This man has been able to say everything that ails a man in his quiet subtle way for as long as I care to remember. I remember first hearing the Horses/Stable Will 7″ in 1993 and quietly going mad in my small room in East Lansing thinking, this guy gets it! I’ve seen Will Oldham about 4-5 times and enjoyed each performance.
I will leave you with this tune for the weekend:
take however long you want
I will be here when you haunt
you can wait here forever
by the trees alone
and I won’t be sorry when you’re gone
take however long you need
as times will wait around to be
something tall and black and glamorous
like about what you would dream
but you won’t be hanging round with me
when you’re about to go away
lie when they look you in the face
laugh and make jokes
like the others do
and at night I will be hanging out with you
I will be here
when you need to leave
and I won’t be sorry when you go