Lyrics Okkervil River

Okkervil River

Hanging from a Hit

What this night wants is what it gets

Strung in silken knots

lit by cigarettes flaring side by side,

with the streets all wet,

as the only thing that's bright.

And I don't need to cross that bridge

I find I'm swinging or sailing over the pit tonight

I'm hanging from a hit tonight

Was wild enough to order up and toss across my lips

What's making all my tears

Is taking all my fears away

But I don't need to cry

Because now I'm clear

A moth that's swerving through the sage

A creature crashing from a cage

A shadow vaporized by a new sun ray

A day she spends the night

And I can hear her sighing

As she's almost asleep on one side

I lie back on my pillow

And ask what her husband is like

And she says,