Just Give Me Time Okkervil River

Just give me time, baby, give me time.

Lady Liberty Okkervil River

It's all right, lady liberty, it's just too bad you couldn't do the same for me. You say you've been used, you've been betrayed. Yeah, and that old bed's been newly made.

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

Blanket and Crib Okkervil River

Safe, safe - enjoy your time feeling so safe, and treasure that smile on your face, okay? Because time will see that it's replaced in a while. So go on, smile.

The War Criminal Rises and Speaks Okkervil River

And they're not claiming that there's any excusing it; that was thirty years back, and they just get paid for the facts the way they got them in. Now he's rising and not denying.

A Girl In Port Okkervil River

she wants to be And if I knew I'd tell Marie Let fall your soft and swaying skirt Let fall your shoes, let fall your shirt I'm not the lady-killing sort Enough to hurt a girl in port And Cindy tells me

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

For Real Okkervil River

over for one night And we can really, really climb And those blue bridge lights might really burn most bright As we watch that dark lake rise And if you really want to see what really matters most to me

It Ends With A Fall Okkervil River

Wish I could remember why it mattered to me. It doesn't matter to me. It doesn't matter to me anymore.

Dead Faces Okkervil River

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.

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

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

Seas Too Far to Reach Okkervil River

Whether skies are calm or cut apart by lightning, they're always there to minister to me. And at break of dawn they're sweetly shining, and at quiet of midnight, cold and dim, they say ？？짖€？？"

No Hidden Track Okkervil River

falls down The rain falls down What if there's no secret word No matter what you thought you heard I asked the other son and he averred No secret word No secret word No hidden track But my words left me

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

Loosen the wire, your time has expired, the only word left is ？？짖€？？"goodbye.？？짖€？？？？ In my new dream the light's shining on me, little needles of sodium unstitch the seams of the sky.

Song Of Our So-Called Friend Okkervil River

Its pretty clear, though you could hear, you truly finally knew, in time, hed tell his tale the way hed like it told. Now he isnt on the phone, and his story might as well be so.

So Come Back, I Am Waiting Okkervil River

There's plenty of time to make you mine tonight, there's plenty of time to make you mine.？？짖€？？？？ He says ？？짖€？？"There's plenty of ways to know you're not dying, all right.

And I Have Seen the World of Dreams Okkervil River

So when sleep nightly comes to me, With all of these warm blankets piled on my back, I'll hike to see the church of dreams, Where all of the shutters are painted black.

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

I've just been fucked shape Just an hour before, she crashed, all cashed She said, I'm done with looking back, and you look your age Which is thirty-seven, by the way, and not twenty-eight And fucking

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

My Bad Days Okkervil River

With a bottle filled up with Vicodin and a child who looks just like me. And a cellar that's as dark as winter's cold (with a hole in the stone of the cold wall).

Black Okkervil River

But don't lose me now, don't lose me now. Though I know that I'm not useful anyhow, just let me stick around while I tell you, like before, you should say his name the way that he said yours.

Listening To Otis Redding At Home During Christmas Okkervil River

It's Christmastime and the plane flies me over white hills to a town in a dream, where the sky is frozen and still, and a room (that's not mine but it's just like I left it before, with the wax from the

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

The Latest Toughs Okkervil River

With ten-thousand-time-told truths, you've still got to ask for proof.

Plus Ones Okkervil River

to leave your lover Admittedly, it doesn't seem to be as gentle Or as clean as all the others Even a scars all in the after hours of some Greenpoint bar I told you, I can't listen, baby, 'bout the 4th time

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€？？？？

Savannah Smiles Okkervil River

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, in her eyes All those pretty years gone by I just

Song About a Star Okkervil River

Ports of call: where it's fabulous, after all of this watching himself just crawl. Think you see him? He's not there, that's just light that's not yet dead.

Yellow Okkervil River

But he'd just say "I love you," And he'd reach out to her. He was feeling like shit when I came to visit And walked through the door of his tiny apartment.

No Key, No Plan Okkervil River

So I'll grope down that ladder again, until I'm tumbling - but really, I just want to slide, I want to crash-land. While my friend, my associate, he's a regal man.

Unless It's Kicks Okkervil River

been fixed, I am convinced That I will not get so broke up again And on a seven day high That heavenly song Punches right through my mind And pumps through my blood And I know it's a lie But I still give

A Favor Okkervil River

the watercolor And drunk in your parents' house Junk coming out of your mouth We were buried in the ice sculpture We were buried in the ice sculpture And you said I would be anything that you wanted me

John Allyn Smith Sails Okkervil River

Do you think I wanted to turn back around And teach a class Where you kiss the ass that I've exposed to you And at the funeral the university Cried at three poems they'd present in place of a broken me

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

Maine Island Lovers Okkervil River

unreal city, you have killed me.？？짖€？？？？ When you walked out on her love was it easy? When I left him while sleeping was I dreaming?

A Hand To Take Hold Of The Scene Okkervil River

eyes Is the queen informed of the flaws With the eyes all got odd and rumpled into her spine She rises up like a young group from a heart Like a claw splits apart like a jaw, like an eye And she asks me

Happy Hearts Okkervil River

This boy I knew was five years older than me. His daddy'd left him when he was three. After we went walking by a stream, he held me down and made me feel as bad as he.

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.

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.

Black Sheep Boy Okkervil River

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 the black sheep boy If you love me

In A Radio Song Okkervil River

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. Warm light when your eyes fill with laughter.

Get Big Okkervil River

But just remember that our love only got this good because of the younger days that you'd like to outstrip.

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.

Black Sheep Boy #4 Okkervil River

Pacing black sheep boy, the floor just won't support you, you hover through the room. Get in your battered mustang and the backseat will be your tomb.

A Stone Okkervil River

And I think that I know the bitter dismay of a lover who brought fresh bouquets every day when she turned him away to remember some knave who once gave just one rose, one day, years ago...

For the Enemy Okkervil River

They're watching over me while each town you pass fades as it folds. So in the night we might get lost in our fright. So in the day softly we'd flow, floating away.

A King And A Queen Okkervil River

Make a scene, but don't lie on the bed, laid out like you're dead, because honey, you're murdering me. Be a little sheep learning who'll shear and who'll feed. The hands come and they leave.

Red Okkervil River

I know it's easy to have me, but I have seen some things that I can't even tell to my family pictures,？？짖€？？？？ and ？？짖€？？"I'm full of fictions and fucking addictions？？짖€？？？？ and ？？짖€？？"

A Glow Okkervil River

Come into the den, come into the denYou've got a glowClimb into my arms with blood on your clothesYou've got a glowAnd you're no one's but mineAnd nobody knows the land where he's lyingNo heat in h...