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.

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.

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

Last Love Song For Now Okkervil River

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 love dreams The lost and passed out of this world are

My Bad Days Okkervil River

Dear Mother, we've all got bad days, and I hope that you'll agree. With a bottle filled up with Vicodin and a child who looks just like me.

Seas Too Far to Reach Okkervil River

And at break of dawn they're sweetly shining, and at quiet of midnight, cold and dim, they say ？？짖€？？"don't harm him.？？짖€？？？？

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.

A Girl In Port Okkervil River

Let fall your soft and swaying skirt Let fall your shoes, let fall your shirt I'm not the lady-killing sort Enough to hurt a girl in port Marie's gone blonde and lost a stone She lay on her lawn, spun

Listening To Otis Redding At Home During Christmas Okkervil River

Home is where beds are made and butter is added to toast. On a cold afternoon you can float room to room like a ghost. Take the cr？？？？？？짢che out and argue about who gets to set up the kings.

The President's Dead Okkervil River

The sea doesn't dry and the sky isn't split, But friends it just seems so wrong, don't it? A shot from the crowd, and a shot in the head, The president's lying on the tarmac dead.

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.

A Glow Okkervil River

Come into the den, come into the den You've got a glow Climb into my arms with blood on your clothes You've got a glow And you're no one's but mine And nobody knows the land where he's lying No heat in

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

> When I'm hosed and they're closing in, maybe only then, really, I'll try to get right with myself.

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

Yellow Okkervil River

My brother's at home with his dog and his cat And his wife is at a friend's. You can only go on so long about feelings That never, ever actually touch you.

Dead Faces Okkervil River

And we have fun ？？짖€" we go laughing and running down to the water, there by the sea where the body just floats like a rowboat and the moon's like a harbor light lit in the sky.

Just Give Me Time Okkervil River

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 through a hole in my girl's clothes Well, my girl knows she's not all right And

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?

A King And A Queen Okkervil River

If you want to see and be seen, then be seen. Your dress is dark red and your opening eyes are bright green.

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

The Latest Toughs Okkervil River

But it came out and it shot its rays down. Burning everyone, it was burning everyone.

The War Criminal Rises and Speaks Okkervil River

The heart takes past Subway, past Stop and Shop, past Beal's, and calls it ？？짖€？？"coming home.？？짖€？？？？ The heart wants a trail away from ？？짖€？？"alone,？？짖€？？？？

For the Enemy Okkervil River

And it pours from the faucet's mouth like our fortune comes flowing out - every word of which, without a doubt, will find us together and together bring us down.

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

A Hand To Take Hold Of The Scene Okkervil River

I'm the band in a show 'Bout a man holding hands with his wife On a therapist couch with his face to the ground After fucking around countless nights And there's this one episode Close-up cameras were

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€？？"

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

And where I had friends I am left with loose ends; four hours of vision exchanged for four hours of fright. But enough of ？？짖€？？"the fight,？？짖€？？？？ enough ？？짖€？？"you and I,？？짖€？？？？ enough of ？？짖€？？"

The Next Four Months Okkervil River

Maybe we could break your ankle clean and unsuspiciously An E.R. trip, a doctor's slip and you could share your pills with me Won't it feel so good though when we're lying Side by side can't move and I'm

Westfall Okkervil River

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 I could do anything.

Dead Dog Song Okkervil River

Sam, bless him, has died and left this home, the woodchucks running wild, the bushes overgrown. Slip unseen into the skein of trees, slide through dusky grasses and scatter his ashes.

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

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€？？？？

Unless It's Kicks Okkervil River

sweat or it's songs What hits against this chest Unless it's a sick man's hand From some mid-level band He's been driving too long On a dark windless night With the stereo on With the towns flying by And

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

Get Big Okkervil River

So take your medicine and I won't ask where you've been. Live your lost weekend, I know you've wanted it. Get big, little kid.

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.

Red Okkervil River

Why is my life so uneven, and what have I done right but given you your life if after I led you on into that bar room?？？짖€？？？？ ？？짖€？？"Yes？？짖€？？？？ is my favorite answer.

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.

Missing Children Okkervil River

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 Something in the air starts singing Radio's switched on and

In A Radio Song Okkervil River

Sad smile on your lips, you shake and shiver. 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.

Lady Liberty Okkervil River

Yeah, and that old bed's been newly made. You just stick around awhile with me until you're strong enough to leave.

Title Track Okkervil River

All of the stage names evaporate And it's just a blood flushed and heart rushing rates Either to kick off too soon or stick around too late To be far too dear or too cut rate Hold my hand again like at

No Hidden Track Okkervil River

back The rain falls down upon the same old grass The rain falls down The rain falls down The rain falls down What if there's no secret word No matter what you thought you heard I asked the other son and

Black Okkervil River

And I can still see where it was open, the door he slammed closed. It was open, the door he slammed closed. It was open, long ago. But don't lose me now, don't lose me now.

Another Radio Song Okkervil River

There is no escaping it This seed in the water of your tear The way an unborn baby's ear Unfolds in your belly This infection gets stronger every year This direction of a tear rolling down your cheek And

Maine Island Lovers Okkervil River

And we read without irony from a book my husband bought for me. When I fell on the concrete it was lovely, because you could see what's been running so hot in me.

Happy Hearts Okkervil River

After we went walking by a stream, he held me down and made me feel as bad as he. Why must happy hearts break so hard, leave you standing in the darkness of the barn, staring at those rusty wheels?

The Room I'm Hiding In Okkervil River

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 For a blonde girl with a leg cast Who lay up in that un-lit room And

Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe Okkervil River

Where the lock that you locked in the suite Says there's no prying When the breath that you breathed in the street Screams there's no science When you look how you looked then to me Then I cease lying and