Damien Jurado Where Shall You Take Me?

Amateur Night

First came the screams and blood on the floor
The alcohol and magazines
In my flashlight you're a star
Razor blade that cuts you clean

Smile for the camera
Take off that dress
Twenty dollars for a kiss

It's me who made you
It's me who will take you

I am not an evil man
I just have a habit I can't kick
It starts with an urge and ends with this
Hang up the phone, I ain't finished yet



Omaha

Cowboy alone
Drives with his three kids
To house where they live
Where you been

The country will know us by name
This country will know us by name

We've been out driving
Seeing the sights
The land of Nebraska
Is beautiful at night

This country will know us by name

Our car was the ship
Daddy the captain
He let us steer and pretend
We were driving

This country will know us by name
This country will know me by name



Abilene

I fell in love with a girl of nineteen
A black-haired girl I called Abilene
"Young girl, where's your husband?"
"Sadly," she replied, "I do not have one."
"It's you I'll marry with your parents' permission."

"No fine sir, they will not let me marry
For I am a young girl
And you are a man without money."
"Then I'll come by your window
Tonight when they both will be sleeping

Outside your window in a carriage I will be waiting
They'll awake, find you gone
Rub their eyes and think they're dreaming."
And never did they think
That their Abilene would leave them

"Now fine sir, where is it you shall take me?
Is it  the mountains high
Or is it the deep blue sea?"



Texas to Ohio

From the window to the doorway
This is the way we planned our escape
Five miles of road, three hours of conversation
My feet and ears could only take so much

From Texas to Ohio is too long a walk
Even if it's with someone you love
Five miles in the walk you already want to do them in

Through the heat and humidity
Reminds you of going back to the first time I met you
How each time we're dating I could never get ahold of you

I don't know what you're saying
You should try calling back tomorrow

From the window to the threshold
This is the way we learn from our mistakes
You leave all your friends for someone you think you love

Through for the better or the worst
My mind's just going back to the first time I met you
How each ~ you're dating I could never get ahold of you

I don't know where she's at
You should try calling back tomorrow



Window

I am looking at a beautiful window
That window is your eyes
And the only time I saw rain fall
Was the day your mother died

And I am looking at a beautiful rainbow
The rainbow is your smile
Oh the only time I heard laughter
Was the day I took you as my bride

I am looking at a beautiful window
The window is your eyes
Oh the only time I saw rain fall
Was the day your mother died

And I am walking with my Savior
My Savior walks with me
He will guide me up to Heaven
Where you and I shall meet



I Can't Get Over You

I can't get over
No I can't get over you
Seems no matter what I do
I can't get over you

I have tried sleeping
Just to get over you
And I have tried dreaming
But all of my thoughts were of you

I can't get over
No I can't get over you
Seems no matter what I do
I can't get over you

It seems no matter what I do
I can't get over you
No I can't get over you



Intoxicated Hands

She took advantage of intoxicated hands
And he pretended to be asleep
And underneath the blankets their legs weaved like a chain
And come tomorrow morning how will you explain

Was it that whiskey talking or is it your heart
That you made you say I love you to me
As you held me in your arms
And you'll have the explanation for that
What has come about

I loved you seven long years
And now that you've found me out
Just get out

I was just like the others I wanted to be more
Shame it took that whiskey baby
To bring me to your door
You'll have the explanations for that
What has come about

When I loved you seven long years my boy
And now that you've found me out
Just get out



Tether

Come oh come away Heather
Who is the boy that you keep by your arm
Drags a cat around by a tether
Who is the boy that you keep by your arm

I must say he looks not familiar
Is he a stranger from some other town
The townfolks say he looks quite peculiar
They've never seen his kind come around

Tell me oh tell me will he be your husband
Will you oh will you be his bride
Will you stay in the house and provide him with children
Are you sure he will not leave your side

When tears fill your eyes, whom shall you run to
You can run to the house on the hill
In this house you will find me standing
By a window waiting for you



Matinee

We all cried at the ending
We all stayed for the credits
And I kept my ticket as a souvenir

Found our way by the usher's light
To a place outside, parked the bikes
Underneath a neon sign

Matinee
Why go late when the movies
Are cheaper during the day

We come down about twice a week
To put our feet on theater seats
Admission's cheap and the soda's free

Well my best friend's girl works the ticket stand
The boss is gone, she gets us in
We all see a matinee

Matinee
Why go late when the movies
Are cheaper during the day

We all cried at the ending
We all stayed for the credits
And I kept my ticket as a souvenir

Well my best friend's girl works the ticket stand
The boss is gone, she gets us in
We all see a matinee

Matinee
Why go late when the movies
Are cheaper during the day



Bad Dreams

I have fell victim to you
Troubles I have seen many years
From high windows I have called you
So come save me from this fire

Forget all who hurt you, they don't know you
Come rest your tired body in my arms
From the bedroom I have called you
So come save me from this fire

And I have bad dreams
Done so many bad things
So come save me from this fire