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paradise is there
you'll have all that you can eat
of milk and honey over there
you'll be the brightest star
the world has ever seen
sun-baked slender heroine
of film and magazine
go west
paradise is there
you'll have all that you can eat
of milk and honey over there
you'll be the brightest light
the world has ever seen
the dizzy height of a jet-set life
you could never dream
your pale blue eyes
strawberry hair
lips so sweet
skin so fair
your future bright
beyond compare
it's rags to riches
over there
San Andreas Fault
moved it's fingers
through the ground
earth divided
plates collided
such an awful sound
San Andreas Fault
moved its fingers
through the ground
terra cotta shattered
and walls came
tumbling down
o promised land
o wicked ground
build a dream
tear it down
o promised land
what a wicked ground
build a dream
watch it fall down
paradise is there
you'll have all that you can eat
of milk and honey over there
you'll be the brightest star
the world has ever seen
sun-baked slender heroine
of film and magazine
go west
paradise is there
you'll have all that you can eat
of milk and honey over there
you'll be the brightest light
the world has ever seen
the dizzy height of a jet-set life
you could never dream
your pale blue eyes
strawberry hair
lips so sweet
skin so fair
your future bright
beyond compare
it's rags to riches
over there
San Andreas Fault
moved it's fingers
through the ground
earth divided
plates collided
such an awful sound
San Andreas Fault
moved its fingers
through the ground
terra cotta shattered
and walls came
tumbling down
o promised land
o wicked ground
build a dream
tear it down
o promised land
what a wicked ground
build a dream
watch it fall down
| unclehud (now 50 feet above the planet in Boston) | Posted: Feb 08, 2013 - 21:14 frank-peter wrote: I could cry so much this moment! Natalie Mechant is nearer Jesus than I every time! This song rule my world, since I hear it as the first time! I'm so thankful! bump |
| Desimia (Buenvenidos a Me-ah-mi) | Posted: Jan 08, 2013 - 13:12 Thanks RP. I didn't realize until now how much I've missed that voice. |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: May 01, 2012 - 08:39 I'm not even going to scroll through the standard Natalie hating. I'll assume it's down there and add a balancing argument of how much I absolutely adore this song and singer and her beautiful voice. |
| wrangler (swamps of jersey) | Posted: Jan 27, 2012 - 07:08 the perfect song for a wet and cold melancholy morning  |
| DoctorHooey (/etc) | Posted: Jan 27, 2012 - 07:08 You know, this is really very good. I love the sparse arrangement, her delivery and the lyrics. It occurs to me that she was getting a bad rap all this time when it was really 10,000 Maniacs I hated. Sorry, Natalie! |
| trissi (allupinya) | Posted: Oct 24, 2011 - 05:40 lemmoth wrote: I add this with some trepedation as I have posted many a post defending the vocal stylings of great songwriters like Neil Young, Dylan, Waits and others - they wrote the songs, its rock and roll not opera - the voice is another instrument in the mix. she cannot be compared to anyone in your list as far as talent, no comparison, blasphemy. now tori amos, that's who she can be compared to.  |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: May 19, 2011 - 12:32 Yea, ya know what? I am done with her too....scratch |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Mar 17, 2011 - 12:09 I add this with some trepedation as I have posted many a post defending the vocal stylings of great songwriters like Neil Young, Dylan, Waits and others - they wrote the songs, its rock and roll not opera - the voice is another instrument in the mix. |
| frank-peter (Siegen / Germany) | Posted: Dec 13, 2010 - 10:03 I could cry so much this moment! Natalie Mechant is nearer Jesus than I every time! This song rule my world, since I hear it as the first time! I'm so thankful! |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: May 30, 2010 - 12:59
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| earwig | Posted: Dec 24, 2009 - 07:41 7 -> 8 right kind of song at the right time |
| h8rhater | Posted: Dec 08, 2009 - 13:10 kyleminor wrote: This song really set the tone for this whole album... no wonder it was the opening track. It's a great logical progression from her days with 10,000 Maniacs. Great album. Too bad she couldn't sustain this level of artistry. Her next album Ophelia was a bit weird, and Motherland was... well, if you think she sucks on this album, you should NEVER EVER EVER listen to that one. Sounds like she is about to have her mega-swollen tonsils out. You have been warned! Ophelia was a FANTASTIC disc. Easily as good, if not better, than Tiger Lilly. Motherland is also a very good disc but less commercial to be sure. One thing for certain is that she sustained her "level of artistry" thru all 3 offerings and is still a great artist. |
| LongGoneDaddy | Posted: Oct 22, 2009 - 11:55 midreaming wrote: this lady is frickin awesome. 'love her music, love her voice, espec the country apalacian stuff, she can sing to me anytime aNY where. Anybody know who she's singing to in this one? Schwarzenegger. |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: Sep 20, 2009 - 22:08 AliGator wrote: I like this song and associate the CD (yeah, I said CD, not album) with a particular time in my life. The next time I heard Natalie Merchant, it was on RP, and it was several years albums (yeah, I said album, not CD) later, and I wondered what had happened to her voice. Does anyone know? Ummm yeah it just kept getting better see the albums Ophelia and Motherland. |
| crockydile (The swamps of Houston) | Posted: Aug 04, 2009 - 14:06 AliGator wrote: I like this song and associate the CD (yeah, I said CD, not album) with a particular time in my life. The next time I heard Natalie Merchant, it was on RP, and it was several years albums (yeah, I said album, not CD) later, and I wondered what had happened to her voice. Does anyone know? I don't know, but I know's that yer my nemesis. HAHA!  |
| AliGator (Chez Broca) | Posted: Jun 18, 2009 - 00:19 I like this song and associate the CD (yeah, I said CD, not album) with a particular time in my life. The next time I heard Natalie Merchant, it was on RP, and it was several years albums (yeah, I said album, not CD) later, and I wondered what had happened to her voice. Does anyone know? |
| Mandible | Posted: May 01, 2009 - 08:55  Natalie haunts me in my dreams. |
| arzvael (Rennes, Brittany) | Posted: Feb 27, 2009 - 07:26 8 up to 9, don't know really why, but great moment I'm having now  |
| holborne (New York) | Posted: Feb 11, 2009 - 13:02 Ew, Natalie Merchant. |
| bindi (North Carolina) | Posted: Feb 11, 2009 - 12:59 Mmmmmmm! Yummy. I heard my three favorite female vocalists today - Natalie, Sally (Hem) and Margo Timmins. Great paylist! |
| kyleminor (San Francisco) | Posted: Feb 11, 2009 - 12:59 This song really set the tone for this whole album... no wonder it was the opening track. It's a great logical progression from her days with 10,000 Maniacs. Great album. Too bad she couldn't sustain this level of artistry. Her next album Ophelia was a bit weird, and Motherland was... well, if you think she sucks on this album, you should NEVER EVER EVER listen to that one. Sounds like she is about to have her mega-swollen tonsils out. You have been warned! |
| fluffybum | Posted: Jan 10, 2009 - 21:02 wow. sucking bad. she sucks. |
| MsJudi (Houston, TX) | Posted: Dec 10, 2008 - 06:31 Chi_Guy wrote:  I find Natalie enchanting(really). AND, I even like her music...BTW: Is "mesmeric" a word?No, but neither is "hypmatize", which is the way she pronounces the word in another song. I still love her, though. |
| Chi_Guy (Chicago) | Posted: Nov 24, 2008 - 12:43 I find Natalie enchanting(really). AND, I even like her music...BTW: Is "mesmeric" a word? |
| ihategrapejuice (Bloomington, IN) | Posted: Nov 24, 2008 - 12:40 powerful and captivating beginning after Bela Fleck's take on Moonlight Sonata |
| Papernapkin (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: Nov 08, 2008 - 17:25 betsyroks wrote: this woman has seen me through some mesmeric times and some not some great times too.10 just for being there Mesmeric? When I snap my fingers you will regain consciousness (and realize Natalie Merchant songs are pretty terrible). |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Oct 07, 2008 - 15:10
** 8 / 9 ** (Edited: 21-07-2011) |
| TanteJensen (one step ahead from my shoe shine, two steps away from the county line) | Posted: Sep 22, 2008 - 08:09 eastcoast wrote: She sounds like someone else who sounds like someone else who sounds like someone else...but I can't figure out who Wait ... she's female. So what I gather from other song comments, it must be either Tori Amos or Aimee Man. By federal law, female singers are no longer allowed to sound like any other female singers safe those two (let alone themselves). About the song: Anyone for a "I'm completely indifferent to Natalie Merchant" group? I just cannot bring myself to hate or adore her, though I'm convinced both must be very rewarding. |
| betsyroks (uk leicester) | Posted: Sep 22, 2008 - 08:03 this woman has seen me through some mesmeric times and some not some great times too.10 just for being there |
| Gednabb (New York City) | Posted: Jun 19, 2008 - 14:24 I often feel like all female singers in this genre sound alike. |
| queenjill (banana stand) | Posted: Jun 03, 2008 - 19:29 bokey wrote: You mean you think she realizes how ridiculous she is but is striving onward as an inspiration for the musically handicapped?  |
| ezzyme (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Apr 17, 2008 - 16:45 As much as I love much of her music, egotist doesn't do her justice. As far as she is concerned, if God could sing, God would sound like her. |
| bokey (I'm up on the tightwire one sides ice and one is fire) | Posted: Apr 01, 2008 - 21:30 riffster wrote: I'm not the biggest Natalie Merchant fan, but when she stops trying so hard to be a muse and just lets the song work like she does here .... she ain't half bad.
That's an interesting comment, but I'm not sure what it means. You mean you think she realizes how ridiculous she is but is striving onward as an inspiration for the musically handicapped? |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | Posted: Mar 01, 2008 - 08:31 EssexTex wrote: Aw it's always San Andreas fault..give the guy a break! Andrew did it.  |
| riffster (looking for fast transport) | Posted: Jan 14, 2008 - 06:14 I'm not the biggest Natalie Merchant fan, but when she stops trying so hard to be a muse and just lets the song work like she does here .... she ain't half bad. |
| jmpnbob (Lomita California) | Posted: Dec 13, 2007 - 20:34 love her voice, 9 |
| EssexTex (Gros Islet) | Posted: Nov 28, 2007 - 04:13 Aw it's always San Andreas fault..give the guy a break! |
| TheFriendlyCat (Five Miles South of Nowhere) | Posted: Nov 12, 2007 - 10:55 I love this song! I love her voice! |
| mrzipmann (Germsmany) | Posted: Oct 12, 2007 - 00:59 prickelpit96 wrote: Ohhh ich hab' solche Sehnsucht, ich verliere den Verstand! Ich will wieder an die Nordsee,ohoho ich will zurueck, ich will zurueck, ich will zurueck, ich will zurueck, nach Westerland! 
A popular song that reminds me of 'our' westcoast (click here) ontopic: wonderful music together with a great voice... 8 Krasser Vergleich!! |
| prickelpit96 (Hannover, Germany) | Posted: Sep 26, 2007 - 07:33 AlienRelic wrote: I think of this song every time I travel to the West Coast.
Ohhh ich hab' solche Sehnsucht, ich verliere den Verstand! Ich will wieder an die Nordsee,ohoho ich will zurueck, ich will zurueck, ich will zurueck, ich will zurueck, nach Westerland!
A popular song that reminds me of 'our' westcoast (click here) ontopic: wonderful music together with a great voice... 8 |
| DoctorHooey (/etc) | Posted: Sep 26, 2007 - 07:33 I'll be flying out there today to go to my Grandma's funeral. This song is disturbingly appropriate and affecting me emotionally in a way it hasn't before. I do love the sparseness of it. |
| Gaylord_Meatface (Edmonton) | Posted: Sep 26, 2007 - 07:32 Simply fantastic..... Thanks RP.  |
| CafeRacer (Still Waiting To Wake Up, Indiana) | Posted: Sep 26, 2007 - 07:32 Playing NM now is perfect timing. I have to go upstairs and fold laundry. |
| gopre | Posted: Sep 10, 2007 - 14:59 I miss her music, but only hope she's working on something new. Or, perhaps one of her other art muses. What a wonderful lady. |
| AlienRelic (east of Eden) | Posted: Sep 10, 2007 - 14:58 I think of this song every time I travel to the West Coast. |
| MayBaby (Augusta, Georgia, USA) | Posted: Jul 25, 2007 - 10:30 What beautiful music this afternoon! Hugs and kisses to the awesome DJ of the ONLY radio station I listen to! Thank you Bill : ) |
| sukilau (cellar dweller) | Posted: Jul 25, 2007 - 10:24 fa-reak. |
| iTuner | Posted: May 07, 2007 - 22:34 Waybo wrote: I cannot stand NM.
...But, for some strange reason I like this song, its melody, its mood. I agree. She got so overplayed in the early 90s that I really can't listen to her anymore except for this song. |
| Almo80 (Jayhawk-land, KS) | Posted: Apr 06, 2007 - 08:22 Haven't heard anything from this CD since I lost it in High School. Thanks for the memories RP! |
| eastcoast | Posted: Apr 06, 2007 - 08:22 She sounds like someone else who sounds like someone else who sounds like someone else...but I can't figure out who |
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