Damien Jurado - I Had No Intentions lyrics

He motioned to me from across the street His arms waving madly "Come over to me" I saw the panic as he approached We both ran quickly to the house Where the windows were shot out He lay there bleeding on the floor My mother beside him screaming "Dear Lord... Someone shot my boy" I held his hand 'til the ambulance came And onto a stretcher they took him away I followed close from the car behind The lights and the sirens both dull in my mind November 9 k**ed by a bullet from a jealous gun It rattled his eyelids and pierced through his lungs The damage is now done He was seem by her lover the night before Swearing to k** him outside her door To her defense my brother walked out Raising his fist and screaming "Get out... It's me she's with now!" Hotel hospital the tears burned my eyes I slipped into nighttime and deep into dying Without even trying