Tyler Lyle - Ithaca lyrics

I was born outside of lexington The first son of oblivion I came with a name that was on my tongue I thought it might be you I came of age and fell in love I always pushed too hard or not enough But I kept that song stuck too my tongue I've been trying to get it out See, I tried to marry Jesus christ It didn't take, but the dress was nice So I filled my pockets with bread and wine And I went on down the road Caught a train to babylon Learned to sing the secret songs I dreamt of God in foreign tongues And I learned how to starve In a beautiful dream you were walking In the city by the sea And you wanted me Like I wanted you I wish that were true I learned that dionysis dances well But the hangover she hurts like hell Apollo robs the wishing well He's a liar and a thief Blind lemon, jack, and kerouac Henry miller in my gunny sac Blind willie johnson and kierkegaard Taught me the texas blues I found a sleeping river man Swore he would take me across the river to jerusalem But he wanted more than I could offer him I memorized some quotes and wrote some songs Now I sing for food and cigarettes In these noisy bar and cabarets Cough up the songs stuck in my chest And I trade them for a beer In a beautiful dream you were walking In the city by the sea And you wanted me Like I wanted you I wish that were true The rain came in vichy france In a rented room by pére lachaise Calypso on the unmade bed She wears grey, but you wear blue, don't you There, I dreamt that I met kind louis Who was waiting on the guillotine He said "they just don't see the things I see" I said "they see more than you think" He said "eloi, eloi, lema sabachthani" Like the son of God of or a fallen beast C'est ne pas mon pais This is not my home Then I awoke by a chestnut tree In the garden of gethsemane For a moment I saw everything Hallelujah and God damn. In a beautiful dream you were walking In the city by the sea And you wanted me Like I wanted you I wish that were true Oh penelope, she ain't waiting on me no more Queen of tennessee, every street to her was paved with gold A thousand song I have sung I got a hundred thousand in my lungs But they never seem to be enough To keep you by my side All the lovers I have known, Most for fun and some for show They were only just a place to hold The space I keep for you And what may be the only sin Is: Life keeps you hungry to the bitter end And one trip to the well ain't enough to get Every thing you'll ever need But I do not tell the world my dreams They are alone for me to keep Like a forrest in a mustard seed Like the fire in the black coals In a beautiful dream you were walking In the city by the sea And you wanted me Like I wanted you I wish that were true Oh penelope, she ain't waiting on me no more I heard that she left town, heard she settled on another shore I made it back to ithaca A high rise where the vineyard was No magnolia trees up above Blue gra** hills had turned to stone Then the oracle came at last Said "everything has come to pa**." Disappeared in a camera flash And left me with the bill I am a dying leaf upon this tree I'll maybe last a century Just waiting for a gentle breeze To cast these sails to shore Then I'll return from where I came Without a face or family name And I'll dissolve in the winter's rain Back into everything In a beautiful dream you were walking In the city by the sea And you wanted me Like I wanted you I wish that were true Oh penelope, she ain't waiting on me no more I sailed the seven seas But she don't want a man, she wants her king And that ain't me I'm sorry