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 stairs.

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

To cheat on Maine islands - days of laughter, nights of sighing. To love without ceasing - flowering orchards, salty sea-things. To say without shyness ？？짖€？？"unreal city, you have killed me.？？짖€？？？？

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

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.

Song Of Our So-Called Friend Okkervil River

Your faces falling tears, to me theyre lovely and theyre dear, though you dont love me and its clear that I will never see you in my arms.

Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe Okkervil River

s just a bad movie where there's no crying Handing the keys to me in this Red Lion Where the lock that you locked in the suite Says there's no prying When the breath that you breathed in the street Screams

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.

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

But just remember that our love only got this good because of the younger days that you'd like to outstrip.

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

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?

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

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€？？"

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

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

Westfall Okkervil River

But all of these people making all these faces didn't seem like my kith and kin. Colin Kincaid from the twelfth grade, I guess you could say he was my best friend.

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

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

In my new dream the light's shining on me, little needles of sodium unstitch the seams of the sky. Hold your head higher, the heavenly choir is settling in for the night.

Unless It's Kicks Okkervil River

filled up What picks you up from down Unless it's tricks, man When I been fixed, I am convinced That I will not get so broke up again And on a seven day high That heavenly song Punches right through my

No Hidden Track Okkervil River

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 he averred No secret word No secret word No hidden track But my

The President's Dead Okkervil River

A shot through my heart, like a knife right through bread, The newspaper said the president's dead. The sea doesn't dry and the sky isn't split, But friends it just seems so wrong, don't it?

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

A Favor Okkervil River

Rapt in Star Wars sheets With my hand across your belly We waded through the watercolor We waded through the watercolor And drunk in your parents' house Junk coming out of your mouth We were buried in

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.

The Room I'm Hiding In Okkervil River

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 no one spoke And no one moved Until the air filled up with fear I've never felt my

And I Have Seen the World of Dreams Okkervil River

So when sleep nightly comes to me, With all of these warm blankets piled on my back, I'll hike to see the church of dreams, Where all of the shutters are painted black.

Seas Too Far to Reach Okkervil River

The ladies in my dream are so obliging. They come on down to do the things I need. Whether skies are calm or cut apart by lightning, they're always there to minister to me.

A Stone Okkervil River

And I'm found too fast, called too fond of flames, and then I'm phoning my friends, and then I'm shouldering the blame, while you're picking pebbles out of the drain, miles ago.

No Key, No Plan Okkervil River

While my friend, my associate, he's a regal man. He bindles and he twists and ties, gives the reckoning, and then it's back on the road again with maybe thirteen grand.

Last Love Song For Now Okkervil River

Take my sword from the slaughter Melt it down into vapor, and my armor, too I hear hot blood flap and flutter From your temple to shoulder And all through you When you hold on to me it isn't easy When

The Next Four Months Okkervil River

when we're lying Side by side can't move and I'm not trying Two thousand milligrams each A hotel by the pharmacy With drinking straws in toothpaste tubes Stash them with your toiletries And I will share my

It Ends With A Fall Okkervil River

And as I crawl, as finally all the false confetti blooms up in this attic room, I'm going make my stand. I want to see both of your hands put down the phone.

The War Criminal Rises and Speaks Okkervil River

While you gasp at my bloody crimes, please take the time to make your heart my home: where I'm forgiven by time, where I'm cushioned by hope, where I'm numbed by long drives, where I'm talked off or doped

A Girl In Port Okkervil River

today, it's time, Holly, it's time Oh, I'm a weak and lonely sort Though I'm not sailing just for sport I've come to feel out on the sea These urgent lives press against me I'm just aghast, I'm not apart My

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.

Black Okkervil River

But if I could tear his throat, and spill his blood between my jaws, and erase his name for good, don't you know that I would?

A Hand To Take Hold Of The Scene Okkervil River

I'm a man in a dream And they're dancing in front of my eyes Is the queen informed of the flaws With the eyes all got odd and rumpled into her spine She rises up like a young group from a heart Like a

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.

Dead Faces Okkervil River

Ghostly faces at my living-room window aren't scared of me because they know I can't hurt them. They press up and see, in the lamp-glow, all of the hurt and the love inside of me.

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

The Latest Toughs Okkervil River

Ask for proof, because if you're dying to be led they'll lead you up the hill in chains to their popular refrains until your slaughter's been arranged, my little lamb, and it's much too late to talk the

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.

Blanket and Crib Okkervil River

And my mother once said ？？짖€？？"Son, remember this, no matter what someone did: that they once were just a kid at breast and in bib, in blanket and crib.

So Come Back, I Am Waiting Okkervil River

I'm waiting, you know that I am, calmly waiting to make you my lamb？？짖€？？？？

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...

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...

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...

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...

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€？？？？