Passerines Lyrics

Northbound 35 Through the iron hills Under infidel skies It's two hundred miles to drive You won't be home I saw an elsebound train On the overpass In the driving rain Every ticke...Read Full Lyrics

That old one-trick pony Sat down in the dust He pawed the air The gunshots died away The sun was red as rust It was red as rust General G. A. Custer He was a mighty handsome man H...Read Full Lyrics

We used to walk to get away There was nowhere you could stay Save your red ears, fingers flushed Lay them on the back of my neck Tea with honey, tell me who Bent the branch ...Read Full Lyrics

Oh pretty hands Oh pretty hands Dirty nails Wedding band Oh dark eyes Oh dark eyes You’re running late No surprise Your heart is like a city I get lost there From t...Read Full Lyrics

Run the Rio Up to Albuquerque Baby by my side Nothing can hurt me Ribbon of gold Cottonwoods turning High desert cold I’m still burning Just to hold you near White s...Read Full Lyrics

I need a woman with a heart like Secretariat To outrun my lonesome ways I'm going to take this extra rib I've got I'm going to bury it down in the dust she does not raise I n...Read Full Lyrics

I saw you up there Like a city in the footlights Shining in the darkness I couldn't see your eyes They all thought they knew you But nobody knew you And I wanted no one To k...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse 1] Just lie back and close your eyes Listen to the war on the radio Fire up the light of the world in your hands Feel what it's tryin' to tell you [Chorus 1] There'r...Read Full Lyrics

There's no more room for angels To dance or even stand Upon this pin entangled Bleeding sugar from our hands Bleeding ashes from our feet Won't you help me count my sheep Won't you...Read Full Lyrics

Tea and tobacco* Whiskey from a tin cup When I had one good coat I was warm Rain on the sidewalk Neon winking out I get farther from home All the time Worn out and wonderin...Read Full Lyrics