I Had No Intentions - Damien Jurado

He motioned to me from across the street

His arms waving madly «Come over to me»

I saw the panic as he approached

We both ran quickly to the house

Where the windows were shot out

He lay there bleeding on the floor

My mother beside him screaming «Dear Lord…

Someone shot my boy»

I held his hand 'til the ambulance came

And onto a stretcher they took him away

I followed close from the car behind

The lights and the sirens both dull in my mind

November 9

Killed by a bullet from a jealous gun

It rattled his eyelids and pierced through his lungs

The damage is now done

He was seem by her lover the night before

Swearing to kill him outside her door

To her defense my brother walked out

Raising his fist and screaming «Get out…

It’s me she’s with now!»

Hotel hospital the tears burned my eyes

I slipped into nighttime and deep into dying

Without even trying