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Mary
03:21
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Pastor’s son walks along
Every day he played his songs
No one sang along
He and Mary talked a long
A long time about getting on
But nobody moves on
Nobody was on to him
The only gun you’d ever own
Was only shot when he got home
Bounced off like a bruise though
Your mother’s heart almost broke
But Mary came to fold our clothes
And songs leapt from her throat
Every word on every note
She sang so long it filled our home
I sat out on the roof
Smoothed out every stone thrown
When that old man comes to your home
He’ll shout you out and eat you whole
But Mary comes and Mary does
Mary cries and Mary shrugs
She holds you like a stone
She’s never letting go
The only friend that you’d let in
Held your hand and twisted it
Broke up like a phone
So every day up in your room
Mary came to talk to you
Helped you comb it out
And Mary laughed and left our home
She took our books and took our lawn gnome
My mom was at home, she didn’t feel alone
When that old man comes to your home
He’ll shout you out and eat you whole
But Mary comes and Mary does
Mary cries and Mary shrugs
She holds you like a stone
She’s never letting go
Pastor’s son walks along
Every day he plays his songs
No one sings along
No one sings along
Mary’s love came along
Every day he plays her song
He’s never moving on
He’s never moving on
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2. |
Blue Light
02:58
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Walk around the block
Can't believe the neighbors are playing
Folding all my arms
Blue light creeps into night
Every love I've known has left me alone in the end
Every one who stayed, their love it was harder to take
Walk me to your corner
Say what you never say
Tell me about your heartache
When you were about my age
Every love you'd known left you all alone
Every one who stayed said what was needed to say
All the love you gave, I tried to run away
Every one who stayed held me through daybreak
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3. |
Andrew
03:38
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Andrew got punched in the mouth
By that kid he called a poser
I guess sometimes you really get
What you deserve
Andrew, that is
His mother was so pissed
Held his hands up to his lips
Took him to the ER
Not to be deterred
Andrew, that is
What do you expect from this kid?
Could it get any better than this?
I respect a little grit
A little imperfection
Andrew, where are you now?
You represent the mistakes I wish I’d made
As a kid - yeah, I know
“Hindsight… 20 20 20”
Feeling a little skittish
Feeling a little kid-ish
Friends are getting married
It’s a beautiful thing
A beautiful ring
But it also means forsaking me
Things are getting boring
Things are getting lonely
Feeling so unlucky
Doesn’t even feel funny
I feel sad
I feel shutdown
I feel stressed out
I feel alone
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4. |
Watch Me Walk Away
03:19
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I think I owe you nothing
It’s something on my mind
If you said it was nothing
Don’t ask why I don’t come running
It’s a long time coming
It’s been too long since I felt something
And I’m so tired of watching
You sitting silent while I’m crying
Watch me walk away one day
You know I could only say what I said, babe
And once you’re all dressed
I’ll give you your wool coat and a kiss
But the bite marks you left me
They’ve started bleeding
Watch me walk away one day
You know I can not stay if you can’t change, babe
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5. |
35 Years
03:30
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My father shows me his phone
To show me the bird
That’s punching at our lone dead tree
The one that’s crawling with ivy
Don’t look so dead when it’s so green
But it’s 35 years from me to him
To the man who’s got my middle name
In 70 years at most, I hope
I’ll be dead and crawling with ivy
My father shows me his photo
Oh God, he looked just like me
Skinny as hell with a slightly hooked nose
I’m becoming so much like him
When I want to be my own
But it’s 35 years from me to him
To the man who’s got my middle name
In 70 years at most, I hope
I’ll be dead and crawling with ivy
With kids who look just like me
With kids who look just like you
With kids who look like grandpa did
Who act like my momma
With cheeks like my brothers’
With feet like my brother’s
With shit like my brothers’
With shit just like any other’s
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6. |
Good Man
06:19
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You know grandma went crazy
Stayed up all night talking through her teeth
And when I think about my family
Who hasn’t thought they might just lose it completely
And when I look at my brother
And there’s no sense to his face
Just a why are you looking at me
It’s nothing I could explain
A good man is just a man
If my mom got real sick
So she couldn’t recognize me
Could I still be her baby
If she fought me off like a thief
And for my friend who hit his head
Spent four years now recovering
Still has some trouble with his memory
What if he’d lost it completely
A good man is just a man
When I look at my reflection
And see a shadow of a person
Someone who lost his head
Someone who might as well go out killing
A good man is just a man
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7. |
Ruin Your Life
02:40
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Come on, get out and ruin your life
You’ve got shoes to fill and a long ride
There’s that girl, you ever gonna ask her out?
Are you ever gonna ask her out?
Come on, get free you know that she’s right
She’s a smart girl who treats you alright
Come on, get out and run up the drive
Sun hits the snow and the snow hits your eyes
And that girl, she’s the best thing you’ll ever find
As she waits, you’re walking on yellow lines
Come on, get real you can’t ruin your life
You’re a bag of resolutions covered in ice
You’re a non-committer, nobody friend
A late night debater weighing options
I want to change
It’s inside yourself, get out of the way
The one you need, you’ll figure it out
If she keeps, keep her around
She’s the one, you know it every time she comes down
She’s got your heart, you know it when she pulls you down
When she’s down
She’s down
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8. |
Parker Posey
03:09
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Parker Posey looked like Libby
1996 doesn’t know me
I’ll find love somewhere else
I had a dream last night I kissed my brother’s wife
Didn’t feel good, maybe in another life it would
I’ll find love somewhere else
I’ll find love inside myself
I want my heart
I want my light
I want my life
To get it right
I’d found love in my town
I called all around
No one was found
I’d found love
Was found
Love was
Somewhere else
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9. |
In the Worst Ways
04:25
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Do you remember Summer’s lightning and thunder?
Sitting in your car by the lake in the dark
And you wanted to jump in
But I didn’t
Summit a swaying tower
But once I’m up the feeling starts to sour
Cause I wanted to let you know
I don’t know how to show you
I never meant to let you go
Haunted by how I feel
And how it spins around like a wheel
So I won’t
No one needs to know, I did it on my own
Losing all control in the worst ways
Feels like a worthless wonder
All my time split up by number
And I can’t help hesitate
I need a wordless father
Cause even if I find her
Does she want to take me home?
I don’t think so
No one needs to know, I did it on my own
Losing all control in the worst ways
Sitting in your car
Give me one more shot
To jump out in that lake
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10. |
Sarah
02:37
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Sarah’s smoking Spirits like your friends
She’s on it
She’s heat seeking the places that you’ll be
And she’s getting in
The Sarah I’d known long ago
I lost her
Liar, I know her
Liar, fitting in beside her
You said you’ve noticed
But it never shows when she’s present, does it?
If I’m jealous
It’s the attention that she gets
It’s wasted and unfitted
Liar, I know ya
Liar, fitting in beside her
Ah, said I was right
Ah, raging like blood and pride
Alright
Liar, I know her
Liar, fitting in beside her
Liar, I know I’m
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11. |
Tennessee Waltz
05:56
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Coming from Tennessee a friend of my father’s friends
He’ll stay in our spare room, borrow some of our spare change
And if we are the same age, can I come along when you go out?
If we get on the same page, can I be around when you stay in?
I know everything I’ll say
I know everything you’ll wear
Burn
We moved from Springfield when my brother died in a lost high
Dad got a good paying job and I fit in at school alright
And if we are the same size, we can share our clothes
And if we have the same eyes, we could pass as brothers and get by
I know everything you’d say
I know everything I’d wear
Burn
Living in Abilene
Waiting around
For someone to come on through
And restore this town
And if you like talking, we can walk down Main
If you end up staying, is it something I’ll say?
Burn
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12. |
No Name (Alice)
02:26
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Alice
I just cried through your first dance
To "Here and Now"
Feels funny now
But nothing feels quite like it did though
In my head
I am happy
I am sorry, I know
What I did is all I didn't know
Nowhere to go, to go, to go on
All your old songs
You liked what you made
But you can't really play them anymore
And all the clothes you wore
They were cool when you got them
But you don't really wear them anymore
Alice
Heard you cried all night when we split
It was for the better
Feels funny now
But nothing feels quite like it did though
When we were in it
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