The Convert Lyrics

"When our column advanced, and we saw what we'd done, we were sure that we could never tell the folks back home," said my father to me, I had just turned sixteen, and we were walki...Read Full Lyrics

There was a hush inside the airWhen you were lying on the stairsFeeling the world had scattered thereLike little feathers on the airAnd as the people filed awayThe men in suits of ...Read Full Lyrics

Baby, hands in your lapYou touch your wounds so much they'll never healI fear you'll turn your backOn just the kind of love you really needIt's just the kindIt's just the kind you ...Read Full Lyrics

"It's like a makeover when the filming's over and she doesn't know how to fix it so that it'll stay, and she can't figure out how to tease out her hair that way herself. And when ...Read Full Lyrics

Claire lives up on Saint Mary's walk with her motherI live down on Philomel by the harborAnd I hate the oceanAnd I hate the oceanAnd I hate the ocean, oh wellClaire says she'd thro...Read Full Lyrics

Went to see the new babyAnd we smoked weed on the back porchAnd lying on my back with the pool floatie"Raining Blood" just thundering forthI said, "What do you sayYour parents take...Read Full Lyrics

When will they remove the tourniquet? Is the operation over yet? Will you calm down, sir, will you calm down? I can hear the generators hum, roaring like an evil stadium. Will you ...Read Full Lyrics

Feel the hooks in my skinI set every one myselfAnd if you pull them all tautI will turn to someone elseWas that what you asked?Pour the wax in my mouthAnd seal the place insideTo b...Read Full Lyrics

Your warm sweaterYour torn lettersThey're all that mattersAt the window watching the elegant trafficIt's all fantasticAnd when you find these things that make you shineDon't let th...Read Full Lyrics

I tried to save a girl I truly loved And didn't quite know how to help her So now she's sleeping as her parents up above Cry over things that they can't tell her And when I did my...Read Full Lyrics