The Horrible Crowes

Start up the car
Bury your memories
Call on your lovers
Speaking slow and heavy
Call up your boyfriends
from out by the ocean
While I get my last rites
Read by a thief
While I get my last rites
Read by a thief
And you look so holy
standing in the water
From all my pictures
I worshiped before you
My baby just ain't
No good
My baby just she ain't
No good
Yeah

I guess you need a little sugar
Cause you always wander around
How would you like a little fancy
Whenever you feel a little
inside out
I heard you need a vacation
Said I bored you right to tears
I heard my love was a season
That you wore for the
pretty girls
You said no no no no
no no no no
That's not the way it goes
You said no no no no
no no no no
That's not the way it goes
But it is don't lie
I've seen that curl up around
your smile
And it is don't lie
Who do you think that you're
kidding this time
Only I know I know you get
lonely at night
I know I know you get lonely
sometimes
I know I know you get lonely
at night
Nobody knows you like I do
I guess you need a little sugar
Cause you never wait around
I heard you like it to shiver
It's like right up your spine
I saw you walking with him
Down the steps that I
walked you in
I got hurried for midnight
With slippers of glass
and perfect fits
You said no no no no
no no no no
That's not the way it goes
You said no no no no
no no no no
That's not the way it goes
But it is don't lie
I've seen that curl up
around your smile
And it is don't lie
Who do you think that you're
kidding this time
Only I know I know you get
lonely at night
I know I know you get
lonely sometimes
I know I know you get
lonely at night
Nobody knows you like I do
Nobody else waits on you
When your hands shake
like the breeze
And your mind is a
permanent dream
Left your head long before you
broke through my door
Baby baby but it is don't lie
I've seen that curl up
around your smile
It is don't lie
Who do you think is gonna be
laughing this time
It is don't lie
I've seen that curl up around
your smile
It is don't lie
Who do you think that you're
kidding this time

Every breath of this
house creaking
I'm familiar with the cold and
the windows and the doors
And the sound of my heart beating
Beating in and out of time
And it's such a shame
I heard the wind say this morning
Be still my heart I age by
years at the mention of your name
What a pity this season
You remember me my lover
I don't recognize myself
I'm not the man you love
Behold the hurricane
Behold the hurricane
I walk around these empty rooms
We once moved like the morning
Silhouettes they haunt this
house like a memory haunts me
now as if it were a dream
As if it were a dream
It's such a shame I heard the
wind say this morning
Be still my heart I age by
years at the mention of your name
What a pity this season
You remember me my lover
I don't recognize myself
I'm not the man you love
Behold the hurricane
Behold the hurricane
I heard the moon has visions of
her nightly
I heard the mighty rivers
cry out her name
And I saw the heavens
and the earth
Yes I saw the heavens and the
earth cry over you
It's such a shame
I heard the wind say this morning
Be still my heart I age by
years at the mention of your name
What a pity this season
You remember me my lover
I don't recognize myself
I'm not the man you love
Behold the hurricane
Behold the hurricane
At the door the leaves had fallen
Suddenly I realized that
you were gone
Suddenly I realized that
you were gone
Behold the hurricane

I guess the moon
it had it out for us
And the night and the stars
the same
Everything she touched turned to
stone or died eventually
Or was never seen the same again
Yeah and this heart I had
You never sympathize
And while you held my hand
I think I witnessed a crime
While she drove we sat in silence
All I could do was try to breathe
Her and I we never talked too
much or licked our wounds
Just lived between the
hours of sleep
And in this dream I had
My screams were baby's breath
I watched her steal the air
Right from the atmosphere
Oh this heart I had
You never paid no mind
And on the long drive home
I think I witnessed a crime
And she said I just went crazy
from the heat
And I just lit a little fire
under your feet
And that's not so bad see people
do it all the time
It's just a little bit of blood
in your eyes
boy stop all your crying
And all my debonair
Died in her arms one night
You go so quietly
Once you've seen the end
Oh this heart I had
You never paid no mind
And on the drive home
I think I witnessed a crime

I've been known to wear a fine
black suit and a murder of a tie
I've got miles on my shoes that
your brothers can't buy
I've got more than your man
more than even what he wants
I carry each and every ghost of
my lovers at once
And they say
Sugar baby we've got
everything you need
And they say
Sugar baby we've got
something to see
And they say
Sugar baby we've got
everything you need
And even what you want
So go tell everybody that you
drove your poor lover crazy
And take a good look at just
what the night did
There ain't nothing left of your
dearly departed
And I just fell to pieces on the
night that you said
you were leaving
You can't come back to the
heart that you left
So go tell everybody that
your man is dead
And there's always just these
three siren spirits always
following me
They just appeared one night in
the passenger seat
They tell me all about your
sins salivate from their tongues
And they kiss from their lips
but their fingers is so
cold to the touch
Sugar baby we've got
everything you need
Sugar baby we've got
something to see
Sugar baby we've got
everything you need
And even what you want
So go tell everybody that you
drove your poor lover crazy
And take a good look at just
what the night did
There ain't nothing left of your
dearly departed
And I just fell to pieces on the
night that you said
you were leaving
You can't come back to the
heart that you left
So go tell everybody that
your man is dead
I was a man of great sympathy
when I loved you baby
But tonight all my
sympathy is gone
I was a man of great sympathy
when I loved you baby
But tonight all my
sympathy is gone
I was a man of great sympathy
when I loved you baby
But tonight all my
sympathy is gone
I was a man of great sympathy
when I loved you my baby
But tonight all my sympathy oh
she's gone
I was a man of great sympathy
when I did love you my baby
But tonight all my
sympathy is gone

I drive this car through the
city every night
There's a quiet I never
heard before
And lonely my sister
could not describe
All the good things gone wrong
And there was blood on my teeth
From the long winter here
Bones broke in half
A stain on my shirt
From a couple hours out
with the boys
And all good things come to an end
And all memory has left my bones
If I drove straight
off this bridge
Only God and my baby would know
I'm sure she'd be laughing
conjuring spring
With some fella who just said
the right thing
And there'd be blood on my teeth
From the long winter here
Bones broke in half
A stain on my shirt
From a couple hours
out with the boys
And all good things come to an end
See all I can do is think
about you
And miss all your kisses
like the spring
But if I had a sign
That one day you'd be
mine again oh no
If I could hold you right then
As the chill in this season
sputtered and spit and
died with
Blood on my teeth
From just what they did here
Snow tumbling down on the ground
And me stumbling out of my heart
Finding cherry blossoms on the
hood of my car

Watch me slide over here
Feel me breathe over there
I seen a ghost in our willow
Must've lost his lover somewhere
I been around a few times
Never caught a fever like you
Never seen me a woman
Turn a deeper shade of blue
And you must've met a man
Tall and handsome at that
Who must've put a
spell on you baby
Must've kept coming back
Cause I can smell him in your skin
I bet I taste him in your blood
Must be all the young boys baby
Lady killer got the two of us
And how about this for a good one
Maybe we don't ever come down
I can leave the wound wide open
And maybe see if I can
tough it out
Let it pour over my head
All your shame and your history
And see if I say a thing
As it rolls up inside of me
And you must've met a man
Tall and handsome at that
Who must've put a
spell on you baby
And must've kept on coming back
Cause I can smell him in your skin
I bet I taste him in your blood
Must be all the young boys baby
Lady killer got the two of us
Don't cha say it feels like heaven
If you could sleep
through the night
I used to just lay down and
close my eyes
And it would feel like heaven
If I could sleep for a while
I used to float right
above the fire
And you must've met a man
Tall and handsome at that
Who must've put a
spell on you baby
And must've kept on coming back
Cause I can smell him in your skin
I bet I taste him in your blood
Must be all the young boys baby
Lady killer got the both of us
Lady killer got the both of us
Young boys baby
Come on come on come on
Come on come on
come on come on
Come on come on
come on come on
Come on come on
come on come on
Lady killer got the both of us
Young boys baby

Pour yourself a drink
I'll sing you a song
Don't worry about the
money honey
I got a tab a mile long
Bathe me up in light
Call me when you drown
I can wait all night
I've spent my whole life
Less up than my downs
I know a secret everybody tell
Who goes to heaven
who goes to hell
And I know one thing sure is true
I never kept a secret
I got a crush on you
You're everybody's dream
Out on the schoolboy yard
They tumble like an injury
Just about you all night long
All night long
And there was a fire
In your breast and in my brain
Your fingers on my fingertips
Making lines in the windowpane
I know a secret everybody tell
Who goes to heaven
who goes to hell
And I know one thing sure is true
I never kept a secret
I got a crush on you
If you should go there before I do
God's gonna trouble the water
Tell all my friends
that I'm coming too
God's gonna trouble the water
Sometimes I'm up lord and
sometimes I'm down
God's gonna trouble the water
Sometimes I'm almost
level with the ground
God's gonna trouble the water
If you should go there before I do
God's gonna trouble the water
Tell all my friends
that I'm coming too
And God's gonna trouble the water
Sometimes I'm up lord and
sometimes I'm down
God's gonna trouble the water
And sometimes I'm almost level
with the ground
God's gonna trouble the water

Look out below the hurricane
comes near
The water's all poison and
they're showing their teeth
So is that your baby
oh my my your darling
Well didn't she hear the sirens
and the storm bell's warning
Woe to your lovers with their
soft fragile hearts
You cry all night long keeping
the horses alarmed
Mary Ann you don't have to
worry like them
Mary Ann Jesus gonna be here soon
Put your tiny hands
inside my hand and
One more time for me Mary Ann
Just look at the sky burning
vengeance and fire
I told you not to touch but
you're so selfish sometimes
And never trust a stranger with
a diamond on his tongue
I told you once baby
I thought by now you
Would've known
My my Mary Ann you don't have
to worry like them
Mary Ann Jesus gonna be here soon
Put your tiny hands
inside my hands and
One more time for me Mary Ann
My my my Mary Ann
you ain't like them other girls
I see your hand's stillness as
the summer goes down
Rock steady I know you
won't let me down Oh yeah
Mary Ann you don't have to
worry like them
Mary Ann Jesus gonna be here soon
Put your tiny hand
inside my hand and
One more time for me Mary Ann

My first love was an arsonist
Black eyes deep set and avarice
Red lips built like a tomb
You'll never get out of this
some day I'll see to this
And moonlight I found would bow
To her slender hand stretched out
Fingers inside your
heart and your mind
You'll never get out of this
some day I'll see to this
And I'll tell you when it's over
I'll tell you when you can leave
I'll tell you when you
cried long enough
Til your blood fills my cup
And my footsteps they hung in
your hallways enough
For you to be truly haunted
baby by me
My first love was a murderer
Before I ever got to her
Tongue so sharp and serpentine
Waltz to remember her
I'll call you later
And I heard a curse being born
Forming each finger and
forming each thorn
Til I became like a stone
Things never got better
but I'll call you later
And practicing lies to drip
like red wine
I'll tell you when it's over
I'll tell you when you can leave
I'll tell you when you cried
long enough
Til your blood fills my cup
My footsteps they hung in your
hallways enough
For you to be truly haunted
And I'll tell you when it's over
I'll tell you when you can leave
I'll tell you when you
cried long enough
Til your blood fills my cup
My footsteps they hung in your
hallways enough
For you to be truly haunted
When your blood starts
counting losses
When your blood counts its losses
When your blood starts
counting losses
When your blood counts its losses
When your blood starts
counting losses
Sirens they come
sirens they leave
Sirens they come
sirens they leave
Sirens they come
sirens they leave
Sirens they come
sirens they leave
Sirens they come
sirens they leave
Sirens they come
sirens they leave
Sirens they come
sirens they leave
Sirens they come
sirens they leave

I met you in the upper room
Of a house where I slept
with the angels
From hell and from heaven
Some for haunting
some for guarding
Each to his own purpose
over my trembling skin
And I kept my secrets far
from your condition
And in the explosions they
both were just powders
In faded jean jackets to look
just like our daddies
Did you say your lovers
were liars
All my lovers were liars too
Did you say you were
afraid of dying
I ain't lived a single day
without you
Do you wanna come over
I was just about to miss you
Did you say you were lonely
I was just about to call you
You rang on a Wednesday night
I was buried in the churchyard
In the engines of desire in the
come down daylight
I believe my trouble and your
trouble shook hands
Did you say your lovers
were liars
All my lovers were liars too
Did you say you were
afraid of dying
I ain't lived a single day
without you
Do you wanna come over
I was just about to call you
Did you say you were lonely
I was just about to miss you
Did you say your lovers
were liars
All my lovers were liars too
Did you say you were
afraid of dying
Baby I ain't lived a single day
without you
Did you wanna come over
I was just about to miss you
Did you say you was lonely
I was right about to call you
Do you believe there's a heaven
Do you think we're invited
You've done some bad things
And I was a killer
Did you wanna come over
I was just about to miss you
Did you say you were lonely
I was just about to call you