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Black Swan

Tori Amos
Track 73 on A Piano: The Collection 

Producers

Eric Rosse & Tori Amos
Mar. 7, 19941 viewer

Black Swan Lyrics

[Chorus]
Ride on, ride on
Friends of the black swan
Ride on, ride on
Do you know where she's gone?

[Verse 1]
Gumdrops and Saturdays
Did Eric call by the way?
He knew, he knew
And he knew where the pillow goes

[Chorus]
Ride on, ride on
Friends of the black swan
Ride on, ride on
You know where she's gone

[Verse 2]
Buttercups and the fishing flies
The biggest thickest ever sky
I know they know something
I know

[Chorus]
Ride on, ride on now
Friends of the black swan
Ride on, ride on
You know where she's gone
[Bridge]
Little green men do okay
"It's the fairies' revenge," they say
Gumdrops and Saturdays
Did Eric call, by the way?

[Chorus]
Ride on, ride on
Friends of the black swan
Ride on, ride on
You know where she's gone

[Outro]
Ride on
Ride on
Ride on

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A Piano: The Collection (2006)
  1. 1.
    Leather
  2. 2.
    Precious Things
  3. 3.
    Silent All These Years
  4. 4.
    Upside Down
  5. 5.
    Crucify [Single Remix]
  6. 6.
    Happy Phantom
  7. 7.
    Me and a Gun
  8. 8.
    Flying Dutchman
  9. 9.
    Girl
  10. 10.
    Winter
  11. 11.
    Take to the Sky (Russia)
  12. 12.
    Tear in Your Hand
  13. 13.
    China
  14. 14.
    Sweet Dreams
  15. 15.
    Mother
  16. 16.
    Little Earthquakes
  17. 17.
    Cornflake Girl
  18. 18.
    Honey
  19. 19.
    Take Me with You
  20. 20.
    Baker Baker
  21. 21.
    The Waitress
  22. 22.
    Pretty Good Year
  23. 23.
    God
  24. 24.
    Cloud on My Tongue
  25. 25.
    Past the Mission
  26. 26.
    Bells for Her
  27. 27.
    Yes, Anastasia
  28. 28.
    Blood Roses
  29. 29.
    Mr. Zebra
  30. 30.
    Caught a Lite Sneeze
  31. 31.
    Professional Widow (Merry Widow Version - Live) [21/05/96]
  32. 32.
    Beauty Queen
  33. 33.
    Horses
  34. 34.
    Father Lucifer
  35. 35.
    Marianne
  36. 36.
    Walk to Dublin (Sucker Reprise)
  37. 37.
    Hey Jupiter (Dakota Version)
  38. 38.
    Professional Widow (Armand’s Star Trunk Funkin’ Mix) [Radio Edit]
  39. 39.
    Putting the Damage On
  40. 40.
    Bliss
  41. 41.
    Suede
  42. 42.
    Glory of the 80's
  43. 43.
    1000 Oceans
  44. 44.
    Concertina (Alternate Single Mix)
  45. 45.
    Lust
  46. 46.
    Dātura
  47. 47.
    Sugar (Live) [Plugged Tour 1998]
  48. 48.
    The Waitress (Live) [Plugged Tour 1998]
  49. 49.
    Snow Cherries from France
  50. 50.
    Doughnut Song
  51. 51.
    A Sorta Fairytale
  52. 52.
    Not David Bowie
  53. 53.
    Amber Waves
  54. 54.
    Iieee
  55. 55.
    Playboy Mommy
  56. 56.
    The Beekeeper
  57. 57.
    Jackie’s Strength
  58. 58.
    Zero Point
  59. 59.
    Sweet the Sting
  60. 60.
    Ode to My Clothes
  61. 61.
    Spark
  62. 62.
    Intro Jam / Marys of the Sea
  63. 63.
    Cruel
  64. 64.
    Dolphin Song
  65. 65.
    Gold Dust
  66. 66.
    The Pool
  67. 67.
    Never Seen Blue
  68. 68.
    Daisy Dead Petals
  69. 69.
    Beulah Land
  70. 70.
    Sugar
  71. 71.
    Cooling
  72. 72.
    Bachelorette
  73. 73.
    Black Swan
  74. 74.
    Mary
  75. 75.
    Peeping Tommi
  76. 76.
    Toodles Mr. Jim
  77. 77.
    Fire Eater’s Wife / Beauty Queen (Demo Version)
  78. 78.
    Playboy Mommy (Demo Version)
  79. 79.
    A Sorta Fairytale (Demo Version)
  80. 80.
    This Old Man
  81. 81.
    Purple People (Live) [Plugged Tour 1998]
  82. 82.
    Here. In My Head
  83. 83.
    Hungarian Wedding Song
  84. 84.
    Merman
  85. 85.
    Sister Janet
  86. 86.
    Home on the Range (Cherokee Edition)
  87. 87.
    Frog on My Toe
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Vocals
Piano
Recorded At
The Fishhouse, New Mexico
Released on
March 7, 1994
Tags
RockIn EnglishAlternative Rock
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