Damien Jurado Lyrics

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

"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