Patti Scialfa Album

Written by: Patti Scialfa

Baby take a walk in toy land
Be my hero play the part
I'm falling down hard from salvation
Come protect this china heart
Though my party dress is torn
I still walk and talk and cry and crawl
And I've got no one on my arm
Well I am just a rumble doll

Now some girls are just born lucky
Yeah they're lucky that's for sure
Well in my soul I've never felt that clean though I
I know my heart is pure
Sometimes I feel like I know too much - and
Sometimes I feel like I don't know nothing at all
But I can still be soft to the touch
Well I am just a rumble doll

Now I don't know how to unlock the door
To those forgiving words - no I
I just don't understand
'Cause every time I try to turn that key
It leaves a dark stain in my hand
So measure my intentions against my sins
And if you think my name it should be called
I'll be on the outside somewhere looking in
Well I am just a rumble
I am just a rumble
Well I am just a rumble doll

So baby take a walk in toy land
Be my hero play the part
I'm falling down hard from salvation

Written by: Patti Scialfa

From the first time that I saw you
I wanted nothing but to make you mine
Now there's this girl with milk white hands
And on her finger your wedding band shines
Still you tempt me with your kisses
Still you tempt me with your charm
Ain't gonna struggle no more with this
Tonight I'm gonna lie down in your arms
And all my fear and all my sorrow
It will disappear
I'll do the right thing come tomorrow
But tonight I'm gonna stay right here
I'm gonna stay right here

Now me I'm just a lonely girl
And I know baby you're a lonely man
And I may never mean more to you
Than a sin that lied waiting in your hands
Still I tempt you with my kisses
Still I tempt you with my charm
Ain't gonna ask but one thing of you
Forgive me darling and I'll forgive you - well
All my fear and all my sorrow
It will disappear
I'll do the right thing come tomorrow
But tonight I'm gonna stay right here
I'm gonna stay right here

Come tomorrow don't you worry baby
Ain't gonna turn the blame on you
Come tomorrow ain't nobody gonna
Make me walk in shame - for loving you
I ain't got no diamonds on my fingers
Ain't got no gold baby in my hands
I know this world don't owe me nothing
So tonight I'm going to take baby what I can
All my fear and all my sorrow
It will disappear
I'll do the right thing come tomorrow
But tonight I'm gonna stay right here

Written by: Patti Scialfa

When I was young I believe in everything
I turned my rag man into king
And I carved him a soft world from hard stone
With a laurel crown and a velvet throne
'Cause in my imagination
Was a world no one could touch - no
I had a fascination for
Little things that don't mean much - in my

Now tomorrow comes abandoning
Painted ponies and a little brass ring
Well I got that ring I pulled it down
And my little girls world came tumbling down
'Cause in my imagination
Was a world no one could touch - no
I had a fascination for
Little things that don't mean much - in my
In my imagination
In my imagination
In my imagination
In my imagination
In my imagination

I could walk without fear and
I could hide from all my sorrow
Close my eyes and disappear

Now I lay awake and I'm so afraid
Will the things I treasure fade away
And leave me standing here alone
With no way back to the world I'd known
'Cause in my imagination
Was a world no one could touch - no
I had a fascination for
Little things that don't mean much - in my
In my imagination
In my imagination
In my imagination

Written by: Patti Scialfa

To the east the factories stand
Like fire-breathing dragons against the sky
And from their throats a scarlet river
Burns itself into smoky lullabies
Over neon and fluorescent skies

Valerie, can you hear those engines drone
I wanted to go to Mexico
But I'm stranded here alone
And once I knew a true love
It's been three years since he's gone
And if I could get that feeling back
I'd give up everything I own

16 days since I left Corona
And I traveled to this carnival town near Alberndeel
And I rode the coaster there on the fairground
Twisted backbone of a beast that never heals
And I left some skin on fortune's wheel

Valerie, can you hear those engines drone
I wanted to go to Mexico
But I'm stranded here alone
And once I knew a true love
It's been three years since he's gone
And if I could get that feeling back
I'd give up everything I own

Everything's in slow motion now
In this little border town
I've come so close from so far
Just to hide behind these windows here
From the world outside
I watch those cars and trucks raise trails of dust
Down the road as they pass by

Valerie, can you hear those engines drone
I wanted to go to Mexico
But I'm stranded here alone
And once I knew a true love
It's been three years since he's gone
And if I could get that feeling back
I'd give up everything I own
Everything I own
Everything I own

Written by: Patti Scialfa

They say there's a light
Through darkness shines
If two hands protect that light
Against the change of time
You can have your gold and silver
Build your kingdoms high
But it's just once of those things baby
That money can't buy
So I don't care where we go baby
I don't care what we do
As long as I can be with you

Now I've been lost
And I've been found
Been lifted up to the gates of heaven
And put back down
I've walked in chains baby
And I've walked free
But I never walk the way that I do
When you walk with me
So I don't care where we go baby
I don't care what we do
As long as I can be with you

Well maybe I'm just a foolish girl
'Cause I always thought the right kiss
Could wash away some sins of the world
Wash away those sins baby and go walkin' free
'Cause that's just how I feel darlin'
When you walk with me
So I don't care where we go baby
I don't care what we do
As long as I can be with you

Written by: Patti Scialfa

You promised me there'd be no denials
When I was weak under your spell
When I feel thirsty you would not let me
Take water from your well
Well big black road
Big black river
Big black heaven in the sky above
I need someone I can talk to
I need someone I can love

So I went down to that valley
To a boy that I once knew
And he looked at me so tender
Oh baby like you used to do
Well big black road
Big black river
Big black heaven in the sky above
I need someone I can talk to
I need someone I can love

So I crossed that river of temptation
And I lay down in that young boys arms
And there I claimed my destination
Through this one last unforgiving harm
Well big black road
Big black river
Big black heaven in the sky above
I need someone I can talk to

Written by: Patti Scialfa

Oh baby tell me stories
About those pretty worlds
Who will deliver us from blame
Who will walk free
Who will walk in chains
And when the sky is falling
What do we believe in
When everything we learned to trust
Turns around and makes a fool of us

Well baby I'll believe in all of loves glory
So don't you try and talk me down
I'm not afraid to stumble
Baby I can fall

Oh my tender dreams
I gave them such fragile wings and
I sent them up to heaven
But heaven was just too high
And I watched them falter against the sky

But baby I still believe in all of loves glory
I gave that promise to the rain
I'm not afraid to stumble
Baby I can fall

Oh i I could I'd play out my part
I'd cup my hands and
I'd collect the rain that falls inside your heart
But I can't stop the rain
I can't hold back the thunder
Oh but I can make one vow
and promise you my heart right now

'Cause baby I believe in all of loves glory
And no one's gonna talk me down
I'm not afraid to stumble
Baby I can fall
I'm not afraid to stumble
Baby I can fall
I'm not afraid to stumble

Written by: Patti Scialfa & Mike Campbell

I never wanted nothing
Baby you know it's true
I never wanted nothing
The way I wanted you
I kept me hands clean
I walked a good line
I knew someday baby
Someday you'd be mine
And when fortune came to town
I was standing in with the unsatisfied
So I lay my wishes down
For the things that money can't buy

Oh I guess I'm a lucky girl
Oh baby you know it's true
Oh I guess I'm a lucky girl
I've been lucky since I found you

I used to play it safe
Yea that's what I'd do
I never wanted nothing
Nothing I could lose
I was just frightened of
Of the price you pay
For every good thing
That ever comes your way
I'm going to lay my worries down
Lay them down baby
Yeah I can't complain
'Cause I'm shining (shining) down
Like a new link in an old chain

Oh I guess I'm a lucky girl
I've been lucky since I found you
I'm a lucky girl
I'm a lucky girl
I'm a lucky girl
I'm a lucky girl

Yeah I got lucky baby
Yeah 'cause I got wise
You can run but you can never hide
Build a house of steel
Raise a cross of stone
When that cold wind blows
It finds you all alone
And when fortune came to town
I was standing in with the unsatisfied
So I lay my wishes down
For the things that money can't buy

Oh I guess I'm a lucky girl
Oh baby you know it's true
Oh I guess I'm a lucky girl
I've been lucky since I found you
Oh I guess I'm a lucky girl
Mmmm baby you know it's true
Oh I guess I'm a lucky girl
I've been lucky since I found you
I've been lucky since
I've been lucky since
I've been lucky since I found you
I've been lucky since
I've been lucky since
I've been lucky since I found you
Oh guess I'm a lucky girl
Oh such a lucky girl
Oh yes I'm a lucky girl

Written by: Patti Scialfa

You know I got a string of kisses
Tattooed down my arm
From the love of lonely men
That always came to harm
Tattooed down my arm
To my fingertips
You ain't the only lonely
Man that I've ever kissed
But when the night is sinking low
Hold me baby oh and don't let go
'Cause when you turn that charm light on me
Yeah you turn all the wrong in my world right
When you turn that charm light on me
Make it so pretty make it all seem right

You know I saw those fallen crosses
Those broken stones of faith
Knew I could name the sorrow
That haunts the side of your face
Yeah I could name the sorrow
And somehow set you free
I knew you'd be the one
Who'd do the same for me
So when the night is sinking low
Come on baby oh here we go
'Cause when you turn that charm light on me
Yeah you turn all the wrong in my world right
When you turn that charm light on me
Make it so pretty make it all seem right

Now I know love ain't no fairy tale
Ain't so pretty or so pure
There's a train of unforgiveness
For things that came before
But I know who I am
And I wash myself clean
Of all that muddy water
And all those railroad dreams
So when the night is sinking low
Come on baby oh here we go
'Cause when you turn that charm light on me
Yeah you turn all the wrong in my world right
When you turn that charm light on me
Make it so pretty make it all seem right
Turn the light on me
Turn the light on me now
Turn the light on me
Turn the light on me now
Turn the light on me
Turn the light on me now

Written by: Patti Scialfa

Baby don't put the sugar on me
Don't talk me up so sweet
Baby don't dress me in your kisses
When they're not mine to keep
Some boys think I'm carved out of stone
Guess they're not so smart
'Cause just a few kind words from you
And I fall apart
Oh yes I do I fall apart

So baby don't
Come around here tossing matches
Oh no don't you tempt
No baby don't
Make me steal a little happiness
At anyone's expense
Do you think that I'm carved out of stone
Now don't you go get smart
'Cause just a few kind words from you
And I fall apart
Oh yes I do I fall apart

You better stop this little drama
Better drop the curtain around it
You may not be looking for trouble
But boy you sure have found it (you found it)
So baby don't
Go giving me the green light
Oh no don't you do that
No baby don't
'Cause that ring around your finger
This time won't hold me back

I could pretend that I'm carved out of stone
So we never start
But just a few kind words from you
And I fall apart
So baby don't
oh no no baby don't

Written by: Patti Scialfa

The night is falling
Under the vesper bells lonely chime
And I ain't nobody's valentine
But I ain't sorry for wanting the things
That you cannot give
And if you want me to walk away
Give me something I can walk away with
Talk to me like the rain baby
Talk to me like the rain
And I will lie here and listen

All of those promises
They're held like tender dreams
Inside our hands and they're all
Just waiting there for our command
Now I don't want to talk to no one darlin'
I don't want the sun to shine
I'll just lie inside this darkness baby
Until you are mine
Talk to me like the rain baby
Talk to me like the rain
And I will lie here and listen

Yesterdays empires they are all vanishing
And without you those new worlds darlin'
They don't mean a thing
Talk to me like the rain baby
Talk to me like the rain
Talk to me like the rain darlin'
Talk to me like the rain

Written by: Patti Scialfa

Oh mama there's this Spanish dancer
Whose steps I follow when he comes near
The red dress of temptation
Over a long black slip of fear
Will I fall beneath the shadow
Of some broken cross
My arms emptied and all my treasures lost
Still like that Spanish dancer
I throw my roses down for him
Across these beds of darkness
He opens his arms and gathers them in

Oh mama the bridges were burning
Over a river black and cold
But I walked when love commanded me
Up to the edges of his soul
But I'm still frightened of that dark divide
Will I gain entrance or be denied
Still like that Spanish dancer
I throw my roses down for him
Across these beds of darkness
He opens his arms and gathers them in

Oh mama when you were a young girl
Did you ever love a man so much
As if he were some fantastic jewel
That you should never be worthy of
But all those illusions strip and fall
And he is just a man after all
And just like that Spanish dancer
I throw my roses down for him
Across these beds of darkness
He opens his arms and gathers them in
Just like that Spanish dancer
I throw my rose down for him
Across these beds of darkness
He opens his arms and gathers them in
Just like that Spanish dancer I
Just like that Spanish dancer I
Just like that Spanish dancer I
Just like that Spanish dancer I
Just like that Spanish dancer I