Lyrics for One More Goodnight Kiss
Copyright © 1988 Brown/Feldman Publishing
- One More Goodnight Kiss
- Say a Little Prayer
- Mississippi Moon
- Cheapest Kind
- Canned Goods
- I Can't Get Used to It
- Rooty Toot Toot for the Moon
- Walkin' Down to Casey's
- Speed Trap Boogie
- Our Little Town
- Wash My Eyes
- Cronies (CD bonus track)
- It Gets Lonely in a Small Town (CD bonus track)
- I Wish I Was a Painter (CD bonus track)
The children are crying
The dead leaves are flying
The rain and the world news
Fall in the abyss
Nothin' we can do
`bout nothin'. Please will you,
Give me one more goodnight kiss
The new phone sounds like a turkey
Says hurry hurry hurry hurry
I'm gonna unplug that sucker
There's nothin' I'd hate to miss
Except for your weary face
Your half dreaming embrace
And one more goodnight kiss
The scariest thing I see
Is the death of Halloween
No treats for the children
Just all these grown up tricks
Well let's dress them up dandy
They can come to our door for candy
And one more goodnight kiss
Maybe it will rain all night
Maybe it will snow
Maybe we will dream it's alright
Maybe when we wake up
Maybe we could take up
Where we left off tonight
The big picture's insane
The whole country's on cocaine
And the idiots still ask
Why it's come to this
As they lean on their missiles
And polish their pistols
Aah give me one more goodnight kiss.
Um give me one more goodnight kiss.
The lights on
In the middle of the night
There's a sick little child around
Momma said to Poppa "Don't you worry, I think her fever's coming down."
[chorus:]
Oh yes and I know, it's just a cold or it's just the flu
But I say a little prayer,I say a little prayer for you
I say a little prayer, I say a little prayer for you
Let her get better, let her get better soon please.
Put Aretha Franklin on
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, turn it up
In the middle of the night
Cause that'll do as much good
As any medicine
To make her feel alright
[repeat chorus]
Momma been a walkin with ya
Poppa been a walkin with ya
Walkin up and down the hallway
Look out the window
See the city lights shining
When you're sick you look so tiny
I'm gonna put you in my pocket
Go down to where it's warmer
I'm gonna throw you in the ocean
And you will turn into a dolphin
And when you get all better
You will swim back to me
[repeat chorus]
Let her get better
Let her sister get better too
Let em get better so I can get better too.
I say a little prayer. I say a little prayer.
I say a little prayer. I say a little prayer.
Me and my brother saw an awful thing
Comin' up outta the river
A hot night in June
We ran back to the porch
And Daddy wiped his brow and said,
"Boys, that's just the Mississippi Moon"
My brother said to me
"That wadn't no moon. Too red. Too big. Too Wild.
Too much to be.
Like a mean old badger's eye
Fillin up the whole sky.
The real moon is just a little silver thing."
So we went back to the river bank the next night at dusk
With spears that were made from willow branches and knives
And when that thing come up
Ah we flung our spears and we run to our secret hiding place
Deep in the woods.
Now we come home
The night was bright as day
An Ma was snappin beans out on the porch
Dad was drunk and singin some old religious tune
And we's all lit up by the Mississippi Moon.
We travelled Kansas and Missouri spreading the good news
A preachers family in our pressed clothes and worn out polished shoes
Momma fixed us soup beans and served them up by candlelight
She tucked us in at night
Oh she worried through many a sleepless night
Dad and me would stop by the store when the day was done
Standin at the counter he said "I forgot to get the peaches, son."
"What kind should I get?" I said to him there where he stood in line
And he answered just like I knew he would "Go and get the cheapest kind"
[chorus:]
But the love, the love, the love
It was not the cheapest kind
It was rich as, rich as, rich as ,rich as, rich as
Any you could ever find
I see the ghost of my grandfather from time to time
In some big city amongst the people all dressed so fine
He usually has a paper bag clutched real tight
His work clothes are dirty
He don't look at nobody in the eye
Oh he was little, he was wirey, and he was lots of fun
He was rocky as Ozark dirt that he come from
And they was raisin seven children on a little farm
In not the best of times
The few things that they got from the store
Was always just the cheapest kind
[repeat chorus]
Fancy houses with wealthy poeple I don't understand
I always wish I could live holdin on to my grandpa's hand
So he could lead me down that gravel road somewhere
To that little house where there's just enough supper
For whosever there
My people's hands and faces they are so dear to me
All I have to do is close my eyes and I see `em all so near to me
I have to cry I have to laugh
When I think of all the things that have drawn those lines
So many years of makin do with the cheapest kind
[repeat chorus twice]
Well let the wild winter wind bellow and blow
I'm as warm as a July tomato
[chorus:]
There's peaches on the shelf, potatoes in the bin
Supper ready, everybody come on in
Taste a little of the summer
Taste a little of the summer
Taste a little of the summer
Grandma put it all in jars
Well there's a root cellar, fruit cellar down below
Watch your head now, and down we go
[repeat chorus]
Well maybe you are weary and you don't give a damn
I bet you never tasted her blackberry jam
[repeat chorus]
Oh she got magic in her, you know what I mean
She puts the sun and rain in with her beans
[repeat chorus]
What with the snow and the economy and everything
I think I'll just stay down here and eat until spring
[repeat chorus]
When I go down to see Grandma, I gain a lot a weight
With her dear hands she gives me plate after plate
She cans the pickles, sweet and dill
And the songs of the whip-or-will and the morning dew and the evening moon
I really gotta go down and see her soon
Cause the canned goods that I buy at the store
Ain't got the summer in em anymore
You bet Grandma as sure as you're born I'll take some more potatoes and
a thunder storm
[repeat chorus]
Workin'
Waitin'
For the night ahead
Cold rain in a cold stream
Ah but it's so warm in the bed
And my lover
She gonna come in
And take off all her things
It happens all the time
Oh but I can't believe my eyes
And my toes curl and my eyes shine
And my heart sings
Oh I can't get used to it
I can't get used to it
No matter how I try
I don't guess I ever will
Ah but, I'm gonna love you
Until the day I day
Rockin'
Rollin'
Ah this storm it can blow so wild
Talkin'
Yes and laughin'
And then sleepin' just like a little baby child
And if I wake up
From some bad dream
Oh I know just who I can turn to
And it feels so good
Just to know that I
I can do the same for you
Oh, but I can't get used to it
I can't get used to it
No matter how I try
I don't guess I ever will
But I'm gonna love you
Until the day I die
Oh no, I can't get used to it
I just can't get used to it
No matter how I try
I don't guess I ever will
Ah but I'm gonna love you
Until the day I die
The whole kit and kaboodle is in this fire
I know where to go
It ain't here
Little captains and coo coos
From here to Timbucktu are
Countin' their dough in a mirror
[chorus:]
Rooty toot toot for the mo-ooon
It's the biggest star I've ever seen
It's a burrel of wisdom
Slice of green cheese
And it's burnin' just like kerosene
Burnin' just like kerosene
You're gonna hop in your old Ford
And strap on your new sword
Wait for the good Lord to return
If you got ---- your honey
Life can be pretty funny
If you've got money
You've got money to burn
[repeat chorus]
So God bless motorcycles
And all the other trifles
Ah you know you can't memorize Zen
Hang your hat on your nose
Do not hide in your clothes
Kiss somebody
Begin to begin
[repeat chorus]
Ah it's burnin'
Walkin' down to Casey's
Walkin' down to Casey's
We are walkin' down to Casey's
To get a Diet Coke for Mom
To get a Diet Coke for Mom
I bet Larry will be there
He be doin' wheelies on his new bike
We are walkin' down to Casey's
Me and my brother and Champ
(whistle) Come on boy
Me and my brother and Champ
Champ, you know, he's a good dog
He beat up Larry's doberman
Chased it all the way back home
That'll show you Larry
That'll show you
Summer's almost over
Boy I hate to see it
When the days get shorter
Maybe we'll run away
Me and my brother gonna run away
My brother said let's go to China
I said No we'd have to work real hard there
I learned all about it last year
You learn all about it next year
Sometimes I feel somethin'
Real big inside me and I think that I'll start cryin'
Oh but I usually start laughin'
My brother says I'm crazy
Ah but he don't know nuthin'
He's only in the third grade
So I guess that he's alright
He's alright
Walkin' down to Casey's
Boy it's gettin' dark out
It ain't even late yet
Mom said not to go far
Over in Creston
They got a Seven Eleven
They got the movies too
Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Every Thursday, Friday
Our dad said we go there
Before school started
Well he, he better hurry up and come home
That's all I got to say
That's all I got to say
Walkin' down to Casey's
To get a Diet Coke for Mom
If there's change left over
We could split some cheese balls
You still got that nickel I give ya
Well look in yer other pocket man
You gotta
You gotta have that nickel
You don't have the nickel
We can't get no cheese balls
Look in yer cuff
It's a nice little town
It's a clean little town
It's a nice little, clean little, happy little, friendly little
------------ town for miles around
But you're speedin'
Speedin'
Pull it over
Roll down the window
And lay your money down
We got a new swimmin' pool
We got a new town hall
A new old folks home and a bowlin alley
You didn't see none a that at all
You're speedin'
Speedin'
Pull it over
Roll down the window
And lay your money down
I know it's 3o'clock in the morn
I know that you been drivin' through
Corn, corn, corn
Your eyes are red and you look unhappy
Here is my advice
Check into a motel
Folks here are real nice
(instrumental break)
Your left tail light's out
I'm gonna let that pass
I see your license expired yesterday
And I believe you're nearly out of gas
And you're speedin'
Speedin'
Pull it over
Roll down the window
And lay your money down
Just lay it down
Cash
Now
It's the town ------
We live here
You can't go twelve through here
Now the railroad came generations ago
And the town grew up as the crops did grow
The crops grew well and the town did too
They say it's dyin now and there ain't a thing we can do
I don't have to read the news
Or hear it on the radio
I see it in the faces of everyone I know
The cost goes up
What we made comes down
What's gonna happen to our little town
The summer is full of thunder
The kids run and play
Momma got a new wrinkle
Poppa ain't got much to say
Rust grows along the railroad track
The young folks leave
They don't come back
And I don't have to read the news
Or hear it on the radio
I see it in the faces of everyone I know
The boards go up
The signs come down
What's gonna happen to our little town
Tom lost his farm
And we lost Tom
He left in the night
I don't know where he's gone
What he'd lost
He just couldn't face
What we're losin' can't be replaced
I don't have to read the news
Or hear it on the radio
I see it in the faces of everyone I know
The reason we're here
Is the farms around
So what's gonna happen to our little town
We've seen hard times
Many times before
Maybe this whole thing is just one more
It never was perfect
Maybe no one's to blame
To see it die like this
It's a god damned shame
And I don't have to read the news
Or hear it on the radio
I see it in the faces of everyone I know
The sun comes up
The sun goes down
But what's gonna happen to our little town
Wash my eyes that I may see
Yellow return to the willow tree
Open my ears that I may hear
The river running swift and clear
And please
Wash my eyes
And please
Open my ears
Wash this world that is one place
And wears a mad and fearful face
Let the cruel raging cease
Let these children sleep in peace
And please
Wash this world
And please
Let these children
Sleep in peace
I'd be a dead man hanging around,
if it weren't for my pals in this town.
C-ron-c-ron-c-ron-c-ron-c-ron-cronies.
I'd wouldn't go down to the joint,
there'd be no pleasure, there'd be no point,
without c-ron-c-ron-c-ron-c-ron-c-ron-cronies.
[first chorus:]
And if I ain't got no money--
if I aint' got a thing, they think that that's funny.
I know they'll put up with me, for awhile.
They see me comin' down the street, lookin' real beat--
it's like seein' themselves and it makes 'em smile.
See each other play in the little bars--
sit around the campfire under the stars.
C-ron-c-ron-c-ron-c-ron-c-ron-cronies.
Can you recover, are you feeling allright?
Where's the party gonna be tonight?
C-ron-c-ron-c-ron-c-ron-c-ron-cronies.
[second chorus:]
Yeah, and if they ain't got no money--
if they ain't got a thing, they think that that's funny.
They know I'll put up with them, for awhile.
I see 'em comin' down the street, lookin' real beat--
it's like seein' myself and it makes me smile.
One oughta get married, and one has twice--
niether wants to listen to my advice.
C-ron-c-ron-c-ron-c-ron-c-ron-cronies.
Out in the sunshine I see them spralled.
When I leave this town I'm gonna miss them all.
C-ron-c-ron-c-ron-c-ron-c-ron-cronies.
[repeat second chorus]
Young woman with a child,
living all alone,
on a hot night in the summer,
with the television on.
"Goodnight Mama",
says the child,
from a crib by the tv.
And the woman washes two plates and cups,
'til they are way past clean.
And the blue flares of the tv screen--
heat lightening, inside and out.
Oh, it gets lonely in a small town,
when midnight, rolls around.
An old woman at her sewing,
by a rusty oil stove.
The snow has covered everything,
the years have covered love.
Oh, they buried him two years ago,
in six feet of black dirt.
She lives in just one room now--
she's still mending his shirts.
And the white flares of the memories--
moonlight, inside and out.
Oh, it gets lonely, in a small town,
when midnight, rolls around.
Way out at the edge of town,
looking at the flat lands,
you can't help but wonder if he's still got,
the whole world in his hands.
Oh, there seems to be so much more sky,
every evening and morn.
And the only song you ever hear
is the crickets in the corn.
And the red flares of the sunset--
one more day, falling down.
Oh, it gets lonely in a small town,
when midnight, rolls around.
Yeah, it gets lonely in a small town,
when midnight, rolls around.
lyrics by Ella Mae Brown
In these hills is every color,
every one but one or two.
If I knew how to paint pictures,
just think of what I could do.
[chorus:]
I wish I was a painter,
and could mix red, green and blue.
Oh, I wish I was a painter--
I'd paint a picture for you.
Blue sky is such a companion,
if you had some to hang on your wall,
then could you ever be sorry,
when night came nightly at all?
[repeat chorus]
And the seasons turning colors,
if I could paint Summer for you,
then in the deep of the Winter,
you could have some Summer too.
[repeat chorus]
Here in the hills of the Ozarks,
I've seen almost every hue.
And I just wish I could catch them,
I'd turn your wall into a view.
[repeat chorus]
Transcribed by Rebecca Becker. "Cronies," "It Gets Lonely in a Small Town," and "I Wish I Was a Painter"
transcribed by Regina Anne.
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