Kimbra - 'Good Intent' (Live at Sing Sing Studios)

"Good Intent" recorded live at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne, Australia.
Kimbra's debut album VOWS is out now. © 2011 WMG

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Lyrics:
You heard the crickets of the early eve
They lurk around the opening in twos and threes
Clementine told you not to move with the breeze
I'll take you down to places where we dare not speak

The red light in the doorway says she's armed (She's armed)
I wouldn't go try your luck or you might get passed (Might get passed)
Step into the dwelling of the liger's mouth
Peer into the panic for a kick and swell
You know you shouldn't be there but it's way past bed
There's comfort in the fingers of your good intent
You know you shouldn't be there but your money's all spent
You've got your reputation and your good intent
Your good intent

Ooh ooh ooh

Out to feed that habit when you've sowed that seed
Nothing made you feel out of the ordinary
But the air turns sombre and the night took thee
Took you on a waltz of hypocrisy
She broke your bones, now you're lying in the dirt
The shadow of a hunter under your torture
It's not enough to say, it's not what's in your heart
You've tainted every moment 'til death do we part

I know you didn't mean it, boy you meant so well
The pennies are cascading down your wishing well
I know you didn't mean it when you counted to ten
You're slipping through the fingers of your good intent
I know you didn't mean it, though you meant so well
The pennies are cascading down your wishing well
I know you didn't mean it when you counted to ten
You've got your reputation and your good intent
Such a good intent

It's not enough to hope for the best
It's not enough to lie there on a breast
The liger's on the prowl now you've pulled its strings
One false move and soon you're playing dice for a

[thisistawism]

2024 and I still love you soooo much!
few artists with so much soul when performing!

[AeroAndy]

All Kimbra's "sing sing studio" tracks are far better than the released album versions. 

[KaylaTeets]

I like this version more than the official studio version.

[airkittens]

I've been a professional Hollywood-based songwriter for many years. This song is complex and sophisticated in it's cool and purposefully imperfect rhymes, hypnotic timing, anti-chorus, lurid content, etc. Amazing that Kimbra wrote this at what...21 yrs old? What an awesome package this artist is.

[tylerepperson]

Her performance is the definition of feeling the music. The woman has rhythm and soul like no other singer I've heard in years.

[douglasferreira]

Her body, facial expression, hands, eyes, sing the song.

[LoststeamVAA]

Such a classy tune. And she's an incredible live performer! somebody sign her up for the next James Bond opener :)

[drewmartinezart]

If I were king she would be the Superbowl halftime show.

[Delightfulwitch]

you can tell she really enjoys herself when she sings it's really quite lovely.

[qstqrt]

I bookmarked this 14 yrs ago?!! What have I've been doing? It never made it to American radio, if it really matters.

[JogatinaBrasilis]

To me this is the best version of Kimbra.

[kohakuinscribed]

Remember the days when all you needed was a singer and a mic to captivate an audience...she brought that back.

[Sam-efbj]

Just killer vocals. Lyrics are full blown, excellent poetry. This gal is all the way there...pure creative genius.

[jerrybowen]

Dam she and her voice is intoxicating.❤❤❤

[yddub]

she is so odd. she is also so incredible.

[rosebanditz]

No one will know this song in my generation. Such a perfect girl.

[DATRUFF]

The way she moves her face and body when she sings. It's like she's behind a shade and no one can see her.
It's amazing.

[bigdog]

She's like a caricature of a 1950's horror movie. In the most wonderful way. I love her. She can

[brandontaylor]

She doesn't sing her music; she IS her music. Her movements, voice, and facial expressions are proof of this.

[KylenneLupo]

i smile whenever she pulls out the tambourine in her sing sing studio lives... I keep thinking..."There it is again!"