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Artist/Band: Jandek
Lyrics for Song: Ballad Of Robert
Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - Jandek



Robert Robert Robert

Down at the halfway house house

Robert down at the halfway house

He's livin' at the halfway house

The halfway house

You know the halfway house

It's got a ???

They put a cross on your back and you get real mean

Down at the halfway house

Robert (ha ha) at the halfway house

He's got a cross on your back

He's got roller skates and the're hitched up to his feet

He goes right down the street on the roller skates



They're from the halfway house

Ya' know this man Robert

He's no man he ain't no mouse

He's from the halfway house

Tell him he's from the halfway house

Now the doctor says good morning

And Robert looked up 'n he had blisters on his fingers

And the doctor said "Robert, Robert" he said "Robert"

"You are not the halfway house, the halfway house"

He's Robert from the halfway house


Ballad Of Robert

Jandek's 'Ballad Of Robert' stands as a quintessential example of his unique, minimalist approach to American folk and avant-garde music. Released within the broader context of his extensive discography, the track exemplifies his signature style: sparse instrumentation, monochromatic vocal delivery, and a narrative that often blends historical fiction with surreal imagery. The song reflects Jandek's tendency to create self-contained musical worlds that resist traditional pop structures, focusing instead on atmospheric tension and cryptic storytelling. As part of his body of work, 'Ballad Of Robert' contributes to his legacy as an artist who prioritized conceptual integrity over commercial appeal, influencing generations of experimental musicians who value texture and mood over conventional songwriting. Its enduring presence in the canon of underground and art music highlights Jandek's ability to craft hauntingly specific sonic landscapes that remain relevant decades after their initial recording.


Album Lyrics: Other Songs - Jandek


Jandek
"Other Songs - Jandek"


1. Ace Of Diamonds
2. Aimless Breeze
3. Alexandria Knows
4. All In An Apple Orchard
5. Alone On That Mountain
6. Ambient Instrument
7. Angel Moves
8. Answer
9. Anticipation
10. Ballad Of Robert
11. Bedside
12. Bells And Voices
13. Birthday
14. Bitter Tale
15. Blood And Bone
16. Bludgeon
17. Blue Blister
18. Blue Blue World
19. Blues Turned Black
20. Branded On A Telephone
21. Breast In A Moonbeam
22. Breathtaker
23. Bring It Back To Seventy-Five
24. Bring It In A Manger
25. Bring On Fatima
26. C F
27. Call You The Sun
28. Can I See Your Clock
29. Caper
30. Carnival Queen
31. Cat That Walked From Shelbyville
32. Cave In On You
33. Cellar
34. Centaur Train
35. Chilocothe
36. Close To You
37. Closing
38. Clothes
39. Collection
40. Come Over Here
41. Comedy
42. Corner Of The Street
43. Could Be Anyone
44. Couldn't Be A Reader
45. Crack A Smile
46. Crazy
47. Crime Pays
48. Customary
49. Darkness You Give
50. Delinquent Words
51. Desert Voice
52. Didn't Have To Cry
53. Didn't Really Die
54. Do You Want Me
55. Don't Get Too Upset
56. Don't Know If I Care
57. Don't Want To Be
58. Down At The Ball Park
59. Down Clown
60. Down In A Mirror
61. Dozen Drops
62. Dreaming Man
63. Dunes
64. Echo
65. Elementary Talk
66. Embrace The World Outside
67. Equaled In Life
68. European Jewel 501
69. Evening Sun
70. Every Sentence
71. Ezekiel
72. Faceless
73. Falling Down Deep
74. Faye
75. Feathered Drums
76. Find Me Again
77. First Awake Moment
78. First You Think Your Fortune's Lovely
79. Flowers On My Shirt
80. Fly
81. For Today
82. For You And I
83. Forgive Me
84. Four By Four
85. Frosted Field
86. Frozen Beauty
87. Gate Strikes One
88. Georgia East
89. Ghost Town By The Sea
90. Give It The Name
91. Go To Bed
92. God Came Between Us
93. Going Away
94. Gone Wait
95. Governor Rhodes
96. Green Dreams
97. Gretchen
98. Ha Ha
99. Hand For Harry Idle
100. Helena
101. Hey
102. Highway
103. Hilltop Serenade
104. Honey
105. House Of The Rising Sun
106. House Up On The Hill
107. How Many Places
108. Humility Of Pain
109. I Ain't Got None
110. I Can't Leave A Clue
111. I Found The Right Change
112. I Gave My Eternity
113. I Had'nt Been There Before
114. I Just Might Go Now
115. I Knew About Them
116. I Knew You Would Leave
117. I Know The Times
118. I Love You Now It's True
119. I May Not Be Around
120. I Need Your Life
121. I Never Left You Anyway
122. I Passed By The Building
123. I See Lights
124. I See The Open Door
125. I Stared
126. I Stepped Out Of It
127. Kick
127. Killer Cats In The Carribbean
127. Know Thy Self
127. Lake Lagoon
127. Leave All You Have
127. Left The Beach Last Sunday
127. Let Me Hear The Words You Say
127. Letter
127. License To Kill
127. Liquids Flow To The Sea
127. Living End
127. Lofty Rider
127. Lonesome Bridge
127. Long Long
127. Look At It
127. Lost Cause
127. Love, Love
127. May 7, 9: 15 A.M.
127. Message To The Clerk, Pt.1
127. Michael
127. Morning Drum
127. Mostly All From You
127. Mothers Day Card
127. Moving Slow
127. Must Have Been A Miracle
127. My Escape
127. Naked In The Afternoon
127. Name I Had
127. Nancy Sings
127. Native Land
127. Needs No Sun
127. Nepoleon In Russia
127. Never Never Never
127. Nevermore
127. New Rendezvous
127. New Town
127. Niagra Blues
127. Nine-Thirty
127. No Break
127. No One Knows Your Name
127. No Time
127. Not Even Water
127. Nothing Is Better Than God
127. Nothing You Lack
127. Number 512
127. Oh No
127. One Last Chance
127. One Minute
127. One Of Those Moments
127. Only Lover
127. Only Way You Can Go
127. Open E
127. Out Of The Cave
127. Part Yesterday
127. Pending Doom
127. Phillip Was Mentioned
127. Phoenix
127. Picture
127. Place
127. Plenty
127. Point Judith
127. Poor Boy
127. Preacher
127. Professional
127. Quinn Boys II
127. Quite Nonchalant
127. Rain In Madison
127. Rather Be Blind
127. Real Afternoons
127. Real Fine Movement
127. Real Wild
127. Relief Of The Night
127. Remain The Same
127. Remind You
127. Riddles Riddling Me
127. River To Madrid
127. Rooftop Sunset
127. Sadie
127. Sailors
127. Same Road
127. Sand I
127. Sea Of Red
127. Second End
127. Sense Of Reason
127. Shadow Of Leaves
127. Share My Life
127. She Fell Down
127. Show Me The Way, O Lord
127. Simple As That
127. Situations
127. Slinky Parade
127. Slow Burn
127. Solid Stone
127. Some Of Your Peace
127. Spanish In Me
127. Spiritual Song
127. Split To The East
127. Star Of Zenith
127. Star Up In The Sky
127. Starless
127. Stars Spell Your Name
127. Steal Away Home
127. Stick With Me
127. Sticks In The Marsh
127. Stopped
127. Strange Phenomenon
127. Stumble
127. Such A Thrill
127. Sung
127. Supression
127. Take It Easy
127. Take My Will
127. Talk That Talk
127. Telegraph Melts
127. Tell Me When
127. Ten O'clock Shadows
127. The First End
127. The Image Of You
127. The Other Side
127. They Don't Matter At All
127. They Knew My Game
127. They Told Me I Was A Fool
127. Thing Called Me
127. Think About Your Lady
127. Thinking
127. This Is A Death Dream
127. Time And Space
127. Time Will Come
127. Twelfth Apostle
127. Twelve Minutes Since February 32'nd
127. Twenty - Four
127. Uncle Steve
127. Unconditional Authority
127. Until Then
127. Upon The Grandeur
127. Van Ness Mission
127. Variant
127. Walking Around
127. Waltz In Two-Fourths Time
127. War Dance
127. Way That You Act
127. We're All Through
127. What
127. When I See You Again
127. When The Telphone Melts
127. Where I Stay
127. Whiskers
127. White Box
127. Wild Strawberries
127. Wondering
127. Work Of Art
127. World Stops
127. Worthless Recluse
127. Wouldn't You Agree
127. Wrap It Up
127. Yellow Pages
127. Yes You Are
127. You Ancient
127. You Can Stop Now
127. You Didn't Lie
127. You Don't Have To Entertain Me
127. You Made Me Know It
127. You Painted Your Teeth
127. You Sing A Song
127. You Standing There
127. You Think You Know How To Score
127. You Took Me For A Ride
127. You Wake Up Deadmen
127. You Won't Get Up
127. You're The Best One
127. Your Other Man
127. Your Own Little World
127. Your Visitor
127. I Threw You Away
127. I Want To Look In
127. I Went Outside
127. I'll Come Back
127. I'll Sit Alone And Think A Lot About You
127. I'm Not That Good
127. I'm Ready
127. If Your Fortune Fails You
127. Interlude
127. It Rang Eleven Times
127. It Seems Forever
127. It Would Only Be Action
127. It's Febuary
127. It's Your House
127. Jackson's Gone Down The Mississippi
127. Janitor
127. Janky
127. Jessica
127. John Came
127. John Plays Drums
127. Just Like The Floor
127. Just Whisper