Lord, I Know We Don't Talk

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Kevin Devine

Kevin Devine is an American songwriter and musician from Brooklyn, New York, who is known for alternately introspective and political lyrics and melodic acoustic guitar songs. He cites his influences as Neutral Milk Hotel,Bob Dylan, Elliott Smith, Pavement and Nirvana, among others. more »

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2005

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In a motel room, with the Bible out
Combing scriptures for answers about 
What's happening now

'Cause I can't believe my eyes 
And I just don't trust my ears
But I've heard a man can always come find 
Some solace here

And Lord, I know that we don't talk 
Often at all anymore 
But desperate folks do desperate things 
So I'm stapling this note to your door 

Please, turn the ship around 
And lock the course in place
And keep the train tracks nailed to the ground
Or pull the emergency break

'Cause I've lost my faith in man
Just like I once lost faith in you
And I've been covering all kinds of ground 
Thinking hard 'bout what else I could lose

And I know how I look
To come crawling back
Acting like you owe me proof
But this is bigger than me
I think it's bigger than you too 

So if this gets to you
Yeah if you ever come home
Just know I won't be awaiting the postman 
I will not be glued to my phone
I'll know a change has come 
I'll know that you exist 

When all our bombs stop exploding
And when all of those landmines are stripped
And we stop blowin' up strangers' houses 
And making orphans of innocent kids 
And people stop thinking the world's theirs for the taking
'Cause your world once told them it is 

'Til then, I'm gonna shake my head
I'm gonna bite my tongue
When people tell me, 'Have faith and be patient, 
We're waiting for God to show up.'

Yeah 'til then, it's one more skeptical song
And I'll be glad as hell
If you come and prove me wrong

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