In a track-by-track walkthrough for NPR, Morby said:
One of my favorite movie characters is Mother Sister from Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing. It is such a beautiful name and she is such a beautiful character, Mother Sister, the all-seeing eye over the block. I set out to write a simple song in the...
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Mother Sister, comfort me
Feel so wet and cold
And downtown's lights look like a fire
As I'm headed out in the snow
You know I've gone to live one thousand lives
And to die one thousand deaths
But lately baby, got me scared
Ain't got too much left
I watch the tide flying
Like a sparrow
I watch the lights dying
Off like dominoes
Uh-hoh
And the church bells were ringing
And the church bells they cried
And the church bells sang inside my heart
The night before she died
And Jesus came to me
He put a song into my ears
He said let it fall right out your mouth
For the whole wide world to hear
And so I opened wide and out came a tide
And I let them know what to follow
And I cried Mother Sister, won't you comfort me
Downtown's locked up for the night
And I don't have a key
Mother Sister, comfort me
Feel so wet and cold
And downtown's lights look like a fire
As I'm headed out towards the show
You know I've gone to live one thousand lives
And to die one thousand deaths
But lately baby, got me scared
Ain't got too much left
But the ones that I had spent with you
Were the best that I ever had
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Downtown’s Lights was written by Kevin Morby.
Downtown’s Lights was produced by Richard Swift.
Kevin Morby released Downtown’s Lights on Fri Jun 16 2017.