Dar Williams - Are You Out There Lyrics
Words and music by dar williamsPerhaps I am a miscreationNo one knows the truth there is no future hereAnd youre the dj speaks to my insomniaAnd laughs at all I have to fearLaughs at all I have to fearYou always play the madmen poetsVinyl vision grungy bandsYou never know whos still awakeYou never know who understands andAre you out there, can you hear this?Jimmy olson, johnny memphis,I was out here listening all the timeAnd though the static walls surround meYou were out there and you found meI was out here listening all the timeLast night we drank in parking lotsAnd why do we drink? I guess we do it causeAnd when I turned your station onYou sounded more familiar than that party wasYou more familiar than that partyIts the first time I stayed up all nightIts getting light I hear the birdsIm driving home on empty streetsI think I put my shirt on backwardsAre you out there, can you hear thisJimmy olson , johnny memphisI was out here listening all the timeAnd though the static walls surround meYou were out there and you found meI was out here listening all the timeAnd whats the future, who will choose it?Politics of love and musicUnderdogs who turn the tablesIndie versus major labelsTheres so much to see throughLike our parents do more drugs than we doOh....Corporate parents, corporate townsI know every tv set that has them litThey preach that I should save the worldThey pray that I wont do a better job of itPray that I wont do a better jobSo tonight I turned your station on just so Id be understoodInstead another voice said I was just too lateAnd just no good....Calling olson, calling memphisI am calling, can you hear this?I was out here listening all the timeAnd I will write this downAnd then I will not be alone again yeahI was out here listeningOh yeah I was out here listeningOh yeah I am out here listening all the time
