Richard Buckner is an American singer songwriter born in California, reside… Read Full Bio ↴Richard Buckner is an American singer songwriter born in California, resident in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for a number of years, and currently living in Brooklyn, NY. A critically-acclaimed artist most often associated with the Alternative Country movement, Buckner has in recent albums eschewed his initial acoustic approach and displayed an increasing interest in more abstract music styles.

Buckner began his career with the acoustic "Bloomed" (1994), a lyrically dense suite of songs recorded in Lubbock, Texas and heavily influenced by that state's tradition of whisky-soaked poet/troubadors, probably best embodied by Townes Van Zandt. In 1996, he released the major label "Devotion & Doubt," with members of Giant Sand backing him, displaying a more adventurous, almost avante garde approach to songwriting and arranging.

Since then, he has returned to recording for smaller labels, to continued critical acclaim and cult status. His 2000 album The Hill - his first for Chicago-based indie label Overcoat Recordings - features poems from Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology (1915), which Buckner set to music. The album plays as a single track, nearly thirty-five minutes long. He returned in 2002, first with the "teaser" EP Impasse-ette, then a full-length entitled Impasse one month later. In early 2003, his self-released, self-titled album was reissued by Overcoat, and was his final release for the label. In 2004, an edited version of Richard Buckner's song Ariel Ramirez, from the album Since (1998) was featured in one of the television ads for Volkswagen's Touareg.

He is currently aligned with North Carolina-based indie label Merge Records, who have released four of his albums so far: 2004's Dents and Shells, 2006's Meadow, 2011's Our Blood, and 2013's Surrounded, as well as the 7-inch single Willow (b/w Lost). He also recorded an album with Jon Langford (most notably of The Mekons) called Sir Dark Invader vs. The Fanglord (2005) for Buried Treasure Records.

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Richard Buckner Lyrics

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05-Six Years I went down to meet my maker And the water tastes…
22 The kitchen drawers were open Hot water in the bath And the…
4 AM It?s a bruised and a fallen sky Pressed all up against…
7. Ed's Song Tough is as she does Won't you slump on over and…
A chance counsel Another washout, brake lights showing Probably gonna slow do…
A Goodbye Rye Once upon a blue thing or two Eyes in sight, the…
Ariel Ramirez Oh where you lay Your head tonight I'll roll away alone And …
Beautiful Question Shattered as I saw you then Fallen from the weight Of undue…
Before Man, I was high, stepping out on goodbyes unspoken, And, Onc…

Believer I wrote it out in stones where the road divides. I…
Blue and Wonder I've been stunned And I've been turned I've been undone and …
Born Into Giving It Up Born into giving it up Then closing down when it's done Wi…
Boys Of all the things That you keep near Take hold now Of the…
Charmers it changes when the charmers really want you. they fall in…
Collusion It was a chance you took: everything was good until…
Confession Within, without, we must've been carried away. And where …
Cradle to the Angel From the thumper to the drinker, The cradle to the angel I'l…
Daisychain Now, don't you feel bad that I forgot your name? I…
Desire I got a drive-away car in Georgia And baby boy, there's…
Dora Williams When Reuben Pantier ran away and threw me I went to…
Ed's Song Tough is as she does Won't you slump on over and…
Elizabeth Childers Dust of my dust, And dust with my dust, O, child who…
Emma Emma, I'm sorry for you. Going away with a man…
Escape Let's waste the night; pay the price and get out…
Faithful Shooter Ask her when you're upstairs later on With her eyes…
Fater Leave and travel well Leave yourself and live to tell…
Figure Well, when it's down to this: overturned and @ the…
Firsts Sister called. it was both our days and I'm waiting.…
Fuse down she goes with a who-you-know; just a blur and it's…
Gang Can you call it what you see when you're reaching…
Gauzy Dress in the Sun A gauzy dress in the sun and a blue moon bloomed and…
Grace-I'd-Said-I'd-Known Grace-I'd-said-I'd-known: ...but, I guess nothing stayed in…
Her o, sometimes, i don't think i'll ever be sure: coming back…
Hindsight Ours to never learn the beginning of it all, Keeping…
Home She had a meaty name and a Guild on the…
Hoping Wishers Never Lose Hoping wishers never lose (chipping away until you're Throug…
Hutchinson In the still light There came a sort of tremble With the…
Invitation Come on I'd love to talk to you out side…
Jewelbomb You jewel. You sudden lil scrapper You song I razed before…
Kingdom Kingdom calling: don't you want to come and hide all…
Lil Wallet Picture Underspent And too young too I stumbled onto a picture of yo…
Lil' Wallet Picture Underspent And too young too I stumbled onto a picture of …
Lil' Wallet Picture Underspent And too young too I stumbled onto a picture of yo…
Lovin Her Was Easier I've seen the morning burning golden On the mountain in…
Lucky Forgetting where the roads align, bowing out the back again,…
Lucky Buzz This wicked ole line? @ 32: holding out blindly &…
Mile Where the way has clearly won understand whether night mad…
Mood Giving your answers I think it's fair Come back even faster …
Mud Be careful where you lie down, boy In this bed of…
On Traveling Up above you darling (past the line, between the land),…
Once Once, I was dug up, I was sinking, I was…
Picture Day Made the way we never talk The day the news slipped…
Pull He said, "I'll pull you down." She said, "Yeah, I…
Rafters now that i know what i'd hoped had to be in…
Rainsquall The clouds break up a little, then Here comes the rain…
Roll We could rent a car tomorrow and roll through all…
Settled Down Left the shack in the Rambler and we tumbled up…
Six Years I went down to meet my maker And the water tastes…
Slept Awake tonight, I'll fall away to sometime until we meet. A…
Song Of 27 Though, I may be miles away from her With years that…
Spell A gentle warning to the neighborhood: I understand now: I…
Straight Another washout, brake lights showing Probably gonna slow do…
Surprise AZ Mother, do you see? What's about to happen? I'm gonna turn…
Surrounded You just won't lie down. Even closing your eyes, you can't…
The Hill (181. Tom Merritt) At first I suspected something— She a…
The Last Ride Gone ... Somewhere in Texas, Where the cars can run all da…
The Worst Way Well I've been coined and coupled But I've been blooming, d…
Thief Give it back: broken-in and stolen from the mourning, counte…
This Is Where This is where things start going bad And this is where…
Town "Pretty-destroyed..." "Coming through!" "Seize your spin a…
Traitor You woke up too late, but know what they thought…
Up North Up North there's a place for you To start your…
Window It's almost true: You don't expect to follow, watching What …

Witness Leaves, too young to fall, wonder if they've heard it…

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