by Franz Nicolay on album Major General

At an anarchist fortress in Roma We laid in each other's arms on the stone After all those nights and all of those fights I never felt less alone We stole all of the liuor and cocaine At the Mermaid

by Franz Nicolay on album Major General

Thought we were Nick & Nora of some local Underground punk rock scene I was twenty-six She was seventeen Too angry for lovers Too close for friends If you can't love me baby Maybe we can just pretend

by Franz Nicolay on album Major General

Did you ever leave a note for me In graffiti on a subway wall? Saying I'm so sad I'm so sorry I love you so much I could die from guilt Every day Every day I dreamt I got touched I dreamt I could fly

by Franz Nicolay on album Major General

You are not in danger, loud as you may scream Life is not a fabric tearing at the seams This is not a mountain, high as it may seem Do we not live in dreams? You may wake And find your heart is beati

by Franz Nicolay on album Major General

Well it was one of those days The kind where flies can't be bothered to rise above the haze The kind where I can walk the downtown streets Listening to Brian Wilson and "Songs of Love" and saunter to

by Franz Nicolay on album Major General

At an anarchist fortress in Roma We laid in each other's arms on the stone After all those nights and all of those fights I never felt less alone We stole all of the liuor and cocaine At the Mermaid

by Franz Nicolay on album Major General

I'm getting up though I don't have the legs Or an idea of what I'm about to do Blow out that candle flaring in your eyes Like no sailor would do You and your dead sailors Your conscience claims Sitti

by Franz Nicolay on album Major General

I got a memory like a stream with a stick The good ones flow by, the ugly ones stick Gather around and block up the flow 'Til the kids come down looking for something rotten and wet to throw Rainboot

by Franz Nicolay on album Major General

East Bay Ray seemed like a pretty nice fellow But that one guy from Philly I wonder if he knew what he was getting into It was the greatest karaoke show that I had ever seen Who could blame him? Certa

by Franz Nicolay on album St. Sebastian of the Short Stage

Start off with the saddest thing you know And then you've got the audience Then it's all your show A man's wife leaves him Someone's robbed Someone swallows cyanide Someone's strung up by a howling mo

by Franz Nicolay on album To Us, The Beautiful!

Let the eyes hold what the lids can contain From the overflow of the world. Let the cider press hold the skin and the stain And the cider run clear and cold. You’re just playing Jerusalem agai

by Franz Nicolay on album To Us, The Beautiful!

Bring me a mirror That I might see you It’s so quiet here I love the solitude Clouds may gather Fog the view But bring me a mirror Cause I love you, too I know we should lead with the tru

by Franz Nicolay on album To Us, The Beautiful!

We stood out in the field all night But we never saw the Marfa lights Stared up at the stars all night We couldn’t see the Marfa lights. Bath salts under basalt pillars In the darkness o

by Franz Nicolay on album To Us, The Beautiful!

Only your first tattoo has to mean something Then you can get something dumb to fill the rest in It’s only skin. I was up all night, the tinnitus of anxiety rings shrilly. Phone cord coiled arou

by Franz Nicolay on album To Us, The Beautiful!

The flood takes him, sun takes him Fish talk to him in shallow water (talk to him in shallow water) Talk to him in shallow water He said, I’ll take my pay in blood Four hind quarters is a

by Franz Nicolay on album To Us, The Beautiful!

If you’re wondering how to open Open with the wrestlers Dressed in their shiny little briefs Some kind of polyester vest Tied across their hairless chests shiny with the attention. And if y

by Franz Nicolay on album To Us, The Beautiful!

Let’s go together Bright white, sharp dresser I know you, transgressor Pull the red lever I know you better Meet me in the town center I don’t care, I’ll go wherever ‘Cause I know you,

by Franz Nicolay on album To Us, The Beautiful!

You’re my most imperfect rhyme You’re my favorite waste of time Skin must learn its lines You’re my best unforced imperfect rhyme I am a stranger and a sojourner Dweller and wanderer In

by Franz Nicolay on album To Us, The Beautiful!

Take the corners hard and fast Hope the tread will hold The nights were hotter The days seemed so much colder when You were younger and living in Boulder Remember what kind of child you were Se

by Franz Nicolay on album To Us, The Beautiful!

I was too old for this when I was too young for this I was too young to quit when I was too old for this. What is the name of this river? What do you call this lake? Is this the same tissue cast