by Jet Lag Gemini on album Miscellaneous

Well, I set sail to find the edge of the planet Instead I fell off before I got to the ship One morning you'll wake up and you're actually caring About all the things that you said you never would thi

by Jet Lag Gemini on album Miscellaneous

Here, my dearest friend Won't you take this with you to the end When all your weapons fail And there's no crew left to sail Just climb the mast And bring your best disguise, screaming We won't surren

by Brendan Benson on album Miscellaneous

The yellow sun in the sky whenever you walk A little white lie written in chalk The red spot in your eye whenever you talk Spit it out now And at the end of the day when you kick back You give all ne

by Jet Lag Gemini on album Miscellaneous

Hey, hey, hey, tell me did you find your way? There's a lot of things you've done I'd damn you for From finger to finger, from head to toe I do hope you're alright And it's time to admit it's my faul

by Brendan Benson on album The Alternative to Love

Little lamb that you are, now you've wandered too far And you can't find your car You don't know where you've been when the night closes in You feel it under your skin, you won't let me in You c

by Brendan Benson on album What Kind Of World

Yeah, yeahhh! I wanna hear you say I wanna hear you say just once. Girl, I don't have all day, yeah. I need to hear you say it just once. Come on, surprise me. Show me something that might get a

by Brendan Benson on album One Mississippi

This is only a bird's eye view Of how I see things between me and you And everyone in between It's just how it seems to be You can't escape the jails Or the crucifier's nails So just have a se

by Jet Lag Gemini on album Miscellaneous

I'm sleeping soft tonight Keeping warm with crooked dreams The pennies of a dead man's eyes Never let my pockets weep And I'm sorry you had to know me When I'm so fit to be tied I'm such a mensch in

by Brendan Benson on album Miscellaneous

I'm easy, just a couple of words that you've got to say And it frees me from the godawful eyes when it sees me And you said, "You're never gonna make it Boy, you'll never make it alone" Ooh ah You're

by Brendan Benson on album Miscellaneous

My mother raised me single-handedly In a Louisiana hell called Harvey I never know what I'm supposed to be Turned over every rock for clues Of what it is to be me And I never know what's going on? Bu

by Brendan Benson on album Miscellaneous

Someday I'm content to stay at home But other days I get restless I can't stand to be alone Okay, I've been known to cry in my sleep But dreams often show what you don't want to know When you're awake

by Brendan Benson on album One Mississippi

This is only temporary These songs are my worst habits My looks and my skin and my temper And this town, this place I call my home It's me just purely And I promise, I'll get back on track I'l

by Brendan Benson on album Miscellaneous

I once knew a woman, she was skin and bones Invited all the insects to come into her home She trained them so well, they could answer her phone But the day finally came when the poor woman was overthr

by Brendan Benson on album Miscellaneous

The girl with the silver on her face Want to take her home, meet mom and dad Hard to tell 'bout a girl like this She might smile or she might spit on them, yeah I want to scrub her face and take her

by The Delays on album Everything's The Rush

Let's go swimming in the morning Let's go swimming in the morning Let's go swimming in the morning let's go swimming There's all these hours in the day And we are, we are, Around to let them g

by Brendan Benson on album Miscellaneous

Electric eyes and a see-saw brain The ghost of you and a phantom pain And insects iridescent sheen The bluest sky I've ever seen I've ever seen I want my piece, I want my slice A beat-up punk rock pa

by Brendan Benson on album The Alternative to Love

I'm writing the words to this song with a poison pen I'm turning a straw into gold and then back again When you used to be my friend Before you turned your back on me in the end I'm building a b

by Brendan Benson on album Miscellaneous

You're poised and ready, unable to make a sound Your hands are sweaty as you look down You're running already when you've hit the ground You're willing and able, so nice to have around The head of th

by Brendan Benson on album The Alternative to Love

Well you love me and I love you So what's the problem? Can't you see that I'm sinking fast And I'm near the bottom? Whenever you feel me slipping away Then that's when you should hold me tight

by Brendan Benson on album Miscellaneous

In her past, there's lots of people I know them by their names Some of them rushed by like water And some of them were flames Each and all knew a different girl Someone I'd never met They went with h