Lyrics for Milk of the Moon

Lull It By
A Little Excited
Let Me Be Your Gigolo
Smell of Coffee
Milk of the Moon
Mud
Ashamed of Our Love
Steady Love
The Moon Is Nearly Full
Telling Stories
Never So Far
Oh You

Lull It By

Sorrow is hooves of rain Lull it by, lull it by Oh our lives are poor and plain Oh my darling lull it by Oh we met out on the street Lull it by, lull it by Now a dream is where we meet Oh my darling lull it by Do I love you? Yes, I do Lull it by, lull it by Wish I could take care of you Oh my darling lull it by Blessings on the east and west Lull it by, lull it by And on my bird in your nest Oh my darling lull it by When you wake up sad and deep Lull it by, lull it by Let my song lull you to sleep Oh my darling lull it by And if we never meet again Lull it by, lull it by Hold me in your heart, best friend Oh my darling lull it by

A Little Excited

I'm a slow boy, I take it easy I poke around, I'm a little lazy I don't get loud, I don't get shook Sit over in the corner and write in my notebook But I get a little excited, I get a little excited I get a little excited when my darling comes around Her shoes are broke, she wears an old dress I don't know what it is I confess Bags under her eyes, a weary soul When the woman starts laughing I lose control And I get a little excited, I get a little excited I get a little excited when my darling comes around Only thing I wanna see today Is her face six inches away When she ain't around, there's a lot amiss When she plants one on me, buddy, that's a kiss I get a little excited, I get a little excited I get a little excited when my darling comes around I go ah mm ah ha ah, she goes oh mm ah ha ah Well life is work day to day Not one thing is here to stay I like to hide out when I can I'm a Midwest boy, I'm a big dumb man But I get a little excited, I get a little excited I get a little excited when my darling comes around I like her mind, I like her mouth She's like a sunflower shinin' down South I like her voice, I like her cookin' I stare at her if she is or if she ain't lookin' And I get a little excited, I get a little excited I get a little excited when my darling comes around I get a little excited, oh I get a little excited I get a little excited when my darling comes around

Let Me Be Your Gigolo

Let me be your gigolo We can hi-di hi-di-ho I ain't high but I go low Let me be your gigolo Let me be your Tuesday man Make you feel good, yes I can Speak in tongues and lay on hands Let me be your Tuesday man Honey I won't charge you much Just a kiss and just a touch Just a lantern burnin' low Let me be your gigolo We don't have to talk about Who is and who's not hangin' out Honey let's just twist and shout Put your hand over my mouth Life is short but I am tall Come on by late night y'all You know where I'm livin' so Let me be your gigolo

Smell of Coffee

Bouffant hairdo, ne'er-do-well Warm the car up, perfume smell Work is there when love is gone Smell of coffee, crack of dawn Pheasant clucking, ice cold dew Backseat shotgun, frosty slough Chevy coughing, let's move on Smell of coffee, crack of dawn Hey there, Benny, is this your home? Railroad cinders, styrofoam Train a-comin', where's Lost John? Smell of coffee, crack of dawn Blue blue window, factory Big bad boss man can't find me Boxes piled up, paycheck gone Smell of coffee, crack of dawn Woman works and man does too Yellow paper, same old news Forty years to cross the lawn Smell of coffee, crack of dawn

Milk of the Moon

Morning is a siren, evening is a bust Memories fade, pocketful of dust I moan to you like a mourning dove Mistakes are made along with love On the day you opened up the door I saw the future slip away, time is just a whore If you can get any closer, oh please do I can only dance when I dance with you I'm drunk on moonmilk, I'm high up in the air I know a woman she is silk there and there and there With a kiss she wakes me up, she always leaves too soon As she does she fills my cup with the milk of the moon Open up the window, smell the rain I kiss the pillow where your head has lain Open up your wild and secret heart And your flower, the tenderest part I don't know when we'll meet again Now will have to do 'til then In a bed hot and wet like tears We slept one night for years and years and years I'm drunk on moonmilk, I'm high up in the air I know a woman she is silk there and there and there With a kiss she wakes me up, she always leaves too soon As she does she fills my cup with the milk of the moon Your gifts I'll cherish and I'll save The look I see upon your face is the only thing I crave When you're gone I'll try to get some rest And dream you sleeping on my chest I'll send you songs to carry you to sleep Won't be so long we'll have this watch to keep Loving you is the best I know of home I'll be thinking of you hard hard hard as I open up my arms I'm drunk on moonmilk, I'm high up in the air Oh, woman, you are silk there and there and there With a kiss you wake me up, you always leave too soon As you go will you fill my cup with the milk of the moon?

Mud

Got a movie in my mind tonight Grainy and jumpin', black and white And I got my neck in close to yours I can smell you and we're out of doors You hold me close, I don't know I hold you tight, I don't have to let go In the dirt or somethin', somethin's wet The sky is cloudy like the day we met I can see through your eyes, things are big Oh my heart is joy, things are big Things are bigger, things are huge Ah, the world comes in us like we want it to I reach down slowly, down there someplace Mmm, I get some mud, rub it on your face And you do the same, and you kiss my blood And here we are, ah, meeting in the mud Ah, meeting in the mud Yeah, meeting in the mud Oh yeah, meeting in the mud Yeah, yes, meeting in the mud.....

Ashamed of Our Love

Why were you ashamed of our love? Why were you ashamed of our love? Why were you ashamed of our love? Why were you ashamed of our love? Our love had room for everyone Our love had room for everyone Our love had room for everyone Why were you ashamed of our love? Why wouldn't you stand up for us? Why wouldn't you stand up for us? Our love had room for everyone Why were you ashamed of our love? Lies kill any beautiful thing Why wouldn't you stand up for us? Our love had room for everyone Why were you ashamed of our love?

Steady Love

She wants your passion, your caress She wants your hands on her and a soulful kiss But she's lookin' for more than just that, son Gotta be somethin' under all the good times and fun Oh steady love, steady love When the chips are down The kind she can be sure of Oh steady love She might like flowers, might like a poem Might like it better if you were home And cooked with her and did a little dance Where the kitchen is happy, love has a chance Oh steady love, steady love When the chips are down The kind she can be sure of Oh steady love She's seen the cool boys hangin' around With their sad dark eyes they never settle down They might've written books or made CDs for the shelves But they mostly just think about themselves She wants steady love, steady love When the chips are down The kind she can be sure of Oh steady love When the kids are cryin' and the bills are due And you wonder what you have gotten into And you think the whole deal is not to be Give her steady love, you'll find out how hot a woman can be Steady love, steady love When the chips are down The kind she can be sure of Oh steady love I've heard men say, "Well look at that She's such a babe, he's kinda dull, a little fat" He must know something about kind and fair When she needs somebody, the man is there He gives her steady love, steady love When the chips are down The kind she can be sure of Oh steady love Mmmm, steady love When the chips are down The kind she can be sure of Oh steady love (Repeat, repeat) I can't stop!

The Moon Is Nearly Full

The moon is nearly full These old hills are full of light The woman I love don't want me And people I just can't feel right I got a lot of friends And they are so kind to me But they're just kind to a shadow Of the man I used to be She loves somebody else That story's older than the moon I wrote my one little chapter I hope to close the book real soon Morning has to come And the black sky turn to blue She told me that she loved me While she let another man come to her The moon is nearly full I only want to hold her tight Until they put me under the ground People, I ain't never gonna feel right

Telling Stories

Yesterday I was a boy running through the woods My dog was my buddy, the wind was green and yellow My dad called me to gather cedar branches And soon we were sitting around the fire telling stories We only have one life but we remember others As we go from seed to seed, from glimmer to ashes Our hands are very small, our eyes are very big As we sit around the fire telling stories You were standing in the church, then you moved my way I never saw anything so beautiful or so ordinary Seemed like we'd met before in a dream as real as stone We were sitting around the fire telling stories Everyone is scared, everyone's alone Unless hand reach for hand when the trouble comes All around the world when the dark night falls We should be sitting around the fire telling stories Love moves like the wind, all we see is change I tried so hard to hate you but I love you just the same When you gonna visit? When we gonna be Sitting around the fire telling stories? Yesterday I was a boy tearing through the woods Oh my dog was my buddy, and the wind was green and yellow My dad called to me to gather cedar branches Soon we were sitting around the fire telling stories

Never So Far

Too many miles there between us Too many kisses, nowhere to go Don't wanna moan, don't wanna fuss I'm calling you up just so you'll know You are never so far that my love can't find you You're never so far I can't see your face We are never so far, let me remind you We're never so far from our loving place Love is a gift, life is a journey We'll get 'em together some sweet day When we're apart it's all such a yearning But listen now, baby, to what I say You are never so far that my love can't find you You're never so far I can't see your face We are never so far, let me remind you We're never so far from our loving place I can feel your hand in mine right now I feel your sweet love in my bones Let's not cry, let's not fight now Love will hold us even when we're alone You are never so far that my love can't find you You're never so far I can't see your face We are never so far, let me remind you We're never so far from our loving place Never so far Never so far from our loving place Never so far

Oh You

With your measured abandon and your farmer's walk With your "let's go" smile and your bawdy talk With your mother's burden and your father's stare With your pretty dresses and your ragged underwear Oh you With your heart-shaped rocks and your rocky heart With your worn-out shoes and your eagerness to start With your sudden lust on an old dirt path With your candle-lit prayers and your lonely bath Oh you Now you stand at the station and you look at the sky And the train rolled in and it went on by You had packed up your suitcase, you had saved up the fare And you don't know why, but you're still standing there With your pledge of allegiance and your ringless hand With your young woman's terror and your old woman's plan With your sister's questions and your brother's tears With your empty womb and the forsaken years Oh you With your barroom poems and your Sinatra songs With your twenty notebooks each five pages long With your secret hideout made of leaves and mud With your pocket knife and your roaring blood Oh you Well, your children look at you and wonder 'Bout this woman made up of lightning bugs and thunder And they take in what you can't help but show With your name that is half yes, half no With your jealous eye and your wish to do right With your hungry arms and your sleepless nights With your joy in the circle and your stories to tell You walk around jangling the keys to your cell Oh you Now it looks like rain and it's all gone gray And in a while there'll be another sunlit day And you won't remember the half open door Or the train that won't even stop there any more For you

Transcribed by Shirley Cottle.

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