I saw her last by the sea She said that’s where we’d marry She told me once When her cheeks were flushed Guess her drink was the reason for her plea I saw her last by the shore She did not remember what she swore She told me that night We’d be wed by morning light And that all was fair in love and war I saw her last in the sand She’s had too much...Learn More

Over the mountain I called you to me Over the snow you said would melt Over my dead body they can separate us now I think you know they way I’ve felt Over the valley I could taste it The fire and the rain Muddy waters in my mind Over my dead body they can take this from me now I don’t know how I’ve been so blind If you need me don’t say sorry It...Learn More

You’ll know her when you see her She’s the one with the unsure heart Loving places, needing spaces Now she’s ready to depart And although she’s come to see you And you think it’s what she wants She’ll be leaving in the evening If you love her, then it better be with freedom You’ll know her when you hear her She’s the one with the hesitance And...Learn More

When did I become a funeral singer? I get hungover before I’ve begun To drink down many concoctions I used to savor them one by one Black on gray, a uniform I’ve worn for such occasions as this When did I become a funeral singer? I ask myself in distress I’m stuck here on the other side The dark side of it all Fucked it up on the other side No...Learn More

I don’t believe in angels Angels taking flight I don’t believe in angels Watching in the night I don’t believe that Jesus Will take away my sins I don’t believe we’ll ever Be the same again But I believe in you Whatever you may do I don’t believe in heroes They’re just people too I don’t believe that miracles Evеr do come true I don’t beliеve...Learn More

It's the way that you came up to me and you said, "We've never met" It's the way you leaned into me and you whispered, "No regrets" It's the way that you came up to me and you said, "We're pretty young" But I don't care We're having too much fun It's the way that you came up to me and you said, "We're moving fast" It's the way you always seemed to...Learn More

I won’t be living in my head, I won’t be living in my head There are places I haven’t gone, and there are books I haven’t read I won’t be living in my head I’ll come and lay down beside you I’ll lay beside you in this bed You’ll tell me tales of who we are, I’ll tell you tales of who we were The past is just a story I am telling and rehearse I...Learn More

These days are wild and free Strange people pass by me And I’ve got nothing but time Plant a garden at my feet I will grow amongst the weeds And I never need to cry Unless you cross my mind Fade away And become somebody who needs nobody As I turn gray The color of the sky reminds me that Nothing gold was meant to stay Our city was rust and...Learn More

I can’t be lonely When there’s sorrow in these bones I can’t be lonely When I’m wrapped in all these woes I can’t be lonely I’m visited by pain I can’t be lonely These shadows still remain And I miss you when you’re gone But I’ve got tears to keep me warm I’m not forsaken I’m nailed to memories I’m not forsaken I’m praying on my knees I’m not...Learn More

Bring a torch, Jeanette, Isabella Bring a torch, come swiftly and run A child is born, tell the folk of the village He is sleeping in his cradle Ah, ah, beautiful is the mother Ah, ah, beautiful is her son It is wrong when the child is sleeping It is wrong to talk so loud? Silence, all as you gather around Wake him not for he is dreaming Hush!...Learn More

All these souls under Washington Square tell me to run, tell me to run Yeah I know all these ghosts by name and where they’re from, yeah where they’re from “And winter’s too cold here,” they holler, yes they holler from underground Well I don’t know where to run to – if I’d be found, if I’d be found Tell me to run Tell me to run Found a car with...Learn More

Names etched in stone in the dirt on the side of the hill You dressed in linens of white at the close of April Searched for an answer, looked to the sky Reached for my hand, I never asked why Names etched on pennies on dollars we spend to get by Names of the children we want at some time in our lives Names in the future looking for truth Namеs of...Learn More