Way up in that high-rise
Above the likes of you
He gazes down at us
Grants fortune to a few
There’s a man you ought to know
I was just a kid and new in town
At the start of my career
And I felt the sky open
When I chanced to overhear
“There’s a man you ought to know
There’s a man…”
Everybody needs the occasional turn
A twist in the storyline
Everyone’s after more than they’ve earned
Or is your heart unlike mine?
So, whose hand will lift me
And what’ll it cost to help?
Here I am down on my knees
For the pleasure of myself
And the man I long to know
No one’s happy standing in place
Nobody’s crazy about where they are
Only the dead don’t hallucinate
It seems a shame to go so far
Way up in the stars
There’s someone who
Our weak projections fail to find
Whose kingdom’s crumbling
And whose children fear him
And who’s never had a moment’s peace of mind
And that’s the only man he’ll ever know
And that’s that man you ought to know
Other lyrics by Robbie Fulks:
My Heart, Your Hands
I’ve lived too long Dancing to my own song I’ve been oversold On fast pleasures and fool’s gold I don’t know how you came But I know everything’s changed Hearts grow …
Nobody Cares
Sitting here alone at the close of day It’s funny how easy they all slip away If I’ve got that well-known case of the blues It’s the mildest kind Nobody cares about me, …
Now Now Now Now Now
Down at the Peppermint Lounge I felt like a pawn Gazed upon, stepped upon I had to crash at a friend’s ‘Cause he had a functional shower I never quite danced until dawn …
Ocean City
The sky was blue (did I notice how blue?) As we crossed the Bay Bridge east toward Delaware Us four and the dog was mainly what I saw By suppertime, the rest would meet …
Ol' Folks
Spend some time with the old folks Just drop by and tell a few jokes All the love is in their eyes Those old hearts ain’t paralyzed Go back home, see the old folks …