Ordinary Dance Lyrics

When the buildings turn to tall grass, and the yellow lights to stars And the flag lies down at half mast, like a thousand times before Mother don’t forget the letters, sister ...Read Full Lyrics

Monday morning sidewalk man, sits back to watch the show The rebar and the wet cement, transistor radio He takes a pull from a paper bag, across the street on an old park bench ...Read Full Lyrics

The streetlights are diamonds, the sidewalk a bed Of boot heels and garbage and cigarettes And only the hopeless and lonesome are left To pin up the night and go home And i d...Read Full Lyrics

Everything is magical in slow motion The way you tilt your head under the sun And maybe it’s just yearning for a deep moment The heated kiss of heroes waking up But no one ...Read Full Lyrics

I came to see the flower stands, the vegetables, the cigarettes The subway station bucket man, the headphones and the heat I thought that I might try again, the living and the br...Read Full Lyrics

The only light in the basement apartment, a blue tv glow through the blinds The flicker and din in the dark of a Saturday night A raven’s asleep in the rafters, a stray cat cir...Read Full Lyrics

Red-tail hawk on a split-rail fence The gathering dark of the night begins Cicada choir on the rising wind A lonesome beauty over everything And winding highway let me make i...Read Full Lyrics

An old box of tools and a bible, a coffee can half full of dreams The scar of a name carved so careful, in the side of an evergreen The sweet smell of diesel and lumber, and leat...Read Full Lyrics

In my dream you were beautiful, backlit, noble In the lowlight of the window, you were leaning on the edge The high rises and billboards, for perfume and call girls The steam ab...Read Full Lyrics

The first time that I saw you, you were waiting for the train Your body like a shadow slipped away A bright display of color, and the tunnel swept me under And the last thing I ...Read Full Lyrics