Poor Edward lyrics
Did you hear the news about Edward?
On the back of his head
He had another Face
Was it a woman's face
Or a young girl
They said to remove it would kill him
So poor Edward was doomed
The Face could laugh and cry
It was his Devil twin
And at night she spoke to him
Of things heard only in Hell
They were impossible to separate
Chained together for life
Finally the bell tolled his doom
He took a suite of rooms
And hung himself and her
By the balcony irons
Some still believe he was freed from her
But I knew her too well
I say she drove him to suicide
And took Poor Edward to Hell
Discuss it
Alice lyrics
Album release date:
2002.05.07
Album guest musicians:
Dawn Harms: Stroh violin
Matt Brubeck: cello
Larry Taylor: upright bass
Bebe Risenfors: Stroh violin, viola, bass clarinet, marimba, clarinet
Carla Kihlstedt: violin
Colin Stetson: alto, tenor and bariton saxophone and clarinet
Ara Anderson: trumpet and baritone horn
Nic Phelps: French horn, trumpet
Stewart Copeland: drums (Table Top Joe)
Bent Clausen: piano solo (Table Top Joe)
Tom Waits: piano, pump organ, Mellotron, Chamberlain vibes
Album description:
Originally performed as an avant-garde opera directed by Robert Wilson for Hamburg's Thalia Theater in winter 1992, "Alice" is loosely based on Lewis Carroll's purported obsession with young Alice Liddell, the girl who inspired his "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass." - from an Anti Records press release 84 reads
