Romanian Names

John Vanderslice Romanian Names Lyrics
1.Tremble And Tear


2.Fetal Horses


3.C&O Canal

we said goodbye
on the banks of the C & O canal
you could have told me then
instead of a letter from Syria

you'll never return
I thought we had only now just begun
you're helping the troops
but things are fucked up here now in my room

I tracked down your friend
and won her heart over slowly then
I walked away
hope it gets back to you someday

It's all over now
I look for you everywhere I go
your building is full
but things are fucked up here behind my door

I tracked down your friend
and won her heart over slowly then
I walked away
hope it gets back to you someday


4.Too Much Time

Woke up on the sand,
tied up my sleeping bag
The jetty won't last forever,
waves are tumbling tumble

Stone by stone
I left my only home
And brick by brick
Walled myself from happiness
And eucalyptus piled high
I'm shivering by a flaming fire

I've got too much time
Too much time gone by and I can't find you if I tried
Too much time
Too much time gone by and I can't find you if I tried

Rolled up my map
I got no obligations
I packed up my pots and pans
Freedom is overrated

Stone by stone
I left my only home
And brick by brick
Walled myself from happiness
And dead fir and almond-wood
A storm crosses over Mt. Hood

I've got too much time
Too much time gone by and I can't find you if I tried
Too much time
Too much time gone by and I can't find you if I tried

Too much time
Too much time gone by and I can't find you if I tried
Too much time
Too much time gone by and I can't find you if I tried


5.D.I.A.L.O.

the longer I'm out here
the more I forget who I was
the people I've hooked up with
they only care about what I become
I become

forget about my home
forget about the D.I.A.L.O.
I'll make it on my own
forget about my home


forget about my home
forget about the D.I.A.L.O.
I'll make it on my own
forget about my home

the more I disappear
the bigger these people loom
the ones I've hooked up with
they're not the right kind of friends I fear
I fear

forget about my home
forget about the D.I.A.L.O.
I'll make it on my own
forget about my home

forget about my home
forget about the D.I.A.L.O.
I'll make it on my own
forget about my home

forget about my home
forget about the D.I.A.L.O.
I'll make it on my own
forget about my home

forget about my home
forget about the D.I.A.L.O.
I'll make it on my own
forget about my home


6.Forest Knolls

we were unprepared
by rights we should have been aware
with bow and flint and arrow
there were three deer outside the window

my father's father would've known
how to pull that wire and steady the bow
send that arrow into her beating heart
how to cut her and use every part

we've got food for weeks and weeks
and all that blood would find its way to the carpet
sitting there I couldn't shake that guilt
as the deer walked free up the hill


7.Oblivion

I took a blow to the head
mechanical pencil filled with lead
I took a shot it's all she got
I took a knock it's everything she got

forgive me I'm ready to live
until then I'm defending again
it's how I owned oblivion
forget me not or i'll never stop
never stop
never ever stop

It's four p.m. bad shit is closing in
put the stereo on boost the top end
can't write a song strap the capo on
can't close the deal
play Defender until dawn

forgive me I'm ready to live
until then I'm defending again
it's how I owned oblivion
forget me not or i'll never stop
never stop
never ever stop


8.Sunken Union Boat

out past the Levy county line
coffee black Suwannee river blends into the coast
gushing water crimson copper boil
I grew up there the bottom of the swimming hole

fresh blood comes rushing back to me
I never thought I'd remember all of this oh dear me
it's a trick of the mind
it's a trick of the mind
it's a trick of the mind

ready, set, dive again
open up your mask let the water clean your glass
find the sunken union boat
find the 1955 Dr. Pepper can

fresh blood comes rushing back to me
I never thought I'd remember all of this oh dear me
it's a trick of the mind
it's a trick of the mind
it's a trick of the mind
it's a trick of the mind
it's a trick of the mind


9.Romanian Names

They took you away at three
to teach you a craft to make you compete
when you fell off the balance beam
you couldn't win but you jumped up again

and still wide-eyed you
still wide-eyed you
still wide-eyed you go

we met in the tunnel of the stadium
immediately was too fast and free
i asked you to stay with me
don't return that satellite tomb

and still wide-eyed you
still wide-eyed you
still wide-eyed you go


10.Carina Constellation


11.Summer Stock


12.Hard Times