Iron & Wine

[fox69]

"Done This One Before"
(originally by Ronnie Lane)

"Done This One Before"
(originally by Ronnie Lane)



Well, in the morning we'll have to pretend again, smiling
You'll be my good friend again, hold me
The light comes a-creeping in the morning, the curtain will rise again
I know, I know, cause I've done this one before
Well, it's the end there, just the beginning, and I'm here
Caught in the middle, loving you comes
As easy as breathing, loving you comes when everyone's leaving
I know, I know, cause I've done this one before
I know, I know
Why must it be so?
Why ask for the moon?
Well, there's just so much, to want to be with her
Where was I when she was in trouble? Now I'm here and
Too late, as usual in the morning
Well, she'll be returning
I know, I know, because I've read this one before
I know, I know
Why must it be so?
Why ask for the moon?

 

[fox69]

"Each Coming Night"

"Each Coming Night"


Will you say when I'm gone away
"My lover came to me and we'd lay
In rooms unfamiliar but until now"
Will you say to them when I'm gone
"I loved your son for his sturdy arms
We both learned to cradle then live without"
Will you say when I'm gone away
'Your father's body was judgement day
We both dove and rose to the riverside"
Will you say to me when I'm gone
"Your face has faded but lingers on
Because light strikes a deal with each coming night"

 

[fox69]

"Eden"

"Eden"


Whisper in my ear
Everything my dear
Every wicked vision that you carry

On your naked breast
I believe that was your best
Apple pie invention since we married

As God will be my judge
I'm not the man I was
Before I found you lyin' in the garden

Let's go buy some clothes
Some warm socks for your toes
'Cause it might be much colder in the mornin'

 

[fox69]

"Evening On The Ground (Lilith's Song)"

"Evening On The Ground (Lilith's Song)"


Evening, evening on the ground
And there is no one else around
So you will blame me
Blame me for the rocks
And baby bones and broken lock
On the garden
Garden wall of eden
For the spider bites
And all your love as we were
We were born to fuck each other
One way or another
But Ill only lie
Down by the waterside at night
Hey man, tiny baby tears
I will collect a million years
And you can blame me
Blame me, I will wear it
In the empty, hollow part of my garden
Garden wall of eden
And the clamour as they raise the curtain
You will, you will never make me learn
To lay beneath the mountain
Cause I'll only lie
Down by the waterside at night

 

[fox69]

"Every Songbird Says"
(with Jesca Hoop)

"Every Songbird Says"
(with Jesca Hoop)



I'm a tiny heart that's falling fast
Like a humming bird, like an hourglass
I'm on a boat, at the turning way
For the distant horn, of a promise ring

This bed is old, but the dream is new
You can borrow mine, if you break a few
I'm a mountain side, I can wash away
I'm a pool of tears, on a wedding day

Oooh we're both baby bottles full of love
Oooh empty fingers of a glove
Oooh we know when it's enough
Oooh enough, oooh enough,
Oooh it's enough, oooh to be walking with you

I get lost, I get lost a lot and you meet me there
I can close my eyes and find you anywhere
I can hold you close while you wonder free
But the long walk home says you're good for me
You're good for me

I can take a lot, I'll give you more
We're a tiny heart, but the blood is warm
I'm a thunder cloud, I'm cutting through
Every songbird says I'm in love with you
I'm in love with you, I'm in love with you, I'm in love with you

Oooh we're both deaf and banging on a drum
Snow when you're sleeping in the sun.
Oooh we know when it's enough
Oooh enough, oooh enough, oooh enough,
Oooh sun sinking down and its work is never done
Oooh your heart is never won
Oooh we know when it's enough
Oooh enough, oooh enough, oooh enough, oooh enough, oooh enough, oooh enough, oooh enough, oooh it's enough,
Oooh to be walking with you
And get lost

 

[fox69]

"Everyone's Summer Of '95"

"Everyone's Summer Of '95"


They heard a car sputter away too soon
Me and the boys from the billiards room
Found a shady tree
Halfway home and goin' nowhere

Casey was asked for his favorite joke
Fluttered away just before he spoke
But he came to me
Halfway home and goin' nowhere

All I can tell you is how we spent the time
Friends are made in the strangest ways
And I'll miss them by and by

Late in the day and the dust kicked up
Me and the boys with the windows shut
And the music on
Halfway home and goin' nowhere

Everyone's summer of '95
Vivid and there 'til the tape had died
On our favorite song
Halfway home and goin' nowhere

Hitchin' a ride with a crusty girl
Me and the boys stole a tie-dye shirt
And a kiss or two
Halfway home and goin' nowhere

Casey was wise with the mud flap guy
Smothered and bruised in the neon light
And we all went down
Halfway home and goin' nowhere

All I can tell you is how we spent the time
Friends are made in the strangest ways
And I'll miss them by and by

Back on our feet and the car backs in
Me and the boys at the billiards room
Comin' back on beer
Halfway home and goin' nowhere

Casey will crack up, a fight broke loose
I'm in the back thinkin' I must choose
But I like it here
Halfway home and goin' nowhere

 

[fox69]

"Faded From The Winter"

"Faded From The Winter"


Daddy's ghost behind you
Sleeping dog beside you
You're a poem of mystery
You're the prayer inside me

Spoken words like moonlight
You're the voice that I like

Needlework and seedlings
In the way you're walking
To me from the timbers
Faded from the winter

 

[fox69]

"Fever Dream"

"Fever Dream"


Some days her shape in the doorway
Will speak to me
A bird's wing on the window
Sometimes I'll hear her when she's sleeping
Her fever dream
A language on her face

I want your flowers like babies want God's love
Or maybe as sure as tomorrow will come

Some days, like rain on the doorstep
She'll cover me
With grace in all she offers
Sometimes I'd like just to ask her
What honest words
She can't afford to say, like

I want your flowers like babies want God's love
Or maybe as sure as tomorrow will come

 

[fox69]

"Flightless Bird, American Mouth"

"Flightless Bird, American Mouth"


I was a quick-wet boy
Diving too deep for coins
All of your street light eyes
Wide on my plastic toys
Then when the cops closed the fair
I cut my long baby hair
Stole me a dog-eared map
And called for you everywhere
Have I found you?
Flightless bird, jealous, weeping
Or lost you?
American mouth
Big pill looming
Now I'm a fat house cat
Nursing my sore blunt tongue
Watching the warm poison rats
Curl through the wide fence cracks
Pissing on magazine photos
Those fishing lures
Thrown in the cold and clean
Blood of Christ mountain stream
Have I found you?
Flightless bird, grounded, bleeding
Or lost you?
American mouth
Big pill stuck going down

 

[fox69]

"Freckled Girl"

"Freckled Girl"


Someday soon I'll just live over yonder, bring you
Coffee to taste, crossword puzzles to ponder and I
Hope you're well, and you know that I love you, though I
Write so seldom, and call every blue moon, there's some

There's some tall Georgia boy
Searchin' out a freckled girl with style
Wait 'til tomorrow

Someday soon when we hail from Atlanta, we won't
Need some Christmas to spend time together, and I
And I hope you're well and you sleep every evenin', never
Lyin' awake, for you're dreamin' of children

There's some tall Georgia boy
Searchin' out a freckled girl with style
Wait 'til tomorrow