Boy With A Coin Iron & Wine

boy with a coin he found in the weeds With bullets and pages of trade magazines Close to a car that flipped on the turn When God left the ground to circle the world A girl with a bird she found in

The Night Descending iron & wine

Black hair, the night descending Baby never puts her trust in Tight black tie too quick to laughter Ain't no telling what he's after Found a friend without religion Riding on a stolen engine Far too fast

Jesus The Mexican Boy iron & wine

Jesus the Mexican boy born in a truck on the fourth of July gave me a card with a lady naked on the back Barefoot at night on the road Fireworks blooming above in the sky I never knew I was given the best

Carried Home iron & wine

The kettle burned because I left it too long When we were kissing with the radio on The cat was choking on a rattlesnake bone The town had gathered around the soldier boy Carried home And every summer

Belated Promise Ring iron & wine

Sunday morning my Rebekahs sleeping in with me again There's a kid outside the church kickin' a can When the ceder branchs twist she turns her collar to the wind The weather can close the world within

Peace Beneath The City iron & wine

Here's a prayer for the body buried by the interstate Mother of a soldier, a tree in a forest up in flames Black valley, peace beneath the city Where the women hear the washboard rhythm in their bosom

Wolves (Song Of The Shepherd's Dog) Iron & Wine

Wolves by the road and a bike wheel spinning on a pawn shop wall She'll wring out her colored hair like a butterfly beaten in a summer rainfall And then roll on the kitchen floor of some fucker with

Me And Lazarus Iron & Wine

But he's got a hole in the pocket of his pants? Must be a symptom of outstanding circumstances? Woah? Me and Lazarus, we fiddle with a baby spoon? Fever flowing through the room?

God Made The Automobile iron & wine

God made the automobile To pass all the pretty girls That smoke by the side of the road Their blues lovin' boys in tow To drive until the of the day And bow to a borrowed flag Beside all the brave

The Trapeze Swinger (Album Version) Iron & Wine

With maps, a mountain range, A piggy bank A vision too removed to mention But Please, remember me Fondly I heard from someone you're still pretty And then They went on to say That the pearly

The Trapeze Swinger iron & wine

Please remember me, happily By the rosebush laughing With bruises on my chin, the time when We counted every black car passing Your house beneath the hill and up until Someone caught us in the kitchen

Loud As Hope iron & wine

Darling behave, though your boy is gone, or so we've heard Ophelia would rise if it was her song and say these words "Summer comes with its color all to take your breath away Winter turns all the summer's

Dearest Forsaken iron & wine

To my dearest forsaken Who the earth now has taken Empty, the bottle drains no more It is true that I loved you Despite the harm that I own you Wash out the river has you boy Here on the eve of too

Flightless Bird, American Mouth Iron & Wine

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

Flightless Bird, American Mouth (Wedding Ver.) Iron & Wine

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

Joy Iron & Wine

Deep inside the heart of this troubled mess There\'s an itty bitty boy tuggin\' hard at your hand Born bitter as a lemon but you must understand that you are bringin\' me joy I only lie when they

The Rooster Moans iron & wine

Crack of dawn the rooster moans Wake up boy you're far from home Serpentine the tracks in flames Longest path the devil laid Led you straight aboard this rusty train Lift your head cuz you can't sleep

White Tooth Man Iron & Wine

Said the plain clothes cop to the beauty queen "I've seen nothing but a spoke in a wheel" So she gave up her crown to a kid with a crutch And they both felt cheated after closing the deal And the

Sundown (Back In The Briars) iron & wine

There go the cops with the tomcat teeth Here come the church mice trying too hard She had a way to be kind with words I had a knife in the back of my car Nobody knows when the rain may come Nobody

Lovesong Of The Buzzard Iron & Wine

In the failing light of the afternoon Lucy in the shade of the dogwood blooms Yesterday the solace of a poison fish Tomorrow I'll be kissing on her blood red lips No one is the saviour they would like

Swans and the Swimming iron & wine

Take me again, she said, thinking of him "To the pond with the swans and the swimming" Far from his room the familiar perfume How it felt to her when she was naked Lessons she learned when her memory slurs

Serpent Charmer iron & wine

There's a woman here with a broken record player And a dusty compass off to map the country's new behavior Strange words that we hold on back into the river Brave boys in the empty coats of men There's

Muddy Hymnal iron & wine

We found your name across the chapel door Carved in cursive with a table fork Muddy hymnals and some boot marks where you'd been The shaking preacher told the captain's man The righteous suffer in a fallen

MINSTREL BOY Bob Dylan

MINSTREL BOY Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin? Who's gonna let it roll? Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin? Who's gonna let it down easy to save his soul?

Carousel Iron & Wine

Since I'd been gone And the perfect girls By the pool, they would protest The cross around their necks But our sons were overseas And we all know 'bout the hive and the honey bees Almost home With

Love Vigilantes iron & wine

Oh, I've just come from the land of the sun From a war that must be won in the name of truth With our soldiers so brave your freedom we will save With our rifles and grenades and some help from God I want

Coin-Operated Boy The Dresden Dolls

Coin operated boy Sitting on the shelf he is just a toy But I turn him on and he comes to life Automatic joy That is why I want a coin operated boy Made of plastic and elastic He is rugged and long-lasting

Winter Prayers iron & wine

it's cold and you're bored From counting the Smart cars on 94 When you dream you're back home But the lakeside don't trust you to walk alone Hollow trees talk off hand All the neckties are toasting with

Call Your Boys iron & wine

Call your boys now that the table's set and shining No one's seen any of them in many days Call your boys, they shot a buzzard off a Chrysler And you still taste all that you swallowed before grace And

Gray Stables iron & wine

Brave lady, i could see you through The mosses Laid, shameless in the sun My lady with her porcelain and her Weightless Face, pleasing everyone Gray stables and the horses of the Righteous Pray daily for

New Mexico's No Breeze iron & wine

were too 19 To be blowing away There were thieves in the square Hiding hands and hiding prayers And all their mumbling Nothing left you alone Tangled hills and tiny veery oh's Singing something Stuck with

Beneath The Balcony iron & wine

Let's go out and dance, darling, our last of days And grace the game with a blindfold on The cheaters came to play And outside the soft handed boys Screaming cars and all their speed Music, math, a hero

Sacred Vision iron & wine

There's no way to temper your thirst With lasting impressions or pictures of home There's no way to grow that don't hurt She growled from the station then hung up the phone There's no sacred vision

Homeward, These Shores iron & wine

Homeward the new road meanders Washed out the old road as to what did I bring Flowers, a verse about springtime Perchance in the treeline she's awaiting for me Homeward these shoes worn to paper Thin as

Hickory iron & wine

father will Her fallen fruit is all rotten in the middle but her Breast never dries when he's hungry The money came and she died in her rocking chair The window wide and the rain in her braided hair A

Fever Dream (Album) iron & wine

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

Fever Dream iron & wine

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

Pagan Angel And A Borrowed Car Iron & Wine

Love was a promise made of smoke In a frozen copse of trees A bone cold and older than our bodies Slowly floating in the sea Every morning there were planes The shiny blades of pagan angels in our

The Devil Never Sleeps iron & wine

Love was a promise made of smoke In a frozen copse of trees A bone cold and older than our bodies Slowly floating in the sea Every morning there were planes The shiny blades of pagan angels in our

Grace For Saints And Ramblers iron & wine

crashed out cars in our bark old clothes they were rubbing on each other rubbing ghost on ghost there were jonesed up punks and Jesus freaks weaving in and out of trouble wrapping round and round a

Arms of a Thief iron & wine

Mr.Henry and the muscle man Gave her shoes on a night there was no room to stand And like a letter in a stolen purse She was bored of her weight, she was bored of her words The daughter of a soldier

Tree By The River Iron & Wine

recall the sun in our faces Stuck and leaning on graces And being strangers to change Radio and the bones we found frozen And all the thorns and the roses Beneath your window pane Now I'm asleep in a

The Desert Babbler iron & wine

It's New Year's Eve California's gonna kill you soon The Barstow boys Bug eyes in the shadow of the moon Black houses in the hills and roadside haunts Dying for a place to fall apart Who knew what you

Upward Over The Mountain iron & wine

Mother don't worry, I killed the last snake that lived in the creek bed Mother don't worry, I've got some money I saved for the weekend Mother remember being so stern with that girl who was with me Mother

House By The Sea Iron & Wine

There is a house by the sea Two jealous sisters, they're waiting for me And one is laid on the floor And one is changing the locks on the doors And I've been buying the time on my knees And I've been

Walking Far From Home Iron & Wine

I was walking far from home And I found your face mingled in the crowd Saw a boat full of believers Sail off talking too loud, talking too loud I saw sunlight on the water Saw a bird fall like a hammer

Such Great Heights Iron & Wine

I`m, thinking its a sign, That the freckles in our eyes are mirror images, and when we kiss they`re perfectly aligned.

Cinder And Smoke (Album) iron & wine

give it as fast And high as the flame will rise Cinder and smoke Some whispers around the trees The juniper bends As if you were listening Give me your hand Your mother is drunk As all the firemen shake A

Cinder And Smoke iron & wine

fast And high as the flame will rise Cinder and smoke Some whispers around the trees The juniper bends As if you were listening Give me your hand Your mother is drunk as all the firemen shake A

Rabbit Will Run Iron & Wine

Last I saw mother, she rose from a chair When they caught me I just finished combing my hair Because the rabbit will run, but a colt doesn't long?