Google Music: Pixies "Broken Face" Lyrics?

Thursday 28 April 2011

Pixies "Broken Face" Lyrics?

My question is about the last verse. I’ve looked it up at various seats online, and it says that the line is, “the small thing who likes my mother speaks no English. But if you saw her you’d say, ‘Isn’t she lovely?’” I’ve listened to it meticulously and believe that the right line is, “The small thing who does my laundry….” Can anyone confirm if I am right or incorrect?
I’m pretty sure that the right line is, “The small thing who does my laundry speaks no English. But if you saw her, you’d say, ‘isn’t she lovely?’” On the live recording from Coachella it’s as clear as day. I only questioned because many websites seem to have posted the incorrect lyrics.

Answer by fjmarie1
Title Broken Face
Artist(s) Pixies
Album(s) Surfer Rosa (1988), Track 4,
Wave of Mutilation: The Best of the Pixies (2004), Track 5

i got a broken face
i got a broken face, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh,uh huh, ooh
i got a broken face
i got a broken face
i got a broken face

there was this boy who had two children
with his sisters, who were his daughters
who were his favourite lovers

i got no lips, i got no tongue
everywhere there were eyes there’s only space
i got no lips, i got no tongue

i got a broken face
i got a broken face

there was this man who smashed his brain in small pieces
in small pieces
and then they drilled holes
and then they place ‘em back in there

i got no lips, i got no tongue
everywhere there were eyes there’s only space
i got no lips, i got no tongue

i got a broken face
i got a broken face

the small thing who does my laundry speaks no english
but if you saw here you’d say, isn’t she lovely?

i got no lips, i got no tongue
everywhere there were eyes there’s only space
i got no lips, i got no tongue

Answer by oklatom
The small thing who likes my mother
Speaks no English
But if you saw her
You’d say “Hey isn’t she lovely”

I got no lips, I got no tongue
Whatever I say is only spit
I got no lips, I got no tongue

Listen again…

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Try this trick and spin it
pixies lyrics

Image by Garrettc
With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
But there’s nothing in it
And you’ll question yourself

Everywhere is my mind

Way out in the water
See it swimmin’

I was swimmin’ in the Caribbean
Animals were hiding behind the rocks
Except the small fish
But they told me, he swears
Tryin’ to talk to me to me to me

Everywhere is my mind

Way out in the water
See it swimmin’ ?

With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
If there’s nothing in it
And you’ll question yourself

Everywhere is my mind

Ooooh… With your feet in the air and your head on the ground
Ooooh… Try this trick and spin it, yeah
- The Pixies

I just heard that song about 2 month ago and it really stuck in my head, I like the music I reckon it incredible. I just do not know what the lyrics mean.

hey
been trying to meet you
hey
must be a devil between us
or whores in my head
whores at my door
whores in my bed
but hey
everywhere
have you
been if you go i will surely die
we’re chained

uh said the man to the lady
uh said the lady to the man she adored
and the whores like a choir
go uh all night
and mary ain’t you tired of this
uh
is
the
signal
that the mother makes when the baby breaks
we’re chained

Answer by Mark
The goal of Frank Black was to confound you and any possibility you may have of figuring out what he “really means”. That’s what made them so wonderfully absurd.

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