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Palo Alto
04:27
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When I called, it’d been too long, wish I didn’t need the push
But you’re always sharp with the memories, when I ask you about family stuff
When you were out West, in Palo Alto, with your Dad, the admiral
Who took pictures, aboard the warship, but always dreamt of the day he’d run
To Palo Alto
With his sweetheart
And a Camera
Never Being
What he was then
Stuck in a uniform
Taking pictures from high above
Glad you found those old journals and gave me a few to explain
What you never could as a parent, I guess it had to be written out
In those amber waves of dairy, Wisconsin in the 70’s
The Davy Crocketts and the cow shit
I kind felt I was meant leave
To Palo Alto
With my sweetheart
And a bicycle
Never Being
What I was then
Stuck in a cornfield
A rural tapestry
I just had one friend
I had one friend
Yeah I just had one friend
And me and that one friend
Me and Joe, we’re getting away…
When that sun is sinking
Like bronze in the afterglow
Of a torpedo, a stolen Marlboro
Behind the barn or with a gun
The momentary sanctuary
Of a warm sun sinking low
We all linger in the wonder
Feel lost and want to go
To Palo Alto
With our sweethearts
Via catapult
Never being
What we were then
A whole new atmosphere
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2. |
Pathetic at the Zoo
03:39
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All this wasted time
With the wishing eyes
I’d hope that you seem them
At the zoo gift show
I know it’s all free
But the lions look depressed
As they see my attempt
To win you back
Put me, put me
In a cage
Love me, loathe me
Everyday
That’s when I see you up ahead
We’re no longer hand in hand
And I watch our lock come loose
At the zoo
Another night spent
With the wishing eyes
Staring up at the ceiling
In the afterthoughts
Where I never waited too long
Never became that guy
Watching giraffes, all alone
With a tear in his eye
Maybe we just need a reminder
Of the first time
Looking at each other all sweetly
In the gift shop line
That’s when I see you up ahead
We’re no longer hand in hand
And I watch our lock come loose
At the zoo
And I feel lost and pathetic
With all this
Wasted time
With the wishing eyes I…
Hope that you seem them
Hope that you seem them
I, hope that you see them
But you never, you never do.
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3. |
Isabel
03:47
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Isabel, why don’t you laugh like you used to?
Is it heartless to say that we shouldn’t go on
Without the games and the cheer?
It’s hard to talk when you’re not even here
Oh Isabel, why can’t I laugh like I used to?
I’m sideways and bent like a man on the moon
Who’s forgotten his suit
You ask, exactly, “what’s overcome you?”
Oh Isabelle
Oh Isabelle
Isabel, why can’t we laugh like we used to?
I’d take all the temper tantrums in the car
Before we’d kiss on the beach
I’ve come to realize that you’re now
Out of reach
Isabel, well you can’t seem to drink your own poison
What happened to reciprocation in the end?
Wear your heart like a badge
No conversations pitiful or crass
Oh Isabel
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4. |
Tired World, Wide Awake
03:32
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You call me when it hits
So hard, the urge to leave
How you can see them driving away
Nothing bad hung up in the place that they left
And all these, jealous tears
Making daily tweaks to my character
And I can see them making their way
Looking back at the odds and ahead at the space
And you, you want that
So why would you grow apart and stay?
In a tired world that once was wide awake?
You’ve put yourself in the way
You’ve got room
Just call me and we’ll split
Like two easy riders out of here
Where you can see them
The clocks gone away
In hours of the morn, when you got quite a ways to go
Here we go
So why would you grow apart and stay?
In a tired world that once was wide awake?
You’ve put yourself in the way
You’ve got room
So why would you grow apart and stay?
In a tired world that once was wide awake?
You’ve put yourself in the way
You’ve got room
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5. |
Sit in the Garden
04:39
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my fingernails keep breakin
and i can’t stop scratching at my skin
i can see the moon is setting, the street lights will soon stop flickering
there’s a straight line from your chin that points directly to me
your eyes are closed your breathing’s slow
but somehow you still pull me in
i do and i don’t
want to be with you
amelia
in the easy silence and the morning dew.
the beauty of the moon flower blooms just at night
and each bud only one time
amelia
i do and i don’t
when you wake this will only be more difficult to decide
cause your voice sounds like flowers growing
and i wanna sit in the garden
i’ve never had someone quite like you, you’re kind and comfortable and warm
don’t say goodbye baby not this time, let’s give it one more rendezvous
i do and i don’t
want to stay with you
amelia
in the easy silence and the morning dew
amelia
i know that i said i wouldn’t slow you down
but can we take it one day at a time?
amelia
i do and i don’t
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6. |
So Loved.
02:36
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What’s wrong?
“I don’t know there’s just something off”
I know
“Right now it doesn’t feel like you do”
Before long
“I’ll be laughing into the mirror”
So what’s wrong
“Is in itself my very problem”
You’re so loved
“Then why’s it feel political?”
You know such
“But it doesn’t always help my cause”
You’re my best friend
“Sometimes I forget it”
And when it’s down to you
“I’ll always have you”
Til’ the end.
Making things up will be my end
In the self-absorbed story I’m the villain
When I’m really just a guy with friends
And plans, and a bit to prove
You’re so loved
Forrest.
You always heard what no one else did.
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