Masterpiece Lyrics

I could make you want me with one hand tied behind my back. I could tear the stars down in mid-June, wrap them up for you in a paper bag. When things go wrong, I'll throw you a...Read Full Lyrics

Strange voices calling me back home. I should not have come here alone. I called you from the station, the hands of your voice reached through the phone, saying "what took yo...Read Full Lyrics

August is hanging This town out to dry I bet we'll be the last ones To leave town Someones gotta reach I guess that someone is me I bet you'll the last star shot down Lets be off...Read Full Lyrics

You like cigarettes in the morning after you've been out all night. You like long conversations with me under moonlight. You like the way I look in black. You say I'm smooth as ...Read Full Lyrics

You've sirened your pride in With banners flying the nation, And they all read "come see about me". We both bend in strong winds, But it seems we all can't fend the break, ...Read Full Lyrics

I was sick in the street I had to pull my feet All my friends look like strangers to me So I threw my hands up, I wanted to give up, to turn around and run But before I could le...Read Full Lyrics

You're laid out like a landscape on the frontier of my floor. In the next room the girls are singing, they must be wondering where you are. Who'd have thought girl, late last s...Read Full Lyrics

In the engine hymn of this evening's train, I swore I heard your name. And in the whistle's refrain Of this evening's train, I swore I heard your name. I remember keepi...Read Full Lyrics

July in a thunderstorm, and the rain shook that screened-in porch. We were supposed to meet her parents in Duluth; we used the weather that day as an excuse. We just laughed an...Read Full Lyrics

By this time, you'll be sitting on top of the world In your overcoat, all studded with pearls You might be drinking good wine Some real good wine out of crystal cups You know I...Read Full Lyrics