{"id":19883,"date":"2014-01-01T12:32:03","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T20:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=19883"},"modified":"2014-01-01T12:32:03","modified_gmt":"2014-01-01T20:32:03","slug":"our-favorite-new-years-eve-song-of-2013-iron-wines-desert-babbler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2014-01\/our-favorite-new-years-eve-song-of-2013-iron-wines-desert-babbler\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Favorite New Year&#8217;s Eve Song of 2013: Iron &#038; Wine&#8217;s &#8220;Desert Babbler&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iron__Wine_at_The_Barbican_Hall-Bartek_Odias-The_Upcoming-20130531-003-650x4301.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-19885\" alt=\"Iron__Wine_at_The_Barbican_Hall-Bartek_Odias-The_Upcoming-20130531-003-650x430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iron__Wine_at_The_Barbican_Hall-Bartek_Odias-The_Upcoming-20130531-003-650x4301.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iron__Wine_at_The_Barbican_Hall-Bartek_Odias-The_Upcoming-20130531-003-650x4301.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iron__Wine_at_The_Barbican_Hall-Bartek_Odias-The_Upcoming-20130531-003-650x4301-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iron__Wine_at_The_Barbican_Hall-Bartek_Odias-The_Upcoming-20130531-003-650x4301-450x297.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2013<\/strong> was a fantastic year for <strong>Sam Beam&#8217;s Iron &amp; Wine<\/strong>.\u00a0 Their garrulous <em><strong>Ghost on Ghost<\/strong> <\/em>album appeared all over the <strong>Best Albums of 2013<\/strong> lists (including ours&#8211;soon come), and they wowed people around the globe (including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2013-06\/review-of-iron-wines-church-show-in-la-623-watch-on-last-nights-jimmy-kimmel\/\"><strong>us at the First Unitarian Church in LA<\/strong><\/a>) on tour with their rapturous big-band sound.<\/p>\n<p>Adding to all of that is our<strong> favorite New Year&#8217;s Eve song of the year<\/strong>,<em><strong> Desert Babbler<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 The song\u2019s lyrics are obviously apt: \u201cIt&#8217;s New Year&#8217;s Eve, and California\u2019s gonna kill you soon\u2026Black houses in the hills and roadside hearts.\u201d\u00a0 We love the gestalt in which a homesick, guilty-sounding <strong>Beam<\/strong> sings about himself: \u201cYou left to look for heaven, but you\u2019re far from that hard light tonight.\u201d\u00a0 Listen to the big band perform the song below.\u00a0 The song&#8217;s lyrics follow.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UR91PtGFpEg\" height=\"425\" width=\"625\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Desert Babbler<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s New Year\u2019s Eve<br \/>\nAnd California\u2019s gonna kill you soon<br \/>\nThe Barstow boys<br \/>\nBuckeyes in the shadow of the moon<\/p>\n<p>Black houses in the hills and roadside hearts<br \/>\nDying for a place to fall apart<br \/>\nWho knew what you could learn to live without<br \/>\nMother Mary\u2019s lying in your mouth<\/p>\n<p>Back home the kitchen\u2019s warm with Christmas wine<br \/>\nAnd every girl has got an axe to grind<br \/>\nYou left to look for heaven<br \/>\nBut you\u2019re far from that hard light tonight<\/p>\n<p>So quietly we\u2019ve lost another year<br \/>\nThe desert put a babbler in your ear<br \/>\nMean fireweed and I miss you again<br \/>\nBarstow boys are spit into the wind<\/p>\n<p>Back home the hammer always has to fall<br \/>\nCrosses barely hanging on the wall<br \/>\nSomeday I know you\u2019ll never leave me<br \/>\nBut we\u2019re far from that hard light tonight&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2013 was a fantastic year for Sam Beam&#8217;s Iron &amp; Wine.\u00a0 Their garrulous Ghost on Ghost album appeared all over the Best Albums of 2013 lists (including ours&#8211;soon come), and they wowed people around the globe (including us at the First Unitarian Church in LA) on tour with their rapturous big-band sound. 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