Josh Ritter

There ain't a street in this town that I ain't walked
And I know them like I know your face
But they're here and you're not and it's my luck
That I ca...

There was a time 
I had the right key
Rolled the tumbler slid the bolt on every wandering eye 
I caughtBut something has changed this is all wrong
I'm...

I had a dream last night
I dreamt that I was swimming

And the stars up above

Directionless and drifting

Somewhere in the dark

Were the sirens and ...

I wait for love
I wait for love
Wait for love, wait for love
Wait for love
I got someone on my mind
And she don't make me wait the way you do
But time...

The Angel of the Holy Grail saw Galahad come riding,
So he took the Holy Grail off the shelf.

And inside the Holy Chapel made for Holy Grail hiding,
...

Peter killed the dragon and he did it with his bare hands
Peter killed the dragon and he did it with his bare hands
Paul killed the dragon and he did ...

Josh Ritter - Girl In The War
The Animal Years (2006)


Peter said to Paul you know all those words we wrote
Are just the rules of the game and the ru...

Josh Ritter - Girl In The War
The Animal Years (2006)


Peter said to Paul you know all those words we wrote
Are just the rules of the game and the ru...

Sunday night, its supper time, the hotel’s full and all is fine. You can see that No Vacancy sign from the window of room 39
Monday morning at half pa...

I had a dream last night
I dreamt that I was swimming

And the stars up above

Directionless and drifting

Somewhere in the dark

Were the sirens and ...

Louis Collins took a trip out west
When he returned little Delia had gone to rest
The angels laid her away
Louis said to Delia
That's the sad thing wi...

All of a sudden now you're back again
I thought you were happy with whoever
Or did you dream about me now and then
Did you look up at the stars and fe...

All the other girls here are stars - you are the northern lights
They try to shine in through your curtains - you're too close and too bright
They try...

The Animal Years (2006)


Peter said to Paul you know all those words we wrote
Are just the rules of the game and the rules are the first to go
But no...

All that love all those mistakes
What else can a poor man make?
So I gave up a life of crime
I gave it to a friend of mine
Something else was on my mi...

Once I knew a girl in the hard hard times
She made me a shirt out of fives and dimes
Now she's gone but when I wear it she crosses my mind
And if the ...

Under wide blue skies
There's a place to lie
For me
and Evelyn to hide tonight
I'll try my best to make a go
But I'm not sure what I don't know
Oh cha...

Peter killed the dragon and he did it with his bare hands
Peter killed the dragon and he did it with his bare hands
Paul killed the dragon and he did ...

If I could trace the lines that ran
Between your smile and your sleight of hand
I would guess that you put something up my sleeve
Now every time I see...

Dirt roads and dry land farming

might be the death of me

But I can't leave this world behind

Debts are not like prison where


And I can't leave th...

I don't have any questions that you can not answer

I'm pretty simple that way

Any fears I have left are just ghosts of ghosts

That you drove away

...

All the other girls here are stars - you are the northern lights
They try to shine in through your curtains - you're too close and too bright
They try...

Birds beneath my window dustying their wings upon the lawn
I hear them in the morning light giving last amen to a migratory song
They're never looking...

Birds beneath my window dustying their wings upon the lawn
I hear them in the morning light giving last amen to a migratory song
They're never looking...

We've been through some things together
With trunks of memories still to come
We found things to do in stormy weather
Long may you run.
Well,it was ba...

Birds beneath my window dustying their wings upon the lawn
I hear them in the morning light giving last amen to a migratory song
They're never looking...

And oh what a thrill it was
To be in your arms again
And oh what a thrill it was
To be in those arms
And all those plans I had all they did was hold m...

I cannot recall when I've felt like this
It's been a long old time if I ever did
I've got your light
I've got your light in my eyes

On some distant m...

I had a dream last night
I dreamt that I was swimming
And the stars up above
Directionless and drifting
Somewhere in the dark
Were the sirens and the ...

I had a dream last night
I dreamt that I was swimming
And the stars up above
Directionless and drifting
Somewhere in the dark
Were the sirens and the ...

These chords are old but we shake hands
'Cause I believe that they're the good guys
We can use all the help we can
So many minor chords outside
I fell...

I feel a change in the weather
I feel a change in me
The days are getting shorter
and the birds begin to leave
Even me, yes, yes, y'all
Who has been s...