Last Love Song For Now Okkervil River

and opened And legs get led astray And then they lie inside some secret place Where the sun looks in the open ceiling And kids grow up, and kids stop feeling Kids, and feel adults, and face away But in last

Song About a Star Okkervil River

Now he's cool and all, floating anchorless. Ports of call: where it's fabulous, after all of this watching himself just crawl. Think you see him?

Song Of Our So-Called Friend Okkervil River

Now he isnt on the phone, and his story might as well be so. Well, loving is as loving does, and Id say we should know, because we both have loved, have lost, and are alone.

Another Radio Song Okkervil River

Sit back, no song is written It's nothing you thought of Yourself It's just a ghost, came unbidden To this house This infection gets stronger every year This seed in the water of your tear There is no

Dead Dog Song Okkervil River

He was only here for fourteen years, and now the branches scratch my face and I can't hold back my tears.

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.

Get Big Okkervil River

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€？？"

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

Listening To Otis Redding At Home During Christmas Okkervil River

I'm standing where we knelt and a miracle mile now borders it, but if I turn my back and look at the field I don't even notice it for a second. There's a tangle of greenery where winter scenery ends.

Plus Ones Okkervil River

No one wants to hear about your 97th tear So dry your eyes or let it go uncried, my dear I am all out of love to mouth and to your ear And not above letting a love song disappear Before it's written And

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.

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 collates While you sit in the van and wait Gassed and trashed and smashed, young cads roasting away On a sunny summer day or, okay, an August night anyway

Unless It's Kicks Okkervil River

ground getting soft And the sound in the sky Coming down from above It surrounds you at times And it's whispering, oh What pulls your body down That is quicksand So we climb out quick, hand over hand For

It Ends With A Fall Okkervil River

Now that you're feeling fine, I'll admit that - though I know it's coming down, and see it shattering me - it doesn't matter to me, and I'm not sadder for seeing it come. I'm not going to run.

Just Give Me Time Okkervil River

This red-haired girl of mine tore a pinecone from the pine To cut into her palm, singing the song her sinking lover sung I shut my eyes, ripped the train from off the line But a sudden gust of snow blew

The President's Dead Okkervil River

He's lying face down with his black-dressed agents Guns drawn running around and the early Obit's Say he was a good man, you can't argue with that Not today you can't, not now you can't.

Maine Island Lovers Okkervil River

To love without ceasing - flowering orchards, salty sea-things. To say without shyness ？？짖€？？"unreal city, you have killed me.？？짖€？？？？ When you walked out on her love was it easy?

A Stone Okkervil River

But, though you like all these things, you love a stone. You love a stone, because it's smooth and it's cold. And you'd love most to be told that it's all your own.

Happy Hearts Okkervil River

And everybody's searching for a place to put their love. See the people on the street? They go home and what do you think they dream of? Unconditional love. Why did you leave me?

Title Track Okkervil River

A Hollywood Babylon bikeathon for break dancers All broken down in their beds Now intravenously fed From a bag hanging over their heads Can I put you down for some miles? What do you say? ?

The Room I'm Hiding In Okkervil River

There once was desperation Now just medication The bathroom walls have always been so scribbled on Just like your skin But that's the room I'm hiding in Is just a vindication So hang the flag at half-mast

The War Criminal Rises and Speaks Okkervil River

so the heart turns a sale into a well-worn milestone towards hard-won soft furniture, fought-for fast food, defended end table that holds paperbacks and back U.S. News.

A Glow Okkervil River

And you've got a glow, you've got a glow (And there's no escaping, the thing that is making its home in your radio) You're light in a lie You're lithe and you're strong And you've wanted to do that, my love

Yellow Okkervil River

No matter how much she told him "I love you," He found it would depend on the gifts that he bought her, Or how badly she was hurt When the boss was cruel at work.

My Bad Days Okkervil River

My bad days all got together and they stood in a row for me, and I plunged deep into the row, and I couldn't hear and I couldn't see. And I came out after thousands rose and thousands passed away.

Black Okkervil River

But don't lose me now, don't lose me now. Though I know that I'm not useful anyhow, just let me stick around while I tell you, like before, you should say his name the way that he said yours.

Savannah Smiles Okkervil River

Midnight late last week, my daughter's diary Didn't know what it might be 'til it was open I only read one page and then put it away Talk about your big mistakes, hey, Shan, nice going Photos show no tears

The Velocity of Saul at the Time of his Conversion Okkervil River

Hold your head higher, the heavenly choir is settling in for the night. And where I had friends I am left with loose ends; four hours of vision exchanged for four hours of fright. But enough of ？？

For Real Okkervil River

Some nights I thirst for real blood For real knives For real cries And then the flash of steel from real guns In real life Really fills my mind And I really miss what really did exist When I held your

Lady Liberty Okkervil River

It's all right, lady liberty, it's just too bad you couldn't do the same for me. You say you've been used, you've been betrayed. Yeah, and that old bed's been newly made.

A Hand To Take Hold Of The Scene Okkervil River

toes by a criminal But with a sensitive soul, with a set of raccoon eyes And there's this scene in the show When a hustler knows he's gonna die The ground opens and he climbs inside And as he speaks his last

John Allyn Smith Sails Okkervil River

By the second verse, dear friends My head will burst, my life will end So I'd like to start this one off by saying Live and love I was young and at home in bed And I was hanging on the words some poem

No Key, No Plan Okkervil River

I'm doing what I really like and getting paid for it. There is no key, there's no plan; I discovered that. And, truly, I don't think you'll find a happier man. You've never earned your soul.

Westfall Okkervil River

Now, with all these cameras focused on my face, you'd think they could see it through my skin. They're looking for evil, thinking they can trace it, but evil don't look like any

The Latest Toughs Okkervil River

With ten-thousand-time-told truths, you've still got to ask for proof.

Blanket and Crib Okkervil River

And handshakes all around: that's your style, and no one would call it denial, for you're not even sure what's in store. And it's more than you'll be able to take standing up straight.

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€？？？？

For the Enemy Okkervil River

Oh, my enemy, you've got company, you're not alone. They're watching over me while each town you pass fades as it folds. So in the night we might get lost in our fright. So in the day softly we'd f...

Dead Faces Okkervil River

They press up and see, in the lamp-glow, all of the hurt and the love inside of me. It's their final duty to see right through me. I tell them ？？짖€？？"

So Come Back, I Am Waiting Okkervil River

So why did you bawl from the spell of some old holy song some liar laughed as he composed, some liar I loved to control?？？짖€？？？？

A King And A Queen Okkervil River

Be a being on two feet, with his heart trembling, butchering for a king he believes in though he's never seen.

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 numbers

Missing Children Okkervil River

"Kids get lost Lands out wandering Bigger, blacker, things go following Then into a patch of forest Somebody once planted for this Songs not over, phone's still ringing Eyes still rolling, eyes still clinging

And I Have Seen the World of Dreams Okkervil River

So when sleep finally comes to me Because it comes for the sleek like it comes for the lame I'll sink beneath a weight of dreams so full and complete that I'm pushed from my name.

Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe Okkervil River

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 And no cut to a costly parade, that's for

Black Sheep Boy Okkervil River

I'm here to rest All they ask is where I've been Knowing I've been west I'm the family's unowned boy Golden curls of envied hair Pretty girls with faces fair See the shine in the black sheep boy If you love

A Girl In Port Okkervil River

Holly made her way Over the sea and far away She's telling me inside her car Driving us back from the Crystal Corner bar I lost her there, I fell from hell Cut some fresh pieces from myself And then for

A Favor Okkervil River

I love that picture that your mother stole Dad holds out the tiny piece he'll release from his soul Before he flew up in the helicopter Before he swooped down as a door gunner Before God gave him the favor

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€？？"

No Hidden Track Okkervil River

No hidden track My words left And my heart it just went slack Just went slack When I saw it passing 'Cause what if they can't come back They can't come back There's no hidden track No hidden track But for