Goodnight / Sleeptight Lyrics

When I was a pirate I sailed around the Adriatic When I was a boxcar I got to know your bedroom well I am nothing now like I was back then So make it a double at the bar my man An...Read Full Lyrics

I met Frank on a train to New York With a girl called Celine who brought all the sparks They left Toronto with a pocket full of change To throw their careers to the lions in the ca...Read Full Lyrics

I've got a suitcase full of violins I've got an eyelid full of diamonds City birds on billboards sing with the sirens I gotta keep my composure Next to your complexion I don't wan...Read Full Lyrics

Don’t be afraid that’s when they’ll take you So take me away that’s why I bought you No it’s not what I wanted Shiver and stray into the darkness Shout at the moon, don...Read Full Lyrics

I know some folks Who work 10-6 8-4 9-5 and die I know some girls Who are only too shy Never dance Never go out on a Friday night All I want to tell those girls is love will cure...Read Full Lyrics

Oh Margot got knocked up with a half bred child She leans over serves coffee on the other side of town On some nights she struts and poses in the rain In the morning a mess like a ...Read Full Lyrics

When cigarettes take my friends away The ambulance will roll down the interstate I'd rather go poor, face down in the streets Then kept alive by the modern machines I don't want t...Read Full Lyrics

People rush to all their places Running in their winless races Reading lifelines in their hands The planning out of all their plans I wish they could just stop and see What on...Read Full Lyrics

Daddy said she's pretty, bought her diamond jewelry Got her a horse on a satin lead Now those younger seeds have grown into weeds Of Prada, Wang, Philipe, Cartier and Gulfstream G...Read Full Lyrics

In winter it whispers Siren call through longest night Blue ache, hard shadow Dreams shown in bitter light In spring it comes Bringing sun and proud display Digs up the diamond ga...Read Full Lyrics