Kansas City Okkervil River

The river is deep and the river is wide, and the girl that I love is on the other side. She wants to move to Kansas City: ？？짖€？？"Move, pretty baby, where the sky is so blue.？？짖€？？？？

Okkervil River Ciaran Lavery

Okkervil River on the radio, you never heard them before Remember when your dad gave you hell and you cried on the bathroom floor And we saved all our money for the day we'd up and get away We never said

Maine Island Lovers Okkervil River

unreal city, you have killed me.？？짖€？？？？ When you walked out on her love was it easy? When I left him while sleeping was I dreaming?

Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe Okkervil River

, so pull away the IMAX In the slot that you sliced through the scene There was no shyness In the plot that you passed through your teeth There was no pity No fade in, film begins on a kid in the big city

Dead Faces Okkervil River

Embarcadero train station's empty, and I just cannot believe how long it takes to go all the way home through the city.

Okkervil River Song Okkervil River

Down by Okkervil River slow silent thick and black, I stared into the water, and the water it stared back.

Kansas City Wilbert Harrison

Kansas City Wilbert Harrison I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come They got a crazy way of loving there And I'm gonna get me some.

Kansas City Flatt ＆ Scruggs

I'm goin' to Kansas City Kansas City, here I come I'm goin' to Kansas City Kansas City here I come Tell them Kansas City women Their Kansas City daddy's comin' home Been on this old road travelin

Kansas City James Brown

Goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come Goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come They got some crazy little boxes there, I'm gonna get me one Look it here, I'll be standing on the corner of

Kansas City Trini Lopez

I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come. I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come. They got some crazy little women there And I'm gonna get me one.

Kansas City Albert King

I'm goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City, here I come I'm goin' to Kansas City, Kansas City, here I come They got some crazy lovin' women there and I'm gonna get me one I'll be standing on the corner

Kansas City Sneaky Sound System

City loves me Somebody is waiting by the telephone Somebody in Kansas City loves me Somebody is waiting too all alone Hey, Now listen I'm a figure of eight You can catch me and y'all wouldn't choose But

Kansas City Jimmy Witherspoon

I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come They got a crazy way of loving there And I'm gonna get me some.

Kansas City Brenda Lee

Going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come Ah Going to Kansas City baby, Kansas City here I come Ah huh, They got some crazy little men there, I'm gonna get me one I'm gonna be standing on the corner

Kansas City Wanda Jackson

I'm goin' to Kansas City Kansas City here I come I'm goin' to Kansas City Kansas City here I come Got some crazy little fellows and I'm a gonna get me one I'm gonna be standin' in the corner 12th street

Kansas City The New Basement Tapes

I listen to you time and time again While you tell me what is right You tell em a thousand things a day And then sleep somewhere's else at night I'm going back to Kansas City I love you dear, but just

Kansas City Lily Agnes

I wanna go to Kansas City and roam around with the cowboys Blinded by lights all so pretty While the buildings hum a gentle noise I’d like to travel up the west coast Breathe in the mist tracing the sea

Unless It's Kicks Okkervil River

What gives this mess some graceUnless it's kicks, manUnless it's fictionUnless it's sweat or it's songsWhat hits against this chestUnless it's a sick man's handFrom some mid-level bandHe's been dri...

A Hand To Take Hold Of The Scene Okkervil River

I'm the band in a show'Bout a man holding hands with his wifeOn a therapist couch with his face to the groundAfter fucking around countless nightsAnd there's this one episodeClose-up cameras were s...

Savannah Smiles Okkervil River

Midnight late last week, my daughter's diaryDidn't know what it might be 'til it was openI only read one page and then put it awayTalk about your big mistakes, hey, Shan, nice goingPhotos show no t...

Plus Ones Okkervil River

No one wants to hear about your 97th tearSo dry your eyes or let it go uncried, my dearI am all out of love to mouth and to your earAnd not above letting a love song disappearBefore it's writtenAnd...

A Girl In Port Okkervil River

Let fall your soft and swaying skirtLet fall your shoes, let fall your shirtI'm not the lady-killing sortEnough to hurt a girl in portMarie's gone blonde and lost a stoneShe lay on her lawn, spun a...

You Can't Hold The Hand Of A Rock And Roll Man Okkervil River

This week's cash for last week's grass your crew collatesWhile you sit in the van and waitGassed and trashed and smashed, young cads roasting awayOn a sunny summer day or, okay, an August night any...

Title Track Okkervil River

All of the stage names evaporateAnd it's just a blood flushed and heart rushing ratesEither to kick off too soon or stick around too lateTo be far too dear or too cut rateHold my hand again like at...

John Allyn Smith Sails Okkervil River

By the second verse, dear friendsMy head will burst, my life will endSo I'd like to start this one off by sayingLive and loveI was young and at home in bedAnd I was hanging on the words some poem s...

For Real Okkervil River

Some nights I thirst for real bloodFor real knivesFor real criesAnd then the flash of steel from real gunsIn real lifeReally fills my mindAnd I really miss what really did existWhen I held your thr...

The Next Four Months Okkervil River

Maybe we could break your ankle clean and unsuspiciouslyAn E.R. trip, a doctor's slip and you could share your pills with meWon't it feel so good though when we're lyingSide by side can't move and ...

The President's Dead Okkervil River

The president's dead, the radio said,Dear friends, is it not so horrible?A shot through my heart, like a knife right through bread,The newspaper said the president's dead.The sea doesn't dry and th...

The Room I'm Hiding In Okkervil River

There once was desperationNow just medicationThe bathroom walls have always been so scribbled onJust like your skinBut that's the room I'm hiding inIs just a vindicationSo hang the flag at half-mas...

And I Have Seen the World of Dreams Okkervil River

And I have seen the world of dreams,Fresh-flown through the trees then dropped off at the curb Alive, have seen the world awake, And I don't know which I deserve. So when sleep nightly comes to me,...

Just Give Me Time Okkervil River

This red-haired girl of mine tore a pinecone from the pineTo cut into her palm, singing the song her sinking lover sungI shut my eyes, ripped the train from off the lineBut a sudden gust of snow bl...

No Hidden Track Okkervil River

What if there's no hidden trackNo journey there, no journey backThe rain falls down upon the same old grassThe rain falls downThe rain falls downThe rain falls downWhat if there's no secret wordNo ...

A Favor Okkervil River

Rapt in Star Wars sheetsWith my hand across your bellyWe waded through the watercolorWe waded through the watercolorAnd drunk in your parents' houseJunk coming out of your mouthWe were buried in th...

Black Sheep Boy Okkervil River

Here I am back home againI'm here to restAll they ask is where I've beenKnowing I've been westI'm the family's unowned boyGolden curls of envied hairPretty girls with faces fairSee the shine in the...

In A Radio Song Okkervil River

Some animal sips where the river flows from a black little crack in a stone. To a crackle in a radio song, sing along, sing along, sing along. Warm light when your eyes fill with laughter.

Black Okkervil River

I'm coming into your town. Night is falling to the ground, but I can still see where you loved yourself before he tore it all down. April 12th, with nobody else around; you were outside the house (...

Get Big Okkervil River

？？짖€？？"Once we get to the end of this song, then it will begin again.？？짖€？？？？ So you said in our bed. I was watching light slip through blinds to find your skin. ？？짖€？？"So take your medicine and I ...

A Stone Okkervil River

Hot breath, rough skin, warm laughs and smiling, the loveliest words whispered and meant - you like all these things. But, though you like all these things, you love a stone. You love a stone, beca...

The Latest Toughs Okkervil River

ll the latest toughs, you've got to shrug them off or shut them off. With ten-thousand-time-told truths, you've still got to ask for proof. Ask for proof, because if you're dying to be led they'll ...

So Come Back, I Am Waiting Okkervil River

A black sheep boy revolves over canyons and waterfalls.A black sheep boy dissolves in syringe or in shower stall.He says？？짖€？？"There's plenty of time to make you mine tonight,there's plenty of time...

A Glow Okkervil River

Come into the den, come into the denYou've got a glowClimb into my arms with blood on your clothesYou've got a glowAnd you're no one's but mineAnd nobody knows the land where he's lyingNo heat in h...

Missing Children Okkervil River

"Kids get lostLands out wanderingBigger, blacker, things go followingThen into a patch of forestSomebody once planted for thisSongs not over, phone's still ringingEyes still rolling, eyes still cli...

No Key, No Plan Okkervil River

> When I'm hosed and they're closing in, maybe only then,really, I'll try to get right with myself.So I'll grope down that ladder again, until I'm tumbling -but really, I just want to slide, I w...

Black Sheep Boy #4 Okkervil River

Bleeding black sheep boy, mirror in pieces, turn the receiver, trace the police station line to my number, and number my reasons for this paranoia, for these accusations, for each night that the nu...

Another Radio Song Okkervil River

Sit back, no song is writtenIt's nothing you thought of YourselfIt's just a ghost, came unbiddenTo this houseThis infection gets stronger every yearThis seed in the water of your tearThere is no es...

Last Love Song For Now Okkervil River

Take my sword from the slaughterMelt it down into vapor, and my armor, tooI hear hot blood flap and flutterFrom your temple to shoulderAnd all through youWhen you hold on to me it isn't easyWhen yo...

Red Okkervil River

Red is my favorite color, red like your mother's eyes after awhile of crying about how you don't love her. She says ？？짖€？？"I know I don't deserve supervised sight of her, but each day becomes a blu...

Lady Liberty Okkervil River

You can wash out your lying eyes in the bathroom down the hall. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. I guess I didn't know you at all. I can picture you inside some stranger's house, inside some stran...

My Bad Days Okkervil River

Dear Mother, we've all got bad days, and I know you'll understand. Where we open up a foreign door with a pair of foreign hands. Where we find ourselves alone at the foot of a pair of foreign stair...

Westfall Okkervil River

I'm surrounded, each doorway covered by at least twenty men. And they're going to take me and throw me in prison. I ain't coming back again. When I was younger, handsomer and stronger, I felt like ...