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 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
Heaven is full of people who belong
There is nothing to hide
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
Time does not heal
Time does not heal
Everything an end
Everything an end
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Don't worry, it's a long long way back
Don't worry, it's a long long way back
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
Don't worry, it's a long long way back
Don't worry, it's a long long way back
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
No
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
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