Mark Kozelek - Night Talks lyrics

Oh, we stay up You and I on the phone, talking late We talk about our recent Netflix and A&E favorites We talk about how the world around us has changed since we were young We talk about the nice things that have happened and the difficult parts And I've grown to where I depend on you A cow in the morning, I hear the train going ooh Like how I hear the wind going [whooshing] And the cars on the highway going [engine sound] And when I'm in town, dinner with my girlfriend And coming home from my tour is to a big, fat, cozy bed Oh, we're getting older, aren't we? Next thing you know I'll be calling you from a fifty-five plus community Thinking I definitely didn't pa** off the opportunity To tackle life with a tireless tenacity Yesterday it was one of your kid's birthdays She's twelve and I remember when she was just a baby She looked like a sack of white flour with legs and arms And my girlfriend at the time said, "Oh my god, I love that little one." We were both in our late thirties then And we were a ball getting around so, so easily And you were married then and I was with Emily And that all changed but everyone involved moved on happily I remember my childhood room with these fluorescent posters and a blacklight And I'd burn candles and incense all night But Dad would say, "Mark, you're gonna burn the house down." I thought he was paranoid then But I fully understand him now Your room was so much different than mine It had an extra window and much more sunshine And your walls were painted a very light shade Soft blue and yellow like an Easter egg Yesterday five people were murdered at the Fort Lauderdale airport By a ma** murderer, these things are daily news reports On New Years Eve, a ma** murder in Turkey While me and my girlfriend were sleeping in California, peacefully I'm nervous they're gonna send a nuclear bomb into the sky Directed at us while we're asleep and take us by surprise If that happens and my life flashes before my eyes I hope that my beautiful love is sleeping beside me And if the sirens go off and it's time for the world to say goodbye Many memories will quickly flash through my mind The ones that are the dearest to me Like our night talks I always think of them fondly And if for some reason your life goes before mine Know that our night talks meant everything I'll be fifty at the end of January And our night talks are what I look forward to most throughout my day I don't want our night talks to ever go away