John Allyn Smith Sails Lyrics - Stage Names - Okkervil River

By the second verse, dear friends 

My head will burst, my life will end 

So I'd like to start this one off by saying 

"Live and love" 

I was young and at home in bed 

And I was hanging on the words some poem said in '31 

I was impressionable, I was upsettable 

I tried to make my breathing stop 

Or my heartbeat slow 

So when my mom and John came in I would be cold 

From a bridge on Washington Avenue 

The year of 1972, broke my bones and skull 

And it was memorable 

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It was half a second in, I was halfway down 

Do you think I wanted to turn back around and teach a class 

Where you kiss the ass that I've exposed to you? 

And at the funeral, the university 

Cried at three poems they'd present 

In place of a broken me 

I was breaking in a case of suds at the Brass Rail 

A fall-down drunk with his tongue torn out 

And his balls removed 

And I knew that my last lines were gone 

While, stupidly, I lingered on 

Oh, but wise men know when it's time to go 

And so I should, too 

And so I fly into the brightest winter sun 

Of this frozen town, I'm stripped down to move on 

My friends, I'm gone 

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Well, I hear my father fall 

And I hear my mother call 

And I hear the others all whispering, "Come home" 

I'm sorry to go 

I loved you all so 

But this is the worst trip I've ever been on 

So hoist up the [John B.] sail 

See how the mainsail sets 

I'm full in my heart and my head 

And I want to go home 

With a book in my hand 

In the way I had planned 

Well, this is the worst trip I've ever been on 

Hoist up the [John B.] sail 

See how the mainsail sets 

I'm full in my heart and my head 

And I want to go home 

With a book in each hand 

In the way I had planned 

Well, I feel so broke up, I want to go home