Elizabeth Lyrics

[Chorus]As I lay my burden downIn the cradle of an elegyIn the shotgun shape of this lifeI'm happy happy in the sorrow key[Verse 1]Hadrian's wall was mightyNot so mighty it didn't ...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse 1]I caught every red light on the way to catch youBut that train’s pulled out, it's been long gone anywayThere was no note in frost on the windowSecond thoughts or hidden ...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse 1]Texas was clean, just an oilman’s dreamA slate that I’d never written onThe dust blowing round a lonely townBoots on the board of a barn[Chorus 1]As far from the south...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse 1]It seems like a long timeBut it's been no timeIn the course of a lifetimeSince you've goneThe crack in the windowIs that how you got through?Dogs howl, is that you?The set...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse 1]Yeah well me and Johnny on the roadSeeing rainbows doubleAnd looking for a pot of goldBut for every farm in technicolor greenThere's a bruising sky beneathWe're just maggo...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse 1]They say if it ever was it’s in there stillYou can dig and fill and never will be fullTrying to get that good againYour last fifth of jack or cigaretteThe time you be th...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse 1]She packs her bags to leave every dayAnd you just wait for it to passYou hear that patience makes a better manSo you just wait to understand[Pre-Chorus]'Cause you don't wa...Read Full Lyrics

Sticks and stones Battle zones A single light bulb On a single thread for the black Sirens wail History fails Rose-colored glass Begins to age and crack While the politicians shado...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse 1]They called you the rise of the black messiahLike so many boys before youAnd there will be more, more to followThreatening and hard to swallow[Verse 2]I’m sitting undern...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse 1]Findlay Ohio, 1968Poking hot tar bubbles with a stick on the drivewayGrammy’s a Republican, Nixon is her manIn two years time, Ohio will be up in flames[Chorus 1]I like ...Read Full Lyrics