David Berman Bot
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I post David Cloud Berman lyrics & poetry every few hours (Silver Jews, Purple Mountains, Actual Air)
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In 1984, I was hospitalized for approaching perfection
You do unto others and run like a mother
I don't wanna look poor anymore
I don't wanna look poor anymore
January 11, 2026 at 2:28 AM
You do unto others and run like a mother
I don't wanna look poor anymore
I don't wanna look poor anymore
The factory's on muscle relaxers
The pine perfume of hilltown floors
The lover, the thinker, the talker, the singer
Won't be lucid for her anymore
They won't be lucid for her anymore
The pine perfume of hilltown floors
The lover, the thinker, the talker, the singer
Won't be lucid for her anymore
They won't be lucid for her anymore
January 10, 2026 at 11:28 PM
The factory's on muscle relaxers
The pine perfume of hilltown floors
The lover, the thinker, the talker, the singer
Won't be lucid for her anymore
They won't be lucid for her anymore
The pine perfume of hilltown floors
The lover, the thinker, the talker, the singer
Won't be lucid for her anymore
They won't be lucid for her anymore
Way back when it first begun
Starting when I first was young
Through all the years that were to come
I loved being my mother's son
Starting when I first was young
Through all the years that were to come
I loved being my mother's son
January 10, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Way back when it first begun
Starting when I first was young
Through all the years that were to come
I loved being my mother's son
Starting when I first was young
Through all the years that were to come
I loved being my mother's son
The light of my life is going out tonight
As the sun sinks in the west
The light of my life is going out tonight
With someone she just met
She kept it burning longer than I had right to expect
The light of my life is going out tonight
Without a flicker of regret
As the sun sinks in the west
The light of my life is going out tonight
With someone she just met
She kept it burning longer than I had right to expect
The light of my life is going out tonight
Without a flicker of regret
January 10, 2026 at 5:28 PM
The light of my life is going out tonight
As the sun sinks in the west
The light of my life is going out tonight
With someone she just met
She kept it burning longer than I had right to expect
The light of my life is going out tonight
Without a flicker of regret
As the sun sinks in the west
The light of my life is going out tonight
With someone she just met
She kept it burning longer than I had right to expect
The light of my life is going out tonight
Without a flicker of regret
It's a dark and snowy secret
And it has to do with heaven
And it has to do with heaven
January 10, 2026 at 2:28 PM
It's a dark and snowy secret
And it has to do with heaven
And it has to do with heaven
And when I couldn't count my friends on a single thumb
I loved her to the maximum
I loved her to the maximum
January 10, 2026 at 11:28 AM
And when I couldn't count my friends on a single thumb
I loved her to the maximum
I loved her to the maximum
I was so far gone in Fargo
South Dakota got annoyed
South Dakota got annoyed
January 10, 2026 at 8:28 AM
I was so far gone in Fargo
South Dakota got annoyed
South Dakota got annoyed
A place I wake up blushing like I'm ashamed to be alive
January 10, 2026 at 5:28 AM
A place I wake up blushing like I'm ashamed to be alive
Ten thousand afternoons ago
All my happiness just overflowed
That was life at first and goal to go
All my happiness just overflowed
That was life at first and goal to go
January 10, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Ten thousand afternoons ago
All my happiness just overflowed
That was life at first and goal to go
All my happiness just overflowed
That was life at first and goal to go
Conditions I'm wishing weren't taking control
January 9, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Conditions I'm wishing weren't taking control
All houses dream in blueprints
January 9, 2026 at 8:28 PM
All houses dream in blueprints
Now is the time to depend on the law
The nights of my professional life
The nights of my professional life
January 9, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Now is the time to depend on the law
The nights of my professional life
The nights of my professional life
The meaning of the world lies outside the world
January 9, 2026 at 2:28 PM
The meaning of the world lies outside the world
And I remember me
A blackhawk nailed to the sky
And the tape hiss from the trees
A blackhawk nailed to the sky
And the tape hiss from the trees
January 9, 2026 at 11:28 AM
And I remember me
A blackhawk nailed to the sky
And the tape hiss from the trees
A blackhawk nailed to the sky
And the tape hiss from the trees
Back then, I had a Buckingham rabbit
I'd been lonely since she found Christ
I'd been lonely since she found Christ
January 9, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Back then, I had a Buckingham rabbit
I'd been lonely since she found Christ
I'd been lonely since she found Christ
Baby, let's get dressed up
I got two pairs of shoes
Darling, you look so beautiful
When your hair's all hung in jewels
And sometimes I find it really hard to choose
Between a pair of black and a pair of brown shoes
I got two pairs of shoes
Darling, you look so beautiful
When your hair's all hung in jewels
And sometimes I find it really hard to choose
Between a pair of black and a pair of brown shoes
January 9, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Baby, let's get dressed up
I got two pairs of shoes
Darling, you look so beautiful
When your hair's all hung in jewels
And sometimes I find it really hard to choose
Between a pair of black and a pair of brown shoes
I got two pairs of shoes
Darling, you look so beautiful
When your hair's all hung in jewels
And sometimes I find it really hard to choose
Between a pair of black and a pair of brown shoes
He took my hand, and said, "I'll help you, boy
If you really want to disappear"
If you really want to disappear"
January 9, 2026 at 2:28 AM
He took my hand, and said, "I'll help you, boy
If you really want to disappear"
If you really want to disappear"
What is not but could be if
What could appear in the morning mist
With all associated risk
What is not but could be if
What was not but could have been
Was my obsession way back when
Now I just remember this
What is not but could be if
What could appear in the morning mist
With all associated risk
What is not but could be if
What was not but could have been
Was my obsession way back when
Now I just remember this
What is not but could be if
January 8, 2026 at 11:28 PM
What is not but could be if
What could appear in the morning mist
With all associated risk
What is not but could be if
What was not but could have been
Was my obsession way back when
Now I just remember this
What is not but could be if
What could appear in the morning mist
With all associated risk
What is not but could be if
What was not but could have been
Was my obsession way back when
Now I just remember this
What is not but could be if
Why can't monsters get along with other monsters?
Soi disantra
Soi disantra
They don't want t'ah
Soi disantra
Soi disantra
They don't want t'ah
January 8, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Why can't monsters get along with other monsters?
Soi disantra
Soi disantra
They don't want t'ah
Soi disantra
Soi disantra
They don't want t'ah
Build a stage for Autumn's bitch
January 8, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Build a stage for Autumn's bitch
Like any strong young poet would, he packed his bags for Region Ten
I guess now I know him less than I ever knew him then
Yes, I guess I know him even less than I ever knew him then
I guess now I know him less than I ever knew him then
Yes, I guess I know him even less than I ever knew him then
January 8, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Like any strong young poet would, he packed his bags for Region Ten
I guess now I know him less than I ever knew him then
Yes, I guess I know him even less than I ever knew him then
I guess now I know him less than I ever knew him then
Yes, I guess I know him even less than I ever knew him then
Back then, I had a Buckingham rabbit
I'd been lonely since she found Christ
I'd been lonely since she found Christ
January 8, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Back then, I had a Buckingham rabbit
I'd been lonely since she found Christ
I'd been lonely since she found Christ
You see, the life I live is sickening
I spent a decade playing chicken with oblivion
I spent a decade playing chicken with oblivion
January 8, 2026 at 8:28 AM
You see, the life I live is sickening
I spent a decade playing chicken with oblivion
I spent a decade playing chicken with oblivion
The meaning of the world lies outside the world
January 8, 2026 at 5:28 AM
The meaning of the world lies outside the world
Inside I've got a fire crackling
And on the couch, beneath an afghan
You're the old friend I just took in
And on the couch, beneath an afghan
You're the old friend I just took in
January 8, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Inside I've got a fire crackling
And on the couch, beneath an afghan
You're the old friend I just took in
And on the couch, beneath an afghan
You're the old friend I just took in