David Berman Bot
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I post David Cloud Berman lyrics & poetry every few hours (Silver Jews, Purple Mountains, Actual Air)
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In 1984, I was hospitalized for approaching perfection
Yeah, you look like someone
Yeah, you look like someone who up and left me low
Boy, you look like someone I used to know
Yeah, you look like someone who up and left me low
Boy, you look like someone I used to know
November 28, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Yeah, you look like someone
Yeah, you look like someone who up and left me low
Boy, you look like someone I used to know
Yeah, you look like someone who up and left me low
Boy, you look like someone I used to know
Cranes on the downtown skyline
Is a sight to see for some
It ought to make a few reputations
In the cult of number one
While these seconds turn these minutes
Into hours of the day
While these doubles drive the dollars
And the light of day away
Is a sight to see for some
It ought to make a few reputations
In the cult of number one
While these seconds turn these minutes
Into hours of the day
While these doubles drive the dollars
And the light of day away
November 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Cranes on the downtown skyline
Is a sight to see for some
It ought to make a few reputations
In the cult of number one
While these seconds turn these minutes
Into hours of the day
While these doubles drive the dollars
And the light of day away
Is a sight to see for some
It ought to make a few reputations
In the cult of number one
While these seconds turn these minutes
Into hours of the day
While these doubles drive the dollars
And the light of day away
Nights that won't happen
Never ever again
Nights that won’t happen
Never reaching the end
Never ever again
Nights that won’t happen
Never reaching the end
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Nights that won't happen
Never ever again
Nights that won’t happen
Never reaching the end
Never ever again
Nights that won’t happen
Never reaching the end
That's one thing of which they're dang sure
November 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
That's one thing of which they're dang sure
Animal shapes, animal shapes
Nothing better get in the way of whatever it takes
Nothing better get in the way of whatever it takes
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Animal shapes, animal shapes
Nothing better get in the way of whatever it takes
Nothing better get in the way of whatever it takes
I had this friend his name was Marc with a "c"
His sister was like the heat coming off the back of an old TV
His sister was like the heat coming off the back of an old TV
November 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I had this friend his name was Marc with a "c"
His sister was like the heat coming off the back of an old TV
His sister was like the heat coming off the back of an old TV
They said, "We're coming out of the black patch
We're coming out of the pocket
We're calling into question
Such virtue gone to seed"
We're coming out of the pocket
We're calling into question
Such virtue gone to seed"
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
They said, "We're coming out of the black patch
We're coming out of the pocket
We're calling into question
Such virtue gone to seed"
We're coming out of the pocket
We're calling into question
Such virtue gone to seed"
I met failure in Australia
I fell ill in Illinois
I nearly lost my genitalia
To an anthill in Des Moines
I was so far gone in Fargo
South Dakota got annoyed
That’s the shit I'm talkin’ 'bout
When I talk to you about
Ceaseless feasts of schadenfreude
I fell ill in Illinois
I nearly lost my genitalia
To an anthill in Des Moines
I was so far gone in Fargo
South Dakota got annoyed
That’s the shit I'm talkin’ 'bout
When I talk to you about
Ceaseless feasts of schadenfreude
November 27, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I met failure in Australia
I fell ill in Illinois
I nearly lost my genitalia
To an anthill in Des Moines
I was so far gone in Fargo
South Dakota got annoyed
That’s the shit I'm talkin’ 'bout
When I talk to you about
Ceaseless feasts of schadenfreude
I fell ill in Illinois
I nearly lost my genitalia
To an anthill in Des Moines
I was so far gone in Fargo
South Dakota got annoyed
That’s the shit I'm talkin’ 'bout
When I talk to you about
Ceaseless feasts of schadenfreude
Well, there's trouble in the hall
And trouble up the stairs
And trouble in the trouble
That's troubling the air
Please don't say that my soul has died away
And trouble up the stairs
And trouble in the trouble
That's troubling the air
Please don't say that my soul has died away
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Well, there's trouble in the hall
And trouble up the stairs
And trouble in the trouble
That's troubling the air
Please don't say that my soul has died away
And trouble up the stairs
And trouble in the trouble
That's troubling the air
Please don't say that my soul has died away
It's making horseshit sound true to you
Now it’s impacting how you're acting too
Now it’s impacting how you're acting too
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
It's making horseshit sound true to you
Now it’s impacting how you're acting too
Now it’s impacting how you're acting too
Later on, somewhere else, I said some things I didn't mean
Yes, I know everybody's on a first name basis with the king
From a corner window, I watch the falling snowflakes
God must be carving the clouds into animal shapes
Yes, I know everybody's on a first name basis with the king
From a corner window, I watch the falling snowflakes
God must be carving the clouds into animal shapes
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Later on, somewhere else, I said some things I didn't mean
Yes, I know everybody's on a first name basis with the king
From a corner window, I watch the falling snowflakes
God must be carving the clouds into animal shapes
Yes, I know everybody's on a first name basis with the king
From a corner window, I watch the falling snowflakes
God must be carving the clouds into animal shapes
Sin and gravity
Drag me down to sleep
To dream of trains across the sea
Drag me down to sleep
To dream of trains across the sea
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Sin and gravity
Drag me down to sleep
To dream of trains across the sea
Drag me down to sleep
To dream of trains across the sea
Grass grows in the icebox
The year ends in the next room
It is autumn and my camouflage is dying
Instead of time, there will be lateness
Instead of time, there will be lateness
Instead of time, there will be lateness
And let forever be delayed
The year ends in the next room
It is autumn and my camouflage is dying
Instead of time, there will be lateness
Instead of time, there will be lateness
Instead of time, there will be lateness
And let forever be delayed
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Grass grows in the icebox
The year ends in the next room
It is autumn and my camouflage is dying
Instead of time, there will be lateness
Instead of time, there will be lateness
Instead of time, there will be lateness
And let forever be delayed
The year ends in the next room
It is autumn and my camouflage is dying
Instead of time, there will be lateness
Instead of time, there will be lateness
Instead of time, there will be lateness
And let forever be delayed
It's sunny and 75
It feels so good to be alive
It feels so good to be alive
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
It's sunny and 75
It feels so good to be alive
It feels so good to be alive
And as much as we might like to seize the reel and hit rewind
Or quicken our pursuit of what we're guaranteed to find
Or quicken our pursuit of what we're guaranteed to find
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
And as much as we might like to seize the reel and hit rewind
Or quicken our pursuit of what we're guaranteed to find
Or quicken our pursuit of what we're guaranteed to find
My youth for a bell
Who's who in hell
My kingdom for a crown
Time is a game
Only children play well
How can I love you
If you won't lie down?
Who's who in hell
My kingdom for a crown
Time is a game
Only children play well
How can I love you
If you won't lie down?
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 AM
My youth for a bell
Who's who in hell
My kingdom for a crown
Time is a game
Only children play well
How can I love you
If you won't lie down?
Who's who in hell
My kingdom for a crown
Time is a game
Only children play well
How can I love you
If you won't lie down?
Jesus in a runaway shelter
Said, "The deaf have pictures of you"
From the digital fountains to the analog mountains
Let the mirror express the room
Let the mirror express the room
Said, "The deaf have pictures of you"
From the digital fountains to the analog mountains
Let the mirror express the room
Let the mirror express the room
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Jesus in a runaway shelter
Said, "The deaf have pictures of you"
From the digital fountains to the analog mountains
Let the mirror express the room
Let the mirror express the room
Said, "The deaf have pictures of you"
From the digital fountains to the analog mountains
Let the mirror express the room
Let the mirror express the room
Hey boys, supper's on me, our record just went aluminum
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Hey boys, supper's on me, our record just went aluminum
Now, there's a lot of things that I'm gonna miss
Like thunder down country and the way water drips
Like thunder down country and the way water drips
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Now, there's a lot of things that I'm gonna miss
Like thunder down country and the way water drips
Like thunder down country and the way water drips
Marry me and leave Kentucky
And come to Tennessee
'Cause you're the only ten I see
And come to Tennessee
'Cause you're the only ten I see
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Marry me and leave Kentucky
And come to Tennessee
'Cause you're the only ten I see
And come to Tennessee
'Cause you're the only ten I see
I took these blue arrangements and threw them in the sea
When older waves from older caves brought them back to me
I took these blue arrangements and stored them on a shelf
With coins on the mantle and time in a candle, in the end a boy raises himself
When older waves from older caves brought them back to me
I took these blue arrangements and stored them on a shelf
With coins on the mantle and time in a candle, in the end a boy raises himself
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I took these blue arrangements and threw them in the sea
When older waves from older caves brought them back to me
I took these blue arrangements and stored them on a shelf
With coins on the mantle and time in a candle, in the end a boy raises himself
When older waves from older caves brought them back to me
I took these blue arrangements and stored them on a shelf
With coins on the mantle and time in a candle, in the end a boy raises himself
Now a man keeps his money folded square in his pocket
And doesn't take everything that he could
He'll rise like a lion and line himself up
With the poor, the fair, and the good
And doesn't take everything that he could
He'll rise like a lion and line himself up
With the poor, the fair, and the good
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Now a man keeps his money folded square in his pocket
And doesn't take everything that he could
He'll rise like a lion and line himself up
With the poor, the fair, and the good
And doesn't take everything that he could
He'll rise like a lion and line himself up
With the poor, the fair, and the good
There must be a Spanish word for this feeling
The rush I get when I am stealing
From the Dust Congress
Whose dollars and dimes
Say, "In dust we trust"
Oh, yeah
The world is not ready for you
The rush I get when I am stealing
From the Dust Congress
Whose dollars and dimes
Say, "In dust we trust"
Oh, yeah
The world is not ready for you
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
There must be a Spanish word for this feeling
The rush I get when I am stealing
From the Dust Congress
Whose dollars and dimes
Say, "In dust we trust"
Oh, yeah
The world is not ready for you
The rush I get when I am stealing
From the Dust Congress
Whose dollars and dimes
Say, "In dust we trust"
Oh, yeah
The world is not ready for you
I have not avoided certainty
It has always just eluded me
I wish I knew
I wish I knew for true
I wish I had a rhinestone suit
I wish I had a new pair of boots
But mostly I wish
I wish I was with you
It has always just eluded me
I wish I knew
I wish I knew for true
I wish I had a rhinestone suit
I wish I had a new pair of boots
But mostly I wish
I wish I was with you
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I have not avoided certainty
It has always just eluded me
I wish I knew
I wish I knew for true
I wish I had a rhinestone suit
I wish I had a new pair of boots
But mostly I wish
I wish I was with you
It has always just eluded me
I wish I knew
I wish I knew for true
I wish I had a rhinestone suit
I wish I had a new pair of boots
But mostly I wish
I wish I was with you
There's gonna be a truce
There's gonna be a truce
There's gonna be a truce
But first you got to set your horses loose
There's gonna be a truce
There's gonna be a truce
But first you got to set your horses loose
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
There's gonna be a truce
There's gonna be a truce
There's gonna be a truce
But first you got to set your horses loose
There's gonna be a truce
There's gonna be a truce
But first you got to set your horses loose