Strange Victory, Strange Defeat Lyrics

Where does an animal sleep when the ground is wet? Cows in the ballroom, chickens in the farmer's corvette. Sometimes a pony Sometimes a pony Sometimes a pony Gets depressed...Read Full Lyrics

[Verse 1: David Berman] I saw the river playing in the valley Rushing 'round a bend and skipping stones I saw the meadow wobble in the moonlight I've come to get my girl and ta...Read Full Lyrics

The lights went out in New York Then they went out in Goshen I got stuck in Goshen and that was sad The townsolf stared hard Like their minds had been marred By life in a dist...Read Full Lyrics

Of all the people I knew I always looked up to you and after millions of years of crime the sun still shines and shines Look a horse (named Divorce) gallops thru the desert l...Read Full Lyrics

There is a place past the blues I never want to see again There is a place past the blues I never want to see Black planet Black freighter Black sea Police conversation ...Read Full Lyrics

"O get him out of there!" What if it cost 25c To wake up in the morning? A dollar, ten dollars? I'd pay it all the way to the poor house. It's not made If it's made in Roanoke. ...Read Full Lyrics

Tide to the oceans A million chuckers never felt wrong Looking at you, I'm a staring Looking how you make me feel good now Broken like you know the child diction Over at the n...Read Full Lyrics

The river winds 'round these little green hills And stays in the woods for days We were built to consider the unmanifested And make of love an immaculate place I hear a smile...Read Full Lyrics

I wrote a letter to a wildflower on a classic nitrogen afternoon. Some power that hardly looked like power said I'm only perfect in an empty room. Four dogs in the distance ...Read Full Lyrics

What is not but could be if What could appear in the morning mist With all associated risk What is not but could be if What was not but could have been Was my obsession way ...Read Full Lyrics