Dar Williams
Dar Williams
Dar Williams is an American singer-songwriter specializing in pop folk. Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker has described Williams as "one of America’s very best singer-songwriters."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth19 April 1967
CityMount Kisco, NY
CountryUnited States of America
realized songs
I realized I was writing a lot of songs about interconnectedness,
keeps truth
But truth is just like time, it catches up, and it just keeps going.
dreams hey people
Hey I know where I come fromBut I have a questionShall We the People never come homeFor after all that we've beenAre the dreams to come after?
argue backseat born call cause crazy drive dying ourselves stay steal talk time wondering
I'll keep you wondering what time I'm arriving. You'll drive me crazy with your backseat driving. And I'll talk in my sleep, and you'll steal all the covers. We'll argue it out, and we'll call ourselves lovers. And I'll stay in my body, and you'll stay in your own. Cause we know that we're born and we're dying alone.
fallen
But for every price, and every penence that I could think ofIt's better too have fallen in love, then never to have fallen at all
culture happens hype
There's a lot of hype in our culture about what happens when you become a parent,
attitude wisconsin crunchy
If you're looking for can-do, earthy-crunchy attitude then you've got to go to Wisconsin.
forgiveness night needs
Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness. And I like the whole truth, but there are nights I only need forgiveness.
good-person banter persons
Being told that you are good at banter is like being told that you are a good person.
religious leader parent
I was raised by parents who really admired the religious leaders of the left, as many 60s and 70s liberals did.
jobs world praying
They preach that I should save the world. They pray that I won't do a better job of it.
ground love plant seeds
Well I love the way the world is your gardenAnd you plant your seeds and you let them growAnd you take things out of the ground just likeYou take what comes, but you never know.
according artist audience build company demo letting opposed record says someplace tape
What you do is you build yourself as an artist according to what an audience says about you, as opposed to just submitting a demo tape to someplace and letting a record company take it from there.
cans erosion heard people stories throw watch
I watch people throw aluminum cans in the trash, and I think of all the stories I've heard about the over-mining of aluminum, the erosion that happens, and the trees that fall down.