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Relics
03:16
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I don't wanna wait, I don't wanna wait, I don't wanna wait
There's a bobbypin in the crack of the hardwood floor
I creep past it as I make my way down the hall
You said baby come over here, take of your clothes
I don't want to anymore.
And I don't want to wake the dead with relics
Of someone you used to love but never had
I don't want to wait to talk about it
That someoneI never met could tear us up
There's a silence but you say you're not that guy
And the hair that clogs the shower drain isn't mine
I wash the sheets over and over so many times
Trying to get her off your mind
And I don't want to wake the dead with relics
Of someone you used to love but never had
I don't want to wait to talk about it
That someone I never met could tear us up
Tear me up, tear me apart
Tear me up, tear me apart
And I don't want to wake the dead with relics
Of someone you used to love but never had
I don't want to wait to talk about it
That someone I never met could tear us up
And I don't want to wake the dead with relics
Of someone you used to love but never had
I don't want to wait to talk about it
That someone I never met could tear us up
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I'm here with a broken heart
In an empty bar
Playing love songs baby
Too bad they'll never be about you now
Three beers in the parking lot
We were smoking pot
That the door guy gave me
I guess I'm chasing dreams without you now
Used to have me on my knees
Scrolling past you on my feed
It's a cycle that I'm trying to break but
Wasted my twenties
Blackout at parties
Trying to meet somebody
Well I guess I never did
Wasted my twenties
Blackout at parties
Now I'm almost thirty
Some habits just don't break
Three years in my beat up car
We were chasing stars
Hoping we could be something
Too bad I'll never really know you now
Eyes fixed on the city lights
Every song I write is a memory of us
I guess I'll never get to show you now
Used to have me on my knees
Scrolling past you on my feed
It's a cycle that I'm trying to break but
Wasted my twenties
Blackout at parties
Trying to meet somebody
Well I guess I never did
Wasted my twenties
Blackout at parties
Now I'm almost thirty
Some habits just don't break
Wasted my twenties
Blackout at parties
Trying to meet somebody
Well I guess I never did
Well I guess I never did
Some habits just don't break
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Fuck That Guy
03:04
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Fuck that guy
He's a fool
I dated him
Back in theatre school
I was young
The things I didn't know
I'm better for it now
He let himself go
Fuck that guy
He's insane
All the shit he said
All of the mind games
I don't believe his songs
Or his silver tongue
Just let him lose touch
With all he's ever loved
Let him lose touch with me
Let him lose touch with me
Fuck that guy
That's his style
He wears a thin disguise
And he has for a while
You should have seen him then
Trying to be a man
He's a fucking wreck
In an indie band
Let him lose touch with me
Let him lose touch with me
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Tomorrow Never Comes
03:08
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a few miles north of winnipeg
with the sky above so wide
we were standing there smoking on your grave
when you asked me for a light
i've been praying to the church of the queen of diamonds
singing live while we are young
we were drinking all the champagne from the bottle
so tomorrow never comes
"i'm a person who like loves to like
find a sidewalk and strut on it (laughter)"
you were dressed with gold up in your hair
never getting older than now
we spoke our secrets to your skin
and you wear them in your crown
i've been praying to the church of the queen of diamonds
singing live while we are young
we were drinking all the champagne from the bottle
so tomorrow never comes
and he said
speak your truth before i'm dead
it's been hanging heavy on my head
and on the drive i broke down crying
i still think of you as my old friend
i've been praying to the church of the queen of diamonds
singing live while we are young
we were drinking all the champagne from the bottle
so tomorrow never comes
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Wanna leave, wanna leave
I can't be alone with you
This time we have more to lose
I can't be alone with you
I can't
Baby i was onto you
Had me figured out before i knew
Baby i don't want you
Baby i don't want you
Maybe i was lonelier with you
Baby i was onto you
Had me figured out before i knew
Baby i don't want you
Baby i don't want you
Maybe i was lonelier with you
Wanna leave, wanna leave
I can't be alone with you
I'd drag you down if i could move
I could say the things that i want to
I won't, i won't, i won't, i won't
Baby i was onto you
Had me figured out before i knew
Baby i don't want you
Baby i don't want you
Maybe i was lonelier with you
Baby i was onto you
Had me figured out before i knew
Baby i don't want you
Baby i don't want you
Maybe i was lonelier with you
I can't be alone with you
Swallowed pride and ego bruised
Of all the things we can't undo
I can't
Wanna leave, wanna leave
I can't be alone
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This Town Won't Miss You
03:29
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I park across the street from
The place we grew up in
Where new people live
I look in the window
To see if it's changed some
I'm sorry I did
And this town will chase you
Like you're a traitor
You keep on running
But you keep coming back
And all of the bodies are buried inside of my head
All my old friends are working just for the rent
And the bars we blacked out in
Are closing down sooner or later
This town won't miss you
Out in the church yard
Where you and I first parked
Well we were just kids
The light from the radio
You promised you'd go slow
And I'm sorry you did
And this town will chase you
Like you're a traitor
You keep on running
but you keep coming back
And all of the bodies are buried inside of my head
All my old friends are working just for the rent
And the bars we blacked out in
Are closing down sooner or later
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One Way Ticket
02:42
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Bought a one way ticket out
Left a note at your mother's house
It said all the dreams I left behind were yours
While you were getting stoned
I made a living on my own
My bags are packed
I won't look back at all
I've been having bad days
I had them all along
I don't know the right way
To tell you that you're wrong
I've been having late nights
Anxious and alone
I don't know the way back
Even if I want
I chased you down with gin
Closed the bar at the motor inn
I wake up in my car in an empty lot
Back account withdrawn
Every weekend gone
Lost every bet
Got a long way left to go
I've been having bad days
I had them all along
I don't know the right way
To tell you that you're wrong
I've been having late nights
Anxious and alone
I don't know the way back
Even if I want
I don't know the way back
Even if I want
Bought a one way ticket out
Left a note at your mother's house
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Michigan State
02:24
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You look pretty you know
Under exit sign glow
Bathed in a halo of red light
Cracked lip grin
Soaked in gin
Won't you take me home tonight?
We sat there in silence
Inside of your Chevrolet babe
We were both lying
Driving home through Michigan State
Cut the lights, go slow
Keep the stereo low
Who have you been hiding this whole time?
We sat there in silence
Inside of your Chevrolet babe
We were both lying
Driving home through Michigan State
"Hey it's me, give me a call back when you get this. Okay?"
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Brooklyn Doran Toronto, Ontario
Brooklyn Doran (she/her) is a queer singer-songwriter who has been a staple of the Ontario folk music scene for over a decade.
The elevator pitch: Sad lesbian folk music to listen to at your local coffee shop.
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