Judey on a Street - Okkervil River

All day I’m gonna hit on a drum

Takes a little time for her to come

You’re just a girl on a street

Ah, take it away

Walk around, what d’you say?

And how the whole world sadly sung

While you were wishing you were young

You’re just a girl on a street

The snow it softly falls outside

And you’re watching it, spacing out

And you’re lying on your side

You wanna get involved in prayer

As for the church, you don’t know where

You’re just a girl on a street

You’re just a girl on a street

With your hair going gray

Eyes like greenish macramé

Hey, the record goes like…

I drove a mile in your sedan

Rain hit my windshield like an open hand

I headed north in a haze of speed

I knew exactly what we need

I stood in a church with a shield on the sign

The smell of incense in the aisles

I felt like a giant spinning wheel

Now I know how the minister must feel

And when his wife takes off her gown

And then she lets her long hair down

Lit by the world that’s going round

She’s just a girl on a street

She’s just a girl on a street

She’s just a girl

Once I died in a dream

And the world without me went fine

And then years went by

Take me to that city in the sky

The clouds are aquamarine

The architect remains unseen

I’ll live my life out on your street

Up where the bluebirds fly

Help me to the other side (x6)

And when I get to the other side

I’ll give those harp strings a strum

I’m gonna hit on that drum

I’m gonna wait for my girl to come

You know it takes a little time