David Berman Bot@DavidBermanBot

I post David Cloud Berman lyrics & poetry every few hours (Silver Jews, Purple Mountains, Actual Air)

Joined December 2020
In 1984, I was hospitalized for approaching perfection
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Brandy wine rained on an android cross Even the swans were bankrupt and blue I'd been a liar my whole life She said, "I wanna be your wife" And she said, "I'm gonna love the hell out of you"
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No one should have two lives Now you know my middle names are Wrong and Right Honey, we've got two lives to give tonight
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Legends of gold I've tried to hold In the grey half-light of the hallway at night One, two, three, four, five We're trapped inside the song
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I tell you, they make it so you can't shake hands when they make your hands shake
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I flagged down a stranger In a worn wooden wheelchair And when I asked if he knew of a hotel He said "if I get your meaning Then I'm definitely leaning Towards recommending the Farmer's Hotel."
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Punks in the beerlight, burnouts in love
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It's been evening all day long And how can something so old Be so wrong?
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So get in some licks and hold your head up And soon you'll be drinking from that crystal cup
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Hey man would you mind if I ruined your life tonight Would you mind if I ruined your life tonight I know you're not supposed to say bad things about the mother of your children But that bitch, that hag makes me feel like killing
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We've been raised on replicas Of fake and winding roads And day after day, up on this beautiful stage We've been playing tambourine for minimum wage But we are real, real I know we are real
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Only one for me Only one for me Only one for me I'll put my dreams high on a shelf I'll have to learn to like myself Yeah, maybe I'm the only one for me
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How long can a world go on under such a subtle god? How long can a world go on with no new word from God? See the plod of the flawed individual looking for a nod from God Trodding the sod of the visible with no new word from God
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Up the hill past 694, at the stone wall make a left And I will see you soon, my friend If these old directions still direct
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Poor as a mouse every morning Rich as a cat every night
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People send people up to the moon When they return, well, there isn't much
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The light of my life is going out tonight As the sun sinks in the west The light of my life is going out tonight With someone she just met She kept it burning longer than I had right to expect The light of my life is going out tonight Without a flicker of regret
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We could be looking for the same thing If you're looking for someone
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When on and off collide We'll set our souls aside and walk away
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O Dallas, you shine with an evil light O Dallas, you shine with an evil light How'd you turn a billion steers Into buildings made of mirrors? And why am I drawn to you tonight?
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I mean, things have not been going well This time I think I finally fucked myself
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