Skull-Sized Kingdom
1. Skull-Sized Kingdom
Words & music: Lyon Hansen
Ever since I was born
I’ve been pulling at this thorn
I’ve been paying the rent for my room
In my skull-sized kingdom
I’ve been a cheater and a drunk
Been a scoundrel and a skunk
And I’ve never done the work
A decent man could be proud of
I hit my brother He hit back
I lost my money Down at the tracks
So I vanished back into the slums in
my skull-sized kingdom
Easy comes and easy goes
Those are the rules I suppose
But my G-d how I’ve tried
To change them
And to set the record straight
To stop tearing down what we create
To live a day just one day
not feeling resentful
Towards the darkness in the past
Towards the love(light) that never lasts
Towards the civil war that rages on
in my skull-sized kingdom
2. Life in the city
Words & music: Lyon Hansen
I’ve been dreaming about a life in the city
Where the girls they dance they are so pretty
The way they dress is pure sofistication
In their eyes are subtle invitations
I’ve got my hat, I’ve got my coat I’ve got my suitcase
Now all I need is a key and my own place
I’ve got the shades I’ve got the eyes behind the glasses
I’ve got the moves to blend with the masses
I’ve got my desk I’ve got my pencil and eraser
Now all I need is to get paid and go chase her
She could be you she could be someone much sweeter
I’m afraid I’ll die before I meet her
She’s a dancer she’s a singer in a blues band
She can hold a note while doing handstands
I think I know her from the faces in the subway
Tired looks that go all the way to Monday
Her hair is black like the feathers of the raven
Her figure is everything that I am craving
Her eyes are blue and pale like the moonlight
Her perfume lingers in the air from last night
Sunken ships and sunken sailors
Drunken fools and drunken whalers
Hear how the holler well I’ll better go and call her
Before the steal her and bring her to their trawler
I’ve been dreaming about a life in the city…
3. Gone Yonder
Words & music: Lyon Hansen
If you’re coming
Coming to find me
There’s no use
I left no traces behind me
Over the hills
My feet are marching
Under a sun that sees
No wrong
I am gone
Gone yonder
Some say down under
Either way I’m free
If you are trying
to convince me
That I should stay
For another day
Well it’s too late
For I’ve made up my mind
Let the dead bury the dead
And the blind lead the blind
I am gone
Gone yonder
Some say down under
Either way I’m free
I am gone
Gone yonder
Some say down under
Either way I’m free
If you’re coming with
Ribbons and flowers
And all those things
You think that lovers need
Well there’s no use
I ain’t buying
I do not possess
That old lovers greed
I am gone
Gone yonder
Some say down under
Either way I’m free
I am gone
Gone yonder
Some say down under
Either way I’m free
I am gone
Gone yonder
Some say down under
Either way I’m free
4. The Archeologist
Words & music: Lyon Hansen
I must have danced with you
The whole night through
We used to sneak around
All over town
It must have been the early morning
We wearing our shades
You told me I was kinda boring
That I’m just another mistake
I still hang around
In the same old bars
I still get around
In the same old car
I heard you got a degree
In archaeology
And when you dig up the bones
You get to take them home
And now you’re looking at me
Like I’m some kind of extra curricular activity
It must have been the early morning
We wearing our shades
You told me I was kinda boring
That I’m just another mistake
I must have danced with you
The whole night through
We used to sneak around
All over town
5. Someday
Words & music: Lyon Hansen
Someday maybe later
I’ll meet you up around the bend
And we’ll talk about the ocean
And of things that never end
Where I’m going I don’t know yet
But I need to stop think for a while
Look down these streets In this old town
Maybe there are things I missed from the start
No one is making you babe
Offers you cannot refuse
No one is forcing you babe
To do things you don’t want to do
Don’t read to much into it
You could have known by now
Your body knows the reason
And your heart knows how
Don’t study the light to closely now
It will only leave you in the dark
How can you look into the distance
Without ever knowing who you are
Don’t make it a habit
Dwell in the past before you sleep
Somewhere in the distance there’s a future
You are allowed to see and keep
Someday maybe later
I’ll meet you up around the bend
And we’ll talk about the ocean
And of things that never end
6. Stones in Your Pockets
Words & music: Lyon Hansen
While you’ve been hiding
I’ve been seeking
I think that’s why
We’ve never met
You’re in the journals
I’ve been keeping
But I need to stop
Learn how to forget
While you’ve been sleeping
I’ve been dreaming
About a love
In a chamber in the sea
No matter how deep
Or shallow waters
I think she’ll never
Swim up to me
She said
Put some stones in your pockets
And come to me
Leave all your worries
And fall into eternity
From the lighthouse
I hear her calling
Out my name
And out my past
Through the darkness
I am falling
A life like this
Could never last
She said:
Put some stones in your pockets
And come to me
Leave all your worries
And fall into eternity
7. Pass It On (Down the River)
Words & music: Lyon Hansen
I had so many dreams before I met you
So many things I needed to do
Standing in your light has left them useless
All my little dreams I’d rather not have
I see you standing in the doorway
I see you slowly slipping away
Lets take this love down to the river
Put it in a basket woven with hope
And pass it on down the river
Pass it on down the river
I sang so many songs before I heard you
So many tunes I knew by heart
Bathing in your voice has left them silent
All my little songs I’d rather not sing
I see a hill where you are standing
I see you waking up with me
I see you are mad from across the table
Sometimes I’m Cain
Sometimes you’re Abel
Lets take this love down to the river
Put it in a basket woven with hope
And pass it on down the river
Pass it on down the river
8. Ætt eftur ætt
Words & music: Lyon Hansen
Eg havi sæð tínar myndir
Tær tú tók í Meksiko
Tær tú tók í Monako
Og tær á sponsku trappu
Eg havi hoyrt tínar sangir
Teir tú sang í kirkjuni
Teir tú sang í ballinum
Og teir á songarstokki
Ætt eftir ætt
Søkkur undir mold
Tú ert himmalin á fold
Eg minnist síðsta dansin
Eg minnist síðsta mussin
Eg minnist síðsta smílið
Áðrenn heimurin tók teg
Eg havi sæð tínar myndir
Tær tú tók í Meksiko
Tær tú tók í Monako
Og tær á songarstokki
Ætt eftir ætt
Søkkur undir mold
Tú ert himmalin á fold
Ætt eftir ætt
Søkkur undir mold
Tú ert himmalin á fold
Ætt eftir ætt
Søkkur undir mold
Tú ert himmalin á fold
9. Kom heim við mær
Words & music: Lyon Hansen
Eg síggi títt andlit í mánalýsinum
Tú ert enn tann sama sum tú vart tá tú vart ung
Við skrøddum kovboybuksum og einum walkman sum syngur the blues
Vit plagdu at fylgjast heim til hús
Kom heim við mær
Kom heim við mær
Kom heim við mær
Tað einasta okkum tørvar
Er ein pakki av prins light
Mín hálva fløska
Og tín fulla fløska Sprite
Hoyr hundarnir goyggja
Í illum og í neyð
Meðan tjøldrini klippa
Náttina í tvey
Kom heim við mær
Kom heim við mær
Kom heim við mær
Kom heim við mær
Og um vit missa mótið
Og fella í fátt
So lýsir mánin
Fyri okkum í nátt
Vit fylgja bara hegninum
So langt sum eygað ber
Yvir um ánna
Og út úr hesi verð
Kom heim við mær
Kom heim við mær
Kom heim við mær
Ja kom heim við mær
Eg síggi títt andlit í mánalýsinum
Tú ert enn tann sama sum tú vart tá tú vart ung
Við skrøddum kovboybuksum og einum walkman sum syngur the blues
Vit plagdu at fylgjast heim til hús
10. Leið 400
Words & music: Lyon Hansen
leið 400 fer
um fimm minuttir
hevur tú nakað uppá hjarta
áðrenn eg hvørvi
upp í bussin
og norður í myrkrið
gloymi alt um mussin
og alt eg yrkti
í tíni íbúð
í tíni song
sum var alt ov trong
bókbindaragøta
tað var bert ein løta
nú er tað bert ein tanki
um eina løtu ert tú einki meira enn eitt minni
um eina løtu ert tú einki meira enn eitt minni
um eina løtu ert tú einki meira enn eitt minni
leið 400 fer
um fimm minuttir
sum ein gomul rakett
skjýtur hon seg norður
í gjøgnum sundalagið
og yvir um brúnna
og finnir eina gøtu
har tróndur fann trúnna
eg stari gjøgnum vindeyga
síggi áirnar fara framvið
síggi bilarnar fara forbíð
síggi prestarnar lið um lið
leið 400 fer
um fimm minuttir
hevur tú nakað upp á hjarta
áðrenn eg hvørvi
áðrenn eg hvørvi
áðrenn eg hvørvi
áðrenn eg hvørvi
11. Summar nætur
Words & music: Lyon Hansen
Genta mín er vøkur
Hon stendur har yviri
Heldur seg líkjast
Venus de Milo
Áðrenn hon sær meg
Lat meg fáa hendan dansin
Man veit aldrin nær kvøldið
Kastar síðsta kjansin
Eg longdist aftur til tín
Nú sólin fór um sýn
Summar nætur koma ongantíð aftur
Summar nætur koma ongantíð aftur
Summar nætur koma ongantíð aftur
Alt sum eg vrakaði og legði eftir
Brotin lyftir og royktar sigarettir
Tað er nú fari tað er nú fyrigivið
Slett yvir havið
Ella kanska niðurgrivið
Eg longdist aftur til tín
Nú sólin fór um sýn
Summar nætur koma ongantíð aftur
Summar nætur koma ongantíð aftur
Summar nætur koma ongantíð aftur
Alt sum tú droymdi um
Og alt sum tú vildi
Tað hevur tú við tær
Inn í paradísgildið
Hvussu tú so vendur
Og hvussu tú so snarar
So finnur áin havið
Um tað fløðir ella fjarar
Men tað er bert ein vegur inn
Heim til Faðirin
Summar nætur koma ongantíð aftur
Summar nætur koma ongantíð aftur
Summar nætur koma ongantíð aftur
Genta mín er vøkur
Hon stendur har yviri
Heldur seg líkjast
Venus de Milo
Áðrenn hon sær meg
Lat meg fáa hendan dansin
Man veit aldrin nær kvøldið
Kastar síðsta kjansin
