++ OTHER

++  Ammæli
++  Bravo Pop
++  Cindy
++  Cowboy
++  Dancing Queen
++  Fatlað Fól
++  Greip & Eplasafi
++  Luftgítar
++  Motorcycle Mama
++  My March
++  Ooops
++  Organic Prankster
++  Ó Borg, Mín Borg
++  Polo
++  Pæklaðar plómur
++  Stálnótt
++  Stone Drill (In The Rock)
++  Sweet Jane
++  Sýnist
++  Takk
++  Theft
++  Top Of The World
++  Whole Lotta Loving To Do
++  Worlds Collapse
++  Yonder

AMMæLI

Hún á heima í húsinu þarna
þar heim fyrir utan
grabblar í mold með fingrunum
og munninum, hún er fimm ára

þræðir orma upp á bönd
geymir köngulær í vasanum
safnar fluguvængjum í krús
skrúbbar hrossaflugur
og klemmir þær á snúru

ohhh

Hún á einn vin, hann býr á móti
þau eru að hlusta á veðrið
hann veit hvað margar freknur hún er með
hún klórar í skeggið hans

Hún mála þungar bækur
og límir þær saman
hún sá stóran borða
hann sveif niður himininn
hún snerti hann!

ohhh

Í dag er afmæli
þau sjúga vindla
hann ber blómakeðju
og hann saumar fugl
í nærbuxurnar hennar

ohhh

þau sjúga vindla
þau liggja í baðkari
í dag er hennar dagur

BIRTHDAY

She lives in this house over there
has her world outside it
grapples in the earth with her fingers
and her mouth, she's five years old

Thread worms on a string
keeps spiders in her pocket
collects fly wings in a jar
scrubs horse flies
and pinches them on a line

ohhh

She has one friend, he lives next door
they're listenening to the weather
he knows how many freckles she's got
she scratches his beard

She's painting huge books
and glues them together
they saw a big raven
it glided down the sky
she touched it!

ohhh

Today is a birthday
they're smoking cigars
he's got a chain of flowers
and sows a bird
in her knickers

ohhh

They're smoking cigars
they lie in the bathtub
today is her day

SONG INFO

Released on the record "Einn Mol' Á Mann" in November 1986.

BRAVO POP

Björk
I admit I like you for your brains
but you are dry, there is no fun in you
you know what life is all about
but haven't got guts to enjoy it

Come on - I'll make you wet
Bubbles - foam of intelligence

Einar
'Cause you just want me for my little brains, I don't know
what I am doing 'cause I just know you want
me for my little brain - 'cause I am your little brain
you are, you are just - you are just trying me

Björk
Stuck in your civilised home
sulking over other's stupidity
you're awfully clever, but dry
I'll get you soaked to the skin

Einar
Just try me out for strength and I don't know
what you want really from me - 'cause I am just trying
you want me for my juicy wits - 'cause you don't know what I have

Björk
You know what life is all about
but haven't got guts to enjoy

Juicy wits!
That's what you need
Juicy wits!

Einar
You only want me for my little things called brains
but I know that I can recage you all over the party
but you know what I am you just want something
different, but you must get my juicy, my juicy wit
'cause my wit is...

Björk
There's only one way
come on - jump in
enjoy what's around you
there's only one - only one life

Bubbles, bubbles - foam of intelligence
Bubbles, bubbles - oh!

SONG INFO

Released as a B-side on the "Bravo Pop" single in march 1992.

CINDY

Einar
I can't really - stand anymore of this
all the lifeguards - keep swimming at me
I cant stand any - oh I really can't
all I can say is - why don't you

both
Get me home, I say to Cindy
get me home, I say to Cindy
get me home, I say to Cindy
woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo

Einar
I am stuck
in my little room
all these robots
they really keep
just squeaking
I really can't
oh mommy take me home!

both
Take me home, I say to Cindy
get me home, I say to Cindy
get me home, I say to Cindy
woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo

Einar
Where!
where are you mummy?
I'm sinking
why cant you just be here?
I really need you
when she said - she said:

both
She tells me to sit up at home
she tells me to sit up at home
getting home!
getting home, I say to Cindy
she tells me to sit up at home
she tells me to sit up at home
getting home
woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo

Einar
Oh I think I am
when I'm going poopoo
why should I? why should I go poopoo?
I really dont know
so why?
I don't know
but she said

both
Get me home, I say to Cindy
get me home, I say to Cindy
get me home, I say to Cindy
get me home
woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo

SONG INFO

Released as a B-side on the "Planet" single in january 1990.

COWBOY

Einar
Cowboy
cowboy in the big town

I'm a cowboy in the big town
I'm looking for my pony
a mans best friend is his pony
aaah!
I'm a cowboy
aaah, cowboy!

I need my pony
I lost my pony
in the big town
I'm a cowboy in the big city
looking for my pony
I'm a cowboy

I'm not alone
not lonely
not alone
not lonely
I'm a cowboy
I'm stuck like
a cowboy
in the big city

Björk
And he affects me
the odour of his skin, oh
it works in my head
I wanna eat him
I wanna be in him

Einar
I'm a cowboy
smelt like I sat in
in a tin-mine
nose is struck
in the back
my back is struck
but who knows I am
I am a
cowboy
cowboy

On the second floor
on a brass bed
in a big city
I found my pony
but I paid a price
I got a silver bullet
through my heart
I am a were-cowboy
I am a were-cowboy
a were, were-cowboy

A were-cowboy
were-cowboy
were-cowboy
I am a were-cowboy
cowboy!

SONG INFO

Released as a B-side on the "Deus" single in April 1988.

DANCING QUEEN

Ooh, you can dance - you can jive
having the time of your life
Ooh, see that girl - watch that screen
digging the Dancing Queen

You're a teaser, you turn them on
leave them burning and then you're gone
where they play the pop music, getting in the mood
you're in the mood for a dance

Anybody could see that guy
night is young and the music's high
play a bit of rock music, get to turn them on
you're in the mood for a dance
and when you get the chance

You are the dancing queen
young and sweet - only seventeen
dancing queen
watch the feel of the tambourine - oh

You can dance - you can jive
having the time of your life
Ooh, see that girl - watch that scene
digging the Dancing Queen
digging the Dancing Queen
digging the Dancing Queen

SONG INFO

A cover of a song by Abba, found on an old Sugarcubes demotape.

FATLAð FóL

Ég þekkti einu sinni fatlafól
sem flakkaði um á hjólastól
með bros á vör og berjandi þó lóminn

Hann ók loks í veg fyrir valtara
og varð að klessu oj bara
þeir tók'ann upp með kíttisspaða
og settu hann beint á sjónminjasafnið

Fatla fól, fatla fól,
flakkandi um á tíu gíra spítthjólastól
Fatla fól, fatla fól,
flakkandi um á tíu gíra spítthjólastól

Hann ók loks í veg fyrir valtara
og varð að klessu oj bara
þeir tók'ann upp með kíttisspaða
og settu hann beint á sjónminjasafnið

Fatla fól, fatla fól,
flakkandi um á tíu gíra spítthjólastól
Fatla fól, fatla fól,
flakkandi um á tíu gíra spítthjólastól

SONG INFO

Björk provided backup vocals on this song with Icelandic national icon Megas, released on his "Hættuleg Hljómsveit Og Glæpakvendið Stella" album in september 1990.

GREIP & EPLASAFI

Svei þér þarna svellbunkinn flái
svikull og skítugur ertu og þú leitar lags
þar sem þú himir i vondum filin fram á vor
en ég var farinn að hata þig fyrir löngu jú strax
barasta í vetur
greip eplasafi egg og mjólk
þad verður enginn á ferli nei það kemur ekkert fólk
sem heitið getur

Ritað stendur reyki einn
þá reykja allir og saklaust ómálga barnið þitt líka
neinu eplasafa egg og mjólk
og enginn á ferli nei það kemur ekkert fólk
nema fantar

Það var hann hitler á hálli braut
sem hirti ekki um frekar en þú að vanda sporin sin
en dauðinn tók hann þennan djöfulóða mann
niðri djúpin með sér þangað sem sólin ekki skín
hvað segirðu um það?
og ég þarf greip eplasafa egg og sykur
og engin ferð næstu sex sjö vikur
á þennan afskrekkta stað

Við leituðum svo langa hríð
ljólausir í blindbyl og við fundum ekki guð
en kók og kartöfluflögur
þær komu svo öllum fyrir rest í góðan filing og stuð
og uppþvottalögur
og greip eplasafi egg og mjólk
en það eru líkur að komi neitt fólk
og engar sögur

Ég fann þig þú varst flaekt og rifin
og föst í ryðgaðri gaddavirsgirðingunni
i fimm höfuðáttir tvistuð og teygð
en þú tapaðir samt lengi vel ekki virðingunni
þú varst jú úr sveit
greip eplasafi egg og sykur
og enginn á ferli næstu sex sjö vikur
í beit

Búmannsraunin er mörg og mæðisöm
og mikið að sýsla á stóru heimili sjáðu bara okkur hjónin
það þarf að koma hundinum og börnunum í bað
búa um rúm og skrifa tossamiða og fæða ljónin
á léttum osti
og greip eplasafi eggjum og mjólk
því enginn verður á ferli ekkert fólk
að minnsta kosti

SONG INFO

Björk provided backup vocals on this song with Icelandic national icon Megas, released on his "Hættuleg Hljómsveit Og Glæpakvendið Stella" album in september 1990.

LUFTGíTAR

Björk
Luftgítar! Go go!

Johnny Triumph
Ég dansa ekki
Stelpur dansa
Ég dansa ekki
Ég stíg inn í skuggan

Ég dansa ekki
Ég fer undir sviðið
Ég dansa ekki
Ég geri Luftgítar

Ósýnilegur - Hann er minn, minn, minn
Ósýnilegur - Ég set hendi á mjöðm
Ósýnilegur - Ég set hina ut
Ósýnilegur - Hann er Luftgítar

Björk
Luftgítar! Go go!

Johnny Triumph
Ég toga hann og teygi
Hann hendist ut og suður
Ég beygla hann og beygi
Hann þeytist fram og aftur
Ég sveifla og sveigi
Hann fer upp og niður

Björk
Luftgítar! Go go!

Johnny Triumph
Ég er Luftgítar - Þrýstu honum að þér
Ég er Luftgítar - Strjúktu hann allan
Ég er Luftgítar - Komiði strákar
Ég er Luftgítar - Allir í hring

Luftgítar!

AIRGUITAR

Björk
Airguitar! Go go!

Johnny Triumph
I don't dance
Girls they dance
I don't dance
I'll step into the shadow

I don't dance
I'll go under the stage
I don't dance
I do the airguitar

Invisible - He's mine, mine, mine
Invisible - I put my hand on my hip
Invisible - I put the other one out
Invisible - He is air guitar

Björk
Airguitar! Go go!

Johnny Triumph
I twist and turn him
He goes out and south
I bend and twist him
He goes back and forth
I swing and flex him
He goes up and down

Björk
Airguitar! Go go!

Johnny Triumph
I am air guitar - Press him close to me
I am air guitar - Stroke him all over
I am air guitar - Come on boys
I am air guitar - Everybody form a circle

Airguitar!

SONG INFO

Released as a single by Johnny Triumph (aka Sjón) in october 1987.

Also released as a B-side on the "Deus" single in April 1988.

MOTORCYCLE MAMA

Tell your daddy and your mama too
you got something better to do
don't stick around the house the rest of your life
you're eighteen - you can do what you like

You'll be the queen of my highway
my motorcycle mama
we'll see the world from my Harley

We'll get matching jackets and helmets too
we'll get respect from the towns we ride through
we'll sleep at the roadside in the soft green grass
and if the squares walk by we'll let them pass

You'll be the queen of my highway
my motorcycle mama
we'll see the world from my Harley

And maybe in a year or two
we'll have a little one - she'll look just like you
we'll add on a sidecar, electric guitar
we'll be a trio - the baby makes three, oh!

Tell your daddy and your mama too
you've got something better to do
don't stick around the house the rest of your life
you're eighteen - you can be my wife

You'll be the queen of my highway
my motorcycle mama
we'll see the world from my Harley

If the chain don't break!

SONG INFO

A cover of the Sailcat's song, released on the compilation album "Rubaiyat - Elektra's 40th Anniversary" in 1990.

MY MARCH

(TBA)

SONG INFO

Released as on the compilation album "World Domination Or Death Vol.1" in june 1990.

OOOPS

Ooops - alright
I'll come over
and pour myself over you
jars of fun!
exciting stories
I'll make you forget

Tickle you a little bit
seduce out your good temper
I'll shine all over
I'll cook my best dish for you

But then it's my turn
I want all your adoration

Dog, I own you
sit down fool
you own me
I'm yours
I'm the sun
I'll shine all over you
grab the rays
sugar

Ooops...alright
I'll come over
and pour myself over you
jars of fun!
exciting stories
I'll make you forget
I'll make you forget

SONG INFO

Collaboration with 808 State, released on their album "Ex:El" in May 1991, and also as a single of its own in April 1991.

ORGANIC PRANKSTER

Björk
Hee how!

Einar
One person calls someone
to pour the water
because it takes two to
pour the water

Björk
To plough takes two as well
but only one to
hold up the sky

Einar
To plough takes two as well
but only one to hold up the sky

One plays the harp
beats a rock with a stick

Björk
One plays the harp
beats a rock with a stick
becomes a priest or at least a
delicious demon
hee how!

Einar
At least a delicious demon

Björk
Delicious demon

Two men need one money
but one money needs no man
one is on one's knees
loses one's head
except maybe a
delicious demon
hee how!

Einar
Two men need one money
but one money needs no man

Two men need no money
but one money needs no man
one is on one's knees
loses one's head
except maybe a
delicious demon

Björk
Then one is no longer
no longer!

Both
Delicious demon
delicious, oh here he comes again wow!
delicious demon

So delicious!

SONG INFO

Released as a B-side on the "Deus" single in April 1988.

Basically, this is just another version of the song "Delicious Demon" from the "Life's Too Good" album, with a new title.

Ó BORG, MíN BORG

Ó borg, mín borg,
ég lofa ljóst þín stræti
þín lágu hús og allt sem fyrir ber
Og þótt tárið oft minn vanga væti
er von mín einatt, einatt bundin þér

Og hversu sem að aðrir í þig narta
þig, eðla borg, sem forðum prýddir mig
Svo blítt, svo blítt sem barnsins unga hjarta
er brjóst mitt fullt af minningum um þig

Um síð, um síð ég kem og krýp þér aumur
og kyssi jafnvel hörðu strætin þín
Því af þér fæddist lífsmíns ljósi draumur
eitt lítið barn og það var ástin mín

OH TOWN, MY TOWN

Oh town, my town
I highly praise your streets
your low houses and ____
And though tears often wet my ___
my hope only, only is bound to you

And ____
you, noble town, who _____
so ___, so ___ like the young child's heart
is my chest filled with memories of you

___, ___ i come and ____
and always kiss your ___ streets
for from you are all my life's bright dreams are born
a little child and that was my love

SONG INFO

Originally a poem by Vilhjálmur from Skáholt, turned into a duet with Björk and KK Band, released on the compilation album "Sódóma Reykjavík" in september 1992.

POLO

Björk
I'm warping the wicket
unbearable in cohabitation
I don't close jam jars
I wake up too early in the day

Einar
I - I - I - want you

Björk
I'm warping the wicket
wicket - wicket - wicket

Kompry, kompry, kompry

Einar
I - I - I - want you

Björk
I'm warping the wicket
wicket - wicket - wicket

Kompry, kompry, kompry

She isn't any longer!
She isn't any longer!

Einar
I - I - I - want you

Björk
I'm warping the wicket
wicket - wicket - wicket

Kompry, kompry, kompry

Einar
I - I - I - want you

Björk
I'm warping the
wicket

SONG INFO

Released as a B-side on the "Motorcrash" single in 1988.

PæKLAðAR PLóMUR

þú hjálpar ekki neinum
með að horfa bara á hann
það hefur engin áhrif
þótt þúeflaust meinir vel
og eins er víst þú nálagst ekki
neinn með því að flá hann
þú nærð engum með góðu móti
þannig út úr skel

Pæklaðar plómur
parkinsonveiki
en allt er þetta yfirleitt
eitthvað á reiki
við verðum bara að velja þeim
vinalegri leiki
pæklaðar plómur
parkinsonveiki

Þú hjálpar ekki neinum
með að vera bara á verði
vörnin reynist haldlaus
og hún gjörir enga stoð
því þú hugsar öll þín ráð
undir hangandi sverði
og hefur þér til skjóls
þessa götóttu voð

Pæklaðar plómur...

Það glæðir ekki vonina
að vera af þessum heimi
en viðjarnár má slíta
eins og hvert annað haft
það bætir ekki úr skák
þótt þig bærilega dreymi
ef þú bindur allt þitt trúss
við skilvitlegan kraft

Pæklaðar plómur...

SONG INFO

Björk provided backup vocals on this song with Icelandic national icon Megas, released on his "Hættuleg Hljómsveit Og Glæpakvendið Stella" album in september 1990.

STáLNóTT

(TBA)

NIGHT OF STEEL

(TBA)

SONG INFO

Released as a B-side on the "Deus" single in April 1988, with the English title.

Also released on Johnny Triumph's single "Luftgítar" in october 1987, with the Icelandic title.

STONE DRILL (IN THE ROCK)

Einar
I went to my job today
I couldn't find my job today
my job was long gone
my job - where is my job?
my job is - my job is
my job is long gone
I went to my job today
I couldn't find my job
I couldn't find my job
I went to my job today

My job was long, long, long, long, long, long
long, long, long, long, long, long, long, gone

But I went to job today
I couldn't find my job today
I need my job today
I need my job today
I want to go for work and pray
I need my job today
I need my job, job, job, job, job, job
I need my job, job
I need my job
I need my job today
I need to get it today

SONG INFO

Released as a B-side on the "Walkabout" single in march 1992.

SWEET JANE

Standing on the corner
suitcase in my hand
Jack is in his coat
Jane is in her vest
and me, I'm in a rock'n'roll band

Riding a Stutz Bear Cat, Jim
you know, those were different times
oh, all the poets they studied rules of verses
and those ladies they rolled their eyes

Sweet Jane!

Jack he is a banker
and Jane she is a clerk
both of them save all their monies
and then they come home from work

Oh, sitting down by the fire, oh
the radio just play
the classical music there, Jim
"The march of the wooden soldiers"
and you can hear Jack
and you can hear Jack say, oh

Sweet Jane!

Some people like to go dancing
some people have to work
and there's even some evil mothers
they're gonna tell you that everything is just dirt

You know that women never really faint
and that villains always blinking their eye
you know children are the only ones who blush
and life is, just to die

SONG INFO

Released on the soundtrack for the movie "Skytturnar" in november 1987.

SýNIST

(TBA)

SONG INFO

Released on the soundtrack for the movie "Skytturnar" in november 1987.

TAKK

Fundið til líka
ag ást, heita ást

Með allt sem hún sér
og allt sem hún færir mér
ást heita ást
ekkert er bannað

Og öll þessi ást
í bláum hjörtum
ekkert er bannað
og allt er hægt

þar sem enginn hefur snert
en ég snert
og fundið til líka
og ást, heita ást

THANKS

Feel it aswell
and love, hot love

With all that she sees
and all that she gives to me
love hot love
nothing is forbidden

And all of this love
in blue hearts
nothing is forbidden
and everythings possible

There where nobody has touched
but I have touched
and felt it aswell
and love, hot love

SONG INFO

A collaboration with DJ Þórhallur, released on the compilation album "Sódóma Reykjavík" in september 1992.

THEFT

Björk
Man put out his head and looked at me
I put him, put him underneath my shirt
now he's scratching in bus number 12
I sit in the back and cough all the time

My bedroom is at the end of the corridore
where I listen to cassettes and especially loud tonight
so nobody hears him - he's mine, mine, mine, mine, mine
I'm gonna keep him underneath my bed

Já já - he'll be loved here
Já já - could have kept him

Einar
Behind these bloodstains - she tucked me into darkness
I didn't know where I was - or where I was going
I got scared - this was my first time - away from home

I started to claw - claw and scratch
wanted to escape - her grip was firm
she won't let me go - she took me away
she took me away - she took me away

Björk
Já já - he'll be loved here
Já já - could have kept him
Já já - he'll be loved here
Já já - could have kept him

Einar
Her grip was firm - she would not let
let me go - but she gave me - a good home
She took me away

Björk
Já já - he'll be loved here

Einar
Got a new - new home

SONG INFO

Released as a B-side on the "Hit" single in december 1991.

TOP OF THE WORLD

Björk
Such a feeling's coming over me
there is wonder in most everything I see
not a cloud in the sky, but the sun in my eyes
and I won't be surprised if it's a dream

Everything I want the world to be
is now coming true especially for me
and the reason is clear - it's because you are here
you're the nearest thing to heaven that I've seen

I'm on the top of the world
looking down on creation
and the only explanation I can find
is the love that I've found
ever since you've been around
your love puts me at the top of the world

Something in the wind has learned my name
and it's telling me that things are not the same
in the leaves on the trees and the touch of the breeze
there's a pleasing sense of happiness for me

There is only one wish on my mind
when the day is through I hope that I will find
that tomorrow will be just the same for you and me
all I need will be mine if you are here

I'm on the top of the world...

Einar
When I was young I listened to the radio
they'd be sha-la-la-la
and the moon'd still shine
they'd be singa-linga-ling
that the stars it would sing
so fine

Björk
I'm on the top of the world...

Einar
All my past memories
complicated to me
something really make me cry
just like before

SONG INFO

This cover of the Carpenters' song was released on the "Walkabout" single in march 1992.

WHOLE LOTTA LOVING TO DO

Ok?
Uno, dos, one two three quattro!

Oh yes, I got a lot of loving to do - a whole lot of living to do
come on baby, making love takes two
Oh yes I’ve got a lot of living to do - a whole lot of loving to do
and there's no one who I'd rather do it with than you

There's a moon that's big and bright in the milky way tonight
but the way you act you'd never would know it's there
So baby, time's a wasting, a lot of kisses I ain't been tasting
I don't know about you but I’m gonna get my share

well I got a whole lot of loving to do...

There's a balmy little breeze that's whistling through the trees
and it's telling you to pitch a little woo with me
Why don't you take a listen, you'll never know what you've been missing
Cuddle up a little closer and be my little honey bee

Oh got a whole lot of loving to do...

You're the prettiest thing I’ve seen, but you treat me so doggone mean
ain't you got no heart, I’m dying to hold you near
why do you keep me waiting, why don't you start co-operating
and the things I say are things you want to hear

Oh got a whole lot of loving to do...

SONG INFO

The Sugarcubes did the backing vocals on this song live with El Vez when he showed up at their gig at the Wiltern Theatre on April 28th 1992.

El Vez is a crazy Latino guy from Los Angeles who claims to be the "Mexican Elvis". The song is a cover of Elvis Presley's "Got a lot o' livin' to do".

WORLDS COLLAPSE

I meet you, and you tell me
what you dreamt - last night
I think its great - it's the same dream I dreamt
We fall flat - the same dream

Worlds collapse
Worlds collapse
your wall falls on my wall
I think I'll go away
I think I'll go outside
I think of buying hope

Meet girl - dreamt a dream too
he dreamt another dream
he wont tell us her dream
but when I offer him my coat
he opens up a smile

He dreamt a house
in the house, a mere wall
in the middle of the rift there's:

World's collapse
World's collapse
your wall falls on my wall
I think I go away
I think I'll form a bomb out of snow

I think I'll throw it at girl
I think I'll throw it at you
I think I'll throw it at girl
I think I'll throw it at you

SONG INFO

Released on Icelandic group Bless' album "Gums" october 1990. Björk does the backup-vocals.

YONDER

There's a useless moon up there in the sky
it has neither tail nor start
I hang around the café disappointment
and you in the yonder

I know what a call grapes out from the tar
and think filt of names and air
I sip coffe ground on café supernova
get you in the yonder

When I nap
when I nap
please stay away from my dreams
please stay in the yonder - until I wake up

Inside you does a heart die, Jane
pumps constantly pain and sorrow
I leave big tips at some sort of café
and you in the yonder

When I nap
when I nap
please stay away from my dreams
please stay in the yonder - until I wake up

SONG INFO

Released on Icelandic group Bless' album "Gums" october 1990. Björk does the backup-vocals.