롤링 스톤이 선정한 "올해의 앨범이자 올해의 데뷔 앨범", 아마존의 필진들이 선정한 "올해의 BEST 20", UNCUT과 MOJO와 같은 잡지들의 까다로운 필진들의 찬사. AP통신이 추천하는 2004년의 필청작. IRON & WINE과 함께 2000년대에 가장 주목해야 할 포크 성향의 싱어송라이터이며, 데뷔 앨범에서 드러나는 그의 창작 능력은 발군이라고 해도 좋다. 밥 딜런이나 닉 드레이크의 데뷔 시절에 비견될만큼 뛰어난 역량을 보여주고 있는 이 신인 싱어송라이터의 데뷔 앨범에 쏟아지는 비유에는 VAN MORRISON, TIM BUCKLEY, NEIL YOUNG 등의 거장들이 인용되고 있으며, 평단의 높은 평가 이전에 아마존 판매 차트를 강타하고, 구매자 평점 만점을 얻을 정도로 높은 성과를 얻고 있다. 2004년의 필청작 .... ....
Trouble... Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble Trouble been doggin' my soul since the day I was born Worry... Worry, worry, worry, worry Worry just will not seem to leave my mind alone We'll I've been... saved by a woman I've been... saved by a woman I've been... saved by a woman She won't let me go She won't let me go now She won't let me go She won't let me go now
Trouble... Oh, trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble Feels like every time I get back on my feet she come around and knock me down again Worry... Oh, worry, worry, worry, worry Sometimes I swear it feels like this worry is my only friend We'll I've been saved... by a woman I've been saved... by a woman I've been saved... by a woman She won't let me go She won't let me go now She won't let me go She won't let me go now Oh..., Ahhhh.... Ohhhh She good to me now She gave me love and affection She good tell me now She gave me love and affection I Said I love her Yes I love her I said I love her I said I love... She good to me now She's good to me She's good to me
I guess you don't need it I guess you don't want me to repeat it But everyting I have to give l'll give to you It's not like we planned it You tried to stay, but you could not stand it To see me shut down slow as though it was an easy thing to do Listen when All of this around us'll fall over I tell you what we're gonna do You will shelter me my love And i will shelter you I will shelter you I left you heartbroken, but not until those very words were spoken Has anybody ever made such a fool out of you It;'s hard to believe it Even as my eyes do see it The ver things that make you live are killing you Listen when all of this around us'll fall over I tell you what we're gonna do You will shelter me my love I will shelter you Listen when All of this around us'll fall over I tell you what we're gonna do Hey you will shelter me my love I will shelter you If you shelter me too I will shelter you I will shelter you
When you came to me with your bad dreams and your fears It was easy to see that you'd been crying Seems like everywhere you turn catastrophe it reigns But who really profits from the dying I could hold you in my arms I could hold you forever I could hold you in my arms I could hold you in my arms forever
When you kissed my lips with my mouth so full of questions It's my worried mind that you quiet Place your hands on my face Close my eyes and say Love is a poor man's food Don't prophesize I could hold you in my arms I could hold you forever And I could hold you in my arms I could hold you forever
So now we see how it is This fist begets the spear Weapons of war Symptoms of madness Don't let your eyes refuse to see Don't let your ears refuse to hear Or you ain't never going to shake this sense of sadness I could hold you in my arms I could hold on forever And I could hold you in my arms I could hold forever
Lejos and Mary Lay dazed in Liula Dreaming of tropical signs As Lejos lay sleeping She knelt over him weeping Feeling the weight of his crimes It seems he cut a man down in a Tennessee town And he's just licking his wounds for a spell But it won't take long for the boys to catch on And soon he'll be running like hell Run Lejos run This ain't no time for that ball and chain Run Lejos run Climb on that pony and ride like you never done Ride like you never done Well their love it was long It was gentle and strong And for a while she forgot his sins And she kissed him for love She kissed him for luck She kissed him one time for a kid Well they came in without a warning in the hours before morning They come-a blasting through the windows and walls And when the smoke it did clear somebody cried out he ain't here Killed ourselves a woman that's all Run Lejos run This ain't no time for that ball and chain Run Lejos run Climb on that pony and ride like you never done Ride like you never done
Oh mama don't walk away I'm a goddamn sore loser I ain't too proud to stay But I'm still thinking 'bout you And I'm so lonesome without you And I can't get you out of my mind Oh mama don't leave me alone With my soul sat down so tight it's like a stone cold tomb Ain't it clear when I'm near you I'm just dying to hear you Calling my name one more time Oh so don't pay no mind To my watering eyes Must be something in the air That I'm breathing Yes'n I try to ignore All this blood on the floor It's just this heart on my sleeve that's a bleeding Oh mama don't walk away You leave me here bereaving from the words so hard and plain Saying the love that we had Was just selfish and sad To see you now with him Is just making me mad Oh so kiss him again Just to prove to me that you can An I will stand here And burn in my skin Yes I will stand here And burn in my skin
Who am I to tell her Who am I to play god Who am I to think I can go it alone Something tells me girl this is bringing you down Something tells me this is bringing me down We've been through some changes Always seem to hold on Lately it feel like you can't take anymore Something tells me girl this is bringing you down Something tells me girl this is bringing you down Forever my friend Forever my love Forever the woman that I'm thinking of I just think if we keep our hearts together Just think if we build on this trust that we have for one another Baby we can make this last a lifetime Who am I to tell her Who am I to play god I don't know just what's for real anymore Something tells me girl this is bringing you down Something tells me girl this is bringing you down Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm right Maybe it's the last thing you want to hear me say I just think if we keep out hearts together I just think if we build on this trust that we have for one another Maybe we can make this last a lifetime Forever my friend Forever my love Forever the woman That I'm thinking of I just think if we keep our hearts together I just think if we will build on this trust that we have for one another Maybe we can make this last a lifetime
I lost all of my vanity When I peered into the pool I lost all of my innocence When I fell in love with you I never knew a man fall so far until I landed here Where all of my wounds turn into gold when I kissed your hair
Come to me Hannah Hannah won't you to come on to me I'll lay down this bottle of wine If you'll just be kind to me Ask her why she cries so loud She Will not say a word Eyes like ice and hands that shake She takes what she deserves To celebrate her emptiness In a Cold and lonely room
Sweep the floor with your long flowered dress If you cannot find a broom Come to me Hannah
Hannah won't you come on to me I'll lay down this bottle of wine If you'll just be kind to me She's got hair that flows right down Right down to the backs of her knees Her Papa he was a preaching man And the lord is hard to please
So she comes down from the ozark hills to these very streets to roam With a banjo and a bible and a fine tooth comb Come to me Hannah
Hannah won't you come on to me I'll lay down this bottle of wine if you just be kind to me I'd walk one mile on this broken glass To fall down at your feet
Oh Hannah you're the queen of the street I climb the tree withy my Hannahlee My intentions they were pure Oh the breeze did whip and I lost my grip I tumbled towards the earth Where You never would guess who it was that stood below And his name I would never tell But His eyes were clear And His arms were strong And caught me as I fell Now come to me Hannah Hannah won't you come on to me I'll lay down this bottle of wine If you'd just be kind to me I'd walk one mile on broken glass To fall down at your feet Hannah you're the queen of the street Hannah you're the queen of the street
Cocaine flame in my bloodstream Sold my coat when I hit Spokane Bought myself a hard pack of cigarettes in the early morning rain Lately my hands they don't feel like mine My eyes been stung with dust, I'm blind Held you in my arms one time Lost you just the same Jolene I ain't about to go straight It's too late I found myself face down in the ditch Booze on my hair Blood on my lips A picture of you, holding a picture of me in the pocket of my blue jeans Still don't know what love means Still don't know what love means Jolene Ah, La, La, La, La, La Jolene Been so long since I seen your face or felt a part of this human race I've been living out of this here suitcase for way too long A man needs something he can hold onto A nine pound hammer or a woman like you Either one of them things will do Jolene I ain't about to go straight It's too late I found myself face down in the ditch Booze in my hair Blood on my lips A picture of you, holding a picture of me In the pocket of my blue jeans Still don't know what love means Still don't know what love means Jolene La, La, La, La, La, La, La Jolene La, La, La, La, La, La, La Jolene
All the wild horses All the wild horses Tethered with tears in their eyes May no man's touch ever tame May no man's reigns ever chain you And may no man's weight ever defrayed your soul And as for the clouds Just let them roll Roll away Roll away As for the clouds Just let them roll Roll away Roll away