Damien Rice's B-Sides

    I kinda ran into Damien Rice's B-Sides the other day, while roaming around a Virgin Megastore (yeah, I love doing that... Virgin, Barnes & Noble, Borders... when are we getting those in Brasil?!!?! Well, at least we have Fnac). I immediately picked it up, seeing I'd read about it at some point but never really listened to it. It's kind of a mixed bunch: on the one hand you have three tracks that are songs from O: live version of Delicate, and instrumental and demo versions of Volcano. From this bunch, I'd say the interesting one is the demo, but just for the whole historic curiosity. On the other hand you have another bunch of songs that fit well in the whole O ambience, but aren't up to the standard of the album (and I can only assume were thus discarded). And then there's "Woman Like a Man". I'm fucking addicted to this song now, and the fact that Barra, the guy who is traveling around with me, now can't stop singing it isn't helping. It's a great song, I can only figure it wasn't in O because it really doesn't fit the mood of the rest of the album, being much more "nervous" (yeah, I couldn't find a better word! Listen to the damn song and pick an adjective you like!! Why do we have to do everything for our readers?!?!). Check the video below, and hopefully you too won't able to stop the damn "Woman like a man like a woman like a man..." in your head. Oh, I put the lyrics right afterwords, and if you have any ideas about what the hell he is trying to say, please share it with me, I'm pretty curious myself... and this video is of him singing the song @ BBC, so he cleaned up the lyrics... what exactly does "MUCKED inside out means"?? :-)

I need a piss,
I wanna hate,
Fuck it up, come.
My love,
Eat your meat,
Keep your teeth, run.
You lost me,
You cost me,
You taught me of me in the end.
We're bad,
What we do.
Stupid fools.

You wanna get boned,
You wanna get stoned,
You wanna get a room like no-one else.
You wanna be rich,
You wanna be kitsch,
You wanna be the bastard of yourself.
You wanna get burned,
You wanna get turned,
You wanna get fucked inside out.
You wanna be ruled,
You wanna be fooled,
You wanna be a woman like a man,
Like a woman like a man.

A woman like a man, like a man, like a woman like a man, you like a man.
I’ll get a cheaper ticket next time...
Woman like a man, woman like a man, like a woman like a man, woman like a man
I’ll get a cheaper ticket next time...
A woman like a man, like a man, like a woman like a man, woman like a man
I’ll get a cheaper ticket next time...
Woman like a man, like a man, like a woman like a man, like a man.
'Cause it really wasn’t worth the ride.

Need a hit?
Wanna wait,
Suck it up, cum.
My love,
Eat your meat,
Itchy feet, run.
You reach me,
You bleach me,
You teach me of things so familiar.
We're bad,
What we do.
Stupid fools.

You wanna get boned,
You wanna get stoned,
You wanna get a room like no-one else.
You wanna be rich,
You wanna be kitsch,
You wanna be the bastard of yourself.
You wanna get burned,
You wanna get turned,
You wanna get fucked inside out.
You wanna be ruled,
You wanna be fooled,
You wanna be a woman like a man, like a woman like a man.

A woman like a man, like a man, like a woman like a man, woman like a man.
I’ll get a cheaper ticket next time...
Woman like a man, like a man, like a woman like a man, like a man.
I’ll get a cheaper ticket next time...
Like a man, like a woman like a man, like a woman like a man, like a man.
I’ll get a cheaper ticket next time...
Woman like a man, woman like a man, like a woman like a man, like a man.
'Cause it really wasn’t worth the ride.

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

You wanna get boned,
You wanna get stoned,
You wanna get a room like no-one else.
You wanna be rich,
You wanna be kitsch,
You wanna be the bastard of yourself.
You wanna get burned,
You wanna get turned,
You wanna get fucked inside out.
You wanna be ruled,
You wanna be fooled,
You wanna be a woman like a man, like a woman, like a, like a man...

Like a man...
Like a man, man, man, man, man, man, man, man, man, man...
Like a man, man, man, man, man, man...
Like a man.

Like a man, like a man, like a man, like a man.
I’ll get a cheaper ticket next time...
Woman like a man, like a man, like a woman like a man, like a man.
I’ll get a cheaper ticket next time...
Woman like a man, like a man, like a man, like a man.
I’ll get a cheaper ticket next time...
Woman like a man, like a man, like a man.
'Cause it really wasn’t worth the ride) (Really wasn’t worth the ride)

Whoa oh oh
Like a man, like a man, like a man, like a man.
I’ll get a cheaper ticket next time...
Like a man, like a man, like a woman like a man, like a man.
I’ll get a cheaper ticket next time...
Like a man, like a man, like a man, like a man.
I’ll get a cheaper ticket next time...
A woman like a man, a woman like a man, like a woman like a man, like a man.
Oh.
It really wasn’t worth the ride.