by Dar Williams on album The Honesty Room

Ron and Nancy got the house but Sid and Nancy rule I died 8 years ago, I'm still a legend at my high school I stole a Chevy and I wrapped it round a tree But that's okay 'cause no one's gonna make the

by Dar Williams on album Miscellaneous

How did we lose this great wrath Everything burns in our path The balance we broke, left us running through smoke You're at the blue light of the flame As the earth melts at the poles I race to

by Dar Williams on album Mortal City

Dar Williams Mortal City Iowa I've never had a way with women, but the hills of iowa make me wish that i could, And ive never found a way to say i love you, but if the chance came by, oh i, i would,

by Dar Williams on album All My Heroes Are Dead

It's the start of a new life day. Oh yeah, right, like I haven't heard that one before You know everything I try to quit I only want it some more So I let the weeds grow up, call them flowers of the c

by Dar Williams on album Mortal City

Yeah, there was a time I didn't like the love, I liked the climbers I was no sister then, I was running out of time and one liners And I was afraid like you are when you're too young to know the time

by Dar Williams on album Mortal City

Amber called her uncle Said, "We're up here for the holiday Jane and I were having solstice Now we need a place to stay" And her Christ-loving uncle Watched his wife hang Mary on a tree He watched hi

by Dar Williams on album Miscellaneous

You go ahead, push you luck Find out how much love the world can hold Once upon a time I had control And reigned my soul in tight Well the whole truth, it's like the story of a wave unfurled But I he

by Dar Williams on album Mortal City

I threw your keys in the water, I looked back They'd frozen halfway down in the ice They froze up so quickly, the keys and their owners Even after the anger, it all turned silent And the everyday turn

by Dar Williams on album All My Heroes Are Dead

Dar Williams All My Heroes Are Dead All My Heroes Are Dead You gotta admit life magazine made 1968 look great, My father said it sucked, everybody died. All the troops you couldn't save, no one knew

by Dar Williams on album The Beauty of the Rain

Time it was I had a dream And you're that dream come true An' if I had the world to give I'd give it all to you I'll take you to the mountains I will take you to the sea I'll show you how this

by Dar Williams on album Mortal City

I am thinking about the woman in a century of peace On a bright mosaic she is washing on her knees And she looks up at the black sky beyond the mountain tall She says, "Oh good, the rain is finally go

by Dar Williams on album The Beauty of the Rain

And you know the light is fading all too soon You're just two umbrellas one late afternoon You don't know the next thing you will say This is your favorite kind of day It has no walls, the beauty of t

by Dar Williams on album The Honesty Room

I won't forget when Peter Pan Came to my house, took my hand I said, "I was a boy" I'm glad he didn't check I learned to fly, I learned to fight I lived a whole life in one night We saved each other'

by Dar Williams on album End Of The Summer

I don't go to therapy to find out if I'm a freak I go and I find the one and only answer every week And it's just me and all the memories to follow Down any course that fits within a fifty minute hour

by Dar Williams on album End Of The Summer

The summer ends And we wonder where we are And there you go, my friends With your boxes in your car And you both look so young And last night was hard, you said You packed up every room And then you

by Dar Williams on album Mortal City

Can you fix this? It's a broken heart It was fine but it just fell apart It was mine but now I give it to you 'Cause you can fix it, you know what to do Let your love cover me Like a pair of angel wi

by Dar Williams on album The Honesty Room

Why is it that as we grow older and stronger The road signs point us adrift and make us afraid Saying, 'You never can win' 'Watch your back', 'Where's your husband?' I don't like the signs that the si

by Dar Williams on album End Of The Summer

Perhaps I am a miscreation No one knows the truth there is no future here And you're the DJ speaks to my insomnia And laughs at all I have to fear Laughs at all I have to fear You always play the mad

by Dar Williams on album My Better Self

We could pretend that we're walking On petals and light, golden light Flaunting our love like a dance step mastered Turning from left to right But after all the colored lights are gone Time wil

by Dar Williams on album The Honesty Room

Dar Williams The Honesty Room I Love, I Love (Traveling II) I heard love can fall so hard, it can bury a kingdom I heard it makes the spring appear out of season It's a storm in a shadowbox, a force