Devendra Banhart

[fox69]

"Noah"

"Noah"


Not everyone can relate, to what you and I appreciate
Not everyone can relate, to what you and I appreciate
..to what you and I appreciate
Not everyone can relate to what you and I appreciate
Noah is a cowboy but nobody knows
His cattle's on that hillside still nobody knows
Not everyone can relate to what you and I appreciate
But I know you'd like to run away
But it's hard with horseshoes made of clay
And the selfish friend that I am says stay

 

[fox69]

"Now That I Know"

"Now That I Know"


Now that I know
The way it goes
You gotta pay back every penny that you owe

Twelve years old
In your mama's clothes
Shut the blinds and lock up every door

And if you hear
Someone's comin near
Just close your eyes and make them disappear now

Years away
Finds me here today
On my own, always on my way now

So I send my friends
Gifts from where I've been
Something for the hand they're never there to lend

Better keep those eyes
Climbing paradise
And don't pretend you won't reach it in the end now

Dearest dear
I know you been here
Why'd you run tell me why'd you disappear now

That you're not
Here with me
Seems to be the only time that I can see you clearly

I may not know
How to treat or give you what you need
But I am a gentleman who says what he means now

And now I sing
Upon my knees
And praise the kindness of a gentle breeze

I see it swell
Like a story in me to tell
Told years away and past my baby dying

So you raise them up
To heaven always hell
they're unaware, share, give a hand to help son

Oh you give them away
But they'll come back to you someday
Wanna know why nobody was ever there to help them

And no it ain't fair
And if God forbid you care
It's enough to get you in a whole lotta trouble

Oh realize
It ain't wise to idealize
Or put your life in the hands of any struggle

Never renounce
Or ever claim to be
And never buy that freedom just ain't free now

Ella sang
Sifting in the sand
Like a hymn within to help us understand

Heaven awaits
We're making our stand
Glory bound and sparrow in our hand

 

[fox69]

"Old Thunderbird"

"Old Thunderbird"


Old thunderbird all yellow
Old thunderbird all yellow
Old thunderbird all yellow
When the nighttime came
You looked the same
Still yellow

 

[fox69]

"Ones"

"Ones"


Ones the most calming tune the others the giving
Ones the softest calming lagoon
The others he's dancing
Ones the I's the O's and the rings
While the others the movement
Ones the sway it slips and sings
The mantles and the blankets
Its four and four time to sing some more
It eight and eight time to celebrate
Better not be late
Don't ya miss it

 

[fox69]

"Onward The Indian"

"Onward The Indian"


When I'm on my way for a nature walk
I don't start to sing then I'll start to talk
Where'd ya go Mrs. Sun?
Ya juice it on up
Re-tit on your tip
And you squeeze it on up
When I'm on my nerves on a shaky show
I don't start to warm 'til you start to glow
When your arms learn to breathe, they stick to your sleeve
When your sleeves learn to walk, your legs learn to leave
When your leaves learn to stay, your legs run away
I was born in May then he moved away
At the end of June into mid-July
Now I'm on my way

 

[fox69]

"Owl Eyes"

"Owl Eyes"


Send me up owl eyes unwinding
Asia and all your little diamonds
All your little diamonds
Everybody that's inside me
Buries the body that's behind me
The body that's behind me.

 

[fox69]

"Poughkeepsie"

"Poughkeepsie"


One, two, three, four

By the banks of old poughkeepsie
My love swam with me
Nature's tender bones are breathing
Lungs, each breaths, each breathes and

Have you felt it?
Have you?
I've felt it too
And so have you

Summer day, she stays by her window
Her saggy flesh it sweeps the floor
Down her steps and through her hallway
Coming out her door and

Have you seen it?
Have you?
I've seen that too
And so have you

Now man holds hands, head, neck, shaped cobweb
White oil fills each pore
Again down your steps and through your hallway
Jumping out your door and

Have you done it?
Have you?
I've done that too
And so have you

Well, love me tender
V-v-v-v-v-v-iva las vegas
And hounddog
All shook up
Heartbreak hotel
Lawdy, miss clawdy
Blue moon
Blue suede shoes and

Have you heard it?
Have you?
I've heard that too
And i know for sure that so have you

 

[fox69]

"Pray For The Other Person's Happiness"

"Pray For The Other Person's Happiness"


When we are together
So long, my love
When we are apart
So long, my love

Now that you don't need me
I'm there, my love
Now that you can't bear
I can bear, my love
Can bear, my love
Can bear, my love

I'm not haunted by the love that's in
My heart
I'm just haunted by the lives we live
Apart

We do more than try when we're
Truly strong
When we say goodbye
With reason

A circle to remember
That time heads on
And something goes apart now
This is its dawn
This is the dawn
This is the dawn
This is the dawn

Why has the room stayed
When everything given goes
Away
Guided by flesh warped into the wish
To stay

 

[fox69]

"Pumpkin Seeds"

"Pumpkin Seeds"


Oh
There's a lot of love
But not the kind I need
Have you ever made soup-out-of pumpkin seeds
There's a lot of skin and flesh i never should have seen
There's too many half-ways-in-betweens

There's a lot of stays
I think I wish I'd done
There's a lot of leaves my true love gave to me

There's a lot of stays
I think I wish I'd done
There's a lot of leaves my true love gave to me

There's a lot of birds
That people like to draw
There's a lot of sees
I wish I never saw.

There's a lot of birds
That people like to draw
There's a lot of sees
I wish I never saw.

 

[fox69]

"Quedate Luna"

"Quedate Luna"


Yo no he tomado
Pero me voy a tomar un traguito ahora
Y se que lo que más espero
Lo más que se me enamora
Tres, siete, diez
Ya no me ves
Pero se aleja
Digo tu nombre
Ya saberás quien es
Soy el perro a tus pies
Que te muerde la costilla
Las estrellas brillan y la luna se sienta en su silla
¿Qué tomas lunita y porqué estás tan amarilla?
Bueno, ya estoy cansada y mis hijas ya me dicen viejita
El pelo tan seco y mi piel ya no brilla
Pero el mundo es tuyo, esta noche eres mía
Así qué
Quédate, quédate luna
Quédate, quédate luna
Quédate, quédate luna
Quédate, quédate luna
Mira a dios en el aire, mira a dios en el mar
Yo te doy toda mi vida para oírte cantar
Oye a dios en el viento, prueba a dios en la miel
Dios vive afuera y adentro también
Dímelo, dímelo luna
Dímelo, dímelo luna
Dímelo, dímelo luna
Dímelo, dímelo luna
Dímelo, dímelo luna
Dímelo, dímelo luna
Dímelo, dímelo luna
Dímelo, dímelo luna
Yo no he tomado
Pero me voy a tomar un traguito ahora
Y se que lo que más espero
Lo más que se me enamora