Ceiling Gazing Lyrics - Perils From The Sea - Mark Kozelek

Laying in my bed, ceiling gazing 

Wide awake with jet-lag from Australia 

Got a stack of mail, and a wedding invitation 

From a new, young relative I never even knew 

Got me thinking about my grandpa for some reason 

Met him half a dozen times in a nursing home 

The last time I saw him, he was in a box 

And they were lowering him into the ground 

St. Mary's Church stood so high 

It was the first and the last time I saw my dad cry 

The ground had a thin coat of snow, 

And we wondered off in the cold. 

It's 3: 47 AM June 13th 

It's my sister's birthday today, I think 

Gonna give her a call, and see how she's doing 

She had a rough divorce, I hope she's improved 

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I wanna reach out, and give her my love 

Put a smile on her face, like when we were young 

Listening to records from the library 

Hermit of Mink Hollow and Dreamboat Annie 

She lives with her daughters, all alone 

Across the street from a cornfield in Ohio 

One's four, one's seven, and I love them so, 

I wanna live a long time, and see them grow. 

Outside my window tonight 

Sausalito's twinkling lights 

My love's beside me, deep asleep 

Dog is laying between my feet 

Outside my window tonight 

A cargo ship's cruising by 

And I'm so happy to be alive 

To have these people in my life 

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Laying in my bed, ceiling gazing 

Can't make my mind stop from racing 

It's not good or bad, it's just how god made me 

To lay awake at night, ceiling gazing.