Damien Jurado

fox69 · 03.04.2016

"Caskets"

"Caskets"

Two tickets on a Chevrolet train
I've got a suicide pact with your name
You can doubt any doubt any move that is made
'cause I'm putting the worries to page
In a flash you'll be quick to react
I'm a useful spade for the grave
Collect calls to the shadow in town
So what were the chances of saying
You must remove the skin and burn it all for fuel

Knock out teeth to improve how you look
And you're using your tongue for a flag
You look tired in you funeral suit
There's caskets for all to be had
Real estate cemetery, move over
I'm useful as bones in the tomb
Gas drinks for the shadow in town
Because another record is due
You must remove the skin and burn it all for fuel
You must remove the skin and burn it all for fuel

fox69 · 03.04.2016

"Castles"

"Castles"

Castles that you're building
Eventually come falling down
Castles that you're building
Eventually come falling down

I will try to erase it all
From my mind, it's easy
It's easy

People who you talk about
Eventually will find you out
People who you talk about
Eventually will hunt you down

I will try to erase it all
From my mind, it's easy
It's easy

fox69 · 03.04.2016

"Chevrolet"

"Chevrolet"

Heard you got a brand new Chevrolet
You're leaving today
I heard you got all your money saved
You're leaving today
You're leaving today

What shall I tell all your friends
When they ask of you
What shall I tell your mom
When she asks of you

Shall I tell her that you're gone
Gone and left me all alone

Girl it's awfully cold at night
I need you by my side
Girl it's awfully cold at night
I miss you by my side

You're leaving today
You're leaving today

Heard you got a brand new Chevrolet

fox69 · 03.04.2016

"Circus, Circus, Circus"

"Circus, Circus, Circus"

The clown you noticed stood right by your underside
And took a look at you
Enjoy the circus, take a ride on elephants you'd like
Tonight the ride's on me

He gave you a flower
It squirted water right in your eyes
It made you cry
He says, "I'm sorry."
And takes you for a carousel ride
Tonight the rides are free

Take a ride, the ride's on me
Take a ride, the rides are free
Take a ride, the ride's on me
Take a ride, the rides are free

fox69 · 03.04.2016

"Cloudy Shoes"

"Cloudy Shoes"

I wish that I could float
Float up from the ground
I will never know
What that's like

You have a way about you
I wish that I had
Thought it was impossible
To live and love like you

Funny how we all can change
If we just try to
Thought it was impossible
To live and love like you

One day you will be taller
Taller than the sky
Until that day you will be
Here with us below

Magic will do what magic does
Living in your eyes
Do you think someday soon
You will have the time?

I could use another hand
To help pull me through
Someday theses hospital stays
Get the best of me

Trying to fix my mind
Still trying to fix my mind
Trying to work it out
I'm still trying to fix my mind

Still trying to fix my mind
I'm still trying to fix my mind

fox69 · 03.04.2016

"Coats Of Ice"

"Coats Of Ice"

You'll be happy to know the situation is worse
The endless bottles of pills that never seem to work
Sleeping in his clothes and still looking his best
He's so high in tomb you wouldn't know he's dead

You look like you could use a rest
You look like you'd be better dead

They're making requests for songs that you never play
Any sanity lost is worth the money paid
How does it feel to be what you sing about
We all came to applaud but the ghost said you'd long checked out

You look like you could use a rest
You look like you'd be better dead

You'll be happy to know the situation is worse
The endless bottles of pills that never seem to work
She's keeping receipts on all that you've done wrong
Your selfish efforts were cheap and they lasted far too long

You look like you could use a rest
You look like you'd be better dead

You look like you could use a rest
You look like you'd be better dead

fox69 · 03.04.2016

"Curbside"

"Curbside"

I would come out just see you
Dancing freely by the sunset
Like the sun you'd shine brightly

We'd spend hours by the curbside
Telling stories under streetlights
How your words would amaze me

Now those days are gone
Slowly they slipped away
Now those days are gone
Slowly

I still go out by the old house
Where I met you our first summer
Where are you now, you're with another

I am sitting by the curbside
Where we'd hang out under streetlights
How those times still are with me

Now those days are gone
Slowly they slip away
Now those days are gone
Slowly

Now those days are gone
Slowly they slip away
Now those days are gone
Slowly

fox69 · 03.04.2016

"Dancing"

"Dancing"

Smoke that cigarette and down another drink
Call your other in-crowd friends instead of calling me

And it's who's got what and what can I take
Take what you got just try to make a fast break
It's who's got what and what can I take
Well I'll take what you got just try to make a fast break

Just sit down and go dancing
Just sit down

Smoke that cigarette and down another drink on me
Well you've got better things to be done
Than to be seen with me

Well it's who's got what and what can I take
Take what you got just try to make a fast break
It's who's got what and what can I take
Well I'll take what you got just try to make a fast break

Just sit down, there's no dancing

Well it's who's got what and what can I take
Take what you got just try to make a fast break
It's who's got what and what can I take
Well I'll take what you got just try to make a fast break

Just sit down, there's no dancing
Just sit down

fox69 · 03.04.2016

"December"

"December"

Winter, put on your coat
They're expecting a cold one

Plenty of ice and snow
On the North Dakota plains

December, you killed a man
Trapped in his car for hours

He couldn't call for help
'Cause all of the lines were down

They found him in his car
Hands stuck to the steering wheel

Winter, I found it out
How you can be so cruel

Boy you just watch you back
'Cause one day I'll kill you too

They'll find you in your car
Hands stuck to steering wheel

They'll find you in your car
Hands stuck to steering wheel

fox69 · 03.04.2016

"Denton, TX"

"Denton, TX"

She walked in with sadness in her eyes
I could tell she'd been sleeping with the stars
"Well hello I am dawn..."
"Yes I've seen you around..."
"And I just live down from here"

She has a dad she does not know
Who sends her letters with no return address
"I don't know his name..."
"He don't know my face..."
"I am better off this way"

On the weekends when I drive her into town
In a car that I borrowed from my mom
She makes hotel beds
Where the sidewalk ends
And I wait for her to come home
Please come home

Then one day she finally stopped coming around
My best friend said she probably moved out of town
Not a letter was sent
Not a phone call was made
And I hope she comes back here
Someday