Artist: Dar Williams
Album: All My Heroes Are Dead
Title: All My Heroes Are Dead


You gotta admit life magazine made 1968 look great,
My father said it su

as_cool_as_i_am

Yea, there was a time I didnt like the love, I liked the climbers,
I was no sister then, I was running out of time and one liners,
And I was afraid, like you are when youre too young

southern_california_wants_to_be_western_new_york

There's a part of the country could drop off tomorrow in an earthquake,
Yeah it's out there on the cutting edge, the people move, the sidwalks shake.
And there's another part of the c

the_ballad_of_mary_magdalene

My name is Mary Magdalene
I come from Palestine
Please excuse these rags I'm in
I've fallen on hard times
But long ago I had my work
When I was in my prime
But

it_happens_every_day

The first part of every day for me is good
I've got the bus stop in my neighborhood
And everything's on purpose everywhere they go
Hiding in my car and running in the snow


i_saw_a_bird_fly_away

I asked the habitual partygoer just how high she thought she'd get,
And I asked the ethereal girls if they were floating yet

And so I asked the light of the day, what's this

after_all

Go ahead, push your luck
Find out how much love the world can hold
Once upon a time I had control
And reined my soul in tight

Well the whole truth
Is like the

and_a_god_descended

"Step through this trampled wall
The unhinged door betrays it all
That far within our faith we were all waiting
The broken glass reflects the haze
It shines like endless h

arrival

Artist: Dar Williams
Album: All My Heroes Are Dead
Title: Arrival


Words and music by dar williams

My dad's a miracle and so's my mom.
They f

mortal_city

She never should have rented this apartment in the Mortal City
The cold comes though evey crack she puts her hand up to
The radiator's broken, so she has to use electric heat.
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are_you_out_there

Words and music by Dar Williams

Perhaps I am a miscreation
No one knows the truth there is no future here
And you're the DJ speaks to my insomnia
And laughs at

farewell_to_the_old_me

How can I ask love to hold the mystery
When just look at me
It's all push and pull collateral
I don't want to be the one who gets the next surprise
I'll plan it out th

flinty_kind_of_woman

It's a small town life and I like it
'Cause the bad don't get in your way
There's an angry God gonna strike it
Yeah, that's what we pay him for, that's why we pray
Wel

wilder_than_her

Wilder Than Her
Fred Eaglesmith

Well I'm wilder than her
And what else can I say
But I guess that's why she fell in love with me
She's a house on fire
S

we_learned_the_sea

I am the captain and I have been told
That tomorrow we land and my ship has been sold
Now losing this boat is worth scarce a mention
I think of the crew, most of all the first e