Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers

The National Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers Lyrics
1.Thirsty

Lyricist:Berninger Matthew Donald, Dessner Bryce David

As far as I can tell
I'm nothing like a princess
But today I find myself
Curling up behind the house

There's nothing in the air today
Now I know, I'm not so important

Take these girly arms
And ever keep me
Take these girly arms
And ever keep me

I don't have a hawk in my heart
No dumb ass dove in my brain
I don't have a hawk in my heart
No dumb ass dove in my dumb ass brain

Take these girly arms
And ever keep me
Take these girly arms
And ever keep me

I don't have a hawk in my heart
No, I don't have a hawk in my heart
No, I don't have a hawk in


2.Lucky You

Lyricist:Berninger Matthew Donald, Dessner Aaron Brooking

Every time, you get a drink
And every time, you go to sleep
Are those dreams inside your head
Is there sunlight on your bed

And every time, you're drivin' home
Way outside your safety zone
Wherever you will ever be
You're never getting rid of me

You own me
There's nothing you can do
You own me

You could've made a safer bet
But what you break is what you get
You wake up in the bed, you make
I think you made a big mistake

You own me
There's nothing you can do
You own me

You own me
Lucky you

You own me
There's nothing you can do

You clean yourself to meet
The man who isn't me
You're puttin' on a shirt
A shirt I'll never see

The letter's in your coat
But no one's in your head
'Cause you're too smart to remember
You're too smart

Lucky you
Lucky you
Lucky you


3.Available

Did you clean yourself
For me last night
Put the water out and donned a marigold
In your hair to bring me here
And tie one on you?

Did you dress me down and liquor me up
To make me last for the minute
When the red comes over you
Like it does when you're filled with love
Or whatever you call it?

Do you feel alone when I'm in my head
While you wait for me to take my breath?
Do you still feel clean
When the only dirt is the dirt I left?
How can you blame yourself
When I did everything I wanted to?

You just made yourself available
You just made yourself available

Why did you dress me down?
Why did you dress me down?
And liquor me up
And liquor me up


4.Cardinal Song

Lyricist:Berninger Matthew Donald, Dessner Aaron Brooking, Dessner
Bryce David, Devendorf Bryan Oliver, Devendorf Scott David

Never look her in the eyes
Never tell the truth
If she knows you're paper
You know she'll have to burn you

Never tell the one you want that you do
Save it for the deathbed
When you know you kept her wanting you

And do everything she'd never do

Fall asleep with strangers wives
The wild wives of unknown men
Good for you, you've just become
Just another one of them

Never say you miss her
Never say a word

And do everything she'd never do
Don't let her see your cardinal eyes

Let her treat you like a criminal
So you can treat her like a priest
Girls forgive my human mind
Girls forgive me one more time

Never tell the one you love that you do
Save it for the deathbed

And do everything she'd never do
Don't let her see your cardinal eyes
Don't let her see your cardinal eyes

Jesus Christ, you have confused me
Cornered, wasted, blessed and used me
Forgive me, girls, I am confused
Stiff and pissed and lost and loose

Jesus Christ, you have confused me
Cornered, wasted, blessed and used me
Forgive me, girls, I am confused
Stiff and pissed and lost and loose


5.Sugar Wife

Lyricist:Berninger Matthew Donald, Dessner Aaron Brooking

Sugar wife, sugar wife, sugar wife
Can you make me a man?
Baby doll, can you make me a dad ?
I'm no butterfly, I'm no butterfly
I'm no butterfly, I'm no butterfly

If you tried to make a miracle
You never shoulda tried
If you tried to make a miracle
Sugar wife, baby doll

Can you make me a man?
Can you make me a dad?
Can you make me a man?
Can you make me a dad?

Sugar wife


6.Patterns Of Fairytales

Lyricist:Berninger Matthew Donald, Devendorf Scott David

Tonight there isn't any light under your door
I guess you must be somewhere breathing
Where skin and everything still know what they are for
And blood remembers where to go

I fell in love with you, no matter what you say
But you were right about the reasons
To turn a magdeline into the month of May
I shoulda known the magdeline was me

So I'm turning on the stereo
And I'm lining up the names
On the mixes I made before you

And I'm turning into fairytales
With glitter and some glue
Everything we ever planned to ever do

Tonight there isn't any light under your door
I guess you must be somewhere breathing
In patterns unfamiliar to the one you're underneath
I pinned those patterns in my coat

So I'm turning on the stereo
I'm turning into fairytales
Yes, I'm turning on the stereo
I'm turning into you


7.Murder Me Rachael

Lyricist:Berninger Matthew Donald, Dessner Aaron Brooking, Dessner
Bryce David, Devendorf Bryan Oliver, Devendorf Scott David

I saw my love with pretty boy
I saw my love with pretty boy

Murder me, Rachael, I made a mistake
I loved her to ribbons, loved her to ribbons
Murder me, Rachael, I made a mistake
Murder me, Rachael, murder me Rachael

I saw my love with pretty boy
I saw my love with pretty boy
So say goodbye to pretty boy
Just say goodbye to pretty boy

Her pretty little ribbons
Her pretty little name
Sew it in my skin
Never go away

Her pretty little ribbons
Her pretty little name
Sew it in my skin
Never go away

I saw my love with pretty boy
I saw my love with pretty boy
So say goodbye to pretty boy
Just say goodbye to pretty boy

Tomorrow won't be pretty
Tomorrow won't be pretty

Love her to ribbons
Love her to ribbons
Love her to ribbons
Love her to ribbons
Love her to ribbons


8.Fashion Coat

Lyricist:Matthew Berninger, Aaron Brooking Dessner

In a fashion coat, I, I float down my city
Don't you think, I look pretty anymore
I'll do everything to you, but I can hardly come
'Cause I'm so afraid of you falling

I die fast in this city, outside I die slow, I'm not stupid, I
swear
I read the foreign news to understand my nation
You get two options in the you estates
Black city bloodbath, or white country rape

I die fast in this city, outside I die slow
I die fast in this city, outside I die slow
Everywhere I am is just another thing without you in it
Everywhere I am is just another thing without you in it

Everywhere I am is just another thing without you in it
Everywhere I am is just another thing without you in it


9.It Never Happened

Lyricist:Berninger Matthew Donald, Dessner Aaron Brooking, Dessner
Bryce David, Devendorf Bryan Oliver, Devendorf Scott David

We look younger than we feel and older than we are
And now nobody's funny
And oh, God, they took our fashion week
That's a real bad thing 'cause we have scars to cover

Now I forget how to think
So crack my skull, rearrange me

Lover, put me in your beautiful bed
And cover me
Lover, put me in your beautiful bed

Nothing made a sound in Williamstown that night
And all the air was empty
Then what to my wondering eyes should appear
Nothing 'cause nothing ever happens here

Now I forget how to think
So crack my skull, rearrange me

And lover, put me in your beautiful bed
And cover me
Lover, put me in your beautiful bed

Nothing ever happened here
Nothing ever happened here


10.Trophy Wife

Lyricist:Berninger Matthew Donald, Dessner Aaron Brooking

No, nobody wants to be
No, no one's lover
No matter what they say
Lovers know they are the ones
Who one day have to go

Trophy wives, I know they wander
And find a young, young man
Trophy wives, I know they wander

One time you were a good rabbit
To all the girls and all their lovely mothers
You tried a piece of everything
Now nothing turns you on

Trophy wives, I know they wander
Find a young, young man
Trophy wives, I know they wander

Run, run baby, I don't feel alive
But I'm pretty and I'm pretty sure I'm gonna be alright
To drive to New Jack City for a younger man
With a better brain

I fell in love with you
No matter what you say
But you were right about the reasons
I don't want to be what I'm becoming

Your trophy wife, I know they wander
And find a young young man
Your trophy wife, I know they wander
And find a young man
Your trophy wife, I know they wander


11.90-Mile Water Wall

Well, I know that you know
That you've become the target of this hand
With never even asking
Well, I know that you know
That you're the only thing that I can stand

So how could your hair
Have the nerve to dance around like that, blowing
And how could the air
Have the nerve to blow your hair around like that

I'm waiting for a 90-mile water wall
To take me out of your view
I'm looking for a trap door trigger
To drop me out of your view

Yes, I'm listening, I'm listening
I can tell that you are serious
You're looking for that hurt look around my mouth
The look of a steep fall
Yeah that's how Hersey put it

So you can make another claim
Well go ahead and make it
So you can make another claim
Well go ahead and make it

I'm just waiting for a 90-mile water wall
To take me out of your view
I'm praying for a trap door trigger

I'm just waiting for a 90-mile water wall
To take me out of your view
I'm praying for a trap door trigger

Yes, I'm listening
I can tell you're serious


12.Slipping Husband

Sit down dear, we gotta talk
You're acting like a kid
We don't wanna hear about
The things you never did

You coulda been a legend
But you became a father
That's what you are today
That's what you are today

Spending all your time
Somewhere inside your head
Haunted by the important
Life you coulda lead

But your kisses aren't enough
To keep your kids in line
So you better straighten out yourself
And give your baby time

'Cause if you don't give her what she needs
She'll get it where she can
She's lonely, man

Don't leave yourself alone for too many days
Sooner than you know your gonna start slipping

You'll end up talking to the ghost
Of your wife as if you knew her
Your eyes will put her everywhere

And spending all your time
Somewhere inside your head
Haunted by the important
Life you coulda lead

You'll fuck yourself to clear your head
You'll close your door and go to bed
You'll try to sleep without a dream
That's where she finds you
That's where she finds you

Don't leave yourself alone for too many days
Sooner than you know your gonna start slipping

Dear, we better get a drink in you
Before you start to bore us
Dear, we better get a drink in you
Before you start to bore us
Dear, we better get a drink in you
Before you start to bore us

Don't forget the alcohol ooh, baby, ooh baby