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It happens in the smallest ways
It happens all the time
But if you've never had your sight
What's it mean to be blind
Now maybe they all just pretend to be
Or maybe we're not trying
Can't we just be happy for awhile
It happens all the time
All these little suicides
They hardly make a mark
I can take these fun-house rides
I'm a natural in the dark
I'm a natural in the dark
In the dark
If I could give you that
I'd give it all the time
You're just a little tired today
Tomorrow you'll be fine
If love heals anything at all
We should be flying
If I could give you that
I'd love you all the time
You're everything I've ever wanted
You're everything to me
Is there no stopping when it's started
These old hearts just come apart
It happens in the smallest ways
It happens all the time
If I'm not who I used to be
Well, it's not to be unkind
And if you feel these aren't your better days
Oh, I don't mind
Can't we just be happy for awhile
It happens all the time
It happens all the time
But if you've never had your sight
What's it mean to be blind
Now maybe they all just pretend to be
Or maybe we're not trying
Can't we just be happy for awhile
It happens all the time
All these little suicides
They hardly make a mark
I can take these fun-house rides
I'm a natural in the dark
I'm a natural in the dark
In the dark
If I could give you that
I'd give it all the time
You're just a little tired today
Tomorrow you'll be fine
If love heals anything at all
We should be flying
If I could give you that
I'd love you all the time
You're everything I've ever wanted
You're everything to me
Is there no stopping when it's started
These old hearts just come apart
It happens in the smallest ways
It happens all the time
If I'm not who I used to be
Well, it's not to be unkind
And if you feel these aren't your better days
Oh, I don't mind
Can't we just be happy for awhile
It happens all the time
| unclehud (now 50 feet above the planet in Boston) | Posted: Mar 13, 2013 - 13:21 Byronape wrote: Ok, I know this is an old comment... but it's awesome and made me laugh. And yes, I know I'm a child. Yeah, well I see the album cover; I hear her sing that she's a natural in the dark, in the dark; and I can imagine how that voice sounds in the dark; and "little suicides" may refer to self inflicted "little deaths"; and yes, I am also a child. But I heard something different tonight: "If I forgive you that, then I give in all the time. I'm just a little tired today; tomorrow you'll be fine. All these little suicides, they hardly bear remark." I was married for 25 years, and I understand. |
| ShirleyEva | Posted: Oct 07, 2012 - 17:33 Surprising!!! to hear here the Golden Palonimos! cheers!!! |
| socalhol (Seattle) | Posted: May 02, 2012 - 17:15 I bought this CD from a record store (Silver Platters) back in 97 or 98, and the packaging included a black band wrapped around the middle, under the cellophane. I thought it was pretty ridiculous. Little kids can see more in the National Geographic magazine in the doctor's office..... |
| Byronape ("post-capitalist wreckageville") | Posted: Apr 01, 2012 - 00:05 LaurentianD wrote: I am enjoying the true love songs being played. But I admit to admiring that breast. BUT ITS RED! But it is a breast. BUT IT MEANS DANGER! Nice breast though. DANGER! WILL ROBINSON! Okay I get it. Ok, I know this is an old comment... but it's awesome and made me laugh. And yes, I know I'm a child. |
| dave3ld (What a great station!) | Posted: Feb 29, 2012 - 07:47 Nicely written tune, but singing isn't the strongest. A 6 at the best. |
| bpkengor (York, Maine, USA) | Posted: Jun 21, 2011 - 12:21 YEAH!!!! |
| 4merdj (donde el viento se devuelve) | Posted: Apr 19, 2011 - 07:05 Nice symmetry ... ![]() |
| AvoidingWork (Home of Big Boy #4004) | Posted: Feb 15, 2011 - 10:43 Walrus_Gumbo wrote: I like your Woody Allen "Everything you wanted to know about sex, but were afraid to ask" reference! Thanks! Men of a certain age get that joke (no other pun intended). Cheers! |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Nov 12, 2010 - 23:32 Not my taste! |
| coolpeople_rule (Winter wonder land) | Posted: Sep 10, 2010 - 13:02 Netto wrote: -look at this Beavis! -Hmm-hmm =) Cool! That's interesting to think about someone from Russia making a reference to Beavis and Butthead. America, what a country! (Russia too) |
| Blip (on the radar) | Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 18:19 Is there something off about this song or is it just me? In some portions she appears to be singing a bit off-key, while the instruments are too loud or the beat is behind her or something. |
| lmic (Harmless Little Bunny) | Posted: Mar 03, 2010 - 18:14 I just noticed how this is a little like Shawn Colvin meets Indigo Girls. Very nice. |
| LaurentianD | Posted: Nov 29, 2009 - 11:09 RadioDoc wrote: For those of you struggling under the thumb of idiotic PC work rules, block http://www.radioparadise.com/graphics/covers/* at your browser and you won't have to worry about this, or Blind Faith either... I am enjoying the true love songs being played. But I admit to admiring that breast. BUT ITS RED! But it is a breast. BUT IT MEANS DANGER! Nice breast though. DANGER! WILL ROBINSON! Okay I get it. |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Sep 27, 2009 - 11:41 djengs wrote: Some of us work for people or agencies that draw tolerence at the lowest level. Don't demean those of us having to follow such arcane rules- we are demeaned enough already. For those of you struggling under the thumb of idiotic PC work rules, block http://www.radioparadise.com/graphics/covers/* at your browser and you won't have to worry about this, or Blind Faith either... |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Sep 27, 2009 - 11:40 tiggers wrote: If you are serious I think you need to get a new job. Get a different job? because they don't let you surf the web at work and look at newd photos? What planet do you live on? |
| Walrus_Gumbo | Posted: Aug 27, 2009 - 00:04 AvoidingWork wrote: I hear they usually travel in pairs so there should be another... I like your Woody Allen "Everything you wanted to know about sex, but were afraid to ask" reference! |
| Neil66 ((stav) anger) | Posted: Aug 26, 2009 - 23:31 ![]() |
| mread (W117°12.138' N32°53.742') | Posted: Apr 29, 2009 - 22:40 esotericderek wrote: Can't... stop... looking... at... that... album... cover... Sure am glad I'm a mammal. |
| djengs | Posted: Oct 30, 2008 - 10:57 Mugro wrote: Yes, you ARE an ultranurd, huh? I'd bet you were in favor of John Ashcroft's covering the nude statues in Washington, too, huh? Some of us work for people or agencies that draw tolerence at the lowest level. Don't demean those of us having to follow such arcane rules- we are demeaned enough already. |
| TJS (Denver) | Posted: Oct 30, 2008 - 10:52 Alafia wrote: I really like this song. And whoa... Nice album cover ![]() How's the rest of this disk? It's fantastic. I would also recommend "this is how it feels" which also has Lori Carson on lead vocals |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Sep 28, 2008 - 19:01 trekhead wrote: I heard the lead singer is Nipplies...er, I mean Nepalese! ![]() Lori Carson |
| trekhead (Arkham, G.C.) | Posted: Aug 28, 2008 - 05:31 I heard the lead singer is Nipplies...er, I mean Nepalese! ![]() |
| Alafia | Posted: Aug 28, 2008 - 05:29 I really like this song. And whoa... Nice album cover ![]() How's the rest of this disk? |
| Netto (Khimki, Russia.) | Posted: Jul 27, 2008 - 14:01 -look at this Beavis! -Hmm-hmm =) Cool! |
| esotericderek | Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 10:09 Can't... stop... looking... at... that... album... cover... |
| djengs | Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 10:09 SmackDaddy wrote: There's really far more interesting songs on this cd. This one is actually a little out of place on the cd.
This is a great starting place then - I love it! |
| esotericderek | Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 10:08 Wow, this is really a very inter... MMMM....BOOBIES!!! |
| KSTrillian (drizzly gray Seattle) | Posted: Jun 10, 2008 - 10:07 pretty harmonies. |
| SmackDaddy (San Diego) | Posted: Apr 24, 2008 - 01:19 There's really far more interesting songs on this cd. This one is actually a little out of place on the cd. |
| wferrier (Johnson City, New York; Home of the Factory) | Posted: Apr 08, 2008 - 11:52 Loris music is sometimes quite beautiful. Some of it is downright spooky. Some of it touches sunshine. Some of it plays hopscotch over the gravestone. |
| tiggers | Posted: Feb 21, 2008 - 01:52 UltraNurd wrote: I am allowed to listen to internet radio, and to a limited extent surf the web at work. Images like that one are right out.
If you are serious I think you need to get a new job. |
| UltraNurd (Boston, MA) | Posted: Feb 05, 2008 - 13:53 Mugro wrote: Yes, you ARE an ultranurd, huh? I'd bet you were in favor of John Ashcroft's covering the nude statues in Washington, too, huh? Now, see, there's a MASSIVE difference between government-mandated censorship and community-agreed-upon censorship, and I'm a little annoyed you made that leap. It wouldn't even have to be censorship for all users; it could be a simple profile option for individual users "hide flagged album art", similar to Google SafeSearch. I am allowed to listen to internet radio, and to a limited extent surf the web at work. Images like that one are right out. |
| bam23 (Berkeley) | Posted: Feb 05, 2008 - 13:18 The album tends to follow (maybe 'wallow in' for some) this general ambience. I heard this on RP and, having Amoeba Music available within walking distance, was able to pick this up for about $3. Worth it. |
| Mugro (Lane Village, Red Sox Nation) | Posted: Feb 05, 2008 - 13:17 UltraNurd wrote: Um... for those of us who listen to RP at work and view the song pages, is there a censored version of this album cover?
Yes, you ARE an ultranurd, huh? I'd bet you were in favor of John Ashcroft's covering the nude statues in Washington, too, huh? |
| UltraNurd (Boston, MA) | Posted: Feb 05, 2008 - 13:15 Um... for those of us who listen to RP at work and view the song pages, is there a censored version of this album cover? |
| cherylg4 (Music Void, WA) | Posted: Feb 05, 2008 - 13:14 All these great comments, and it only has an average 6.8 rating? C'mon, people! |
| nigelr (Coffs Harbour, Australia) | Posted: Jan 05, 2008 - 01:50 You got me, baby. Gorgeous track, superb vocals and musicianship all round. |
| AvoidingWork (Home of Big Boy #4004) | Posted: Dec 05, 2007 - 10:19 al9009 wrote: Never heard of these before. And this is just gorgeous...
I want more! I hear they usually travel in pairs so there should be another... |
| Krow_Pie (Venice, California) | Posted: Dec 04, 2007 - 16:47 Hidden gem, from a band that's been around for ever! -KP |
| al9009 (Cosford. Near Wolverhampton. Its in England.) | Posted: Dec 04, 2007 - 16:47 Never heard of these before. And this is just gorgeous... I want more! |
| Kornmann (New York, NY) | Posted: Dec 04, 2007 - 16:46 I think Syd Straw is doing the background vocals...love her voice as well. |
| coccyx (moose season over) | Posted: Dec 04, 2007 - 16:45 dezebel wrote: I'm going to have to give it a 'D'.
Looks more like a small C to me har har |
| rbigelo (Spanish Town) | Posted: Nov 18, 2007 - 18:36 RP, you ROCK the world, RATTLE cosmos and hum the airwaves for playing Golden Palominos. |
| megmoves (Wisconsin) | Posted: Nov 05, 2007 - 09:26 Yesterday, I heard this song on RP. It was the first time I heard "Little Suicides" since I was in High School. For me, it was interesting to listen to it, with the perspective of a 31 year old and interpret it completely differently than how I did at 18. I've been humming and singing the refrain since. Time is interesting. |
| dezebel (Toronto) | Posted: Nov 03, 2007 - 08:34 I'm going to have to give it a 'D'. |
| bpkengor | Posted: Oct 18, 2007 - 09:43 I like a lot of GP music, along with Lori Carson solo work. but my wife hates it. we like it and hate it for the same reasons. for me, Carson's breathy vocal style is kind of mystical. for my wife, Carson's breathy vocal style, and others like her, are just, well, breathy. |
| kcar | Posted: Sep 16, 2007 - 23:38 fretman wrote: Hey SlowHand, that's a tit, not an ass. One of the best posts I've ever read on RP. Pithiness kills. |
| birdland (Right about ....here.) | Posted: Sep 01, 2007 - 11:16 fretman wrote: Hey SlowHand, that's a tit, not an ass. Lmao. |
| winter (in exile, as always) | Posted: Sep 01, 2007 - 11:11 chinchita wrote: Does anyone else hear the Sundays?
A little, but this singer's voice is nowhere as lovely as Harriet Wheeler's, IMO. |
| DoctorHooey (/etc) | Posted: Aug 16, 2007 - 13:31 I can't concentrate with that album cover on my screen. |




