Patty Griffin - Useless Desires Lyrics
Say goodbye to the old street
That never cared much for you anyway
The different-colored doorways
You thought would let you in one day
Goodbye to the old bus stop, frozen and waiting
You walk across a baseball field
The grass has turned to straw
A flock of birds tries to fly away from where you are
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye old friend
I can't make you stay
I can't spend another ten years
Wishing you would anyway
How the sky turns to fire against a telephone wire
Every day I take a bitter pill that gets me on my way
For the little aches and pains
The ones I have from day to day
To help me think a little less about the things I miss
To help me not to wonder how I ended up like this
I walk down to the railroad track and ride a rusty train
With a million other faces I shoot through the city veins
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye old friend
You wanted to be free
Somewhere beyond the bitter end is where I want to be
How the sky turns to fire against a telephone wire
And even I'm getting tired of useless desires
Say goodbye to the old building
That never tried to know your name
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye old friend
You won't be seeing me again
Goodbye to all the windowpanes shining in the sun
Like diamonds on a winter day
Goodbye, goodbye to everyone
How the sky turns to fire against a telephone wire
Burns the last of the day down
And I'm the last one hangin' around
Waiting on a train track, and the train never comes back
And even I'm getting tired of useless desires
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Patty Griffin Useless Desires Comments
You just a gem to many, hope ya'
know this. Still cant believe those pipes , daggonit!!
I love love love her so much.
"Weekend Edition has this town way over-rated..." love the crescendo in this - as in many of Patty's songs
Beautiful
Best. Breakup. Song. Ever.
♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
God where has her music been all my life
Marley Patty has been around for more than 20 years...I’m glad you finally found her
This song is so undescribably beautiful.
This song and When It Don’t Come Easy are masterpieces
"Long Ride Home", for me. I first heard it after a fight with my wife, riding alone and heard the verses:
"Forty years go by with someone laying in your bed
Forty years of things you say you wish you'd never said
How hard would it have been to say some kinder words instead
I wonder as I stare up at the sky turning red"
Had to pull over, and after I stopped crying, I went home and made it right. And it still is. Because that song is about death, and how you feel when it's too late...
How could anyone down vote this?
I know right
Oh lady lady lady....when did anyone perform a better album than this? songwriting out of this world and what a singer. Patty those Irish genes......with a splash of the French Canadian eh! Wondrous
The perfect song. Inspired.
This song is like the story of my life. Its hard to listen to, but I love it.
Cody Williamson it's okay, Cody. Patty wrote it for all of us, enjoy :)
despite I like technical death metal genre, but this song was awesome too. cheers, and keep it up!!
Love this always.
the song i would like to write
Good job Patty