Damien Jurado Lyrics

In The Shape Of A Storm (2019)

Lincoln lyrics - Damien Jurado

Lincoln here's a song for you

I've been twisting in the vapors and the fumes

There is nothing that I can say to you now

That you have not already heard

Lincoln you cheated me again

From the highways I had visions and the shakes

There's is no one who can take me from this land

More than once I was captured in your lens

Fall back let the sunshine blind your eyes

Hear the voices of your lovers be your guide

There are many windows open in the house

They are letting out our secrets with the heat

There is nothing to hide

There is nothing nothing left to hide

Dear shipwrecked I too am waiting to be saved

I had my prayers and praises all sent back

Heaven is full of people who belong

There is nothing to hide

There is nothing nothing left to hide

Newspaper Gown lyrics - Damien Jurado

You can come over whenever you want

You can get dressed up and I'll show you off

We could go dancing or hang around town

Whatever you want in a newspaper gown

Our friends think we're lovers or so I have heard

And they try for confessions and I say not a word

So we let them keep guessing 'til they figure us out

Our made up wedding in your newspaper gown

We are placing our bets, they are making the call

We are going all in and cannot win at all

My wheels they keep spinning I am turned up side down

And we'll be the headlines in your newspaper gown

What if I told you, what your friends think is true?

At the end of my day all I want is you

Would it destroy you? Would you not want me around?

Am I a new pair of scissors for your newspaper gown?

We take our chances and we risked it all

I am willing to let go but not willing to fall

We can be married tonight the news will astound

Announcements made from your newspaper gown

Oh Weather lyrics - Damien Jurado

I would walk the earth to see you smile

Push back the sky and the stars to light my way home

Tell the storm that's before me that I'm in a hurry to see you

I have no time for sleeping when it's love that is keeping me true

Hurry back home I can no longer be in the storm

Hurry home, babe, hurry home

South lyrics - Damien Jurado

Tom and I out on the hillside

Waving at planes and pulling our wrists

No girl of mine is gonna see me cry

She'd be better off seeing me dead

Tom and I cover our eyes and decide

To make our way out on the next passing bird

I found my solace in a plateau of nothingness

Floating like grass, indecisive

My body is a passing leaf

Dead as it hits the ground

Useless to nature's need

Quite a sight not to see

Tom and I out on the hillside

We're both so insane and pushing our luck

You take New York and I will marry Lee

Let's see who comes back worse

Throw Me Now Your Arms lyrics - Damien Jurado

If I ran ahead would you know which way that I went without you?

In days I would be lost and afloat

Thrown into the waves, tossed ashore

Throw me now your arms

We're not meant to be on our own

Is this now the time we let go

And cling to one another, giving life?

Throw me now your arms

Let me be the first to tell you I would give up my life

Every day as the tides grow closer it is all that's on my mind

Throw me now your arms and pull me in

Let me be the one at day's end

Who you can depend on, hand in hand

Safely on the shore where we stand

Throw me now your arms

Let me be the first to tell you I would give up my life

Every day as the tides grow closer it is all that's on my mind

Where You Want Me To Be lyrics - Damien Jurado

Now you've got me where you want me to be

You can always tell me you love me, say it quietly

If they knew how I felt about you

You would no longer see me

Now you've got me where you want me to be

In the day I know of a place to escape

On the south end of town

We can be as tall as the mountains

We dream when the sun goes down

Now you've got me where you want me to be

When I turn to you and say

This is how I want my day

Spending every moment at your side

You can always tell me you love me, but say it quietly

Now you've got me where you want me to be

Silver Ball lyrics - Damien Jurado

The moon it will hang like a silver ball

Passing the sun on its way

Finally stars will align

Finally it's our turn to shine

Making your way on echo and white

Remain in the day, living as the shade

Finally the door is your own

Finally fading into blue

Time does not heal

Everything an end

Hands On The Table lyrics - Damien Jurado

I will always remember our hands on the table and I

I could not unlock from your stare

And though I've tried to untie from your anchor I can't

I am no good at giving up

I am directing our movie, our play in my mind

A moment suspended in time that I keep on rewind

And the ink, it is bleeding through pages where I wrote down your name

And carefully planned our escape

I would pass you a key and pay off the judges to free you

If that's what it takes then why wait

I am one cloud shy in your neon sky

Do not go from my road

I was crippled and blurry the day I walked into your frame

I'm so focused now on your name

And my pages were fading from the days of exchanging my tune

On trains that I took home to you

When the signal broke I spoke to you on paper

From the parking lot to your bed where you are not now

Do not go from my road

Soon my moon will fall

Soon my moon

Soon my moon will fall

The Shape Of A Storm lyrics - Damien Jurado

If I showed up in the shape of a storm

Would you recognize me?

Strange as it seems I have known you before

But it was not our time yet

If I go sailing into the unknown

What are my chances of ever reaching your shore

Into the deep I am thrown

If I knew how I would make myself known

And cause the sky to open

Strange as it seems I once stood at your door

Yet I knew not what your name was

If I go sailing into the unknown

What are my chances of ever reaching your shore?

If I go sailing into the unknown

Into the deep I am thrown

Anchors lyrics - Damien Jurado

I don't need another reminding of how it isn't our time

I live with that daily reminding

And it has not changed my mind

I still go on seeing you as mine

Just not at the present time

How long must I wake without you and go this life alone?

Untied to your anchor and I'm sinking like a stone

I'll be the only one who is caught in your eye

Just not at the present time

The Horizon Just Laughed (2018)

Allocate lyrics - Damien Jurado

I arrived at two

From a thought I had

Talking with Q

In the back of a cab

Once we were lost and we never came back

I can only exist so long as you laugh

Don't give up on me

If I ever leave town

Ain't it sad to see

Your life not work out

What made you think I would live in your frown

As you're waiting around for the witches to drown?

Allocate

I suppose I could

Be here in the now

Still we find ourselves

In the previous year

Dear Molly H. I'm fed up with myself

And the tears I inhaled are not good for my health

Allocate

Once I was lost and I never came back

I can only exist so long as you laugh

What made you think I could live in your frown

As you're waiting around for the witches to drown

Allocate

Dear Thomas Wolfe lyrics - Dear Thomas Wolfe

These things they happened a long time ago

We're different people now and things have changed

But no you're wrong

If anything we're still the same

Thomas Wolfe was right when he said

"You can't go home again."

It's off to Nebraska

It's off to Maine

It's off to Nebraska

It's off to Maine

We only had ten dollars to our name

It was not enough to get us home

What was I thinking trusting you?

My family was right all along

Dear devil on my shoulder

I've got news for you

I'm off to Nebraska

Off to Maine

I gave up smoking and Saint Paul for a name

I forgot my ticket out, and I was late for the plane

I used to like the quiet life, and the traffic light's refrain

Mr. Garrett Morgan, I'm always stop and go

I am off to Nebraska

I'm off to Maine

Crossing over Wenatchee and into outer space

Percy Faith lyrics - Damien Jurado

Mr. Percy Faith, is your masterpiece complete

I'm in dire need of curing this headache

There are riots in the streets and we're still not on the moon

And I hear that you've been taken from the airwaves

Joseph Raymond Conniff, I am writing from Seattle

Where they now have put a trademark on the rain

And having just arrived I am staying by the airport

It was tough to find a room at the Hyatt Inn

Alice in disguises, Bill Close taken hostage

"Dear Loretta, these are my demands"

I'll be selling Arizona to the next potential buyer

Who comes in from the north in search of sand

Mr. Allan Sherman, I am writing from the future

Where the people never look you in the eye

And there is no need to talk, and the sidewalks they walk for you

I know everything and yet no one at all

Over Rainbows And Rainier lyrics - Damien Jurado

The angel Moroni asleep in the carport

With the newspaper under his arm

It seems I was late to deliver his car keys

So it looks like we are staying behind

Was Lucifer bashful

In hiding his face from the Lord

Dear Jesus, forgive me

I'm only doing as I was told

For as it is written

I will soon one day face my own fire

And this world will go with me

If I can just get them all on my side

Carry me over rainbows and Rainier

I was late to the parlor

When the wind it blew forward

And demanded we get out of town

So me and Moroni

Took the keys to the steeple

And awaited Armageddon to go down

Place your queens on the table

Who are weeping for your daughters

Who are waiting for their Sunday to return

Every heart will be broken

Prophetic poems spoken

From the mouths of every baby to be born

Carry me over rainbows and Rainier

Let your cries be of joy

May it always and forever fill the void

And allow my heart some room

May it be so that you'll one day need me soon

My wheels in a turning

And my back to the window

I collected every wave from the shore

I forgot I was human...

As I laid up my emotions

And I knocked them like dishes to the floor

Carry me over rainbows and Rainier

The Last Great Washington State lyrics - Damien Jurado

Never be sorry for the lack of response

Your hand on my arm before we were lost

The horizon just laughed to see us fall off

Your face in a jar I constantly dropped

You have him now but I'll have you later

The phone is a gossip

The clock is a murderer

My time is her burden

Your voice is his slumber

How long have we been here?

I can't quite remember my name

I had you pegged as one who would throw me

Away from your shoreline into the galaxy

Where moons are a fool, stars climb eternity

Long after voids and handwritten destiny

Long after voices return from the telephone

Cut off from color and leave everyone you know

They'll let you down

I'll let you talk into the sky

That he keeps turning off like a light

Praises fall short from the hands of the choir

Who all stand in judgement and funerals pyre

Now that you're dead they wait for the symphonies

Conductors retire to the bed of our sympathy

Losing our minds on yesterday's tragedy

Are you surprised they're singing in harmony?

Flooding the hallways

I notice the exit signs pointing the way out

I knew they were onto us along

Your suitcase fits well in the room you are living in

Quick to leave town

Is it how you imagined it?

Alone with your ghosts, and the question mark protagonist

Leaving you in deserts in search of the answers

To all of the questions that lead to more questions

Afraid to stand up or lose your salvation

Stop and rewind

They all change the station

The story hits home too close for their liking

"Stick to the script where your lovers are dying"

Bored and annoyed

"You're not even trying to turn us on"

And the building was on fire

When I saw you step out

Afraid of your ghosts, and highly in doubt

When you knew along

Not even your cloud

Would ever withstand the song from your mouth

So they took all your scripts

And the rain from your eyes

They're cashing it in for the next passing ride

To some other city you made up in your mind

They missed when you died

So they're hitting rewind

What good is living if you can't write your ending?

You're always in doubt of the truths you're defending

Seeing yourself in others' ideas

I'll write you from somewhere

And call you from later on

I'll need a good time

You'll need a daydream

Helplessly helpless

"I am alive, can you hear me?"

Sleeping in motion

I love you Washington State

Cindy Lee lyrics - Damien Jurado

I'll see you later Cindy Lee

When we're done fighting the tide

Storm is a coming

And we have nowhere to hide

Give my love to Mary

Should you see her before we do

Send a bolt of lightning to me soon

Jealous is the dark that keeps me from you

1973 lyrics - Damien Jurado

Dear Mr. Charles Schultz

1973

I'm feeding rolls of quarters in the pay television

And trying to make sense of today

Two missed connections in the Amtrak station

Still days away from my final destination

When I see the city lights

I'll know I'll made the finish line

My girl Lucy waits for me to bend my knee

But the diamond doesn't shine

And I can barely make the payments

On our telephone ring

I took a second job

Watching the clock change hands

The seven's disappointed, and me I'm not committed

To be a numbers man

Dear Mr. Charles Brown

I make the rent on time

It's true I'm undecided, and the season has expired

I'll never be the man she desires

Two missed connections in the Amtrak station

I walked out the door without delay or hesitation

Somebody shouted your name

And I swear they yelled fire

Charles, my best is not enough

Today I'm finally giving up

Oh, Lucy I love you, my plane isn't landing

They're telling me my phone is tapped

It's going down to the wire

I'm collecting the rain

I'll use it for payment

To catch another downtown train

Marvin Kaplan lyrics - Damien Jurado

One day the world will be an airport

Over Brooklyn skies

Where the rain once fell

I lost myself

To the one I love

And then Vera came

Around again

Like she always does

One day I will become

Your phone call

One day I will become

Your phone call

And you will wonder how

When the raindrops fell

I lost my voice

To the one I love

And then Alice came

Around again

Like she always does

Someone to notice me

Lou-Jean lyrics - Damien Jurado

Here in Rodriguez

The warm is a lover

A hand full of rainfall

A kiss from a stranger

Who shouts from the terrace

"You're all still in danger!

I was once you

Only here

Only younger."

I gave up my laughter

To pay off my ransom

As I strolled into diners

With skies of fluorescent

Married to pay phones

And numbers in stalls

My name is your husbands

His name a last call

Here in Apache

I sat in the front seat

Convincing the crosswords

To lay here in lowercase

Stop lighting fashion

And you in your overcoat

Talking of movies

And families not seen before

I was kept quiet

In the back of a trailer

Holding the tapes

Of songs never heard

Coughing up desert

He smiled then assured me

"All is not lost

Only hidden till later"

Here in Elaina

The skies are a firework show

No ticket is needed to enter here

Two step your way down

The street I first met you on

You and your radio

Me and my grandmama

Dressed in her turquoise

And me with Loraine

Walking like ghosts in the frame

Blurring the photos

You shouted "Forget it!"

All is not lost

If you stand still and wait for it

Night time Laredo

The stars are a stanza

The parking lot poems

I scrawled onto paper bags

This will go nowhere

Addressing the atmosphere

I was a nobody

Talking to tape machines

Recording the TV

And the sound of my voice

Playing it back at half speed

Pulling the bed sheets

And frames from the walls

Searching for peace

That was mine all along

Florence-Jean lyrics - Damien Jurado

Dear Florence-Jean

The future is a drag

I have to get back to my planet

I hate to let you down

Before the sun goes out

Never think I took you for granted

I had a way to express myself

I had a way to be honest

Dear Florence-Jean

I never had a plan

I cannot seem to get it together

Stars fell from the sky

Someday so will I

Never think I took you for granted

I had a way to express myself

I had a way to be honest

Dear Florence-Jean

They say we'll never land

I'm trying hard to keep my composure

With numbers into play

And heaven on delay

We cannot wait around till it happens

I had a way to express myself

I had a way to be honest

Random Fearless lyrics - Damien Jurado

Random fearless

Took a walk to the grocery store

Catching the light

As it went through the cracks of the ceiling

Cut yourself

You don't mind that you're bleeding

Take away

All the pain you are feeling

Don't worry, it's a long long way back

Random fearless

Born in a storm from the rumors mill

Ain't it a gas

To see all the jokers believe it?

Cut yourself

You don't mind that you're singing

Hit rewind

So we don't miss when you're dying

Don't worry, it's a long long way back

Random fearless

Changed his name to forget himself

Ashes lyrics - Damien Jurado

(from "The Bigtop" soundtrack)

I've got a mind to shed my skin

To let out what's within

To free the light inside

My bones will be the kindling

For the fire 'round which we'll sing

And the song on which we'll ride

Ashes, ashes

I am destined to be ashes

So I will melt with who is by my side

I've built around my heart a church

And the pew in which in which I perch

And the seat in which I pray

For my god is Rock and Roll the first

And though it may be cursed

It's the only game worth playing

Ashes, ashes

I am destined to be ashes

So melt with me and keep my soul from straying

Some may find beauty hard to see

But it's easy enough for me

Just a beat and these three chords

And though I may be a stumbling fool

I am sharpening my tool

This guitar will be my sword

Ashes, ashes

I am destined to be ashes

So melt with me and we will find the Lord

My heart is such a wayward ship

Briefly docking 'fore each trip

Just a kiss before I cruise

And though waves are often beckoning

There's a sudden reckoning

As your eyes have tripped my fuse

Ashes, ashes

I am destined to be ashes

So melt with me, there's nothing left to lose

Kalla Hus lyrics - Damien Jurado

My kids are now older

They've moved on and they have

Lives of their own

My clothes are all folded

The bed is made and the radio on

I will never see Christmas Eve

I will never see Christmas

Snow in the driveway

In the air a feeling of

Leaving today

No invitations

New Year's Day will arrive

Here with a bang

I will never see this Christmas Eve

I will never see this Christmas

I will be guided

Where darkness is hiding

Love in its crown

I'll be an anchor

Talk to a memory

From under the ground

I will never see this Christmas Eve

Oh, and I will never see this Christmas

No, I will never see this New Year's Day

Take Your Time lyrics - Damien Jurado

Don't be in such a hurry

Don't be what they thought

You're a train at the station that doesn't stop

You're strong in your silence

You are louder than light

Don't hold on to anger that isn't yours

Just Take Your Time

And I'll take mine

And take your time

Don't make yourself worry

Hold on to what's yours

Be still and take notice of the ones you love

With the moon in your pocket

The Universe at your command

With every window open, you'll understand

Just look up about you

See what you have

Look up about you and take your time

"Visions Of Us On The Land" (2016)

November 20 lyrics - Damien Jurado

Allan, no one was laughing when you passed
Satirical moments still to have
(Said and done) [x4]
Not around to be banking on the laughs
Life's a gas for an audience with cash
(All is gold) [x4]

On a shelf where the dust seems to collect
In a groove was the showroom you were at
(You were on) [x4]
Hints of gin and your finger in the glass
I sit in for the late show presents past
(Here and now) [x4]

(Said and done) [x8]
(All is gold) [x8]

Mellow Blue Polka Dot lyrics - Damien Jurado

On a line, don't disturb
It ain't worth a penny's shine
Took a turn for the worse
So absurd to speak up first

Mellow blue polka dots
I forgot to call you up
Sail on son, storm is on
Call me out, press my luck

Magic hand, magic fool
Are you cool if I split
I'm not upset, it's just a test
Don't adjust your eyes just yet

Stick around
It gets worse
In your shoes
Here's your curse

QACHINA lyrics - Damien Jurado

I lost my mind so I stepped out for a time
Went for a walk on a long road to unwind
I met myself there, saying "go home"

Why turn around when the colors just betray
Yellows and blues are the ones I still wear today
They knocked me out then, they barely move now

I lost my mind so I stepped out for a time
Went for a walk on a long road to unwind
I met myself there, saying "go home"

Lon Bella lyrics - Damien Jurado

Jesus on the mainline
He's trying to call collect
Dad gave him my number
Suppose I should call back

And since I got no plans
On a long term stay
My bus leaves early morning
Why sit around and wait
To die

Serpents in the water
Fogging up my glass
Swimming here since Thursday
Burning through my stacks

And you find out who I am
Then you want to turn me in
To someone you'd respect
A smile you can correct

And since I got no plans
On a long term stay
My bus leaves early morning
Why sit around and wait
To die

And when there are no cups to fill
Where the sidewalk disappears
You and I will make amends
With our daggers in our hands
They will say I knew him when
Before he once had friends
With a life you would curate
Decided now his fate
We sit around and wait

Sam And Davy lyrics - Damien Jurado

Me and my boy Sam in the tall tall grass
And on our backs in the heat of the sun
On a warm October where the clouds were never
Good for rain, only changing shape

Does your blood run cold
Or your eyes go white
On a borrowed soul
On a borrowed time

Me and my girl Davy on a Sunday morn
Taking our time in a used car lot
Destination where the sun is
Nothing is sure but the time we've got

Does your blood run cold
Or your eyes go white
On a borrowed soul
On a borrowed time

Prisms lyrics - Damien Jurado

As the light upon the window
I could clearly see the dawn
And it stops the conversations
That go on 'til the morn

Did I lose you in a daydream
Or the prism in your eye
Where you're keeping all my memories
And recordings of our life

Do we still go on
Long after rewind

Who's to really know
Once the exit's closed

There's only one way in
Then it's through

ONALASKA lyrics - Damien Jurado

It was if I went looking for a new direction
Indecisive and undecided
I had been in the desert and spent time on a mountain
Off of my feet and floating in suspension
Heard the voices of wisdom and sang with creation
Where my name was a color and my years were a number
I was freedom in motion where the wind never slumbered
Disguising my voice so not to be heard

Don't say you ever knew me
Long after I am gone
Don't say you ever knew me

I had my doubts so you gave me an option
Take what's in front of you or the highway
It was you I ran into, I'd been dying for days
Off of my feet and floating in suspension
Heard your voice from the next room in a song on a station
Where my name was repeated through the static and numbers
We are the way, we are the ending

Don't say you ever knew me
Long after I am gone
Don't say that you saw this
Long after I am gone

TAQOMA lyrics - Damien Jurado

Flown out from the window
Flown out from the green
A match to any ceiling
Voices from the flame

In the long run
In the long run

So long at pretending
I was once your boy
Ships out on the landing
Faces you'll avoid

In the long run
In the long run
In the long run
In the long run

Everybody want to be some somebody
Don't you want somebody for your own?
Everybody want to be some somebody
Don't you want somebody for your own?

Down to the road
Clover and gold
It's your own hand to hold

Staring me down
Swallowing sound
It's your own hand to hold

Everybody want to be some somebody
Don't you want somebody for your own?

Down to the road
Clover and gold
It's your own hand to hold

Staring me down
Swallowing sound
It's your own hand to hold

On The Land Blues lyrics - Damien Jurado

Tried my hand as a brother
Failed as a man and a friend
I know who I was then
I know who I am now

Land it rolls into water
Fools they go and follow after
Chasing the light like the sun
Burned out before they could shine

Lord take the weight, I won't need it
Salvation's pain glory be
Follow me down on this road
One more hand to let go

Kindly spoke, cried on your shoulder
Better a ghost than a living man
You will see through I suppose
Visions of us on the land
Far out to where we were then
Gathered and stolen by storm
Waiting here till you return

Walrus lyrics - Damien Jurado

Watch your step
Who has your hand?
Turned the choir up
In the atmosphere again

I don't know
Where I was
All I knew
Was that I didn't belong anymore

I got to go back to the city
I got to go back to the city now
I got to go back to the city
I got to go back to the city now

Found my place
Near the back of a pen
Dig myself from the hiss
Of the tape again

Where's the ceiling
Made from his hand
Has it been removed
And is now in place of the land?

I got to go back to the city
I got to go back to the city now
I got to go back to the city
I got to go back to the city now
I got to go back to the city
I got to go back to the city now

I got to go back
I got to go back now
I got to go back…

Exit 353 lyrics - Damien Jurado

And when, I was a line
You were a light
Shining like some planet you call home

Talking aloud
Was it about
The ending or beginning of a word?

That was with me all along
I let go, and you held strong
Are we all not lost in song
Feeding back until we're found?

I was a line
Here on rewind
Living out the voices in my mind

Talking aloud
Distorted in sound
Are we all not stars here on the ground?

You were with me all along
I let go, and you held strong
Are we all not lost in song
Feeding back until we're found?

And in the golden hours hue
The darkest of the few
Was with me all along

And sewn into the sounds of joy
The forms of light collide

In the walls of my eyes

I was alone then [x9]

Cinco De Tomorrow lyrics - Damien Jurado

(I can meet you in the chorus
It's all just a fading line)
[x2]

You might as well be keeping the sun
No star of mine can ever replace you

I knew you well, you had me at maybe
Turning around to face the unknown

Never too high to let go of the atmosphere
All on the ground with signals cutting out

Stand star and blues, you go on without me
I'll catch the next ride out of town

And when you've found a better place for us to shine
Cover it black and gold with silver cloud
Hear now the lightning shout, we're with you
Life will collide with love never ending

And when you've found a better place for us to shine
Cover it black and gold with silver cloud
Hear now the lightning shout, we're with you
Life will collide with love never ending

And Loraine lyrics - Damien Jurado

As we made our exit
Through the door
Into the outside
And shedding off the voices
Of those who
Are beat out by the background
Music lingers far beyond
Of those left over
And going on

About their long days
About their long days

Changing with the seasons
And Loraine
Looking in the rearview
Someday California
On your dime
And I'll see it before you

Good luck next time
I'll see you around
Ain't it like me
To let you down

On such a long day
On such a long day

Such a long day
Such a long day
Such a long day

A.M. AM lyrics - Damien Jurado

Stuck here in a life that repeats
Living in the now and between
Pages from a magazine
Instruction manuals for your dreams

This is where you stop and rewind
This is where our dreams all collide
Streaming through your heart that was mine
Living in my world that was yours through your eyes

It was you all along
It was you all along

Waiting for a life that was loud
Not my own but yours all alone
Wide awake until you're home
Black on black and roses gold

I was yours all along
I was yours all along

I was yours all along
I was yours all along

Don't go changing
I'm not leaving you

Don't go changing
I'm not leaving you

Queen Anne lyrics - Damien Jurado

Time, time, time, time
Curious in my design
Where the line is fine
Everything will shine
All in time

Time, time, time, time
Can you help to tow the line
When I'm lost I'll find
Your hand to hold in mine
All in time

Time, time, time, time
Where my memories resign
A place inside my mind
Where I can always climb
To you in time

Time, time, time, time
Ringing like a bell in chime
Where colors all combine
Our lives will be entwined
All in time

Time, time, time, time
Could you ever be so kind
To never leave my side
To share with you this life
All in time

Orphans In The Key Of E lyrics - Damien Jurado

Easy now, you're dreaming of a ledge
Talk yourself down from every story
Call the game you're losing again
And you show no signs of scoring

On the passenger side where my glasses were shattered
Losing myself at the end of your sentence
Call and pretend that your discounted man
Who cries on command will soon pick up the phone

Go to him now while he's not so distracted
By his own magic tricks by the widows he's husband
With the orphanage closed, it's so hard to know
Which childhood dream he's still planning on leaving

In the grocery store where a man is an audience
Time is on sale and the band is no one you've heard of
And there is no applause, just the sound of alarms
The register yawns at the sound of you leaving

Kola lyrics - Damien Jurado

When I look back upon my time
See the snapshots of my life
You will not be surprised
To see your name across my smile
See your name across my smile

And I will remember you
I will remember you
I will remember you
The way you are right now
The way you are right now

When I first came into view
I was older than you knew
Always going out of tune
Anytime you'd leave the room
Anytime you'd leave the room

And I will remember you
I will remember you
I will remember you
The way you are right now
The way you are right now

When I look back upon my time
See the snapshots of my life
You will not be surprised
To see your name across my smile
See your name across my smile

And I will remember you
I will remember you
I will remember you
The way you are right now
The way you are right now

"Brothers And Sisters Of The Eternal Son" (2014)

Magic Number lyrics - Damien Jurado

Don't waste your time, there is work to be done
The setting son is a shiny dime
Cast it aside, it will soon catch your eye
Hold my magic number in your hand

Lay across the land like a giant on its side
The sun disappears and it falls behind
The dust will settle down when darkness takes my crown
I'll shake his hand and I'll knock him down

You will learn to let go

It's my turn to confuse

Not long ago, when you showed up at my door
Looking for a shelter in my skull
When I drew the blinds, the colors in my eyes
Went from maroon to shiny gold

Speaking in tongues with the tape on rewind
My secret name became define
Peeling back the sky in a blanket of shame
Remove my nails when you find the time

You will learn to let go

It's my turn to confuse

Silver Timothy lyrics - Damien Jurado

I was met on the road by a face I once knew,
Shapeless was his frame and his colors were few,
We went out for a time but his sentence is in,
Climbing in to the eye where the numbers begin.

Go back down, don't touch the ground,
Go back down, don't touch the ground,
Go back down, don't touch the ground,
Go back down, don't touch the ground.

I was met on the road by a face that was mine,
Echoed chambers and spoke with a [?],
You can never go home if you were never shown,
Spots on the irises bleed where the numbers were born.

Go back down, don't touch the ground,
Go back down, don't touch the ground,
Go back down, don't touch the ground,
Go back down, don't touch the ground.

Return To Maraqopa lyrics - Damien Jurado

Now that you're home you can finally lay down,
Little has changed with the weight of the rain,
It is too hot here, words are not needed
On and on.

You're just a kid unaware you've been sleeping,
Seeing yourself as a void or zero,
Are you a signal?
Where is your station?
On and on.

Once, 12 years old on a fire escape,
You lost your mind on a music note,
Caught in your throat,
Out there is nowhere but inside is endless,
Taking up room till you run out of space.

What is who calls you?
And you should name this?
On and On.

Once 12 years old on a fire escape,
You cut your mind on a music note,
Caught in your throat.

Metallic Cloud lyrics - Damien Jurado

Here's a temporary fix,
In case you don't come down.
Metallic cloud,
Voice in the crowd.

Cheer yourself up,
There are three to be seen,
Geodesic eyes,
And your life on rewind.
Your name was on fire,
So we pulled the case.
How does it taste?
With your mouth from your face.

Here's a temporary earth,
In case you don't get out.
Melodic rain,
Your own choke chain.

Drove yourself here,
So you might as well stay.
You want to be amazed,
And see the sky on delay.
Keep a close eye,
For the ship in the sky.
Resurrection signs,
Do the numbers align?

Zodiac pain,
And the birds flew away,
Colours don't change,
When your life gets strange.

Jericho Road lyric - Damien Jurado

I was made from a rainbow, so I am told
By the wolves in the radio here on Jericho Road.
With one hand on my shoulder, and the other on my gold,
Document my resurrection here on Jericho Road.

We are secrets, oh.

Spent time in my tower looking out to the sea
With Jericho beside me and the song that he keeps
I have nothing to give you that you already own,
Sowing time in the sorrow here on Jericho Road.

We are secrets told.

Tell the wolves at the stop sign I've already gone home
Wiping blood from my windshield here on Jericho Road.
With one hand on my shoulder, My ghost I am told,
Found another fool to follow here on Jericho Road.

We are secret souls.

Silver Malcolm lyrics - Damien Jurado

Fixated on a color
I tried hard not to move
And though the room was spinning
I never felt confused.

I knew of my short-comings
The day it made the news
From the balcony of my hotel
When God gave the salute.

I was followed by a spaceship
I was taken by surprise
Aware that you would come back
When I saw you in the sky
And I made a reservation to be seated at your side
Sewing in my tongue so I can taste the wine.

I will wear the atmosphere
And you will be a light
Replacing every star that fell
When you tore out the sky
You should have given warning
When turning on your side
My eyes get dilated
When you call me in my mind
I’ll have no one to talk to
If I am left behind.

Silver Katherine lyrics - Damien Jurado

Katherine, I have gone out
Far from, from the garden
I saw stars fall like teeth
Cutting my name into the earth

Katherine, I have seen Him
Outside of Maraqopa
Pacing through the sky
Silver ushered in flight

Time to wake up, in the morning
Feeling free to be the wind
I can take on any mountain
Freedom is my sweetest song

I saw stars fall like teeth
Cutting my name into the earth

He's a mighty stone
He's a mighty stone
Roll away the stone
Roll away the stone
Roll away the stone

Silver Joy lyrics - Damien Jurado

Let me sleep
In the slumber of the morning
There’s nowhere I need to be
And my dreams are still calling

Lay your troubles on the ground
No need to worry about them now
Daylight shaking through the trees
Do not disturb me, let me be

And if you need a place a land
Or come down when you are weary
No more clouds to put away
In the slumber of the morning

Keep me with you on the ground
All of my worries behind me now
Daylight shaking through the trees
Do not disturb me, let me be

Let me sleep
In the slumber of tomorrow
There’s nowhere we need to be
That will not be there after

Keep me with you on the ground
All of my worries behind me now
And be sure to wake me when
Eternity begins

Plains To Crash lyrics - Damien Jurado

I went looking for
a plane to crash.
Beyond the near and blue
where I just see you.
When our sky is shown
or the earth below.

Only a glory.

So I took a drive
to the mountainside.
Where I gave my life
over to the light.

Born twice, born twice.

Help me Lord to see
the road ahead of me.
May you always be
the light beneath my feet.

Show me the way. [x9]

All For You lyrics - Damien Jurado

There falls the night
Birds pushing sky
All for you

Colors divide
Creation it's size
And all for you

How great your love is
How much you are needed
Oh...

Time in the world
The world's still in turn
And all for you

Heaven it seems
Angels applaud
And all for you

How great your love is
How much you are needed
Oh...

Rain hits the ground
Mountains fall down
Love as our crown
Peace to be found
All for you
And all for you

How great your love is
How much you are needed
Oh...

"Maraqopa" (2012)

Nothing Is The News lyrics - Damien Jurado

Turn it around you found that they were all wrong
All you had heard, the ghosts of the words in a song
Nothing new have when all that you want is gone
I will never know, I will never know, I will never know
I will never know, I will never know, I will never know

You can't go back now as the door has been closed
Standing outside just passing time 'til we die
There's nowhere to live and all that's been living is gone
I will never know, I will never know, I will never know
I will never know, I will never know, I will never know

Turn it around you found that they were all wrong
All you had heard were ghosts of the words in a song
Nothing you had and all that you want is gone
I will never know, I will never know, I will never know
I will never know, I will never know, I will never know
I will never know, I will never know, I will never know
I will never know, I will never know, I will never know
I will never know, I will never know, I will never know
I will never know, I will never know, I will never know
I will never know, I will never know, I will never know
I will never know, I will never know, I will never know

Life Away From The Garden lyrics - Damien Jurado

There was a time
(There was a time)
When we were golden
(When we were golden)
Like the Sun
(Like the Sun)
We were lights in the world
(We were lights in the world)
Then we strayed
(Then we strayed)
Away from the Garden
(Away from the Garden)
Oh, Oh
(Oh, Oh)
Oh, Oh
(Oh, Oh)

There was a time
(There was a time)
When I believed you
(When I believed you)
When in doubt
(When in doubt)
I put my hand in your side
(I put my hand in your side)
Broken bells
(Broken bells)
I don't hear you ringing
(I don't hear you ringing)
Oh, oh
(Oh, oh)
Oh, oh
(Oh, oh)

All of us light, all of us free
All of us light, all of us free
All of us light, all of us free
All of us light, all of us free

Maraqopa lyrics - Damien Jurado

It's your oldest fear, that the love you can hear will go
It's a deafening sound, we become light on the ground, then soil
To be one with the sky, where the souls all collide, turn to gold
We are rain, we are rain

We are stones to be seen, in the meadows we are dreams to be free
It's where we bow our heads to pray, we are echoes God creates in the shade
It's where the light can come in, your breath becomes the wind in the trees
We are free, we are free

All are welcome in
All are welcome in
All are welcome in
All are welcome in

This Time Next Year lyrics - Damien Jurado

I heard you call my name
You were outside the door
How did I not hear you before

A chance to be reborn
To never be alone
I should have done this long ago

To finally wear a golden crown
To be in light, transcending sound
To be lifted from the ground

You're coming through now loud and clear
My God, you went for many years
It's good to have you here

I heard you call my name
You were outside the door
How did I not hear you before

I heard that there would come a day
When you show up just like they said
Do you always show up so unannounced

The stars and light, they moved aside
From where I stood, you shined so bright
Take me back with you this time

To finally wear a golden crown
To be in light, transcending sound
To be lifted from the ground

The stars and light, they moved aside
From where I stood, you shined so bright
Take me back with you this time
Take me back with you this time
Take me back with you this time
Take me back with you this time

Reel To Reel lyrics - Damien Jurado

You're a smooth talker
With eyes like lightning
And the radio [?]
I sing like our mother

Put away the hairbrush and maybe [?] something you don't know
I read it in the tabloids the trust [?] the thunderstorm

You're an escape artist
And the bathroom mirror
And the autograph seekers
You've imagined outside the door

Yes we love a statement, is it true you're not [?] in your room
From the light out in the basement we knew that there'd be trouble coming soon

Intuition
Mathematics
Invisible audience
Ten hit records

Listen through your tin can as the road cuts circulation to your tune
I fashion myself after you from my suicide electric puzzle
The greatest songs I'll never hear from a band you started in your mind
Leave us hanging on your legend as you exit through the tape recorder

Reel to reel
Reel to reel
Reel to reel

Working Titles lyrics - Damien Jurado

You could mess up my life in a poem
Have me divorced by the time of the chorus
There's no need to change any sentence
When you always decide where I go next

Many nights you would hide from the audience
When they were not in tune with your progress
In the end you're a fool like the journalist
Who turns what you sing into business

You could use to be more like a hero
A darker shade of damage distortion
Wearing death like a cape or a costume
Cut your ties and leave town when you want to

Killing time 'til I pass through the chamber
Or the room you keep my replacement
so fed up, still you're starving on paper
You're no him, but he's you, only better

Leave me an exit to damage
I could use a ledge to jump off of
I wasn't lying when I said this was over
I have questions that lead to more questions

Running time that will cut off my fingers
You wrote about me on every new record
And I'll show up in a title of your song
I only hope somebody requests it

What's it like for you in Washington
I've only seen photos of Washington
I'll never know

Leave me Manhattan, I want the evergreens
Write me a song I can sing in my sleep
As sure as the rain that will fall where you stand
I want you and the skyline, these are my demands

What's it like for you in Washington
I've only seen photos of Washington
I'll never know, know

So On, Nevada lyrics - Damien Jurado

I don't recall ever a time when you felt fine
Leaving the room saying you would come back and I believed you
Don't hide your smile, don't be set in your ways, hey hey hey

And I'll bide my time with you by my side in Colorado
The birds will fly south so you take their advice and Leave also
Don't call my bluff, don't guess what I do, ooh, ooh, ooh

Well, it's not that I mind you just hanging around
I know that you mean well, but it's dragging me down
Oh, it's dragging me down

And I could map ties and I'll finally decide on a new home
I'll phone your from somewhere, sometime, so on, Nevada
Don't call my friends, they don't answer the phone, no, no, no

Well, it's not that I mind you just hanging around
I know that you mean well, but it's dragging me down
Woah, it's dragging me down

Museum Of Flight lyrics - Damien Jurado

Falling to the ground
I was anxious to be found
You can always go home
To the safety of your cloud

Don't let go
I need you to hang around
I am so broke
And foolishly in love

I turned around to love revealing
What did I learn, it's not that easy
When you get burned and go on burning light

Falling into sound
Is a less defeating path
One day we will go home
To the safety of our clouds

Don't let go
I need you to hang around
I'm so broke
And foolishly in love

I turned around, my life was changing
What did I learn, it's not that easy
When you get burned and go on burning light

Don't let go
I need you to hang around
I'm so broke
And foolishly in love

I turned around, my life was changing
What did I learn, it's not that easy
When you get burned and go on burning light

Mountains Still Asleep lyrics - Damien Jurado

I stood above the clouds
To see you on the ground
Waving me down

Feel free to lose yourself
I do this all the time
Love is a blinding sun
We are songs to be sung

Treasures of worry here
Your voice was so sincere
I’ve known you my whole life

You told me once before
I should have known it then
Joy is letting it go
We are all mountains still asleep

I heard an echo say
We are all given away
Never to come back

And when we cross the line
We become defined
Broken sound, feeding back

"Saint Bartlett" (2010)

Cloudy Shoes lyrics - Damien Jurado

I wish that I could float
Float up from the ground
I will never know
What that's like

You have a way about you
I wish that I had
Thought it was impossible
To live and love like you

Funny how we all can change
If we just try to
Thought it was impossible
To live and love like you

One day you will be taller
Taller than the sky
Until that day you will be
Here with us below

Magic will do what magic does
Living in your eyes
Do you think someday soon
You will have the time?

I could use another hand
To help pull me through
Someday theses hospital stays
Get the best of me

Trying to fix my mind
Still trying to fix my mind
Trying to work it out
I'm still trying to fix my mind

Still trying to fix my mind
I'm still trying to fix my mind

Arkansas lyrics - Damien Jurado

I don't recall the last time we spoke
You said it's my fault, I still don't believe you
Oh oh oh oh Arkansas

We both know this was a mistake
I'd love to come home but I need an escape
Oh oh oh oh Arkansas

Fade out
This is where the credits roll our name

Taller than trees and brighter than starlight
I never feel magic unless I'm with you
Oh oh oh oh Arkansas

Tell me you mean it when you tell me you loved me
I wanna believe you, I wanna believe you
Oh oh oh oh Arkansas

Fade out
This is where the credits roll our name

I don't recall the last time we spoke
You said it's my fault, I still don't believe you
Oh oh oh oh Arkansas

Tell me you mean it when you tell me you loved me
I wanna believe you, I wanna believe you
Oh oh oh oh Arkansas

Fade out
This is where the credits roll our name

Rachel & Cali lyrics - Damien Jurado

Rachel would it be alright if I stayed here in the car
There's too many people out there I don't know

It's not that I'm too shy or cannot be polite
I just don't feel confident in crowds

Cali you can do what you'd like I'll probably be here awhile
I leave you my car keys in case you want to leave

Welcome to stay at my house my parents will both be out
There's a blanket in the closet if you decide to sleep over

Rachel I am sorry to call, I can't sleep at all
The closet is unfamiliar my parents are soon to be home

Cali there's no way you'll be caught my closet door has a lock
I'll keep my window open so you can get in

Sometimes I wish you knew how I keep living for you
A friend is only a love you're not committed to

Throwing Your Voice lyrics - Damien Jurado

I've got news for you, we all know
Stop acting like you've never heard this before
Blood on your hands, leaving your mark
It's when you cross the line where the trouble starts

Michael, you had a voice, learned to lie
Was the day that I fell apart that we almost died
I would like to think people change
But I've seen no evidence or the point it made

You can come back when you need
You can come back when you need

Michael, I've had enough, it's time to go
Make this clear, don't want you here
You can throw your voice all you'd like
I don't want to see him return any time

Shake off your doubt, grab a hold
Sometimes the hardest part is letting you go
You can always come back when you need
And I'll leave the light on, leave the light on

You can come back when you need
You can come back when you need
You can come back when you need
You can come back when you need

Wallingford lyrics - Damien Jurado

What I need is a hand that'll hold on
Reaching out and not letting go
Many times I find I am let down
By the ones, who keep me close

Are you kept then told like a secret
Do you find that you're kept in the dark
Calling out, your voice is an echo
No words come back, but your own

As a whole
As a whole

Free to fly but your wings haven't grown out
Many windows in the house
Please tell us what concerns you
Not to help, but to look the part

Anxiously awaiting your arrival
You look like you could use a rest
Overwhelmed by all the excitement
Better friends to take your place

As a whole
As a whole
As a whole
As a whole

Pear lyrics - Damien Jurado

I don't need a safer place to land
All my life was built on the sinking sand
What you see is what you get

If I do come home please leave the light on
(I don't need a safer place to land)
You tell so and so to leave a bed
(All my life was built on the sinking sand)
You should've said, you should've said

You should've said, you should've said

Kansas City lyrics - Damien Jurado

Kansas City, I fought back the tears
I know that I should have been thrilled
I can't smile knowing all the while
Everything you did, you did for you

Kansas City, he asked me how I've been
I lie and then said that I've been fine
Words that trailed off and that's as far as we got
I know I should have been thrilled

Kansas City, I am not his son
I belong to my mother who's now gone
All was left to me and that's why he has returned
I know I should have been thrilled

Kansas City, thanks for your concern
I will learn to get by on my own
Orphaned by my state, call him by his name
I know some day I will return
I know some day I will return
I know some day I will return
I know some day I will return
I know some day I will return
I know some day I will return

Harborview lyrics - Damien Jurado

Far out and failing
So they lead you away
Speak for me would you
I have nothing to say

And you would not notice
My hands have let go
Feel free to replace them
They are idle and slow

Mothers and fathers
You sisters all lost
The pending opinions
Are you worth what they've got

And they would not notice
Your hands open wide
Some Judas before them
With thorns in your side

Feel free to lay down
You could use a rest
Speak for me would you
Since you've taken my breath

And you would not notice
My hands have let go
Feel free to replace them
They are idle and slow

Kalama lyrics - Damien Jurado

Mother, do you know how
All of this has changed us
I was a fool who would always defend you
Was I wrong, too, like the others
Sisters and brothers abandoned
Forgive my living, keep me from breathing
A house that is standing is no house at all

Mother, is it easy
Knowing that I will die soon
Will you keep me as ashes
Placed on the mantle or thrown out
Mother, do you know now
Love is not painless, it's poison
Forgive my living, keep my from breathing
A house that is standing is no house at all

The Falling Snow lyrics - Damien Jurado

When you fell, you fell so hard
Reaching for me in the falling snow
I would have stayed, you said I should go
How will you make it home

Leaving your way, I heard you got lost
Losing your voice to the ground below
I stayed awake until you were home
It was days and days and

Come down from your mountain
You've been gone too long
If you will then you should say so
Don't leave me hanging on

Out from my open window
We could hear you breathing
Hope gone but it does not hold on
Every mountain falls

Somebody said you would be gone
Somebody said you would be gone
Somebody said you would be gone
Somebody said you would be gone

Beacon Hill lyrics - Damien Jurado

Keeping you close, falling behind
I lost my voice, you lost your mind
You say you're not well, I say that you're fine
Walking with me through the aisles of a drugstore

And if you return to me
Oh, if you return to me

Your mother's a fake, a phantom who steals
The smile on your face is not what you feel
I'll check you in if you check me out
Some lonesome wrist-cutter who says I'm her brother

Oh, if you return to me
Oh, if you return to me

Was I the ghost or one of your voices
You hear in you head when you're out killing horses
Who's taking my place, who's taking you home
I don't think it's safe to turn out the nightlight

And if you return to me
Oh, if you return to me

I read your reviews, I studied the lines
I know them so well, my life's now a tragedy
One for the road, two for the plane
And I will be fine, as long as you take me

And if you return to me
Oh, if you return to me

It's alright, baby
It's alright, baby
It's alright, babe
It's alright

With Lightning In Your Hands lyrics - Damien Jurado

Throw down your soul
Keep it in the soil
Will you return with a storm

Pockets full of silver
Treasures made of gold
Will you return with a mighty storm

Hiding in the shadow
Caught in your trees
Will you return with a mighty storm

Josephine lyrics - Damien Jurado

Josephine, I have seen you on the sidewalk
Throwing troubles just like flowers to passers by
Don't weigh us down, though we have too many anchors
And like you we want to sail into the sea

I never had the chance to grow up
Into what they wanted me to be
Every rainbow has an end
And it's where the color is leaving

Josephine, keep your sunlight in our windows
We are rusting like the silos full of grain
Josephine, is it true that all state children
We will one day be forgotten by our names

I never had the chance to grow up
Into what they wanted me to be
Every rainbow has an end
And it's where the color is leaving

Josephine, I was written in the skyline
You must leave before your time
Don't let us die for we need your hands to cling to
A doorway we can walk through to heaven

I never had the chance to grow up
Into what they wanted me to be
Every rainbow has an end
And it's where the color is leaving

Everyone A Star lyrics - Damien Jurado

"Caught In The Trees" (2008)

Gillian Was A Horse lyrics - Damien Jurado

It's midnight and I give up I'm tired of lying for you
I will not hold your hands and pretend I'm your lover
You must admit the turnouts have all been less than grand
There's no more police escorts or the high school welcome bands

I'm no lie detector
He's no bullshit talker
And we both know who knows
What should be known to all the onlookers

Now they've put away the kissing booths chapstick gossips truth
The only donkey that they'll be riding boy is the one wearing your shoes
Know they've heard it through the walls of telephone operators
And I found out from someone else said it was your brother

I'm no lie detector
He's no bullshit talker
And we both know who knows
What should be known to all the onlookers

I don't care if I'm the only one who's not paying
'Cause honey I am done staying up all night waiting

Now we're all tying the ribbons of worry to your tree
Your passing will make the headlines but sadly no one will read
Just how the town's hopeless romantic had his heart on his sleeve
Died alone in the carport of the local library

I'm no lie detector
He's no bullshit talker
And we both know who knows
What should be known to all the onlookers

I'm no lie detector
He's no bullshit talker
And we both know who knows
What should be known to all the onlookers

Trials lyrics - Damien Jurado

I broke at the seams, I'm falling apart
You want to hang on so I'm letting you go
You can come back when you make up your mind

Please give him a call, he'll want you to see
That love isn't real and your heart doesn't bleed
You can come back when they let you down

All cards are out, I'll follow your lead
I'm more in need and I'm stuck in a sigh
You can come back and give us a try

Stuck in the hurt
Falling back
Hoping you don't relax

Shadows of teeth, the caskets you used
A bed always made, straighten your spine
And you can come back whenever you lose

High on the words you try to inhale
I'm calling your bluff in every verse
And you can come back whenever you fail

Tied to your waste, I'm a ship on the chain
I'll make them think that the death was rehearsed
You can come back when it's your turn

Stuck in the hurt
Falling back
Hoping you don't relax

All cards are out, I'll follow your lead
I'm more in need and stuck in a sigh
You can come back and give us a try

Tied to your waste, I'm a ship on the chain
I'll make them think that the death was rehearsed
You can come back, baby it's your turn

Stuck in the hurt
Falling back
Hoping you don't relax

Caskets lyrics - Damien Jurado

Two tickets on a Chevrolet train
I've got a suicide pact with your name
You can doubt any doubt any move that is made
'cause I'm putting the worries to page
In a flash you'll be quick to react
I'm a useful spade for the grave
Collect calls to the shadow in town
So what were the chances of saying
You must remove the skin and burn it all for fuel

Knock out teeth to improve how you look
And you're using your tongue for a flag
You look tired in you funeral suit
There's caskets for all to be had
Real estate cemetery, move over
I'm useful as bones in the tomb
Gas drinks for the shadow in town
Because another record is due
You must remove the skin and burn it all for fuel
You must remove the skin and burn it all for fuel

Coats Of Ice lyrics - Damien Jurado

You'll be happy to know the situation is worse
The endless bottles of pills that never seem to work
Sleeping in his clothes and still looking his best
He's so high in tomb you wouldn't know he's dead

You look like you could use a rest
You look like you'd be better dead

They're making requests for songs that you never play
Any sanity lost is worth the money paid
How does it feel to be what you sing about
We all came to applaud but the ghost said you'd long checked out

You look like you could use a rest
You look like you'd be better dead

You'll be happy to know the situation is worse
The endless bottles of pills that never seem to work
She's keeping receipts on all that you've done wrong
Your selfish efforts were cheap and they lasted far too long

You look like you could use a rest
You look like you'd be better dead

You look like you could use a rest
You look like you'd be better dead

Go First lyrics - Damien Jurado

Are you all right
You're making me nervous with how much you leave me here
Is it a sign
I don't feel like ever getting well

Tell me the lie, you're taking your time over and over
Tell me the lie, you're taking your time over and over

My closest friends
Live on the side of where you now divide
Is it a sign
If I don't feel like ever getting well

Tell me the lie, you're taking your time over and over
Tell me the lie, you're taking your time over and over

You can go first
You're making me nervous with how much you leave me here
Is it a sign
I don't feel we're ever getting well

Tell me the lie, you're taking your time over and over
Tell me the lie, you're taking your time over and over
Tell me the lie, you're taking your time over and over
Tell me the lie, you're taking your time over and over

Last Rights lyrics - Damien Jurado

I'm not a bird you catch and release
Your last phone call
Some last ride home

I'm playing for keeps the characters are real
So don't ride me out
Like a noise that you hear and return

It's easy to land but harder to fall
Broken on command

I'll change my tune if it matters to you
God forbid that you listen
To the voice of a man not with it

March 16, this sorry is for you
Send it back if you don't want it
Like a noise that you hear on return

It's easy to land but harder to fall
Broken on the mend

Should you ever, ever need me to stick around
Should you ever, ever need me to stick around
Should you ever, ever need me to stick around
Should you ever, ever need me to stick around

Dimes lyrics - Damien Jurado

I've got dimes by the dozen
I'm placing a call to your husband
Does he know about me at all?

I hang up when he answers
It's too much for me to handle
What happens now, when it all goes down?

Gas station lights for a candle
Your heart's put together then dismantled
Secrets are best when left unsaid

The floodgates are open
And you'll see me
Running back
And no one is perfect
You must admit it now

I do my best when you're pretending
And no paper plane is safe for landing
This is how the best all die

Holding my breath until you need me
Foraging my way into the simple
Somehow my voice was caught in the trees

The floodgates are open
And you'll see me
Running back
And no one is perfect
You must admit it now

We built this on and what they told us
Switch all the lines just to confuse us
What happens now, when it all goes down

Everything Trying lyrics - Damien Jurado

I call you now to tell you I'm thinking of you
But it does me no good when the phone is just blocking my view
And I would sail back to you
And I would sail back to you

And I would come back and admit that it wasn't your fault
But I'm tired and unwilling to be the only one who was wrong
And I would sail back to you
And I would sail back to you
And I would sail back to you

I'll be sailing on your deep blue eyes
I'll be sailing on your deep blue eyes
I'll be sailing on your deep blue eyes
I'll be sailing on your deep blue eyes
I'll be sailing on your deep blue eyes
I'll be sailing on your deep blue eyes

Sheets lyrics - Damien Jurado

'Cause he's still coming around like an injured bird needing a nest
A place to rest his head in a song you'll regret
Still you take him, Lord knows I don't want to compete
Still I sleep in the very sheets he's been in

Swallow him whole like a pill that makes you choke, it steals your soul
You have the nerve to look me in the eyes and lie
Send him back, I won't share the trap that you have me in

Is he still coming around like an injured bird needing a nest
A place to rest his head in a song you'll regret
Still you take him, Lord knows I don't want to compete
Still I sleep in the very sheets he's been in

Swallow him whole like a pill that makes you choke, steals your soul
You have the nerve to look me in the eyes and lie
Send him back, I won't share the trap that you have me in

Still I sleep in the very sheets he's been in

Paper Kite lyrics - Damien Jurado

I'll be right outside
Floating by like a paper kite
I'm caught up in your string
Lucky enough to be in your tree

And you'll never float too long

The birds watch as I sing
Waiting around for scissor teeth
And I could be of use
One more knot in the prisoner's noose

And you'll never float too long

And you'll never float too long

And you'll never float too long

Best Dress lyrics - Damien Jurado

Hey now, put your best dress
I'm tired of fighting
Let's take it out on the town
To some old style dancing

We should just have a good time
We could stay out all night long
Hey now, put your best dress on
Hey now, put your best dress on

No price I wouldn't pay
To always have you with me
Nothing that I could take
Feels like the thrill you give me

I'll show you such a good time
Keep you up 'til the dark is dawn
Hey now, put your best dress on
Hey now, put your best dress on

Hey now, put your best dress on
Hey now, put your best dress on
Hey now, put your best dress on
Hey now, put your best dress on

Hey now, put your best dress on
Hey now, put your best dress on
Hey now, put your best dress on
Hey now, put your best dress on

Predictive Living lyrics - Damien Jurado

Moving back, chairs broken and stacked
I can't seem to shake the fix I'm in
Better words that were sung or heard
Years before me

Still I do my best
Pushing pens to breast
Cut out signals left

Just when you thought you had me pegged
Thinking I'm the same
Then I go and change
Three become a name
Chords just rearranged

Rhythm shoes and windows to see through
Another jealous husband to be killed
Better words have been sung out of tune
I'm happy in this hotel once again

Forcing thoughts to pen
Rehearsals for the end

Just when you thought you had me pegged
Thinking I'm the same
Then I go and change
Three become a name
Chords just rearranged

Never kill the manufactured feel
And soul no longer matters in the end
Better words you're never gonna hear
Mrs. Jones your son crossed to the bank
Still he must give thanks
The money's all been made

Just when you though you had me pegged
Thinking I'm the same
Then I go and change
Three become a name
Chords just rearranged

"And Now That I'm In Your Shadow" (2006)

Hoquiam lyrics - Damien Jurado

Standing with my feet deep in the ground
Was I nothing but a landslide in your mind?
Am I no one until someone calls me out?
Are you just pretending when we talk?

You should have seen me
Keeping watch at dawn

Picture now a car ride through the plains
Where east meets west and only sky remains
Were you faking death to only gain concern?
The cut out lights and signals told us wrong

You should have seen us
Carefree behind the wheel

Lover I am still here breaking chairs
Will I ever be the hero in your song
Or forever in your shadow so unseen?
Trapped between the lines that you write down?

You should have told me
Broken jaw and all
Crippled in your glory
Restless till my death

Denton, TX lyrics - Damien Jurado

She walked in with sadness in her eyes
I could tell she'd been sleeping with the stars
"Well hello I am dawn..."
"Yes I've seen you around..."
"And I just live down from here"

She has a dad she does not know
Who sends her letters with no return address
"I don't know his name..."
"He don't know my face..."
"I am better off this way"

On the weekends when I drive her into town
In a car that I borrowed from my mom
She makes hotel beds
Where the sidewalk ends
And I wait for her to come home
Please come home

Then one day she finally stopped coming around
My best friend said she probably moved out of town
Not a letter was sent
Not a phone call was made
And I hope she comes back here
Someday

I Had No Intentions lyrics - Damien Jurado

He motioned to me from across the street
His arms waving madly "Come over to me"
I saw the panic as he approached
We both ran quickly to the house
Where the windows were shot out

He lay there bleeding on the floor
My mother beside him screaming "Dear Lord...
Someone shot my boy"

I held his hand 'til the ambulance came
And onto a stretcher they took him away
I followed close from the car behind
The lights and the sirens both dull in my mind
November 9

Killed by a bullet from a jealous gun
It rattled his eyelids and pierced through his lungs
The damage is now done

He was seem by her lover the night before
Swearing to kill him outside her door
To her defense my brother walked out
Raising his fist and screaming "Get out...
It's me she's with now!"

Hotel hospital the tears burned my eyes
I slipped into nighttime and deep into dying
Without even trying

And Now That I'm In Your Shadow lyrics - Damien Jurado

I would rather hide behind you
Or stand in your eclipse
The sun, it does not move me like it used to
And neither do you

And Greenland I am with you
I was once unwanted
In the front seats all with strangers
I too was the Earth's ceiling
I lost all feeling

And now I'm in your shadow
I'm motionless
I am black

I'll be a crash landing who can change the landscape talking
And when I begin to stutter the land will be shaking
And God will be clapping

And now I'm in your shadow
I'm motionless
I am black

And now I'm in your shadow
I'm motionless
And I am black

What Were The Chances lyrics - Damien Jurado

When I left you alone to fight your battles
Of long winters and motels what went through your mind?
How is it that you made it?
How is it that you noticed?
It wasn't me who was looking at you
Through foggy glass or windows, it was them

I was out in Coolidge with my head on a counter
Drinking down my chances to ever return to anyone
No I wasn't faking it, the hurt I felt was real
And all that was holy just slowly disappeared
Or just appeared in parking lots of truck stops
The blinking lights, and now all I'm thinking is
"How the hell did I get here?"

Does your husband know I call you sweetheart?
Does he know that I call you at all?
It's not like you are cheating we're only meeting
In hotels and not your home
Would you change your last name to mine?
I think my kids would mind
I think my kids would mind

I was in the desert waving planes and burning phone books
To a tune that was famous the year I was born
Do not leave me dancing alone
Pick up the phone and call me lover
Say come and get me I am home
Please pick up the phone
Please pick up the phone

Shannon Rhodes lyrics - Damien Jurado

I drove from Montesano to Aberdeen
From Aberdeen to Pacific Beach
And a pocket full of wrong numbers
Has anybody here seen Shannon Rhodes?

I see her in the window of my memory
She's standing like an angel down the hall
I'll call you when I get home this evening
Has anybody here seen Shannon Rhodes?

Some say that she moved in with her lover
The man that her mother could not stand
"Ma, he only hits me when he's angry"
Has anybody seen Shannon Rhodes?

Four miles from the highway they found her
Laying in the tall grass by the road
And she was murdered by the hands of her lover
Goodbye, goodbye, Shannon Rhodes

Yesterday I went out to her grave site
It was the same day that her lover stood his trial
And at her grave I stood there and remembered
All of my days with her are gone

There Goes Your Man lyrics - Damien Jurado

There goes your man
There goes your man
He's walking by, and shaking like a leaf
There goes your man

Here comes your death
Here comes your death
Keeping your breath safely in the trees
Here comes your death

Come now, you widow
Come now, you widow
Come and rest, so quiet in the meadow
Here comes your man

I Am Still Here lyrics - Damien Jurado

I stood alone there in the driveway
'Til I saw your headlights fade
And disappear
Burn out like stars
A Chevrolet train that rolls in the night

I must have had a hundred nightmares
Of you falling asleep at the wheel
I send my prayers
Where are you now?
I am still here and going nowhere

Here is a photo of our first baby
Here is a photo of our wedding day
Nothing has changed
My love still the same
I am still here and here I remain

When you come back we'll have a party
We'll hang up the Christmas lights
You'll be my bride
I'll be your groom
I love you so much, please make it home soon

Your mother said that you called this morning
"Tell him I love him, but I am not returning"

Gasoline Drinks lyrics - Damien Jurado

This gasoline makes on fine drink
All I need is trouble
Flicker in the sunlight's dawn
They'll find my dead body cold
I used to wither just like winter
And now all I am is useless

So now is the time
To say all I wished I could have said
But I can't get my tongue out
And I can't get my sword to work
I'll just talk loads of bullshit anyhow

Your mother in torn garments
Like Jesus Christ denied
And blood in all her pockets
And you inside her eyes

Shut it down
Kill the lights
Shut it down
Let's shut it down
Let's kill the lights
Let's shut it down
Let's kill the lights

Gas Station lyrics - Damien Jurado

I quit my job
I moved away
I kept in touch
With all my old friends

From time to time
I hear about you
Are you still married?
Are you still happy?

How about your sister
Is she still running?
I ran into her
Last year in Denton

She spoke so quiet
Like I remember
And I asked about you
She gave no answer

I'd always planned
To come back for you
But we both know how
You'd never leave

Montesano lyrics - Damien Jurado

In a landslide

I can hear you

Hear you walk away

"On My Way To Absence" (2005)

White Center lyrics - Damien Jurado
Lottery lyrics - Damien Jurado
Big Decision lyrics - Damien Jurado
Lion Tamer lyrics - Damien Jurado
Fuel lyrics - Damien Jurado
Simple Hello lyrics - Damien Jurado
Sucker lyrics - Damien Jurado
I Am The Mountain lyrics - Damien Jurado
Night Out For The Downer lyrics - Damien Jurado
Northbound lyrics - Damien Jurado
Icicle lyrics - Damien Jurado
A Jealous Heart Is A Heavy Heart lyrics - Damien Jurado

White Center lyrics - Damien Jurado

Heard he shot another
No one knows a reason
It didn't make the paper
It's just another white lie
Here in White Center
Here in White Center
Here in White Center
Here in White Center
Here in White Center

Can I take out the flowers?
Sunday packed the churches
Morning comes too slowly
For us who feel like victims
Here in White Center
Here in White Center
Here in White Center
Here in White Center

Turn off your headlights
Here comes a cop car
Music for the bad boys
Music for the good boys
Here in White Center
Here in White Center
Here in White Center
Here in White Center
Here in White Center
Here in White Center

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