Eleanor Friedberger

In the fall I waited In the fall I was silent In the fall I had an answer But in spring I cried for you I’m through with the seasons And done with the sun And the huge uncertainties; Go eastward no one The bricks singled out When a building crumbles Oh everyt...

The sun can set in scarlet For an hour on the horizon The clouds can all kaleidoscope Right before my eyes And the sweetest bird on earth could sing The best rhyme of all time can ring Your beauty stands Alone Amongst all known things All known things Your be...

Why would you want to take it slow? Hold me till I let you go Or treat me like a tennis pro? Why would you want to do that? Why would you want to do that? Why would you want to dim the light? Or let that record play all night Or scramble yolk with the white?...

Do you still live with Cathy with the curly hair? Yeah, but I've been waiting for a tall, half-Greek girl To take me away from here We met in December when you got snowed in Talked for twelve or fifteen hours I don't know where to begin [Chorus] But if you'd...

I heard him say I'd rather hurt myself than let you hurt me Was he talking about me? I heard him say I've been trying to sleep fourteen hours a day Was he talking about her? She was a girl So blonde Does turquoise work? It never fails Cross his name off the l...

It was an early earthquake And my heart's trembling just for you It was an early earthquake And my heart's trembling just for you And when the walls came crumbling, crumbling down When the walls came crumbling, crumbling down I was waiting right here for you...

I want you all around me Envelop me in sound Smother me, pummel me Cover me, humble me The silence with noise With a song in your voice I adore you as before Your echo or your encore I adore you as before Your echo or your encore I adore you as befor...

It's a glitter gold year 2010 I said it wouldn't come so fast but it did It's a glitter gold year 2010 I swear it is, oh! 2222222 0000000 1010 It's a glitter gold year 2010 I wanna erase her It's a glitter gold year 2010 I wanna erase her Oh you said it woul...

I feel just as crazy as I did last night I feel like I'll get up and go Today I am frozen but tomorrow I'll write about you Uh-huh My friend and her baby and a dog that I know I got nothing done, that's the way On the roof, in the attic, or out the window Was...

Did you ever find a place to be? Did you ever find a place to be, Lee? Did you ever find a place to be? Did you ever find a place to be, Lee? Heaven, you are Lee Heaven, you are Lee Did you ever find a place to be? (To be) Did you ever find a place to be, Le...

I don't want to bother you But there's something to say that I want you to hear It's hard when you're far out, forget when you're near I'd rather be two inches from your face Than floating about in a different state I don't want to bother you But there's somet...

You and me could go on and on and on But it's not enough to not get along And when you see my face and you see it's changed And you can't replace, no, the years we can't rearrange I won't fall apart on you tonight But I don't know what tomorrow may bring I wo...

[Chorus 1] In between moons I was the sea, I was the sea In between stars I was the salt, I was the salt Wild and vulgar were the ones that you could see The ugly idols not cherished by me [Chorus 2] In between moons I was the spring, I was the spring In betw...

You promised to take me to the Inn Of The Seventh Ray I hoped and I hoped, but no, I wouldn't pray The trip from here to South Pasadena is a long walk home A long hard look at yourself But you promised to take me to the Inn Of The Seventh Ray But you promised...

Reggie asked Peter, "Do you know what's wrong with you?" He said, "What man?" She said, "Nothing." And that's how I feel about you too And it's driving me insane And oh since I met you I'll never be happy again Eve asked Roger about his initials, R.O.T "What d...

[Verse 1] You know I do my best thinking when I’m flying down the bridge Humming to myself and kicking up my kicks Jiggling all around, half afraid for my life I hope I don't crash like that night last summer Back when the bridge was just a wooden path Bouncin...

I was living and breathing and sitting quite quietly Watching the TV and minding my diet While I moved from my desk on to my treadmill And I tried to move mountains or nothing but molehills So what do you want to interrupt me for? Leave me in my own world...

The hour is almost over The day is turning on a dime I'll never roll with you in clover And never is a long time We are less than nothing Nothing is a perfect rhyme I'll never have your loving And never is a long time And I've had a glimpse of the infernal I...

The one-month marathon is ending on Sunday And for my last ensemble, I will be wearing nothing at all For my last ensemble, I will be wearing nothing at all Can I play in your closet? Can I poke around your drawer? Can I see through your mirror? Can I come in...

Have you seen the movie yet? There's a lot about it in the press It made me think of you Did it make you think of me? Is it freezing over there? I'm opening a tree museum That's my new hobby [Chorus] 25,000 reasons And you only needed one Open season has beg...

I heard they got used bicycle parts down in Coney Island There's a Russian there who makes them out on Surf Avenue I chose my seat and my wheels, one pink and one white He said come back in an hour, but I got nothing to do I gave him sixty bucks, I guess they...

You saw a picture of a girl with the same hair On a lamppost next to a cop and a smile Made a great photo but I never thought I'd see her again Didn't really want to ever see her again! You went alone on the train It was hard to imagine you carrying it back on...

My honey knows the best sleeping spots While I get lost at the roundabout And I get lost at the smell of those horses Who do people tell you that you look like? Someone from my past and actor who I don't like I lay in bed and dreamt I never said that I lay in...

In the back of the taxi you turned off the TV And read me a book on your phone Here’s the return of your skeleton key Oh baby, the places we’ve gone If that was goodbye then I must be high You know I’ll be seeing you soon If that was goodbye then the sno...

Sweet girl with a broken heart Sweet girl with a broken heart Sweet girl with a broken heart Stop crying so I won't start Sweet girl with a broken heart Sweet girl with a broken heart Sweet girl with a broken heart Stop crying so I won't start The sky is red,...

I've never seen nothing like this on my own Rain and rain on such sunny days I'll catch a fox just to walk me home Let me know I'm really not alone I could always stay for more I could always stay for more I would always stay for more I would always stay for...

I could see the tops of her white socks Just beneath the desk Her pants didn't reach all the way down her legs And you know what happened next I said hi politely and we went to time for coffee Yeah yeah yeah that was when I knew That was when I knew I was wro...

She came to me in deep distress Torn with jealousy and rage He said he'd never love her Wouldn't marry someone her age You don't love him, no, you hate him Then she called me a fool When you know nothing about cruelty Then he ceases being cruel [Chorus] What...