Damien Jurado

I fell in love with a girl of nineteen A black-haired girl I called Abilene Young girl, where's your husband? Sadly, she replied, I do not have one Then it's you I'll marry with your parents' permission No fine sir, they will not let me marry For I am a...

Listen here, see I know how to make you famous Listen to me, I know They listen to me 'Cause I'm the one who makes them famous Listen to me, they know It's another nice day for an air show disaster Listen here, see Something that will make you nervou...

First came the scream and blood on the floor The alcohol and magazines In my flashlight you were a star A razor blade that cuts you clean Smile for the camera take off that dress Twenty dollars for a kiss It's me who made you It's me who will take you...

It's getting hard to pay attention, pay attention to you Always trying to work it out, work it out, work it out But a girl you love behind still hangs around She's always wondering, wondering when you'll come back The fact is you are not You will never a...

You are what I need You're everything To me Time can't tell us apart Time can't tell us apart You are what I need You're everything To me Time can't tell us apart Time can't tell us apart 

I don't recall the last time we spoke You said it's my fault, I still don't believe you, oh Arkansas We both know this was a mistake I'd love to come home but I need an escape, oh Arkansas Fade out This is where the credits roll our name Taller than tr...

I have fell victim to you Troubles I have seen, many years From high windows I have called you So come, save me from this fire Forget all who hurt you, they don't know you Come rest your tired body in my arms From the bedroom I have called you So come,...

Keeping you close, falling behind I lost my voice, you lost your mind You say you're not well, I say that you're fine Walking with me through the aisles of a drugstore If you return to me, oh, if you return to me Your mother's a fake, a phantom who stea...

Hey now put your best dress on I'm tired of fighting Let's take it out on the town, do some old style dancing We should just have a good time We can stay out all night long Hey now put your best dress on Hey now put your best dress on No price I would...

It's like I told you You'll never be as good And there's someone always better To take your place Once you were the first in line Now you're in the back Receiving cards and thank you letters PS please don't come back It's like I told you You'll nev...

Made a big decision Think I left you out Made a big decision Think I left you out Got a lot of problems Think I'll work it out Got a lot of problems Think I'll work it out Made a big decision Think I left you out Made a big decision Think I le...

Now the sun is coming out It's better than the rain I finally wipe away the clouds Leave me here and Maybe I'll be fine As long as I have you on the right So much easier to get out I'm breaking from my cage Kill the lights and burn it down Leave th...

I love you I think that's what she told me I've run through And I could want you only And I could want you only And if you give me money It's nothing She said and then she hit me I love you Sometimes so much it kills me Sometimes so much it kil...

Two tickets on a chevrolet train I've got a suicide pact with your name You can doubt any doubt any move that is made 'cause I'm putting the worries to page In a flash you'll be quick to react I'm a useful spade for the grave Collect calls to the shadow...

Castles that you're building Eventually come falling down Castles that you're building Eventually come falling down I will try to erase it all From my mind, it's easy It's easy People who you talk about Eventually will find you out People who you t...

The clown you noticed stood right by your underside And took a look at you Enjoy the circus, take a ride on elephants you'd like Tonight the ride's on me He gave you a flower It squirted water right in your eyes It made you cry He says, "I'm sorry."...

I wish that I could float Float up from the ground I will never know What that's like You have a way about you I wish that I had Thought it was impossible To live and love like you Funny how we all can change If we just try to Thought it was imposs...

You'll be happy to know The situation is worse The endless bottles of pills That never seem to work Sleeping in his clothes And still looking his best He's so high in the tomb You wouldn't know he's dead You look like you could use a rest You look li...

I would come out just see you Dancing freely by the sunset Like the sun you'd shine brightly We'd spend hours by the curbside Telling stories under streetlights How your words would amaze me Now those days are gone Slowly they slipped away Now those...

Smoke that cigarette and down another drink Call your other in-crowd friends instead of calling me And it's who's got what and what can I take Take what you got just try to make a fast break It's who's got what and what can I take Well I'll take what you...

Winter, put on your coat They're expecting a cold one Plenty of ice and snow On the North Dakota plains December, you killed a man Trapped in his car for hours He couldn't call for help 'Cause all of the lines were down They found him in his car H...

Tell me when tomorrow comes I'll be the first to ride Start the car and honk the horn I'll be right outside Pour a drink and open wide I have things to tell I have seen the brighter side Of the roads that lead to hell Yesterday is miles away You'll...

I've got dimes by the dozen I'm placing a call to your husband Does he know about me at all? I hang up when he answers It's too much for me to handle What happens now, when it all goes down? Gas station lights for a candle Your heart's put together th...

I'd call you now to tell you I'm thinking of you But it does me no good when the phone is just blocking my view And I would sail back to you And I would sail back to you And I would come back and admit that it wasn't your fault But I'm tired and unwillin...

I used to be the someone you would run to My eyes, they were the windows you would look through Now much to your surprise looking through these eyes You found beauty I used to be the someone you would talk to My eyes, they were the windows you would look...

I've see you walk desert highways Come on out they're waiting for you Mother lost her one and only Fear the worst for dead are many And I've seen the ghost of David In the house of his childhood Forget him not, still he loves you Life is short but love...

it's midnight and I give up I'm tired of lying for you I will not hold your hands and pretend I'm your lover you must admit the turn offs have all been less than grand there's no more police escorts or the high school welcome bands I'm no lie detector...

Are you all right? You're making me nervous with how much you leave me here. Is it a sign? I don't feel like ever getting well - Tell me the lie, you're taking your time over and over [2x] My closest friends live on the side of where you now divide. Is it a s...

I have the potential to be great today Everyone I know will see the change To be greater than I have before Drawing lines that drag me to the floor You could be so much better Something tells me that you're on my side Feeding me words that one day will...

I'm standing on the top of the moon, looking down at you You're tiny, you're ... I'm standing on the top of the star, wondering where you are You're driving in your car I'm standing on the top of the world, looking at a girl Who doesn't notice me I'm ha...

Far out and failing So they lead you away Speak for me would you I have nothing to say And you would not notice My hands have let go Feel free to replace them They are idle and slow Mothers and fathers You sisters all lost The pending opinions Are...

Turn off the fountain Here comes a landslide, down comes a mountain Mother is crying, "Where are my children?" They're up in heaven Did you get to close your eyes Father setting sun I think this is the big surprise We were waiting for Turn off the fo...

I spend the last night in your bedroom, sleeping Your head was laid upon my pillow, dreaming Is this the first time, baby Is this the last time, well maybe Is this the first time, baby Is this the last time, well maybe I spent the last night in your roo...

I can't get over No, I can't get over you Seems no matter what I do I can't get over you I have tried sleeping Just to get over you And I have tried dreaming But all of my thoughts were of you I can't get over No, I can't get over you Seems no matt...

Can I ask a question Were we meant to be? Face the wrong direction Turn around to see You'll see it's me And I don't want to play these games Do you know I know You know it's not the same I don't need you anymore I'm independent there's nothing to s...

Open your eyes here comes a bigger part And seek and define the answers are easy to read Face that inevitable Face that inevitable Open your eyes here comes a bigger part You seek and define the answers are easy to read Face that inevitable Face that...

She took advantage of intoxicated hands And he pretended to be asleep But underneath the blankets Their legs linked like a chain Now come tomorrow morning How will you explain? Was it that whiskey talking Or is it your heart That made you say I love...

Johnny let's go out riding to a place outside of town I go there every Sunday To watch the sun go down There's plenty of girls who know you They've been asking where you've been Johnny don't disappoint them They'd all like to you see you away again...

Mother, do you know how All of this has changed us I was a fool who would always defend you Was I wrong, too, like the others Sisters and brothers abandoned Forgive my living, keep me from breathing A house that is standing is no house at all Mother, i...

Kansas City, I hold back my tears I know that I should have been thrilled I can't smile, knowing all the while Everything you did, you did for you Kansas City, you ask me how I've been I lie and then say that I've been fine Words that trailed off, as is...

When i look back upon my time See the snapshots of my life You will not be surprised To see your name across my smile I will remember you... The way you are right now When i first came into view I was older than you knew Always going out of tune Any...

I'm not a bird You catch and release Your last phone call Some last ride home I'm playing for keeps The characters are real So don't ride me out Like a noise that you hear on return It's easy to land but harder to fall Broken on command I'll chang...

Here comes a big letdown It anchors your soul In sadness She left you Standing alone One more time, he promised Not this time Where is the love that binds us? Not this time Here comes a big letdown It anchors your soul Holding hands She left yo...

Goodbye angel Hands in your pockets Maybe tomorrow Maybe you'll come back sometime She boards a Greyhound With a ticket to Jersey A gray colored backpack Full of all her belongings A kiss from the window Tells me she loves me And how she's sending...

There's a place where Jean and I go To escape this dull existence We go dancing and we set fires and We tell secrets and tell them lies I have many questions Places I keep going I don't know the meaning of "no trespassing" Me and Jeanie, we get drunk...

I won't pretend not to see you looking I smile and walk the other way Kept alive in pictures Still shots of you sleeping And I play the movies in my mind If I ever lose my head Don't ever let me lose my head High above me far from all who see you Yo...

Misfortune, got you like a sickness the saints and angels all agree trouble sure as trouble sees it I need it in writing to believe to believe the target was your heart in the beginning now there digging soft ground for your grave I hope the mourners w...

You don't love me that way The words that you say Make it obvious now Why try pretending you care When feelings aren't there Just be honest with me It's not getting easier With the two of us just standing here Knowing we don't love the same Love the...

We all cried at the ending We all stayed for the credits And I kept my ticket as a souvenir We found our way by the usher's light To the place outside where we parked the bikes Underneath a neon sign Matinee, hey hey, why go late When the movies are c...

It just so happens I have many concerns My brother's down the road and my lover in town They both need affection And some kind of love Well I'm the one who gives it at any given time From two in the morning to six Call me up and cry My lover keeps it...

Falling to the ground I was anxious to be found You can always go home To the safety of your cloud Don't let go I need you to hang around I am so broke And foolishly in love I turned around to love revealing What did I learn, it's not that easy Whe...

I am standing on her shore With the anchor and the oars She's gonna move you like the never ending tide And I'm standing on her shore With the mermaids and the whores She's gonna move you like the never ending tide She's gonna move you like the never e...

Out from my window across from the city I have what's considered a good view Two blocks from the subway, three from the fountain Where I walk to break in new shoes She stands on the sidewalk just waving at taxis Like horses in parades in passing I ask w...

The cowboy of Omaha drives with his three kids To the house where they live, where you been This country will know us by name This country will know us by name We've been out driving and seeing the sights The land of Nebraska is beautiful at night Thi...

I'll be right outside Floating by like a paper kite I'm caught up in your string Lucky in enough to be in your tree And you'll never float too long The birds watch as I sing Waiting around for scissor teeth And I could be of use One more knot in a pr...

Go put on your brand new paper wings I don't mind, well as long as I can fly Here's a noose for your head Here's some tape for that broken wing it's sewn Go put on your brand new dancing shoes I don't mind, well as long as I'm with you Here's a noose...

I'm coming to town, get ready to leave Pack up the things, roll up the sleeves So different Can't tell the things your money saved Get in the car for the parade So different So different 

In the window by a phone She waits for him at home She waits a long time In the vacant parking lot Watching couples with their kids Where did we go wrong Words were spoken words were lost Rings were given vows forgot Where did we go wrong Monday co...

I need the [ ] to come today Because the medication kicked in Beneath this big exterior Is a heart that doesn't work Leave me alone 'cause I'm There's no telling what will go down My head is on fire My hands are on fire I am on fire My head is on f...

I don't need a safer place to land All my life was built on the sinking sand What you see is what you get If I do come home please leave the light on (I don't need a safer place to land) You tell so and so to leave a bed (All my life was built on the si...

Moving back, chairs broken and stacked I can't seem to shake the fix I'm in Better words that were sung or heard Years before me Still I do my best pushing pens to breast Cut out signals left Just when you thought you had me pegged Thinking I'm the s...

Purple anteater waits on the corner Winging one night, I'm slight Open eyes just to see he's waiting for the people That you don't play at all, see them fall When you think it's easy Just believe you're deceived When you think it's easy Just believe yo...

Rachel, would it be alright if I stayed here in the car? There's too many people out there I don't know It's not that I'm too shy, I cannot be polite I just don't feel confident in crowds Cali you can do what you'd like, I'll probably be here awhile I'll...

She don't, she don't keep you moving I know, I know how to move you Does it every time You're gonna lose your mind She don't, she don't keep you in the rearview She wants presents you can't give her She does it every time She's gonna lose her mind She...

I'll come down tomorrow morning And meet you at our new location In front of City Bookstore Across the street from the railway station She tells me how her night was spent Nursing coffee and cigarettes You waited til your husband left To pack your thin...

There's a little rosewood casket That is resting on the stand There's a package of old letters Written by my loved one's hand Go and bring them to me, brother Come and sit upon my bed Lay your head upon my pillow While each cherished line is read Rea...

She's gonna come in and say how are you My day was pretty blue Sit on the sofa she'll take off her shoes And think of something fun to do She's wearing my sweater She's asleep in my bedroom She'll borrow my wardrobe for a week She's watching the TV S...

Saturday Blue eyes fading Not a word, not one You will say "It all has changed me" Now you've gone Nothing left to see Saturday Sad eyes closing Not a tear, not one You will say, "Love can't change me" And you were wrong To think it could 

'Cause he's still coming around like an injured bird needing a nest A place to rest his head in a song you'll regret Still you take him, Lord knows I don't want to compete Still I sleep in the very sheets he's been in Swallow him whole like a pill that ma...

I was met on the road by a face I once knew SHAPELESS was his frame and his colors were few We went out for a time but the sentence is in CLIMBING into the isle where the numbers begin Go back down, don't touch the ground Go back down, don't touch the gr...

You believe in flying saucers, Aliens, and purple monsters And somehow I think you're the only one You're saying to me, "I'll never believe this Just last night I spoke with Elvis And we went out on a shopping spree." And you, you're the crazy one And...

Come, o come Come away, Heather Who is the boy That you keep by your arm? That drags a cat Around by a tether Who is the boy That you keep by your arm? I must say He looks not familiar Is he a stranger From some other town? The townfolks say He...

From the window to the doorway This is the way we planned our escape Five miles of road, three hours of conversation My feet and ears could only take so much From Texas to Ohio is too long a walk Even if it's with someone you love Five miles in the wal...

When you fell, you fell so hard Reaching for me in the falling snow I would've stayed, you said I should go How will you make it home? Oh, oh Leaving your way, I heard you got lost Losing your voice to the ground below And I stayed awake until you were...

People laugh and pointed at you They make those jokes and laughing about Oh, I never did those things They will make fun of you but not me They will make fun of you but not me No I never got it at all Laughing with you Laughing with you Laughing with...

When I drop down from the sky So much I could find In a happy house so high above the clouds It's not the way that you look, no It all depends how you feel It's just the way that it is I wanna be you I wanna be you Breaking hearts, they make no sound...

I've got news for you, we all know Stop acting like you've never heard this before Blood on your hands leaving your mark It's when you cross the line where the trouble starts Michael, you had a voice, learned to lie It was the day that I fell apart that...

Oh tonight I will retire To the arms of my lover The sweetest kiss she will give As I lay down beside her What will she think When she awakes Just to find I have left here Oh tonight I will retire To these hands with revolver And I don't fear death...

She spends her time with other boys He spends his time fixing cars She doesn't mind that he's gone It gives her more time to talk He'll come around when he's bored And she'll pay him no mind "We must stop meeting like this," He said with a grin while w...

Girl, the life you're leading With the lying and the cheating is hard You got yourself a boyfriend Treats you like a lady and friend No one sees the tragedy except for me Girl, the life you're leading With the drinking and the cheating ain't good Yo...

He came from the nearby town And showed up at your door Says, "I'm here to take good care of you And your children four." He stayed with you all day and night And took you as his wife He showered you with gifts of gold And loved you with his life I'v...

I'm broke at the seams and falling apart. You wanna hang on so I'm letting you go. You can come back when you make up your mind. Please give him a call, I want you to see that love isn't real and your heart doesn't bleed. You can come back when they let you do...

Walk with me down the street Walk with me to Water Street 

What I need is a hand that'll hold on Reaching out and not letting go Many times I find I am let down By the ones, who keep me close Are you kept then told like a secret Do you find that you're kept in the dark Calling out, your voice is an echo No wor...

Autumn falls down these streets we'll walk together You'll take my hand inside your hand lightly You used kiss me on the bus and now I'll walk these streets alone You used kiss me on the bus and now I'll walk these streets alone Meet me downtown we'...

You told all your friends, "He's someone I'll regret." He's out there setting fires to The demons in his head Once you called it perfect love You now call it accident Do you sit with your photo books Wondering where it went It was clearly never meant...

I am looking at a beautiful window That window is your eyes And the only time I saw rainfall Was the day your mother died And I am looking at a beautiful rainbow The rainbow is your smile Oh, the only time I heard laughter Was the day I took you as my...

Throw down your soul Keep it in the soil Will you return with a storm Pockets full of silver Treasures made of gold Will you return with a mighty storm Hiding in the shadow Caught in your trees Will you return with a mighty storm 

Once met a girl in Yuma, Arizona Whose mother was dyslexic like mine Grandpa owned a ranch, it's where she learned to dance I hear she goes out dancing all the time When it rains, it pours in Yuma, Arizona When it rains, it pours And when the sun goes d...