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We smoke in stairwells
kiss in Castaic hills
and my baby is made of love
and if you see her
digging and planting things into me
don't worry she knows what she's doing
we grew up amongst
farmers and drunks
and they taught us the tough kind of love
and if you see us
laughing till our heads fall off
don't be startled, that's just how we are
and now that your'e here
the fears kick in
but still I can't wait
and thank God I found you
when I did
in the most unsuspecting place
my life keeps changing
in so many ways
and it's strange to me
and thank God I found you
where I did
on a bridge over Hell
we undress in quiet rooms and open windows
and someday
we'll have a horse and a home
and I'd be a damn fool
to think I could possess her soul
but maybe her body could be my clothes
we smoke in stairwells
kiss in car seats
and my baby, sings me to sleep
and if you see her
shoulder blades becoming wings
don't be aghast, she knows where shes going
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South of the South
01:24
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Im wrapped wet
in the red veins of the city
the skeletons
of the landscape startle me
i saw those
hummingbirds coming out of your mouth
I'm blowin' all of my dough
and headin'
south of the south
south if the south
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Rushing
04:44
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all our blood’s in the love
all our faces breaking waves
all our love’s in the blood
and you have found us
sweetheart, i am here
sweetheart, i am here
so rush to me
and speak the words
you know i long to hear
in this moment
envelope me
our time is bleeding now
you rush to me
cause’ all of this life
is many deaths
and many births
that made us bright
and i just don’t know
if i’ll be here tomorrow
all our blood’s in the love
all our faces breaking waves
all our love’s in the blood
and we are weeping
all our blood’s in the love
all the veins you create
all our love’s in the blood
and you have found us
sweetheart, i am here
sweetheart , i am here
so rush to me
and speak the words
you know i long to hear
in this moment
envelope me
our time in bleeding now
enflesh me again
like a great wingspan
spread out before me
with a promise
to carry me away
from this hell
i’m living in
you rush to me
cause’ all of this life
is many deaths
and many births
that made us bright
and i just don’t know
if i'll be here tomorrow
tomorrow…
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4. |
Grape Juice
06:41
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Here's some grape juice
i'll carry you, back to your shoes
just so you know
i got nothin to do
but to shower you
with songs that could split you in two
here's my boots
they will also carry you
back to the place
where we sang
hey, hey, hey,
hey, hey, hey
hey...
you know i adore you
the more, more, more, more , more
but how could you
love, love , love, love, love
me the boy in poverty
and more, more, more, more, more
than you bargained for
and love, love, love, love, love
is a beautiful war
I want more, more, more
than i ever did before
here's an arnie
it should serve as a sweet pick-me-up
so we can talk late
and let our hearts speak
the necessary complexities
just so you know
i got nothin to do
but to shower you
with songs that could split you in two
just so you know
i got nowhere to go
but the home i built
inside of your heart
hey, hey, hey,
hey, hey, hey
hey...
you know i adore you
the more, more, more, more , more
but how could you
love, love , love, love, love
me the boy in poverty
and more, more, more, more, more
than you bargained for
and love, love, love, love, love
is a beautiful war
I want more, more, more
than i ever did before
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5. |
Vanquish
06:31
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you were
biting your lip
and i was reading aloud
a volume of poetry
written by an Oregonian
who had a fascination
with the scent of blood
and pandemonium
and his words
they warmed my skin
just like the way i felt
when you let me in, let me in
now i'm at work
and so are you
and i was thinking about
what you were thinking about
now vanquish
me in the autumn
my family
will come to save me
from the shotguns
and the shot from one
and suddenly
i was carried away
and every crucifix
resting on every chest
transcended
and bloomed into a necklace
of orchids
and at the funeral
everybody was crying
and the melodies they sang
were heart-mangling
and how to make sense
of a casket built
for a baby
who barely got to live
and asked God
to be there with us
and He was
i felt him in my nervous system
now i'm at work
and so are you
and i was thinking about
what you were thinking about
now vanquish
me in the autumn
my family
will come to save me
from the shotguns
and the shot from one
and suddenly
i was carried away
and every crucifix
resting on every chest
transcended
and bloomed into a necklace
of orchids
now i'm at work
and so are you
and i was thinking about
what you were thinking about
now i'm in bed
wishing you were next to me
and i was crying about
what you were crying about
now we're in heaven
and so are all our friends
and i was laughing about
what you were laughing about
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6. |
We Were Just Kids
05:51
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the sun crescendos
like a Morzartian symphony
and when will your eyes
stop burning in my memory?
if only, if only
i could back to the place
where i said
"unfold me, unfold me
love is a healing grace"
the son illuminates
all these beautiful agonies
and when will my eyes
start burning in your memory
if only, if only
i could get back to the place
where you said
"me only, love me only
and i'll never leave"
we were just kids
we were way too young
to be french-kissin'
and smoking cigarettes
before all of this
i remember i was happy
sucking hard candy
for weeks after Halloween
we were idiot kids
were way too young
to be smoking weed
and skinnydipping in the lakes
before all of this
i remember i was happy
just playin' ice hockey
it was all i needed then
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Hope
01:53
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my lover
how did i
become
so graced
to have you in my life?
and i'm back
on the road
back on the road
to life
and i'm bursting
at the seams
bursting into streams
of life
and...
soon there will be
snow on the mountain peaks
soon we will be
rushing in God's arteries
soon we will be
flowing like rivers streams
soon we will be
sleeping in love's peace
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Bravery
02:11
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10. |
Resting Place
03:50
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i drive on down
a dark web
of lonely freeways
and stack interchanges
always looking
for a sign of you
i keep on kissing
the faces
of little children
praying
that you'll show up
in a smile or a word
and somethin'
has got to give
before
i lose my head
and somethin'
has got to give
all of my love
to live
and still i wouldn't trade
a single day
that iv'e got to be with you
my light and my ray
and still i don't regret
a single mistake
that brought me to you my love
my life and resting place
i've been searching for you
in little old rooms
all over this country
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11. |
Sweeter than Life
03:13
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if you find the way
back to love
won't you let me know
how you made it?
just open up
your imagination
to wonder
cause' i can still see me
holding you
with the whole
of my body
and i can see
pajamas on the floor
and chrysanthemums
there's bobby pins
in the bed and bloodstains
from the night
you skinned your knee
the children are screaming
on the blacktop
of the schoolyard
and we're all asleep
in the country
and it's sweeter than life
it is sweeter
it's sweeter than life
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12. |
Prisms
05:08
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i see
prisms
in the mountains
in the mountains
and my dear one's face
laughing in the sun
under fountains
under fountains
and here' your tea
and the memory
of the memory
of you on horseback
as a child
jumping over things
jumping over things
and nothin'
matters much
but kindness
ans nothin'
matter much
but love
i see
wavelengths
in the ocean
in the ocean
and all of the spectrums
of colors
come alive
in the open
and here's a ficus tree
and the memory
of you and i
in the riverbed
jumping over things
and nothin'
matters much
but kindness
and nothin'
matters much
but this moment
and nothin'
matters much
but kindness
and nothin'
matters much
but love
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John Goraj Tucson, Arizona
John Goraj is a American songwriter. Goraj draws inspiration from a deep and diverse well of philosophy, ecology and western landscapes on this new work. "The Patience of Glaciers" is an allusion-filled rumination on growing up in South Dakota, marriage, the birth of his son and the intersection of religious mysticism and natural history. ... more
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