Damien Jurado and Gathered in Song
I Break Chairs

Paperwings

Go put on your brand new paper wings
I don't mind, well as long as I can fly

Here's a noose for your head
Here's some tape for that broken wing it's sewn

Go put on your brand new dancing shoes
I don't mind, well as long as I'm with you

Here's a noose for your head
Here's some tape for that broken wing it's sewn

Go put on your brand new paper wings
I don't mind, well as long as I can fly

Here's a noose for your head
Here's some tape for that broken wing it's sewn




Dancing

Smoke that cigarette and down another drink
Call your other In Crowd friends instead of calling me

And it's who's got what and what can I take
Take what you got just try to make a fast break
It's who's got what and what can I take
Well I'll take what you got just try to make a fast break

Just sit down and go dancing

Smoke that cigarette and down another drink on me
Well you've got better things to be done
Than to be seen with me

Well it's who's got what and what can I take
Take what you got just try to make a fast break
It's who's got what and what can I take
Well I'll take what you got just try to make a fast break

Just sit down, there's no dancing




Birdcage

Now the sun is coming out
It's better than the rain
I finally wipe away the clouds
Leave me here and

Maybe I'll be fine
As long as I have you on the right

So much easier to get out
I'm breaking from my cage
Kill the lights and burn it down
Leave the keys and

Maybe I'll be fine
As long as I have you on the right




Inevitable

Open your eyes here comes a bigger part
And seek and define the answers are easy to read

Face that inevitable

Open your eyes here comes a bigger part
You seek and define the answers are easy to read

Face that inevitable




Air Show Disaster
(written by Josh Golden, © Can't Be Trusted)

Listen here, see
I know how to make you famous
Listen to me, I know
They listen to me
'Cause I'm the one who makes them famous
Listen to me, they know

It's another nice day for an air show disaster

Listen here, see
Something that will make you nervous
Listen to me, then go
They listen to me
And I'm the one who makes them famous
Someday you'll see and know

It's another nice day for an air show disaster
Just another nice day for an air show disaster
Just another nice day at an air show disaster

So come on




Never Ending Tide

I am standing on her shore
With the anchor and the oars
She's gonna move you like the never ending tide

And I'm standing on her shore
With the mermaids and the whores
She's gonna move you like the never ending tide




Big Deal

It's like I told you
You'll never be as good
And there's someone always better
To take your place

Once you were the first in line
Now you're in the back
Receiving cards and thank you letters
PS please don't come back

It's like I told you
You'll never be as fast
And there's someone always faster
To take your place

Once I told you things look brighter
And now they're turning black
In this world without a compass
And you can't find your way back

It's like I told you

Once I told you that things look brighter
And now they're turning black
In this world without a compass
And you can't find your way back

It's like I told you




The Way You Look

From the ceiling to the floor
I find I'm wanting more
It's so much a part of it

When I drop down from the sky
So much I could find
In a happy house so high above the clouds

It's not the way that you look, no
It all depends how you feel
It's just the way that it is
I wanna be you

Breaking hearts, they make no sound
In this I have found an excuse for jealousy
Kill the sun and make them blind
So much they will find
In a happy house so high above the clouds

It's not the way that you look, no
It all depends how you feel
It's just the way that it is
I wanna be you




Castles

Castles that you're building
Eventually come falling down

I will try to erase it all
From my mind, it's easy

People who you talk about
Eventually will find you out
People who you talk about
Eventually will hunt you down

I will try to erase it all
From my mind, it's easy




Like Titanic

There's a place Jean and I go
To escape this dull existence
And we go dancing and we set fires
And we tell secrets and tell them lies

I have many questions, places I can go
And I don't know the meaning of "no trespassing"

Me and Jeanie, we get drunk
And we take her dad's car for a ride
And our pockets empty, we have no money
For tobacco or the movies

I have many problems, the fears I can't ignore
I don't know the meaning of "self-destruction"
I have many questions, places I can go
And I don't know the meaning of "no trespassing"

Some say Jeanie, she's my downfall
With the pills and alcohol
She can sink me like Titanic
May my blood spill to her shores

I have many questions, places I can go
And I don't know the meaning of "no trespassing"
I have many problems, the fears I can't ignore
I don't know the meaning of "self-destruction"

Some say boredom, it's a killer
You end up breaking the hearts like chairs

I have many questions, places I can go
And I don't know the meaning of "no trespassing"
I have many problems, but fears I can ignore
I don't know the meaning of "self-destruction"




Parade

I'm coming to town, get ready to leave
Pack up the things, roll up the sleeves

So different

Can't tell the things your money saved
Get in the car for the parade

So different




Lose My Head

I won't pretend not to see you looking
I smile and walk the other way

Kept alive in pictures
Still shots of you sleeping
And I play the movies in my mind

If I ever lose my head
Don't ever let me lose my head

High above me far from all who see you
You play the hero in my song

This is my blue one
That one makes me happy
Call in another round of cheer

If I ever lose my head
Don't ever let me lose my head