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Weepin' Songs

by The Revenants

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1.
One day all my dreams got squashed By the madness of this world I sit before you now a human wreck A yarn of glide and purl I got more stories than I can count They swirl about me like a symphony It’s at this point I’d like to interject As humble as I can be I’d like to make the smallest request Won’t you hear my plea Please set me free The air down here don’t it smell so good Like the devil’s been cooking up rotten eggs People try to get on down, get on down But they stand on wobbly legs No one seems to know how they got here But it feels like an eternity It’s at this point I’d like to interject As humble as I can be I’d like to make the smallest request Won’t you hear my plea Please set me free Well you know you hold the key Won’t you hear my plea Won’t you please set me free Sometimes I think I died years ago In that crash on Highway 46 It’s like an episode of the Twilight Zone Where suddenly I didn’t exist There was the before and there is the now And there is no shared history It’s at this point I’d like to interject As humble as I can be I’d like to make the smallest request Won’t you hear my plea Please set me free
2.
I am easily confused By all the stuff that's going on And you're the only one Who doesn't make me want to yawn I can hear what you say And what you say is OK Tell me, tell me true Tell me what to do I need to tell you that the solitary life is not for me I want to know that I'm connected to my family tree I scratch your back and you scratch mine Everything will turn out fine Give me direction Give me protection I am lost if not for you Give me a sign Keep me in line Tell me what, tell me what to do
3.
Where I'm bound I am bound to lose Where I'm bound It's a place no one would choose It's a rocky road And my wheels they have no traction I've been out here for such a long time Looking for a little interaction I call for help But there is no response People drive by They drive on by With a look of nonchalance Brother, brother do you have a spare I need to get back on the road I could use a little air Won't you help me with my load The rain came down And then a blinding snow I got no coat And it's almost twenty below Can't you see me I'm up around the bend Can't you see me My dear old friend My dear old friend
4.
The September light is beginning to fall toward winter A whiff of melancholy is stirring up the air We are pulling down fences and planting our perennials Packing up our umbrella and our crummy lawn chair Here comes the Christmas trees Here comes the twinkly lights Here comes the ice and snow Here comes the longest nights I'm going down, down, down, down The smell of burning leaves stimulates so many memories The crackle of bark and a carpet of gold It won't last long so we embrace it while we can Soon the coolish days will turn to downright cold Here comes the bags of salt Here comes the sacks of sand Here comes the hard black ice Here comes winter's wonderland I'm going down, down, down, down The flaming glory autumn burns bright but oh so brief Cherish it deeply for too soon it's gone All the leaves are brown and the skies are gray And a blanket of snow now covers the lawn Here comes the itchy skin Here comes the psoriasis Here comes the thermal socks Here comes winter's deadly kiss
5.
My heart goes out to all mankind Except maybe one or two I know how you feel, I know you're scared I know what you're going through And I can't keep from crying My tears fall like rain I can't keep from crying I feel your pain I can't keep from crying I can't keep from crying Boo-hoo I know you're feelin' kinda lost Don't know what's coming around the bend But if it means anything at all I'm here for you, my friend The world we know is gone forever The new one looks pretty bleak It's survival of the fittest So much for the meek
6.
I guess you probably think that I am a jerk And I'm sorry if that's how you feel OK well maybe I did one or things Like not brush after every meal I talked to my friends about making a change And they said I should So I say please don't hate me anymore I promise I'll be good Well you don't want to have to answer my call And I'm sad you feel that way I'll admit that I cheated a little But it was a little, OK? I went and had a word or two with my priest And he said that I should repent So I say please don't hate me anymore I hope this makes a dent I really want to understand your anger I really want to make amends Will I promise not to lie anymore Well, you know, that all depends I'm doing the very best that I can And my best is pretty good for me So I say please don't hate me anymore I hope you hear my plea What's that, you say you don't trust me You shouldn't but what would it hurt What's that, you say that you hate me And I should get my just dessert Am I really such a monster Funny 'cause I don't feel like one So I say please don't hate me anymore This hatin' thing is not much fun That's all
7.
Weep No More 01:44
8.
It's been a long, long day And now the day is done And the sun is sitting by my side My back is a-hurting me My heart is a-hurting me And I feel like its the end of the ride I want a sleep that's hard and fast But I'm afraid it'll be my last I will always be a stranger Who never feels at home Who does not really want And is not really wanted Who can never belong Who must always be A little in love with death It's been a wild, wild road And now the road's at end And my car has run out of gas I am out in nowheresville Up the street from oblivion Not the greener side of the grass No place to check in for the night Feeling impenitent and contrite We are such things as rubbish is made of So let's drink up and forget it
9.
Willow 04:05
I got acid rain in my pockets And it’s melting my jeans down to smithereens The forecast is cutting into my routines Bitter tears are coming down Bitter tears are coming down Bitter tears are coming down Willow weep for me The thermostat has melted on my windowsill A fly is screaming, Let me in Not by the hair of your chinny-chin-chin Bitter tears are coming down Bitter tears are coming down Bitter tears are coming down Willow weep for me
10.
I Feel Ya 05:16
I see what you are going through I hear what you're saying I see you down on your knees Yeah, I see you praying Hope I can make it better But even if I can't I’ll just hold your hand And listen to you rant I feel ya, yeah I feel ya Whatcha do, whatcha do, whatcha do I feel ya, yeah I feel ya Whatcha do, whatcha do, whatcha do What you do I see what you are going through You don't have to tell me I'll throw you my support And all of my empathy I won't give you any trouble Won't make any demand Whatever you're enduring I want to understand I get that it is difficult I get that it sucks It's the age we're living in The shit is deluxe I see what you are going through I can feel your pain Let me be your sunscreen Your umbrella in the rain When you are down and out And no one's on your side Yeah, you can talk to me In me you can confide
11.
If you can believe it I was once afraid To have a kid of my own Thought that I might mess her up The way that my dad did I still remember his look and his tone He was mad and he'd hit me with the back his hand Or a paddle made out of wood Don't know why he did it but he did it and he did it He did it 'cause he could What you mean, what you mean to me Shouldn't be so hard to say What you mean, what you mean to me I'm just glad you're here today You're here today When I got older I thought a lot about it I thought how I might act if I were a dad Would I be mean, would I be so hurtful What would I do when I got mad Would I punch my kid The way that he did Would I make her fall down and cry But then I decided I'd rather not have a child Than to be that man with the cold gray eye Not saying I'm better Just saying I'm different Hope I learned a thing or two on the way It took me a while But your mom she was patient Sorry 'bout all that delay The day I first saw you everything in me changed Yeah I know that's a really old saw But it's so true as true as cobalt blue It's as true as inviolable law Now I got to tell you just how glad I am And so lucky you came along Things worked out, it just took a little time And for your birthday I wrote this song
12.
Just when I thought I'd let go of you I saw a girl with your eyes She looked through me the way you did The way that you hypnotize I want you more than ever I want you more than ever I want you more than ever And I bet I always will When this girl yawned she cocked her head Just the way you used to do And when she laughed her mouth turned down Like even joy could make her blue When this girl yelled at her man I could truly sympathize Like me he stood and he took it While he stared deep into her eyes
13.
Weepin' Song 05:06
What if I'd been there for you Would you still be alive What if I had held your hand Would you have survived This is the weepin' song And I weep for you This is the weepin' song Thirty shades of blue What if I had listened close And heard what you had to say Would it have made a difference Would you still be here today So many nights I stay awake And I rack my brain So many nights I stay awake And my tears fall like rain What if I had read the signs And acted a little more quick When I think of what I might have done It just makes my heart feel sick

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What if I had read the signs
And acted a little more quick
When I think of what I might have done
It just makes my heart feel sick

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released December 15, 2023

Vox on "Weepin' Song": Jen Gloeckner

Cover "Can't Keep From Crying" by Eliot Wilder

Songs written and performed by Eliot Wilder

See the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ApIxtOsa44

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