Mister Los Angeles lyrics - Dawes
My trainer tells his clients he's a shaman
We smoke some DMT before we bench
My diet's strictly protein shakes and ramen
So we make sure to purge after we stretch
I'm Mr. Los Angeles, the rumors are true
Out on the bleeding edge of fashion
I'm Mr. Los Angeles, I'm calling for you
This is where the magic happens
My therapist confirms that I'm a victim
It's everyone around me that is bad
Using words like "toxic" and "intentions"
And every session ends with "this was rad"
I'm Mr. Los Angeles, the rumors are true
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I'm Mr. Los Angeles, I'm calling for you
This is where the magic happens
Yeah
I just booked a Taco Bell commercial
I eat a bag of cheese without my hands
My agent thinks it's slightly controversial
It's not great for the image of my band
I'm Mr. Los Angeles, the rumors are true
Behind every good man, there's a mansion
I'm Mr. Los Angeles, I'm calling for you
This is where the magic happens
I have a friend who wouldn't name his children
He says that it requires their consent
The oldest says he likes to go by "kitchen"
The baby thinks her name is "made a mess"
I'm Mr. Los Angeles, the rumors are true
The only way to make it here is Fountain
I'm Mr. Los Angeles, I'm calling for you
This is where the magic happens
I'm Mr. Los Angeles, the rumors are true
Where every vegan sleeps in sheets of satin
I'm Mr. Los Angeles, I'm calling for you
This is where the magic happens
Front Row Seat lyrics - Dawes
As slowly as a yogi stretches at an unsafe park
I tiptoe toward the gravity of the predicament we're in
I'd prefer leaving tomorrow sitting firmly in the dark
Instead of facing one more tired vision of the end
But if that's the ball game
If the experiment's complete
And we both stand around
To watch it all come down
At least we got a front-row seat
I got good at changing subjects nearly everywhere I went
Until all my conversations all got too good to be true
This world can wax poetic about airborne toxic events
While I'll take the time that's left me, and I'll give it all to you
'Cause if that's the ball game
If the experiment's complete
And we both stand around
To watch it all come down
At least we got a front-row seat
If it's true that it's a curse to live in interesting times
Then why do I get butterflies as I peek over the ledge?
I'll bring the popcorn, you bring some wine
Just don't pay for the whole seat if all you needed was the edge
'Cause if that's the ball game
If the experiment's complete
And we both stand around
To watch it all come down
At least we got a front-row seat
At least we got a front-row seat
At least we got a front-row seat
Still Strangers Sometimes lyrics - Dawes
I was geared up for obscurity
Excited most specifically
About knowing you'd soon reach for me
And I'd be gone
You always took me to another place
Part childhood, part outer space
But the naked truth of our face-to-face
It's just not what I want
'Cause even when your body gets that close to mine
We're still strangers sometimes
We're still strangers sometimes
And even as you claim that you can read my mind
We're still strangers sometimes
We're still strangers sometimes
Love was supposed to help me find myself
Not just put me through this private hell
That gets worse each time I tell you
What feels wrong
Just a glimpse of what's achievable
A sympathy unspeakable
Has left me a bit unreachable
For way too long
'Cause even when your body gets that close to mine
We're still strangers sometimes
We're still strangers sometimes
Even if you're still my doctor Frankenstein
We're still strangers sometimes
We're still strangers sometimes
You spend enough time with a mystery
Its powers start to atrophy
So if you can't get to the heart of me
Let's just walk away
'Cause even when your body gets that close to mine
We're still strangers sometimes
We're still strangers sometimes
Even as we cross each other's borderlines
We're still strangers sometimes
We're still strangers sometimes
We're still strangers sometimes
We're still strangers sometimes
Surprise! lyrics - Dawes
Once the gatekeepers decided we would fade into the crowd
You took what makes you charming and you turned it up too loud
Now how many songs does the band have to get through before you steal away the mic
How many cakes do you have to jump out of before no one yells "Surprise!"?
I remember us both learning that no one's dreams come true
They're either not quite how you saw them or the goalpost just gets moved
That's when you changed your expectations and started rolling your third eye
But you still don't know the ending, you can't spoil the surprise
Now the nature of your birthday party's changed a lot for me
What was once a celebration feels like a shameless victory
I guess we all confuse our happiness with what it takes to just survive
But the moment that the switch gets flipped is always a surprise
There's a little bit of poetry in what you're doing to your face
Removing all the evidence of our shared time and space
But your eyes close when you smile now because you're squeezing it too tight
If this is how you double down you're in for a surprise
There's a nightclub deep in Hollywood for each night of the week
Watching all my fake friends congregate where no one wants to be
But you have to muddle through it if you wanna make it out alive
And the ones that find the other side are in for a surprise
No I'm not letting myself off easy here, I've been going through it too
I might've leaned into things more gracefully, but what good did that do?
You found your way to rage against the dying of the light
I thought I planned for all contingencies
I thought I knew who I was meant to be
All those roads laid out in front of me
But it's still a big surprise
House Parties lyrics - Dawes
Next on our list is the M&M store
Then the Statue of Liberty
After FAO Schwartz
And as I carry the bags
I wonder what we're doing this for
You don't find the good stuff
On a guided tour
But house parties and local bands
Back porches with Bowie fans
Spilled drinks on a baby grand
And midnight singalongs
I don't care for designer brands
Souvenirs from a trinket stand
House parties and local bands
That's where I belong
This sunburn is bad
And it goes all the way down
And these drinks in the daytime
Are never quite as fun as they sound
These days at the beach
Feel more like just sitting around
So if anyone needs me
You know where I can be found
House parties and local bands
Good weed with some Joni fans
Old friends playing Mega Man
And a little Donkey Kong
I don't wanna see Disneylands
Beer bellies and farmer tans
House parties and local bands
That's where I belong
We've come to Chicago
At the wrong time of year
My eyelids are frozen
And I can't feel my ears
It's not that I don't like museums
But we live near a few
If you want the real thing
You know what you gotta do
House parties and local bands
Someone yelling at Kanye fans
"How can you possibly stand that man
After all he's done?"
I don't care about Paul Gauguin
A Starry Night or The Son Of Man
House parties and local bands
That's where I belong
House parties and local bands
That's where I belong
King Of The Never-Wills lyrics - Dawes
I watched you hold court with the graduate class of your fan club
Those same tired stories at the end of your favorite bar
And to give 'em a bit of suspense
You tell them in the present tense
As if you believe that's the person you somehow still are
The assumption was always that you were a little too special
To pay the same share of the dues that all of us owe
You convinced us to change up the plan
And prepare the road for the man
Instead of just simply preparing the man for the road
Well, everything goes out of fashion
You went way over that hill
You couldn't go on as a has-been
You had to be king of the never-wills
You used to say that my beers were a bit too expensive
To get to the heart of what drove a true seeker to drink
And after we both forced a laugh
Your eyes tried to take that joke back
Once you could tell that I knew that's what you really think
How did this catastrophe happen?
And why is it happening still?
You couldn't go on as a has-been
You had to be king of the never-wills
As we walked to my car, we both heard a small pack of coyotes
Telling the neighborhood they all found something to eat
And after the howls died away
You sobered up only to say
"It's too late to be anything we never wanted to be"
I dropped you at Hillhurst and Franklin
To let the long night go in for the kill
You couldn't go on as a has-been
You had to be king of the never-wills
Now you're the heart of a story that goes on without you
We've distilled your whole person to only the best memories
You're a fixture at all open mics
The kids asked me if we were alike
But when I look in the mirror
Yours is the face that I see
And it's worse than I could've imagined
As I lift up my glass to get filled
I refuse to go on as a has-been
I'd rather be king of the never-wills
I'd rather be king of the never-wills
I'd rather be king of the never-wills
The Game lyrics - Dawes
Millie came up playing in the boys' clubs
But they made her play at midnight or at 8
Her friends all said the times were finally changing
It only felt a few centuries too late
Her eyes were always deep inside her notebook
Her hands were always tuning her guitar
And while some stayed busy waiting for permission
She was on her way to be a star
But if you asked her if anyone had held her back
She'd tell you she forgot most of their names
The losers only think about the winners
The winners only think about the game
Then Millie fell in love with a civilian
Or at least we know he fell in love with her
He could see how bright her light was shining
He could feel how wild her fire burned
But love has its own kind of symmetries
You have to give as much as you receive
And once he realized he would never give her nothing
He decided it was time for him to leave
But now he likes to criticize her privately
While she simply says that neither were to blame
The losers only think about the winners
The winners only think about the game
So Millie kept on adding to the setlist
And working on her studio tan
And for the first time found it hard telling the difference
Between all her friends and all her fans
Which left her with a special brand of emptiness
She channeled right back into the songs
She wasn't gonna ask herself the question
If this is what she wanted all along
Some people said she was a genius
Some people said she was insane
But those losers only think about the winners
The winners only think about the game
She wouldn't suffer any fools
She danced to her own rhythm
She wasn't playing by the rules
She was playing with 'em
Millie knew just when the dust was settled
When it's time to put the pencil down
When the harmony is only just a shadow
Of the way it felt the first hundred times around
Which left her to the critics and the experts
To tell the world how Millie really felt
To somehow say she lost a competition
She was only ever having with herself
Well, some might look for meaning in the ashes
She just misses standing in the flame
The losers only think about the winners
The winners only think about the game
Oh, the losers only think about the winners
The winners only think about the game
Enough Already lyrics - Dawes
Never got angry enough to be funny
Never stopped caring enough to be cool
Haven't been broken enough to feel holy
Never loved someone enough to be cruel
Never been hungry enough to get cracking
Haven't quite fallen enough to atone
Never could cry hard enough to start laughing
Haven't stopped moving enough to be home
But it's not like I'm keeping score
Only when I feel unsteady
Am I getting a little more?
Or have I had enough already?
Man, enough already
I haven't cleared enough of my record
I haven't covered enough of my tracks
I haven't cashed in enough of my winnings
I haven't tried on enough of my hats
But I've always failed enough to keep trying
I've always worked enough to get by
I've always felt enough hope in the mornings
To help me wrestle the demons at night
So where's the medal I'm waiting for?
And who is throwing the confetti?
Am I getting a little more?
Or have I had enough already?
Man, enough already
Man, enough already
Maybe I've said enough to be quiet
Maybe I've stood enough to sit back
Maybe I've told enough lies to be honest
Let someone else try and mount the attack
Or maybe I should just ask for help
If I'm living in the land of plenty
And still hoping for something else
When I know I've got enough already
Hilarity Ensues lyrics - Dawes
Knucklehead 1 falls in love with Knucklehead 2
They tell each other all their secrets
They start to share a point of view
There's a bit lost in translation
Always something misconstrued
And hilarity ensues
This knucklehead pair tell the oldest of their knucklehead brood
You can be anything you want, son
We believe in you
So he sets out for the real world
Thinking this is true
And hilarity ensues
Let our substances impair us
Let the deadly virus spare us
Let our horror movies scare us
Then let's do it all again
Let's root, root for the home team
Then buy each other ice cream
Let's live inside the daydream
That is all it's ever been
This knucklehead boy thinks he's talking to his knucklehead god
God says, "This is all your fault, kid
You should've taken odds
But if you give me all your money
I'll see what I can do"
And hilarity ensues
Let our substances impair us
Let the deadly virus spare us
Let our horror movies scare us
Then let's do it all again
Let's root, root for the home team
Then buy each other ice cream
Let's live inside the daydream
That is all it's ever been
That is all it's ever been
Someone Else's Cafe / Doomscroller Tries To Relax lyrics - Dawes
You can poison opposition
Find out which war to declare
You can polish up the prisons
And send all your critics there
You seem willing and able
And used to getting your way
But you're still waiting tables
In someone else's cafe
You can call yourself a living god
If it rallies up the troops
Reinstate the firing squad
Lace up your combat boots
Your vitals are stable
In your stupid beret
But you're still waiting tables
In someone else's cafe
In someone else's cafe
You can make 'em call you Beelzebub
You can make 'em call you chief (chief)
Make some face paint out of baby blood
Wear a necklace made of teeth
You could be living a fable
In your one man parade
But you're still waiting tables
In someone else's cafe
From the rock of the cradle
'Til we're dead in our graves
We're all waiting tables
In someone else's cafe
In someone else's cafe
So let's enjoy each other's company
On the brink of our despair
Does someone have a song to sing
Or a joke that they could share?
Let's enjoy each other's company (let's enjoy each other's company)
On the brink of our despair (on the brink of our despair)
Does someone have a song to sing (does someone have a song to sing)
Or a joke that they could share? (or a joke that they could share?)
So let's enjoy each other's company
On the brink of our despair
Does someone have a song to sing
Or a joke that they could share?
Let's enjoy each other's company (let's enjoy each other's company)
On the brink of our despair (on the brink of our despair)
Does someone have a song to sing (does someone have a song to sing)
Or a joke that they could share? (or a joke that they could share?)
Comes In Waves lyrics - Dawes
A boy that grows up in a beach town
And never learns to surf
Sounds like the perfect distillation
Of my time spent here on Earth
But I have stared at the horizon
With both feet in the sand
The thing I love about the ocean
It comes in waves
Waves
I've been feeling like a light bulb
When the filament won't glow
Surrounded by a darkness
Cause the current's moving slow
Am I losing my intensity
Is that feeling here to stay
But that's the thing 'bout electricity
It comes in waves
Waves
I think I've found something in common
With nothingness and God
You stare at either in the face too long
They'll do each other's job
Sometimes those silences are holy
Sometimes I'm drifting into space
But if the spirit's moving through me
It comes in waves
It comes in waves
I think their grip is getting looser
I think they're giving us a try
If you feel good about the future
Then baby so do I
Let's keep an eye on all our enemies
While we're popping the champagne
Cause that's the thing about a victory
It comes in waves (It comes in waves)
It comes in waves (It comes in waves)
It comes in waves (It comes in waves)
It comes in waves (It comes in waves)
Everything Is Permanent lyrics - Dawes
A product of my time zone
Mixed CDs and dial tones
Where we would listen to the universe think
While our heroes from the wreckage
Deliver us their message
On the perks of knowing how to lip sync
I can see the last frontier
The sunshine on a perfect day
Everything is permanent now
The single that gets overplayed
Everything is permanent now
The bubbles in your third rosé
Everything is permanent now
The movements of the Milky Way
Everything is permanent now
A wilderness of gossip
Asking for deposits
Yet it leaves you with some type of withdrawal
Playing on our senses
With a thousand of its lenses
On everything you ate or just bought
The voices in the atmosphere
The home life of celebrities
Everything is permanent now
Subliminal obscenities
Everything is permanent now
The side effects of ecstasy
Everything is permanent now
All the people that we used to be
Everything is permanent now
Everything is permanent now
Everything is permanent now
These tangled creeping vines
Towards a life you left behind
And the people you'd forgotten you kissed
A wayward strand of anger
At some controversial stranger
Who swears the virus didn't exist
I don't know where we go from here
I don't know how I'm supposed to feel
The language of the hemispheres
The lonely server farms
The level of the rising sea
Everything is permanent now
The politics of Christmas trees
Everything is permanent now
The whole world within one screen
Everything is permanent now
I'm thinking we should all come clean
Everything is permanent now, now, now
Did you really need to cry or be seen crying?
Did you really need to cry or be seen crying?
Did you really need to cry or be seen crying?
Ghost In The Machine lyrics - Dawes
Standing right outside the Echo
When we were still just cutting teeth
Turning madness into waveforms
Searching chords for what's beneath
All these existential freshmen
Trying to keep our noses clean
Scared to show our faith in
The ghost in the machine
Standing right outside the Echo
When we were working for the door
Assuming all our dreams were brighter than
The bands we played before
But you could see it in their hunger
You could hear it in their screams
They too were just trying to make contact
With the ghost in the machine
Through the build-ups and the breakdowns
Through the boom and through the crash
Building stockpiles of excuses
On how to trade it in for cash
All the poisonous motel rooms
The lobby call at 6:15
One million miles upon a highway
For a ghost in the machine
All the doubts and hesitations
I built up in my early years
Are under reconsideration
Through the music of the spheres
Which I cannot deny any longer
When every night I reconvene
With these vibrations giving proof of
The ghost in the machine
The ghost in the machine
The ghost in the machine
The ghost in the machine
Joke In There Somewhere lyrics - Dawes
Each morning my beloved
Asks me to open up my eyes
See what kind of attention I can pay
I see a corporate coffee house
Puttin' up their Christmas decorations
Commuter cars all waiting at a light
A line outside the Roxy
Full of hopeful conversation
Some local band is playing there tonight
A couple walks their dog discussing
What to eat for dinner
A runaway is being read his rights
A hotel hosts a conference called
"Investment For Beginners"
Some high school coach is breaking up a fight
But there's a joke in there somewhere
A joke in there somewhere
A joke in there somewhere
One that I am not prepared to make
This afternoon my doctor
Had me sit down in a chair
He asks me then to walk him through my day
I heard radios bring ball games
To an ancient glacial traffic
A starving dog was whimpering in pain
A soundcheck through the alley
That sounds like something close to magic
For a traveling dad that's bound to miss his plane
A boomer on a cell phone
Talking through party provisions
Beneath the giant bullseye neon sign
And I mention dixie cups and pizza crusts
And giant televisions
The allegory of the conga line
There's a joke in there somewhere
A joke in there somewhere
A joke in there somewhere
One that I just don't know how to tell
And now as the sun is setting
I meet my brother for a drink
And he asks if I've got something on my mind
So I tell him about this movie
And how I didn't get the ending
Why do they let the creature get away?
He reminds me that all it is
Is costumes and pretending
But there must be something else they're trying to say
About these buildings and the asphalt
In their natural habitations
The pigeons, cats and rats and parasites
This wild and dancing city
Conducting perfect orchestrations
The way a stranger wishes us goodnight
But he says, "every time we've sat here
Getting nervous for the future
We've ended up some version of ok
These songs that we are singing
Shouldn't give in to the rumors
They should give some kind of strength to meet the day"
But there's a joke in there somewhere
A joke in there somewhere
A joke in there somewhere
We just gotta find a way to laugh
We just gotta find a way to laugh
Sound That No One Made / Doomscroller Sunrise lyrics - Dawes
The morning fog descends upon the late night's cheapest thrills
The most committed socialites see the sunrise in the hills
Mistakes are slowly realized
Memories distilled
And the static starts to fade
From the laughter of a maniac
To a songbirds melody
From the howling of the sirens
To the swaying of the trees
It fuses all together
To find that perfect frequency
And then forever ricochets
Into a sound that no one made
I look up to see you slowing down while
Signaling a right
The older man behind us now
Is flashing you his brights
We both seem so distracted
By this growing appetite
To punish and persuade
The silent conversation gets directed toward the view
The cursive in the branches describes the avenue
The words like "I am sorry" and "I'm still in love with you"
Become a debt that won't get paid
Just another sound that no one made
I am rolling down the window to the city's radiation
The connected dream still dancing through the sky
I just need someone who will listen
Through this strange and dark existence
Or the consolation of knowing that you'll try
As we pull off of the freeway
A hospital appears
I see a man up in the window
On the back end of his years
And I imagine him there dying
With that ringing in his ears
That we all end up with someday
There's a code within the symptom
A morbid sort of sign
The ominous reminder of the body's slow decline
As constant as a heartbeat
But stronger over time
While the rest of us decays
Listening to a sound that no one made
Still Feel Like A Kid lyrics - Dawes
I just asked my folks not to pay my rent
But I still feel like a kid
Finally learned what NASDAQ meant
But I still feel like a kid
My whole week's booked with dinner plans
But I still feel like a kid
I'm about to be a married man
But I still feel like a kid
Still feel like a kid
Still feel like a kid
I can't stay up past midnight anymore
But I still feel like a kid
There's always part of me that's a little sore
But I still feel like a kid
I got dreams of coaching little league
But I still feel like a kid
And I bet the day that I turn eighty three
I will still feel like a kid
In fact, I spent my whole life battling
'Til I learned to let it go
That was back when I knew everything
Just a few short years ago
I love dancing through a grocery store
Makes me still feel like a kid
I go three times 'round revolving doors
Makes me still feel like a kid
I love the music from the ice cream man
Makes me still feel like a kid
I am a singer in a rock 'n' roll band
'Cause I still feel like a kid
Still feel like a kid
Still feel like a kid
Good Luck With Whatever lyrics - Dawes
There's a man with a chainsaw
Standing out in my yard
He says he's just trimming trees
But he's clearly trying too hard
And a Chevy Suburban
With the government plates
And an idling engine
While I'm planning out my escape
Good luck with whatever
Whatever awaits
Whatever endeavors
I'm sure you'll do great
I'm cutting the tether
I'm clearing the air
Good luck with whatever
I really don't care
My crystal ball television
The sacred voice of the grid
Asking rhetorical questions
About where the bodies are hid
The guillotine in the camera
We all pretend to ignore
All of the souls it's collecting
And what the collector is using them for
Good luck with whatever
Whatever awaits
Whatever endeavors
I'm sure you'll do great
I'm cutting the tether
I'm clearing the air
Good luck with whatever
I really don't care
The silhouette of my neighbors
Staring deep in their phones
They said they'd be in Honduras
But there's clearly somebody home
And I'm still not learning my lesson
Despite having every excuse
How all of my biggest fears
Are the same ones that never come true
Good luck with whatever
Whatever awaits
Whatever endeavors
I'm sure you'll do great
I'm cutting the tether
I'm clearing the air
Good luck with whatever
I really don't care
Good luck with whatever
I really don't care
Good luck with whatever
I really don't care
Between The Zero And The One lyrics - Dawes
When they sat down at the Ouija board
He could feel her fingers move
Trying to find their future with her hands
Turning to the spirit world
Looking for some cosmic clue
In a language that they both might understand
But she wasn't looking for a remedy
She knew she'd break his heart
She just wanted to go quietly
Like it was written in the stars
But it all comes out eventually
No matter how hard you resist
That might be a harsh reality
But that's the only kind there is
It's not the whisper in your ear
It's not the banging of the drum
It's not the person that you were
It's not the person you become
It's not where you're headed to
And it's not where you're coming from
The only life you're gonna live
Is out between the zero and the one
Out between the zero and the one
When she shuffled all the tarot cards
He could see her stack the deck
But still turned up the Tower and the Moon
Which she then tried to disregard
And clutched the crystal 'round her neck
While they both felt a presence leave the room
And he finally saw the difference
Between her history and her past
How she's been looking for deliverance
From something she will never grasp
She even had the nerve to tell him
That she tried hard as she could
It's like she never even loved him
As much as the reasons why she should
It's not the whisper in your ear
It's not the banging of the drum
It's not the person that you were
It's not the person you become
It's not where you're headed to
And it's not where you're coming from
The only life you're gonna live
Is out between the zero and the one
Out between the zero and the one
Out between the zero and the one
Out between the zero and the one
So she can mistake these superstitions
For the excuses that she needs
To keep explaining her condition
To the few friends she can keep
But don't give them another thought
There's no need for us to dwell
They are fine and they are not
Just like everybody else
Yeah like everybody else
It's not the whisper in your ear
It's not the banging of the drum
It's not the person that you were
It's not the person you become
It's not where you're headed to
And it's not where you're coming from
The only life you're gonna live
Is out between the zero and the one
Is out between the zero and the one
Out between the zero and the one
None Of My Business lyrics - Dawes
He grabbed me by the shirt while I was paying for my beer
And screamed "There you are, Balthazar! I knew I'd find you here!"
He hit me in the teeth and then he spit into my face
Took the keys to my Mercedes as he quickly left the place
Well, if I were in his shoes maybe I woulda done the same
But I don't know who he was and Balthazar is not my name
And it's really none of my business
It's really none of my business
It's really none of my business
I should be minding my own
And once the show was over I met a fan at my hotel
He asked if I've met Father John and if I knew him well
He said, "Is it true he doesn't eat but lives off staring at the sun
Or that he keeps a monkey for a pet and taught him how to tune his drums?
I also heard the only drugs he'll takes are what he'll synthesize himself
Sir, I wanna be a writer and I think that this'll help"
And I said it's really none of my business
It's really none of my business
It's really none of my business
I should be minding my own
It's really none of my business
It's really none of my business
It's really none of my business
I should be minding my own
And on the fateful day when I get buried in the ground
I bet that I could tell you which friends make it into town
They'll tell you all my dirty secrets and my brothers gonna sing
Just make sure my suit is pressed and that they let me keep my ring
I'm not getting into heaven and I don't believe in hell
I just wanna know my friends and family are remembering me well
But it won't be none of my business
It's really none of my business
It's really none of my business
I should be minding my own
It's really none of my business
It's really none of my business
It's really none of my business
I should be minding my own
I should be minding my own
I should be minding my own
St. Augustine At Night lyrics - Dawes
The cherry gum would cover up the cigarettes we smoked
The 7-Up would balance out the beer
Mom would make us dinner, and we'd all try not to choke
Dad was working later every year
We'd count the trucks on Highway 1 on their way to Jacksonville
Wonderin' where they headed on from there
My brothers and my sister all stood spiritually still
As if those roads became the answer to their prayers
But I didn't want it any other way
This town was the one thing that felt right
All these tourists could be kings during the day
But not in St. Augustine at night
I was working at the bait shack, supplying all the fishing tours
Pretty soon I was chartering a boat
My dad said I needed dumb luck and a secret stash of Coors
If I stood a chance at keeping things afloat
That's when my girlfriend told me, "There's a baby on the way
And I need to know you're gonna go to bat."
Well, I never put off 'til tomorrow the things I should've done today
No, I've always waited way longer than that
I have never had much say in how I felt
I've been guided by my barroom appetites
So if this world belongs to everybody else
Just leave me St. Augustine at night
The Lord must really love us common folk
'Cause he made so goddamn much
Now, if he'd just point the way to go
If he could just start speaking up
Our oldest brother left this world for leading one too many lives
I guess he settled for none at all
The rest of us just grew apart and blamed our husbands and our wives
When anyone was asked why they don't call
Life became a series of birthdays, cars, and pets
Just anything to look forward to
I don't talk about mistakes. I don't talk about regrets
At this point, I'm not sure what good it would do
And I'm not asking for anybody's help
As I gaze out where the stars dance with the lights
If I'm not sure how I feel about myself
I still got St. Augustine at night
Oh, I still got St. Augustine at night
Who Do You Think You're Talking To? lyrics - Dawes
Who, who do you think you're talkin' to?
Is it the man that was here before me?
The one that wrecked you hard and walked?
'Cause if it then I'll let you talk
It's clear, that's somethin' you're still workin' through
But who, who do you think you're talkin' to?
Where, where do you think you are right now?
Is there a reason you're still diggin' up the past?
Because you haven't touched your drink
And you haven't stopped to think
If that holds you back from anyone that cares for you
But who, who do you think you're talkin' to?
What do you want me to say to this?
Frankly I think we would be remiss
If we don't remind ourselves
To share the painful memories too
So baby tell me, who?
Do you need to be alone?
Can you find your own ride home?
And is that still the house that you can't bear to leave
Does his coat hang in the hall
Or his pictures on the wall
And is there one of us you're trying to deceive?
Oh, babe, the trains will all stop runnin' soon
And I don't know how long it's been since you walked away
And after all I said so far
The tender of this bar
Says, "The only people left here man are me and you
So buddy, who, who do you think you're talkin' to?"
What do you want me to say to this?
Frankly I think we would be remiss
If we don't remind ourselves
To share the painful memories too
So baby tell me, who?
Who do you think you're talkin' to?
Who do you think you're talkin' to?
Who do you think you're talkin' to?
Who do you think you're talkin' to?
Who do you think you're talkin' to?
Who do you think you're talkin' to?
Who do you think you're talkin' to?
Who do you think you're talkin' to?
Didn't Fix Me lyrics - Dawes
I went to see a healer
With that mic strapped to his face
Talked about which habits to surrender
And which habits to embrace
And for the next few days or so I was
Feeling pretty good
But it didn't fix me
I even started volunteering
With the local Sacred Heart
We feed the homeless on some weekends
We pick up trash in all the parks
And even though we're cleaning up
The whole damn neighborhood
It didn't fix me
It didn't fix me like I thought it would
I got that book you recommended
About the spy in East Berlin
I really like the way it ended
How he forgives his friend who turns him in
And I think I see what you were saying 'bout how
Technically it should, but
It didn't fix me
It didn't fix me like I thought it would
It didn't fix me
It didn't fix me
I finally got a nomination
For an award that I don't need
But I said that out of obligation
I really spent hours on my speech
I thanked my biggest inspirations
And the good folks back in Hollywood
But it didn't fix me
It didn't fix me like I thought it would
Didn't fix me
Didn't fix me
I finally found someone that loves me
And to her I will be true
She sees the ways in which I'm ugly
And loves me for those reasons too
And even though I'm feeling stronger than I
Ever thought I could
It still didn't fix me
It didn't fix me
It didn't fix me like I thought it would
Didn't fix me
Didn't fix me
Didn't fix me
Free As We Wanna Be lyrics - Dawes
If I cant see the ways they're selling to me
I might miss something that I need
If I don't look up from the mirror in my hands
I'm gonna miss what's on tv
We're as free
As we wanna be
We're as free
As we wanna be
There's proof that they've been following me
But I don't throw 'em off the scent
There's proof now that my life is not my own
Which I've done nothing to prevent
We're as free
As we wanna be
We're as free
As we wanna be
And when the dream becomes a nightmare
When the hardware meets the software
We'll see how ugly this can get
Cause if the basis of our grievance
Doesn't outweigh the convenience
Then they already won the bet
We're as free
As we wanna be
We're as free
As we wanna be
We're as free
As we wanna be
We're as free
As we wanna be
Me Especially lyrics - Dawes
As far as I could tell
I was the center of the universe
The favorite step-child of our Mother Earth
And every camera's dream
'Til something broke the spell
And the cold hard facts I was hiding from
Were at the mercy of the pendulum
And I was smashed to smithereens
Let's try and have some fun tonight
Let's act like we got nowhere else to be
Like we're just as young as we used to be
That goes for everyone but me especially
Documents and names
An eye twitch away from what they really mean
In the shadow world of the in-betweens
That's surrounds us on all sides
You can look the other way
In fact, that's all I did until recently
'Til the expiration of my amnesty
Left me nowhere else to hide
Let's try and have some fun tonight
Let's act it could always be this good
Like we're just as young as we used to be
That goes for everyone but me especially
A flat lining learning curve
On the last leg with low reserves
A desperado that lost his nerve
Trying now to serve
Teach me how to serve
'Cause we're not as young as we used to be
And it goes for everyone but me especially
Why am I still the youngest guy my age?
Why am I still reading the same page?
I know it's hard for everyone but me especially
And you especially
What It Takes lyrics - Lee Pardini & Dawes
If you look out at the skyline
From far enough away
The city's just a row of broken teeth
Its rumbling and it's growling
It festers and decays
But I still hear it calling out for me
I thought my debts were settled
That some rules had been enforced
As a bead of sweat starts rolling down my cheek
I was good at treating symptoms
But I never found the source
So these voices might not ever let me be
But I know I'm never gonna break
If I can find you at the end of every day
They'll say I don't have what it takes
I just won't let go of what it takes away
What it takes away
I coulda been a contender
But I burned a bit too bright
Until I couldn't take another swing
I kept up w the training
But I've given up the fight
And now I'm being forced back in the ring
I know I'm never gonna break
If I can find you at the end of every day
They'll say I don't have what it takes
I just won't let go of what it takes away
What it takes away
What it takes away
What it takes away
What it takes away
What it takes away
What it takes away
All My Failures lyrics - Dawes
Addressing a prayer
Into the air
And the shadows of satellites
So nobody heard
Love's not four words
In a world at the end of its night
Oh everyone that left me
They're so easy to forget
'Cause I haven't let my failures hit me yet
Your voice on the phone
The blood from the stone
And tears that I can't understand
As if I could heal
With guilt I don't feel
Or by silently giving my hand
Well I'm sure "I never loved you"
Can be too fierce and too correct
'Cause I haven't let my failures hit me yet
May my demon reveal himself tenderly
May he not leave me broken
May he leave my to be
So wherever I'm bound
My ear to the ground
And my thoughts on their way back to you
As eternity's slave
You can write that on my grave
When I've finished resisting its truth
And while I'm shaking hands with darkness
It's with the warm wind that I admit
That I haven't let my failures hit me yet
Don't Send Me Away (Remix) lyrics - Dawes
You can send me a letter if you'd rather not talk
Or to make sure I don't interrupt
It might help you let it go, it's hard for you, I know
To act like you're not giving up
You can send me your brother to buy me a drink
And explain the ways I let you down
The girl you were before, a heart that I've ignored
You can send him to turn things around
But don't send me away
This is where I'm supposed to be
Don't send me away
You don't know what you do to me
You can send me to church if you think that would help
Shape me into something that's true
I'll go there everyday, I'll bow my head and pray
To send me from life without you
But don't send me away
And break my poor heart in two
Don't send me away
'Cause I won't take losing you
People all want something they belong to
I've decided I belong to you, oh
Don't send me away
Oh, and break my poor heart in two
Don't send me away
'Cause I won't take losing you, no
Don't send me away
This is where I'm supposed to be
Don't send me away
You don't know what it do to me, oh no
Easy/Lucky/Free lyrics - Dawes
(originally by Bright Eyes)
Did it all get real, I guess it's real enough
They got refrigerators full of blood
Another century spent pointing guns
At anything that moves
Sometimes I worry that I've lost the plot
My twitching muscles tease my flippant thoughts
I never really dreamed of heaven much
Until we put him in the ground
But it's all I'm doing now
Listening for patterns in the sound
Of an endless static sea
But once the satellite's deceased
It blows like garbage through the streets
Of the night sky to infinity
But don't you weep (don't you weep for them)
Don't you weep (don't you weep)
There is nothing as lucky
But don't you weep (don't you weep for them)
Don't you weep (don't you weep)
There is nothing as lucky, as easy, or free
Don't be a criminal in this police state
You better shop and eat and procreate
You got vacation days then you might escape
To a condo on the coast
I set my watch to the atomic clock
I hear the crowd count down 'til the bomb gets dropped
I always figured that there'd be time enough
I never let it get me down
But I can't help it now
Looking for faces in the clouds
I got some friends I barely see
But we're all planning to meet
We'll lay in bags as dead as leaves
All together for eternity
But don't you weep (don't you weep for them)
Don't you weep (don't you weep)
There is nothing as lucky
But don't you weep (don't you weep for them)
Don't you weep (don't you weep)
There is nothing as lucky, as easy, or free...
Fisherman's Blues lyrics - Dawes
(originally by The Waterboys)
I wish I was a fisherman
Tumbling on the seas
Far away from dry land
And it's bitter memories
Casting out my sweet line
With abandonment and love
No ceiling bearing down on me
'Cept the starry sky above
With light in my head
You in my arms
With light in my head
You in my arms
I wish I was the brakeman
On a hurtling fevered train
Crashing a-headlong into the heartland
Like a cannon in the rain
With the beating of the sleepers
And the burning of the coal
Counting the towns passing by
In a night that's full of soul
With light in my head
You in my arms
With light in my head
You in my arms
Well I know I will be loosened
From bonds that hold me fast
That the chains all around me
Will fall away at last
And on that fine and fateful day
I will take me in my hands
I will ride on the train
I will be the fisherman
With light in my head
You in my arms
With light in my head
You in my arms
With light in my head
You in my arms
With light in my head
You in my arms
With light in my head
You in my arms
I Love lyrics - Dawes
I love little baby ducks, old pick-up trucks
Slow movin' trains and rain
I love little country streams, sleep without dreams
Sunday school in May and hay
And I love you too
I love leaves in the wind, pictures of my friends
Birds of the world and squirrels
I love coffee in a cup, little fuzzy pups
Bourbon in a glass and grass
And I love you too
I love honest open smiles, kisses from a child
Tomatoes on the vine and onions
I love winners when they cry, losers when they try
Music when it's good and life
And I love you too
And I love you too
I Will Run lyrics - Dawes
I can listen to your plans
I can look you in the eye
If I don't always understand
I can promise you I'll try
The way you leave me here alone
And give a kiss before you go
I will beg and I will moan
But there is one thing you should know:
I will run
If you open up the door
If you let me go outside
I will run away
I can curl up at your feet
Let you hold me in your arms
I can protect you while you sleep
Keep you company in the car
Find that spot behind my ear
I will kick and I will dance
I will love you while I'm here
But if just given the chance
I will run
If you open up the door
If you let me go outside
I will run away
I will run
If you open up the door
If you let me go outside
I will run away
The Interest Of Time lyrics - Dawes
On the back end of a growth spurt
His red pants looked a little short
Telling me where and how his legs hurt
As we were walking out the door
I used to hate getting up early
Now I try not to make a fuss
My wife leaves for work at 7:30
And our kid never liked the bus
Keeping the sequence in line
Trying to gather my thoughts
In the interest of time
As if we know what it wants
I found the structure of an echo
Beneath the surface of a pool
All of the X's and all the zeros
The way a memory comes unspooled
Maybe time moves in more directions
In any moment of the day
All the contractions and extensions
In all the messes that we make
Keeping the sequence in line
Trying to gather my thoughts
In the interest of time
As if we know what it wants
He threw his backpack around his shoulders
Before he ran off to join his friends
He said "Love you Dad, see you later"
Walls lyrics - Dawes (feat. Mike Viola)
(originally by Tom Petty)
Some days are diamonds
Some days are rocks
Some doors are open
Some roads are blocked
Sundowns are golden
Then fade away
But if I never do nothing
I'll get you back some day
'Cause you got a heart so big
It could crush this town
And I can't hold out forever
Even walls fall down
All around your island
There's a barricade
That keeps out the danger
That holds in the pain
Sometimes you're happy
Sometimes you cry
Half of me is ocean
Half of me is sky
But you got a heart so big
It could crush this town
And I can't hold out forever
Even walls fall down
Some things are over
Some things go on
Part of me you carry
Part of me is gone
But you got a heart so big
It could crush this town
And I can't hold out forever
Even walls fall down
You got a heart so big
It could crush this town
And I can't hold out forever
Even walls fall down...
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