Devendra Banhart Album

Now that I know
The way it goes
You gotta pay back every penny that you owe

Twelve years old
In your mama's clothes
Shut the blinds and lock up every door

And if you hear
Someone's coming near
Just close your eyes and make them disappear now

Years away
Finds me here today
On my own and knowless of my way now

So I send my friends
Gifts from where I've been
Something for the hand that never there to lend

Better keep those eyes
Climbing paradise
And don't pretend you won't reach it in the end now

Dearest dear
I know you've been near
Why'd you run, tell me why'd you disappear now

That you're not
Here with me
Seems to be the only time I can see you clearly

I may not know
How to treat or give you what you need
But I am a gentleman who says what he means now

And now I sing
Upon my knees
And praise the kindness of a gentle breeze

I see it swell
Like a story in me to tell
Told years away and past my day of dying

So you raise them up
To heaven always hell
There are nowhere to share give a hand to help some

Oh you give them away
But they'll come back to you someday
What I know I know nobody's ever there to help him

And I know it ain't fair
And if God forbid you care
It's enough to get you in a whole lot of trouble

I realize it ain't wise to idealize
Or put your life in the hands of any struggle

And every nights or ever claim to be
Never buy that freedom just ain't free now

Ella said
Sifting in the sand
Like a hymn within to help us understand

Heaven awaits
We're making our last stand

Pensando cada dia, cada hora
Pensando en ti
Caminando, mi cesta llena de moras
Son para ti
Temprano por la tarde y por la noche
Sueño de ti

Lalalala

Comiendo pera
En Santa María de la Feira
Que placer ir
La gente buena
Solo goza nunca hay pena
Pa' que sufrir
Jugando en el mar, en la arena
Viviendo así

Lalalala

Ventana blanca
Ay que venga la mañana
Ay que venga otra vez
Esperando
Asi es como yo paso mi tiempo
Esperando a Inaniel
Y rezando por su calor, por su aliento
Sobre mi piel

Te digo todo aqui va bien
Conmigo de no dormir
Amigo, te suplico, te lo pido
Que me ayudes a mi, a mi

Buscando
Con mi ancla en la marea
Nadando en ti
Yo voy andando
Óyeme, te estoy llamando
Te amo a ti

Por el valle me encontré un rio escondido
Me ahogué ahí
Me recuerdo, hacía calor pero tenia frio
Me iba a morir

Bianca
Ay Paloma, ay Angelina
Por fin te vi
Por fin te vi
Por fin te vi

Translation:
Thinking every day, every hour
Thinking of you
Walking, my basket full of berries
They are for you
Early, in the afternoon and evening
I dream about you

Lalalala

Eating some pear
In Santa maría de la feira
What a pleasure to go
The good people
They just enjoy, theres no shame
What to suffer?
Playing in the beach, in the sand
Living like this

Lalalala

White window
Oh, please morning come
Oh, please come again
Waiting
This is how i spend my time
Waiting for Inaniel
And praying for his warmth, for his breath
On my skin

I tell you here everything's been ok
With me - no sleeping
Friend, I ask you, I beg you
To help me, me

Seeking
With my anchor on the tide
Swiming in you
I go by
Hear me, I'm calling
I love you

In the valley i found a hidden river
I remember, It was hot but I was cold
I was gonna die

Bianca
Oh Paloma, Oh Angelina
Finally I saw you
Finally I saw you
Finally I saw you

I heard somebody say
That the war ended today
But everyone knows it's goin' still

Our motherlands and motherseas
Here's what we believe
It's simple
We don't want to kill

I heard somebody say
That the war ended today
But everyone knows its goin' still

Our motherlands and motherseas
Here's what we believe
It's simple
We don't want to kill

Oh, it's simple
We don't want to kill
Oh, it's simple
We don't want to kill
Oh, it's simple

Maybe when it's day, it's cold, and I know for certain
When I go outside and my head started hurtin
It's a winter's day and I know for certain
When I go outside my head starts hurtin
So I wrap it up in materials
Keep my hair from getting cold
I'll wrap it up in materials to
Keep my hair from getting cold
And I said tell my friends when I have kids
Yeah I said tell my friends when I have kids
I'm gonna want that child to be a long-haired child
I'm gonna want that child to be a long-haired child
I'm gonna want the child to be a long-haired child
I'm gonna want the child to be a long-haired child
When I go outside to mingle in the snow
My head looked like a globe
Ain't no hair on it at all
Do I buy a wig
Should I grow my beard
And comb it upwards
And around my ears
Well I can't wait for the kids to come
I can't wait for the kids to come
Say hey babe you no go no barbershop
‘Cause I want yeah I want I know for certain
I want the child to be a long-haired child
I'm gonna want the child to be a long-haired child
Baby that's for sure
When the snow it hits my temple
I want to rush home
Put on the kettle now
And warm my little brain
And bald head
I'm too cold to know if I'm alive or dead
But when my baby slips out my mama's womb
When my baby slips out my mama's womb
We're gonna enter a new life
Enter a new life, that's for sure
You're gonna enter your self back through your baby's front door
Now if you want that child to be a long-haired child
You're gonna make that baby be a long-haired child that's for sure
Baby, baby, that's for sure
Shoobop, shoobop

Lazy butterfly napping on me
Dreaming of the sky and roly polys
Wake up, wake up, clouds are coming, clouds are coming
Wake up, wake up, rains are falling, rains are falling
Colors in my eye are staring at me
Anchor at my side as sweet as silver
Pleasure, pleasure, don't forget her, don't forget her
Love her, love her, I won't forget her, I won't forget her
Seashell fingernail scratching at me
Brown eyed lullaby singing at me
Come on, come on, try and catch me, try and catch me
Come on, come on, try and catch m, try and catch me
Cotton old cloud smoke I know he feels it
Rising from an oak because I feel it
He burn, he burn, mesmerizing, mesmerizing
He burn, he burn, hypnotizing, hypnotizing
Hopeful wise old worm in his temple
Digging in the dirt staying simple
Married, married, to the desert to the desert
Climbing, climbing, up a ladder up a ladder
Purple hummingbird in the meadow
Suckling at the flow of its shadow
See the day fit your fist in, fit your fist in
It's never too late, I'd like to think so, I'd like to think so
Knife stuck in her paw someone help her
Gather sticks and straw and build it shelter
Don't you, don't you, let her die yeah, let her die yeah

Yo no he tomado
Pero me voy a tomar un traguito ahora
Y sé que lo que más espero
Lo más que sé me enamora

Tres, siete, diez
Ya no me ves
Pero si tal vez
Te digo tu nombre
Ya sabrás quién es
Soy el perro a tus pies
Que te muerde la costilla
Y las estrellas brillan y la luna se sienta en su silla

¿Qué tomas lunita y porqué estas tan amarilla?
Bueno, ya estoy cansada y mis hijas ya me dicen viejita
Mi pelo esta seco y mi piel ya no brilla
Pero el mundo es tuyo, pero esta noche eres mía

Así que
Quédate, quédate luna
Quédate, quédate luna
Quédate, quédate luna
Quédate, quédate luna

Mira a Dios en el aire, mira a Dios en el mar
Yo te doy toda mi vida para oírte cantar
Oye a Dios en el viento, prueba a Dios en la miel
Dios vive afuera y adentro también

Así que
Dímelo, dímelo luna
Dímelo, dímelo luna
Dímelo, dímelo luna
Dímelo, dímelo luna
Dímelo, dímelo luna
Dímelo, dímelo luna
Dímelo, dímelo luna
Dímelo, dímelo luna

Yo no he tomado
Pero me voy a tomar un traguito ahora
Y sé que lo que más espero
Lo más que sé me enamora

Translation:
I haven't drunk
But i'll take a drink now
And I know that the longest I wait
The more I know I fall in love with

Three, Seven Ten
You can't see me
But perhaps
If I say your name
You'll know who it is
I'm the dog at your feet
That bites your ribs
And the stars shine and the moon sits on its chair

What are you drinking moon and why are you so yellow?
Well, I'm tired and my daughters they call me old
My hair is dry and my skin has no glow
But the world is yours, but tonight you are mine

So
Stay, stay moon
Stay, stay moon
Stay, stay moon
Stay, stay moon

Look at god in the air, look at god in the sea
I give you my life just to hear you sing
Hear god in the wind, taste god in the honey
God lives outside and inside also

So
Tell me, tell me moon
Tell me, tell me moon
Tell me, tell me moon
Tell me, tell me moon
Tell me, tell me moon
Tell me, tell me moon
Tell me, tell me moon
Tell me, tell me moon

I haven't drunk
But i'll take a drink now
And I know that the longest I wait
The more I know I fall in love with

Well I do like a certain girl
She moves like a dancing dream
I saw everything I've seen
And I meant everything I mean
Oh queen bee you're always happy and free
Oh queen bee land by me, by me
She's kissed everyone I've kissed
She's missed everyone I've missed
And her guess is always as good as mine
And I'm blessed, she treats me so damn kind
She's grown every seed I've grown
She's known everything I've known
And my dreams they always coincide
And bows always float in time
And oh queen bee, I'm always happy to see

I feel just like a child
Well I feel just like a child
I feel just like a child
I feel just like a child
From my womb to my tomb
I guess I'll always be a child
Some people try and treat me like a man
Yeah some people try and treat me like a man
I just they just don't understand
Well some people try and treat me like a man
They think I know shit
But that's just it
I'm a child
Yeah I need you to tell me what to wear
I need you to help and comb my hair
Yeah I need you to come and tie my shoes
Yeah I need you to come and keep me amused
From my cave to my grave
I guess I'll always be a child
I need you to help me reach the door
And I need you to walk me to the store
And I need you to please explain the war
And I need you to heal me when I'm sore
You can tell by my smile
That I'm a child
And I need you to sit me on your lap
And I need you to make me take my nap
Could you first pull out a book and
Read me some of that
Cause I need you to make me take my nap
And I need you to recognize my friends
Cause they're there even though
You don't see them
They got their own chair, plate, and a seat
You know I won't touch my food
Unless they eat
From the roof to the floor
I crawl around some more
I'm a child
And I need you to help me blow my nose
And I need you to help me count my toes
And I need you to help me put on my clothes
And I need you to hide it when it shows
From be my daddy's sperm
To being packed in an urn
I'm a child
And when I steal you gotta
Slap me til I cry
Don't you stop til the tears run dry
See I was born thinking under the sky
I didn't belong to a couple of old wise guys
From sucking on my mama's breast
To when they lay my soul to rest
I'm a child
Well I guess I'm always be

Some people ride the wave of generosity
Some people ride the wave of mediocrity
Me I ride the wave of never gonna drown
Oh just fooling around
Now I gots the balloons
And you you gots the mud
And me I gots the snail
And you you gots the stuff
Well you got so much more than I figure was in store
Oh I ain't foolin no more
Now some people ride the cat when asleep or when awake
Some people ride a cat for riding a cat's sake
Me I ride this cat cause its claws have got my eyes
I'll get 'em back in a few more tries
Oh I'll get 'em back in a few more tries
Some people ride the books that tenderize their names
Some people ride the books that bastardize our claims
Me I ride the book that's sifting in the sand
Aw, some day I'll understand
Aw, some day I'll understand
Some people ride the songs that stay inside our souls
Some people ride the songs that really ain't songs at all
Me I ride the song that ends right when it starts
They'll split before they part

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are the only Beatles in the world
Do you feel like dancing are you getting hung
Do you wanna be my girl

I don't owe me any money
You don't owe me a thing
When we drink beer
Dragonflies appear

When they come from the over the mountain
Yeah we'll run we'll run right around them
We've got no guns no we don't have any weapons
Just our corn and the children
The dust runs, the dark clouds, but not us, but not us
While we pay for mistakes with no meaning
All your gifts and all your peace is deceiving
And still I pay dissolves with believing
That peace comes, their peace comes, that peace comes, their peace comes
Now that our bones lay buried below us
Just like stones pressed into the earth
Well we ain't known by no one before us
And we begin with this one little birth
That grows on, that grows on, that grows on, that grows on
Crippled crow say something for grieving
Where do we go once we start leaving
Well close that womb
Or else keep on bleeding
And change your tune

Inaniel, Miel Leilani
Inaniel, Miel Leilani
Inaniel, Miel Leilani
Inaniel, Miel

Cuando Dios
Inaniel
Va caminando
Cuando Dios va, va
Cuando Dios va cantando
Cuando Dios va, va

Inaniel, Miel Leilani
Inaniel, Miel Leilani
Inaniel, Miel Leilani
Inaniel, Miel

Cuando Dios
Inaniel
Va saltando
Cuando Dios va, va
Cuando Dios va calmando
Cuando Dios va, va

Inaniel, Miel Leilani
Inaniel, Miel Leilani
Inaniel, Miel Leilani
Inaniel, Miel

Cuando Dios se rie de mi alma
Cuando Dios se, se
Cuando Dios se rie de mi alma
Cuando el sol calienta el agua

Inaniel, Miel Leilani
Inaniel, Miel Leilani
Inaniel, Miel Leilani
Inaniel, Miel

Ese sol
Con su pierna guapa
Tu dolor
Es pura santa

Translation:
Inaniel, Miel Leilani
Inaniel, Miel Leilani
Inaniel, Miel Leilani
Inaniel, Miel

When God
Inaniel
Goes walking
When God goes, goes
When God goes singing
When God goes, goes

Inaniel, Miel Leilani
Inaniel, Miel Leilani
Inaniel, Miel Leilani
Inaniel, Miel

When God
Inaniel
Goes hopping
When God goes, goes
When God goes calm
When God goes, goes

Inaniel, Miel Leilani
Inaniel, Miel Leilani
Inaniel, Miel Leilani
Inaniel, Miel

When God laughs at my soul
When God laughs, laughs
When God laughs at my soul
When the sun heats up the water

Inaniel, Miel Leilani
Inaniel, Miel Leilani
Inaniel, Miel Leilani
Inaniel, Miel

That Sun
With its hot leg
Your pain
It's just holy

When I'm in the woods
I know what to call you now
When I'm in the woods
I know what to call you now
Hey Mama Wolf
Hey Mama Wolf
Well maybe the mountains know what
To call you now
Maybe the mountains know what
To call you now
Hey Mama Wolf
Hey Mama Wolf
When I'm in a womb
I know what to call you now
And when a belly blooms
I know what to call you now
Hey Mama Wolf
Hey Mama Wolf
Well I can say Marie
I know what to call you now
Swimming in the sea
I know what to call you now
And when you swim with me
I know what to call you now
And when you're under me
I know what to call you now

Well how's about tellin' a story
One that's really about somebody
What they saw and what they did
How they died and how they lived
By the time I found a name I moved onto another game
Called write a song toes and spines god damn
Now I can't think of any story lines
But you know I'd love to try and sing about a person, place, or thing
Mansonite and the Wolfman, Katmandu, and Honest Abe
Something happens up in Tucson and then it happens again in Maine

If I lived in China I'd have some Chinese children
If I lived in China I'd have some Chinese children
Well out of my toes my little black baby grows
And that's my fact

Well if I lived in China, I'd have some Chinese children
Yeah if I lived in China, I'd have some Chinese children
Well if I lived in China, if I lived in China, uh huh
Well out of my ears my little black baby hears
And that's my fact

Now if I lived in Russia, I'd have some Chinese children
If I lived in Prussia, I'd have some Chinese children
Well if I lived in India, they'd still be Chinese children uh huh
And out my toes my little blue baby grows
And that's another fact

Now if I lived in Ireland, I'd have some Chinese children
Yeah if I lived in Ireland, I'd have some Chinese children
Yeah if I lived in Ireland, if I lived in Ireland, uh huh
Well if I lived in Spainland, they'd still be Chinese children
And if I lived in Greeceland, they'd still be Chinese children
But out of my thumbs my little red baby runs
And that's another fact, an unchanging fact

Now if I lived in my land, which I do, I'd still have Chinese children
And if I lived in Iceland, I'd still have Chinese children
Well if I lived in Greenland, I'd still have Chinese children uh huh
But out of my ears my little gray baby hears
And that's my fact

Well if I lived in Thailand, I'd have some Chinese children
Well if I lived in Japan, I'd still have Chinese children
If I lived in this land, if I lived in that land, uh huh
And up from my lungs and standing on my tongue
My little blue baby sung

Yeah if I lived in Brooklyn, I'd still have Chinese children
Yeah if I lived in Oakland, they'd still be Chinese children
Oh if I was an engine yeah, if I was an engine, uh huh
Whatever I do they're Chinese through and through, uh huh

Well I got Chinese children

[No lyrics]

I love that man when he's on stage
I hear bad things in a good way
And how I thank you all the time
So don't refuse this thank you of mine

And I arrive at your feet in peace
And I spend my time as I please
And I can't stop light from shining in
My goddamned breath keeps breathing

And at your end and your leaving
May you have no sin worth grieving
And I hope that I can someday ask
Something new to you at last

Now you talk, I'll pour
And our nearness grows
And when I'm bored, I'll let you know

This black ink cross that's on our palms
Let's keep them on
And never wash them off
It ain't for God, it's just for us

Once my friend but never again
And once we're in, we never end

Luna de margarita es
Como tu luz,
Como tu voz y
Como tu amor
Luna de margarita es
Como tu luz,
Como tu voz y
Como tu amor

Frente a ti
El mar de las Antillas
Junto a mí
Tu caricia sencilla

Para vivir, para gozar, para soñar contigo
Para vivir, para gozar, para soñar contigo

Translation:
Daisy moon is
Like your light
Like your voice and
Like your love

Daisy moon is
Like your light
Like your voice and
Like your love

In front of you
The Antillas' sea
Beside me
Your simple caress

For living, for enjoying, for dreaming of you
For living, for enjoying, for dreaming of you

Red oak sugar and Korean dogwood and Korean dogwood
Vibes tug to run roam
Lit by mission moonlight
Kangas on that hillside
You are my life
And you baffle me some
Like an endless maple
Inca cornflower
You're my baby's blue eyes
And when goddess all in a prayer
You'll hear a sound
That rings true and fair
Black cape lightning
And all the orange blossoms and orange blossoms
My friend Piegan
Drawing endless love songs, endless love songs
Sweet bee, show me what you're seeing
Show me what you're seeing
And go right and loud and proud
Every little word
It's still rings through
Strange prayer looming
Over all our brothers, over all our brothers
Prism lifeson and the whole gospel
Is a rope thrown helpful
But for sure all that we've made
Will be swallowed by the Earth

Life is tough and love is rough
For the man who just can't ever seem to get enough
The days go by and the women come and go
So many that you decide to get rid of your front door
So you don't have to hear them all disappear

You just sit and you wait
Staring at your empty plate
And you can say I'm a lonely sailor
Rockin' gently on my dreams
'Cause I have it all, but I don't want it all
It ain't like I've never ever ever ever tried
I just never been fully satisfied

Just a tie a little shoelace
And to share a sleeping bag
And I look ahead to the day
When I look back at all the fun that I've had
But still, but still, but still..

I see so many little boys I want to marry
I see plenty little kids I've yet to have
Even when the moon goes out
Even when the sea dries out
I still see so many little boys I want to marry
I see plenty little kids I've yet to have now
Even when the sea's all free
And everything's lying on me
Even when the sun ceases to shine
I won't care, I'll still have on my mind
So many little boys I want to marry yeah yeah
I see plenty little kids I've yet to have

And in the shower I get my breathing done
I hold my breath and I wait for the day to come
Oh little Billy, little Timmy, little Jimmy, you're the one
I may not look it, but I swear my heart is young for so many..
Little boys I want to marry

Don't the flowers at your feet smell sweet
Well it sure smells sweet to me
And don't the moon way up high shine bright
Well it sure shines bright to me
And don't the water on your lips feel good
Well it sure feels good to me
And don't the lips on your lips fell good