Mary Gauthier

It's a cheap hotel, the heat pipes hiss
The bathroom's down the hall, and it smells like piss
It's another night  in another town
And I'm another blue...

My father could use a little mercy now.
The fruits of his labor fall and rot slowly on the ground.
His work is almost over.
It won't be long.
He won't...

He'd get home at 5:30, fix his drink 
 And sit down in his chair 
 Pick a fight with mama 
 Complain about us kids getting in his hair 
 At night he'd...

There's a big storm a coming, of this
I've no doubt
That storm's gonna blow your little world inside out
When the wild winds let up, when the violence...

In the darkness it finds me
 the terrible fire
 it don't matter how much I pray
 The flames leap and burn me
 There's nothing I can do
 To make the fe...

(Mary Gauthier/Keri Powers)
He's lying on the double bed acting self-assured
In his T-shirt ana his underwear he's barely said a word
She pours a cup ...

(Mary Gauthier/Crit Harmon)
Davey stole a Christmas tree from K-Mart last night
red ribbons and silver bells, angels dressed in white
He tied, it to t...

Our Lady of the Shooting Stars
Was that you last night?
Did I hold you in my sight?
She lifted you from me,
The sunlight burned my eyes away
And now I...

I called my mama yesterday
to wish her happy birthday
she said, Babe, your mama's getting old.
and I'm glad to be alive today.
You know, I'm 10 years ...

I don't trust my eyes any more
They don't know what they're looking for
Thinking back on what they didn't see
I think my eyes were blinding me
They do...

It's a cheap hotel, the heat pipes hiss
The bathroom's down the hall, and it smells like piss
It's another night  in another town
And I'm another blue...

My father could use a little mercy now
The fruits of his labor
Fall and rot slowly on the ground
His work is almost over
It won't be long and he won't...

The parade of souls is marching across the sky
Their heat and their light bathed in blue as they march by
The all stars play when the saints go marchi...

He'd get home at 5:30
Fix his drink,sit down in his chair
Pick a fight with mama
Complain about us kids getting in his hair
At night he'd sit 'lone an...

When they ask about us, as friends always do
Remember the good times, honey, we had a few
I'll never condemn you,
I'll take all the blame
Just say she...

too late to hide
and too tired to care
take what you've left
and forget the rest
take what you see
of what's left of me
you know where I've been
and I...

There's a big storm a coming, of this 
I've no doubt
That storm's gonna blow your little world inside out
When the wild winds let up, when the violenc...

This is not my street
This is not my house
That is not my bed
This is not my town
Another day, another night
Another night, another day
I wanna go hom...