Devendra Banhart

[fox69]

"Foolin'"

"Foolin'"


Foolin' on the human population
I know my mind's on the front line
But when I'm lovin' on the human population
Thank God my heart's playin' its part
One day, one day at a time
One day, one day at a time
Love is the birth of a nation
Born from the good womb of humankind
All these stories of creation
Came from the same flame of the most high
One song, one song at a time
One song, one song at a time
Fearing oh I'm sure gettin' better
With every morn a new fear is born
But when I'm trusting trusting trusting
Knowing that we're in it together
Free to face unknown, free to overcome
One day, one day at a time
One day, one day at a time

 

[fox69]

"Freely"

"Freely"


It ain't about a heart to find
It's about the one inside
It's about the love you hide
It's waitin' to be let outside

And it ain't about losing your mind
But if you happen to, that's fine
But there's only one way to shine
And it's called trying to live

Freely, freely meu coracao
Freely, freely meu coracao
I'd like to live that way
I'd like to live that way

And my mother may not understand
Why I'm the way that I am
But I love her and I wanna let her in (do you love her?)
Get to know a friend

And now we gotta take some time
Get to know each other our whole lives
And I call on you to remind
Nothing's really mine
Except for

Freedom, freedom en meu coracao
Freedom, freedom en meu coracao
I'd like to live that way
Oh I'd wanna stay stay that way

You ever seen anything as kind
As the wind blowing by
I've never seen anything as wise
As the sun rise, that shines

Freely, freely en meu coracao
Freely, freely meu coracao
I'd like to live that way
Oh I'd wanna live that way

 

[fox69]

"Für Hildegard Von Bingen"

"Für Hildegard Von Bingen"


Now she's leaving
Congregation
Left the abbeys
Suffocation

She's been dreaming
Relocation
From monastic
Regulations

Now she's working
At the station
As a VJ
On rotation

In the uptown
In the uptown
In the uptown
In the uptown...

 

[fox69]

"Goin' Back"

"Goin' Back"


Goin' back to the place
Where it all started from
Gonna see my old friends try and have a little fun

Goin' back to the way that it once used to be
Have a couple drinks and wander aimlessly
Just like old times
Yeah just like old times

And maybe see the changes in me
Remember where I've been and never go back again
Maybe see the changes in me
Make no mistake
There's plenty of those to make

Never never never goin' back
Never ever ever goin' back

Goin' back to the place where my lover and I met
I can give her all I got
She can ring my little neck just like old times
Just like old times

Goin' back to the time when I didn't need a thing
Just the tappin' of my foot and a little song to sing
That'll do just fine
Yeah that'll do just fine

And maybe [?]
Tell me where I go, tell me where I come
Take me anytime you like hon'
Take me as I am or as who I might become

Never ever ever goin' back
Never ever ever goin' back

Goin' back, goin' back, goin' back
Goin' back, goin' back, goin' back
Goin' back, goin' back, goin' back...

 

[fox69]

"Golden Girls"

"Golden Girls"


You believe
In visions and prayers
But you don't believe
In what's really there
You're a young man
On a dance floor
A young man
In a young man's world
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor
Get on the dance floor...

 

[fox69]

"Good Time Charlie"

"Good Time Charlie"


Every look begins with a disguise
I saw it in your eyes
Me, I've warned them off
Mostly been a bathroom stall
A night or work blow up doll
A memory you can't recall
Or nobody there at all

These are dreams of oceans
You will never ever know
Give it a million years or so

La, la, la
La
La, la, la
La

Me and my policeman
Pulling over everyone one we can
Sometimes I breathalyze
And me gives the DUIs
Ask myself once or twice
Is it love or just blood in his eyes?

Devil dreams of paid vacation
Letting the old men win
But it's too easy to make them sing
Repent

 

[fox69]

"Happy Happy Oh"

"Happy Happy Oh"


She got the happy happy oh
She got the happy happy oh
They had the falling falling oh
They had the falling falling oh
He had the coming out oh
He had the coming out oh
And I thought
Loving a man takes strength in me
When no one takes you seriously
Well sick out tonight
Now sick out tonight
With that flat out, flat out oh
With that flat out, flat out oh

 

[fox69]

"Hatchet Wound"

"Hatchet Wound"


I wanna sing a song and make her feel crazy
Make her forget she always forgets me
Cause she's a top of the shelf lady
And I'm a low bottom bottle fed baby
Yeah hatchet wound is driving me crazy
And a hatchet wound does truly amaze me
'Cause she's a top of the shelf lady
And I'm a low bottom bottle fed baby
You know, hatchet's such a seasoned opponent
Can't wait to get the scars to show it
Gimme a chance and I'll blow it
But this one's for the dad bands that know it
Yeah hatchet wound is driving me crazy
And a hatchet wound does truly amaze me
'Cause she's a top of the shelf lady
And let me tell you
Nothing but her hatchet can save me
Please don't look in my eyes
Don't want you to see the sorrow
Of I don't want you tonight
If I can't have you tomorrow
I wanna sing a song and make her feel crazy
Make her forget she always forgets me
'Cause she's a top of the shelf lady
And I'm a low bottom bottle fed baby

 

[fox69]

"Heard Somebody Say"

"Heard Somebody Say"


I heard somebody say
That the war ended today
But everybody knows it's goin' still
Our motherlands and motherseas
Here's what we believe
It's simple
We don't want to kill
I heard somebody say
That the war ended today
But everybody knows its goin' still
Our motherlands and motherseas
Here's what we believe
It's simple
We don't want to kill
Oh, it's simple
We don't want to kill
Oh, it's simple
We don't want to kill
Oh, it's simple

 

[fox69]

"Hey Mama Wolf"

"Hey Mama Wolf"


When I'm in the woods I know what to call you now.
When I'm in the woods I know what to call you now.
Hey Mama Wolf.
Hey Mama Wolf.

Well, maybe the mountains know what to call you now.
Maybe the mountains know what to call you now.
Hey Mama Wolf.
Hey Mama Wolf.

When I'm in a womb I know what to call you now.
And when a belly blooms I know what to call you now.
Hey Mama Wolf.
Hey Mama Wolf.

Well, I can say, Marie, I know what to call you now.
Swimming in the sea, I know what to call you now.
And when you swim with me I know what to call you now.
And when you're under me I know what to call you now.
Hey Mama Wolf.
Hey Mama Wolf.
Hey Mama Wolf.
Hey Mama Wolf.

Hey, hey, Mama Wolf...
Hey, hey, Mama Wolf...
Hey, hey, Mama Wolf...
Hey, hey, Mama Wolf...