Flirted With You All My Life lyrics - Bright Eyes

(originally by Vic Chesnutt)

I am a man

I am self-aware

Everywhere I go

You're always right there with me

I flirted with you all my life

Even kissed you once or twice

And to this day I swear it was nice

But, clearly, I was not ready

When you touched a friend of mine

I thought that I would lose my mind

But I found out with time

That, really, I was not ready (No, no)

Oh death, oh death

Oh death, really, I'm not ready

Oh death, you hector me

And decimate those dear to me

You tease me with your sweet relief

You are cruel and you are constant

When my mom was cancer sick

She fought but then succumbed to it

But you made her beg for it

"Lord Jesus, please, I'm ready"

Oh death, oh death

Oh death, really, I'm not ready (No, no, no)

Oh death, oh death

Oh death, clearly, I'm not ready (No)

Oh death, oh death

Oh death, clearly, I'm not ready

Hypnotist (Song For Daniel H) lyrics - Bright Eyes

(originally by Lullaby for the Working Class)

I dreamt I was an astronaut

Safely orbiting the womb

I came across my wife and baby

Already clinging to this singularity

Dear wife, please forgive me

If I sometimes forget what

Blessings I should be rejoicing

The prophet is a shipwrecked son

Keeps waking up here

The kingdom still is a hoax

Gotta build your own, son

The prophet is a shipwrecked son

Keeps waking up here

The kingdom still is a hoax

Gotta build your own, son

I dreamt I was a firefighter

But the flames were never real

I dreamt I was an engineer

I designed it, dear

The world's perfect treadmill

I dreamt I was a hypnotist

A farmer and an architect

A poet and an acrobat

I dreamt the flames were real

The prophet is a shipwrecked son

Keeps waking up here

The kingdom still is a hoax

Gotta build your own, son

The prophet is a shipwrecked son

Keeps waking up here

The kingdom still is a hoax

Gotta build your own, son

I dreamt I was an astronaut

Miracle Of Life lyrics - Bright Eyes (feat. Phoebe Bridgers)

Wrapped herself around him like a tourniquet

Cold October nights she'd wear his leather jacket

Ahhh, now she's scared of taking a piss

Can't be sure she's positive

Made her an appointment, she was two months late

The car they borrowed broke down 'fore they got out of state

Towed back into town, what a drag

She's feeling sick, he's feeling bad

Such is the miracle of life

The essence of family is to sacrifice

We could be done with it tonight

The neighborhood doctor says it's sanitized

Lay down on the hard cold ground

Crying's such a soothing sound

Get cured with a coat hanger

Girl, you're in America now

Woke up in the morning in a cousin's bed

Something don't look right, septic, infected and red

Hot forehead like a frying pan

From fever dreams of sweaty men

Lay down on the hard cold ground

Crying's such a soothing sound

Get cured with a coat hanger

Girl, you're in America now

Such is the miracle of life

The essence of love is to sacrifice

We could be done with it tonight

The neighborhood doctor says it's sanitized

Lay down on the hard cold ground

Crying's such a soothing sound

Get cured with a coat hanger

Girl, you're in America now

Expired on a Sunday

She was young and blonde

Went right up to heaven

We're all children of god

November lyrics - Bright Eyes

(originally by Azure Ray)

So I'm waiting for this test to end

So these lighter days can soon begin

I'll be alone, but maybe more carefree

Like a kite that floats so effortlessly

I was afraid to be alone

But now I'm scared that's how I'd like to be

All the faces none the same

How can there be so many personalities?

So many lifeless, empty hands

So many hearts in great demand

And now my sorrow seems so far away

Until I'm taken by these bolts of pain

But I turn them off and tuck them away

Until these rainy days that make them stay

And then I'll cry so hard to these sad songs

And the words still ring, once here, now gone

And they echo through my head everyday

I don't think they'll ever go away

Just like thinking of your childhood home

But we can't go back, we're on our own

Oh...

But I'm about to give this one more shot

I'll find it in myself, I'll find it in myself

So we're speeding towards that time of year

To the day that marks that you're not here

And I think I'll want to be alone

So please understand if I don't answer the phone

I'll just sit and stare at my deep blue walls

Until I can see nothing at all

Only particles, some fast, some slow

All my eyes can see is all I know

Oh...

But I'm about to give this one more shot

Gotta find it in myself, I gotta find it in myself

(Do, do, do, do-do-do...)

Nunca Seré Feliz Otra Vez (Companion Version) lyrics - Bright Eyes

La mañana llegó y vistió el cielo

De vestido amarillo

Las tiendas todas han abierto

En el centro de la ciudad

Llenas de gente que compran regalos

Para sus amigos y amantes

Ya si para que no están solos nunca más

Un bosque cercado se convierte en jardín

Como una canción nace del sonido

La manzana cayó y nos enseñó

Que estamos encadenados

Así que, ¡Aquí vamos, no escape!

No es sólida en estas calles

Así que nunca seré feliz otra vez

Parece ser que tú también

Ves llorar al cielo azul

Y nunca entenderás el movimiento

De una mano diciendo adiós

Pero cómo la historia va, o cómo la cuentan

Un nuevo día surgirá

En los salones de baile se llenarán de esqueletos

Que vuelven a la vida

Y en la colina, el cordero y el león se acostarán

Así que nunca estarán solos otra vez

No, no, no, no

¡No, imposible!

Pero hasta entonces creo que debo encontrar

Incredulidad para suspender

Porque no quiero sentirme así otra vez

Running Back lyrics - Bright Eyes

(originally by Thin Lizzy)

I'm a fool now that it's over

Can you guess my name?

I make my money singing songs about you

It's my claim to fame

When they say it's over

It's not all over, there's still the pain

I'd come running

I'd come running back to you again

Oh I'd come running

I'd come running back to you again

If I said I was sorry

Would you still leave me?

I never thought you'd go 'till you did

Believe me

When they say it's over

It's not all over completely

'Cause I'd come running

I'd come running back to you again

Yes I'd come running

I'd come running back to you again

I miss that girl

The show is over

We must all go home

Just leave me by myself

I'll be alright here on my own

If it's all over, if it's all over

And I'm all alone

I'd come running

I'd come running back to you again

Don't you know I'd come running

I'd come running back to you again

St. Ides Heaven lyrics - Bright Eyes

(originally by Elliott Smith)

Everything is exactly right

When I walk around here drunk every night

With an open container from 7-Eleven

In St. Ides Heaven

I've been out hauntin' the neighborhood

Everyone can see I'm no good

When I'm walkin' out between parked cars

With a head full of stars

High on amphetamines

The moon is a light bulb breakin'

It'll go around with anyone

But it won't come down for anyone

You think you know what brings me down

That I want those things you could never allow

You see me smilin', you think it's a frown

Turned upside down

'Cause everyone is a fuckin' pro

They all got answers from trouble they've known

They all got to say what you should and shouldn't do

Though they don't have a clue

High on amphetamines

The moon is a light bulb, it's breaking

It'll go around with anyone

But it won't come down for anyone

And I won't come down for anyone

When You Were Mine lyrics - Bright Eyes

(originally by Prince)

When you were mine

I gave you all of my money

Time after time

You done me wrong

Just like a train

You let all of my friends come over and meet

You were so strange

You didn't have the decency to change the sheets

Oh, when you were mine

I used to let you wear all of my clothes

You were so fine

Maybe that's the reason that it hurt me so

I know (I know)

That you're going with another guy

I don't care (Don't care)

'Cause I love you, baby, that's no lie

I love you more than I did

When you were mine

When you were mine

You were kinda sorta my best friend

I was so blind

I let you fool around

I never cared

I never was the kind to make a fuss

When he was there

Sleeping in between the two of us

I know (I know)

That you're going with another guy

I don't care (Don't care)

'Cause I love you, baby, that's no lie

I love you more than I did

When you were mine

When you were mine

You were all I ever wanted to do

Now I spend my time

Following him whenever he's with you

I know (I know)

That you're going with another guy

I don't care (Don't care)

'Cause I love you, baby, that's no lie

I love you more than I did

When you were mine

I love you more, I love you more

I love you more than I did

When you were mine

I love you more, I love you more, I love you more

I love you more, I love you more

Wrecking Ball lyrics - Bright Eyes

(originally by Gillian Welch)

Look out boys, 'cause I'm a rollin' stone

That's the way it's been since I first left home

Took every secret I'd ever known

And headed for the wall

Like a wrecking ball

Started down this road to sin

Playin' bass under a pseudonym

The days were rough it was all quite dim

But my mind cuts through it all

Like a wrecking ball

I was just a little Deadhead

Who is watching, who is watching?

I was just a little Deadhead

A darling daughter on a scholarship

Well I got tired and let my average slip

Then I was a farmer in the pogonip

Where the weed that I recall

Was like a wrecking ball

I met a lovesick daughter of the San Joaquin

She showed me colors that I'd never seen

And drank the bottom out of my canteen

Then left me in the fall

Like a wrecking ball

Standin' there in the morning mist

A Jack & Coke at the end my wrist

Yes, I remember when first we kissed

Though it was nothing at all

Like a wrecking ball

Hey boys, was just little Deadhead

Who is watching, who is watching?

I was just a little Deadhead

With too much trouble for me to shake

Oh, the weather and the blinding ache

Was riding high until the '89 quake

Hit the Santa Cruz Garden Mall

Like a wrecking ball

I was just a little Deadhead

Who is watching, who is watching?

I was just a little Deadhead

Who is watching, who is watching?

Who is watching, who is watching?

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