1. |
Flip Flops
02:41
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i've got my shoes on
i've got my flips
i've got my boots & my socks
but the pathway is already paved
for me to walk
piss drunk on the floor
callous-less & bored
i was young
i'm bored
every day feels like the one before
i don't what i been told
i don't even know if there's something more
i was young
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2. |
I was a cellar
03:56
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i was a dark cellar in the house where we moved
i kept my mouth tighter shut than you
came apart at the seams
lady screams on TVs lulled me to sleep
we are always asleep
i kept my eyes focused straight ahead
in the darkness
i ask myself "why now?"
i ran back to where you were sleeping on the couch
your eyes wide
filled with someone else
i tried
we're underground
let's make it now
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3. |
We Are Dinosaurs
02:26
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teachers all want to be kids
kids all wanna teach
you reach for something that she will never be
i feel like bones buried deep
deep beneath your feet
i keep on singing as if i'm not asleep
there's nothing for me to believe
all you want is more than what you had before
we are dinosaurs
tired & hopeless & bored
if there's nothing for me to believe
then darling please stay with me
we are dinosaurs
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4. |
Cupcakes
01:54
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it's right in front of you
take a bite
or stay in your room for the rest of your life
with your TV screens & your cybertalk
& your DVDs & your cool xbox
i'd rather not
outside the sun shines
but you pull the blinds shut
i never thought that i'd get caught up
but i don't mind
with the glaze over my eyes
i forget that i'm gonna die
outside the sun shines
but you pull the blinds shut
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5. |
Fine By Myself
04:05
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i don't need to be lonely anymore
figured out i'm find by myself
i've got me
i don't need no one else
figured out i'm find by myself
i wish that you'd decide
give up
go on with our lives
it's monday night & nothing's all right
calm yourself down
maybe things will be all right
it feels like there's never enough time
i don't know where to go
all i know's i want you by my side
but if you say no i guess i'll be alright
i wish that you'd decide
give up
go on with our lives
it's monday night & nothing's all right
calm yourself down
maybe things will be all right
sometime
hi there
i hope you're being honest
cuz honestly i want you to be free
i care
but if i'm not the strongest
if you taste the fruit from different trees
& it's sweeter than me
then leave
i wish that you'd decide
give up
go on with our lives
it's monday night & nothing's all right
calm yourself down
maybe things will be all right
sometime
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6. |
Horrorshow
03:29
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open like a horror show
i didn't get the chance to scream
babe you look familiar
think i saw you in a magazine
maybe if i fall asleep i'll wake up in a high school dream
i am always asleep
she showed me something that she learned up in the backseat
the glancing at the watch & the shuffling of her feet
babe i made a promise & a promise i intend to keep
don't worry me
your open mouth
babe the flood's a-comin'
i'm lonely now
the words spill out
babe you don't mean nothing
just shut your mouth
so meet me by the bridge
down by the water's edge
i can't get out of this
so help me jesus
i tried so hard but i got caught
your open mouth
babe the flood's a-comin'
i'm lonely now
the words spill out
babe you don't mean nothing
just shut your mouth
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7. |
Curtains
02:20
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i remember when you were nothing but a pretty face & a friend
a prize i could never win
then you took my hand & you let me in
in the morning light
your skin ignites
the kind of show for which a boy would die
i'll build a theatre by your side
i'll buy it out each night
we'll sing & step in time
so happy we're alive
in the crowd i'll stand
cheer & clap my hands
a one-man ovation
the happiest i've ever been
if the curtains close
leaving me alone
in the front row seat to the world's best show
at least i got to go
i love you so
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8. |
My Teeth
03:20
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it's not a smile
it's my teeth
neatly filed
straight & clean
while my gums are bleeding underneath my lips
girl you shake your dance-floor hips
empty bottle, sway, & twist
no you didn't need to steal his kiss
it's free
i know
you don't know
i feel cold between my sheets
nevermind the summer heat
it's not the kind that i want next to me
no
& i know
you don't know
i watch you like a TV with my glasses off
you sound fine but it all looks fucked
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9. |
Warm
02:49
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isn't this what you want?
me outside
you in front
i fall apart in your arms
like a ball of yarn
i wish i wasn't yours
cuz you're not mine at all
now i'm feeling inside out
i won't let it hold me down
snow falls on the parking lot & the streets
underneath my coat
my heart beats in the cold
i don't wanna ever know
how it feels to be that warm
oh no
i don't want to know
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10. |
No Chaperones
02:52
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turn off the lights
you've got blue sky around your neck tonight
your heart beats against mine
your feet move on the floor
pieces on a checkerboard
the walls are all on fire & butterflies
your hand in mine
we walk straight lines into another time
when city lights don't shine
just the moon high in the sky
& we lie in piles of leaves
you're a love i don't believe or recognize
no chaperones
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11. |
Old Lady Glasses
04:17
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i could be the sutures that hold your insides in
i wish i could see the future from my empty bed
i don't want this to end
not yet
you're the song stuck in my head
a smile from a stranger i haven't met
you've not left me yet
i won't fall back asleep
you're a secret & the kind that i can't keep
city lights all burned out
home is all i care about
i could be the glasses on your ancient face
making sure you see straight
i'll write a chorus for the masses
& they'll all sing your name in a glorious refrain
i won't fall back asleep
you're a secret & the kind that i can't keep
city lights all burned out
home is all i care about
i'm tired of feeling alone
& i have a home
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Joel Murray Nashville, Tennessee
Husband & wife indie folk-pop duo. Making music our dog hates since 2012.
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