Cracked glass laundromats in strip malls Maples fading in the late fall "Guess who just got back today?" They don't remember you anyway Forms devoid of any function Lonely lingering conjunction Between black redacted lines Inside the minutes of your mind Hello, Hayden Hayden, hello Wake up somewhere that you used to live Buzzing with thousands...Learn More

This one's for all our friends who never made it free This one's for all our friends who never made it free Never bought a Thunderbird; Never went to Italy; Never made it free This one's for everyone who fell off the map This one's for everyone who fell off the map Maybe moved to Texas; Maybe had an early heart attack; Fell off the map This one's...Learn More

The old truck lurches from gear to gear But it's alright There's a hairline crack in the mirror But it's alright You got off work an hour late again And Amber won't answer the phone And one of these nights, when the mood is right Someone'll burn down the title loan Linda Ronstadt on the radio It's alright Sometimes she sings too rock 'n' roll But...Learn More

Robbie moved to Arizona Josiah tried out L.A Courtney got married to a Mormon guy Micah landed in A.A But it's still stuck in your head Levels in the red So long forever The old band is never Getting back together The Long Ear is never moving back Pavement is never coming back It's too late to never compromise No three chords are ever gonna save...Learn More

Tourists amble on the boardwalk Though it's forty-some degrees What on earth could they be looking for That they think they'll find it here In evil times like these? Long day at concierge/reception Fiddling with the nameplate on your breast The lobby's velvet denizens Won't look you in the eye Like you've failed some hidden test Friends that you...Learn More

Another night at the office park Putting in time Another night at the office park Putting in time Saving up the money To buy someone else's life You're a buzzing light at the office park Putting in time Wonder who's living now In the house you grew up Wonder who's living now In the house you grew up It was a beautiful house But it's never...Learn More

Another Wednesday morning Another bout of the same old blues The hotel awning Still bathed in the same old hues Look over the water From one of the upper floors: More condos going up The old band playing, all in four The rising cost of living The rising cost of land: Everything according To someone else's plan You never meant to give it your...Learn More

Shooting cans off the fence on New Year's Day With your father's .22 No birds to scare. They all went away Just your father and you A report rings out, and the countryside Answers for a while Now Amy's on the steps, watchful-eyed Seven months with child Any fool can tell you where the shot lands But no one knows Where the echoes go: Forever only...Learn More

In town for the weekend Wedding of a former friend And everything has changed again The stores and bars on Sherman Look just like Portland or Brooklyn; It's all been rearranged again It's a dirty tourist trap It'll never love you back Front page of the local press Sings hymns to local business: Sell whatever isn't nailed down And the guy at the...Learn More

Late getting home again from the nursing home Mom got scared again Honeymoon postcard of some steps in Rome From someone you thought of as a friend But oh It's a rare kind of friend Who's gonna be there Until the credits end It's a rare kind of friend Dream of blood flowing from Christ's own side; Wake up to the TV drone in your childhood living...Learn More