{"id":14279,"date":"2012-12-23T07:32:35","date_gmt":"2012-12-23T15:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=14279"},"modified":"2012-12-23T07:38:57","modified_gmt":"2012-12-23T15:38:57","slug":"watch-the-tallest-man-on-earth-cover-damien-jurados-working-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2012-12\/watch-the-tallest-man-on-earth-cover-damien-jurados-working-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch The Tallest Man On Earth Cover Damien Jurado&#8217;s &#8220;Working Titles&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In all (and repeated) candor, we think the lad dubbed <strong>The Tallest Man on<\/strong> <strong>Earth<\/strong> has received too much unjustified raving from critics.\u00a0 It has seemed wrongly un-critical and hypocritical, if you will.\u00a0 Based on his most recent release below, it turns out TTMOE might just want to skip the pretense of thinly-veiled songwriting, cut out the middle-man and only perform cover songs.\u00a0 Because it&#8217;s hard to mess up beauties like <strong>Damien Jurado&#8217;s<\/strong> <em><strong>Working Titles<\/strong><\/em>, one of our <strong>Best Songs of 2012<\/strong> (still to come).\u00a0 Check out TTMOE below with his wife <strong>Idiot Wind\u2019s<\/strong> <strong>Amanda<\/strong> <strong>Hollingby Matsson<\/strong>.\u00a0 <strong><em>Working Titles<\/em><\/strong> is a song from Jurado\u2019s 2012 album, <strong>Maraqopa\u00a0<\/strong>(also one of our <strong>Best Albums of 2012<\/strong>).\u00a0 After the cover, check out Jurado&#8217;s fine take.\u00a0 The lyrics are at bottom.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.svt.se\/wd?widgetId=23991&amp;sectionId=1752&amp;articleId=909538&amp;type=embed&amp;contextSectionId=1752&amp;autostart=false\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L8gwPVsS1TE&#038;feature=em-uploademail<\/p>\n<p>Working Titles:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You could mess up my life in a poem<br \/>\nHave me divorced by the time of the chorus<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s no need to change any sentence<br \/>\nWhen you always decide where I go next<\/p>\n<p>Many nights you would hide from the audience<br \/>\nWhen they were not in tune with your progress<br \/>\nIn the end you&#8217;re a fool like the journalist<br \/>\nWho turns what you sing into business<\/p>\n<p>You could use to be more like a hero<br \/>\nA darker shade of damage distortion<br \/>\nWearing death like a cape or a costume<br \/>\nCut your ties and leave town when you want to<\/p>\n<p>Killing time &#8217;til I pass through the chamber<br \/>\nOr the room you keep my replacement<br \/>\nso fed up, still you&#8217;re starving on paper<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re no him, but he&#8217;s you, only better<\/p>\n<p>Leave me an exit to damage<br \/>\nI could use a ledge to jump off of<br \/>\nI wasn&#8217;t lying when I said this was over<br \/>\nI have questions that lead to more questions<\/p>\n<p>Running time that will cut off my fingers<br \/>\nYou wrote about me on every new record<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;ll show up in a title of your song<br \/>\nI only hope somebody requests it<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s it like for you in Washington<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve only seen photos of Washington<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll never know<\/p>\n<p>Leave me Manhattan, I want the evergreens<br \/>\nWrite me a song I can sing in my sleep<br \/>\nAs sure as the rain that will fall where you stand<br \/>\nI want you and the skyline, these are my demands<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s it like for you in Washington<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve only seen photos of Washington<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll never know, know&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In all (and repeated) candor, we think the lad dubbed The Tallest Man on Earth has received too much unjustified raving from critics.\u00a0 It has seemed wrongly un-critical and hypocritical, if you will.\u00a0 Based on his most recent release below, it turns out TTMOE might just want to skip the pretense of thinly-veiled songwriting, cut 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