Damien Jurado

[fox69]

"Plains To Crash"

"Plains To Crash"


I went looking for
a plane to crash.
Beyond the near and blue
where I just see you.
When our sky is shown
or the earth below.

Only a glory.

So I took a drive
to the mountainside.
Where I gave my life
over to the light.

Born twice, born twice.

Help me Lord to see
the road ahead of me.
May you always be
the light beneath my feet.

Show me the way. [x9]

 

[fox69]

"Predictive Living"

"Predictive Living"



Moving back, chairs broken and stacked
I can't seem to shake the fix I'm in
Better words that were sung or heard
Years before me

Still I do my best
Pushing pens to breast
Cut out signals left

Just when you thought you had me pegged
Thinking I'm the same
Then I go and change
Three become a name
Chords just rearranged

Rhythm shoes and windows to see through
Another jealous husband to be killed
Better words have been sung out of tune
I'm happy in this hotel once again

Forcing thoughts to pen
Rehearsals for the end

Just when you thought you had me pegged
Thinking I'm the same
Then I go and change
Three become a name
Chords just rearranged

Never kill the manufactured feel
And soul no longer matters in the end
Better words you're never gonna hear
Mrs. Jones your son crossed to the bank
Still he must give thanks
The money's all been made

Just when you though you had me pegged
Thinking I'm the same
Then I go and change
Three become a name
Chords just rearranged

 

[fox69]

"Prices"

"Prices"



I love you, I think that's what she told me
I'm falling and I could want you only
And if you give me money then I could want you always

It's nothing, she said and then she hit me
I love you, sometimes so much it kills me
Sometimes so much it kills me
Sometimes so much it kills me
Sometimes so much it kills me
Oh if you give me more

 

[fox69]

"Purple Anteater"

"Purple Anteater"



Purple anteater waits on the corner
Winging one night, I'm slight
Open eyes just to see he's waiting for the people
That you don't play at all, see them fall

When you think it's easy
Just believe you're deceived
When you think it's easy
Just believe you're deceived

The anteater waits for the bus
He's waiting for his mom
Where's she gone?

So he sits on by the phone
Feeling tired and alone
When will she appear?
It's not clear

When you think it's easy
Just believe you're deceived
When you think it's easy
Just believe you're deceived

The anteater waits for the bus
He's waiting for his mom
Where's she gone?
Where's she gone?

 

[fox69]

"Rachel & Cali"

"Rachel & Cali"



Rachel would it be alright if I stayed here in the car
There's too many people out there I don't know

It's not that I'm too shy or cannot be polite
I just don't feel confident in crowds

Cali you can do what you'd like I'll probably be here awhile
I leave you my car keys in case you want to leave

Welcome to stay at my house my parents will both be out
There's a blanket in the closet if you decide to sleep over

Rachel I am sorry to call, I can't sleep at all
The closet is unfamiliar my parents are soon to be home

Cali there's no way you'll be caught my closet door has a lock
I'll keep my window open so you can get in

Sometimes I wish you knew how I keep living for you
A friend is only a love you're not committed to

 

[fox69]

"Rearview"

"Rearview"



She don't, she don't keep you moving
I know, I know how to move you
Does it every time
You're gonna lose your mind

She don't, she don't keep you in the rearview
She wants presents you can't give her
She does it every time
She's gonna lose her mind
She's talking to herself at night

 

[fox69]

"Reel To Reel"

"Reel To Reel"


You're a smooth talker
With eyes like lightning
And the radio [?]
I sing like our mother

Put away the hairbrush and maybe [?] something you don't know
I read it in the tabloids the trust [?] the thunderstorm

You're an escape artist
And the bathroom mirror
And the autograph seekers
You've imagined outside the door

Yes we love a statement, is it true you're not [?] in your room
From the light out in the basement we knew that there'd be trouble coming soon

Intuition
Mathematics
Invisible audience
Ten hit records

Listen through your tin can as the road cuts circulation to your tune
I fashion myself after you from my suicide electric puzzle
The greatest songs I'll never hear from a band you started in your mind
Leave us hanging on your legend as you exit through the tape recorder

Reel to reel
Reel to reel
Reel to reel

 

[fox69]

"Rehearsals For Departure"

"Rehearsals For Departure"



I'll come down tomorrow morning
And meet you at our new location
In front of City Bookstore
Across the street from the railway station

She tells me how her night was spent
Nursing coffee and cigarettes
You waited til your husband left
To pack your things and off you went

He wouldn't notice that you'd left
Til morning when the drink wore off
He stayed out all night with his friends
Never to return again

In front of City Bookstore
Across the street from the railway station
You show up with your suitcase
Ten dollars and a sad expression

She tells me that it's all over now
She's done her time and now she's out
From the prison that she calls a house
Where she stayed put while he went out

She left him a note taped to the door
Saying, "Babe I won't be back no more
I can't find reasons for me to stay
Married to you and your cheating ways."

Walked her out to the train
Couldn't hide my pain
Or these tears that flow
From my eyes like rain
That September morning, 1959

 

[fox69]

"Return To Maraqopa"

"Return To Maraqopa"



Now that you're home you can finally lay down,
Little has changed with the weight of the rain,
It is too hot here, words are not needed
On and on.

You're just a kid unaware you've been sleeping,
Seeing yourself as a void or zero,
Are you a signal?
Where is your station?
On and on.

Once, 12 years old on a fire escape,
You lost your mind on a music note,
Caught in your throat,
Out there is nowhere but inside is endless,
Taking up room till you run out of space.

What is who calls you?
And you should name this?
On and On.

Once 12 years old on a fire escape,
You cut your mind on a music note,
Caught in your throat.

 

[fox69]

"Rosewood Casket"

"Rosewood Casket"



There's a little rosewood casket
That is resting on the stand
There's a package of old letters
Written by my loved one's hand

Go and bring them to me, brother
Come and sit upon my bed
Lay your head upon my pillow
While each cherished line is read

Read them gently to me, brother
Read them 'til I fall asleep
For the sleep to wake in heaven
Oh dear brother do not weep

Last night I saw him walking
With a lady by his side
And I thought I heard him tell her
She could never be his bride

When at last I'm gone forever
And my friends are gathered round
And my narrow grave is ready
In some lonesome church yard ground

There's a little rosewood casket
That is resting on the stand
There's a package of old letters
Written by my loved one's hand