#Natalie Merchant

[clover-blossom]

"I want you to remember me that way"

-Natalie Merchant (Frozen Charlotte)

[teathattast]

You've been so kind and generous

I don't know how you keep on giving

For your kindness, I'm in debt to you

For your selflessness, my admiration

For everything you've done, you know I'm bound

I'm bound to thank you for it

[thekylemeredith]

Tonight, I'll be hanging with my birthday twin, who just starred in #BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice, the great #MonicaBellucci!

Natalie Merchant will also drop in, I'll dig into the archive for an interview with DJ Shadow, & we'll Meet The #Flintstones for TV In The Radio

6p ET on 91.9 WFPK

[rolloroberson]

Natalie Merchant

[slackville-records]

Natalie Merchant - Giving Up Everything

"Giving Up Everything"

Giving up everything,

my hungry ghost of hopefulness.

Giving up everything,

not haunted by wanting this.

Giving up everything,

the fortune I was saving.

Giving up everything,

I mercy-killed my craving.

Giving up everything,

I’ve opened up my eyes for this.

Giving up everything,

see the whole magnificent emptiness.

Gave what I want for how it is,

for the stone inside and the bitterness,

for the sweetness at the core of it.

Giving up everything,

the master plan, the scheming.

Giving up everything,

my cursed search for meaning.

Giving up everything,

the compass and the map I was reading.

The hinterlands I’m leaving,

I’m finally leaving behind.

Giving up everything,

the big to-do, the hullabaloo,

the tug-of-war for some twisted truth.

For the everlasting ache of it,

no longer slave, not chained to it,

no gate, no guard, no keeper,

no guru, master, teacher.

See the slow-receding faces

dissolve to black, no traces.

[sowhatifiliveinfukuoka]

Natalie Merchant

Carnival (1995)

[qrfit]

Be grateful. Be present. Eat pie. 🥧🍴

[doyourememberrocknrollradio]

10,000 Maniacs - These Are Days

[davidhudson]

Happy 60th, Natalie Merchant.

[musicwithoutborders]

Natalie Merchant, My Skin I Ophelia, 1998

[quitecontraryy]

Natalie Merchant photographed by Rick McGinnis, Toronto, 1998.

[teathattast]

Got her tangled in his arms

She's a lusting, trusting fool

"No man born can rule me

That I've sworn

But stranger if you do

I'll belong to you"

[rolloroberson]

Natalie Merchant

[reelaroundthedavekan]

Union Song

Which Side Are You On? - Natalie Merchant

Come all you good workers Good news to you I'll tell Of how the good old union Has come in here to dwell

Which side are you on boys? Which side are you on?

My daddy was a miner He's now in the air and sun He'll be with you fellow workers Until the battle's won

Which side are you on boys? Which side are you on?

They say in Harlan County There are no neutrals there You'll either be a union man Or a thug for J. H. Claire

Which side are you on boys? Which side are you on?

Oh workers can you stand it? Oh tell me how you can Will you be a lousy scab Or will you be a man?

Which side are you on boys? Which side are you on?

Don't scab for the bosses Don't listen to their lies Poor folks ain't got a chance Unless they organise

Which side are you on boys? Which side are you on? Which side are you on boys? Which side are you on? Which side? Which side are you on boys? Which side are you on? Which side are you on boys? Which side? Which side? Which side are you on boys? Which side are you on? Which side are you on boys? Which side? Which side? Which side are you on boys? Which side are you on? Which side are you on boys? Which side? Which side? Which side are you on boys? Which side are you on? Which side are you on boys? Which side Are you on?

[sowhatifiliveinfukuoka]

Natalie Merchant (10,000 Maniacs) (1989)

© Jon Ragel