Monarchs

Start the water Pull the bath Get a candle Strike a match Light a fire Let’s relax The record’s spinnin’ Start the track Cause I want to feel it A love alive So let’s take our time ‘cause baby we must feed it For it to survive Don’t...

Your love is selfish your love is cold your love is shallow you don't want more don't want to lose me well that's not for me yes, that is for you this is can see Austin is where you are so you'd like to have my company while i am in the...

Blvd. is open And her soul is hummin’ She says her life’s a blessing Well she’s got more comin’, child, Don’t look down Dancing in the kitchen With the widows open Her friends are all around her And they’re laughing, joking, now Young and lo...

Business casual High heels and a pants suit Laying in an open casket you’ve got the world looking down on you and you look So fantastic Your skin is flawless and your lips are rouge In your Open casket They will watch you when you’re falling...

She--- was raised Off the wealth of her father On his German estate Where she stayed Bootleg --- whiskey When he tried to stop its sugar He was shot in the street And she grieved Everyone in that Cherokee town had heard of tales of his fame...

Clear a place Pave a space Stack the bricks Add government It was just a mass back then Then the continents began forming Making channels and these wet divides That the men began exploring They found worlds brand new to their eyes So exotic...

Stepped into the garden after midnight For a taste of some white light Like I had had before Talked to the master at the prayer gate Sat at his feet and his stone cape And tried to breath his theme I was ready to move I was ready to move Come...

lay it down now it is date night you and me by the spring side peddle back now through the East Side i’m so glad i came into your life doo – da – doo… weigh it down now water sealed tight burlap bag filled with sand and rice coole...

You say you live in climax On the throne where the rhymes at You got your dogs – they got your back Green bill paper papers – you keep ‘em stacked What about weaknesses? Down times and middle class day-to-day shit? It’s all about extremes Living...

Flip flip flip flip the sound Set beats down and lay them under Riff riff riff riffs of mouth Spit the lighting, sing the thunder And while I’m writing mine I’m switching styles The genre’s sunder And as I rock this beat Pop! Pop! this heat...

Waiting for things to come You wake to the morning sun Your book’s out; your light’s left on Here’s another one You’ve just begun She won’t let you call her phone Familiar became unknown You swim in the things you done You lost another one N...

Gets that thing and he gets that thinga-thinga Gets that thing and he gets that thing Gets that thing and he gets that thinga-thinga Gets that thing and he gets that thing And he knows and he know-ows And he knows and he know-ows And he knows and...

just before i leave to go i am not sure what to do my things are everywhere but i can't pick up the room i'll go outside and write my spirituals about my last race i'll sit and watch my feelings melt themselves at their own pace go i'll go ag...

I would have kissed you in the sunlight Under an oak tree Under a sleepy sky You would have help me in the evening Under the lamp light While I lay reading But you got what you planned for A little love, an open door And I got what I asked fo...

it's been a while since the whisper went away no planned exchangin' just a slipped in sort of trade and the things i loved they fell into the sea and i watched them sink and dissolve in front of me it's not me, it's not me i kept my coins i...

We we get loose in the knees Jaybird legs While we tapping our feet Knock-kn-knocking our heads to the beat Chests are popping And our shoulders swing Woop! Woop! It’s a grand jubilee If the party’s too full Then we’ll move it to the street...

Get here Be part of this Throw out Chains that keep you From our Sweet sweet loving Boy you’ve got to be here with me We’ve got What they dream of You are What I wanted We’re here On this planet Boy let’s make some beauty of it I...

Sitting Forward Sitting back messing up your bed sheets Making up the bed Marking off the old lines Making a new list Fixing up your breakfast Washing off the dish I need you heaven Heaven, you are miles away I have an inside Kind of...

Let’s work it out Let’s talk it over In the parking lot I’ll write it down In my notebook Boy, we gotta move on out Let’s let it out I’ll lay it down On the blacktop Don’t give a goddamn If there’s people out Boy, we gotta move on out...

I don’t believe what you say Cause you’re not sure what’s real You don’t know what you think You’re not sure what you feel Come away from my life Because I am for real There was some grief Some pangs of exposure Some mix of missin And addict...

It’s been a long time coming I feel awake It’s been a long time coming I feel awake Subtle greys Winter’s whispering Blurring by and passing with trees Making sounds Notes untangible Touching all That’s tactile in me You’re a child, lov...

Open it up Notes kept in a cigarette box Open it up Notes kept in a cigarette box Full of you Full of me Our sweet love Our burning grief To this we gave our lives I was the sun you were the moonlight Opened my house and took you inside...

The silence in the suburbs has got me crazy It’s as lush and as lovely as can be The lawns stretch out wide Beneath balconies wide But there’s nobody out there to greet 

You came with the spirit of the rain packed down the joy made room for pain well go then and i won't give a fuck about when you came I don't want there to be empty rooms sun bleeds in the window and i'm through don't send me your letters your wo...

Wishing well I have found no end to you Your floor is timeless It gapes with your youth And I have sought out your laughter I’ve wrestled days for your fruits You remain and watch your actor Age in all her pursuits But I’ll come back Where...

I found my voice Over Gillian Welch Wet eyes in the screen light The longin’ we felt I found my voice Over Gillian Welch Wet eyes in the screen light The longin’ we felt If I could take your heart Outta your chest Flesh in my hand Pushe...

Slip knot let me out Just before I missed out On what it’s all about Kite frame let it’s line out The wind it said the time is now The time is not to dip out Sit back, what’s the fighting for? Rain came and now you ask for more Look at your p...

Keep it on the go Girl you aint got time to spare A hundred needs and a million cares Look out below She’s got nothin’ but a life to spend She’s climbing ladders to the might have beens Before her lifetime’s spent She’ll make it real again Sh...

I thought you gave me what you got then No plans of keeping I had a little you a lot then And no way of seeing That you’d give me what you gave before the sunrise You’d leave me with no footing in the daylight I couldn’t give you what I felt then...

Zipping up my winter coat – winter coat Cock the collar when the wind bl-blows Light a fire when the sun gets low Chemical change the wood to a glowing coal Have yourself a glass with us Slow it down and stop the rush Let’s cook a lovely meal and...