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
How do you like my little boat?
This is the way the pioneers took to other settlements
We'll be there in ten minutes
You can see the lanterns from here
When we get there, we'll go upstairs and make free long-distance phone-calls
This is the way the pioneers took to other settlements
We'll be there in ten minutes
You can see the lanterns from here
When we get there, we'll go upstairs and make free long-distance phone-calls
December 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
How do you like my little boat?
This is the way the pioneers took to other settlements
We'll be there in ten minutes
You can see the lanterns from here
When we get there, we'll go upstairs and make free long-distance phone-calls
This is the way the pioneers took to other settlements
We'll be there in ten minutes
You can see the lanterns from here
When we get there, we'll go upstairs and make free long-distance phone-calls
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
December 26, 2025 at 8:28 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
Her doorbell plays a bar of Stephen Foster
Her sister never left and look what it cost her
We're gonna live in Nashville and I'll make a career
Out of writing sad songs and gettin' paid by the tear
Her sister never left and look what it cost her
We're gonna live in Nashville and I'll make a career
Out of writing sad songs and gettin' paid by the tear
December 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Her doorbell plays a bar of Stephen Foster
Her sister never left and look what it cost her
We're gonna live in Nashville and I'll make a career
Out of writing sad songs and gettin' paid by the tear
Her sister never left and look what it cost her
We're gonna live in Nashville and I'll make a career
Out of writing sad songs and gettin' paid by the tear
The robot shifted uncomfortably in his chair.
December 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The robot shifted uncomfortably in his chair.
Honk if you're lonely tonight
If you need a friend to get through the night
A toot on your horn, a flash of your brights
Honk if you're lonely tonight
If you need a friend to get through the night
A toot on your horn, a flash of your brights
Honk if you're lonely tonight
December 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Honk if you're lonely tonight
If you need a friend to get through the night
A toot on your horn, a flash of your brights
Honk if you're lonely tonight
If you need a friend to get through the night
A toot on your horn, a flash of your brights
Honk if you're lonely tonight
Anchor lets you see the river move
But now that your evil dreams came true
There on your face
A row of teeth he'll come to replace
But now that your evil dreams came true
There on your face
A row of teeth he'll come to replace
December 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Anchor lets you see the river move
But now that your evil dreams came true
There on your face
A row of teeth he'll come to replace
But now that your evil dreams came true
There on your face
A row of teeth he'll come to replace
Now I'm here for good I won't leave you anymore
December 26, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Now I'm here for good I won't leave you anymore
I'll put my dreams high on a shelf
I'll have to learn to like myself
I'll have to learn to like myself
December 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I'll put my dreams high on a shelf
I'll have to learn to like myself
I'll have to learn to like myself
I got a plan to get me out of debt
I'm gonna play this superfecta bet
I'm gonna change the pattern of the stars
I'd like to horse-whip all these VCR's
Screw the soft rock and the salad bars
I'm gonna play this superfecta bet
I'm gonna change the pattern of the stars
I'd like to horse-whip all these VCR's
Screw the soft rock and the salad bars
December 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I got a plan to get me out of debt
I'm gonna play this superfecta bet
I'm gonna change the pattern of the stars
I'd like to horse-whip all these VCR's
Screw the soft rock and the salad bars
I'm gonna play this superfecta bet
I'm gonna change the pattern of the stars
I'd like to horse-whip all these VCR's
Screw the soft rock and the salad bars
No, I didn't really want to die
I only want to die in your eyes
I only want to die in your eyes
December 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
No, I didn't really want to die
I only want to die in your eyes
I only want to die in your eyes
See the need to speed into the lead suddenly decline
December 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
See the need to speed into the lead suddenly decline
A jaguar simmering in a cage
Give him a chance
Can you tell the answer from the ants?
History's got its walking papers
Can't get enough of the make-up
That makes it look so tough
Give him a chance
Can you tell the answer from the ants?
History's got its walking papers
Can't get enough of the make-up
That makes it look so tough
December 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A jaguar simmering in a cage
Give him a chance
Can you tell the answer from the ants?
History's got its walking papers
Can't get enough of the make-up
That makes it look so tough
Give him a chance
Can you tell the answer from the ants?
History's got its walking papers
Can't get enough of the make-up
That makes it look so tough
Mounting mileage on the dash
December 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Mounting mileage on the dash
I feel insane when you get in my bed
December 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I feel insane when you get in my bed
I know that a lot of what I say has been lifted off of men's room walls
December 25, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I know that a lot of what I say has been lifted off of men's room walls
The dead know what they're doing when they leave this world behind
December 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The dead know what they're doing when they leave this world behind
I loved being my mother's son
December 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I loved being my mother's son
He bought a little land with the money from the settlement
And even bought the truck that had hit him that day
He touched the part where the metal was bent
And if you were there, you wouldn't hear him say
And even bought the truck that had hit him that day
He touched the part where the metal was bent
And if you were there, you wouldn't hear him say
December 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
He bought a little land with the money from the settlement
And even bought the truck that had hit him that day
He touched the part where the metal was bent
And if you were there, you wouldn't hear him say
And even bought the truck that had hit him that day
He touched the part where the metal was bent
And if you were there, you wouldn't hear him say
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
December 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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
She woke me up at dawn,
her suitcase like a little brown dog at her heels.
her suitcase like a little brown dog at her heels.
December 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
She woke me up at dawn,
her suitcase like a little brown dog at her heels.
her suitcase like a little brown dog at her heels.
No way to last out here like this for long
December 24, 2025 at 11:28 AM
No way to last out here like this for long
When I was summoned to the phone
I knew in my bones that you had died alone
We'd never been promised there will be a tomorrow
So let's just call it the death of an heir of sorrows
The death of an heir of sorrows
I knew in my bones that you had died alone
We'd never been promised there will be a tomorrow
So let's just call it the death of an heir of sorrows
The death of an heir of sorrows
December 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM
When I was summoned to the phone
I knew in my bones that you had died alone
We'd never been promised there will be a tomorrow
So let's just call it the death of an heir of sorrows
The death of an heir of sorrows
I knew in my bones that you had died alone
We'd never been promised there will be a tomorrow
So let's just call it the death of an heir of sorrows
The death of an heir of sorrows
On holidays, in lonely haunts
December 24, 2025 at 5:28 AM
On holidays, in lonely haunts
Living in a candy jail
With peppermint bars
Peanut-brittle bunk beds
And marshmallow walls
Where the guards are gracious
And the grounds are grand
And the warden really listens
And he understands
With peppermint bars
Peanut-brittle bunk beds
And marshmallow walls
Where the guards are gracious
And the grounds are grand
And the warden really listens
And he understands
December 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Living in a candy jail
With peppermint bars
Peanut-brittle bunk beds
And marshmallow walls
Where the guards are gracious
And the grounds are grand
And the warden really listens
And he understands
With peppermint bars
Peanut-brittle bunk beds
And marshmallow walls
Where the guards are gracious
And the grounds are grand
And the warden really listens
And he understands
People be careful not to crest too soon
December 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
People be careful not to crest too soon