Lyrics for 'deer in the night' 2009 Track Listings: (Click on song name to view lyrics) 1. deer in the night 2. dig me a hole 3. bloom 4. gandydancer 5. grace 6. shorty town 7. isobel 8. things we believe in 9. gasoline 10. one little city 11. sing away 12. no shame 13. fool 14. how the poet goes back to 'music' 1. deer in the night (Allison Russell) deer in the night run on clipped lawns deer in the morning dead by the road flies are all humming death does become them flies are all happy they never know famine houses alike in circles and rows named for the lost woods, places afar people inside them crowded and lonely dreams gently dying together alone ch: the cars they go one way, cars they come back everyday but sunday and sometimes they crash waning moon rise stars barely seen the city's great filth bright towers gleaming quiet is hiding from sirens and shrieks but loves the good music in spaces between bats a dark cloud dance the dusk sky from under the bridge all along the lakeside seeing with sound, hunting with song never colliding or killing their own ch back to top back to 'music' 2. dig me a hole (Awna Teixeira) It's just a matter of luck sometimes Just a matter of what you find You can't help what's been done We all walk a thin line You could go At the drop of a dime And you said before you're going this time Crazy Who's to say that you're insane Well I'm sure it could be true i guess there's no one else to blame for what your head is telling you dig me a hole now and crawl inside I'll wrap myself around And give you a smile Crazy -Don't take it out Don't take it out On this old house built form the ground And the sun shines down on the sugar maple I don't know why I see them wanderin' round I can see it in your eyes It ain't no different in your town You disguise it to survive Can't take it back now Even if you tried Build yourself a sailboat And go for a ride...... back to top back to 'music' 3. Bloom (Allison Russell) silver lined, tired with time can you tell me how to go? rambled long, rambled far all I know is that I don't ch: you say child day by day you say honey night by night shadows slant, hot pavement all the widlflower perfume bloom bike to wind, cheek ache grin if only you beside me too ch your words move, they improve for the rest just dust to dust can't hold you, don't want to except for when I do ch back to top back to 'music' 4. gandy dancer (Awna Teixiera) Up in the morning Out on the job I work the devil I work for my pay But that lucky ol' sun Got nothing to but roll around heaven all day. Gandy dancer He spent months on the bottom He sits there alone Where the boat lands he'll know not a soul Works like a dog for the nickel and dime For a promise means nothing When stolen and dragged down the line. Gandy dancer back to top back to 'music' 5. Grace (Allison Russell) there's ice on the wires, too heavy to bear so the power lines fall and the branches become sticks broken trees tell of sudden cold that kills broken songbirds tell of sudden words that spill friendship ch: all things pass, all things pass and no birds sing, the geese take wing fly to the south, fly far from us fly far from here leave us alone with our black thoughts all things pass watch the landscape reflection through the side view mirror on the tinted windows of the speeding van think that we could be anywhere, think that we could be anyone without a worry, without a restless care not these broken songbirds, searching for patterns not these broken songbirds, searching for meaning for a fall into place, for a fall into place endless grace endless grace ch back to top back to 'music' 6. shorty town (Awna Teixeira) Painted lips stain my cheeks Tears are falling across the paper Letters jumping off their lines Running away from the words that don't mean Nothing to you Hanging down in shorty town Shorty for all the long drawn out Broken hearts, wire and glue What would it be if I could only mean Something to you Clothes pins hanging on the line From the back yard I hear you cryin Sewing needles, patchwork quilts Oh mama it's your heart that should mean Everything to you back to top back to 'music' 7. isobel (Allison Russell) the first day of spring she finally stopped breathing silent postscript to five days of waiting eyes wide open unblinking unseeing she chose her moment well gracious to a fault she waited til they had stopped watching she waited til they were distracted smiling over pictures of her prairie gone-by past smiling over pictures of a girl with a mind like glass clear and sharp but shattered clear and sharp but shattered clear and sharp but shattered and then she left she left back to top back to 'music' 8. things we believe in (Awna Teixeira) Can't stand the way you look at me Your eyes go narrow why When did the air grow cold I'll great you with a smile Why since we have parted You forget the ways you've been I know I'm not the only one I'll great you with a smile We must learn more compassion How when to draw the line Stand up for the things we believe in I'll great you with a smile Walk in this concrete paradise Wish for a cedar grove The earth is crumbling beneath our feet I'll greet you with a smile I left that mess for a better life I'm not going to turn back now My ghosts they come back to haunt me I'll greet you with a smile back to top back to 'music' 9. gasoline (Awna Teixeira) There's a place for everything There's a time for everything There's something for everyone It's killing me that you don't know How much we had to We had to go How much we had to We had to go Chorus- Gasoline gasoline It's dragged on too long What should have been A weekend affair Cause there are stories to be told And that's what we're made up of oh All the stories in our hearts cause in our hearts Is what we are It's hard to hate the things that made me A different kind of love you see Cities change and they stay the same Stuck in their old ways That's why we had to We had to go That's why we had to We had to go Chorus Bridge I've been working all my life I've been craving you all my time I've been working you all my life I've been craving all my time Chorus back to top back to 'music' 10. one little city (Allison Russell) backbone of the world pushed it to the sea cold sea push back got caught between up it sprawled a glass and steel army split the sky, take the sun's glory tear the clouds stab the stars reflect it's own authority challenged the land to a contest of beauty, it's not its fault it failed challenged the land to a contest of beauty, it's not its fault it failed ch: wax wings and towers come to the same thing it's a long way down wax wings and towers come to the same thing get back to the ground rare fog came round like mercy, forgave those sad unsightlies even urine slicks looked like treasure winking taking the block's measure under asphalt cobblestone groaned, rusted street car tracks sighed blinked through the cracks, thought about time why they'd been left behind blinked through the cracks, thought about time why they'd been left behind ch back to top back to 'music' 11. sing away (Awna Teixiera) Stains are all across the table What was had the night before Smiles are dangling from the ceiling Laugh away laugh away There's a bottle in the ocean Floating wishes in the sea Carrying dreams of the not forgotten Cast away cast away All the tales of heavy hearts Burned away in our memories And all fires in the old town Burn away burn away I looked for your love in the desert In all the places I thought it might be But, you never really meant for me to find it Love away love away I held on cause I hoped for better I held on cause I wanted it to be but now you sing your songs with out me sing away sing away and now you sing your songs with out me sing away sing away back to top back to 'music' 12. no shame (Allison Russell) When I was a little child, I'd escape into my head And into the heads of authors through the magic words I read I'd be many different people, each one braver than myself Then I wouldn't feel his weight and I wouldn't hear them yell When they asked me at the shelter, if my father touched me there I dreamt with my eyes open, mute I shook my hair The truth was just too painful and I did not trust their care Only years and cities later could I lay the facts out bare He took from me ten years of childhood, spent three years in jail at most How can a country's code of justice be such a world away from just? Mother says she still loves him, tells me that I'm doing fine, that he needs her more than I do, so I really should not mind Now I'm supposed to be all grown up, I escape into these songs I still hide inside those books when I'm really feeling down Shame like a stalker haunts me he may never go away But I won't be sad, I won't be silent, I won't let him steal my joy When he tells me I am worthless, I sing out anyway I won't be sad or silent I won't let him steal my joy He tells me I am worthless, but I sing out anyway I won't be sad I won't be silent I won't let him steal my joy I won't be sad I won't be silent I won't let him steal my joy back to top back to 'music' 13. fool (Awna Teixeira) There's a fresh start at the end of every mess that I've made She said grab your clothes you gotta go close the door I really don't know what I did this time Chorus- Am I a fool The words escape from her lips With one last long lovely kiss I see her face in my pillow As I reminisce Her lips are moving lovely I can't hear a thing I close my eyes I dip inside her questions why I really don't know what I did this time Chorus- Walkin around to the old coffee shop down town My cheeks are wet I hung my my head Just like you said I really don't know what I did this time Chorus- back to top back to 'music' 14. how the poet goes (Allison Russell) we might as well lift up the glass we might as well rejoice in random chance and take our pleasure while we can 'cause we'll be gone real soon sweet daffodils like sentinels mad magpies try to tease the crows now think of how the poet goes and we'll be gone real soon ch: we'll be gone real soon, we'll be gone real soon the stars are dead, you're the moon and we'll be gone real soon we crave and sing we fight and cry we are never, never satisfied at times succumb to boredom's bribe and we'll be gone real soon feelings full but heart tight locked is this how the romance stops? when the moment never comes and we'll be gone real soon ch forsythia smiles to greet the spring the graveyard blooms in copenhagen we're waltzing high upon a whim and we'll be gone real soon so we sing love is everything love is everything love is everything love is everything and we'll be gone real soon ch back to top back to 'music'