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Iron & Wine and Calexico — Dark Eyes
Album: I'm Not There
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Released: 2007
Length: 4:23
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Oh, the gentlemen are talking and the midnight moon is on the riverside,
They're drinking up and walking and it is time for me to slide.
I live in another world where life and death are memorized,
Where the earth is strung with lovers' pearls and all I see are dark eyes.

A cock is crowing far away and another soldier's deep in prayer,
Some mother's child has gone astray, she can't find him anywhere.
But I can hear another drum beating for the dead that rise,
Whom nature's beast fears as they come and all I see are dark eyes.

They tell me to be discreet for all intended purposes,
They tell me revenge is sweet and from where they stand, I'm sure it is.
But I feel nothing for their game where beauty goes unrecognized,
All I feel is heat and flame and all I see are dark eyes.

Oh, the French girl, she's in paradise and a drunken man is at the wheel,
Hunger pays a heavy price to the falling gods of speed and steel.
Oh, time is short and the days are sweet and passion rules the arrow that flies,
A million faces at my feet but all I see are dark eyes
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 Proclivities wrote:

Does this mean that you peel potatoes while riding in elevators?


Is that why there were potato peels on the floor when I got in the elveator this morning?
Posted 8 months ago by brosen    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Does this mean that you peel potatoes while riding in elevators?


You mean - you've never peeled potatoes while riding in an elevator? Next you'll be claiming you've never pipped cherries while riding the escalator. Tshah!
Posted 9 months ago by petecallaghan    [ Reply ]
whoa

thought  it was joe jackson
Posted 1 year ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Cool! Thanks for playing. 
Posted 2 years ago by Steve_G    [ Reply ]
 laozilover wrote:

Dylan? Wow.  I've heard this track many times over the years, and I never  knew that he wrote it.


Sam does incredible covers. Favorites are Flaming Lips 'Superman' and New Orders 'Love Vigilantes'. 
Posted 3 years ago by ArthurJames    [ Reply ]
 Grammarcop wrote:
Dark Eyes.

Brilliant movie starring the great Marcello Mastroianni. See it.

Oči čarnije (or something like that in Russian I guess). 
Posted 3 years ago by Pjesnik    [ Reply ]
 CamLwalk wrote:

Best cover of a Dylan song ever imo.  Beautiful



Most Dylan songs are much better when not sung by Dylan.  
Posted 3 years ago by Alastair    [ Reply ]
 CamLwalk wrote:
Best cover of a Dylan song ever imo.  Beautiful
 
Dylan? Wow.  I've heard this track many times over the years, and I never  knew that he wrote it.
Posted 4 years ago by laozilover    [ Reply ]
I like Calexico and Iron & Wine (that I discovered here, so thanks for that!) but this is not their best work. Is it because it's a cover? I don't find what usually gets me with those two bands: excellent instrumental arrangements for Calexico, or sweet harmonies with Iron & Wine. 
It's still "quite likeable" though :)
Posted 4 years ago by Mannick    [ Reply ]
I'm not sure I've heard the Dylan version but I like this better.
Posted 5 years ago by mgtom    [ Reply ]
Best cover of a Dylan song ever imo.  Beautiful
Posted 6 years ago by CamLwalk    [ Reply ]
 ciolca wrote:
Iron & Wine is the perfect candidate for the generic term of "elevator music". Which means you can listen to it successfully while peeling potatoes. It even helps. Utterly remarkable is Bill's passion for it. :)

 
lol!  and when you start your own internet radio "station" you can completely avoid all Iron & Wine tracks as you see fit!


Posted 7 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
Groovin
Posted 7 years ago by EdHommersen    [ Reply ]
Didn't realise music as inoffensive as this would polarise opinion in such a fashion.
'Pleasant' doesn't necessarily mean 'deplorable' 
Posted 8 years ago by Will62    [ Reply ]
Dark Eyes.

Brilliant movie starring the great Marcello Mastroianni. See it.
Posted 8 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
I love the complex collaborations these guys put together
Posted 8 years ago by alaskan_listener    [ Reply ]
These guys suck. Just like their weak name. Pleeeeeze!  Why u Play is beyond me. Yuk 
Posted 8 years ago by paulpaar    [ Reply ]
Not a huge fan of either group but I like this effort.
Posted 8 years ago by tulfan    [ Reply ]
Great film

This isn't best track on soundtrack
Try Knocking on Heavens by Antony and The Johnsons
and One More Cup of Coffee by Roger McGuinn 
Posted 9 years ago by Huwie    [ Reply ]
Sounds like boring to me. 
 
Posted 9 years ago by TEG    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Does this mean that you peel potatoes while riding in elevators?

 
Reminds me of Two Silver Trees by Calexico.
Posted 9 years ago by ShaunJ    [ Reply ]
 ciolca wrote:
Iron & Wine is the perfect candidate for the generic term of "elevator music". Which means you can listen to it successfully while peeling potatoes. It even helps. Utterly remarkable is Bill's passion for it. :)

 
Does this mean that you peel potatoes while riding in elevators?
Posted 11 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Iron & Wine is the perfect candidate for the generic term of "elevator music". Which means you can listen to it successfully while peeling potatoes. It even helps. Utterly remarkable is Bill's passion for it. :)
Posted 11 years ago by ciolca    [ Reply ]
amazing. i love this. Esp the different hand drums and xylaphone
Posted 11 years ago by CrackerjaxATX    [ Reply ]
The music has a fine almost far eastern quality about it, refreshing, thank you.
Posted 11 years ago by kdarwish    [ Reply ]
lame!
Posted 11 years ago by tutakea    [ Reply ]
Sorry, I like both these guys, but not this cover.  For me, it misses the core of the tune.  A pity.
Posted 11 years ago by tonypf    [ Reply ]
Dylan is such an amazing songwriter... as long as someone else is doing their interpretation of his song.
Posted 11 years ago by bc    [ Reply ]
 Mita wrote:
why does this sound like Fleetwood Mac?
 
No, these days it sounds like Gotye.
Posted 11 years ago by igor    [ Reply ]
{#Curtain}
Posted 12 years ago by srose96    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:
GREAT SONG!

 
Indeed it is!
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
8 to a solid 9
Posted 13 years ago by tanstaafl    [ Reply ]
why does this sound like Fleetwood Mac?
Posted 13 years ago by Mita    [ Reply ]
Interesting to say the least. Judy Collins did a nice version of this one on the album, Judy sings Dylan.
Posted 13 years ago by scmerriam    [ Reply ]
The only thing wrong with this song is that it's not on the "Iron and Wine" album!
Posted 13 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
 utt73 wrote:
{#Heartkiss}  Rawk!  My request was approved, I see!  Thanks Bill. Such a zen song.
 
Whatever! You can't take credit for getting a song played that is played everyday anyway!!!
Posted 13 years ago by lathyris    [ Reply ]
{#Heartkiss}  Rawk!  My request was approved, I see!  Thanks Bill. Such a zen song.


Posted 13 years ago by utt73    [ Reply ]

Dark Eyes

Oh, the gentlemen are talking and the midnight moon is on the riverside
They're drinking up and walking and it is time for me to slide
I live in another world where life and death are memorized
Where the earth is strung with lovers' pearls and all I see are dark eyes

A cock is crowing far away and another soldier's deep in prayer
Some mother's child has gone astray, she can't find him anywhere
But I can hear another drum beating for the dead that rise
Whom nature's beast fears as they come and all I see are dark eyes

They tell me to be discreet for all intended purposes,
They tell me revenge is sweet and from where they stand, I'm sure it is.
But I feel nothing for their game where beauty goes unrecognized,
All I feel is heat and flame and all I see are dark eyes.

Oh, the French girl, she's in paradise and a drunken man is at the wheel
Hunger pays a heavy price to the falling gods of speed and steel
Oh, time is short and the days are sweet and passion rules the arrow that flies
A million faces at my feet but all I see are dark eyes


Posted 13 years ago by coolpeople_rule    [ Reply ]
 Lazaerus wrote:
I have to say that everything Iron & Wine and Calexico do together is pure magic... they really need to do more, hopefully a full length album {#Tongue}
 
Absolutely.

Posted 13 years ago by Jeff09    [ Reply ]
props to Zimmy
Posted 13 years ago by oldviolin    [ Reply ]
{#Curtain}  Closes her eyes, imagines walking through Japanese garden at sunset while cherry blossoms are in full bloom. 
Posted 14 years ago by SusanHiddenPoet    [ Reply ]
I frickin' love this song.
Posted 14 years ago by spicymonkey    [ Reply ]
sheer. brilliance.
Posted 14 years ago by soulcollision    [ Reply ]
GREAT SONG!

Posted 14 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Very nice! 8!!
Posted 14 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Nice, a ride to the beach song...{#Tongue}{#Roflol}
Posted 14 years ago by nicolewe    [ Reply ]
YES - MAGIC!!
Posted 14 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
I have to say that everything Iron & Wine and Calexico do together is pure magic... they really need to do more, hopefully a full length album {#Tongue}
Posted 14 years ago by Lazaerus    [ Reply ]
Very nice!!
Posted 14 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
WONDERFUL!

Reminds me of "BAYIA's" eyes!


Posted 14 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
I was amazed to find this is a Dylan song.  It has so much the character of of Iron & Wine's music.  The xylophone in this is very nice, very hypnotic, (unlike the one coming up in Tull's "Skating Away").    {#Headache}
Posted 15 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
 CamLwalk wrote:
I remember buying "Empire Burlesque" and hearing it for the first time. I thought it SUCKED!!!!!! Until the last track... Epiphany. One of Bob's best song ever. Gorgeous...astounding song. I remember being annoyed at having to buy and suffer through the rest of the album but hell, it's such an amazing song. Almost worth it. Flash forward to 2008 and I hear this Calexico version. Very, very beautiful treatment of a worthy song. Be sure and check out the rest of the soundtrack album.
 
I pretty much completely agree with you. The production on Empire Burlesque is dated and awful, although Bob's lyrics are top-notch. The songs on the album are ripe for covering and I&W and Calexico have done a good job with this one.

Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
Everything about Iron & Wine has me addicted immediately. Add a little Calexico and let the magic begin. 1st time I've heard this and already hoping that it won't end.
Posted 15 years ago by herbncowgirl    [ Reply ]
First time I heard IRON and WINE was on TheSixtyOne.com
Love their songs, I still can't pinpoint what it is that makes me crave this, but it's always satisfying on the ears
Posted 15 years ago by SuzenJueL    [ Reply ]
Love Sam Beam, and this is a really good movie.
Posted 16 years ago by ROSSinDETROIT    [ Reply ]

{#Guitarist} {#Music}



Posted 16 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]


that is what it can call a "partnership success"......- 

 ** 8 **


Posted 16 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
 PurplePrincess wrote:

I bought this after hearing it on RP, downloading MP3s from Amazon is way too easy.


 
Same here.  These guys rawk!

Posted 16 years ago by joan_c    [ Reply ]
10{#Arrowu}

{#Meditate}
Posted 16 years ago by xviti    [ Reply ]

I bought this after hearing it on RP, downloading MP3s from Amazon is way too easy.


Posted 16 years ago by PurplePrincess    [ Reply ]
This music has what 49 out of 50 songs miss - athmopshere and magic!
GORGEOUS!
"9"

Posted 16 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Pretty good. I don't hate it.
Posted 16 years ago by Photo-John    [ Reply ]
Mindbendingly great, this. Iron & Wine and Calexico should really extend their collaboration to a full album's worth, not just scattershot soundtracks and mini-albums here and there. The sum is so much greater than the individual parts, methinks.
Posted 16 years ago by Darkmatter    [ Reply ]
Further proof that songs with a xylophone kick ass!
Posted 16 years ago by Danimal174    [ Reply ]
This was an awesome set - thanks
Posted 16 years ago by Rtbruin    [ Reply ]
It's taken me a while to decide if I like either of these bands but I'm at a point now where I can identify them both and I do like them. Another without RP I'd never have know about _______ (fill in the blank) moment!
Posted 16 years ago by MonkeyPod    [ Reply ]
Yup there is something subliminal going on with this tune... First time I heard it I wasn't impressed but the more I listen to it the more I like it... maybe we should play it backwards?
Posted 16 years ago by SDBob    [ Reply ]
sorta dark-sounding to me ...
Posted 16 years ago by starclan97    [ Reply ]
I remember buying "Empire Burlesque" and hearing it for the first time. I thought it SUCKED!!!!!! Until the last track... Epiphany. One of Bob's best song ever. Gorgeous...astounding song. I remember being annoyed at having to buy and suffer through the rest of the album but hell, it's such an amazing song. Almost worth it. Flash forward to 2008 and I hear this Calexico version. Very, very beautiful treatment of a worthy song. Be sure and check out the rest of the soundtrack album.
Posted 16 years ago by CamLwalk    [ Reply ]
Loving this song a little more each time I hear it. Thumbs up.
Posted 16 years ago by Whirlpool    [ Reply ]
I'm really starting to enjoy this song, it's grown on me a lot the past couple of weeks.
Posted 16 years ago by Rathmar    [ Reply ]
8 9
Posted 16 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
this works
Posted 16 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
The vocals sound a bit like Maynard from Tool, don't you think. Love this song.
Posted 16 years ago by Colorwise    [ Reply ]
This is a GREAT soundtrack. If you have the open mind Dylan speaks to in his style, you'll like it. Highly recommended.
Posted 16 years ago by birdland    [ Reply ]
xkolibuul wrote:
This one feels much more I&W than Calexico. But hey, its a win-win situation either way.
1. true dat 1. Used to acknowledge a statement said by another. 2. Used to agree with another. See Also: Fo Real
Posted 16 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
You can buy the CD version (hi fidelity) of this album on Amazon for $17 or you can buy the MP3 version (lo fidelity) for $34. I love modern audio economics.
Posted 16 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
This one feels much more I&W than Calexico. But hey, its a win-win situation either way.
Posted 16 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
This one is crawling up into my head. The more times I hear it the more I like it.
Posted 16 years ago by Marr    [ Reply ]
a bob dylan cover from his (dylan's) album empire burlesque. i must say i prefer the original ..
Posted 16 years ago by federico    [ Reply ]
The tide is high but I'm holding on.... I'm gonna be your number one...
Posted 16 years ago by SoundsGoodToMe    [ Reply ]
wow, incredible stringed bass sound.
Posted 16 years ago by designerGirl    [ Reply ]
strange_brew00 wrote:
i've never heard of this movie. is that supposed to be dylan? what is this movie?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_Not_There
Posted 16 years ago by rickhoran    [ Reply ]
i've never heard of this movie. is that supposed to be dylan? what is this movie?
Posted 16 years ago by strange_brew00    [ Reply ]
UltraNurd wrote:
I feel an iTunes purchase coming on.
Me too!
Posted 16 years ago by sarac78    [ Reply ]
I always welcome the collaboration of those two. 8/10
Posted 16 years ago by lixy    [ Reply ]
Excellent cover.
Posted 16 years ago by oldviolin    [ Reply ]
I feel an iTunes purchase coming on.
Posted 16 years ago by UltraNurd    [ Reply ]
This is great!
Posted 16 years ago by joyjoy    [ Reply ]
Wow. This is really cool.
Posted 16 years ago by mattt    [ Reply ]
I had no idea. I'll have to see the movie. It was just nominated for an Oscar, wasn't it?
Posted 16 years ago by Jack_Jefferson    [ Reply ]
I dig this -really amazing hook.
Posted 16 years ago by pdhski    [ Reply ]