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Crown Jewel
03:10
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When it comes to freaks baby, you’re the crown jewel
Nobody twitches like you do
It’s hard to breathe in a climate so cruel
But you ignore the bad news
You bang on the drum ‘til the drum starts talking
And I end up walking in time
I don’t know nuthin’, I am just squawkin
I am just makin it rhyme
Baby is keeping me up at night
When it comes to freaks baby, you’re the crown jewel
Floating like a purple balloon
Across the breeze over power lines too
No one disappears me like you
Baby is keeping me up at night
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Dead in Love
03:42
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The stairs weren’t crowded but there were people there
She whispered into my mouth and lungs “don’t be scared”
I said “I’m not scared but I think this is a dream”
She touched her fingers to my belt buckle and leaned
What does it matter, my darling?
What even does anything mean?
If I want to kiss you, I might as well kiss you
Your ghost is the secret in me
I guess it always will be
She gripped my hand slowly, pushed it back behind me
Against the wall, vibrating, a strange machine
I tell her I am taken as she tugs at my shirt
And I know when I awaken, this is going to hurt
My baby vampire, empty me, empty me my blood
I want to stay forever dead and in love
What does it matter, my darling?
What even does anything mean?
If I want to kiss you, I might as well kiss you
You’re the worst kept secret in me
I guess you always will be
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Citadel
04:03
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I collapsed on the steps of the citadel
On the set of the movie that was playing in my head
Why did they make this movie so sad?
I tried to listen but the whisperin’ made me mad
Oh darling
I want to taste it before we die
Oh darling
I want what’s left of you tonight
Until the end becomes and endless sky
I climbed the wall of day dreams, to hear what you said
I know my head’s no reliable place but why does it hurt so bad
In the infinite space with our infinite eyes
In the infinite moment, you are infinitely mine
Oh darling
I want to taste it before we die
Oh darling
I want what’s left of you tonight
Until the end becomes an endless sky
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Pretty Good Dancer
03:41
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King of pop on the bus while the driver smoked menthols
The starts can be rough and not all the stories get told
Teacher’s husband ended it all in a cold blue Dodge,
A garage full of secrets, a note and a watch
My memories dig holes in the ground
I had my own secrets then
I have my own secrets now
And I’m dancing in the ballroom of my secret house
at the very least
at the very least
I always wanted to hear them say about me
a pretty good dancer
I once bit a Christian and got hit with a cross
I sewed thread into my skin and I imagined the applause
I would hear when I was magic, the singer of songs
When I became everything that I am not
My memories dig holes in the ground
I had my own secrets then
I have my own secrets now
And I’m dancing in the ballroom of my secret house
at the very least
at the very least
I always wanted to hear them say about me
a pretty good dancer
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Don't Sell That Dress
04:34
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Don’t sell that dress, put it back in your suitcase
It can’t be hung on someone else’s bones
Don’t sell that dress, return it to its hiding place
That night is a keepsake, It should not be sold
In some brave past life I was hypnotized
I let a gypsy read my palm
Her eyes went dark, she looked terrified
I felt the curse upon me like a stone
It was in New York with the butterflies
There was something new going on
I stared too hard, so I apologized
You looked through me like a ghost
Don’t sell that dress, put it back in your suitcase
It can’t be hung on someone else’s bones
Don’t sell that dress, return it to its hiding place
That night is a keepsake, It should not be sold
I’ve got everything I’ve got
And I’m not saying what I’m not
Don’t sell that dress, put it back in your suitcase
It can’t be hung on someone else’s bones
Don’t sell that dress, return it to its hiding place
That night is a keepsake, It should not be sold
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Just a Visitor, Baby
02:40
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I’m a stranger
Lost in a world of men
And I’ve never been,
No I’ve never been one of them
I’m a stranger
with an identical twin
but I’m not him
I’ve never been anything like him
I’m just a visitor, baby
I didn’t come from this city
I wasn’t baptized in your church
And you can’t save me
I’m a lookalike, honey
I’m a dime store dummy
I’ve got space inside of me
It’s an infinity
I only wanted you to love me
I only ever wanted you to love me
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Badlands
03:31
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Happy anniversary, I know you’re just along for the ride
And I wish you’d fall into the river and drown so I could watch sometimes
I shot your daddy dead, you didn’t bat an eye
I like the way you smoke cigarettes and hum when you drive
We’re gonna curve and swerve through the Badlands
They’re never gonna take us alive, no they’re never gonna take us alive
Cadillac is thirsty, dust of Dakota is caught in her throat
We have come a long way honey, with a long way to go
You’ve always been strange, man, but god damn you are beautiful
I guess I always knew it would end this way, I guess it's cool
We’re gonna curve and swerve through the Badlands
They’re never gonna take us alive, no they’re never gonna take us alive
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Ashes
04:04
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I left the window down I left my elbow out
My heart is stubborn So I keep it in my mouth
The ashes of dreams, time is so brittle
My mind doesn’t wander, it stomps and bangs
It splashes in the water that pours from your name
The ashes of dreams, the sound of hospitals
Before you left me, I was more logical
Beauty don’t come back, enjoy it while it lasts
You didn’t come to be tamed, but to be set free
The smell of your clothes, it has stayed with me
More of you in the breeze everlasting
Until the air that I breathe leaves me gasping
Time just repeats, and every moment you leave
The ashes of dreams, forever scattered
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Vampire Teeth
03:26
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Flashback City, we were neighborhood age
You were never pretty, but you sure were strange
I werewolfed my hairdo, Travis dressed like a priest
Joe was in the bathroom, getting beaten without relief
You cried too, in your vampire teeth
You cried too, in your vampire teeth
I didn’t get your tears, I didn’t understand empathy
I didn’t have to tell you, it happens every week
You just knew in your vampire teeth
You just knew in your vampire teeth
In the night under the stars, it’s the truth that breaks your heart
Later, between the houses, when we said goodnight
I touched your hand and you touched mine
You withdrew in your vampire teeth
You withdrew in your vampire teeth
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Atlanta (Funeral Eyes)
03:08
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Atlanta on the blur
You left like it was burning
To prevent the tables turning
Your songs burned through
They killed a hundred waiters
and they emptied a couple of rooms
I know you like the way that people talk
So you drove around the east coast looking for a spark
You got lucky, honey,
With those funeral eyes
You pulled into bars
Tripped over guitars
Hung the moon from the sleeve of your shirt
You fake it for the neighbors
Go drinking with strangers
and you act like your stitches don't hurt
I know you like the way that people talk
So you drove around the east coast looking for a spark
You got lucky, honey,
With those funeral eyes
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Hide inside me, little bird
Your nest inside my throat
Hide inside me, little words
And arms beneath my coat
My secret heart beats, little bird
It scares you and you flutter
Beneath this maple tree, it burns
So I made you a bunker
When I swallowed you that night
I thought you’d fill that space
But that space, it’s still right here
There’s nothing left to disappear
So hide inside me, little bird
The city isn’t safe
I’ll shield you from this awful world
I’ll shield you from its pain
I’ll take you to the empty woods
Be quiet please now, if you could
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Eight
03:20
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The darkness does kill
And in an instant she was still and thinking
It’s different at night
When the lightning bugs fly, and the sky is twinkling
“There’s an angel in me
But I put her to sleep, so come kiss me”
She smiles and looks away
Lights a cigarette and waves come crashing
I never have known what to say
I feel inches from the grave whenever I’m laughing
There’s no angel in me
And there’s no eternity worth contemplating
It’s different at night
Her legs stretched out on the twigs and leaves
I can’t catch my breath
I’m scared of this mess, I love this dream
When our time disappears
Like the song from our ears, did it mean anything?
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What kind of creature am I this time?
As I give in to the light
Reborn and recaptured,
But I never seem to die
The doctor leaves the bedroom
His shadow leaves it too
I’ll learn another language
My body will be new
I know I broke your eyes
But oh my god I can’t remember when
I couldn’t tell you why
Love to me has always been pretend
But I wish you were on my side again
The temporary heart beats
With spaces in between
When the roots take the temples
And the trees take the street
There is no more counting
There are no more scenes
I know I broke your eyes
But oh my god I can’t remember when
And I couldn’t tell you why
Love to me has always been pretend
I don’t know what I’m like
But I know that it is coming to an end
I wish you were on my side again
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