Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
Pumped a lot of 'pane down in New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of a city
'Til I hitched a ride on a riverboat queen
I had a job in the great north woods
Working as a cook for a spell
But I never did like it all that much
And one day the ax just fell
So I drifted down to New Orleans
Where I lucky was to be employed
Working for a while on a fishing boat
Right outside of Delacroix
But all the while I was alone
The past was close behind
I seen a lot of women
But she never escaped my mind
And I just grew
Tangled up in blue
Blue
Oh, so lonesome for you
Why can’t you be blue over me?
Blue don’t forget the word I warned you
Oh Blue don’t let them push you don’t let them destroy you
Meanwhile I’m searching with my brain blown eyes
See the world through my dirty lonely mixed up mind
Don’t know when I’ve been so blue
Don’t know what’s come over you
You’ve found someone new
And don’t it make my brown eyes blue
Get into all those blues must be a thousand years
And each is differently used you just know
You sit there mesmerized by the depth of her eyes
I can tell you no lies
She’s got soul, she’s got soul, she’s got soul, she’s got soul
I am not a hero, I am not an angel
I am just a man
Man who’s trying to love her unlike any other
In her eyes I am
In her eyes, I see the sky and all I’ll ever need
In her eyes, time passes by and she is with me
Hey man, where’d you get that lotion?
I’ve been hurting since I bought the gimmick
About something called love
Yeah, something called love
Well, that’s like hypnotizing chickens
Well, I’m just a modern guy
Of course, I’ve had it in the ear before
Never going to fall for
(Modern love) Walks beside me
(Modern love) Walks on by
(Modern love) Gets me to the church on time
(Church on time) Terrifies me
(Church on time) Makes me party
(Church on time) Puts my trust in God and man
(God and man) No confessions
(God and man) No religion
(God and man) Don’t believe in modern love
If God had a name, what would it be?
And would you call it to his face
If you were faced with Him in all His glory?
What would you ask if you had just one question?
And yeah, yeah, God is great
Yeah, yeah, God is good
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I am The Saint, your path into the light
I am the knife that cuts right through your life
I have found the path immortalized
I am The Saint, the path into the light
Tell the Moondog, Tell the March Hare,
Tell the Moondog, Tell the March Hare,
Tell the Moondog, Tell the March Hare,
We have Heaven
Well, it’s a marvelous night for a moondance
With the stars up above in your eyes
A fantabulous night to make romance
'Neath the cover of October skies
And all the leaves on the trees are falling
To the sound of the breezes that blow
And I’m trying to please to the calling
Of your heartstrings that play soft and low
You’re pulling on my heartstrings everyday
Baby, just snap your fingers and darling, I will linger
And listen to the sweetest melody
Baby, I’m yours, my heart is yours
Yours to play
Baby, I’m yours (baby, I’m yours)
And I’ll be yours (yours) until the sun no longer shines
Yours (yours) until the poets run out of rhyme
In other words, until the end of time
Come home
Malach now
Cover his face so that He may not see the light
That’s the One
Malach menoodehah, I return you
You’ll shine now
Heaven will shine no more
Solitary without light
Until that day, welcome home
How I’ve waited for this moment
To be by your side
Your best friend wrote and told me
You had tear drops in your eyes
Daddy’s home, daddy’s home to stay…
Daddy’s home to stay…
I’m not a thousand miles away
Well, my daddy left home when I was three
And he didn’t leave much to ma and me
Just this old guitar and a empty bottle of booze
Mama was a looker, Lord, how she shined
Papa was a good 'ne, but the jealous kind
Papa loved Mama, Mama loved men
Mama’s in the graveyard, Papa’s in the pen
She could drag me over the rainbow
And send me away
Down by the river
I shot my baby
Down by the river
Dead, ooh
Shot her dead, ooh