Playlist Daniel Johnston

daniel johnston - cant get over you

1 Just can?t get over you
Not knowing what to do
The things you do
Not knowing what to do
You wrecked my mind
You were so pretty ? caught my eye
I felt I could break down and cry
Trapped in the twilight zone
Talking over the telephone
Over you What can I do?

2 Just can?t get over you
Oh, what you put me through
You make sad ? I?m not that bad
To think that I?m just a silly boy
Who lost his love

With no where to find
True happiness had somehow evaded
Only you had loved and hated me so
Don?t you know Lost down a lone highway
Thinking I had something to say to you
What can I do?

3 Gone with a broken rhyme
See how they laugh at my saddened lyric
I?m still love sick I just won?t make it
Like I?m the loneliest of creatures in existence
You make me feel as if I can?t go on
More than a true religion

I?m at the 5 and dime
I?m in the lost and found
There in the broken mirror my cripple heart
It?s just a start of love?s horror

4 And there amidst the ruins of my life
You took away my sadness and my strife
And there was love what joy
You saw me in a certain way
I was suffering
Pretending I was your friend
When all the while

I was hiding behind a smile
I was so lust in love with you
You made me blue
Your heart was true
I was in love with you

I just want more
I wanna score with you

5 Just can?t get over you
And the thing you do
I love you still I always will

daniel johnston - 1989 blues

I've got the worried blues,
And I don't know what to do.
It seems my dreams
Have been tarnished by events.

And I think of you
and I hope that we aren't done.
You're the one I need
To get me through a lonely lifetime.

Some of the things they said
Well they might have been true
But I really dont appreciate it so much.

Just yesterday I had so much to say.
Seemed like people wanted to listen.
But now today nobody wants to have a thing to do with me.

And I'm so sad.
Everything has turned out bad.
I tried so hard,
But goofed up somehow.

I just want you to know
I didn't mean no harm on purpose.
But they turned it into a circus
Just to put me down

But I'm still around.
Maybe I'll have another chance.
To turn the tables
And be a hero in the end

Just yesterday I had so much to say
Seemed like people wanted to listen.
But now today nobody wants to have a thing to do with me.

And so I'm singin'
The 1989 blues.
But I'm lookin for a tune:
A better future for me and you.

And now it comes,
The end of this song.
Some of the things I did might have been wrong
But it's only because I was out of my mind.

The 1989 Blues

daniel johnston - a little story

There was this big Guy

And He had a great idea.
He built Himself a world

And He put people on it.

But the people they turned wicked,
And they soon forgot

Who had made their very being
And put them on their planet.

So the God He sent His very own Son,
His only holy Son.
And He sent Him to the world

'cause something had to be done.

His son walked around and He told the truth

Like the truth had never been told.
He was kind to the poor,

His home was the road.

Unlike any other heroes

Of which a song could be sung,
He never did bad to anyone.
He never did no harm.

But there were other people who weren't so nice
And they plotted to take His life
And the Man knew all about it
But He didn't even hide.

And they beat Him and they robbed Him
And they hung Him for bein' good.
And they laughed and made jokes
While they stood in his blood.

But there's a happy ending to the story.
I think you'll be glad to know

He came back to life in glory,
And up from the grave He arose.

So before you turn out your light,
Remember this one Man

Who lived comfortably in heaven
But gave it all up to hang on a cross.

Because He hung for you and me

And He came to set us free.
'Cause his Dad had a great idea

About the way things ought to be.

daniel johnston - a walk in the wind

A walk in the wind?
I just to be a writer
You make me feel better
By just being my friend
And maybe some day
We can take...
A walk in the wind

daniel johnston - almost got hit by a truck

I was walking across the bridge
Going to my friend's house
When I was crossing the road
A truck almost ran me down
Ran me down ran me down oh oh

Oh I'm so sad
And I know you'll be glad when I find my way
Find my way oh oh

I was walking on my way to work
The same day I wasn't looking
And I was in the middle of the street
And a truck almost hit me
Almost hit me almost hit me oh oh

Oh I'm not so bad
Please don't be mad
I'm finding my way, finding my way oh oh

Got to stay along the straight and narrow
Stand off the obstacle course
Or something's liable to happen
Like a truck will run you right over
Run you right down
Run you right over, right over

Oh I'm so glad
And I know that you'll be glad
If I find my way
Find my way oh oh

Almost got hit by a truck
Almost got hit by a truck
Almost got hit by a truck
Almost got hit by a truck

daniel johnston - an idiot s end

I don't have to say a thing
she knows exactly what I want
and anytime I feel like this
what we have goes out for lunch
she looks at me like a gun cocked
and I'm afraid to turn my back
for fear of being locked
she leans forward for me to see
that the lights of her majesty
she's tempting me with a razorblade
but time is money at a penny arcade
and there's forgiving in the shadows
and the birds that are afraid of being laid
the court jester holds up a light bulb and says
all that is made is made to decay

to know her is to love her
and I love her, but I don't know her
to know her is to love her
and I love her, but I don't know her

I feel for a place to sit
things always go on this way
I'm lost for a little bit
'til I come up with something to say
then I'll go on and on
about rat skulls in her lawn

I'm not specifically gonna mention names
her and I know were just a shame
she knows I'm here
and she readily rebukes her sister
she treats me with a sudden respect
suddenly she calls me mister
but just as soon, I soon forget
and start poking around in the trash
talking myself into outer space
and watching the reactions on her face

to know her is to love her
and I love her, but I don't know her
to know her is to love her
and I love her, but I don't know her

the picture of her sitting there
being her on that chair
I can only say as much as I please
but not as much as I dare
where is the little girl who fell in love with me
the girl who fell in love with a satellite
that little girl has moved out now
but the satellite still comes around
most every other night
I think my interest bleeds a heart
of a dead dog
lying in her yard
I could catch her standing naked
I could catch her cold
I could catch her breath and bottle it
but I could never catch her off guard
and I go there nowadays
it's like visiting a sinking ship
and I'm a man overboard
and she won't throw me a lifeline
symbolically represented by her lips

yes, to know her is to love her
and I love her, but I don't know her
to know her is to love her
and I love her, but I don't know her
no no no no

daniel johnston - beatles

Yip / Jump Music (1983)

When I was born in '61
They already had a hit
They worked so hard and they
Made it too
They really were very good
They deserved all their success
They earned it yes they did they didn't
Buy their respect
And everybody wanted to be like them
Everybody wanted to be the Beatles
And I really wanted to be like him
But he died
A legendary rock group
Like history now to read
Like a magical fairy tale that's hard to believe
But it really did happen
Four lads who shook the world
God bless them for what they done
God bless them for what they done

daniel johnston - big business monkey

Big business monkey
Nothing?s funny
Big business monkey
Everything?s money
You sold cheeseburgers with that cashier?s smile
He runs his house like a burger king manager
And the only jokes he knows
Are the ones that?ll put you down
Big business monkey
You?ll take over the world
And you can have it now
But you can?t take it with you
Everything you cling to will rot
And everything you do will be forgot
By everyone you ever tried to impress

daniel johnston - billions rock

Ahh
There were millions of people
And they all came to hear me play
Billions and billions of people
In the audience from all over the world
I was a thousand years old
Been playing rock and roll music all my life
People like to come hear me rock
Put on a show
That night was special
I was really feeling good
I told them all I loved them
And there?s nothing like rock and roll bizness
Billions and billions of people
Well my baby loves to rock
My baby she?s my best baby
Every bit a baby she?s a baby she?s my best baby
When I met my baby I was just 19
I thrilled to my life I couldn?t believe her
She was so beautiful I saw her with my eyes
And I saw her and I wouldn?t leave her
And I never forget her
My baby
My baby married an undertaker
What grief
My baby I always seen her
When I was walking down the street
In every house in every store
In every mirror she was there
Someday gonna get her
Someday gonna have her
Someday gonna get her
That?s what I?m waiting for
I?m gonna get her
Gonna thrill to my life
I?m going to get her
Baby if you?re listening
I love you still
Every time I saw ya
I ask ya to marry ya
I told you I had money
And nothing was funny
You said you were in love with somebody else
I knew you was lying
Ah you didn?t like what I done
You didn?t like what I done
You didn?t like what I done
Had to have my fun
Baby, yeah
Told my baby I was gonna meet her soon
And I called her on the phone
She said she didn?t know me
Didn?t know who I was
I said I wasn?t a phony no more
I said I never was
Tried to be an artist
Don?t amount to much
Tried to draw a picture
Don?t get touch
I want you and you want me
Gonna get together
And it?s gonna be funny
Rock
I?m gonna rock the world with my power
I know you like sex
And I?m gonna give you the best
Gonna give it to ya every chance I can
Get ya in the morning
And get ya in the evening
Get ya in? take you to Japan
We?ll have our own children
Have our own house
And we?ll be rich
Cause honey I rock rock rock
Yea yea yea

daniel johnston - bloody rainbow

Swirling hypnotic
disrupts the girl in the skull headed spider
the milk was low-cal but what did it matter
All of her hopes had been shattered
Thrilled to the minute, bloody rainbow
Oh, oh.
Ohhhhhhh bloody rainbow.

Away in her chambers
She remembered the love affair
She gave me hot romance, but she couldn't care
Looking through her record collection - no one was there
Thrilled to the minute
Oh, oh.
Ohhhhhhh, bloody rainbow.

She's always thinking
things would turn out right
Like walking the dog or flying a kite
Systematic routine flight
All alone and lonely at night
She fell asleep with the TV on
Thrilled to the minute bloody rainbow
Oh, oh.
Ohhhhhhh bloody rainbow.

What a tribulation
There's probably salvation for the dead
It's the good things that they said
We all must have come from the past
Thrilled to the minute bloody rainbow
Oh, oh.
Ohhhhhhh bloody rainbow.

Oh, oh.
Ohhhhhhh bloody rainbow.

daniel johnston - blue cloud

and there's lots of friends to have - yeah yeah yeah

You don't have nothing to do
go downtown to see what's happening at the zoo
when you're right in the middle of a crowd
and you want to just yell out loud and you do

When you're looking out a window
and you're dreaming on a cloud
don't you ever feel like
you just want to yell out loud

When you're thinking about nothing but it's something
but you don't know what it is
when you're smiling at the sky
don't you ever wonder why

and there's a lot of things to see

and there's a lot of friends to have - yeah yeah yeah

daniel johnston - brainwash

Me and a friend went out one night
Walkin' in the street.
We talked of God and the end of the world.
I stuck my head in a fire hydrant.

The night was cool. It was around the time that the bad ladies come out
While river rats broke windows and performed un-natural acts.
We walked halfway across the town and sang in an amphitheatre,
Then we walked a little further and admired some graffiti.

Dodging cars as we crossed the highway
We sure must have looked ugly.
My shirt was soaked, the grass was wet,
I stuck head in a fire hydrant.

We talked of things in the Good Book
While there was a naked lady on TV.
She had no care, she had no shame.
she had little propellers on.

My friend he said "I cant help
But look at this naked lady's body"
I said "dear friend you got a dirty mind
Stick yr head in a fire hydrant."

Earlier that evening
I went to a banquet,
Hoping she might be there.
But she wasn't so I went to this other girl's house
Who was freaked out on drugs

So later after that
-After the first part of this song-
On my way home I drove past this other girl's house
Who would not accept my calls.

I noticed she had her light on
As I drove slowly by.
I wondered if she noticed me,
I stuck my head in a fire hydrant

daniel johnston - burn baby burn

A rich man and a poor man stood face to face
the poor man said to the rich man can I have a piece of cake
The rich man just laughed and threw his dog the crumbs
and the poor man stood hungry as the rich man's dog ate

The rich man died and went to hell
and the poor man died and went to heaven
And the rich man cried a night in pain
can I have a drink of water I'm going in an everlasting plain

The poor man stood ashore and sighed
there was no way to get to the other side
The rich man bit his lip and cried
he said I wish my soul could die

Well the rich man's dog died and went to heaven
because he was just a stupid animal he didn't know wrong from right
he was just a stupid animal

Well the poor man and the rich man's dog sat eating cake
with chocolate ice cream and soilent stake
And the rich man said for heaven's sake
and his skin burned in a fire lake

The rich man said maybe I was wrong
I guess I was just a low life scum
And I'll suffer now for evermore
and my suffering will never be done

I wish I had been a better man
he sat wishing
and he burned and he burned and he burned
and he wished he had been a better man

daniel johnston - bye bye barbie

Bye, Bye, Barbie
Barbie, Bye, Bye

A knock in the skull sure changes a man
I'm having a hard time
It's been a long time
Since I tried to lay down a song

Bye, Bye, Barbie
Barbie, Bye, Bye
A knock in the skull sure changes a man
Bye, Bye, Barbie

daniel johnston - casper

He was smiling through his own personal hell
Dropped his last dime down a wishing well
But he was hoping too close
And then he fell
Now he?s Casper the friendly ghost

He was always polite to the people who?d tell him
That he was nothing but a lazy bum
But goodbye to them he had to go
Now he?s Casper the friendly ghost

No one never treated him nice
While he was alive
You can?t buy no respect
Like the librarian said
But everybody respects the dead
They love the friendly ghost

And now they say we?ll never forget
What he learned us
We were mean to him
But he never burnt us
And love lives forever
thanks to you ? the friendly ghost

**And so the legend grew
And all the people that he knew
Go and spread the news of
Casper the friendly ghost

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