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Crown of Sparrows
06:05
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Fast birds through the treeline
slow light through the pines
oh Queeny come on in
the water’s fine
the water’s fine
Soon we’ll fly away
this crown of sparrows
was never going to stay
Soon we’ll wake from dreaming
with every sweet thing
flown away
hey hon how late is it?
hey could it really be that they’re closing the bars?
but oh don’t it seem endless out here
& all ours,
all ours
Soon we’ll fly away
this crown of sparrows
was never going to stay
Soon we’ll wake from dreaming
with every sweet thing
flown away
Soon we’ll fly away
this crown of sparrows
was never going to stay
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2. |
Gaudy Frame
04:43
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How could you miss me
Sitting here with this pale girl
& my clear-as-gin halo
Don’t you know
my whole drunken world
Is a gaudy frame
For a picture-perfect girl
How could I miss you
passing by with those bright girls & boys
How could I miss you
passing by in that golden horde
How could I miss you
sitting there with that pale bright boy
Looking like there’s no tomorrow
Don’t you know, don’t you know
My whole drunken world
Is a gaudy frame
For a picture-perfect girl
My whole drunken world
Is a gaudy frame
For a picture-perfect girl, girl
for a picture-perfect girl.
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3. |
Night Market
04:46
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Such bright aisles they have at the night market.
They show no shadows when yr eyes are down.
The night time is the right time for this kind of shopping:
evening’s unseeing & seems kind.
So off we float, thin & pretty as lost kites.
Off to bargain badly for our lost nights.
But where’s the fault?
We can’t be blamed
The costs were marked, though, just the same.
But who’s inclined to read those sorts of signs?
There’s so little time
& so much to buy.
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4. |
Prom
04:51
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Frankie dear
it’s almost here
It won’t be long
til prom
Frankie baby
the stars all light
the car’s already been and gone
to prom
And all along the long lawn
the stars are falling
the stars are down
it’s all wrong
it’s all wrong
but come on down
& lie to your poor mom
it’s prom
Frankie darling
the band’s gone quiet
Strange how the light
is bent and drawn
into prom
All along the long lawn
the stars are falling
the stars are down
it’s all wrong
it’s all wrong
but come on down
& lie to your poor mom
it’s prom
it’s prom
it’s prom
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5. |
Oh Cousin
07:30
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The sky
is just like you tonight
too high & way too bright
& probably hiding something
There's fires
in the dancehalls
& knives made of neon
that tower high
& are not comforting
oh cousin these nights are a danger to all
but oh cousin I'm eighteen stories tall
oh please cousin tell me, tell me just what are we?
that we're not sorry,
sorry, sorry
we're not sorry
It's true
the fall will come soon
and all the days die young,
the days die young
but the long nights
are still warm
& there's always
still more ways to come,
to come undone
oh cousin these nights are a danger to all
but oh cousin I'm eighteen stories tall
oh please cousin tell me, tell me just what are we?
that we're not sorry,
sorry, sorry
we're not sorry
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6. |
Drowned Men
04:38
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Not one thing can hurt the drowned men.
We're free, and float like seaweed in green twilight.
Out on the weekend
The town lights are sweet then
& dear if it's true that you can't swim
then you can drown too
So don't hold your breath dear
When we dive, dive, dive
It's only death dear
Til we rise, rise, rise
It's only death dear til we rise.
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Monk Parker Austin, Texas
Pitchfork says "Mournful & elegant, big & brassy... the exquisite dejection is almost celebratory", Rolling Stone France
calls his most recent release “perfect, just perfect”, and El Pais declared a recent Madrid performance "monstrously sad & brilliantly anachronistic”.
The new full-length solo release "Crown of Sparrows" comes out on LP & CD in April 2016 on Grand Jury Records.
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