Sign-In
Cart
Songs for Dreamers: The Problemist Songbook
Paperback
Currently unavailable to order
Please enter your email and a message will be sent to you when this product becomes available on our website.
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 25 2026
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.80
Height: 0.73 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Songs for Dreamers: The Problemist Songbook collects the lyrics, poems, and artistic writings of William Davenport, - musician, interdisciplinary artist, and longtime outsider - spanning decades of work that never flinched from the world as it actually is.
These are songs about the alarm clock that steals your morning before you've finished loving someone. About the soldier whose body came home but whose self stayed in the sand. About the immigrant crossing a border that was always someone else's idea. About the mother whose sacrifice got filed under naturally and the dreams she never named because no one showed her they existed. About the borrowed weight we carry - the part that's ours, and the larger part that was written for us by men in rooms we never entered.
Rooted in the restless interdisciplinary spirit of the futurists and dadaists, shaped by Lou Reed and David Bowie and late-night radio and the particular clarity of being an outsider, Davenport writes songs that hold both the personal and the political without letting either off the hook. The grief is real. So is the joy - that stubborn, stupid, beautiful, defiant human joy that no system designed to break people has ever quite managed to extinguish.
Songs for Dreamers is a record of who was here. Who built the world. Who paid for it. And who refused, in the end, to be written out.
Also from
Davenport, William
The International Renal Diet Cookbook: Nutritious Recipes for Overall Health from Around the Globe
Davenport, William
Paperback
Also in
Gifts & Stationery General
Go-To Notebook with Mohawk Paper, Midnight Blue Blank: (Blank Notebooks, Simple Notebook, Blue Notebook)
Chronicle Books
Other
This Earthly Globe: A Venetian Geographer and the Quest to Map the World
Andrea Di Robilant
Paperback
Flow Hive's Book of Bees and Beekeeping: Protect, Enjoy, Harvest
Anderson, Stuart
Anderson, Cedar
Hardcover
Brain Games - Sticker by Number: Snoopy (Officially Licensed Peanuts Product)
New Seasons
Brain Games
Publications International Ltd
Paperback
The Official Pumpkin Spice Café Cookbook: 60 Delicious Dream Harbor Recipes
Gilmore, Laurie
Thomas, Heather
Hardcover
Bear Hugs Notecards: (Cute Notecards, Notecards for Friends, Artistic Notecards with Envelopes)
Chronicle Books
Other
Brain Games - Sticker by Number: Flowers & Nature Stained Glass (28 Images to Sticker)
New Seasons
Publications International Ltd
Brain Games
Paperback
Brain Games - Sticker by Number - Vintage: Animals (28 Images to Sticker)
Publications International Ltd
New Seasons
Brain Games
Paperback
Learning Japanese Hiragana and Katakana: A Workbook for Self-Study
Takagaki, Tetsuo
Henshall, Kenneth G.
Paperback
Once Upon a Cookbook: A Treasury of Recipes Inspired by Timeless Children's Books
Taylor, Bryton
Hardcover
The Investor's Odyssey: Resisting the Sirens and Playing the Long Game
Mayer, Christopher W.
Hardcover
Brain Games - Sticker by Number: Gilded Gardens (24 Images to Sticker): Includes 2 Foil Sticker Sheets to Complete Each Image!
Publications International Ltd
New Seasons
Brain Games
Paperback
3-Color Botanical Cyanotype Kit: Beginner-Friendly Solar Printing Kit for DIY Nature Art
Rafferty, Sarah Bourne
Hardcover
Brain Games - Sticker by Number: Be Calm (28 Images to Sticker)
Publications International Ltd
New Seasons
Brain Games
Paperback
After Dinner Amusements: Truth or Dare for Couples: 50 Questions and Challenges
Chronicle Books
Other
The Three Books of Enoch, Plus the Enoch Portions of the Book of Jasher
Ben Elisha, Ishmael
Paperback
The World of Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None a 1000-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle: Illustrated by Ruby Ash
Agatha Christie Ltd, Agatha Christie
Other
Tesla & The Cabbage Patch Kids: Exploring the lost Empire of Tartaria and the Reset of 1776
Anderson, Guy Peter
Paperback
Brain Games - Sticker by Number: Cozy Capybaras: Includes a Foil Sticker Sheet to Complete Each Image!
Publications International Ltd
New Seasons
Brain Games
Paperback
Brain Games - Sticker by Number: Enchanted Wonders (36 Images to Sticker): Includes Foil Stickers!
Publications International Ltd
New Seasons
Brain Games
Paperback
Rebecca Yarros's Fourth Wing: I Survived Threshing Stickers - Sticker Set of 4
Out of Print
Paperback
Brain Games - Search and Sticker: Animals (for Kids Ages 3-6)
Publications International Ltd
Little Grasshopper Books
Paperback
Brain Games - Sticker by Number Compact Edition: Hello Spring 7x7 Inches Easter Basket Filler, Travel Size Activity Book for Adults & Kids 7+
New Seasons
Brain Games
Publications International Ltd
Paperback