1. |
Sadly Yes
05:43
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Sadly yes I know
just where to go, where to go
Sadly yes, we can all three see
the bright writing on the marquee
Sadly no, I don't want to
Sadly no, I don't want her,
I want you
Past your shoulder & porchlight lies
the bright sea of Illinois.
Floating pleasure palaces
light the sky beyond the buoys
Sadly no I don't want to go
Sadly no I don't know how to say no
Sadly every sweet thing ends
in the end, in the end
Sadly yes, it's a cold world
& favors cold men
Sadly no we can't be still be friends
Sadly I'll never kiss you again
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2. |
I Am A Gun
05:29
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shoot me
i am a gun
you need a lover
and i am not one
i am not one
you think that
flowers are pretty
but they're just hungry for sun
& it's true
I'm a lousy man
but I'm a real good gun
I'm a real good gun
shoot me
i am a gun
you need a lover
and i am not one
i am not one
I am a gun.
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3. |
The Happy Hours
05:54
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slow nights in rapid city
so bright the tiny stars
strobe lights twining
slow & pretty
in rapid city
Darkly darkly the happy hours
sparklingly sparklingly the bar lights
smiling hidingly
shy & inviting
anything,
anything,
anything.
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4. |
Wanna Be Forgotten
02:46
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The sound of cars
& the wound-up stars
All stall & stop eventually
So noon declines to blue
& night rains to dull morning dew
So dawn goes down to day they say.
The wind wants to batter,
& clouds like to drift & scatter
& the sky is high & bright & glad & empty
I wanna be forgotten
I wanna be forgotten
I wanna be free, free, free
I wanna be forgotten
I wanna be forgotten
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5. |
Idle In Idlewild
07:29
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chapter one,
& the warm stars are shining
& light the sky with their long dying
Some strange April,
when all the stars stall and stay still
& the days fly by
idle in Idlewild
idle in Idlewild
chapter two,
soft like kittens & hidden
& New York’s as far off as China.
The ghosts of you and me
are so pretty & so sweet
& it’s bright for Spring
The days fly by
idle in Idlewild
The days fly by
idle in Idlewild
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6. |
Black Bees
03:54
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7. |
Raining In Eva
05:40
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It’s raining in Eva
& damp flowers bloom
Black waters rise where
her long legs lie
Pond weeds twine on couch legs
& clouds glide by
in bright-edged files
across her ceiling tiles
& hide her starry houselights
Behind her bangs
behind her bright bangs
an uncloudy day
shines & fades
& shines & fades again
but Eva rains
Eva rains
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8. |
The Great Fires
05:11
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How the spark loves the tinder
How the fuel the spark
How the night longs to not be so dark
Such a lovely fire
Such a pretty light
All the things that we burned sure burned bright
the great fires
leave nothing
but the endless skies
all blue & no green
& the strangest dreams
Sure it all fades to black & grey
Sure it all banks to coals
Still the great fires are only sleeping you know
the great fires
leave nothing
but the endless skies
all blue & no green
all blue & no green
& the strangest dreams
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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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