Jim O'Rourke - Hummingbird lyrics

[Verse 1] His goal in life was to be an echo Riding alone, town after town, toll after toll A fixed bayonet through the great southwest to forget her She appears in his dreams But in his car and in his arms A dream can mean anything A cheap sunset on a television set can upset her But he never could [Chorus] Remember to remember me Standing still in your past Floating fast like a hummingbird [Verse 2] His goal in life was to be an echo The type of sound that floats around and then back down Like a feather But in the deep chrome canyons of the loudest Manhattans No one could hear him Or anything So he slept on a mountain In a sleeping bag underneath the stars He would lie awake and count them And the gray fountain spray of the great Milky Way Would never let him Die alone [Chorus][x2] [Outro] A hummingbird[x2]