it just so happens I have many conerns
my brother's down the road and my lover in town
they both need affection
and some kind of love
well I'm the one who gives it at any given time
from two in the morning to six
call me up and cry
my lover keeps it secret that we meet under covers
when asked by her man if we two are lovers
she says, "I hardly know him.
Besides, he's not my type."
her man's a policeman with a keen sense of trouble
he's known just by danger
and all kinds of liars
brother called this morning in a terrible panic
spies in the closet, bugs in the attic
he screams bloody murder saying,
"We're all gonna die,
death is upon me, I know 'cause he showed me
pictures of graveyards and us underneath."
I'm losing my hearing from my brother screaming,
"They're coming to get me" and
"Someone call the police."
two in the morning, the phone disconnected
her man knows I'm calling, it's what I expected
a note on my backdoor saying, "baby, not tonight."
so I sit with my brother who is nursing a cut wrist
he's mumbling "Forgive me."
and "Don't let them take me away."
"I can be a good boy and stay out of trouble,
Jackie I love you" and
"Don't let them take your brother."
strapped to a table, go in the electrodes
"Jackie come save me the doctors will kill me."
"No, they're here to help you
straighten out your mind."
the TV is blaring with some preacher saying that
God is among us and he hears our cries
Lord, do me a favor
it's wrong but I ask you
take my brother's life
'cause he's sick of the suffering
the pills he's inhaling
the cross he is bearing
that is his troubled mind
Damien Jurado : Medication :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
out from my window, across from the city
I have what's considered a good view
two blocks from the subway, three from the fountain
where I walk to break in new shoes
she stands on the sidewalk just waving at taxis
like horses in parades in passing
I ask where she's headed she tells me,
"Ohio, I've not seen my mother in ages
it's been a long time, a real long time."
out from my window, "how far is Ohio?"
she laughed and pointed out east
she said, "I grew up there with my dear mother
and I haven't seen her since thirteen.
you see, I was taken while she lay sleeping
by my father's hired man
we moved to city so far from my family
I haven't been back there since.
it's been a long time, a real long time."
out from my window please hear me Ohio
your daughter wants to come home
she longs to be with you to hug you to kiss you
to never leave her alone
and I've gotten to know her to live with to love her
it's hard to see her leave
she belongs to her mother and the state of Ohio
I wish she belonged to me
see you sometime, see you sometime
Damien Jurado : Ohio