1. |
Far As I Know
04:20
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Homesick with no home
a cheap fix and sleeping in these clothes
it’s a lost art my heart its all a glow even though
cause babe we’re not alone
far as I know
curled up in a burned out car
strung out in a wall of stars
the nowhere fields the tall weeds
the sun the hills the moon and galaxies
over and beneath
I can’t turn back the years
and it ain’t worth one of your tears
and I can’t undo what’s been done
but babe won’t you let me win one
just this once win back your love
Homesick with no home
a cheap fix and sleeping in these clothes
it’s a lost art my heart its all a glow even though
cause babe we’re not alone
far as I know
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2. |
Ghetto Whiskey
04:00
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ghetto whiskey ghetto wine
how should I divide my time
I can’t see nothin’ worth wakin’ for
my baby’s gone for good this time for sure
and I tell myself it’ll be alright
even though I know it won’t
a drunk and lost a sleepwalking ghost
there’s really no place ever to go
out on the bridge the water it shines like gold
and the trains roll by in slomo
and I throw my bottles out against the boxcars
and curse the stars
the ghetto whiskey the ghetto wine
how should I divide my time
with discount cigs and a bartender friend
to close these curtains with heavy eyelids
ghetto whiskey ghetto wine
how should I divide my time
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3. |
Parade
02:55
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The sun it falls across her shoulders
upon a dirty mattress broke and hungover
makeup on the pillow case
cigarette burns and wine stains
these things getting old
and me just getting older
empty bottles around the sink
all last nights tears and screams
lying down now on the couch
all the stuffing falling out
and just enough to get me high
to ease me out of my mind
she leaves a dollar and some smokes
on the table before she goes
and the curtains move and sway
I’ve watched them for days
just like ribbons coming untied
useless to anyone it all comes undone
in a beautiful unraveling
the closing parade the parade closing
the sun it falls across her shoulders
upon a dirty mattress
broke and hungover
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4. |
1977 Again
02:55
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forgive and forget
pushed into a house on the skids
what was and what could’ve been
lost somewhere along the fringe
and dancing in the wind
1977 again
it’s all luck of the draw
a pick-up and a blue Katie dog
it’s already written on my palms
and wrapped in a Navajo rug
and dancing in the wind
1977 again
tall weeds in the old backyard
lightning bugs in mayonnaise jars
boarded windows and graffiti art
an old nova car under the stars
and dancing in the wind
1977 again
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5. |
Chances Tonight
03:16
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the minutes are shatterin’
cocktail glasses laughter and
the chances tonight look poor
through the after hours and
empty endless longing for things easy
to despise and hard to ignore
and she’s gone
so far away
we were so wrong
blown away
boarded up hotel
strange Texas wind
my only wish is
to be near her again
children draw in the sand
and she takes me by the hand
a little girl with sad brown eyes
and we’re gone
so far away
we were so wrong
blown away
and closer she leads me
dark clouds and angry sea
so precious I could die
so helpless I could cry
he minutes are shatterin’
cocktail glasses laughter and
the chances tonight look poor
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6. |
Like We Used To
02:50
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hey babe love me like you used to
stay and I promise to be good to you
now you’re lookin’ to
the next in line to rescue you
who do you think will rescue me?
So hey babe love me like you used to
all day daydream
I got you in my mind
a backwards lean
into the rush behind my eyes
so hey babe won’t you love me like you used to
and if you stay I promise to be good to you
all the letters I’ll never write
words rise never again to find
it’s horrible but its nice
intertwined
hey babe love me like you used to
stay and I promise to be good to you
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7. |
Valero
02:58
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You’re everyone’s mistress I know
last night all their ol’ ladies must have been at home
cause I saw you on the street alone
hands in your purse ear to the phone
searchin’ for a smoke
outside the Valero
and you looked so cool under those lights
nobody’s fool fur jacket in the summertime
had a funny feeling you’d be just fine
driftin’ through the sweet by and by
dreamin’ about them old times
baby maybe next time
You’re everyone’s mistress I know
last night all their ol’ ladies must have been at home
cause I saw you on the street alone
hands in your purse ear to the phone
searchin’ for a smoke
outside the Valero
like a kool breeze
through the Texas summer
night time streets
outside Valero
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Wil Cope Austin, Texas
a kool breez through Texas summer nightime streets
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