Issa(pronounced eeee-sah) (formerly known as Jane Siberry, born October 12, 1955 in Toronto, Ontario) is most famous for her early 1980s new wave hits such as "Mimi on the Beach", "I Muse Aloud" and "One More Colour". Internationally, she is best known for her 1993 album When I Was a Boy.Following the commercial failure of her 1995 album Maria, Siberry founded her own independent label, Sheeba Records. She has released all of her subsequent material on that label. Her public profile has been lower since she became an independent artist; however, she retains a devoted cult following. Early in 2006, she closed her Sheeba office, then sold and gave away nearly all of her possessions -- including her home and instruments.
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Lena Is A White Table Lyrics

Jane Siberry

first you go up the hill
(don't forget to sat the church)
the church why? i don't know...
(in case they miss the turn)
let me do the talking
(you make mistakes sometimes)
well so do you too
never let me talk
-----
yaahhh - drink your beer
this is no suprise

they're always arguing, they're from down in...
(darts my friend?)
and when you reach the top
out on the scraggy backs just there
say - you must be new
a movie camera! (ooohh!)
WELL - I wouldn't GO
(darts?) don't! (over his shoulder as he goes to play darts)
WHO IS THAT WITH YOU?
(darts my friend?)

how does she hang the clothes
climb up on herself?

there's a house(white)
a back porch(grey)
just a table there
(don't forget the laundry line)
yes - nobody knows how far it goes(many men have died)
BALONEY/PHOOEY
past the fishing banks
probably past the edge of the earth maybe
OH COME ON
and sometimes there is a chair the table legs they never
move waiting and pressing and the clothesline stop don't move
CHORUS:
well, maybe she should go to school
no,no...she's a table
lena's a white table

and in the afternoon
and in the autumn air
the porch is bare and still
there is a waiting there
and flint the laundry line
apples rolling down the hill

WINDOW:
i hope that she's here
what if she's not here
i don't think she's here
i hope she's not here
don't you think she's here
i don't think she's here

and sometimes there is a chair the table legs they never
move waiting and pressing and the clothesline stop don't move

CHORUS:
well, maybe she should go to school
no,no...she's a table
lena's a white table
well,maybe she should learn to pray
no,no...she's a table
lena's a white table
we saw her waiting by the line
which line? the laundry line
waiting for the clothes to dry
what if she freezes in mid-air?
no no no no no...