Rilo Kiley

Twenty-five the season off dope Three sheets to the wind like a clothes line rope He's a spider on the web She's a tiny woman, he could sense Her developing body was just the beginning She said is anybody out there She was bruised like a cherry Ripe as a pea...

I'm just of real sad folk And '85 was our best year And she says it gets much worse Before it gets any better So I take it with a grain of salt for the other means I wonder why it doesn't keep her up at night Like it does me We talk the way you do I have a s...

Sometimes in the morning I am petrified and can't move Awake but cannot open my eyes And the weight is crushing down on my lungs I know I can't breath And hope someone will save me this time And your mother's still calling you insane and high Swearing it'...

I had one friend in high school recently he hung himself with string His note said "If livin' is the problem, well that's just baffling." And at the wake I waited around to see my ex first love And I barely recognized her, but I knew exactly what she was think...

Happy birthday, you're halfway to 60 You have no land of your own A job you despise And a lover that's mean And you started noticing a disturbing thing Birds eating other birds just beyond the screen So you packed up your things and hopped on the freeway head...

The absence of God will bring you comfort, baby And planning's for the poor so let's pretend that we're rich And I'm not my body or how I choose to destroy it Folk singers sing songs for the working, baby We're just recreation for all those doctors and la...

You're obsessed with finding a new brain but what you need is a new body it feels your brain has lived a thousand lives before and the skin you call your home holds a heart that quits and knees that buckle in and lungs that can't breathe when they're alone a...

Will you close the door? If you close the door The night could last forever Keep the sunshine out And say hello to never All the people are dancin' and there havin such fun I wish it could happen to me But if you close the door You never have to see the day...

(1, 2, 3, 4) I should have known with a boy like you Your middle name is always I'd always love you Ahhh, yeah You let the needle drop I think that you could do so much better Those conventions are taking their toll on you A phantom is disguised It's horrif...

Losing your break Is that what he said? The flag will still wave Even after you're dead I'll be your American wife Like the eagle perched atop the globe We'll climb up above the smog and Live in blissful ignorance With a dog and a TV set Where we're flesh 'til...

You woke up an asshole I couldn't believe my eyes I really hate my bad eye And I thought you knew You woke up my girlfriend I can't believe my luck I can't believe my bad luck And I should have known You told your friends about me I'm not as smart as you And...

August i'll see you soon under yellow moons where i'll gather what's left of you and august i'm on your side or did i speak too soon? now we've crossed the great divide someday we will meet beyond the stars and it'll be away from here someday we'll meet beyo...

You could be President if your daddy was first If your brother the governor had the power to coerce It's absurd but he could change laws so certain votes were heard For what it's worth, that "democratic" election could be yours Blinded by the Right It's the...

It's not as if New York City Burnt down to the ground Once you drove away It's not as if the sun won't shine When clouds up above Wash the blues away Are we breaking up Are we breaking up Is there trouble between you and I Did my heart break enough Did it bre...

If you think you're bulletproof, you're right Because you've weathered all my slings and arrows well If you think i'm paranoid, that's fine Cause i've got evidence on my side If you want to come over tonight That's fine because i have no plans Please be kind,...

Moods don’t command you if you don’t know what you’re going through. There’s love for you up where the population grows. There’s friendly people in cities too, just ask them where they are going to. There’s life and work up where the clouds meet the snow. And...

She was born on a brightened pier To a gypsy mother and a bucket of tears Her good looks coulda sailed a ship But her will alone coulda sunk it Funny thing about money for sex You might get rich But you die by it It's gonna be a close call Gonna be a close c...

Dejalo, nuestra cosa Dejalo, nuestra cosa Dejalo, nuestra cosa Dejalo, nuestra cosa I got a mind if you wanna waste it I got a man if you wanna fake it I got some wine if you wanna get wasted I got a place if you wanna... Ready to go Ready to go R...

Get a real job Keep the wind at your back and the sun on your face All the immediate unknowns Are better than knowing this tired and lonely fate Does he love you? Does he love you? Will he hold your tiny face in his hands? I guess it's spring, I didn't know I...

She was the girl with the string around her neck with the boy who could only give her less it could be more if she learned to never expect and now she's her and him and then a baby. Next,the wedding bells won't ring, but she could care less, how you exist, w...

you'll get your money i'll get my friends hard living's forgiven in the end you got your troubles i got mine on a clear day i can read your mind ooh it's like a battlefield inside (1st chorus) you got to give a little love give a little love g...

If you want to find yourself by travelling out west or if you want to find somebody else that's better go ahead go ahead if you want to buy a brand new fancy automobile or if you want to build a place up in coldwater canyon go ahead go ahead go ahead i wish...

Hail to those who have come from the sunlight that surrounds you Pray for those who have gone from the sunlight that surrounds you Hail to whatever you found in the sunlight that surrounds you Pretend all the good things are for you Pretend all the good things...

Let it be printed Let it be known I`m leaving you I`m Going Home And all you can do Is Just watch me go I've put you down I've talked you up defended your honor And packed it in and picked it up And all you can do Is Just watch me go From the eastern seabo...

I'm only a woman Of flesh and bone And I wept much We all do I thought I might die alone But I had never met you So baby be good to me I've got nothing to give you, you see except everything, everything, everything, everything All the good And the bad Cause I'...

Today is the day I realized That I could be loved It echoed through the park last night He wasn't our son He belonged to everyone And this loss isn't good enough For sorrow or insipiration It's such a loss For the good guys Afraid of this life That it just is...

Any chimp can play human for a day. Use his opposable thumbs to iron his uniform and run for office on election day fancy himself a real decision maker and deploy more troops than salt in a shaker. But it's a jungle when war is made, and you'll panic and thro...

Let it be printed, let it be known I’m leaving you, I’m going home And all you can do is just watch me go I’ve put you down, talked you up Defended your honor and then packed in and picked it up When all you can do is just watch me go From the Eastern s...

All is fair in love and we're in love Now that everybody's dead we can finally talk can vanity and happiness co-exist? All the lovers we've taken in direct view of the enemy And we shift each others body to accept the bullet And continue the pleasure, the trea...

And it's only doubts that we're counting On fingers broken long ago I read with every broken heart we should become More adventurous And if you banish me from your profits And if I get banished from the kingdom up above I'd sacrifice money and heaven all for l...

The paint’s peeling off the streets again And I drive and I close my eyes in Michigan. And I feel nothing, not brave. It’s a hard day for breathing again…. The heat is chasing off all your friends And their scattered bodies part to the shore again. And I feel...

Build your own television receiver Staying home can't be that bad for me Because I'm not scared, but I'd like some extra spare time Easily earn me big money I'm a modern girl, but I fold in half so easily When I put myself in the picture of success I cou...

There's blood in my mouth 'cause I've been biting my tongue all week I keep on talkin' trash but I never say anything And the talkin' leads to touchin' and the touchin' leads to sex and then there is no mystery left And It's bad news Baby I'm bad news...

There's no need for depression. And no, I don't have the blues. Wouldn't wanna go to heaven if I can't go there with you. And I still count my blessings when I am standing with you. And no, I never learned my lesson, I'm still a dedicated fool. And baby,...

I used to think if i could realize i'd die then i would be a lot nicer used to believe in a lot more now i just see straight ahead That's not to say i don't have good times but as for my days i spend them waiting Crash sites keep me up at night impact divi...

And I'm not going back into rags or in the hole. And our bruises are coming, but we will never fold. And I was your silver lining, as the story goes. I was your silver lining, but now I'm gold. Hurray, hurray, I'm your silver lining. Hurray, hurray, but...

My eyes burn Everybody smokes My eyes burn Everybody smokes I smoke too But not as much as you I do the smoke detector There is a girl in a tank top She is not wearin a bra She looks so hot on the dance floor She does the smoke detector She says d...

In steep cliffs with rocks all piled up mysteries of your passing luck Ages past shells and bits of bone forming new limestone to give things their turn There are no bad words for the coast today You never knew why you felt so good in the strangest of places...

I've been had and I've been held with the ghosts at bay And I've been oaked and I've been doped and carried away. I've been charred and I've been scarred on my own face, but I never thought I'd see you as I did today. 'Till the angels hung around 'T...

Soldiers come quickly, i feel the earth beneath my feet I'm feeling badly, but it's not an attempt at decency And if you're well off, well then i'm happy some for you But i'd rather not celebrate my defeat and humiliation here with you Someone come quickly, t...

Let's get together and talk about the modern age. All of our friends were gathered there with their pets just talking shit about how we're all so upset about the disappearing ground. As we watch it melt.... It's all of the good that won't come out of us and...

You've got the money maker You've got the money maker This is your chance to make it Out out out oh yeah You'll get out out out oh yeah You've got the money maker They showed the money to you You showed them what you can do Showed them your money Mak...

All this talk of your sweet girlfriend is startin' to pay off and the charms that she got from travel are startin' to wear off and i hope that you smile tonight watching the last of your friends arrive you smile and shake their hands and the hero that you ho...

when you get sober will you get kinder cause when you get uptight it's such a drag when I get older i won't remember until that day comes i've got something on you under the blacklight out in the garden into the pale moon i'll be waiting under t...

Stealing away into the night Won't get you any higher We'll never sleep God knows we'll try The hospital is closed And how long will it last Before we go insane? We circle your uncle's parking lot Just to see how many times that we can before we get caught Y...

It's 16 miles, to the promised land and I promise you, I'm doing the best I can now don't fool yourself in thinking you're more than a man cause you'll probably end up dead I visit these mountains with frequency and i stand here with my arms up now some days,...