B i o g r a p h y (by Official Press)
Marissa Nadler grew up in a small town in Massachusetts, where perhaps the brutal winters bred into her a chilly disposition and an early propensity for the darker and more melancholy side of things. After spending her childhood painting, she began to play guitar and write songs around the age of 14. Entirely self taught, after home recording two full length records, Marissa Nadler released a cover of a Pearls Before Swine song on a compilation put out by a friend of hers, Jeffrey Alexander (The Iditarod, Black Forest/Black Sea). He was and still is a major figure in the Providence, Rhode Island music scene, which also birthed one of the loudest bands in history, Lightening Bolt. The compilation was Marissa's first release, put out while Marissa was attending the Rhode Island School of Design for painting. Thurston Moore, among other notable Tom Rapp fans, graced the compilation CD with their experimental interpretations. (For the Dead in Space, vol II) Nadler's cover of Ballad to An Amber Lady, was the first of many atmospheric and melancholy songs Marissa would record in the years to follow. It was then that she decided to pursue music full time. After quitting a job teaching painting to children in Harlem, Marissa left New York and has been touring various countries and recording ever since. Marissa's music is very dreamy and atmospheric: an amalgam of traditional folk, paisley underground, shoe gaze, and dream pop. Almost all of the songs are very sad, about broken hearts, death, or simple burdens. Her voice is what most people immediately respond to, often described as spectral and beautiful. She plays many stringed instruments (including banjo, ukulele, autoharp, guitar, 12 string guitar, and dobro) but is often noted as an excellent, often experimental, guitar player, and is now working on explorations into the twelve string guitar. She sings songs of the sea, the haunting chansons of maidens, the cowboy ditties of ranchers, and the funerary processions of mourners. The eerie quality of her atmospheric music gives her songs a timelessness and sadness that is often described as other worldly. “Over her career, she has released nine full-length albums and various extended-play albums, compilations and collaborations. She has garnered worldwide acclaim for her songwriting and performing as well as fine art. The albums can roughly be divided into three periods. The first three albums — Ballads of Living and Dying (2004, Eclipse), The Saga of Mayflower May (2005, Eclipse), Songs III: Bird on the Water (2007, Peacefrog, Kemado) as well as the self-released albums — relate to dark themes such as death and loss and could be described as dreamy gothic folk. The next period — Little Hells (2009, Kemado), and Marissa Nadler (2011, Box of Cedar Records) and the EP The Sister (2012, Box of Cedar Records) — are more in the singer/songwriter tradition with many songs dealing with relationships and forays into different musical styles. The next period can be termed confessional, starting with the epic masterpiece July (2014, Sacred Bones) recounting the aftermath of a devastating breakup. The two follow-up albums Strangers (2016, Sacred Bones) and For My Crimes (2018, Sacred Bones) both deal with estrangement and alienation within a faltering relationship. The cover of For My Crimes also featured her own artwork. The latest work The Path of the Clouds (2019, Sacred Bones) charts new territory both sonically and thematically: this self-produced album has a very lush and celestial quality and deals with the theme of escape and hope.”
Marissa Nadler - 2011-06-14 - In Your Lair, Bear Alabaster Queen The Sun Always Reminds Me Of You Mr. John Lee Revisited Baby I Will Leave You In The Morning Puppet Master Wind Up Doll Wedding Little King In A Magazine Daisy, Where Did You Go
Non Albums Tracks - Misc - A Forest Ain't Afraid Of Dying All We Ever Got From Them Was Pain Blood And Tears Chelsea Hotel #2 Cold Wind Blowin' Cortez the killer Dandelion Daze Devil Town Flora Barone Frisco Depot Faster Than The Devil Goodbye Heartache Guns On The Sundeck Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings Honey Bear If We Make It Through the Summer I'll Always Be In Love With You In The Air Tonight It's Easier Now It's Hard To Be Human Judgement Day Lady Stardust Leave The Light On
Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere Lonesome Suzie More Than Words New Year Of Grace Mr. Blue Old Flames Can't Hold A Candle To You Ordinary World Pitseleh Poison Quicksilver Daydreams Of Maria Refractions Sad Cinderella Saunders Ferry Lane Save Me A Place Seabird Seems So Long Ago, Nancy So Long Ago And Far Away Solitude Some Secret Existence The Kindness Of Strangers The Rake Villain Where Do I Go Withered And Died
Ballads of Living and Dying
*** Thanx a lot to Marissa herself for these lyrics ***
Fifty Five Falls And I say to the day Why'd you drop down to die With fifty five falls And seventy skies? And I say to the day Why this ballad of brine? With Mayflower May and here monocle'd eye Where she lies Gently close her eyes Where she lies Gently close her eyes Oh, Damn July! Oh, I had a friend I remember her well With sad little hands A sad sickle cell.. Oh, I had a friend Her ship sailed away T'was fifty five falls ago to this day Where she lies Gently close her eyes Where she lies Gently close her eyes Oh, Damn July! And I say to the day Why'd you drop down to die With fifty five falls And seventy skies And I say to the day Why this Ballad of Brine? With Mayflower May and her monocle'd eye When she dies Slowly close her eyes Where she lies Gently close her eyes Oh, Damn July Hay Tantos Muertos
(words by Pablo Neruda) Hay tantos muertos Y tantos malecones que el sol rojo partia Hay tantos muertos Y tantas cabezas que golpean los buques Hay tantos muertos Y tantas manos que han encerrado besos Hay tantos muertos Y tantas cosas que quiero olvidar Stallions Mother, the stallions are running wild Save me your evil thoughts of mind Lord, I tried my best to save you from your mind Lord, I tried my best to save you from your mind Mother, the table's dressed in white Save me your evil thoughts of mind I tried my best to save you from your mind Lord, I tried my best to save you from your mind Mother, the stallions are running wild Save me your evil thoughts of time Lord, I tried my best to save you from your mind Lord, I tried my best to save you from your mind Undertaker I was your undertaker And I was your highway girl I was your bitter taste Of every other world You wake in the maddening morning You wake in the firelight world You wait for your find a dancer From every other world I was your undertaker And I was your ivory girl And I was your bitter taste Of every other world I wait for the trains To ride me back To some highway world I wait for the trains To ride me back To some other world Box Of Cedar Seven winters past and gone I once was young and I once was strong Shannadee- ah dee ah dee Six fine times I felt my knees Buckle to your sweet release Shannadee- ah dee ah dee Five times tried to conjure you Another letter or a note or clue Shannadee ah dee ah dee And I'm going to tell everybody I'm know that I'm glad to see you And I'm going to tell everybody I'm know that I'm glad to see you Even though you're coming home In a box of cedar For four years you courted I Your raven hair, your brittle bride Shannadee ah dee ah dee Three more times I tried to find it A lover to match your sweet kind Shannadee ah dee a dee And I'm going to tell everybody I'm know that I'm glad to see you And I'm going to tell everybody I'm know that I'm glad to see you Even though you're coming home In a box of cedar [sing-song] One am I to fill these rooms And wake each morn to the drone of doom Shannadee ah dee a dee Seven winters past and gone I once was young and I once was strong Shannadee ah dee a dee Bird Song If I call your name at midnight You would not be there If I call your name at midnight Oh, you would not be there You said my name so sweetly Oh, the one time that you called Oh, you said my name so sweetly That I took my clothes all off Oh, the birds are calling And I do not believe for me Oh, the birds are calling And I do not believe for me Yes, I do not believe for me I thought I saw you walking With your trenchcoat in the rain Yes, I thought I saw you driving Down those streets past me again Yes, I drank the table under And I drank your bitter wine Yes, I drank the table under And I drank your bitter wine Oh, the bells are ringing And I do not believe for me Oh, the bells are ringing And I do not believe for me Yes, I do not believe for me I walk on every Monday With your memories so clear Yes, I walk on vagrant runways I think of how you're near
Mayflower May Without a lover Without a friend Without a saviour Without a friend Without a lover Without a friend Mayflower walked away Away towards the air And if you see her Call out her name And if you hear her Out in the rain Mayflower Maybelle May was her name Without a lover Without a friend Without a saviour Without a friend Without a lover Without a care Mayflower walked away Away towards the air And if you see her Call out her name And if you hear her Out in the rain Mayflower Maybelle May was her name Days Of Rum You knew her in the time She was young And yearned to die She'd gaze at the light In the corner in the night And the men would come to her In the dead of old winter In the doldrums it was fine To touch her body and her mind Singing: Dum-diddy dum Days of fun, days of rum! Singing, Dum-diddy-dum Days of fun, days of rum! Scarlet in the wine Raise the bloody vine Oh, she knew you in the time She was young And yearned to die But the roses never came She was just some winters dame And in her bed she lay As she dreamt oof a dying day Singing, Dum-diddy-dum Days of fun, days of rum Singing, Dum-diddy-dum Days of fun, days of rum Virginia The waves rush against the folds of my face As I start to drown The waves rush against the folds of my face As I start to drown Oh, Virginia Virgina, Virginia Die In winter the water will wash up above the waterside In winter the water will wash up above the waterside Oh, Virginia Virgina, Virginia Die With the rocks in your pockets You walk up above the waterside With the rocks in your pockets You walk up above the waterside Oh, Virginia Virgina, Virginia Die The waves rush against the full of my face As I start to fall The waves rush against the folds of my face As I start to fall Oh, Virginia Virgina, Virginia Falls Annabelle Lee (words by Edgar Allan Poe)
It was many and many a year ago In a kingdom by the sea That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabelle Lee And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me I was a child and she was a child In this kingdom by the sea But we loved with a love that was more than love I and my Annabelle Lee With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me And this was the reason that, long ago In this kingdom by the sea A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabelle Lee So that her highborn kinsman came And bore her away from me To shut her up in a sepulcher In this kingdom by the sea It was many and many a year ago In a kingdom by the sea That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabelle Lee
The Saga of Mayflower May
Under An Old Umbrella Say hello to the sea Or to the holy water Say hello to the sea Under the skies of azure And I met him yesterday Under my old umbrella And I met him yesterday Under the skies of azure And turquoise was the colour of his eyes And bitter wine the colour of my high He was tall, gracefully he held my empty fingers He was tall, gracefully He filled my cold hard body And I met him yesterday Under the skies of azure And I met him yesterday Under my old umbrella And turquoise was the colour of his eyes And bitter wine the colour of my high The Little Famous Song Will you play your famous song Your little song Your lovely song Will you play your famous song For me I loved all the things he saw The little war birds in the dark I loved all the things he saw The ways in which the water fall Will you play your famous song Your little song Your lovely song Will you play your famous song For me I loved all the things you saw Your little war birds in the dark I loved all the things you saw The ways in which your water fall Mr. John Lee (The Velveteen Rose) Mr. John Lee I knew about your family But you came when I was lonesome In the fairest of the spring And I did not care for your wedding ring But I did care for Marie Farewell, my sweet Oh you often told me How my hair was a raven And my eyes were shining bright But I did not love you quite as well As your darling loving wife But every time that you see A Velveteen Rose you think of how you once called me Your Velveteen Rose Mr. John Lee 'Twas the nite that you told me The burning thoughts you harboured me That sheriff found your sweet Marie Floating by the river weeds In the fields of green But every time that you see A Velveteen Rose I think of how you once called me Your Velveteen Rose Damsels In The Dark Photographs of your face Against the wind Against the rain I'm gonna burn them all And bury your name All your damsels in the dark And sea-shell branches in the park I'm gonna burn them all And bury your name Photographs of your face Against the wind Against the rain I'm gonna burn them all And bury your name Lily, Henry, And The Willow Trees Lily was a maiden in the castle sea They found her in the forest Where the wild willows be Lily was a maiden in the castle sea They found her in the forest Where the wild willows be RAPE scene: Singing, Don't Plead me no!! For I will seize you in the snow Singing, Don't plead me no!! For I will seize you in the snow Henry first saw Liliane Girl of coloured hair Sitting by the river With the willows in her hair Lily hummed a tune she knew A shanty from the sea He seized her by her little waist Against the willow tree Singing fair thee Oh well Where you gone, no one can tell Singing fair thee oh well Where you gone, no one can tell Oh, you are worth a million silver pennies Henry said to Liliane Oh, you are worth a million silver pennies Henry said to Liliane Yellow Lights Yellow lights are free and climbing up the sad old grey behind me Can you help her walk away again Blue the colour of the water Mary and her devil-daughter Drinking rubies in the rain again Oh Mary Don't you die Oh Mary Don't you die Cause of the colour of her eye Green the colour of the grasses Mary and her new blue lassies Come a-riding in the fall with me Grey the shades of all nights past me Red the blood inside the old tree Come a-riding in the fall with me Oh Mary Don't you die Oh Mary Don't you die Cause of the colour of her eye
Old Love Haunts Me In The Morning Old love haunts me in the morning La da da da da da da da di Old love haunts in the evening And the remnants of pictures come alive I told you that I loved you By the lake with the summer done Come all your careless wanderers By the lake with the days of rum When I first saw you in the sunshine With the speckles and flaxen in your eyes When I first saw you in the moonlight It is true that I thought that I might die I told you that I loved you By the lake with the summer done Come all your careless wanderers By the lake with the days of rum La da da da da da da da di My Little Lark Sooner or later I will see you or something we talked in the night To the sound of the broken swing In the beginning Stars I would fancy And we'd rock in the night To the sound of the surf crashing Further and further Are you growing now Further and further Is the spark Further and further Are you growing now futher and further My little lark Ode, to my sweet one In the days of the long run In the fall looking among The fields of green and blue Where did you fly to Little blue Sooner or later I'll be seeing you In all the markings on the wall Sooner or later Will you come to me Incarnate in the body of a willow tree In the Time Of The Lorry Low Gladly to your home again Forgive me to the rain It's true that I willed And wished for you Each night upon my bed Driving down your road again A winding road of green Your face a distant memory An autumn leaf in spring It was a long time ago In the time of the lorry low It was a long time ago Twas a claw in the days of old Following these signs of you As sparrows flock around I will always drink to you When entering this town Grievous angels laugh at you For leaving me to be I see your face in every blueish Sky and road and sea It was a long time ago In the time of the lorry low It was a long time ago With a claw in the days of old Calico Take her to the river Call her a river-child Take her to the forest Call her a little wild Sell her to the gypsy For a jar of metal coins Take her to the mountain And thrust yourself Into her loins Calico Calico Calico Her lips are white as snow She moved to the mountains With a box all chisels sharp She moved to the highlands With a box of books so dark I knew her in the city She and I would dance the night Drink the wine of dripping berries Toast the moon and count the lights Calico Calico Calico Her skin is soft as snow Take her to the river Call her a river-child Take her to the forest Call her a little wild Horses And Their Kin Every night without the light Or brightly shining love Silver trees and darkened leaves Blot the sky above As the yellow moon to the darkest night Turns to raging fire The road it bends and the darkness spins To voices in the choir I dream of horses and their kin Against the lovely night I dream of sand and sky and sin Against the pale blue light And everyone that feels at all Has got something to say About the way of southern ways Of every wild day
Ivy and the Clovers
Daisy And Violet Daisy and Violet work at the market I hear they used to live on the road Somebody told me, singing in sideshows Joined at the hips of the songs that they wrote Daisy and Violet come in a vision Double the dresses, double the fun Sing in a harmony only a sister Could sing of the times and the freedom they want Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Daisy fell ill and was followed by Violet A neighbor boy found them dead on the ground Somewhere inside the mind of a child Are harmonies only a sister could sing Elephant man died in his own bed The neck that he had had a heart of its own Said that his mother was crushed by a monster When he was inside her, an elephant gnome Penny for the sisters and a penny for the man I’ll give it back to you when I can Penny for the sisters and a penny for the man They’ll make a killing if I cannot
(distant vocals are excerpts from the elephant man's journals)
*** Thanx a lot to Jose for this one ***
*** Thanx a lot to Alanna for this one ***
Air Inside My Lungs I’ve seen your face before when I was young And all the paint I’ve had has not undone So many lines to draw So many lines to draw Your air inside my lungs Girls to bleed and girls to paint, I see Find the body young and fancy-free Songs of the younger days Songs of the younger days Your air inside my lungs Your air inside my lungs Take off all your clothes Take off all your clothes And dance for me Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better I’ve seen your hair before when I was young And all the paint I’ve had has not undone So many lines to draw So many lines to draw Your air inside my lungs Take off all your clothes Take off all your clothes And dance for me
Salutations in the Dark Salutations in the dark when I was a colder I once held you in my arms, now I’m growing older And I’m growing older And I’m growing older And I’m growing older Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Salutations in the dark when we were older I once held you in my arms, now I’m growing older And I’m growing older And I’m growing older And I’m growing older Salutations in the dark, and I’m growing older I fear I’m growing older Yes I’m growing older
Summer Of Love Is Over Summer of love is over And I drew your name on a piece of paper And I froze it away And I washed you away like a net of clover Yeah I washed you away and I truly felt we were over Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Summer of love is over And I’m sick of crying for love that’s dying, lonely for the sun that set And I’m sick of crying, ah all the dying that I ever met And I’m sick of dying for love that is crying on the floor, I met Summer of love is over And I drew your name on a piece of paper And I froze it away And the water washed you away like a bed of clover And it washed you away and I truly felt we were over Summer of love is over Summer of love is over
*** Thanx a lot to Alice & Alanna for this one ***
Conjuring Spirit Worlds So they say I’m breaking like a little girl Softly breaking petals off the flower to unfurl I used to be your girl Now I sit and conjure spirit worlds Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better April fades to May and I see that our days are gone All those summers sweeping up the dust to early dawn I used to be your girl Now I sit and conjure spirit worlds So they say I’m breaking like a little girl Softly breaking petals off the flower to unfurl I used to be your girl Now I sit and conjure spirit worlds April fades to May and I see that our days are gone All those summers sweeping up the dust to early dawn I used to be your girl Now I sit and conjure spirit worlds
Silver Sunshine When I had you as a lover, silver summer glistened in my eye Summer in the long forgotten time you were mine Summer in the long-forgotten time you were mine You were married to a con, married to a concubine When I had you as a lover, silver summer glistened in my eyes Summer in the long-forgotten time you were mine Summer in the long-forgotten time you were mine Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better Lover, it’s been a long time, been a long time Lover, it’s been a long time, been a long time Lover, it’s been a long time, been a long time Since you were mine Lover, it’s been a long time, been a long time Lover, it’s been a long time, been a long time Lover, it’s been a long time since you were mine When I had you as a lover, golden summer sparkle in my eye Summer in the long-forsaken time you were mine You were married to a con, you are married to a concubine When I had you as my lover, silver summer sparkled in my eye Summer in the long-forgotten time you were mine
All Love Must Die I spent the summer breathing in the scent of your arms again But I was not your woman those times I was merely a lost, lonesome concubine, my friend So long, my love So long, my love I’ve forgotten your, your Your animated smile And bitter bile And your wanted child Your hieroglyphic code And summer odes to the sea And my body weeps from missing thee And I’d rather be your mistress than your nobody Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better We met in parking lots for years And I would bite back all the tears As you’d run your hands over my body, cold and wanting you And the colors of the sky would turn From red to green to blue to green And I’d rather be your mistress than your nobody And I spend my autumn picking flowers ??? was paper flowers Covering my home with charms and candles Lit with brittle, little scandals Seventeen, the men I had And not a single little lad Could open jars of love I had for you But I’d rather be your mistress than your way to blue So long, my love So long, my love I’ve forgotten your, your Your animated smile and bitter bile and your wanted child Your hieroglyphic codes and summer odes to the sea And my body weeps from missing thee Mary, he loved you I could see it in his eyes The color of his eyes Was real Mary, you haven’t smiled for a year You’ve been burning candles And dying your hair And it is time, it is time All love must die! You must remember the signs And never cry And it is time, it is time All love must die! You must remember the signs And never cry anymore Mary, he loved you I can see you in his eyes The color of his eyes Is real And it is time, it is time All love must die You must remember the signs And never cry
Songs III: Bird on the Water
Diamond heart So do you know I’m a dancer now With red painted lips, and a jezebel crown So have you heard, I’m a singer now With reliquary eyes, and a diadem frown But I look for you In the diamond trees And the highway divine Deliver me Your father died A month ago And he scattered his ashes In the snow But oh my lonely diamond heart It misses you so well Oh my lonely diamond heart It misses you oh well I had a man in every town And I thought of you each time I tore off my gown Changes have come And I cannot recall The shape of your face Through the winters and falls But I look for you In the traffic seas And the bars I’m always frequenting Your father died Some months ago And we scattered his ashes In the snow Holidays are the hardest hours of the year Holidays are the hardest hours of the year Holidays are the hardest hours of the year And oh my lonely diamond heart It misses you my dear She gave me a bird Made out of clay So I never will forget her And he gave me a book Made out of wood To fasten all The emblems She gave me a bird Made out of clay So I never will forget her But oh my lonely diamond heart It misses you so well And oh my lonely diamond heart It misses you oh well
Dying breed Red is the color of memory Blue is the way to green And darling you did gamble ‘cause you were a dying breed Yes you were a dying breed Yellow the color of your skin Black was the color of your hair Your earthly days have passed you by Where oh where oh where did you go When they took your bones Did you go when they took your bones and ran Red is the color of memory Blue is a way to green And darling you did gamble ‘Cause you were a dying breed Yes you were a dying breed Frank this song is for you love And for your curly hair Your earthly days have passed you by Where oh where oh where did you go When they took your bones Did you go when they took your bones and ran
Mexican summer Oh to find Another lover Oh to lie In the bed of another Breaking the bread And raising the silver there With you And I dreamed your face In the Mexican summer With Texas above To die with my brother Breaking the bread And raising the silver there With you And I dreamed your face a million times And I vowed to get you out And I dreamed your face a million times And I vowed to get you out And I dreamed your face a million times And I vowed to get you out Of here Oh to find Another lover Oh to lie in the Bed of another Breaking the bread And raising the silver there With you
Thinking of you Thinking of you All through the morning I’m thinking of you All through the evening I’m thinking of you And the way that your holy water grew I met a girl under the water It made me recall how I wanted a daughter But you never gave me nothing that I could hold on to But I wrote you letters by the phone And I wrote you every night alone But who are you walking around with Buttercup He was my lord And I was his lady But I soon grew tired of the lazy days When I moved away and I thought of him often He came to me nights in my rose colored dreams Thinking of you All through the morning I’m thinking of you All through the evening I’m thinking of you And the way that your holy water grew But I wrote you letters by the phone And I wrote you every night alone But who are you walking around with Buttercup
Silvia Silvia, Silvia, Silvia, I met you in the belly of a whale Silvia, Silvia, Silvia Oh where did you fail Time passes slowly in the daylight But I do not want to die I met you in the belly of a wicked rhyme And I read all your letters I could find And the water is your friend The water is your friend And down and down and down you go Gonna buy you a red dress, And put feathers in your hair And resurrect the finer things I lost when you disappeared Breaking on the daylight They put flowers round your grave And I sang a silly song for you Hey hey hey hey hey Silvia, Silvia Silvia, Silvia, Silvia I met you in the belly of a whale Silvia, Silvia, Silvia, Oh where did you fail And the water is your friend The water is your friend And down and down and down you go Gonna buy you a red dress And put feathers in your hair And resurrect the finer things I lost when you disappeared Breaking on the daylight They put flowers round your grave And I sang a silly song for you Hey hey hey hey hey Silvia, Silvia
Bird on your grave Tomorrow I’m gonna leave a bird on your grave And say a little prayer for you Kyle says you’ve been dead for a couple of months And I’ve been thinking your still here my friend And I still have your songs in my head And your face engraved into the glass of me Tomorrow I’m gonna leave a bird on your grave And say a little prayer for thee And he misses you when you’re gone When you’re gone, you’re gone Tomorrow I’m gonna leave a bird on your grave With a note and I’m hoping it will last for days Faded from flesh they put flowers on your grave With a great box of cedar where they buried you
Rachel Oh what a day to dance with you Oh what a day to die I held you once in the palm of my hand And a fine old time it was Rachel I fear your death will come And leave me alone to die Rachel I fear your death will come And gone to the dogs and the dimes The men would come to you and me We’d freeze them like a light The men would come to you and me We’d freeze them like a light Say farewell Maria dear Your bones and teeth and skin Say farewell Maria dear My you’ve grown so thin Oh what a day to dance with you Oh what a day to die I had you once in the palm of my hand And a fine old time it was The men would come to you and me We’d freeze them like a light The men would come to you and me We’d freeze them like a light Say farewell Maria dear Your bones and teeth and skin Say farewell Maria dear My you’ve grown so thin!
Feathers Feathered failures on my knees I broke my back from missing thee I turned to brittle barren worlds I hear you’re living with the girl Sara Sara eyes of blue Sara Sara in love you She knows you had a woman fine With eyes as deep as brandy wine Flora flora, flora flora , flora flora, Flora flora, flora flora, flora Flora, flora, la da dum Flora flora you knew her then You plucked her from her fields of men And all at once it came to me Under my favorite lonesome tree Sara Sara eyes of blue Sara Sara in love with you She knows you had a woman fine With eyes as deep as brandy wine Flora flora, flora flora , flora flora, Flora flora, flora flora, flora Flora, flora, la da dum Feathered failures on my knees I broke my back from missing thee I turned to brittle barren worlds I hear you’re living with girl Sara Sara eyes so blue Sara Sara in love with you She knows I was your woman fine With eyes as deep as brandy wine
Famous Blue Raincoat
( Leonard Cohen Cover )
It's four in the morning, the end of December I'm writing you now just to see if you're better New York is cold, but I like where I'm living There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert You're living for nothing now, I hope you're keeping some kind of record Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair She said that you gave it to her That night that you planned to go clear Did you ever go clear Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder You'd been to the station to meet every train And you came home without Lili Marlene And you treated my woman to a flake of your life And when she came back she was nobody's wife Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth One more thin gypsy thief Well I see Jane's awake She sends her regards. And what can I tell you my brother, my killer What can I possibly say I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you I'm glad you stood in my way If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes I thought it was there for good so I never tried And Jane came by with a lock of your hair She said that you gave it to her That night that you planned to go clear
My love and I My love and I Were walking down the road In a dream that I had not so many years ago And if my red blood will cease to flow Your ghost may come where I will go See you’re as good as dead to me My holy ghost my savior tree And if my red blood will cease to flow Your ghost may come where I will go Your dreary days Your damsel days Your water days Are dying Your dreary days Your damsel day Your desperate days are dead Oh where will you go When I , I loved you ever since The day we slept in fields of poppies Oh where will you go, When I , I loved you ever since The day, we dreamt in fields of poppies Your dreary days Your damsel days Your water days are dying Your dreary days Your damsel days Your water days are dead
Leather made shoes Mayflower was a girl Who came from my room With a box of faded feathers And her leather made shoes But you know when she goes She’ll be crying Cause she died all alone With her feathers and bows I was just a lonely thing When I met Mr. Bear And he loved his sleeping next to me And in his eyes I stared But you know when he goes He’ll be crying Cause he died all alone With his feather and bows Mary Mary Mayflower And John Lee all came On the day that I died Upon the spring The day his wedding came But you know When I go I’ll be crying Cause I died all alone with my feathers and bows Don’t you know when she goes she’ll be crying Cause a love that has died is a sad sad thing Mayflower way a girl Who came from my room With a box of faded feathers and Her leather made shoes But you know when she goes She’ll by crying Cause a love that has died Is a sad sad thing
Little Hells
Heart paper lover You were gone and I was gone And all of the flowers were dead and gone And all of the things that I had, were songs again Weaving the scent of the loss of your heart From they are to meant Life seems so empty Without you, my friend Heart paper lover Are you gone again Heart paper lover Are you gone again Are you mine again Grass is green all along Sun is filtering, yellow strong I ripped and I burned all the papers To the dust with them Weaving the scent of the loss of your heart From they are to meant Life seems so empty Without you, my friend Heart paper lover Are you mine again Heart paper lover Are you gone again Heart paper lover Are you gone again
Rosary Every night that I spend alone Alone You don't know You don't know me at all And in my life of a girl And their troubles in love I'm a troubled, troubled heart Thought I'd sing at the boats "Trouble, away!" But they swam back to me today My troubles are never gonna leave me alone April is lonely But the rosary that I wear on my neck And stare out to sea Gulls overhead burn in the tree I feel numb and cold Rosary Numb, cold and free Rosary Rosary Rosary
*** Thanx a lot to Elise for this one ***
Mary Come Alive Mary, come alive I brought water and food for your life I don't want to come alive Life was hard when I was your bride And I know we had a beautiful life But things changed like the leaves on the vine Mary, come alive I brought water and food for your life And I know they had a beautiful life But things changed like the leaves on the vine Mary, come alive I brought water and food for your life I don't want to come alive Life was hard when I was your bride And I know we had a beautiful life But things changed like the leaves on the vine
Little Hells Mama I have Nothing but cobwebs And dust in the lock Blood runs thick In the veins But I live like a fish in the water again She says Soft to a fault She believes the hardest things of all True love Never did exist at all She lives in a dark cloud Of little hells When she meant something To somebody else But now it's dark And cobwebs and rose petals Defy her Into the web To go back To the days of color Into the web To go back To the days of color
Ghosts and Lovers Winter was an island, child Some of the friends You had been gone a while It's a dark twisted line across You sear into the wild People are looking down you say You can feel the beat of yesterday On the street there was a big parade And a family of four Ghosts and lovers They'll haunt you for a while Ghosts and lovers They'll haunt you for a while Ghosts and lovers They will haunt you for a while From the stars and from the sheets and ground From the ground You drank the days away you say Today is the same as any other day On the street there was a big parade And a family of four Victorian gentlemen They rap on the walls When you're trying to sleep And there's nothing you can say To make them go away To make them go away To make them go Oh-oh-oh-oh away Ghosts and lovers They'll haunt you for a while Ghosts and lovers They'll haunt you for a while Ghosts and lovers They will haunt you for a while From the stars and from the sheets and ground From the ground From the ground From the ground From the ground
Brittle, Crushed and Torn Many were the years I was brittle, crushed And tore your name from leaf hearts And blades of grass that were lost in the haze And it's funny he still loves me And it's funny he still loves me Call her name, she dreams of you Send her your regards In the flesh is what I want But no, you're a weak man now Where did you go, fantasy Were you lost in the haze Were you free Life is a rambling end When you are gone When you are gone When you are gone
The hole is wide Flowers died a long Time ago my friend And they're hanging on the wall With wax and thread When you were young Did you think it would ever end When you were young Did you think it would ever end Sylvia was a girl That I knew best And she wore the finest eyelid dress And she sits in her room Painting golden moons And she sits in her room Painting golden runes Oh, what am I to do Without a man to see me through Oh, what am I to do Without a man to see me through I'm more than blue I'm violet Lyla met a man That she loved best And he died in a fiery crash And the hole is wide The hole is wide The hole is wide And the hole is wide The hole is wide The hole is wide Oh, what am I to do Without a man to see me through Oh, what am I to do Without a man to see me through I'm more than blue I'm violet Sylvia was a girl that I knew best
River of Dirt I was your lover, you were my plan I told you that you were my sun and my sand We would ride away and get a circus job And I'd fly away, become a bird of song El camino, take me home El camino, take me home You are a jester and I am an elf And I'm sad to the bones that are stocked upon my shelf Take me back to the river of dirt Take me back to the river of dirt Built of the veins And the flesh and the bones We're oh so painfully alone Burdened by rivers of dirt and fire We return to the ground when we retire Back to the river of dirt and fire Summer is coming, I can't believe it's true Where are you, where is she I'm turning into you Take me back to the place of the golden slumbers Where I was happy and you were my middle name Take me back to the river of dirt Take me back to the river of dirt And I grew up in the houses made of lead The walls were white, the stairs were sharp The scent of summer land Take me back to the river of dirt Take me back to the river of dirt
Loner
In the year of the angels You were famous for your kiss In the year of the robins You were lost in the midst of your bleeding heart In the time of loners Twenty lies beyond It's been years since you left me It's been hard living without you You're alone, one last loner And I'm a loner too And I believe you're filled with sin Like me loner blue In the year of angels You were lonely for a kiss In the time of sunshine You were lost in the midst of your beating heart You're a loner dust loner And I'm a loner too I believe you're filled with sin Like me loner blue
Mistress Sometimes you bring me flowers A misery it seems to me I don't want to live a day without you Haunting my memory Goodbye misery Letters on the line Goodbye misery Letters on the line Come in now, you know I won't desert you It's been four years waiting for the day That you would leave your girl and take me somewhere away Summertime was hard And I knew it on the spot I would marry you some sunny day But baby I know it’s strange To end up this way A mistress on a sunny day One thousand bottles of why And the days of rum Turn to years of swine I'm leaving you for good this time Dreams and scars and letters on the line Goodbye misery Letters on the line Summertime was hard And I knew it on the spot I would marry you some sunny day Baby I know it’s strange To end up this way A mistress on a sunny day Goodbye misery Letters on the line
Various Covers Over The Years
No Surprises
( Stereogum Presents OKX, A Tribute To OK Computer )
A heart that's full up like a landfill A job that slowly kills you Bruises that won't heal You look so tired, unhappy Bring down the government They don't, they don't speak for us I'll take the quiet life A handshake of carbon monoxide No alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises Silent Silent This is my final fit My final belly-ache with No alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises, please Such a pretty house, such a pretty garden No alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises No alarms and no surprises, please
True Love Will Find You In the End ( Daniel Johnston ) True love will find you in the end You'll find out just who was your friend Don't be sad, I know you will But don't give up until True love finds you in the end This is a promise with a catch Only if you're looking will it find you 'Cause true love is searching too But how can it recognize you Unless you step out into the light, the light Don't be sad, I know you will Don't give up until True love finds you in the end
Battle Earth
( Based on a poem by Shel Silverstein - Battle in the Sky ) It wasn’t quite day and it wasn’t quite night Cause the sun and the moon where both in sight A situation quite alright With everyone else but them There really is something about you There really is something about you So they both made remarks about who gave more light Who was the brightest and prettiest sight And the sun gave a bump and the moon gave a bite And the terrible sky fight began There really is something about you There really is something about you With a scorch and a sizzle, a screech and a shout Across the great heavens they tumbled about And the moon had a piece of the sun in its mouth While the sun burned the face of the moon There really is something about you There really is There really is something about you And when it was over the moon was rubbed red And the sun had a very bad lump on its head And all the next night the moon stayed home in bed And the sun didn’t come out ‘til noon There really is something about you Oh there really is something about you There really is something about you There really is something about you
Jealous Guy ( John Lennon ) I was dreaming of the past And my heart was beating fast I began to lose control I began to lose control I didn't mean to hurt you I'm sorry that I made you cry I didn't mean to hurt you I'm just a jealous guy I was feeling insecure You night not love me any more I was shivering inside I was shivering inside I didn't mean to hurt you I'm sorry that I made you cry I didn't mean to hurt you I'm just a jealous guy I didn't mean to hurt you I'm sorry that I made you cry I didn't mean to hurt you I'm just a jealous guy I was trying to catch your eyes Thought that you were trying to hide I was swallowing my pain I was swallowing my pain I didn't mean to hurt you I'm sorry that I made you cry I didn't mean to hurt you I'm just a jealous guy
For the Good Times ( Kris Kristofferson ) Don't look so sad, I know it's over But life goes on, and this old world will keep on turning Let's just be glad we had some time to spend together There's no need to watch the bridges that we're burning Lay your head upon my pillow Hold your warm and tender body close to mine Hear the whisper of the raindrops Blowing soft against the window And make believe you love me one more time For the good times I'll get along, you'll find another And I'll be here if you should find you ever need me Don't say a word about tomorrow or forever There'll be time enough for sadness when you leave me Lay your head upon my pillow Hold your warm and tender body close to mine Hear the whisper of the raindrops Blowin' soft against the window And make believe you love me one more time For the good times
Trouble ( Cat Stevens ) Trouble Oh trouble set me free I have seen your face And it's too much too much for me Trouble Oh trouble can't you see You're eating my heart away And there's nothing much left of me I've drunk your wine You have made your world mine So won't you be fair So won't you be fair I don't want no more of you So won't you be kind to me Just let me go where I'll have to go there Trouble Oh trouble move away I have seen your face And it's too much for me today Trouble Oh trouble can't you see You have made me a wreck Now won't you leave me in my misery I've seen your eyes I can see death's disguise Hangin' on me Hangin' on me I'm beat, I'm torn Shattered and tossed and worn Too shocking to see Too shocking to see Trouble Oh trouble move away from me I have paid my debt Now won't you leave me in my misery Trouble Oh trouble please be kind I don't want no fight And I haven't got a lot of time
My drug buddy ( The Lemonheads Cover ) She's coming over, We'll go out walking, Make a call on the way. She's in the phone booth now, I'm looking in. There comes a smile on her face. There's still some of the same stuff we got yesterday There's still some of the same stuff we got yesterday, yeah I'm too much with myself I wanna be someone else I'm too much with myself I wanna be someone else I'm too much with myself I wanna be someone else So we take off out Fiona's door Walk until it's light outside Like before when we were on the phone We have to laugh to look at each other We have to laugh 'cause we're not alone As the cars fly up King St. It's enough to startle us It's enough to startle us I love my drug buddy My drug, my drug buddy I love my drug buddy My drug, my drug buddy
Our Mother The Mountain ( Townes Van Zandt ) My lover comes to me with a rose on her bosom The moon's dancin' purple, all through her black hair A ladies-in-waiting she stands 'neath my window The sun will rise soon on the false and the fair Singing tu-lur-a-lei She tells me she comes from my mother the mountain Her skin fits her tightly, her lips do not lie She silently slips from her throat a medallion Slowly she twirls it in front of my eyes I watch her, I love her, I long for to touch her The satin she's wearing is shimmering blue Outside my window her ladies are sleeping My dogs have gone hunting, the howling is through Singing tu-lur-a-lei So I reach for her hand and her eyes turns to poison Her hair turns to splinters, her flesh turns to brine She leaps cross the room, she stands in the window Screams that my first-born will surely be blind Singing tu-lur-a-lei She throws herself out to the black of the nightfall She's parted her lips but she makes not a sound I fly down the stairway, and I run to the garden No trace of my true love is there to be found So walk these hills lightly and watch who you're loving By mother the mountain I swear that it's true Love not a woman with hair black as midnight Her dress made of satin all shimmering blue Singing tu-lur-a-lei-oh
Strange ( Patsy Cline ) Strange, how you stopped loving me How you stopped needing me When she came along Oh, how strange Strange, you changed like night and day Just up and went away When she came along Oh, how strange Well, I guess that I was just your puppet You held on a string And to think I thought you really loved me But look what thoughts can bring How strange Strange, you're still in all my dreams Oh what a funny thing I still care for you Oh, how strange Well, I guess that I was just your puppet You held on a string And to think I thought you really loved me But look what thoughts can bring How strange Strange, you're still in all my dreams Oh what a funny thing I still care for you Oh
Cactus Tree ( Joni Mitchell ) There's a man who's been out sailing In a decade full of dreams And he takes her to a schooner He treats her like a queen Bearing beads from California With their amber stones and green He has called her from the harbor He has kissed her with his freedom He has heard her off to starboard In the breaking and the breathing Of the water weeds While she was busy being free There's a man who's climbed a mountain And he's calling out her name And he hopes her heart can hear Three thousand miles he calls again He can think her there beside him He can miss her just the same He has missed her in the forest While he showed her all the flowers And the branches sang the chorus As he climbed the scaley towers Of a forest tree While she was somewhere being free There's a man who's sent a letter And he's waiting for reply He has asked her of her travels Since the day they said goodbye He writes, "Wish you were beside me We can make it if we try" He has seen her at the office With her name on all his papers Through the sharing of the profits He will find it hard to shake her From his memory While she's so busy being free There's a lady in the city And she thinks she loves them all There's the one who's thinking of her There's the one who sometimes calls There's the one who writes her letters With his facts and figures scrawl She has brought them to her senses They have laughed inside her laughter Now she rallies her defenses For she fears that one will ask her For eternity While she's so busy being free There's a man who sends her medals And he's bleeding from the war There's a jouster and a jester and a man who owns a store There's a drummer and a dreamer And you know there may be more She will love them when she sees them They will lose her if they follow And she only means to please them And her heart is full and hollow Like a cactus tree While she's so busy being free Like a cactus tree Being free
Colorado Girl ( Van Zandt Townes ) I'm going out to Denver See if I can't find I'm going out to Denver See if I can't find That loving Colorado girl of mine Oh the promise in her smile Shames the mountains tall The promise in her smile Shames the mountains tall She bring the sun to shining Tell the rain to fall It's been a long time, mama, Since I heard you call my name It's been a long time, mama Since I heard you call my name I got to see my Colorado girl again Be there tomorrow Mama, don't you cry Be there tomorrow Now, mama, don't you cry I got to kiss these lonesome Texas blues good-bye I'm going out to to Denver See if I can't find I'm going out to to Denver See if I can't find That loving Colorado girl of mine That loving Colorado girl of mine
Saunders Ferry Lane ( Sammi Smith ) It's 66 and cloudy here this mornin' I'll make a bet those clouds will turn to rain The weather's rusted out the sign And I almost missed the turn That'll take me down to Saunders Ferry Lane The creekin' boards of the empty dock Are the only sounds I hear The sign on the catfish stand says "closed till spring" Summer drown in the frozen lake As the winter came to life And nothing moves in Saunders Ferry Lane Nothing moves in Saunders Ferry Lane Raindrops mingle with the leaves That tumble to the ground As I find my way to the spot Where we once lay But the grass is dead The life is gone And the birds have flown away It's awful cold in Saunders Ferry Lane Awful cold in Saunders Ferry Lane The gentle arms that held me And made me want tomorrow now are, are gone We found so much comfort In the way we loved eachother Then the angels came As quietly as the dawn Standing by the water In an icy winter wind I find no present comfort for my pain No gentle arms to hold me now I know there's nothin' worse Than a day alone in Saunders Ferry Lane A day alone in Saunders Ferry Lane It's 32, and raining here this evening I'll make a bet that rain will turn to snow It's hard to see through the tears And I almost missed the turn The easy way from Saunders Ferry Lane The easy way from Saunders Ferry Lane
So long Theresa ( Dave Godowsky ) So long Theresa I'll give you til easter To see you coming round the bend I'm on the road again So long Theresa I left you a piece of my heart And I wrote you a song And I know it's hard to love me For so long So long Theresa Up in the trees The birds perch To escape from the snow I think it's time that you go So long Theresa I gave you the keys to my car The transmission felt wrong It's something I've been Familiar with for so long So long, Theresa I'm begging you please I can change if you give me a chance I'll settle for a glance So long Theresa I'm down on my knees Again why couldn't we get along It's hard to be brave When I've been at your grave for so long So long Theresa I left you a piece of my heart And I wrote you a song I knew it was hard To love me for so long
Sunday Morning Coming Down ( Kris Kristofferson ) Well I woke up Sunday morning With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad So I had one more for dessert Then I fumbled through my closet for my clothes And found my cleanest dirty shirt And I shaved my face and combed my hair And stumbled down the stairs to meet the day Well I'd smoked my brain the night before On cigarettes and songs I had been picking But I lit my first and watched a small kid Cussing at a can that he was kicking Then I crossed the empty street And caught the Sunday smell of someone frying chicken And it took me back to something That I'd lost somewhere, somehow along the way On the Sunday morning sidewalk Wishing, Lord, that I was stoned 'Cause there's something in a Sunday That makes a body feel alone And there's nothing short of dying Half as lonesome as the sound On the sleeping city sidewalks Sunday morning coming down In the park I saw a daddy With a laughing little girl who he was swinging And I stopped beside a Sunday school And listened to the song that they were singing Then I headed back for home And somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringing And it echoed through the canyons Like the disappearing dreams of yesterday On the Sunday morning sidewalk Wishing, Lord, that I was stoned 'Cause there's something in a Sunday Makes a body feel alone And there's nothing short of dying Half as lonesome as the sound On the sleeping city sidewalks Sunday morning coming down On the Sunday morning sidewalk Wishing, Lord, that I was stoned 'Cause there's something in a Sunday Makes a body feel alone And there's nothing short of dying Half as lonesome as the sound On the sleeping city sidewalks Sunday morning coming down
Hickory Wind ( Parsons/Buchanan ) In South Carolina There're many tall pines I remember the oak tree That we used to climb But now when I'm lonesome I always pretend That I'm getting the feel of Hickory wind I started out younger Had most everything All the riches and pleasures What else can life bring But it makes me feel better Each time it begins Calling me home Hickory wind It's a hard way to find out That trouble is real In a faraway city With a faraway feel But it makes me feel better Each time it begins Calling me home Hickory wind Keeps calling me home Hickory wind
Clowne Towne
(Xiu Xiu cover / Xiu Xiu Remixed & Covered LP) Up and down through what you thought would be your future Became the dark reminder of What a rash and inconsistent faith you had In loving your true self and your true love Clowne towne, no shelter Clowne towne, no anything Clowne towne, a single angel Clowne towne, no exit Your true father smashed his hands through the glass And failed out of the priviledged dreams Your true love has drunk herself into not being able Or keeping her own word to her own self Your true brother has betrayed you over and over And looked you in the eye Your true self has become weak and alone and alone And alone and alone Clowne towne, revealing nothing Clowne towne, a flock of coots Clowne towne, a single beauty Clowne towne, a big dumb kid Clowne towne, no shelter Clowne towne, no anything Clowne towne, a single angel Clowne towne, no exit Clowne towne, no shelter Clowne towne, no anything Clowne towne, a single angel Clowne towne, no exit
Pancho And Lefty ( Van Zandt Townes ) Living on the road my friend Was gonna keep you free and clean Now you wear your skin like iron Your breath's as hard as kerosene You weren't your mama's only boy But her favorite one it seems She began to cry when you said goodbye And sank into your dreams Pancho was a bandit boys His horse was fast as polished steel Wore his gun outside his pants For all the honest world to feel Pancho met his match you know On the deserts down in Mexico Nobody heard his dying words That's the way it goes All the federales say They could have had him any day They only let him sleep away Out of kindness I suppose Lefty he can't sing the blues All night long like he used to The dust that Pancho bit down south Ended up in Lefty's mouth The day they laid poor Pancho low Lefty split for Ohio Where he got the bread to go There ain't nobody knows All the federales say They could have had him any day They only let him slip away Out of kindness I suppose The poets tell how Pancho fell Lefty's livin' in a cheap hotel The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold So the story ends we're told Pancho needs your prayers it's true But save a few for Lefty too He just did what he had to do Now he's growing old All the federales say They could have had him any day They only let him slip away Out of kindness I suppose All the federales say They could have had him any day They only let him slip away Out of kindness I suppose Living on the road my friend Was gonna keep you free and clean Now you wear your skin like iron Your breath's as hard as kerosene You weren't your mama's only boy But her favorite one it seems She began to cry when you said goodbye And sank into your dreams
Covers - Volume Two
Winter Lady (Leonard Cohen cover) Travelling lady, stay awhile Until the night is over I'm just a station on your way I know I'm not your lover Well, I lived with a child of snow When I was a soldier And I fought every man for her Until the nights grew colder She used to wear her hair like you Except when she was sleeping And then she'd weave it on a loom Of smoke and gold and breathing And why are you so quiet now Standing there in the doorway You chose your journey long before You came upon this highway Travelling lady, stay awhile Until the night is over I'm just a station on your way I know I'm not your lover
Learning to Fly (Tom Petty cover / Feat. Faces On Film and Amelia Emmet) Started out Down a dirty road I started out All alone And the sun went down As I crossed the hill And the town lit up And the world got still I'm learning to fly But I ain't got wings Coming down Is a hardest thing But the good ol' days They may not return And the rocks might melt And the sea may burn And I'm learning to fly But I ain't got wings Coming down Is a hardest thing Some say life It will beat you down Break your heart Steal your crown So I've started out For God knows where I guess I'll know When I get there I'm learning to fly Around the clouds What goes up Must come down Started out Down a dirty road I started out All alone Birds (Neil Young cover) Lover, there will be another one Who'll hover over you beneath the sun Tomorrow see the things that never come Today When you see me Fly away without you Shadow on the things you know Feathers fall around you And show you the way to go It's over It's over Nestled in your wings, my little one This special morning brings another sun Tomorrow see the things that never come Today When you see me Fly away without you Shadow on the things you know Feathers fall around you And show you the way to go It's over It's over Farewell Angelina (Bob Dylan cover / Feat. Red Heroine) Farewell Angelina The bells on the crown Are being stolen by bandits I must follow the sound The triangle tingles And the music plays slow But farewell Angelina The night is on fire And I must go There's no use in talking There's no need for blame There is nothing to prove Everything still is the same A table stands empty By the edge of the stream But farewell Angelina The sky is changing colours And I must leave The jacks and the queens They forsake the courtyard Fifty-two gypsies Now file past the guard In the space where the deuce And the ace once ran wild Farewell Angelina The sky is folding I'll see you after a while See the cross-eyed pirates Sit perched in the sun Shooting tin cans With a sawed off shot gun And the corporals and the neighbours Clap and cheer with each blast Farewell Angelina The sky is trembling And I must leave fast King Kong, little elves And the rooftops, they dance Valentino-type tangos While the heroes clean hands Shut the eyes of the dead Not to embarrass anyone Farewell Angelina The sky is flooding over And I must be gone The camouflaged parrot He flutters from fear When something he doesn't know about Suddenly appears What cannot be imitated Perfect must die Farewell Angelina The sky is flooding over And I must go where it is dry Machine guns are roaring The puppets heave rocks At misunderstood visions And at the faces of clocks Call me any name you like I will never deny it Farewell Angelina The sky is erupting And I must go where it is quiet You Don’t Miss Your Water (William Bell cover) In the beginning You really loved me But I was blind And I could not see But when you left me Oh how I cried You don't miss your water Till your well runs dry I was a playboy I could not be true I didn’t believe I really loved you But when you left me Oh how I cried You don't miss your water Till your well runs dry In the beginning You really loved me But I was blind And I could not see But when you left me Oh how I cried You don't miss your water Till your well runs dry You don't miss your water Till your well runs dry The River (Bruce Springsteen cover / Feat. Faces On Film and Amelia Emmet) I come from down in the valley where mister when you're young They bring you up to do like your daddy done Me and Mary, we met in high school, when she was just seventeen We'd ride out of that valley down to where the fields were green We'd go down to the river And into the river we'd dive Oh down to the river we'd ride Then I got Mary pregnant and man that was all she wrote And for my nineteenth birthday, I got a union card and a wedding coat We went down to the courthouse and the judge put it all to rest No wedding day smiles, no walk down the aisle No flowers, no wedding dress That night we went down to the river And into the river we'd dive On down to the river we did ride I got a job working construction for the Johnstown company But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy Now all them things that seemed so important Well, mister, they vanished right into the air Now I act like I don't remember, Mary acts like she don't care But I remember us riding in my brother's car Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir At night on them banks I'd lie awake And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take Now those memories come back to haunt me They haunt me like a curse Is a dream, a lie, if it don't come true Or is it something worse that sends me down to the river I know the river is dry Sends me down to the river tonight Down to the river My baby and I Oh down to the river we'd ride Motel Blues (Loudon Wainwright III cover) In this town television shuts off at two What can a lonely rock and roller do The bed's so big and the sheets are clean And your girlfriend said that you were nineteen The Styrofoam ice bucket is full of ice Come up to my motel room, treat me nice Treat me nice And I don't wanna make no late night New York calls And I don't wanna stare at them ugly grass matt walls Chronologically I know you're young But when you kissed me in the club, you bit my tongue I'll write a song for you, I'll put it on my next LP Come up to my motel room, sleep with me Sleep with me There's a bible in the drawer, don't be afraid I'll put up the sign to warn the cleanup maid Yeah there's lots of soap end there's lots of towels Never mind them desk clerk's scowls I buy you breakfast, they'll think you're my wife Come up to my motel room, save my life Save my life Come up to my motel room, save my life Save my life Distortions (Clinic cover) I'd like to know completely What others so discreetly Talk about when they leave me Not that I notice when they're gone It's eerie and so scary I don't know who to marry Your sister came to bait me I love it when you blink your eyes I want to know my body I want this out not in me I want to know no secrets here I leave, I leave with care I've saved me once to often You'd never know how often I've pictured you in coffins My baby in a coffin I love it when you blink your eyes I want to know my body I want this out not in me I want no other leakage I want to know no secrets here I leave, I leave with care Free of distortions Free of distortions Free of distortions Sara (Bob Dylan cover / Feat. Red Heroine) I laid on a dune, I looked at the sky When the children were babies and played on the beach You came up behind me, I saw you go by You were always so close and still within reach Sara, oh Sara Whatever made you want to change your mind Sara, oh Sara So easy to look at, so hard to define I can still see them playing with their pails in the sand They run to the water, their buckets to fill I can still see the shells falling out of their hands As they follow each other back up the hill Sara, oh Sara Sweet virgin angel, sweet love of my life Sara, oh Sara Radiant jewel, mystical wife Sleeping in the woods by a fire in the night I was drinking white rum in a Portugal bar Them playing leapfrog and hearing about Snow White You were in the marketplace in Savanna-la-Mar Sara, oh Sara It’s all so clear, I could never forget Sara, oh Sara Loving you is the one thing I’ll never regret I can still hear the sounds of those Methodist bells I’d taken the cure and had just gotten through Staying up for days in the Chelsea Hotel Writing "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" for you Sara, oh Sara Wherever we travel, we're never apart Sara, oh Sara Beautiful lady, so dear to my heart How did I meet you? I don’t know A messenger sent me in a tropical storm You were there in the winter, moonlight on the snow And on Lily Pond Lane when the weather was warm Sara, oh Sara Scorpio Sphinx in a calico dress Sara, oh Sara You must forgive me my unworthiness Now the beach is deserted except for some kelp And a piece of an old ship that lies on the shore You always responded when I needed your help You give me a map and a key to your door Sara, oh Sara Glamorous nymph with an arrow and bow Sara, oh Sara Don’t ever leave me, don’t ever go The Book Of Love (The Magnetic Fields cover) The book of love is long and boring No one can lift the damn thing It's full of charts and facts and figures And instructions for dancing but I I love it when you read to me You You can read me anything The book of love has music in it In fact, that's where music comes from Some of it is just transcendental Some of it is just really dumb but I I love it when you sing to me You You can sing me anything The book of love is long and boring And written very long ago It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes And things we're all too young to know but I I love it when you give me things You You ought to give me wedding rings I I love it when you give me things You You ought to give me wedding rings Avalanche (Leonard Cohen cover) I stepped into an avalanche It covered up my soul When I am not this hunchback that you see I sleep beneath the golden hill You who wish to conquer pain You must learn, learn to serve me well You strike my side by accident As you go down for your gold The cripple here that you clothe and feed Is neither starved nor cold He does not ask for your company Not at the center, the center of the world I am on a pedestal You did not raise me there Your laws do not compel me To kneel grotesque and bare I myself am the pedestal For this ugly hump at which you stare You who wish to conquer pain You must learn what makes me kind The crumbs of love that you offer me They're the crumbs I've left behind Your pain is no credential here It's just the shadow, the shadow of my wound My wound I have begun to long for you I who have no greed I have begun to ask for you I who have no need You say you've gone away from me But I can feel you, feel you when you breathe Do not dress in those rags for me I know you are not poor You don't love me quite so fiercely now When I know that you are not sure It is your turn, beloved It is your flesh, the flesh that I wear That I wear All My Trials (Traditional song) Hush little baby, don't you cry You know your daddy’s born to die That all my trials, Lord, will soon be over The river of Jordan is muddy and cold Well, it chills the body but not the soul That all my trials, Lord, will soon be over I've got a little book with pages three And every page spells liberty That all my trials, Lord, will soon be over Too late, my brothers Too late, but never mind ‘Cause all my trials, Lord, will soon be over Close Your Eyes I'll Be Here In The Morning (Townes Van Zandt cover / Feat. Faces On Film) There's no stronger wind Than the one that blows Down a lonesome railroad line There’s no prettier sight Than looking back On a town you left behind There is nothing, that's as real As a love that's in my mind Close your eyes I'll be here in the morning Close your eyes I'll be here for a while There's lots of things along the road I'd surely like to see I'd like to lean into the wind And tell myself I'm free But your softest whisper's louder Than the highways call to me Close your eyes I'll be here in the morning Close your eyes I'll be here for a while All the mountains and the rivers And the valleys can't compare To your blue lit dancing eyes And yellow shining hair But I could never hit the open road And leave you laying there Close your eyes I'll be here in the morning Close your eyes I'll be here for a while Oh lay your head back easy, love And close your crying eyes I'll be laying here beside you When the sun comes on the rise And I'll stay as long as the cuckoo wails And the lonesome bluejay cries Close your eyes I'll be here in the morning Close your eyes I'll be here for a while
Marissa Nadler
In Your Lair, Bear Oh where did you go When the snow fell that year You were inside these wooden walls Like a bear Eager child for the end in your lair For the end of the year And that old familiar fear Creeps up your little arms And runs through your veins Like blood through your songs Like blood through your songs Like blood through your songs And then summer came And he wore you like a charm And you knew yourself That what had come Would soon be gone Well sometimes in your burrowed hole You love to be the pawn Always moving on Oh where did I go When the rains fell that year We were inside that wooden house Like a bear Eager child for the end to be near For the end of the year And then winter came And I wore him Like a charm And we knew that what had come Would soon be gone Well sometimes in my burrowed hole I feel it coming on Always moving on An island is always alone And you were breaking yours with a stone So I took you home to a bastion A hurricane by any other name So I took you home and I crashed you A hurricane in your veins Alabaster Queen When you came to town I fell for you it seems To a house with twisted branches And a candle dream I'll be your Alabaster Queen Your Alabaster Queen When I hear you play I think of water and sunshine And I never really mind All your women wistful wanting You all the time I'll be your Alabaster Queen Your Alabaster Queen Your Alabaster Queen And Sunshine King The Sun Always Reminds Me Of You It's a beautiful day And I went for a walk But I saw that old dirt path Where we used to talk Where is the rain 'Cause some spring lovers Are bringing me down again The years have come And your hands have gone But your land is something Lost in a song Why does the sun always remind me of you Yes it does I hope a new day will come And cover up what I done Why does the sun always remind me of you I would know That there ain't nothing but love songs On the radio Turn on the colored days To peel away the skin The sun will turn my hands to gold More than any alchemist Sea water it rounds the edge of shard and turns to sand I heard you bought a house And light it up with glass and second hand Why does the sun always remind me of you Yes it does I hope a new day will come And cover up what I have done Why does the sun always remind me of you I would know That there ain't nothing but love songs On the radio Always reminds me of you Yes it does It always reminds me of you Yes it does Yes it does Yes it does Why does the sun always remind me of you I hope a new day will come And cover up what I have done Why does the sun always remind me of you I hope a new day will come And cover up what I have done Why does the sun always remind of you I would know That there ain't nothing but love songs On the radio Mr. John Lee Revisited Mr. John Lee what is happening to me Last time I saw you Bringing fire wood into your house From a tree But I didn't love you Quite as much As sweet Marie The sheriff he never Had to come To wade through the water Swamps And some strange mystery To find Marie Me clad in Velveteen Red lips and high heeled shoes I carried you Your weight for a long time Through years and towns and took refuge And I carried your weight upon mine Marie got married To a man And I found your footsteps In summer lands To your lady Marie has a daughter And a new city now And your skin is soft and tired From the years But you're happy now Me clad in Velveteen Red lips and high heeled shoes I carried you Your weight for a long time Through years and towns and took refuge And I carried your weight upon mine Mr. John Lee What is happening to me Last time I saw you Bringing firewood into your house From a tree Baby I Will Leave You In The Morning Baby I will leave you in the morning Sunny day I won't know what to say Ray of sun and days of running stage lights I don't really know another way Baby you will need to set me free Baby you will need to set me free California drank till I could sleep right Some were strange and that I cannot lie Evil was the man that I did live by No drink no one could make me come alive Honey I don't want to go away Honey I don't want to go away Baby will you love me when I return Promise I will hold you in my palm Every night I dream you sleeping next to me Sing a song and keep you like a balm Baby you will need to forgive me Been a sinner all my life you see New York City drank till I could sleep right Next to one I truly though I loved Funny how the time can turn your head lights Shining like a fire from above Baby you will need to forgive me Been a sinner all my life you see I am getting higher by the moment Days too long and nights too cold in song I am getting higher by the moment I was wrong to leave you I was wrong Puppet Master Once your eyes were the master Muse to all my songs Cobalt and sea come back to me I'll never do wrong Winter would come And nothing would move Summer's undone with all did I choose Cobalt and sea come back to me I'll never do you wrong I was your pearl And I knew that you lied I was your pearl And I knew that you lied Lately all I want is you Sometimes I believe I do Fifty strings of yarn and glue Puppet master see me through Lately all I want is you Puppet master see me through Scissors in hand a knife at my strings An odd way to go but I seen stranger things Oh I grew the finest wings Over the water And on my old menagerie A bottle that you made stood me Cobalt and sea Come back to me I'll never do you wrong I was your pearl And I knew that you lied I was your pearl And I knew that you lied Lately all I want is you Sometimes I believe I do Fifty strings of yarn and glue Puppet master see me through Lately all I want is you Puppet master see me through Wind Up Doll Wind her up, wind her up It's been years since she came Over on the green plains to you She calls his name Shannaddee a dee a dee a dee Over rock and sea To her baby When the box went in the ground Cedar trees were all around A war did take him from her town And she ain't nothing but a ghost now Wind up doll In the back Wind up doll Click and clack Click and clack She will never be what you want her to be She has dreams Every night That the box of cedar where Where you went to lay Will come to life Hold her on the greens Hold her on the green plains Like you used to do But she ain't nothing but a ghost You wind her up In the back Wind up doll Click and clack Click and clack She will never be what you want her to be Wind her up to walk and wind her up to speak Hold her on the greens Hold her on the green plains Like you used to do But she ain't nothing but a ghost Wedding When you land I’ll be around I'll wait for you to come around When you land I’ll be around I'll wait for you to come around Give me a chance I’ll make you a ring And we'll fly to our wedding Give me a chance I’ll make you see And fly to our wedding When you rise I'll be around I'll wait for you To come around And when you land I'll be around I'll wait for you To come around Give me a chance I’ll make you a ring And we'll fly to our wedding Give me a chance I’ll make you a ring And we'll fly to our wedding Little King Little King You grew up a mile from my town And I never thought to write it down Raking the autumn leaves And hoping for some pretty company I was always packing a suitcase in the dark In my mind a highway to the western spark Only an overpass Over the hills of dusty grass And I would have taken all your rifles And I would have taken all your bibles And I would have taken all your rifles For a ride Little King I swear That this is not a dream I read that this is what it should be In a magazine Sun of the broken down Daughter of a love and prison town And I would have taken all your rifles And I would have taken all your bibles And I would have taken all your rifles For a ride For a ride For a ride We can drink whiskey or sit inside the car And listen to the silence of the stars Only an overpass Sprung from hills of broken glass Many lands of sorrow And wishing for tomorrow Make me your sweethearted lady In A Magazine In a magazine I saw you breaking down I saw you breaking down And I recognized your face You looked like someone that I used to know My hands are tied And the rain falls My hands are tied And the rain falls You look like someone that I used to know You looked like someone that I used know Underneath the stairs Remember all those worlds We waves the sky to white As the light rays flickered in But the time it drained the color from your skin My hands are tied and the rain falls My hands are tied and the rain falls You look like someone that I used to know You look like someone that I used to know In a magazine I saw you breaking down And I recognized your face You looked like someone that I used know You looked like someone that I used know You looked like someone that I used know You looked like someone that I used know Daisy, Where Did You Go There are days that I feel Something is really Next to me on my arms And inside the room A cold wind does blow There are two of us here that I know Daisy where did you go You left first and I didn't know How to unfold the gatekeepers light I am stuck here in this plight of woe I had a sister And I had a home With many chairs And we earned our keep In the circus deep and deflected all the stares Daisy nothing could scare you As you'd enter into the room So why did they take you first And leave me too soon Daisy where did you go Daisy where did you go With my phantom limbs and eerie hymns There are two of us here that I know Daisy where did you go Daisy where did you go With my phantom limbs and eerier hymns There are two of us here that I know Daisy where did you go Daisy where did you go With my phantom limbs and eerie hymns There are two of us here that I know Daisy where did you go Daisy where did you go With my phantom limbs and eerie hymns There are two of us here that I know
The Sister
The Wrecking Ball Company You said you'd need a wrecking ball to break the Cement 'round the heart A company of mad machines would take the Walls, crumble them apart Oh the dance will let you batter barricades I have tried to keep you Banned from the blockades Wait, one more day Oh no, copy paste again, I'm always on the run forever Flirty with the failed and fleeting fusion Body after body to entice Till you came into my sad seclusion I let you waste my vice and be your wife Oh the dance will let you batter barricades I have tried to keep you Banned from the blockades Wait, one more day
Love Again, There Is A Fire Mary Mary never died like we thought she would She did like the summertime too much and knew she could Love again, love again, love again, love again In the shopkeeper's parade, who would've thought that she would make it rain (?) Arrangement of her memories for all the world to see Love again, there is a fire, love again, there is a fire Love again, there is a fire on your chest and minds and wiry arms Oh no, copy paste again, I'm always on the run forever Mary Mary remember when yellow lights and amber Clouded over greedy skies Amber after amber, the months did drag yes they did Love again, there is a fire, love again, there is a fire Love again, there is a fire on your chest and minds and wiry arms
Christine When way back you were silver strung And your eyes would gleam Now you're gray in the daytime Afraid in the falling pristine They found you deep inside your den They hoped to your bones and then They scorched you to court you But you're firmly dying instead What has become of you now that you fled By trading the serene Where your earings used to be And you're dancing like a beautiful figurine Some say although it stuck in the sands of the time in between Oh no, copy paste again, I'm always on the run forever Get out of the knife clubs And into the light The sea will surround you The sea will surround you The sea will surround you The sea which surrounds you The sea will surround you The sea will surround you Get out of the knife clubs And into the light The sea will surround you The sea which surrounds you The sea which surrounds you The sea which surrounds you The sea which surrounds you What has become of you now Christine
Apostle You say it's time to put away the bottle I don't remember what you said I will take you in as my apostle 'Cause I love us in our bed I'm hold I'm hold I'm holding on to you Threw the door in your face again You're closer to me than my own skin You know this cold is so ingrained And the words are wearing thin I'm hold I'm hold I'm holding on to you Oh no, copy paste again, I'm always on the run forever I know it's time to put away the bottle I remember what you said I will take you in as my apostle I don't want to end up dead I'm hold I'm hold I'm holding on to you I'm hold I'm hold I'm holding on to you...
Constantine Constantine's in his limousine Does he recall the codeine daze Tambourines with the water clean A sad silver screen at his cabarets But he joined a band to play rock and roll A sad city center on a summer stroll He set his deck on the land here Festered and drove and disappeared Oh no, copy paste again, I'm always on the run forever Constantine, was it all a dream I was there with my nicotine A scene had not been waned and weaned And town after town thought we were a team Then we met up again on the river green But you joined a band to play rock and roll A sad city center for I didn't know You said it's dead here on the land And festered and drove, you disappeared You lie, you miss the mannered chains That hung from your neck like golden rain Always in mind, always in mind Constantine, Constantine But you joined a band to play rock and roll A sad city center on the summer's hole You said it's dead here on the land here Festered and drove and disappeared As time goes by, I hear your voices near Though we met up again on a river green
To A Road, Love Oh I will fly to a road And a house nearby No your sovereign kind A key in my mind There are many hours in the day And not a thing to say, you say Oh no, copy paste again, I'm always on the run forever Oh I will fly to a road And a house nearby Oh you're so very kind A key in my mind There are many hours in the day And not a thing to say, you say
In A Little Town In the woods up on the rocks With your cameraman You're both stopped inside a clock With your doberman This picture that I have In this picture that I have In a cul de sac we grew Around the blocks like trees Maple, elm, and blues, I knew And studied to appease At the school they bring you down At the school they bring you down Oh no, copy paste again, I'm always on the run forever Maybe that's just what you get In a little town You put a brush inside my hand And color on the hair Went to deserts where the air I was able to withstand And you brought me to this song And these strings I brim along Maybe that's just what you get In a little town Maybe that's just what you get In a little town It's hard to see the years progress Tied to our bodies You are nowhere, can't relax Within your surroundings In this picture that I found You are standing on the ground Maybe that's just what you get In a little town Maybe that's just what you get In a little town Maybe that's just what you get In a little town
Your Heart Is A Twisted Vine Many a life I've tried Many tear I've cried Your heart is a twisted vine That loves but none at a time You see, none at a time I see you have a lady She brings you your bread and your wine And your heart is a twisted vine That comes but once in a while to me Once in a while Where are you, sweet Marie I'm floating on an apple tree And I'm telling all the world That I once knew That I'm in love with you I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake Where are you, sweet honey I'm floating on an apple tree And I'm telling all the world That I once knew That I'm in love with you Many a life I've tried Many tear I've cried Your heart is a twisted vine That loves but none at a time You see, none at a time Where am I, sweet Marie I'm floating on an apple tree And I'm telling all the world That I once knew That I'm in love with you Where are you, sweet honey I'm floating on an apple tree And I'm telling all the world That I once knew That I'm in love with you
July
Drive If you hadn't made it now, you're never gonna make it Seventeen people in the dark tonight You see some familiar faces Behind the cellular lights Chi-town in the winter, then we saw the Hollywood sign You used to drink more than your man could Waiting for the light, waiting for the light Waiting for the light Nothing like the way it feels Nothing like the way it feels to drive Still remember all the words To every song you ever heard, drive Oh no, copy paste again, I'm always on the run forever All the things are still in the car, let it freeze, let 'em crack You slept through the day and the night and the day You're never coming back, you're never coming back You're never coming back Nothing like the way it feels Nothing like the way it feels to drive Still remember all the words To every song you ever heard, drive Nothing like the way it feels Nothing like the way it feels to drive Still remember all the words To every song you ever heard, drive
1923 Nineteen twenty three He sent a letter and it reached me Some things never change Be it a river or be it your name I call to you from another century To see it, the world had been kind and sweet And it really seems that the shadows Have stopped following your every beat Oh no, copy paste again, I'm always on the run forever Baby come back to me Baby come back to me Baby come back to me Oh the strangest things are happening To everyone around here But some things never change You're still missing from my dreams I call to you from another century To see you, the world had been kind and sweet And it really seems that the shadows Have stopped following your every beat Baby come back to me Baby come back to me Baby come back to me
Firecrackers Firecrackers burned into heaven on the floor My attackers, it's me it's me it's me you're looking for July Fourth of last year, we spilled all the blood How'd you spend your summer days I know better now I don't call you up at night 'Cause baby your ghost and I have changed Oh no, copy paste again, I'm always on the run forever I saw your face everywhere I looked, you sat across from me Baby I'm a ghost when you're away I told you all about my days, you told me where you lived And we have drunk all our summers away We have drunk our summers away Firecrackers burned into heaven on the floor My attackers, it's me it's me it's me you're looking for Saturday, maybe you'll come down to see me, we'll walk around I know better now I don't get as high That I can't see the leaves turn from green to brown Firecrackers burned into heaven on the floor My attackers, it's me it's me it's me you're looking for Firecrackers burned into heaven on the floor My attackers, it's me it's me it's me you're looking for
We Are Coming Back I died when you left Everyone said you were the righteous one Down the streets that I walk along Down in the house where I love the walls Down to the basement with my childhood charms You came running We are coming back 'Cause everything is here We are coming back 'Cause everything is here Oh here, oh Seasons, they pass Everyone says you were a righteous path Still I live many miles away So I can miss you a little every day Back to the house where we lost our way Oh no, copy paste again, I'm always on the run forever You came running We are coming back 'Cause everything is here We are coming back 'Cause everything is here Oh here, oh We are coming back 'Cause everything is here We are coming back 'Cause everything is here Oh here, oh
Dead City Emily I was coming apart those days I don't give a damn about the way Colors on the trees change from red to green It's a dead city Emily Oh I was a-blaze, still I had to stay With that bad Emily Oh I saw the light today Opened up the door Any other man would've run run away Em was stuck inside the moor Any other man would've run run away Emily is something more I was coming apart those days I don't give a damn about the way Birds fly in the breeze, things you say to me It's a dead city Emily I cannot recall loving this at all It's a dead city in between Oh no, copy paste again, I'm always on the run forever Oh I saw the light today Opened up the door Any other man would've run run away Em was stuck inside the war Oh it looks so bright today Opened up the door Any other man would've run run away Emily is something more Any other man would've run run away From the house and to the shore Dead city Emily Dead city Emily Dead city Emily Dead city Emily
Was It A Dream I keep thinking it was a dream that I hit you when you were down I keep changing everything from the river to the town Was it a dream or something sinister Was it a dream or something sinister I got a better half, it's sad I know I know I got a better half, it's sad I know I know I keep thinking it was a dream that you never come around All the time we spent in a box in my hotel Was it a dream or something sinister Was it a dream or something sinister I got a better half, it's sad I know I know I got a better half, it's sad I know I know It's true that I lost a year stumbling from room to room Hoping I'd wake up somehow next to you It's true that I lost a year stumbling from room to room Hoping I'd wake up somehow next to you Oh no, copy paste again, I'm always on the run forever Was it a mirror looking through It's the same world but everything is new It's the same world but everything is new It's the same world but everything is new
I've Got Your Name Changed in a rest stop into my dress Be sure not to touch the floor I've done that kind of thing before Drove down 95, put on my eyes In the rearviewmirror as I enter New York You stopped calling my out my way You stopped calling all together I may be another feather But I've got your name You stopped calling my out my way You stopped calling all together I may be another feather But I've got your name Oh no, copy paste again, I'm always on the run forever Riding back to Massachusetts Couldn't even see from snow The road was studded with Christmas trees I saw fire, I saw fire then I saw fire then, I saw fire I saw fire then, I saw fire then
Desire I sent my song too soon You didn't free me at all And I barely made it here You're driving through the towns And you start to missing me Through Tennessee I had it all wrong I was about to believe That I could fall for you And you had eyes for me You've got it all wrong I was about to believe That you had desire for me That you had desire for me You've got no lights on your face Mine are mapping out The sparks where we laid Not coming to see you in a film like you said As you cross L.A. Oh no, copy paste again, I'm always on the run forever I had it all wrong Was about to believe That I could fall for you You had eyes for me You've got it all wrong I was about to believe That you had strong eyes for me That you had desire for me I had it all wrong Was about to believe That you had desire for me
Anyone Else I hardly think about you anymore Except when I see the water and the sand on the ocean floor All the years that I've held you close You should've been anyone else, I know All the years that I've held you close You should've been anyone else, I know Oh no, copy paste again, I'm always on the run forever Sometimes the night brings me back to you And I look at the time spent wasted on you What a lie you were living then You could've been somebody's better side What a lie you were living then You could've been somebody's better side
Holiday In I called you when I was drunk all the time Stuck on the mountain in winter's prime Laying on the floor I knew you were never mine Holed up at the Holiday Inn I'd rather watch crime TV then see you again Peeled off the bed, I heard what you said In the white scream clear You see me and you want to walk away You got a girl waiting on a rock by the bay Your fantasies go on forever And you've got nothing left to say Oh no, copy paste again, I'm always on the run forever I stood on the pier waiting for you After the show, the ships went by Said hello but knew It was finally goodbye You see me and you got nothing to say You have a girl in every state and no one in L.A. My fantasies go on forever And I've got nothing left to say You see me and you want to walk away You have a girl waiting on a rock by the bay Your fantasies go on forever And you've got nothing left to say
Nothing In My Heart Oh building a love song I can't bear to see you go I know things aren't the best for us And it's starting to show Take a plane and a promise To put honey in your jar Maybe it's the weather But I got nothing in my heart Maybe it's the weather But I got nothing in my heart Got into the car today But didn't go outside Maybe we're too far gone To try Take a plane and a promise To put honey in your jar Maybe it's the weather But I got nothing in my heart Maybe it's the weather But I got nothing in my heart Oh no, copy paste again, I'm always on the run forever Take a plane and a promise To put honey in your jar Maybe it's the weather But I got nothing in my heart Maybe it's the weather But I got nothing in my heart
Strangers
Divers Of The Dust Divers of the dust You can help me if you must Divers of the dust You copy you paste you lose Lying here on the rocks With the cliffs disintegrating Last I heard in the end The waves were scraping city streets You look out the window to see Seven lines of stunted trees How did we end up here And how do we meet I hear silence Fish are flowing through my veins Divers of the dust You couldn't understand You were the bullet in my gun I was your man Divers of the dust It's putty in your hand You were the bullet fired Into the ravaged land Katie I Know People leaving faster than they come In my life I remember none Better than you in the woods In my second neighborhood So strange to be in that backyard Again, same pictures on the walls It's hard to know When to let go 'Cause I can't bury this heart of mine And I can't bury all the times They say you'll come back to me But I won't count on anything You copy you paste you lose World grows smaller down here And I know we're not the same Katie I know When to walk away 'Cause Katie I know When to walk away So many fairweather friends Problem is when the weather ends And I know I'll always be this way Take a number So many down today 'Cause I can't bury this heart of mine And I can't bury all the times They say you'll come back to me But I won't count on anything World grows smaller down here And I know we're not the same Katie I know When to walk away 'Cause Katie I know When to walk away Skyscraper Way on down to your home I unravel like a bow Saw your face in the wind And I'll never go there again Way on down, down I am a river Coming over your head Coming over your head Did I change your mind I was a floater on the ground Singing a lover's song I was higher than a skyscraper Way on down to your home I unravel like a bow Saw your face in the wind And I'll never go there again You copy you paste you lose Way on down, down I am a river Coming over your head Coming over your head Did I change your mind I was a floater on the ground Singing a lover's song I was higher than a skyscraper Hungry Is The Ghost Over time I've come to see That I'm no better off Hungry is the ghost inside And nothing seems to stop I am a night breaker And air slings back to you Looking through the windows To other people's rooms Thought I saw you in a store Just a sign of wanting more Hungry is the ghost Breathe Hungry is the ghost Inside of me Inside of me Inside, inside, inside of me You copy you paste you lose I can never be satisfied When the sun drops See the time moving slow I want it to stop I am a night breaker And air slings back to you Looking through the windows To other people's rooms Thought I saw you in a store Just a sign of wanting more It's the beginning of June And I don't know what to do Hungry is the ghost Breathe Hungry is the ghost Inside of me Inside of me Inside, inside, inside of me All The Colors Of The Dark You look the same Nothing round you ever changed Behind tall trees, plenty of grass And white pine leaves This is not your world anymore I sat in the car in the shadowed topiary gardens I had long imagined where you lived The skin of your palms And some strange pardon All the colors of the dark Of all the colors of the heart All the colors of the dark Of all the colors You had left your mark Change, change I got married on a Sunday afternoon You copy you paste you lose Summer's singing I am not the same Still marking X for days It's not that things go away Took you on a subterranean ride Columbine and clover Grapes grow on the vine I must have made years of surrender You see it all the time All the colors of the dark Of all the colors of the heart All the colors of the dark Of all the colors you had left your mark Change, change I got married on a Sunday afternoon Strangers Strangers lit the fire Strangers came In and out all the same And I saw them coming Saw the way Danger came around With their heavy gait I am a stranger now I am a stranger now I am a stranger now Playing in the dark You copy you paste you lose They stood silhouetted as sky changed Through the roots that I now retrace Strangers lit the fire Strangers came In and out All the same I am alone now I am alone now I am alone now Playing in the dark Janie In Love I used to be like you The first to walk away I never thought that I'd see the day That I'd start a new I was insane, but not like you You're a natural disaster And I am watching you blow up everything You touch and the earth will crumble You speak and hurricanes attack I am pulling out the windows to prepare for you When I hear your name Some great deluge You copy you paste you lose Janie in love Janie in love Janie in love Janie in love Janie in love Janie in love I have a dancer in the vault Seeing you fall I miss it all I have dreamt of you Some portrait of the way I'd command the colors Stop counting the days You're a natural disaster And I am watching you blow up everything You touch and the earth will crumble You speak and hurricanes attack I am pulling out the windows to prepare for you When I hear your name Some great deluge Janie in love Janie in love Janie in love Janie in love Janie in love Janie in love Janie in love Janie in love Janie in love Another time, another place Another time, another place Another time, another place We would have been golden Another time, another place Another time, another place Another time, another place We would have been golden Janie in love Janie in love Janie in love Janie in love Janie in love Janie in love Janie in love Janie in love Janie in love Janie in love Janie in love Janie in love Janie in love Janie in love Janie in love Waking Fell asleep I fell asleep I fell asleep And nothing had changed (I thought I saw) Fell asleep I fell asleep I fell asleep (Birds falling from the sky) And nothing had changed You copy you paste you lose The filigree of you and I And you will always be Young and alive Oh my God, it's been so long More than I can stand Fell asleep dreaming And nothing had changed But I was still a man And things were just the same Fell asleep I fell asleep I fell asleep And nothing had changed (I thought I saw) Fell asleep I fell asleep I fell asleep (Birds falling from the sky) And nothing had changed Shadow Show Diane I was bored of watching TV Sat out on the porch nightly Taking pictures on the phone Of people passing by Then I saw the kind of show I could never tell my man Waiting for Shadow Shows Diane Waiting for Shadow Shows Diane I look into windows See the people well I want to be someone sane Sometimes somebody else I want to be someone sane Sometimes somebody else I am looking through and playing Window roulette for days Thought I saw them seeing me across the way I know it's crazy to keep this from my man Waiting for Shadow Shows Diane Waiting for Shadow Shows Diane You copy you paste you lose I look into windows See the people well I want to be someone sane Sometimes somebody else I want to be someone sane Sometimes somebody else Someone sane Sometimes somebody else Someone sane Nothing Feels The Same I am alive I can't see you With the clouds of dust And the dim light of the muted moon Lying on the ground Where our house used to be The birds are walking round Codes washing over me Nothing feels the same Nothing feels the same Nothing feels the same I don't know where we are I don't know my own name I remember loving you I recall the times How we passed the winters Watching as the snow climbed You copy you paste you lose Lying on the ground Where our town used to be Some strange particles Float by my periphery Nothing feels the same Nothing feels the same Nothing feels the same I don't know where we are I don't know my own name I have the light I have the light I saw you in the next We were cosmos in the afterlife I have the light I have the light I saw you in the next We were cosmos in the afterlife Nothing feels the same Nothing feels the same Nothing feels the same I don't know where we are I don't know my own name Dissolve Flowers bloom and I saw you standing I know it's safe to come out of the woods God knows what brought us together But we grew better, we grew better Dissolve into the air I am another body in this town I don't care about anybody Except a few around And you never bring me down You never bring me down You copy you paste you lose Wait for you to come home And the nights become a drone I ought to know How to pass the time alone Dissolve into the air I am another body in this town And I don't care about anybody Except a few around And you never bring me down You never bring me down You never bring me down
For my Crimes
For My Crimes When they take me down the corridor They secure my wrists with ties I'll be tracing the outline Of your body next to mine I've done terrible things Cold and callous lies You can watch behind the glass As I pass through serpentine But Please, don't remember me Please, don't remember me Please, don't remember me For my crimes When they take me down the corridor I remember the old coastline When we were young You used to tint your lips And cheeks there with wine Please, don't remember me Please, don't remember me Please, don't remember me For my crimes For my crimes For my crimes For my crimes For my crimes
I Can't Listen To Gene Clark Anymore It's getting harder to soothe you from afar It's getting harder to run Poppy red Arizona Deep desert sun We moved with the stars My companion I can't listen to Gene Clark Without you Anymore Anyone can tell you About love on an island Picking me flowers Roses and violets But I'm done with lying And then Wishing and crying The moonbeams are blinding Shore to shore I can't listen to Gene Clark Without you Anymore I can't listen to Gene Clark Without you Anymore Anymore Without you Anymore I remember the songs you sang To me when it was you I was falling for
Are You Really Gonna Move to the South Slept with your shirt Still had your scent Expected you to walk in With the key Took the air out of my lungs For weeks The memory Of your mouth on me Are you really gonna move Are you really gonna move To the South To the South In my car I look to the right Where you'd sit is just a beam of light Sleepwalking through the days I've been out of my mind Tracing back the days To where you and I collide Are you really gonna move Are you really gonna move To the South To the South For a long time I slept with my arms pointed west For a long time Straight to your chest Are you really gonna move To the South Are you really gonna move To the South Are you really gonna move To the South Are you really gonna move To the South Are you really gonna move To the South Are you really gonna move To the South Are you really gonna move Lover Release Me You ain't gonna change me Between these hollow walks I have seen my fate stretch out Through the rain and fire walks Lover, release me I'm dying in the dark with you Lover, believe me I tried and tried and tried for you Maybe it's not you at all Maybe it's the time of the year I have seen my heart grow old It's more than I can bear Lover, release me I'm dying in the dark with you Lover, believe me I tried and tried and tried for you Close your eyes Close your eyes Heaven's blind Can't fight the waves of the tides We need to say goodbye Lover, release me I'm dying in the dark with you Lover, believe me I tried and tried and tried for you Blue Vapor All the times that you called me up Wishing you would be mine in the morning I cannot move it on from you I've been foreign I've been turning Into blue vapor Into blue vapor All the times that you called me up Wishing I would be yours when the night falls You cannot move it on from me The time, the time, the time crawls Into blue vapor and bone Turn to dirt and I will change to stone Into blue vapor Blue vapor Doesn't matter what you say, it's all been done Doesn't matter what you say, I'm done Into blue vapor and bone Blue vapor Blue vapor Blue vapor Blue vapor Blue vapor Blue vapor Blue vapor Blue vapor Blue vapor Blue vapor And bone And bone
Interlocking Tried to live without you, baby I should know by now Every day's a bad day And I've been so down But I saw you walking Saw our small lives interlocking I've been Tethered to this town Trouble's been following me Trouble's been following me Trouble's been following me Are we forever bound Is it just the memories That keep me planted here Did every sea and road I saw Shine brighter with you, dear But I saw us walking Saw our small lives interlocking I've been Running out of fear Trouble's been following me Trouble's been following me Trouble's been following me Are we forever bound All Out of Catastrophes We were all out of catastrophes The night would never end In your sleep you called me Natalie That was the nicest thing you said We were all out of catastrophes I just stayed in bed You said I live for tragedy So I threw the keys at your head It began to follow me So I found that old motel I'd been planning escape strategies So I knew the way there well I know I'm going to hell I know I'm going to hell All out of catastrophes All out of catastrophes All out of catastrophes All out of catastrophes Dream Dream Big in the Sky When you're lost Waiting for month's and Waiting for nothing as you crawl from the sun I'm with you I'm already I'm with you You'll be alright Dream, dream, dream big in the sky, child Dream, dream, dream big in the sky, child Dream, dream, dream big in the sky I'm with you somehow tonight Spent too long Living for others Waiting for lovers And coming undone I'm with you You'll be alright You're with me Into the light Dream, dream, dream big in the sky, child Dream, dream, dream big in the sky, child Dream, dream, dream big in the sky I'm with you somehow tonight Dream, dream, dream big in the sky, child Dream, dream, dream big in the sky, child Dream, dream, dream big in the sky I'm with you somehow tonight Dream, dream, dream big in the sky, child Dream, dream, dream big in the sky, child Dream, dream, dream big in the sky I'm with you somehow tonight You're Only Harmless When You Sleep Moonlit skies upon us There's a freeze over our sheets And I'm drawn by lust and lawlessness You saw my death in a dream You're only harmless You're only harmless You're only harmless When you sleep You're only harmless when you sleep There's a wall of ice to crack through Over time I've come to see We're only lonely when we're in the same room When you're standing next to me You're only harmless You're only harmless You're only harmless When you sleep You're only harmless when you sleep Your every movement makes me stand so still Your day is my night I'm forever emptying what you're trying to fill And I've darkened your light You're only harmless You're only harmless You're only harmless When you sleep You're only harmless when you sleep You're only harmless when you sleep You're only harmless when you sleep Flamethrower You called the flamethrower To see if she could have known That you'd be wanting to fake your own death again Wanting to burn, burn, burn, burn, burn The desert sun awaits Burn, burn, burn, burn, burn Leaving only charred remains You called the flamethrower Lost in the afterglow Rising from a ghost town And its undertow Burn, burn, burn, burn, burn The desert sun awaits Burn, burn, burn, burn, burn Leaving only charred remains 'Cause something new is born Amid the wreckage and the rain Something new is born Amid the wreckage and the rain Flamethrower Flamethrower Flamethrower Said Goodbye to That Car Said goodbye to that car That took a bullet in the roof in New Haven That saw our sad estrangement Idling there on the pavement 119,657 and the engine blew 119,657 and I thought of you Said goodbye to that car In the cul-de-sac Said goodbye to that car Took the plates off the back Pulled of the charms and the beads Unceremoniously It was the end of an era I kicked off the rear view mirror From the first date running To the rust stains and the cracks I watched the heap of metal Lose its sun as the sky turned black 119,657 and the engine blew 119,657 and I thought of you Said goodbye to that car As the sky turned black Said goodbye to that car Took the plates off the back 119,657 and the engine blew 119,657 and I thought of you 119,657 and the engine blew 119,657 and I thought of you 119,657 and I thought of you
DRONEFLOWER For the Sun I wanna love you but I don't know how I wanna love you but I don't know how I wanna love you but I don't know how I wanna love you but I don't know how And I'm waiting for the sun And I'm waiting for the sun to fall And I'm waiting for the sun And I'm waiting for the sun to fall I wanna love you but I don't know how I wanna love you but I don't know how I wanna love you but I don't know how I wanna love you but I don't know how And I'm waiting for the sun And I'm waiting for the sun to fall And I'm waiting for the sun And I'm waiting for the sun to fall
Watch the Time You're coming back with me And now I see All that is to be Sweet dreams You are mine, you are mine Didn't watch the time You are mine Didn't watch the time You are mine, you are mine Didn't watch the time Oh, you are mine Didn't watch the time Didn't watch the time Didn't watch the time
Dead West I watched you crawl through the road to me To pull me out of the way Noticed the world once you crossed to me You will find the way I watched you crawl through the road to me To pull me out of the way Noticed the world once you crossed to me You will find the way I watched you crawl through the road to me To pull me out of the way
Estranged (Guns N' Roses cover) When you're talking to yourself And nobody's home You can fool yourself You came in this world alone Alone So nobody ever told you, baby How it was gonna be So what'll happen to you, baby Guess we'll have to wait and see Old at heart, but I'm only twenty-eight And I'm much too young To let love break my heart Young at heart, but it's getting much too late To find ourselves so far apart I don't know how you're supposed to find me lately And what more could you ask from me How could you say that I never needed you When you took everything Said you took everything from me Young at heart and it gets so hard to wait When no one I know can seem to help me now Old at heart, but I musn't hesitate If I'm to find my own way out Still talking to myself And nobody's home Talking to myself And nobody's home So nobody ever told you, baby How it was gonna be So what'll happen to you, baby Guess we'll have to wait and see When I find out all the reasons Maybe I'll find another way Find another day With all the changing seasons of my life Maybe I'll get it right next time And now that you've been broken down Got your head out of the clouds You're back down on the ground You don't talk so loud You don't walk so proud Anymore What for Well, I jumped into the river Too many times to make it home I'm out here on my own And drifting all alone If it doesn't show Give it time To read between the lines 'Cause I see the storm is getting closer And the waves they get so high Seems everything we've ever known's here Why must it drift away and die
Shades Apart When you ran out of the room Grabbed the old bus To catch a plane out of Italy I knew it would be a long time And the distance would kill me Sometimes I feel you near Somehow time has held you here I feel you here often Often I saw the rings of Saturn In your eyes I saw the many rings in your eyes The way you look me through The way you look me through The way you look me through
Buried in Love The weight of this dying love Anyone can see what this is doing to me Snow falls down And I wish it would all cover The weight of this dying love For the rest to see
In Spite of Me Last night I told a stranger all about you Smiled impatiently and looked to speak Always knew you would succeed no matter what you tried I know you did it all in spite of me Still I'm proud to have known you for the short time that I did Glad to been a step up on your way Proud to be a part of your illustrius career I know you did it all in spite of me In spite of me Late last night I saw you in my living room You seemed so close, but yet, so cold Long time I thought that you'd be comin' back to me Kinds of things can be so cruel, so cruel Know you did it all in spite of me In spite of me
Covers 3
Nothing Else Matters (Metallica cover) So close no matter how far Couldn't be much more from the heart Forever trusting who we are And nothing else matters I never opened myself this way Life is ours, we live it our way All these words I don't just say And nothing else matters Trust I seek and I find in you Every day for us something new Open mind for a different view And nothing else matters Never cared for what they do Never cared for what they know But I know So close no matter how far It couldn't be much more from the heart Forever trusting who we are And nothing else matters Never cared for what they do Never cared for what they know But I know I never opened myself this way Life is ours, we live it our way All these words I don't just say And nothing else matters Trust I seek and I find in you Every day for us something new Open mind for a different view And nothing else matters Never cared for what they say Never cared for games they play Never cared for what they do Never cared for what they know But I know Moonchild (King Crimson cover) Call her moonchild Dancing in the shallows of a river Lonely moonchild Dreaming in the shadows of a willow Talking to the trees of the cobweb strange Sleeping on the steps of a fountain Waving silver wands to the nightbird's song Waiting for the sun on the mountain She's a moonchild Gathering the flowers in a garden Lovely moonchild Drifting on the echoes of the hours Sailing on the wind in a milk white gown Dropping silver stones on a sun dial Playing hide-and-seek with the ghosts of dawn Waiting for a smile from a sun child
Instead Of Dreaming
Moonchild (King Crimson cover) Call her moonchild Dancing in the shallows of a river Lonely moonchild Dreaming in the shadows of a willow Talking to the trees of the cobweb strange Sleeping on the steps of a fountain Waving silver wands to the nightbird's song Waiting for the sun on the mountain She's a moonchild Gathering the flowers in a garden Lovely moonchild Drifting on the echoes of the hours Sailing on the wind in a milk white gown Dropping silver stones on a sun dial Playing hide-and-seek with the ghosts of dawn Waiting for a smile from a sun child
Sleep Walk (Betsy Brye) Sleepwalk Instead of dreaming I sleepwalk 'Cause I lost you And now what am I to do? Can't believe that we're through Sleeptalk 'Cause I miss you I sleeptalk The memory of you lingers like a song Darling, I was so wrong The night fills my lonely place I see your face, it's been through my brain Know I want you so I still love you And it drives me insane Sleepwalk Every night I just sleepwalk Please come back And when you walk inside the door I will sleepwalk no more
Old Friends/Bookends (Simon & Garfunkel) Old friends Old friends Sat on their park bench like bookends A newspaper blown through the grass Falls on the round toes On the high shoes Of the old friends Old friends Winter companions The old men Lost in their overcoats Waiting for the sun The sounds of the city Sifting through trees Settles like dust On the shoulders Of the old friends Can you imagine us years from today Sharing a park bench quietly How terribly strange to be seventy Old friends Memory brushes the same years Silently sharing the same fear Time it was and what a time it was, it was A time of innocence, a time of confidences Long ago it must be I have a photograph Preserve your memories They're all that's left you
Lonely People (America) This is for all the lonely people Thinking that life has passed them by Don't give up until you drink from the silver cup And ride that highway in the sky This is for all the single people Thinking that love has left them dry Don't give up until you drink from the silver cup You never know until you try Well, I'm on my way Yes, I'm back to stay Well, I'm on my way back home This is for all the lonely people Thinking that life has passed them by Don't give up until you drink from the silver cup And never take you down or nevеr give you up You never know until you try Nothing Else Matters (Metallica cover) So close no matter how far Couldn't be much more from the heart Forever trusting who we are And nothing else matters I never opened myself this way Life is ours, we live it our way All these words I don't just say And nothing else matters Trust I seek and I find in you Every day for us something new Open mind for a different view And nothing else matters Never cared for what they do Never cared for what they know But I know So close no matter how far It couldn't be much more from the heart Forever trusting who we are And nothing else matters Never cared for what they do Never cared for what they know But I know I never opened myself this way Life is ours, we live it our way All these words I don't just say And nothing else matters Trust I seek and I find in you Every day for us something new Open mind for a different view And nothing else matters Never cared for what they say Never cared for games they play Never cared for what they do Never cared for what they know But I know
My Proud Mountains (Townes Van Zandt) My home is Colorado With her proud mountains tall Where the rivers, like gypsies Down her black canyons fall But I'm a long, long way from Denver With a long way to go So lend an ear to my singing 'Cause I'll be back no more Well, I left as a young man Not full seventeen With nothing for company But the wind and a dream 'Bout all the fast ladies And living I'd find When I left my proud mountains And rivers behind So I rolled and I rambled Like a leaf in the wind Well, I found my fast ladies And some hard living men Well, I sometimes went hungry With my pockets all bare Lord, I sometimes had good luck With money to spare Well, I made me some friends, Lord That I won't soon forget Well, some are down under And some are rambling yet But as for me Well, I'm headed for home Back to high Colorado High Colorado Never more for to roam So friends, when my time comes As surely it will You just carry my body Out to some lonesome hill And I lay me down easy Where the cool rivers run With only my mountains and the sun Yeah my home is Colorado
I Was Young When I Left Home (Bob Dylan) I was young when I left home And I been out rambling 'round And I never wrote a letter to my home To my home, Lord, to my home And I never wrote a letter to my home It was just the other day I was drinking all my pay When I met an old friend I used to know You said your mother's dead and gone Your baby sister's all gone wrong Your daddy need you home right away Not a shirt on my back Not a penny on my name Well, I can't go home thisaway Thisaway, Lord, Lord, Lord And I can’t go home thisaway If you miss the train I'm on Count the days I'm gone You'll hear that whistle blow a hundred miles A hundred miles, Lord, Lord, Lord You'll hear that whistle blow a hundred miles When I was playing on a track Ma would come and whoop me back On them trestles down by old Jim McKay's When I pay the debt I owe To the commissary store I will pawn my watch and chain and go home Go home, Lord, Lord, Lord I'll pawn my watch and chain and go home Go home, Lord, Lord, Lord I'll pawn my watch and chain and go home I used to tell my Ma sometimes When I see them riding blinds Gonna make me a home out in the wind In the wind, Lord in the wind Make me a home out in the wind I don't like it in the wind I wanna go back home again But I can't go home thisaway Thisaway, Lord, Lord, Lord No, I can't go home thisaway I was young when I left home And I've been out rambling 'round And I never wrote a letter to my home To my home, Lord, to my home No, I never wrote a letter to my home
I Started A Joke (Bee Gees) I started a joke which started the whole world crying But I didn't see that the joke was on me, oh no I started to cry which started the whole world laughing If I'd only seen that the joke was on me I looked at the skies running my hands over my eyes And I fell out of bed hurting my head from things that I've said Till I finally died which started the whole world living If I'd only seen that the joke was on me I looked at the skies running my hands over my eyes And I fell out of bed hurting my head from things that I've said Till I finally died which started the whole world living If I'd only seen that the joke was on me That the joke was on me Oh no
THE PATH OF THE CLOUDS Bessie Did You Make It In 1928, Glen and Bessie met their fate From Twin Falls down the Colorado In a handmade canoe, what happened to these two Is up to who you ask but full of sorrow It took twenty six full days to find the heart of the maze Deep in the canyon they were swallowed He dragged his new wife through his treacherous life For cheap thrills he took their tomorrows Did you make it Did you make it Did you make it on your own Or did you fake it Fake it Leave someone else's bones They were last seen alive by Emery Kolb Who lived alone in the canyon He put 'em up for the night, warmed 'em up by the stove Saying, "At least let me save your companion" The years flew by and Kolb passed on They found some bones in his boathouse A bullet in the skull from another dawn Under the piles of his photos Did you make it Did you make it Did you make it on your own Or did you fake it Fake it Leave someone else's bones Someone else's bones "This boat looks like a coffin and the water is strong If you go, you are gone, gone, gone If you go, you are gone, gone" Fifty years later, the tale turned to legend A woman claimed to be Bess for a second By the fire, she said without smiling "I'm Bessie, I killed him, I was simply surviving" "I'm Bessie, I killed him, I was simply surviving" If I Could Breathe Underwater If I could breathe underwater I'd swim out to the shore And If I read the future I'd go back to before Shapeshifter, a cloud above your door Late winter, like a storm I thought I saw you floating away I thought I saw you, babe If I could bring the moon down So the day would never come Would you fly Circle round the sun Shapeshifter, a cloud above your door Late winter, like a storm I thought I saw you floating away I thought I saw you, babe Shapeshifter, a cloud above your door Late winter, like a storm I thought I saw you floating away I thought I saw you, babe
Couldn't Have Done The Killing Couldn't have done the killing I just fell apart Paint me as your villain If you need a brand new start Often through my dreams In early morning You appear and then you seem To let the storm in Leave your weapons at the door Leave your weapons at the door 'Cause you don't need them You don't need them 'Cause I'm not your killer anymore I'm not your killer anymore Premeditated Still on the loose Simply walked away nothing really left to lose I was your accomplice Your second sight I didn't want this Hard to tell the wrong from right Leave your weapons at the door Leave your weapons at the door You don't need them You don't need them 'Cause I'm not your killer anymore I'm not your killer anymore I'm not your killer anymore I'm not your killer anymore
If I could breathe underwater AIf I could breathe underwater I'd swim out to the shore And if I'd read the future I'd go back to before Shapeshifter, cloud above your door Laid with her like a storm I thought I saw you floating away I thought I saw you, babe If I could bring the moon down So the day would never come Would you fly, circle around the sun Shapeshifter, cloud above your door Laid with her like a storm I thought I saw you floating away I thought I saw you, babe Shapeshifter, cloud above your door Laid with her like a storm I thought I saw you floating away I thought I saw you, babe
Elegy Make me an enemy Make me so bad That you have to leave We were bleeding From the start No torniquet Could make it stop Make me a memory That comes and goes Anytime you need We were bleeding From the start No tourniquet Could make it stop And all seemed lost All seemed lost Make me a reverie Make it so bad That you have to leave We were bleeding From the start No tourniquet Could turn it off And all seemed lost All seemed lost “It’s always midnight in my heart” All seemed lost All seemed lost All seemed lost All seemed lost
Well Sometimes You Just Can't Stay Did you give up the ghost Forever that night, Reach Angel Island With stars as your light It was June of 1966, You were last seen With your water wings. Did you drown in the ocean Or make your great escape, Did you die in slow motion Off the coast of the bay Well you knew that you couldn’t stay (the waves, the waves, the waves) Well you knew that you couldn’t stay (the waves, the waves, the waves) Planned an ocean of fate Some great eraser All at once I fell awake That place is a glacier Did you drown in the ocean Or make your great escape Did you die in slow motion Off the coast of the bay From Vapor To Stardust Tried not to look back You were standing there waving As I started to pack Ride over the cracks Sand into pavement Sky turning black Everyone’s got their skeletons Set to attack But from April to August Nothing but strange visitors And from vapor to stardust I’ve been missing her Cried to Robert Stack The stranded and saved Anything to distract Everyone’s got their skeletons In the closet set to attack But from April to August Nothing but strange visitors And from vapor to stardust I’ve been missing her Not to look back You were standing there waving As I started to pack Not to look back You were standing there waving As I started to crack Storm Everything’s still in that storage locker Remnants of our past toppled over me I had no words cause you’re the talker And some freak storm drenched everything I thought I would disappear Go anywhere but here I wish that I knew The shadow of gloom Is everywhere I hope it cant find me here I had no words 'Cause you were the talker Some freak storm Drenched everything I thought I would disappear Go anywhere but here Wish that I knew The shadow of gloom Was everywhere I hope it can’t find me here Turned into Air Shapeshifter, turned into air A cloud of cold, I saw him there Shapeshifter, I looked at his teeth Turning to points right in front of me Shapeshifter, make a shower of gold A streaming river as we grew old Shapeshifter, back at the start Which one is true, where is your heart And I dream of running Sometimes I hear your voice And I dream of running to you, to you, to you, to you February days are all the same sometimes I hear you change Sometimes I hear your voice And I dream of running to you, to you, to you, to you February days are all the same And I dream of running Dream and you dream and you dream Of running Dream and you dream and you dream Of running Lemon Queen Walking through the snow We could hardly see at all The city was so quiet The roads were white with salt I don’t think that place is there anymore They painted our old house blue Seasons changed the color And the lemon queen it grew Taller and taller Over you Through the evergreens The snow kept falling The waves onto the reefs Beach rose in the breeze I don’t think that place is there anymore With the ocеan in view Seasons changed thе color And the lemon queen it grew Taller and taller Over you Taller and taller Taller and taller Taller and taller Over you Taller and taller Taller and taller Taller and taller Over you Seasons changed the color And the lemon queen it grew Taller and taller Over you Seasons changed the color And the lemon queen it grew Taller and taller Over you
Non Albums Tracks
A Forest (The Cure) Come closer and see See into the trees Find the girl But you can't Closer and see See into the dark Just follow your eyes Just follow your eyes I hear her voice Calling my name The sound is deep In the dark I hear her voice And start to run Into the trees Into the trees Into the trees Suddenly I stop But I know it's too late I'm lost in a forest All alone The girl was never there It's always the same I'm running towards nothing Again and again and again
Ain't Afraid Of Dying (Lawrence Rothman feat. Marissa Nadler / The Book Of Law LP) When my lungs collapse And I'm gasping for one last breath That's your cue to pass me my favorite cigarette Now that my life's just about over All I see is one ? devils I've come to realize that hell will be empty I ain't afraid of dying I might be off on my timing But I ain't afraid of dying My pain is slowly receding My heart is gut of all feelings And I'm starting to laugh about the bullshit I spread I was a banker, a catcher, a painter, a laborer A father, a son, a meiser, a waster But now I'm just me leaving it all behind But I ain't afraid of dying I might be off on my timing But I ain't afraid of dying No, I ain't afraid of dying
All We Ever Got From Them Was Pain (Alex Chilton cover) I see sadness in your eyes And I do think that I know why They left us on the street to live or die And it's high time we both should realize All we ever got from them was pain Every time was us that got the blame They never gave a damn for us Never gave a hand to us All we ever got from them was pain Our friends have left us stranded on the street Prospects of the hour don't look too sweet Not a friendly face in sight that we could meet The game they played with us is now complete All we ever got from them was pain Every time was us that got the blame They never gave a damn for us Never gave a hand to us All we ever got from them was pain Bitterness inside me fills my brain I loved them very much but just the same All we ever got from them was pain Every time was us that got the blame All we ever got from them was pain All we ever got from them was pain
Blood And Tears (Danzig cover) Blood and tears Blood and tears Since you've been gone I hear you've been crying Blood and tears All alone In your misery So alone Could you have Been deceived Since I've been gone I hear you've been crying You cry a thousand tears Darling, don't despair I know your heart still bleeds Darling, don't you care There's blood in your tears All alone In your misery So alone You are lost Endlessly Since you've been gone I hear you've been crying You cry a thousand tears Darling, don't despair I know your heart still bleeds Darling, don't you care There's blood in your tears
Chelsea Hotel #2 ( Live / Leonard Cohen cover ) I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel You were talking so brave and so sweet Giving me head on the unmade bed While the limousines wait in the street Those were the reasons and that was New York We were running for the money and the flesh And that was called love for the workers in song Probably still is for those of them left Ah but you got away, didn't you babe You just turned your back on the crowd You got away, I never once heard you say I need you, I don't need you I need you, I don't need you And all of that jiving around I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel You were famous, your heart was a legend You told me again you preferred handsome men But for me you would make an exception And clenching your fist for the ones like us Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty You fixed yourself, you said, "Well never mind We are ugly but we have the music" And then you got away, didn't you babe... I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best I can't keep track of each fallen robin I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel That's all, I don't even think of you that often
*** Thanx a lot to Jovick for this one ***
Cold Wind Blowin' (David Lynch cover / Todo Muere SBXV LP) Got a cold wind blowing Through my heart Cold wind blowing Through my heart The game is over You win I lose Got a cold wind blowing Through my heart Cold wind blowing Through my heart The game is over You win I lose Coming down On the wrong side Coming down On the wrong side Of love I see your smile On rainy days Spray painted on clouds floating by I can see you smile now Twisting in a cold wind Got a cold wind blowing Through my heart Cold wind blowing Through my heart The game is over You win I lose
Cortez the killer ( Neil Young - Zuma LP - 1975 ) He came dancing across the water With his galleons and guns Looking for the new world In that palace in the sun On the shore lay Montezuma With his coca leaves and pearls In his halls he often wondered With the secrets of the worlds And his subjects gathered 'round him Like the leaves around a tree In their clothes of many colors For the angry gods to see And the women all were beautiful And the men stood straight and strong They offered life in sacrifice So that others could go on Hate was just a legend And war was never known The people worked together And they lifted many stones They carried them to the flatlands But they died along the way But they built up with their bare hands What we still can't do today And I know she's living there And she loves me to this day I still can't remember when Or how I lost my way He came dancing across the water Cortez, Cortez What a killer
Dandelion Daze (Emily Jane White feat. Marissa Nadler / Blood/Lines LP) I left a wish for you on the lawn I hope that you can love again I know that things are wrong And it's hit you like the weight of lead Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better All these guns have left me All these guns have left me here All my hate is breached For the coming of a brand new year Dandelion Daze I left a wish for you on my grave Would you march upon The river where my love slipped away All these guns have left me All these guns have left me here All my hate is breached For the coming of a brand new year
Devil Town (Daniel Johnston cover) I was living in a devil town I didn't know it was a devil town Oh Lord, it really brings me down About the devil town All my friends were vampires I didn't know that they were vampires It turns out that I was a vampire myself In the devil town I was living in a devil town I didn't know it was a devil town Oh Lord, it really brings me down About the devil town All my friends were vampires I didn't know that they were vampires It turns out that I was a vampire myself In the devil town
Faster Than The Devil (Emily Jane White feat. Marissa Nadler / Blood/Lines LP) Faster than the devil Faster than my rights Faster than the devil Faster than my life Oh Jonathan you ride Oh how you ride For I paint you like the devil And I give you no life There's a crack in the wall and an eye The Tell-Tale Heart and I For I paint you like the devil And I give you no life Faster than the devil On horseback you ride On the back of the devil For you've taken your own life Oh Jonathan you ride Oh how you ride For I paint you like the devil And I give you no life There's a crack in the wall and an eye The Tell-Tale Heart and I For I paint you like the devil And I give you no life
Flora Barone, Queen of the Vaudeville Throne
(Four Track Recordings, Outtakes / 2006) Flora Barone hates to see how old she's grown Coloured the window, shattered the glass Covered her body with objects from the past Her mother starred in a vaudeville show Her hair was famous, as white as snow Men gave her gifts, all for a curl She passed them on to her little girl Flora walking down the street Flora Barone, I'm with you my sweet Flora walking down the street Flora Barone, I'm with you my sweet Her wedding day to her husband, Bill Was the happiest day, her heart was filled He gave her a slip, the colour of the sky The same as her majestic eyes When she died Flora's hair was rich With silk flowing ribbons, and diamond encrusted clips Flora's daughter was constantly ill Instead of toys, she has brightly colored pills A patchwork quilt, it covered her bed And whenever Flora washed it, the water bled red Flora walking down the street Flora Barone, I'm with you my sweet Flora walking down the street Flora Barone, I'm with you my sweet Flora Barone hates to see how old she's grown Coloured the window, shattered the glass Covered her body with objects from the past Flora walking down the street Flora Barone, I'm with you my sweet Flora walking down the street Flora Barone, I'm with you my sweet
Frisco Depot (Mickey Newbury cover / Angel Olsen & Marissa Nadler) Frisco's a full day from home When you can afford to fly But it might as well be the moon When you're as broke as I Here I sit with my head in my hands And watch the trains roll by Lord, the helping hand mission man warned me That the nights here got cold When you're cold There's nothing as welcome as sunshine When you're dry There's nothing as welcome as rain When you're alone There's nothing no slower than passing time When you're afoot There's nothing as fast as a train Guess Frisco's a mighty rich town Now that ain't no lie What they've got some buildings That reach a mile into the sky Yet no one can even afford The time just to tell me why There's this world full of people And so many people alone 'Cause when you're alone You ain't got much reason for living But while you're alive You just gotta live with your pain Unless you've been wrong for so long There's no one left forgiving Then you find yourself searching your past For the links to the chain
Goodbye Heartache ( Marissa with her band 'Ivy And The Clovers' ) When I was young He was the king Of my poor heart When I was young He was the king Of my poor heart Of my poor heart Diamonds and Rain They fell on me When you said goodbye you see I'm over your watery eyes Yes, I'm over your watery eyes And goodbye heartache, that you gave to me When I was seventeen And goodbye heartache, that you gave to me When I was twenty three When I was young He was the king Of everything And I thought I would die From crying But farewell to the darkness So long Farewell to the darkness I've loved for so long And goodbye heartache That you gave to me When I was seventeen And goodbye heartache That you gave to me When I was Twenty three
Guns On The Sundeck (Wrath of the Clouds EP)
The Queen Mary crossed over one thousand times Saw forty-nine deaths and four babies cry One of the true great ocean liners Painted up for the sea to find her Found her home at the Grand Atlantic People looking for something romantic Many came from far and wide Just to glimpse her crossing the tides "I miss the ocean," she said "It's nice in the sun, But I need a break From the dead people" Painted her gray when she left for the war Guns on the sundeck and kicked to the shore She lost so much of her great grandeur But her colors someday would shine once more "I miss the ocean," she said "It's nice in the sun, But I need a break From the dead people" At the time she was back, people were flying The speed of a plane was too satisfying She spent her days growing old in the haze And ghosts took over the stark poor place "I miss the ocean," she said "It's nice in the sun, But I need a break From the dead people" Pedder died in '66 You can still hear him banging in the cellar of the ship Fall of '67 was her last hurrah Then they painted her up like a movie star "I miss the ocean," she said "It's nice in the sun, But I need a break From the dead people" She's resting now as a boat hotel In Southern California Poltergeists and teams of psychics Can't seem to break or lure her On the decks, a mystery As the air went cool "I heard footsteps and the screaming There's phantoms in the pool" "I saw what I saw, There was nobody there; There was a woman watching, She was sitting in that chair" "I miss the ocean," she said "It's nice in the sun But I need a break From the dead people Nice in the sun But I need a break From the dead people"
Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings (Father John Misty cover) Jesus Christ, girl What are people gonna think When I show up to one of several funerals I've attended for grandpa this week With you With me Someone's got to help me dig Someone's got to help me dig Jesus Christ, girl It hasn't been long, so it seems Since I was picking out an island and a tomb for you At the Hollywood Cemetery You kiss On me We should let this dead guy sleep We should let this dead guy sleep Jesus Christ, girl I laid up for hours in a daze Retracing the expanse of your American back With Adderall and weed in my veins You came I think 'Cause the marble made my cheeks look pink But I'm unsure of so many things
Honey Bear (Songs III: Bird on the Water LP / Bonus Material) Summertime came and went and you weren't around The leaves turned from green, from green to brown Springtime came and all I had was dreams of you I drank an ocean to get back to you Ocean man, save me From the water, from the water Ocean man, save me When you came into my town, boy, I gave to thee All the pain that I could find for thee You were my honey bear and I was your savior, dear But you want to die, you wanna die without me But all the little houses, they go traveling on by You wеre there with your bluе eyes and I with mine You wanna die, you wanna die without me Years gone by and I don't care I smoke the smoke, I drank your hair And you never looked back, never looked back to me But every now and then, you call me And I hate to hear your voice 'Cause it reminds me of the time when I was young and happy But all the little houses, they go traveling on by You were there with your blue eyes and I with mine You wanna die, you wanna die without me Ocean man, save me From the water, from the water
If We Make It Through the Summer It's been a hard year And I'm not over it Trying to stop the fear of changing But if we make it through the summer We'll make it through the day If we make it through the summer But anything we made Trying not to think about Trying not think at all Trying not to fight the fit Trying not to hear the call I could be in another place gone far And if we make it through the summer We'll make it through the day If we make it through the summer But anything we made If we make it through the summer We'll make it through the day If we make it through the summer But anything we made
I'll Always Be In Love With You (Bud Green, Sam Stept & Herman Ruby) Sweetheart, if you should stray a million miles away I'll always be in love with you And though you'll find bliss in someone else's kiss I'll always be in love with you I can't do anymore, I've tried so hard to please But let me thank you for such tender memories I wish you happiness, but for me, sweetheart, I guess I'll always be in love with you I can't do anymore, I've tried so hard to please I'll always be in love with you I'll always be in love with you, darling
In The Air Tonight (Phil Collins cover / Marissa Nadler & Stephen Brodsky) I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord Can you feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord, oh Lord Well, if you told me you were drowning I would not lend a hand I've seen your face before, my friend But I don't know if you know who I am I was there and I saw what you did I saw it with my own eyes So you can wipe off that grin I know where you've been It's all been a pack of lies I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord Well, I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord Well, I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord, oh Lord I remember, don't worry How could I ever forget It's the first time The last time we ever met But I know the reason Why you keep your silence You don't fool me Well, the hurt doesn't show But the pain still grows It's no stranger to you and me I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord (oh Lord) I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord (oh Lord) I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord (oh Lord) I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord (oh Lord) I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord (oh Lord) I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord (oh Lord)
It's Easier Now (Jason Molina cover / Through The Static And Distance: The Songs Of Jason Molina LP) Behind these eyes A desert spirit Sea serpent heart Inside a sunken ship I finally got it All parts wrong I didn't know how long It would take to do it Behind these eyes Dead grey mule Torn apart moon In an empty room It's easier now And I just say I got better It's easier now That I just say I got better It's easier when I just admit Death comes now And the next minute The next minute The next minute Behind these eyes Behind these eyes Behind these eyes
It's Hard To Be Human (Lawrence Rothman feat. Marissa Nadler and Mary Lattimore) It's hard to be human When another's touch can end your life What's real has lost feeling I miss your kiss our long goodbye's O' Earth, o' Earth, I return to thee I return to where my body once lied O' Earth, o' Earth, I return to thee I return to where my innocence died I fall through the surface Looking up at a birdless sky It's hard to stay human When there's no sign of life Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy, have mercy on me now Open your eyes breath in eternal light O' Earth, o' Earth, I belong to thee I belong to where my body once lied O' Earth, o' Earth, I belong to thee I belong to where my innocence died O' Earth, o' Earth, I return to thee I return to where my body once lied O' Earth, o' Earth, I return to thee I return to where my witness's hide O' Earth, o' Earth, I belong to thee I belong to where my body once lied Where my body once lied Where body once lied Where my innocence died
Judgement Day (a.k.a. "As I Lay In Death My Son" / Not Alone LP) As I lay in death my son Comfort me today Once I made a sin so strong Repentance true, I pray My lady, she is strong and fair And in her bed I lay But lies I told, my lust was bored And here comes judgment day But here comes the time But I feel my conscience cry Forsaking her on the forest floor And here I come to die I told her she was beauty true Her clothes/gloves and ??? I loved her music mournfully But by her graceful lines And I when I lusted after her My woman slept at home An infidel, a faithlessness I let my mistress roam But here comes the time I hear the clock bells chime Forsaking her on the forest floor And here I come to die Oh as I lay in death my son A bed of solid stone Do not walk the lines of lust The vices that I've roamed And if you see the ghost of her Kiss her once for me Kiss her for the moon so white And kiss her for the sea
Lady Stardust (David Bowie) People stared at the makeup on his face Laughed at his long black hair, his animal grace The boy in the bright blue jeans Jumped up on the stage And lady stardust sang his songs Of darkness and disgrace And he was alright, the band was altogether Yes he was alright, the songs went on forever And he was awful nice Really quite out of sight And he sang all night long Femme fatales emerged from shadows To watch this creature fair Boys stood upon their chairs To make their point of view I smiled sadly for a love I could not obey Lady stardust sang his songs Of darkness and dismay And he was alright, the band was altogether Yes he was alright, the songs went on forever And he was awful nice Really quite paradise And he sang all night long Oh how I sighed when they asked if I knew his name And he was alright, the band was altogether Yes he was alright, the song went on forever And he was awful nice Really quite out of sight He sang all night long
Leave The Light On (Demo / Before July - Demos & Unreleased Songs EP) Last thing that I said to you In the driveway muttering profane I never want to see your face again I never want to see your face again But I will leave the light on Leave the light on Leave the light on Leave the light on In case you're coming back Change my heart and count the days All I remember, all I remember is we Things fall to pieces Hold the reasons for another day But I will leave the light on Leave the light on Leave the light on Leave the light on In case you're coming back But I will leave the light on Leave the light on Leave the light on Leave the light on In case you're coming back I saw your car in the street I saw you looking back Why does everything end up like that I saw your car in the street I saw you looking back Why does everything wind up like that But I will leave the light on Leave the light on Leave the light on Leave the light on In case you're coming back
Lonesome Suzie
(The Band cover) Lonesome Suzie never got the breaks She's always losing so she sits and cries and shakes It's hard just to watch her and if I touch her Oh, poor Suzie, I'm wondering what to do She just sits there, hoping for a friend I don't fit here, but I may have a friend to lend Maybe I mistook her, but I can't overlook her Must be someone who can pull her through Anyone who's felt that bad could tell me what to say Even if she'd just get mad, she might be better off that way And where is all the understanding Her problems can't be that demanding Why is it she looks that way Every time she starts to cry Lonesome Suzie, I can't watch you cry no longer If you can use me until you feel a little stronger I guess just watching you has made me lonesome too Why don't we get together What else can we do And anyone who's felt that bad could tell me what to say Even if she'd just get mad, she might be better off that way And where is all the understanding Her problems can't be that demanding Why is it she looks that way Every time she starts to cry
Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere (Elsie Janis) Love, your magic spell is everywhere Love, I knew you well and found you fair Then you left me and you left at fate Now I ask is it too late Love, your melody is in the air Yet I call you and you are not there Come, here is my heart, my soul to make Make me forget your voice that whispers "wait" Love, your melody is in the air Yet I call you and you are not there Come, here is my heart, my soul to make Make me forget your voice that whispers "wait" Love, your magic spell is everywhere Love, I knew you well and found you fair
More Than Words (Extreme cover / Marissa Nadler & Stephen Brodsky) Saying I love you Is not the words I want to hear from you It's not that I want you Not to say, but if you only knew How easy it would be to show me how you feel More than words is all you have to do to make it real Then you wouldn't have to say that you love me 'Cause I'd already know What would you do if my heart was torn in two More than words to show you feel That your love for me is real What would you say if I took those words away Then you couldn't make things new Just by saying I love you More than words Now that I've tried to talk to you and make you understand All you have to do is close your eyes And just reach out your hands and touch me Hold me close, don't ever let me go More than words is all I ever needed you to show Then you wouldn't have to say that you love me 'Cause I'd already know What would you do if my heart was torn in two More than words to show you feel That your love for me is real What would you say if I took those words away Then you couldn't make things new Just by saying I love you
Mr. Blue (The Fleetwoods cover / Nicole Atkins & Marissa Nadler) Our guardian star lost his glow The day that I lost you He lost all his glitter the day you said no And his silver turned to blue Like him, I am doubtful That your love is true But if you decide to call on me Ask for Mr. Blue I'm Mr. Blue When you say you love me Then prove it by going out on the sly Proving your love isn't true Call me Mr. Blue I'm Mr. Blue When you say you're sorry Then turn around, heading for the lights of town Hurting me through and through Call me Mr. Blue I stay at home at night Right by the phone at night But you won't call And I won't hurt my pride Call me Mr. Blue I won't tell you While you paint the town A bright red to turn it upside down I'm painting it too But I'm painting it blue So call me Mr. Blue Call me Mr. Blue
New Year Of Grace (Ben Watt feat. Marissa Nadler / Fever Dream LP) Years roll by, some fast and some go slow Versions of us come and go I see myself, I see a lived-in face If one that's in search of grace A new year of grace All this valley is my gaping heart Thunder splits the sky apart I think our love should live in this space Precious momentary grace A new year of grace Oh my love, it's easy to forget All of the love we have known Oh my love, now please do not forget All of the years we have known You tell me secrets that I never knew And it pulls me close to you Love hides itself in the weirdest place Emerging with grace A new year of grace Oh my love, it's easy to forget All of the love we have known Oh my love, now please do not forget All of the years we have known The distant mountains are covered with snow You're still the one I think I know Love hides itself in the weirdest place Emerging with grace With steps to retrace In a new year of grace A new year of grace
Old Flames Can't Hold A Candle To You (Pebe Sebert & Hugh Moffatt) Downtown tonight, I saw an old friend, someone who I used to take comfort from long before I met you I caught a spark in his eyes of forgotten desire With a word or a touch, I could have rekindled that fire But old flames can't hold a candle to you No one can light up the night like you do Flickering embers of love I've known one or two But old flames can't hold a candle to you Sometimes at night, I think of old lovers I've known And I remember how holding them helped me not feel so alone Then I feel you beside me and even their memories are gone Like stars in the night lost in the sweet light of dawn But old flames can't hold a candle to you No one can light up the night like you do Flickering embers of love I've known one or two But old flames can't hold a candle to you
Ordinary World (Duran Duran cover) Came in from a rainy Thursday On the avenue Thought I heard you talking softly I turned on the lights, the TV And the radio Still I can't escape the ghost of you What has happened to it all Crazy, some are saying Where is the life that I recognize Gone away But I won't cry for yesterday There's an ordinary world Somehow I have to find And as I try to make my way To the ordinary world I will learn to survive Passion or coincidence Once prompted you to say "Pride will tear us both apart" Pride's gone out the window Cross the rooftops, run away Left me in the vacuum of my heart What is happening to me Crazy, some'd say Where is my friend when I need you most Gone away But I won't cry for yesterday There's an ordinary world Somehow I have to find And as I try to make my way To the ordinary world I will learn to survive Papers in the roadside Tell of suffering and greed Here today, forgot tomorrow Here besides the news Of holy war and holy need Ours is just a little sorrowed talk And I don't cry for yesterday There's an ordinary world Somehow I have to find And as I try to make my way To the ordinary world I will learn to survive
Pitseleh (Elliott Smith cover / Before July: Demos & Unreleased Songs EP) I'll tell you why I don't want to know where you are I got a joke I been dying to tell you A silent kid is looking down the barrel To make the noise that I kept so quiet I kept it from you, Pitseleh I'm not what's missing from your life now I could never be the puzzle pieces They say that God makes problems Just to see what you can stand Before you do as the devil pleases And give up the thing you love Copy paste is a sin, always on the run is better No one deserves it The first time I saw you I knew it would never last I'm not half what I wish I was I'm so angry I don't think it will ever pass And I was bad news for you just because I never meant to hurt you
Poison (Feat. John Cale) Open your eyes I'm not here Try to build a life There is nothing worse Than living a lie I try to love you good this time Babe, we're still kinda young Should we cut our losses And run, run, run Day in the barrel of a gun Are we nothing but poison Said I never been Happy in my life That I never will be as your wife And there's some things you can't take back You said it yourself, do you remember that Babe, we're still kinda young Should we cut our losses And run, run, run Days in the barrel of a gun Are we nothing but poison Are we nothing but poison Are we nothing but poison Are we nothing but poison Are we nothing but poison
Quicksilver Daydreams Of Maria (Townes Van Zandt cover / Songs Of Townes Van Zandt Vol. III LP) A diamond fades quickly When matched to the face of Maria All the harps they sound empty When she lifts her lips to the sky The brown of her skin Makes her hair seem a soft golden rainfall That spills from the mountains To the bottomless depths of her eyes As she stands all around me Her hands slowly sifting the sunshine All the laughter that linger Down deep 'neath her smiling is free It spins and it twirls Like a hummingbird lost in the morning It caresses the south wind And silently sails to the sea The sculptor stands stricken And the artist she throws away her brushes When her image comes dancing The sun she turns sullen with shame And the birds they go silently The wind stops his sad mournful singing When the trees of the forest Start gently to whispering her name As softly she wanders I'll desperately follow her footsteps And I chase after shadows That offer a trace of her sigh They promise eternally That she lies hidden within them But I find they've deceived me And sadly I bid them goodbye So the serpent slides slowly Away with his moments of laughter And the old washer-woman Has finished her cleaning and gone But the bamboo hangs heavy In the bondage of quicksilver daydreams And a lonely child longingly Looks for a place to belong
Refractions (Bobbie Gentry cover / Mercury Rev feat. Marissa Nadler / Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisited LP) I had a most distressing dream last night I dreamed I was a crystal bird Caught in perpetual flight I'd ascend and glide and descend and ride On the wind and never alight I had a most distressing dream last night Glass enclosed, exposed wherever I flew With no control and a crystal soul That one could see right through No ethereal nest where I could rest I was frightened by what I knew That my two crystal legs were broken in two When I awoke my heart was beating fast As if all night and endless flight An eternity had passed As I shook my head and slipped from my bed Released from the prism at last I stepped upon a bit of shattered glass
Sad Cinderella (Townes Van Zandt cover / Songs of Townes Van Zandt Vol. III LP) When the bandits have stolen your jewelry and gone And your little young baby, he's grown tall and strong And your dead misconceptions have proven you wrong Well then, princess, where are you planning to turn to When your magazine memory has spun you around And you realize your lovers were just painted clowns And outside your window, you start hearing sounds Where they're building a cross for to burn you When all your bright scarlet turns slowly to blue Will you stop and decide that it's over When your teardrops go sour and no longer fall To splash across the virgin that lives down the hall And spends all her nights with an ear to your wall Well then, what will you have you can offer When the fire dancers finish and leave you alone With nothing but embers and sacks full of stone That hang round your neck through to the bone Will there still be a place for your laughter When all your bright scarlet turns slowly to blue Will you stop and decide that it's over When your shattered illusions come tumbling home And all of the butchers you've nourished have grown And they're suddenly able to leave you alone And they run like the days and the daydreams When your questions are answered and your pleading is done And your mind starts a-screaming that you ain't the one That once dwell within you, will you turn, will you run But princess, will you come home and get me When all your bright scarlet turns slowly to blue Will you stop and decide that it's over When all your bright scarlet turns slowly to blue Will you stop and decide that it's over
Saunders Ferry Lane (Sammi Smith cover / The Wrath Of The Clouds EP) It's sixty-six and cloudy this morning I'll make a bet those clouds will turn to rain The weather's rusted out the sign And I almost missed the turn That'll take me down to Saunders Ferry Lane The creeking boards of the empty dock Are the only sounds I hear The sign on the catfish stand says "Closed till spring" Summer drown in the frozen lake As the winter came to life And nothing moves in Saunders Ferry Lane Nothing moves in Saunders Ferry Lane Raindrops mingle with the leaves That tumble to the ground As I find my way to the spot Where we once lay But the grass is dead The life is gone And the birds have flown away It's awful cold in Saunders Ferry Lane Awful cold in Saunders Ferry Lane The gentle arms that held me Made me want tomorrow now are gone And we found so much comfort In the way we loved each other Then the angels came As quietly as the dawn Standing by the water In an icy winter wind I find no present comfort for my pain And no gentle arms to hold me now I know there's nothing worse Than a day alone in Saunders Ferry Lane A day alone in Saunders Ferry Lane It's thirty-two and raining this evening I'll make a bet that rain will turn to snow Awful cold in Saunders Ferry Lane
Save Me A Place (Fleetwood Mac cover) Don't know why I have to work I don't know why I can't play Turn me off, turn me out But don't turn me away Save me a place I'll come running If you love me today Don't know why I have to go I don't know why I can't stay I guess I want to be alone And I guess I need to be amazed Save me a place I'll come running If you love me today I'll come running If you love me today
Seabird (Alessi Brothers cover / The Wrath Of The Clouds EP) There's a road I know I must go Even though I tell myself That road is closed Listen, lonely seabird You've been away from land too long Oh too long I don't listen to the news no more Like an unwound clock You don't seem to care This world isn't big enough To keep me away from you Oh from you Seabird, seabird Fly home Seabird, seabird Fly home Like a lonely seabird You've been away from land too long Oh too long Suddenly with me I turn and you're not there Like a ghost, you haunt me You find warmth in a one-night bed Sunsets, full moons Don't turn on you Like an untied dog You just had to run Like a lonely seabird You've been away from land too long Oh not too long Seabird, seabird Fly home Seabird, seabird Fly home Seabird, seabird Fly home Seabird, seabird Fly home Little seabird Fly home Little seabird Seabird, seabird Fly home Little seabird Seabird, seabird Fly home Little seabird Seabird, seabird Fly home
Seems So Long Ago, Nancy (Leonard Cohen cover) It seems so long ago Nancy was alone Looking at the Late Late show Through a semi-precious stone In the House of Honesty Her father was on trial In the House of Mystery There was no one at all There was no one at all It seems so long ago None of us were strong Nancy wore green stockings And she slept with everyone She never said she'd wait for us Although she was alone I think she fell in love for us In nineteen sixty one In nineteen sixty one It seems so long ago Nancy was alone A forty-five beside her head An open telephone We told her she was beautiful We told her she was free But none of us would meet her in The House of Mystery The House of Mystery And now you look around you See her everywhere Many use her body Many comb her hair In the hollow of the night When you are cold and numb You hear her talking freely then She's happy that you've come She's happy that you've come
So Long Ago And Far Away (Written by Karen Dalton / Remembering Mountains: Unheard Songs By Karen Dalton LP) Passing time with every minute Hours count each day Rain and sunshine all may be So long and far away So long and far away So long and far away Love's illusion, dreams may change Games that we all play Friends and lovers all become So long and far away So long and far away So long and far away So long So long and far away So long So long So you sit by the window Watching the days go by Alone in your room remembering mountain sights Do you think of all the ways you didn't follow I am dreaming every way will lead you to find tomorrow So long and far away So long So long and far away So long So long Could you promise me Would you promise me Could it ever be That you could stay Could you promise me Would you promise me Could it ever be That you could stay
Solitude (Black Sabbath cover) My name, it means nothing My fortune is less My future is shrouded in dark wilderness Sunshine is far away, clouds linger on Everything I posessed, now they are gone They are gone They are gone Where can I go to and what can I do Nothing can please me, only thoughts are of you You just laughed when I begged you to stay I've not stopped crying since you went away You went away You went away The world is a lonely place, you're on your own Guess I will go home, sit down and moan Crying and thinking is all that I do Memories I have remind me of you Of you Of you
Some Secret Existence (Wrath of the Clouds EP) Dottie never went outside She had a sense of terrible July Did she do it for revenge Or did she have some secret existence Some say she got on the train With a suitcase and a hat And I hope it went that way 'Cause no one's seen her since this spring And I know she liked to dream of disappearing Did she get on the train Did she get on the train Did she get a new haircut And a brand new name Last was seen in '85 in California Maybe she was still alive "She left her V.W. behind," Says the man with evil eyes Hope they find her still alive 'Cause Dottie never went outside
The Kindness Of Strangers (Nick Cave cover / Sacred Bones Presents: a Record Store Day 2014 - Todo Muere Vol. 4 LP) They found Mary Bellows cuffed to the bed With a rag in her mouth and a bullet in her head O poor Mary Bellows She'd grown up hungry, she'd grown up poor She left her home in Arkansas O poor Mary Bellows She wanted to see the deep blue sea She travelled across Tennessee O poor Mary Bellows She met a man along the way He introduced himself as Richard Slade O poor Mary Bellows Poor Mary thought that she might die When she saw the ocean for the first time O poor Mary Bellows She checked into a cheap little place Richard Slade carried in her old suitcase O poor Mary Bellows "I'm a good girl, sir", she said to him I couldn't possibly permit you in O poor Mary Bellows Slade tipped his hat and winked his eye And turned away without goodbye O poor Mary Bellows She sat on her bed and thought of home With the sea breeze whistling all alone O poor Mary Bellows In hope and loneliness she crossed the floor And undid the latch on the front door O poor Mary Bellows They found her the next day cuffed to the bed With a rag in her mouth and a bullet in her head O poor Mary Bellows So mothers, keep your girls at home Don't let them journey all alone Tell them this world is full of danger To shun the company of strangers O poor Mary Bellows O poor Mary Bellows
The Rake (Townes Van Zandt cover) Well, I used to wake and run with the moon I lived like a rake and a young man I covered my lovers with flowers and wounds My laughter, the devil would frighten The sun, she would come and beat me back down But every cruel day had its nightfall I'd welcome the stars with wine and guitars Full of fire and forgetful The body was sharp, the dark hair clean And outrage my joyful companion Whispering women, how sweet they did seem Kneeling for me to command them And time was like water but I was the sea I wouldn't notice it passing Except for the turning of night into day And the turning of day into cursing You look at me now and don't think I don't know What all your eyes are saying Does he want us to believe these ravings and lies They're just tricks that his brain's been a playing A lover of women, he can't hardly stand He trembles, he's bent and he's broken I've fallen, it's true, but I say unto you Hold your tongues until after I've spoken I was taking my pride in the pleasures I'd known I laughed and said I'd be forgiven But my laughter turned 'round eyes blazing And said, "My friend, we're holding a wedding" I buried my face, it spoke once again The night to the day we're a binding And now the dark air is like fire on my skin And even the moonlight is blinding And even the moonlight is blinding Villain (Case Studies feat. Marissa Nadler / This Is Another Life LP) Villain Villain Villain Villain Villain When will you break down If the arms of your worst fears should find you Come and claw your body to the ground Villain Then will you fall down If the eyes of all your sorrows cry the tears For you that your eyes never found I'm all right Yes, I know it's dark out Stay outside If I need to I can find the road that leads me back to you Villain When will you call out If the devils in your heart should sink Their fangs into your throat and shake you Villain Then will you call out In the darkness that surrounds you There's a needle's hole That's shining like the sun I'm all right Yes, I know it's dark out Stay outside If I need to I can find the road that leads me back to you I'm all right Yes, I know it's dark out Stay outside If I need to I can find the road that leads me back to you
Where Do I Go (Happy Rhodes cover) I stepped on a life, a living emotion I murdered the concept of devotion Oh lord, let me die Or let me live not another lie I crushed a soul, a soul like mine Oh lord, what was in my mind Oh lord Where do I go from here Oh lord, oh lord Let me get it back, the heart inside Let me live again, give me back my pride All the faith that you had can be born again Despite the bad ways of the girl With the purest of hearts Can you believe she's making a start Baby, I want to live, I'm not ready to die Don't want to make my precious few cry Oh lord Where do I go from here Oh lord, oh lord Oh lord, while I'm young, don't take the breath from my lungs I will start again, oh babe, with all of my friends They will trust in me, lord, until the very end I stepped on a life (I stepped on a life), a living emotion I murdered the concept of devotion Oh lord, let me die Or let me live not another lie
Withered And Died (Richard & Linda Thompson cover / Angel Olsen & Marissa Nadler) This cruel country has driven me down Teased me and lied, teased me and lied I've only sad stories to tell to this town My dreams have withered and died Once I was bending the tops of the trees Kind words in my ear, kind faces to see Then I struck up with a boy from the West Played run and hide, played run and hide Count one to ten and he's gone with the rest My dreams have withered and died Silver moon sail up and silver moon shine On the waters so wide, waters so wide Steal from the bed of some good friend of mine My dreams have withered and died If I was a butterfly live for a day Then I could be free just blowing away This cruel country has driven me down Teased me and lied, teased me and lied And I've only sad stories to tell to this town My dreams have withered and died