Broken Things by Julie Miller

I first heard this Julie Miller song a few years ago based on someone's recommendation. It is on the 1999 Broken Things cd. It needs no commentary as it is a wonderful song. I was thrilled when a lady sang it at our church last year, as it is a great place to sing it!



Broken Things

You can have my heart, though it isn't new,
It's been used and broken, and only comes in blue,
It's been down a long road, and it got dirty along the way,
If I give it to you, will you make it clean and wash the shame away?

You can have my heart, if you don't mind broken things,
You can have my life; you don't mind these tears,
Well, I heard that you make old things new, so I give these pieces all to you,
If you want it, you can have my heart.

So beyond repair, nothing I could do,
I tried to fix it myself, but it was only worse when I got through,
Then you walk right into my darkness and you speak words so sweet,
And you hold me like a child, 'til my frozen tears fall at your feet.

You can have my heart, if you don't mind broken things,
You can have my life if you don't mind these tears,
Well, I heard that you make old things new, so I give these pieces up to you,
If you want it, you can have my heart.

Here is Buddy Miller singing "Hole in My Head". Buddy and Julie Miller have a new album out called "Written in Chalk".

"It is a Song for Sesame Street, I Hope!"

Danielson recently released a 2 cd retrospective of its first ten years (1994-2004). It is called "Trying Hartz" (a review here). If you like your music quirky and creative and you can get away from listening to mainstream sounds, then Danielson may be a group that you will enjoy. Or maybe not! I like the sound. My family thinks I am nuts! I also like the lyrics that can tend to be weird as well as honest and direct; if you can figure out what direction they are coming from!

Idiot Boxsen is a song about the evils of television. Here is a creative video melting the mindset of Sponge Bob, the Veggie Tales and who knows what else done in a Danielson Familie type sing-a-long. The song first appeared on "Tri-Danielson- Omega".



Here they are live doing the same song in 1999 at the Cornerstone Festival and having a bunch of fun!


Another song on the retrospective is "Good News for the Pus Pickers" and what a wild title for a song! It is a strangely energetic song.



Lyrics to Good News For The Pus Pickers:
Seven flowers on the hour cry
"We are groaning for the sons,
Of the One who makes us sing,
To reveal themselves this spring"

We just got outta jail today
And we all are here to say,
All us speaking for the band,
Airplane faith is in your hand

Through the fire and the river
But never ever all alone,
When He set the broken bone,
Hell the grave fell overthrown

On heals Kingdom Come
Comfort creme pours out
On the limb there is the children
Opposite of doormat
So tip your hat and wait on that
And that is that

The last kick
In the teeth
Is the first
Of the blocks
Set to song,
Hum along
And poisons peeved
Double minded me off
Of myself
Dust the eyes
Of my heart
That's on the shelf

We have all picked our noses tall,
Pitfalls and black holes have robbed,
But thanksgiving was our sail,
In three shakes of the lamb's tail

Seven flowers on the hour cry
"Balance seems to be the key,
Join into the famile,
Singing let us a.b.c."

They call me chief, they call me hoss
"You call me son, so I am son"
We live in two worlds, unseen and seen
"Kingdom squeaky clean, resting squeaky clean"
Join into the ships, when your mind is wild
"You call me child, so I am child"

Then there is "Rubbernecker" another song on the compilation.



The critics talk about a Bruce Springsteen song and Danielson's "Rubbernecker" in this video clip. "It is a Song for Sesame Street, I Hope!"



If you have hung in this far then you can download some of thier songs at the Secretly Canadian website.