10. A Girl Like Me
J Ho The Circus Monkey-Drums, Backups
Goss-Guitars
PJ-Vocal
Big Al The Kids' Pal-Ebow, Tremolo, You Know
Twiganomicon-Bass
David Catching-Guitar Du Verb

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Desert Sessions 9/10

The Desert Sessions are recorded by Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age and each volume feature many guest performers. On this track - in addition to PJ Harvey singing lead vocals - Dean Ween (of Ween) plays guitar.

Lyrical interpretation courtesy pollyharvey.co.uk.

"This sounds really northern to me, like Joy Division or Echo And The Bunnymen. And Polly was like, 'I've got something for this one!' It's got a really dark dance vibe going on in it too."
-Josh Homme, NME 09/03

Hot skin in the night
And the hour when the animals are born
And crimes of passion are committed

Take me to the morning light
Take me to your leader

It took a girl like me
To bring you to your knees
It took a girl like me

You were my heart
You are my only heart
But this cold air is killing me
And as we make love
The silence, the silence
Trying to find a thread of a failed romance

It took a girl like me
To bring you to your knees
You take a girl like me

I strained my face towards the sky
You put your hand over my mouth
Oh take me, take me to the frozen north
Skating, falling, falling down, down, down
Into icy water

I'll be what you want me to be
To bring you to your knees
Your lover, your daughter
We'll move in slow motion
Falling down, down, down
Into icy water
You took a girl like me

I might never leave this room again
Shut myself inside the old photographs
Faded light of a young girl
Patterns, shadows on the walls
Painted ladies
They look a lot like me

It took a girl like me
To bring you to your knees
You took a girl like me