And I Have Seen the World of Dreams Okkervil River

And I have seen the world of dreams, Fresh-flown through the trees then dropped off at the curb Alive, have seen the world awake, And I don't know which I deserve.

The Latest Toughs Okkervil River

knife out of their hands.

Dead Faces Okkervil River

And we have fun ？？짖€" we go laughing and running down to the water, there by the sea where the body just floats like a rowboat and the moon's like a harbor light lit in the sky.

Red Okkervil River

I know I don't deserve supervised sight of her, but each day becomes a blur without my daughter.？？짖€？？？？ Fall is my favorite season, like falling to reasoning why you crashed from on high. She says ？？

Plus Ones Okkervil River

No one wants to hear about your 97th tear So dry your eyes or let it go uncried, my dear I am all out of love to mouth and to your ear And not above letting a love song disappear Before it's written And

Okkervil River Ciaran Lavery

Okkervil River on the radio, you never heard them before Remember when your dad gave you hell and you cried on the bathroom floor And we saved all our money for the day we'd up and get away We never said

Dead Dog Song Okkervil River

Sam, bless him, has died and left this home, the woodchucks running wild, the bushes overgrown. Slip unseen into the skein of trees, slide through dusky grasses and scatter his ashes.

Okkervil River Song Okkervil River

Down by Okkervil River slow silent thick and black, I stared into the water, and the water it stared back.

Listening To Otis Redding At Home During Christmas Okkervil River

And I know that it's home because that's where the stereo sings ？？짖€？？"I've got dreams to remember.？？짖€？？？？ But not even home can be with you forever.

Maine Island Lovers Okkervil River

To cheat on Maine islands - days of laughter, nights of sighing. To love without ceasing - flowering orchards, salty sea-things. To say without shyness ？？짖€？？"unreal city, you have killed me.？？짖€？？？？

A King And A Queen Okkervil River

If you want to see and be seen, then be seen. Your dress is dark red and your opening eyes are bright green.

Last Love Song For Now Okkervil River

Take my sword from the slaughter Melt it down into vapor, and my armor, too I hear hot blood flap and flutter From your temple to shoulder And all through you When you hold on to me it isn't easy When

Blanket and Crib Okkervil River

And handshakes all around: that's your style, and no one would call it denial, for you're not even sure what's in store. And it's more than you'll be able to take standing up straight.

Song Of Our So-Called Friend Okkervil River

Well, loving is as loving does, and Id say we should know, because we both have loved, have lost, and are alone.

Black Sheep Boy #4 Okkervil River

Baying black sheep boy, go back beyond the pasture, you've cracked out of my head. Get in your battered mustang, and the backseat will be your bed.

Another Radio Song Okkervil River

Sit back, no song is written It's nothing you thought of Yourself It's just a ghost, came unbidden To this house This infection gets stronger every year This seed in the water of your tear There is no

Yellow Okkervil River

No matter how much she told him "I love you," He found it would depend on the gifts that he bought her, Or how badly she was hurt When the boss was cruel at work.

It Ends With A Fall Okkervil River

When we met I should have said you're like a sister to me, how all that kiss her just seem like puny suitors I can see through, how none will do, not for you, how it might as well just be us two.

Black Okkervil River

, when he put you in the car, when he took you down the road. And I can still see where it was open, the door he slammed closed. It was open, the door he slammed closed. It was open, long ago.

The Velocity of Saul at the Time of his Conversion Okkervil River

Hold your head higher, the heavenly choir is settling in for the night. And where I had friends I am left with loose ends; four hours of vision exchanged for four hours of fright. But enough of ？？

My Bad Days Okkervil River

Dear Mother, we've all got bad days, and I know you'll understand. Where we open up a foreign door with a pair of foreign hands. Where we find ourselves alone at the foot of a pair of foreign stairs.

The President's Dead Okkervil River

The sea doesn't dry and the sky isn't split, But friends it just seems so wrong, don't it? A shot from the crowd, and a shot in the head, The president's lying on the tarmac dead.

A Stone Okkervil River

And I'm found too fast, called too fond of flames, and then I'm phoning my friends, and then I'm shouldering the blame, while you're picking pebbles out of the drain, miles ago.

You Can't Hold The Hand Of A Rock And Roll Man Okkervil River

This week's cash for last week's grass your crew collates While you sit in the van and wait Gassed and trashed and smashed, young cads roasting away On a sunny summer day or, okay, an August night anyway

Seas Too Far to Reach Okkervil River

The ladies in my dream are so obliging. They come on down to do the things I need. Whether skies are calm or cut apart by lightning, they're always there to minister to me.

John Allyn Smith Sails Okkervil River

By the second verse, dear friends My head will burst, my life will end So I'd like to start this one off by saying Live and love I was young and at home in bed And I was hanging on the words some poem

Savannah Smiles Okkervil River

Midnight late last week, my daughter's diary Didn't know what it might be 'til it was open I only read one page and then put it away Talk about your big mistakes, hey, Shan, nice going Photos show no tears

So Come Back, I Am Waiting Okkervil River

The airwaves stretch and they groan, bleeding, birthing his black diapason. Says ？？짖€？？"There's plenty of things to wear when you come to me, every color of sleeve to be rolled.

Get Big Okkervil River

Once we get to the end of this song, then it will begin again.？？짖€？？？？ So you said in our bed. I was watching light slip through blinds to find your skin. ？？짖€？？"

Kansas City Okkervil River

The river is deep and the river is wide, and the girl that I love is on the other side. She wants to move to Kansas City: ？？짖€？？"Move, pretty baby, where the sky is so blue.？？짖€？？？？

A Hand To Take Hold Of The Scene Okkervil River

showing him crying His red head and his red eyes I'm the band in a show 'Bout a boy being buried alive From his head to his toes by a criminal But with a sensitive soul, with a set of raccoon eyes And

The Room I'm Hiding In Okkervil River

There once was desperation Now just medication The bathroom walls have always been so scribbled on Just like your skin But that's the room I'm hiding in Is just a vindication So hang the flag at half-mast

Just Give Me Time Okkervil River

This red-haired girl of mine tore a pinecone from the pine To cut into her palm, singing the song her sinking lover sung I shut my eyes, ripped the train from off the line But a sudden gust of snow blew

For Real Okkervil River

Some nights I thirst for real blood For real knives For real cries And then the flash of steel from real guns In real life Really fills my mind And I really miss what really did exist When I held your

The War Criminal Rises and Speaks Okkervil River

And you're almost back now, you can see by the signs; from the bank you tell the temperature and then the time, and the billboard reads some headlines.

Westfall Okkervil River

And they're going to take me and throw me in prison. I ain't coming back again. When I was younger, handsomer and stronger, I felt like I could do anything.

Title Track Okkervil River

All of the stage names evaporate And it's just a blood flushed and heart rushing rates Either to kick off too soon or stick around too late To be far too dear or too cut rate Hold my hand again like at

No Hidden Track Okkervil River

What if there's no hidden track No journey there, no journey back The rain falls down upon the same old grass The rain falls down The rain falls down The rain falls down What if there's no secret word

A Favor Okkervil River

Rapt in Star Wars sheets With my hand across your belly We waded through the watercolor We waded through the watercolor And drunk in your parents' house Junk coming out of your mouth We were buried in

Black Sheep Boy Okkervil River

Here I am back home again I'm here to rest All they ask is where I've been Knowing I've been west I'm the family's unowned boy Golden curls of envied hair Pretty girls with faces fair See the shine in

In A Radio Song Okkervil River

Sad smile on your lips, you shake and shiver. Some animal sips where the river flows from a black little crack in a stone. To a crackle in a radio song, sing along, sing along, sing along.

Happy Hearts Okkervil River

Why must happy hearts break so hard, leave you curled up in the back seat of a car, staring up at the windshield? When will broken hearts learn how to heal?

Unless It's Kicks Okkervil River

stereo on With the towns flying by And the ground getting soft And the sound in the sky Coming down from above It surrounds you at times And it's whispering, oh What pulls your body down That is quicksand

Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe Okkervil River

s just a bad movie where there's no crying Handing the keys to me in this Red Lion Where the lock that you locked in the suite Says there's no prying When the breath that you breathed in the street Screams

Song About a Star Okkervil River

Well, now he's bought and sold. Cry his call number down the phone, he can't hear you ？？짖€" he's on his float, waving down to the folks at home.

A Girl In Port Okkervil River

and alone And when the morning sun it rose Upon Marie and her lacy clothes Well, it lit her up, and she walked around The winding streets of Camden Town Well, she don't know who she wants to be And if

For the Enemy Okkervil River

So in the night we might get lost in our fright. So in the day softly we'd flow, floating away.

Lady Liberty Okkervil River

You can wash out your lying eyes in the bathroom down the hall. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. I guess I didn't know you at all.

Missing Children Okkervil River

"Kids get lost Lands out wandering Bigger, blacker, things go following Then into a patch of forest Somebody once planted for this Songs not over, phone's still ringing Eyes still rolling, eyes still clinging

The Next Four Months Okkervil River

Maybe we could break your ankle clean and unsuspiciously An E.R. trip, a doctor's slip and you could share your pills with me Won't it feel so good though when we're lying Side by side can't move and I'm