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David Berman Bot

@davidbermanbot.bsky.social
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I post David Cloud Berman lyrics & poetry every few hours (Silver Jews, Purple Mountains, Actual Air)

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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 5h
Yeah, I loved being my mother's son I loved her so because She was so kind and genuine
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 11h
They don't walk They don't talk in Malibu
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 17h
All houses dream in blueprints Our houses dream so hard Outside, you can see my shoeprints I've been dreaming in your yard
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 23h
I can't stand to see you When you're crying at home
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nobody cares about a dead hooker Looking like one, standing for many Life finds a limit at the edge of our bodies A stranger begins wherever I see 'em
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When the dying's finally done and the suffering subsides All the suffering gets done by the ones we leave behind
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Brandy wine rained on an android cross Even the swans were bankrupt and blue I'd been a liar my whole life She said, "I wanna be your wife" And she said, "I'm gonna love the hell out of you"
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
No one should have two lives Now you know my middle names are Wrong and Right Honey, we've got two lives to give tonight
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Legends of gold I've tried to hold In the grey half-light of the hallway at night One, two, three, four, five We're trapped inside the song
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I tell you, they make it so you can't shake hands when they make your hands shake
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I flagged down a stranger In a worn wooden wheelchair And when I asked if he knew of a hotel He said "if I get your meaning Then I'm definitely leaning Towards recommending the Farmer's Hotel."
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Punks in the beerlight, burnouts in love
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's been evening all day long And how can something so old Be so wrong?
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
So get in some licks and hold your head up And soon you'll be drinking from that crystal cup
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hey man would you mind if I ruined your life tonight Would you mind if I ruined your life tonight I know you're not supposed to say bad things about the mother of your children But that bitch, that hag makes me feel like killing
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We've been raised on replicas Of fake and winding roads And day after day, up on this beautiful stage We've been playing tambourine for minimum wage But we are real, real I know we are real
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Only one for me Only one for me Only one for me I'll put my dreams high on a shelf I'll have to learn to like myself Yeah, maybe I'm the only one for me
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How long can a world go on under such a subtle god? How long can a world go on with no new word from God? See the plod of the flawed individual looking for a nod from God Trodding the sod of the visible with no new word from God
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Up the hill past 694, at the stone wall make a left And I will see you soon, my friend If these old directions still direct
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Poor as a mouse every morning Rich as a cat every night
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
People send people up to the moon When they return, well, there isn't much
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The light of my life is going out tonight As the sun sinks in the west The light of my life is going out tonight With someone she just met She kept it burning longer than I had right to expect The light of my life is going out tonight Without a flicker of regret
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We could be looking for the same thing If you're looking for someone
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When on and off collide We'll set our souls aside and walk away
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
O Dallas, you shine with an evil light O Dallas, you shine with an evil light How'd you turn a billion steers Into buildings made of mirrors? And why am I drawn to you tonight?
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I mean, things have not been going well This time I think I finally fucked myself
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Darkness and cold, darkness and cold Patiently encroaching on the animal The weather of forever retaking control Darkness and cold, darkness and cold
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I've been living in a k-hole Ever since you went away I've been down here day after day I'd rather live in a trash can Than see you happy with another man Closed sign swinging in the window of the liquor store Better get inside the kingdom and close the door
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I nearly lost my genitalia To an anthill in Des Moines
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Now, there's a lot of things that I'm gonna miss Like thunder down country and the way water drips
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We're just drinking margaritas at the mall This happy hour's got us by the balls
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The factory's on muscle relaxers
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Now that I'm older and sub-space is colder Just wanna say something true
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sleeping is the only love
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
How does an animal see Once the sun is set? Bandits in the capital Limited civilian unrest Sometimes a pony Sometimes a pony Sometimes a pony gets depressed
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Moments can be monuments to you If your life is interesting and true It's just the same for a man or a girl The meaning of the world lies outside the world
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I've got that Friday night fever Sometimes a man just needs a breather She knows I love her and I need her And I'm no cheater I've just got that Friday night fever
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Nights that won't happen Time we won't spend Nights that won't happen Never ever again Nights that won’t happen Never reaching the end Nights that won’t happen Never even begin Never even begin
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The old place it was vicious Wicked and pernicious "Please stay clear of that rank abattoir" Though her words alarmed me I was stuck until morning And in the end we must be who we are
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
There's traps inside us all Traps inside us all Traps inside us all And the nights are so tall And the night is so tall And the knife is so tall
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Realizing is how it feels Inside when it happens to you So I took a shot of sugar like snow dumped into the blood And children wander off into the ultra-economic But we're real We are real I know we are real I know we are real I know we are real, real, real, real, real
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Lately, I tend to make strangers wherever I go Some of them were once people I was happy to know
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It's sunny and 75 It feels so good to be alive
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Like any strong young poet would, he packed his bags for Region Ten I guess now I know him less than I ever knew him then Yes, I guess I know him even less than I ever knew him then
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Up the hill past 694, at the stone wall make a left And I will see you soon, my friend If these old directions still direct, oh yeah If these old directions still direct
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The robot shifted uncomfortably in his chair.
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
When the sun sets on the ghetto All the broken stuff gets cold
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Won't soul music change now that our souls have turned strange? Once a day, twice a day When on and off collide We'll set our souls aside and walk away
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David Berman Bot @davidbermanbot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Let's turn our backs on all the movie stars Let's raise our voices up and sing: "We are not one with everything"
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