B i o g r a p h y (by Michael Sutton)
4 Non Blondes howled their way onto the charts in 1993 with "What's Up?" and then vanished without a whisper. Formed in 1989 with Linda Perry (vocals), Roger Rocha (guitar), Christa Hillhouse (bass), and Dawn Richardson (drums), 4 Non Blondes had no problems attracting major labels, but they didn't know how to market them. The band was eventually signed to Interscope Records and released Bigger, Better, Faster, More? in 1992. Dominated by Perry's high-pitched singing, "What's Up?" was slowly added to modern rock stations and then crossed over into the mainstream, peaking at number 11 on the Billboard Top 200. The video for "What's Up?" became a smash on MTV, propelling sales of the album to over six-million copies worldwide. "What's Up?" was selected as Best Song by the Bay Area Music Awards; moreover, Perry was chosen as Best Female Vocalist and Bigger, Better, Faster, More? won for Best Album. The group toured with Neil Young, Pearl Jam, and Bob Dylan. The band recorded tunes for the soundtracks to Wayne's World 2 and Airheads. However, Perry felt that the group had become too pop; consequently, she left 4 Non Blondes. She released her solo debut, In Flight, in 1995. Perry departed from Interscope Records in 1998 and recorded her second full-length, After Hours, for her own label, Rockstar Records.
Bless the beasts and the children Misty mountain hop Sammy (a.k.a do you really know)
Bigger, Better, Faster, More !
Train What ya gonna do child When your thoughts are movin' slow Find another to show you where to go You'll be searchin' for that train And you'll see it's a train What ya gonna do child When your mommy goes away She won't take you She'll leave you astray You'll be searchin' for that train And you see it's a train And you see yourself Searchin' for somebody else But you know for sure it's that train What are you gonna do child When you leave it all behind Find another, to blow it in your mind You'll be searchin' for that train And you'll see it's a train And you see yourself searchin' for somebody else But you know for sure it's that train Superfly Here i am and i'm waitin' on a chance to make it right Every word you say makes my heart go bang bang 'Cause it sounds so nice Well i've been alone And you've been a fool Baby don't you know that's the golden rule Well i've been alone And you've been a fool Baby don't you know that's the way i like it Let me take you away on the wings of my superfly Maybe we'll celebrate all the room in the sky Heaven knows we'll go boom boom boom What can i do to get you in the mood Baby i give up I'm so misused and you're so confused It's such a drag Well i've been alone And you've been a fool Baby don't you know that's the golden rule Well i've been alone and you've been a fool Baby don't you know that's the way i like it Let me take you away on the wings of my superfly Maybe we'll celebrate all the room in the sky Heaven knows we'll go boom boom boom Here i am and i'm waitin' on a chance To make it right Do i turn you on or maybe i turn you off Could you just decide Well i've been alone And you've been a fool Baby don't you know that's the golden rule Well i've been alone And you've been a fool Baby don't you know that's the way i like it Let me take you away on the wings of my superfly Maybe we'll celebrate all the room in the sky Let me take you away on the wings of my superfly Maybe we'll celebrate all the room in the skyheaven knows we'll go boom boom boom What's up Twenty-five years and my life is still Trying to get up that great big hill of hope For a destination I realized quickly when I knew I should That the world was made up of this brotherhood of man For whatever that means And so I cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed Just to get it all out what's in my head And I I am feeling a little peculiar And so I wake in the morning and I step outside And I take a deep breath and I get real high, and I Scream from the top of my lungs What's going on And I say Hey, yeah yeah Hey yeah yeah I said hey, what's going on And I say Hey, yeah yeah Hey yeah yeah I said hey, what's going on And I try Oh my God do I try I try all the time In this institution And I pray Oh my God do I pray I pray every single day For a revolution And so I cry sometimes when I'm lying in bed Just to get it all out what's in my head And I I am feeling a little peculiar And so I wake in the morning and I step outside And I take a deep breath and I get real high, and I Scream from the top of my lungs What's going on And I say Hey, yeah yeah Hey yeah yeah I said hey, what's going on And I say Hey, yeah yeah Hey yeah yeah I said hey, what's going on And I say Hey, yeah yeah Hey yeah yeah I said hey, what's going on And I say Hey, yeah yeah Hey yeah yeah I said hey, what's going on Twenty-five years and my life is still Trying to get up that great big hill of hope For a destination Pleasantly blue Every time you wake in the morning And you start to cry So i figure there's something up baby But you don't tell me why So i know that's why i call you blue 'Cause there's always something baby That's why i call you pleasantly blue Hush hush you walk on by you don't say a word Talk to me baby please talk to me baby What haven't i heard So i know that's why i call you blue 'Cause there's always something baby That's why i call you pleasantly blue Oh no, here we go What's wrong with you Come here baby come to me baby What can i do Yea i know that's why i call you blue 'Cause there's always something baby That's why i call you pleasantly blue
Morphine & Chocolate Substitute my gloom with happiness Substitute my sickness with health Substitute my enemies with real good friends Morphine & Chocolate are my Substitute, substitutes Morphine & Chocolate can bring me up Can warm my heart whenever I want it And every once in a while when I stop and think Morphine & Chocolate are my Substitute, substitutes And you can say " Hey, we've really come a long way " And you say " Hey, it can only be this way " You might be careful, It really hurts when it's real You might be careful, It really hurts when it's real You'll go down, down, down, down, ooh ! Set the alarm clock, baby Don't you miss the sun ? I'm feeling really warm hearted baby Don't you know I'm feeling like someone I'm fearing for my life again and I am Fearing for my heart Morphine & Chocolate could never Substitute my art ! And that's real love baby X3 Spaceman Starry night bring me down 'Til I realize the moon It seems so distant yet I felt it pass Right through So I see what I see A new world is over me So I'll reach up to the sky And pretend that I'm a Spaceman, in another place and time I guess I'm lookin' for a brand new Place, is there a better life for me Subtle wind blow me gone Let me rest upon your move I trust I'll end up sleeping Cradled in my doom So I feel what I feel I can't grasp what is not real So I'll get myself real high And imagine I'm a Spaceman, in another place and time I guess I'm lookin' for a brand new Place, is there a better life for me I remember in my mind They say I'm a daydreamin' Is it all that It seems Or am I all the things I'm looking for, yea So I see what I see, A new world is over me And I'll reach up to the sky And pretend that I'm a spaceman In another place and time I guess I'm lookin' for a brand new place I remember living in a different life Is there a better life for me
Old Mr. Heffer Stumbled my way on the darkest afternoon I got a beer in my hand And I'm draggin' a stoogie too The back of my brain is tickin' like a clock I simmer down gently but boil on what the fuck Get back 'cause I'm feelin' good tonight Get back 'cause I'm feeling right Trouble is a word that starts with a capital T I refer myself to the word 'cause I'm so keen Little do they know that I'm struttin' such a style It makes the trouble in me all worth the while So get back 'cause I'm feelin' good tonight Get back 'cause I'm feelin' right There goes Billy and Susie walkin' hand 'n hand I quickly caught up slurring yo what's the plan They had fear in their eyes and bellies that ran like dogs I barrelled down laughing screaming Susie You forgot your clogs Well, Old Mr. Heffer I'm really pleased to meet you I didn't mean to scare your blue-eyed-child But billy wouldn't talk to me And Susie wouldn't look at me It made me so doggone crazy I had to chase them for a mile All I wanted was change for a buck Well I'm back and I'm feelin' good tonight Yea I'm back and I'm feelin' right So get back 'cause I'm feelin' good tonight Get back 'cause I'm feelin' right Jesus Calling all the people How can you tell When your wellness is not well Make no mistakes now Please do excuse My itchy attitude I'm feelin' righteous Why, why are we always asking why To lamely try to justify For what it is a lack of drive Calling all the people Have you nothin' brewin' Time to flap your big fat mouth Let's rap how we be doin' Say might what you say That's really all it takes to break through Where is it at When your moral is a hat Full money Can you explain Why the messy kitchen sink Is so confusing Why,why are we always asking why To lamely try to justify For what it is a lack of drive Calling all the people Have you nothin' brewin' Time to flap your big fat mouth Let's rap how we be doin' Say might what you say That's really all it takes Calling all the people Have you nothin' brewin' Time to flap your big fat mouth Let's rap how we be doin' Say might what you say That's really all it takes to break through Calling all the people
Dear Mr. President I'm looking outside of my windows The view that I see Is a child and mama And the child is begging for money Tell me why, tell me why The woman is blind is she so broke The kid's dealing crime It's such a beautiful city But the world is burning it down Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah It's such a beautiful city But the world is it burning down I go to my room to turn on the T.V I sit myself down And I start laughing hard 'Cause this man he's asking for money He sats "if you send me lots of cash I'll send you Stuff to make you rich fast" It's such a wonderful country But the man he's burning it down Yea yea yea yea yea yea Yea yea yea yea yea yea It's such a wonderful country But the man he's burning it down Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah And it's burning down And it's called the U.S of A. One day I'm going to have lots of money But I'll have to give up For this rich society Oh please Mr. President will you lend me a future 'Cause you'll just get it back From the little blind woman With the kid on the corner And the people all over, doin' crack Yea yea yea yea yea yea Yea yea yea yea yea yea It's such a wonderful country But the man he's burning it down Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah And it's burning down And it's called the U.S of A. I'm walking outside on a sunny day With no one around And I wonder what's wrong The I hear this loud piercing siren Oh my God the bomb has just dropped And everybody climbed right on top Screaming, what a wonderful country But the man he's burning it down Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah It's such a wonderful country But the man he's burning it down Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah And it's burning down And it's called the U.S of A. Drifting What a wonderful hesitation Who would bear to feel sorry for me Dropped another pill just to calm me Collapsed to my knees and fell fast into sleep There I was drifting Way out into the sunshine Expecting to crash but I'm tied to a string Look at me I'm a tangled puppet I might be a mess but I sure can survive Find myself awake counting sad days 1-2-3 that's too many for me Dropped another pill just to find me Reached for my hand But It was already there Then I started believin' That I fell out of a tiny raindrop That lost its way when it decided to roam Chasing me was a hungry dweller But I had escaped it by pretending to die Come follow me you won't expect the illusion You'll see, it's my imagination Hand me your eyes I will put them in front of mine You'll see a little better You'll see a little better What a wonderful destination Where I am now I can no longer see Dropped another pill just to kill me Collapsed to my knees And fell fast into sleep There I was drifting Way out into the sunshine Expecting to crash but I'm tiet to a string Look at me I'm a tangled puppet I might be a mess but I sure can survive But I had escaped it by pretending to die No place like home When I wake up in my house I get dressed then I get lost I don't know which way to go I guess I'll have a cup of Joe Where the hell was I anyways So I end up on the street Walkin' talkin' to my own beat In a fog, in a haze I've been trippin' out for days Can you help me find my way home 1-2-3 Don't rock teh boat now, just let it slide Groovy people walking back and forth, that's right So I hop on to this bus Destination reads please save us Not a soul that I know To be found in this dark hole Can you help me find my way home Can you help me find my way home I'm so tired of looking for the door Please help me find my way Please help me find my way I can't find the door Where am I now, where am I now I find myself just out there floating
Non Album Tracks
Bless the beasts and the children Bless the beasts and the children For in this world they have no voice They have no choice Bless the beasts and the children For the world can never be The world they see Light their way When the darkness surrounds them Give them love Let it shine all around them Bless the beasts and the children Give them shelter from a storm Keep them safe Keep them warm Light their way When the darkness surrounds them Give them love Let it shine all around them Bless the beasts and the children Give them shelter from a storm Keep them safe Keep them warm The children The children
Misty mountain hop Walkin' in the park just the other day, Baby, What do you, what do you think I saw? Crowds of people sittin' on the grass with flowers in their hair said, "Hey, Boy, do you wanna score?" And you know how it is; I really don't know what time it was, woh, oh, So I asked them if I could stay awhile. I didn't notice but it had got very dark and I was really, Really out of my mind. Just then a policeman stepped up to me and asked us said, "Please, hey, would we care to all get in line, Get in line." Well you know, They asked us to stay for tea and have some fun, Oh, oh, he said that his friends would all drop by, ooh. Why don't you take a good look at yourself and describe what you see, And Baby, Baby, Baby, do you like it? There you sit, sitting spare like a book on a shelf rustin' Ah, not trying to fight it. You really don't care if they're coming, oh, oh, I know that it's all a state of mind, ooh. If you go down in the streets today, Baby, you better, You better open your eyes. Folk down there really don't care, really don't care, don't care, really don't Which, which way the pressure lies, So I've decided what I'm gonna do now. So I'm packing my bags for the Misty Mountains Where the spirits go now, Over the hills where the spirits fly, ooh. I really don't know.
Sammy
Do you even know your name it's so hard to tell you with my face And Sammy all the things i'm going through It's so hard to tell with my face And I know you never blame me Can you feel me now Sammy I'm going crazy And Sammy all the things i'm going through All the things i'm going through Sammy maybe you could just come back Maybe you don't round my bag I miss you And I know you, yeah you will never blame me Can you feel me now Sammy am I going crazy Sammy do you even know your name Do you even ??? I love you in my heart Oh Sammy all the things i'm going through And all the things im going through I love you in my heart...