Now Again
(Music and Lyrics by The Flatlanders)
When the South Wind of Summer sings thru the trees
And the high mountain Thunder hangs low in the breeze
A strong heart flows over, an empty heart fills
And theSouth Wind of Summer caresses the hills
There is no returning, the seasons dont end
Theyjust blow thru the branches and bend with the Wind
When the South Wind of Summer sings to the pines
And the faraway cities seem so close behind
A strong heart flows over, an empty heart fills
And the South Wind of Summer blows where it wills
There is no returning, the seasons dont end
They
just blow thru the branches and bend with the Wind
(Music and Lyrics by The Flatlanders)
My
Wildest Dreams Grow Wilder Every Day
Theres nothing I can think or do or say
To make this crazy dreamin go away
My Wildest Dreams Grow Wilder Every Day
I wake up in the morning I go to sleep at night
Somewhere in between the two I swear Ill get it right
My Wildest Dreams Grow Wilder Every Day
Im wondering just how far my mind can stray
Just how wild is too high a price to pay
My Wildest Dreams Grow Wilder Every Day
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My Wildest Dreams Grow Wilder Every Day
But are they wild enough to make you stay?
Or does dreaming only make you stay away?
My Wildest Dreams Grow Wilder Every Day
My daydreams and my nightmares are so real theres no mistake
It wouldnt so bad if I was not so wide awake
My Wildest Dreams Grow Wilder Every Day
Theres nothing I can think or do or say
I only hope and pray Ill dream someday
Just one dream wild enough to make you Stay
My Wildest Dreams Grow Wilder Every Day
Down on Filberts Rise
(Music and
Lyrics by The Flatlanders)
1)
Up on
the Double Divide
Down on
Filberts Rise
I chancd
to meet a city girl
With
clear blue sparklin eyes
I See those eyes
Down on Filberts Rise
2)
First morning I did see her
Comin in from the West
Storm clouds on the Mountain
And tears all down her breast
Tears a fallin
Down on Filberts Rise
Up on the Double Divide
Down on Filberts Rise
Down on Filberts Rise
Down on Filberts Rise
3)
Full well I knew her sorrow
Was no concern of mine
But as I took her in my arms
My own heart soon did pine
Hearts in sorrow
Down on Filberts Rise
Up on the Double Divide
Down on Filberts Rise
Down on Filberts Rise
Down on Filberts Rise
Wild horses and wild rivers run circles
around the sun
I see her in the days and nights as they
blend into one
I see her in the moonlight and in the starry
skys
Some time i
even swear I see her
Down on Filberts Rise
I see those eyes
Down on Filberts Rise
I see her in the moonlight and in the starry
skys
Some time i
even swear I see her
Down on Filberts Rise
I see those eyes
Down on Filberts Rise
(Music
and Lyrics by The Flatlanders)
I thought the wreck was over
I thought the fire was out without doubt
I thought the storm had passed
and
I was safe at last
I thought the wreck was over
but
here she comes again
1)
Livin
with her liked t killed me
Living
without her might as well
At
first I thought Id died and gone to Heaven
In
fact I had lived and gone to Hell
I thought the wreck was over
I thought the fire was out without doubt
I thought the storm had passed
and
I was safe at last
I thought the wreck was over
but
here she comes again
2)
Theyll
tell you to expect the unexpected
But
nobody ever tells you where its hid
I
cant tell you how many times she left me
I
lost count the very first time that she did
You
think youre movin fast and gettin stronger
You think the coast is clearer
Till you look into the mirror
And you see a set of Skid marks gettin longer
I thought the wreck was over
I thought the fire was out without doubt
I thought the storm had passed
and
I was safe at last
I thought the wreck was over
but
here she comes again
Down
In The Light Of The Melon Moon
(Music and
Lyrics by The Flatlanders)
1)
Woody walked out of the cottonfield
In his head he had words that his lips concealed
An old airstrip where the weeds are growin
A burned out bomber with the cockpit glowin
With the key from a room to the Skyview Motel
He scratched words in the wing as a falling star fell
The Moon Sees You, The Moon Sees Me
The Moon Sees Who I Want To See
Ill See You Soon
Down in the light of the melon moon
Down in the light of the melon moon
2)
On the other side of town ‘n another side of life
Stella holds her breath and stares at the knife
She looks to the sky at the flash of a star
And just sees a man and a plane and a War
From a drawer by the bed she opens a book
To a sketch on a napkin thats torn (half) in to
The Moon Sees You, The Moon Sees Me
The Moon Sees Who I Want To See
Ill See You Soon
Down in the light of the melon moon
Down in the light of the melon moon
3)
She doesnt feel lucky, she doesnt feel lost
She just feels like leavin, what ever the cost
Past the Skyview Motel with a man on her mind
Half her life in the headlights the other half behind
She passed a military truck by a cemetary wall
'Guess good luck is better than no luck at all
The Moon Sees You, The Moon Sees Me
The Moon Sees Who I Want To See
Ill See You Soon
Down in the light of the melon moon
Down in the light of the melon moon
Right where I Belong
1)
Now
that I Know everything that I know is wrong
Am I
right if I say I didnt know that you knew all along
Put me
on the hot seat, put me on the spot
Tell me
Im in trouble or tell me Im not
It
feels so good I might be right where I belong
Right
where - Right where I belong
It
feels so good I might be Right where I belong
2)
In and
out of love I wonder what I thought I was doin there
It
might be a different story if anything but Life was fair
If its
dog eat dog and cat eat cat
I might
never see the light until I eat my hat
Im caught
between day and night and pretty mama I dont care
Right
where - Right where I belong
I feel
so good I might be Right where I belong
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Right
where - Right where I belong
It
feels so good I might be Right where I belong
3)
If you
tell me Im crazy baby that s all right with me
Cause
Crazy in Love is crazy as a man can be
You can
tell me this is dreamin or its all in my head
You can
tell me that Im dyin or already dead
But It
feels so good I might be right where I belong
Right
where - Right where I belong
It
feels so good I might be Right where I belong
Right
where - Right where I belong
It
feels so good I might be Right where I belong
It
feels so good I might be Right where I belong
Yesterday was Judgement Day
(Music
and Lyrics by The Flatlanders)
1)
Yesterday
was judgment day howd you do
How did
you do ?
Were
you runnin from tomorrow when the past caught up with you?
Did you
lay down in heaven ,
Did you
Wake up in hell?
I bet
you never guessed that it would be so hard to tell
2)
Yesterday
was judgment day whod you see,
Who did
you see?
Were
the multitudes surrounding you singin
in harmony?
Did you
see familiar faces or were they
all
unknown?
Did you
get the feelin you were all all all all alone?
Dust clouds (Rollin, rollin on a lost horizon)
White doves searchin for each other (searching in the circles of the wind)
Did you hear the riddle of a road without a middle or an
end?
3)
Yesterday
was judgment day howd you fare
How did
you fare?
Were
you welcomed in with open arms? Did anybody even care?
Did you
cling to the crossroads, tho skies were blue and clear?
Yesterday
was judgment day, where will we go from here?
Did you
hear the riddle of a road without a middle or an end?
(Music and
Lyrics by The Flatlanders)
1)
Shattered
and scattered to the four wild winds
My
angels and my devils and a few of my friends
You got
em all to dancin on the head of a pin
You
make it look easy
You
make it look easy
2)
You
were starring in a drama I was starring in a dream
We met
out in the alley or so it seems
I wish
I knew the difference
between
a scam and a scheme
You
make it look easy
We stumbled into something it was over our heads
We came crawlin back when they left us for dead
You should of seen the look
On your face when I said
You make it look easy
You make it look easy
3)Hell
bent for leather spinnin out of control
Into a
whirlin, world with no soul
Im
feelin kinda dizzy but youre still on a roll
You
make it look easy
You make
it look easy
I stumbled into something it was over my head
I came
crawlin back when they left me for dead
You should of seen the look
On her face when I said
You make it look easy
You make it look easy
You make it look eeeeeeeeasy
You make it look easy
4)
You can
step to the stage in your high stylin hat
But the
spot light follows that old alley cat
How do
you hold your head up
After
something like that
You make it look easy
You make it look easy
You make it look easy
You make it look easy
(Music
and Lyrics by The Flatlanders)
Standing
in the station I got no destination
Im
waving my heart goodbye
Im
walkin in the crowd and Im talkin out loud
Im
telling myself dont cry
And Lord Id rather not
forget what I forgot
but I guess Im gonna have to try
Standing
in the station I got no reservation
Im
waving my heart goodbye
I know
its not to blame but its leavin just the same
and
nobody ever asked it why
Standing in the rain
wonderin if the train
will stop before the tears will
dry
Standing
in the station its a sad situation
Im
waving my heart goodbye
Its
movin down the track and it aint lookin back
and Im
feeling like I could die
A train is made to roam
like a heart without a home
and Im thinkin maybe so was I
I wonder will tomorrow come to hide the
sorrow. Will the sun forsake the sky?
And Lord Id rather not forget what I forgot
but I guess Im gonna have to try
Standing in the station I got no destination
Im waving my heart goodbye
Standing in the station Im waving my heart goodbye
Pay the Alligator
(Music
and Lyrics by The Flatlanders)
Sherriff pulled me over and he started his jive
In a 20 mile zone I was doin 25
Son keep your lead foot off the axe-celerator
If you dont slow down youll have to Pay the Alligator
I was countin my money in the back of my store
IRS came a knockin at my door
He found me hidin down behind my own refridgerator
If you dont pay me you gotta Pay the Alligator(whining -
Not again!)
Pay the Alligator (Pay the Alligator)
Pay the Alligator (Pay the Alligator)
Might be sooner Might be later
One thing for sure you gotta Pay the Alligator
The afterlife come and it scared me half to death
I heard Saint Peter mutter underneath his breath
Take this bucket well talk about it later
You can paint the pearly gate or Pay the Alligator
Devil caught me lookin at the thermostat
I told him Id never touch nothin like that
He said shut the hell up and do what I say
Or you gonna have the alligator to pay
Order in the Court! Suspect on the Stand!
He said he saw the witness with a whistle in his hand
The Judge said I hate to implicate the perpetrator
But if you jack with the Judge, you gotta pay the
Alligator
Walk on razors and sleep on on nails
Talk like ducks and walk like quails
Go blindfolded backwards through the Disconbobulater
If you dont do it right you gotta Pay the Alligator
(Music
and Lyrics by The Flatlanders)
1)
It
might not mean much, to you baby
But it means
the world to me
Just a
simple touch of your hand
Tells
me what love can be
2)
In
moments like this, when you are near me
and I
can see so far
What
ever you say what ever you seem
I love
you for all you are
All you
see
All you
feel
All you
are
LOVE
3)
Somewhere
between your heart and mine
Windows
open wide
They
let the light in
With
songs in the wind
That
send me to your side
4)
Whenever
I find you, Im lost no longer
Wandering
so far
Where
ever I go what ever I do
I love
you for all you are
All you
see
All you
feel
All you
are
LOVE
Now Its Now Again
(Music
and Lyrics by The Flatlanders)
Remember when we used to be here now
Livin'
in the moment
for days and days and nights and days on end
You
found me in the distance
but who can tell where yesterday begins
And
Now(and now and now and now and now and then)
And Now it's Now Again
There
you are
Forgetting not and not Forgiving how
We
learned to love each other
like the mountain and the river when they bend
Like
ripples in the moonlight
theyre here and now and then theyre gone again
And
Now(and now and now and now and now and then)
And Now it's Now Again
Movin
back gone the light
Shadows
fall come the night
If
i lose you at the start
I
will hunt you to the end
And
I'll haunt you in the moonlight
And
I'll want you in the Wind
If
i lose you at the start
I
will hunt you to the end
And
I'll haunt you in the moonlight
And
I'll want you in the Wind
Believe
me love,
the wind knows how we used to be here now
It
circles to remind us all,
all about the time we used to spend
Dont
let it come and go again
as if you dont believe in now and then
For
Now(and now and now and now and now and now and now and now and now and then)
Now it's Now Again
