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Brutish Little Miracles
04:47
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I will survive, I'll keep the wolves and the worms outside
I'll implode, adding up every minute I'm owed
imprisoned by brutish youth and its backward rhythm
but I'll survive
you find me crying and I don't know why
what's left to lose ?
must I conjure the gospel of a grown and satisfied man
from a bouquet of burdens, from some wild blossom blues ?
beyond belief, oh the richness of rage and grief
this is no kind of place to labour with grace
come dawn what can you do but climb from the crater 'cause love draws you on
way out beyond belief
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oh god it's gonna hurt, going home is gonna hurt
oh god you're looking good , working on your work
oh don't you think I know that we're just about done ?
some girls just want to have fun
we're fucked and it doesn't mean a thing
do what you want but don't ever ever touch me again
all I want to do is get high like my dad might have done
all I want to do is get high and wake up with the wrong man
all I want to do is get high and take a train downtown
all I want to do is get high and get you out of my life
all I want to do is get high and apologize
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Shiny Like Candy
04:56
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we're fucked and it don't mean a thing
I never said I would be a wise king
look at me, I was just lucky
I tried to change my mind
but I just want to be kissed all the time
look at me, I'm still kind of pretty
I need more than I thought
more than sobering slipknots
I'm out of my mind
am I out of my mind ?
a failed pilgrim with a face full of sun
in a funeral band , in the full flame of love
and one fine day it won't be enough
and the deal that we made will break one of us
one fine day it won't be enough
I go to work like a prince
crying for my old port and stinking of wild mint
look at me, I make it look easy
but I wonder how to make it pay
can't I just stay here and empty your ashtrays ?
you and me , that would be dreamy
I'm shiny like candy
I'm a hotdogging dandy
I'm out of my mind
am I out of my mind ?
I'm not a child , I'm just into astrology right now
am I out of my mind?
I don't care if it's not enough because you're all that I want
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Moon Dust
03:49
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I robbed with good intentions
I robbed and weathered a reckoning in my own home
I robbed and reaped a fate, or rather a fortune
and I won't let go
in my infinite wisdom I suppose I knew
I'd never make it on my own
and now the whole thing hangs on a nicotine patch
and the goodwill of my god damn bones
I watched my father lose it all
and I didn't learn a thing as he cursed and called
nine pints of unspent anger
untold love
righteous whispers
and English anchors
hanging over my head
just waiting to fall
I do not understand you, I do not know the way
to teach what I was taught
is it good enough if we just survive
until the end of the day ?
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Heroic Fantasy For Nana
06:00
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how you gonna get all of us out alive ?
I'll get the band back together by the old beehive
one good kick and the coals catch fire
if you don't dance this time brother you won't survive
how you gonna keep us warm ?
I'll tell the story of the green and the gold and the honey in the pines
I'll find something to burn
I'll send you a sign
don't I hold my own, did I lose my mind
I been here before, worked all my life
taking water to the river
and wood to the fire
let me shake another demon out of this bag
let me bind that wound with weeds and rags
I got a problem a carolina shag might fix
rock me honey, wrap me in your flag
I'm nothing but a big dumb dog
wild about the ones I love
wide awake when it all goes wrong
ready to walk with all of you anywhere
anywhere we might belong
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standing in the iron of a railroad bridge
a trail of cold mud, a moonlit ridge
but the falling snow will keep it all hid
a bad memory whatever we did
just kids in trouble trying to make it look right
but the deal's been changed, glory denied
go cry to mommy, go rot on the vine
go take your tiny hammers to the coconut mines
take that mess and remember it right
the whole foul anthem, sing it in the light
bring me in , don't leave us here to lie
in the storm's blind eye
I saw you win like everyone else
it rang through the city like a stolen brass bell
all this time and you're still the same
you take all of the pride and none of the shame
you might be forgiven if you bothered to ask
a dime of redemption won't settle the past
when it's written , official and understood
despite all of our cruelty the living was good
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