well i love the way we communicate
[02:43.95] your eyes focus on my funny lip shape
[02:47.66] let's hear what you think of me now
[02:50.44] but baby don't look up
[02:53.40] the sky is falling
[02:55.21] your mother shows up in a rasty dress
[02:58.99] it's your turn now to stand where i sand
[03:02.86] everybody lookinnnn' at you
[03:05.05] here take a hold of my hand
[03:08.77] yeah i can hear them
[03:10.74] but what if i'm a mermaid
[03:14.50] in these jeans of yours with her name still on it hey
[03:17.84] but i don't care cause sometimes i said sometimes
[03:22.82] i hear my voice i hear my voice
[03:26.29] and it's been
[03:30.44] here
[03:35.50] silent all these years
[03:40.11] i've been hear
[03:48.01] silent all these years
[03:53.06] silent all these years
[03:56.66] silent all these years