Joanna Newsom - Peach, Plum, Pear Lyrics






We speak in the store, I'm a sensitive bore
You seem markedly more and I'm oozing surprise
But it's late in the day and you're well on your way
What was golden went gray and I'm suddenly shy

And the gathering floozies afford to be choosy
And all sneezing darkly in the dimming divide
And I have read the right book to interpret your look
You were knocking me down with the palm of your eye

This is unlike the story, it was written to be
I was riding its back when it used to ride me
And we were galloping manic to the mouth of the source
We were swallowing panic in the face of its force

And I am blue
I am blue and unwell
Made me bolt like a horse

Now it's done
Watch it go
You've changed so
Water runs from the snow

And am I so dear?
Do I run rare?
You've changed so
Peach, plum, pear
Peach, plum





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  1. A.... _....

    Ohhhhh nanannananana

  2. D.... B....

    Perfection

  3. F.... B....

    dont know what the fuck Im watching and how the fuck did I get here nor how I gonna be able to sleep tonight, but ok

    F.... B....

    Fran Barrios same but it’s already morning for me

  4. A.... S....

    i shit blood to this song and this song alone

  5. s.... ....

    This is the best non-official video to a song ever.

  6. J.... w....

    ‘We speak in the store, I’m a sensitive bore’ 😪🤭

  7. i.... b....

    incredible!

  8. �.... �....

    Ребят , это гениально !

  9. [.... ....

    Everyone I've showed this song is like "how can you listen to this??" Her voice is part of the charm, like a testament to the reckless and untamed singing of a child.

  10. T.... ....

    The short parts with the vocal layering were unexpectedly intense the first time I listened to this. Very interesting stuff.

  11. F.... D....

    Joanna Noisome

  12. E.... R....

    Check out my remix of the song at https://youtu.be/i6_G3YKyXP4

  13. L.... H....

    We speak in the store
    I'm a sensitive bore
    You seem markedly more
    And I'm oozing surprise

    But it's late in the day
    And you're well on your way
    What was golden went gray
    And I'm suddenly shy

    And the gatherin' floozies
    Afford to be choosy
    And all sneezing darkly
    In the dimming divide

    And I have read the right books
    To interpret your looks
    You were knocking me down
    With the palm of your eye

    This was unlike the story
    It was written to be
    I was riding its back
    When it used to ride me

    And we were galloping manic
    To the mouth of the source
    We were swallowing panic
    In the face of its force

    And I am blue
    I am blue and unwell
    Made me bolt like a horse

    Now it's done
    Watch it go
    You've changed some
    water runs from the snow

    Am I so dear?
    Do I run rare?
    And you've changed some
    Peach, plum, pear...
    Peach, plum...

  14. R.... F....

    The song and video are beautiful. It stirs emotions.

  15. O.... T....

    Hello from Tessa

    O.... T....

    Hi Tessa

  16. C.... B....

    they all seem so happy... so unnaturally happy. is this possible to be that happy nowdays?

  17. T.... ....

    I had literally never heard her music - or so I’d thought - until just now... but it was after hearing the sound of her voice that I KNEW I’d recognized it from somewhere recently... And it’s from the movie The Strangers! Liv Tyler’s character puts on a song of her’s on the record player which leads to it getting knocked /w the same part played on repeat

  18. �.... ....

    this is gr8.

  19. M.... ....

    Fucking gumball makes a reference to this song

  20. G.... B....

    Reminds me of Kate Bush.

  21. A.... ....

    It's a shame this is not on Spotify..... or is it?

  22. l.... 4....

    There goes Andy Samberg's wifey....😭 What a truly lucky man he must be 💯💖

  23. T.... W....

    child like, sophisticated, innocent, sweet, passionate, reaching, deep, intellectual, striking, eccentric, surprises, unique , touches of classical , feminine , old soul

  24. C.... W....

    this makes me sob so much everytime I listen to it

  25. a.... ....

    so what happened at the end...

  26. A.... A....

    She's godawful

  27. J.... M....

    Todavía 2019

  28. J.... S....

    The most polarizing song I have ever heard.

  29. A.... ....

    This film takes me back to simplilier times

  30. s.... j....

    You’ve changed so oh oh oh

  31. A.... ....

    I can only assume the 16,000 people who liked this are def

    A.... ....

    Or like experimental and unique voices. tone in music is completely subjective. You might like the tone of a keyboard over a organ or vice versa.

  32. M.... V....

    Lyrics:

    We speak in the store, I'm a sensitive bore
    You seem markedly more and I'm oozing surprise
    But it's late in the day and you're well on your way
    What was golden went gray and I'm suddenly shy

    And the gathering floozies afford to be choosy
    And all sneezing darkly in the dimming divide
    And I have read the right book to interpret your look
    You were knocking me down with the palm of your eye

    This is unlike the story, it was written to be
    I was riding its back when it used to ride me
    And we were galloping manic to the mouth of the source
    We were swallowing panic in the face of its force

    And I am blue
    I am blue and unwell
    Made me bolt like a horse

    Now it's done
    Watch it go
    You've changed so
    Water runs from the snow

    And am I so dear?
    Do I run rare?
    You've changed so
    Peach, plum, pear
    Peach, plum

  33. A.... ....

    LOOKs at film
    *nostalgia overload*

  34. A.... ....

    We could've found bin Laden so much quicker if we used this song as torture at our CIA black sites.

    A.... ....

    I'm gonna beat you into a bloody corpse

    A.... ....

    Sugma Blank Such tall talk from a person who has a cat as their profile picture. The song is terrible. Deal with it.

    A.... ....

    @AGGROBERLIN615 Says the person who judges people based on their Youtube channel profile picture. Anyways I'm on my way!

    A.... ....

    @kittypie You're right that's exactly what I did. Was that meant to be an insult?

    A.... ....

    @AGGROBERLIN615 Music is subjective, especially tone. Check her newer her tone is more tame.

  35. L.... H....

    Essa música me emociona tanto toda vez que a ouço. Obra prima, de fato. Amo demais. ❤️

  36. a.... ....

    Years ago i use to recommend this video to everyone . It still holds

  37. F.... C....

    Quanto tempo..... pelo menos 7 anos.

  38. I.... A....

    This song is creepy and good at the same time and it totally catchy

  39. I.... H....

    One day I want to walk in a store and sing this in its entirety. I'm a four octave falsetto, I can pull it off with no problem. The harpsichord part, somebody can roll one in and help me out? I'll buy you a plum. Or a pair of peaches.

  40. m.... v....

    Lovely video. Where is the footage from?

  41. s.... d....

    Now it's done, watch it go.

  42. N.... B....

    🍇😭💗♥️🦁🏡

  43. b.... ....

    Still a classic 💞

  44. J.... H....

    What if Lisa Simpson hadn't gone into, "jazz".

  45. I.... s....

    This song gives me a really strange and strong feeling of overwhelming sadness and nostalgia although I’ve only ever listened to this song now

    I.... s....

    Probably the film

  46. H.... ....

    Gumball

  47. A.... W....

    so this is a present day singer? i saw one of my favorite singers mention her and when this started playing i was l like damn 1950s? 60s? looked joanna up she is 37..what the heck she is only 6 years my senior LOL in any case strange music but im digging it :)

    A.... W....

    She was 22 when this was recorded

  48. b.... ....

    I love you Joanna

  49. e.... h....

    This so sang by ralf of the Simpson’s

  50. h.... ....

    Always brings to mind Johnny Pearson's end-theme for the BBC children's cartoon 'Mary, Mungo & Midge'.

  51. O.... ....

    Sad stuff man. Good for having a cry though.

  52. s.... d....

    Now it's done, watch it go..

  53. L.... S....

    Man, this video blows my mind for 3 reason.

    *First, the fact that these are REAL people, not actors, not a music clip, but real moments of the past, of people all probbably already dead, lifes that have come and are gone. This is pure time expressed, translated.

    *Then about the song: that for some reason seems to (abstractly) deal with this exact context of time passing, things changing, histories that happening without scrip or control. How the lyrics fits so smooth with the footages. How the tune fits so neatly with the feeling of the film. The way the song were composed in a distant place from there about a different intemption.. the same about the films. and how they come to meet and fit so nicely in this art.

    *And finally to the strange realization that these people, right in that momment when each films were recorded could never imagine that years in future their momments would, by chance, fit in so well with a song, in a video made posted on an inexistent tecnology at the time. Think on how they would react if they new. Think about how their naturallity at these images depended by the fact they were oblivious of what they would become after.

    L.... S....

    Lucas S. Martins cool perspective. Have definitely thought about a few of your points. Time rips. We uploaded it 13 years ago...made it a while before that.

  54. e.... ....

    This is creepy

  55. K.... N....

    The music is great, and the music video makes me extremely nostalgic
    Really beautiful

  56. C.... G....

    I don't know why, but this creeps me out so much for some reason...But this is still a great song.

  57. Y.... C....

    Love this song so much. Haven't heard it for years... <3

  58. A.... F....

    I AM FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

  59. A.... G....

    sentimentality

  60. A.... G....

    nostalgia

  61. c.... ....

    This never fails to give me goosebumps. ♥️

  62. T.... K....

    She Sounds Like Kath Soucie.

  63. D.... ....

    I love this song, and I love Joanna. But this video just doesn’t work. Way too literal. “Knocking me down” over a shot of someone falling over, “Riding it’s back” over a shot of a guy on horseback, “Galloping manic” over a horse galloping and “Swallowing panic” over a clip of someone swallowing.

    Joanna is much more abstract and imaginative, not so literal. Not a very creative visual accompaniment to an imaginative song by a bizarre, eccentric, sensitive and charismatic artist like her.

    D.... ....

    Downtown_Atake Sorry it doesn’t meet your artistic approval.

    D.... ....

    echopanda Did you make this? I thought this was an official video, if it’s fan art that’s a different story. Sorry about that.

    D.... ....

    Definitely fan made. Not official. We made it a long while ago. No worries, not everyone is going to enjoy it.

    D.... ....

    echopanda Got you. Sorry again. I thought it was a record label trying to market Joanna a certain way. As a fan, and as an artist you have a right to interpret her work anyway you see fit, and however it moves you and what you make as a result has its own value. It was shitty of me to criticize another artist like that.

  64. E.... G....

    PS I Love It

  65. E.... G....

    Is she going for the Little Orphan Annie and Kate Bush smashed and had a baby sound or what

  66. L.... R....

    The progress from this to her newest stuff is incredible. Yet, how she stays herself the whole time.. I love her.

  67. A.... N....

    Jesus this is awful

  68. k.... :....

    troye :)

  69. Z.... O....

    oh i get where TAWOG get their inspiration from the song called "I Am Free"

    or the song in the "The Weirdo" episode

  70. D.... ....

    The fact the Amazing world of gumball brought me here shows me that cartoons still have a lot of amazing real life inspiration and character. This song is so cool!

  71. K.... O....

    trying to jam to this song is so fucking hard, not because of anything shes doing, she just changes tempo so fluidly. Its amazing.

  72. C.... B....

    What is this about? Why does it stir me?

  73. I.... G....

    THIS IS UNLIKE THE STORY IT WAS WRITTEN TO BE

  74. D.... F....

    This reminds me to gumball And Darwin ;-;

    D.... F....

    Cuz that's what they got I am free from

  75. J.... i....

    Back when videos were in 240p

  76. L.... W....

    @echopanda, how did you choose what song to put to these videos? It's a perfect choice but how did you choose! Also you didn't just get lucky, like you were SUPER lucky, these clips are so so pure, and perfect and beautiful! And the video is put together absolutely perfectly too, so kudos.

    L.... W....

    Leah Williams we got super lucky no doubt. I really liked the song and wanted to make something for it, then came across the reels shortly after. Once I started laying the footage to the music I knew it was going to fit (for my tastes)
    Thanks for watching.

  77. M.... M....

    and you've changed sooo-uhooome....

  78. S.... ....

    Like the Owen Pallet version better.

  79. K.... L....

    My fucking God what the hell is this ridiculous unlistenable shit

  80. S.... G....

    I first heard this song in 2009 and somehow the words quickly stuck with me. It touches me so deeply that it is difficult to listen to. Everybody I've ever showed the song to thinks I'm fucking weird, but it is an all-timer for me.

    I also wish I was Andy Samberg.

    S.... G....

    The life that never happened. The people you love without knowing them. But know enough to know you love them

    S.... G....

    I feel exactly the same way.

    S.... G....

    I feel you

    S.... G....

    U aren't weird, well maybe. I love Killswitch Engage, Slipknot, Breaking Benjamin, etc. I love this lady, also, after just discovering by accident 3 months ago. I am weird too. We are both just intelligent guys that recognize true talent.

    S.... G....

    Same man. How are the lyrics so powerful? They’re so simple, cryptic even. But the meaning comes through crystal clear. It’s a certain bittersweet melancholy that’s impossible to put into words.

    “You’ve changed, some.”

  81. G.... M....

    Cuz I AAAMM FREEEEEEEEE

  82. M.... M....

    She sounds like Patricia quinn in the original stage production of ricky horror omg

  83. I.... .....

    This song makes me profoundly sad.

    I just can't get over the emotional sting, but also how it sounds like such an old-timey song, like if I was a kid in the late sixties or early seventies and just happened to come across it.

    My heart breaks every time I hear her say 'And I am blue, I am blue and unwell".

  84. d.... n....

    @@listen to more music of Joanna Newsom>>

    https://www.onebas.com/artist/18241/Joanna+Newsom

  85. J.... F....

    well done

  86. R.... F....

    Honest question. What kind of psychopath dislikes this?

  87. D.... P....

    Brooklyn 99 brought me here and I feel like this is on Boyle's playlist

  88. N.... R....

    this is hella cringey and creepy

  89. M.... C....

    Stole this CD from a car like 12 years ago in Lancaster pa I secretly loved it

  90. P.... P....

    The worlds most desperate harpsichord. So darn good.

  91. M.... A....

    I used to listen to Joanna as a teen, I worshipped her music and memorized every word. I think she is amazing with producing music and a lyrical genius. Her voice I've always thought was beautifully haunting, in a good way! 😄 Thanks for all the memories, Joanna!❤️🌏🎵 P.S. I thought the video was her own music video, this is amazing visual artistry, love the humanity!

  92. B.... T....

    I miss you Nick.

  93. R.... F....

    I rekon about 2 of the 3 million hits on this track is me.

  94. H.... W....

    Lisa Simpson-core sounds great

  95. P.... C....

    D: que es esto ? Que habla en español ? Por qué tiene tantas visitas ? o:
    No está mal