The Jolly Banker Lyrics

I hear that prayer and prayingWill change this world aroundI fold my hands I bow my headI kneel down on the groundI prayed and prayed by night and dayAnd then I prayed some moreI p...Read Full Lyrics

Who is that boy on the white winding highway?Why does he roam alone?Is he looking for life on that white winding highway?For his parents dealt him trouble at homeYou might think he...Read Full Lyrics

I long to fly away to HeavenPass beyond that shining doorSee my master and my saviorHigh away to Heaven soarI have made myself my promiseNever again to grieve my lordI will live hi...Read Full Lyrics

Well, it's awful cold outsideI'm cold at home tonightWalkin' up an' down by my poor selfGod you know this just ain't rightGonna boil myself a tea bagGonna boil myself a tea bagAnd ...Read Full Lyrics

I'm out to get your greenback dollarI'm out to get your silver changeI'm out to get your long black limoYou kept me down on my knees too longNow my daddy before me, he worked like ...Read Full Lyrics

And the slow hours you forgetDress rehearsals, learnt the lines and walk the setYour leading man delayedUpstaged and scratched to fateSo outside and afterJust you and him and a 100...Read Full Lyrics

We grow up in these buildings of concrete and stressWe're as brutal as brutalist getsWe dream of the straight lines and nights where we won't find the reason to dream up the restAn...Read Full Lyrics

What wakes you up in the night Metaphor scenes or actual thingsWhen nothing is forgot little things Did we escape surrenderThe ghost of the last crest the dusk seasThe city is so s...Read Full Lyrics

I am on the heels of flyingKick the door until I'm inBrave is just repeating getting up, not settlingConsolations of apartment numbersWhispers in the hallDrunk with resolveI think ...Read Full Lyrics

It's Wednesday morning in St. PaulIt's still Tuesday night I didn't sleep at allThe sparrow and the city want to callOut the changesAnd the river carries onUnder the highway over e...Read Full Lyrics