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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