Silver Jews - Pretty Eyes Lyrics






Everybody wants perspective from a hill
But everybody's wants can't make it past a window sill
I can see you in your room at night
Pictures on your walls
Little forest scenes and high school Halloweens
But they don't come to you
They don't come to you at all

All houses dream in blueprints
Our houses dream so hard
Outside you can see my shoeprints
I've been dreaming in your yard

One of these days these days will end
Through the kitchen window the light will bend
You'll be carving a pumpkin with a knife
When someone at the table says
"That's not what I call a life!"

The elephants are so ashamed of their size
Hosing 'em down I tell them "you got pretty eyes"
Out in the backyard I used to make like I was a cowboy
I'd set my dog before a hoop and say "now boy, now boy!"

When the governor's heart fails
The state bird falls from its branch
Icicles on hell's higher hills
Meanwhile back home at the ranch
I still get up early in the morning
And I never knew a better place

I believe the stars are the headlights of angels
Driving from heaven to save us
To save us
Look in the sky
They're driving from heaven into our eyes
And though final words are so hard to devise
I promise that I'll always remember your pretty eyes
Your pretty eyes





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  1. b.... ....

    I was so shocked and happy when he returned. And then he gave us more and move on. What a man.

  2. M.... V....

    Just played this on my acoustic at home, and, not able to sing, sang my best anyway. Realized as I was doing it that his magic was living on through us, in a simple, literal and profound way. Listening to it right now with you guys.

  3. V.... G....

    3:00 to 3:15 <3 <3 <3

  4. f.... ....

    Silver Jews changed my everything. Natural Bridge is like an invisible hand touching your heart, putting a sentimental and nostalgic seed in there...

    f.... ....

    Go for Bashung, buddy.

    f.... ....

    @Alexander Stemkowski sure!

  5. i.... i....

    death brought me here

  6. g.... e....

    Ah Dave, sleep well xx

  7. M.... D....

    Some of you young’uns and whipper snappers with your notifications set up will hear David has passed on and discover this song for the first time and begin your journey into his music. And some of you will miss the appeal entirely and wonder how people like me love this as we do. But all of you will be changed. You just don’t realize how yet. But you will. By golly. You will.

    M.... D....

    i miss him so much. he changed a lot of us. <3

    M.... D....

    Mulcair DH I discovered it in Summer 2018. Didn't even hear about his passing with all the other drama happening in August like the fake Epstein suicide.

    M.... D....

    you were right

  8. B.... Z....

    God herself must have written this song

    B.... Z....

    Hibiscus

  9. B.... O....

    yes DCB in full effect

  10. s.... ....

    man, all these years later and these days haven't ended yet . I really miss these guys. but all the songs are so great and I still love them. I'll always remember your pretty eyes

    s.... ....

    Word is they've recorded some new songs. Malkmus involved too.

  11. J.... Z....

    Without any notable exceptions, all scholars of modern religion agree that this song will eventually replace all religious texts.

    J.... Z....

    Amen to that

    J.... Z....

    @Thomas Blake amen

  12. J.... T....

    i believe the stars are the headlights of angels, driving from heaven to save us, to save us
    ......................dont cry

    J.... T....

    i wont cry

  13. s.... ....

    Thanks for the upload Meghan. Good stuff.

  14. d.... ....

    one of these days will end

    d.... ....

    RIP dave

    d.... ....

    unfortunately for us all, it did. sleep peacefully DB

  15. D.... J....

    saw him...them...i saw the silver jews perform in manhattan...must have been about 2007 or so. i think i had just gotten sober... but someone else wasn't very sober. i hope he is off the dope now.

    D.... J....

    So fucking sad

  16. s.... ....

    i know what you mean about the tattoos, and yes that's an awesome story, thank the world wide web for that one. i like the lyric tattoos, if i had to pick one of d.b's lyrics for a tat i guess i'd go with the "one of these days these days will end", cuz that sounds the coolest, but my fav line is prob "chalklines around my body, like shorelines around a lake", or "the drums march along like an iv drip, like sparks from a muffler drug down the strip" those are cool, and beautiful!

  17. s.... ....

    that's awesome. i hope you love the silver jews now.

  18. J.... B....

    This song has it's own life in my heart. I remember so much when I hear it. Thank you..

  19. f.... ....

    i play this song at least once a month with my old guitar...I´ve been dreaming in your yard

  20. J.... S....

    Everybody wants perspective from a hill. But everybody's wants can't make it past the window sill.

    One of these days these days will end. The kitchen window; the light will bend. You'll be carving a pumpkin with a knife and some one at the table will shout "That's not what I call a life!"

  21. c.... ....

    one of the best, even by DC's standards. just.....exquisite.

  22. G.... ....

    Love this song.

  23. s.... ....

    @sammywhammy1212 that's one of my fav lyrics ever, for you to find it like that is, just, sublime,

  24. s.... ....

    @ZbangzbangNoMi thats so great.

  25. Z.... ....

    @sammywhammy1212
    yeah i was in a bus and i saw a tattoo on a guy's arm that said "One of these days,These days will end" and later when i got home i remembered it and searched google and found this song :))

    Z.... ....

    My girl got that as well. The back of her leg. And when i met her and saw the tat, I dd the same.

  26. s.... ....

    @ZbangzbangNoMi say what?

  27. Z.... ....

    awesome song!!!
    i saw some of the lyrics on a guy's arm in the bus and thus i found it :))

    Z.... ....

    amazing you saw someone who not only knew this song but liked it enough to get it tattooed

  28. R.... D....

    THAT'S - NOT - WHAT - I - CALL A - LIFE - !!!

  29. a.... a....

    perfect lyrics...truly emotional...

  30. d.... ....

    So glad this is back on youtube :)