Damien Jurado

[fox69]

"Sarah"

"Sarah"



She's gonna come in and say how are you
My day was pretty blue
Sit on the sofa she'll take off her shoes
And think of something fun to do

She's wearing my sweater
She's asleep in my bedroom
She'll borrow my wardrobe for a week

She's watching the TV
She's out on the front porch
She's running rampant in the streets

Sarah takes on the world
She'll prove that the girl was more than you thought

She's gonna come in and say how are you
My day was pretty blue
Sit on the sofa she'll take off her shoes
And think of something fun to do

She's wearing my sweater
She'll sleep in my bedroom
She'll borrow my wardrobe for a week

She's watching the TV
She's out on the front porch
She's running rampant in the streets

Sarah takes on the world
She'll prove that the girl was more than you thought

Sarah takes on the world
She'll prove that the girl was more than you thought

Sarah takes on the world
She'll prove that the girl was more than you thought

Sarah takes on the world
She'll prove that the girl was more than you thought

 

[fox69]

"Saturday"

"Saturday"



Saturday
Blue eyes fading
Not a word, not one
You will say
"It all has changed me"
Now you've gone
Nothing left to see

Saturday
Sad eyes closing
Not a tear, not one
You will say,
"Love can't change me"
And you were wrong
To think it could

 

[fox69]

"Shannon Rhodes"

"Shannon Rhodes"



I drove from Montesano to Aberdeen
From Aberdeen to Pacific Beach
And a pocket full of wrong numbers
Has anybody here seen Shannon Rhodes?

I see her in the window of my memory
She's standing like an angel down the hall
I'll call you when I get home this evening
Has anybody here seen Shannon Rhodes?

Some say that she moved in with her lover
The man that her mother could not stand
"Ma, he only hits me when he's angry"
Has anybody seen Shannon Rhodes?

Four miles from the highway they found her
Laying in the tall grass by the road
And she was murdered by the hands of her lover
Goodbye, goodbye, Shannon Rhodes

Yesterday I went out to her grave site
It was the same day that her lover stood his trial
And at her grave I stood there and remembered
All of my days with her are gone

 

[fox69]

"Sheets"

"Sheets"



'Cause he's still coming around like an injured bird needing a nest
A place to rest his head in a song you'll regret
Still you take him, Lord knows I don't want to compete
Still I sleep in the very sheets he's been in

Swallow him whole like a pill that makes you choke, it steals your soul
You have the nerve to look me in the eyes and lie
Send him back, I won't share the trap that you have me in

Is he still coming around like an injured bird needing a nest
A place to rest his head in a song you'll regret
Still you take him, Lord knows I don't want to compete
Still I sleep in the very sheets he's been in

Swallow him whole like a pill that makes you choke, steals your soul
You have the nerve to look me in the eyes and lie
Send him back, I won't share the trap that you have me in

Still I sleep in the very sheets he's been in

 

[fox69]

"Silver Joy"

"Silver Joy"



Let me sleep
In the slumber of the morning
There’s nowhere I need to be
And my dreams are still calling

Lay your troubles on the ground
No need to worry about them now
Daylight shaking through the trees
Do not disturb me, let me be

And if you need a place a land
Or come down when you are weary
No more clouds to put away
In the slumber of the morning

Keep me with you on the ground
All of my worries behind me now
Daylight shaking through the trees
Do not disturb me, let me be

Let me sleep
In the slumber of tomorrow
There’s nowhere we need to be
That will not be there after

Keep me with you on the ground
All of my worries behind me now
And be sure to wake me when
Eternity begins

 

[fox69]

"Silver Katherine"

"Silver Katherine"



Katherine, I have gone out
Far from, from the garden
I saw stars fall like teeth
Cutting my name into the earth

Katherine, I have seen Him
Outside of Maraqopa
Pacing through the sky
Silver ushered in flight

Time to wake up, in the morning
Feeling free to be the wind
I can take on any mountain
Freedom is my sweetest song

I saw stars fall like teeth
Cutting my name into the earth

He's a mighty stone
He's a mighty stone
Roll away the stone
Roll away the stone
Roll away the stone

 

[fox69]

"Silver Malcolm"

"Silver Malcolm"



Fixated on a color
I tried hard not to move
And though the room was spinning
I never felt confused.

I knew of my short-comings
The day it made the news
From the balcony of my hotel
When God gave the salute.

I was followed by a spaceship
I was taken by surprise
Aware that you would come back
When I saw you in the sky
And I made a reservation to be seated at your side
Sewing in my tongue so I can taste the wine.

I will wear the atmosphere
And you will be a light
Replacing every star that fell
When you tore out the sky
You should have given warning
When turning on your side
My eyes get dilated
When you call me in my mind
I’ll have no one to talk to
If I am left behind.

 

[fox69]

"Silver Timothy"

"Silver Timothy"


I was met on the road by a face I once knew,
Shapeless was his frame and his colors were few,
We went out for a time but his sentence is in,
Climbing in to the eye where the numbers begin.

Go back down, don't touch the ground,
Go back down, don't touch the ground,
Go back down, don't touch the ground,
Go back down, don't touch the ground.

I was met on the road by a face that was mine,
Echoed chambers and spoke with a [?],
You can never go home if you were never shown,
Spots on the irises bleed where the numbers were born.

Go back down, don't touch the ground,
Go back down, don't touch the ground,
Go back down, don't touch the ground,
Go back down, don't touch the ground.

 

[fox69]

"Simple Hello"

"Simple Hello"



A simple hello would've been nice
Instead you walked right by
I do recall we used to be friends
Has it slipped your mind

I used to call you on the telephone
Each and every night
Every time I see you with him
I think, "Why even try?"

I think I've had enough
I think I've lost my mind
I think I've had enough
I think I've lost my mind
This time, this time

We used to be the best of friends
I guess now things have changed
You're far too busy with making out
Do you still know my name

I think I've had enough
And I think I've lost control
I think I've had enough
And I think I've lost control
So it goes, so it goes

I think I've had enough
I think I've lost my mind
I think I've had enough
I think I've lost my mind

 

[fox69]

"Smith 1972"

"Smith 1972"



I am dead weight, I am no one
You would notice I am a hurricane
I drop houses my breath, my wind
Strong like an oxen chained to a fence
I will not bend, lucky I guess
I will not bend, lucky I guess