Grant
Lee Buffalo
Mighty Joe Moon - 1994
There's a bullet in the
heart tonight
In the heart of Texas
Shout it to the Dallasites
We are rolling home
They shot an angel in mid-flight
And now she won't protect us
Shout it to the bedlamites
We are westward ho
Pray the holy war is ending
Like in the films of Hollywood
And the angels are descending
Like Koresh
had said
They would before too long
Sing a Lone Star Song
They had him nailed up to
a T
With a T for Texas
His disciples with artillery
They held the
fort inside
And by the time the story broke
Down at Dealey
Plaza
We already caught all the smoke
Read the TV guide
Pray the holy war is ending
Like in the films of Hollywood
And the choppers are descending
Like Ma Reno
said
They would before too long
Sing a Lone Star Song
Lone Star Song of the south
Words that can't help but escape my mouth (easy words)
When they bring down the house (easy words)
Day upon day
Pray the holy war is ending
Like in the films of the Hollywood
And the trumpet's blast is blending
With the crack of burning wood
Before too long
Sing a Lone Star Song
Lone Star Song
Devastation at last finally
we meet
After all of these years out here on the street
I had a feeling you would make yourself known
You came along just to claim your place on the throne
And I have been overthrown
Overthrown
And I thought if I towed
the right lines
But these mockingbirds
won't let me shine
Devastation my door was
left open wide
You brought me into your heart then you swallowed my pride
I had a feeling you were hiding your thoughts
I made a note to myself that I nearly forgot
Now I am overwrought
I'm overwrought
And I thought if I towed
the right lines
But these mockingbirds won't let me shine
One day this ground will
break
And open up for me I hope it will
I hope it will
Salutations at last down
on my knees
I heard the bugle this morn blast reveille
Woke from a dream where I was in a terrible realm
All my sails were ablaze I was chained to the helm
And now I am overwhelmed
I'm overwhelmed
And I thought if
I towed the right lines (devastation at last)
But these mockingbirds won't let me shine
If the life you have created
Has buried you with luxuries outdated
And you ask what is the purpose
Too weak to claw your way up to the surface
You resent all of your trophies
They belittle human spirit like a timepiece
That is ticking in your breast pocket
And so you long to reach in and stop it
Then your heart it will
be broken
And every sour word that you have spoken
About everybody else
Will return to act upon yourself
If the life you have created
Is founded on jealousy and hatred
It's too late to ask questions
For you're much too old to take any suggestions
It's the life you have created
It's the life
It is the life
It is the life you have created
Hammerin' hammerin'
Halleluhoodwink a hound's
life is for me
Everything but the kitchen sink he built it just for me
Hallelu you're the thing that leads me to the mark
I'd build you a river but I'm still not through with this ark
Man built a furnace a Mercedes-Benz
Man built the cities of Kansas and Berlin
Man slew the bison and he built a Thieves'
Road
That pass over Tel Aviv-Jaffa and lead to the Mother
Lode
Mother Lode
Hallelu-half-a-wit a mule’s
life is for me
Steppin' off a parapet with a dog nippin' my knee
Hallelu you're the girl that whispers through the wall
I'd build you a hammer with a thick head and long claws
Man built an empire
out of ocean and earth
Man built the prisons of Joliet
San
Quentin and Leavenworth
And man built a market for Muhammad
Ali
Evel Knievel
and the legacy of John
Wayne Gacy
Gacy
But I can't sing along (Bury
my body oh)
But I can't sing along (Bury my soul)
But I can't sing along (Bury my body oh)
But I can't sing along
Sing along
Hammerin' hammerin'
But I can't sing along (Bury
my body oh)
But I can't sing along (Bury my soul)
But I can't sing along (Bury my body oh)
But I can't sing along
Sing along
Man built a furnace a Mercedes-Benz
Man built the cities of Kansas and Berlin
Have you been to
the Cumberland
Gap oh no
Fix your eyes on the green of the map oh no
Where the Appalachians
rise oh no
Oh no
Have you tasted the finest
of trout oh no
Half-asleep in a log-burning house oh no
With your feet flopping over the couch oh no
Oh no
Like Mighty Joe Moon there
is no controlling him
Drive off a bridge if he choose to swim
Mighty Joe Moon can't prevent what is heaven sent
Joe can't control where his money goes
He's Mighty Joe
Have you been to the Cumberland
Gap oh no
The air is sweeter than oranges now oh no
Oh no
Mighty Joe Moon there is
no controlling him
Drive off a bridge if he choose to swim
Mighty Joe Moon can't prevent what is heaven sent
Joe can't control where his money goes
He's Mighty Joe
I’m in tight with
a demon called Deception
It's alright he's a treating me quite well
I'm in tight with a demon called Deception
He's right beside me when I fail
To whisper words like brother
nothin' here is any good
See the birds they're a dropping like a star
Wormwood
And all I wanted was a little patch of green
We were peasants and the cotton
was our king
And in the fields
till I sing a prisoner's song
Well Deception whistles right along
Right along
Charlie sang for a pocket
full of pills
While Deception was a clickin' his high heels
We're in tight playing seven one night stands
And Deception made me as I am
As I am
I'm in tight
Truth is I'm in tight
I barely saw the light
Just as it kicked in
Something saved my skin
She rides unclothed
through the streets of Coventry
Upon a great cockhorse her hair to her knees
I wore a Minotaur's
mask and I played the Moon Cow
I was the last to see her anyhow
No one's gonna lay eyes
to see
Lady Godiva
and me
Peeping
Tom watched the whole thing from the sidelines
Till the Peeping Tom's peeping had stricken poor Peeping Tom blind
Even those things that we know can't be seen with two eyes
And all those who look her over are surely to die
No one's gonna lay eyes
to see
Lady Godiva and me
Burn up the fields of your
hallowed fuel
Hotter than you ought to be
Bury my bones in the stinking Sands
Casino
For the world to see
I got the mean streak
The folks uptown they live on meat
The things they say I can't repeat
When you're walking down there
Down there
No one's gonna lay eyes
to see
Lady Godiva and me
Shoot that cannonball into
my wings
Shoot that cannonball into my wings
Into my wings
Gunpowder stings
You better tell me sweet things
Unload your pretty head
into my ear
Unload your pretty head into my ear
Isn't it quaint
Isn't it queer
You gotta drag me back here
Here
Sing me Morrison
would
ya kissa-ma-eyes
Sing me Morrison would ya kissa-ma-eyes
Singing it low
Singing it high
Would ya kissa-ma-eyes
My eyes
Turn me on my ear
When you drag me right back here
H ere
You got to drag me right back here
You got to drag me right back
Into love
In the last days
of Tecumseh
there in the end
There were rumors of invasions even talk of spacemen
But he couldn't believe all that he knew would fade
In the ground below the airplanes Tecumseh were laid
Nevermind me 'cause I've
been dead
Out of my body been out of my head
Nevermind the songs they hum
You don't want to sing along
There's nothin' that I said
That'll bring you happiness
happiness
Is hard to come by I confess
I'm bad at this thing happiness
If you find it share it with the rest of us
Nevermind the words that
came
Out of my mouth when all that I could feel was pain
The difference in the two of us
Comes down to the way
You rise over things I just put down
That'll bring you happiness
happiness
Is hard to come by I confess
I'm bad at this thing happiness
If you find it share it with the rest of us
With the rest of us
Nevermind me 'cause I've
been dead
Out of my body been out of my head
Nevermind the curse I wore
Proud like a badge
That just don't shine no more
That'll bring you happiness
happiness
Is hard to come by I confess
I'm bad at this thing happiness
If you find it share it with the rest of us
With the rest of us
With the rest of us
Share it with the rest of us
It's the luck of the draw
How you wound up with me
You don't know how at all
But I beg you to stay
Crawl around on this earth
While the world's still small
Honey don't think
About it too long now
Honey don't think
You're liable to figure me out
Somethin’ wrong in
my stars
Could you look at my chart
And help me healing these scars
Could you learn to read minds
In the case of mine
Do you read in the dark
Honey don't think
About it too long now
Honey don't think
You're liable to figure me out
You don't wanna figure me
out
Don't wanna figure me out
Don't wanna lose
Honey don't think
About it too long now
Honey don't think
You're liable to figure me out
A fear of falling a fear
that I could
From a place high above my stars well I would
Be a liar to say I'm not scared anymore
With a fear of falling on down to the floor
To the floor these have-nots
And haves divide for table scraps
And lantern light and on this spot
At last unite side by side by side
A fear of losing this war
is enough
That I hold my head some days in my gloves
And I wait for this Stone Age to slow to a stall
But I fear we're nowhere near to a crawl
To a crawl these have-nots
And haves divide for table scraps
And lantern light and on this spot
At last unite side by side by side
By side
Side by side
I gotta tell you there's
dissension in the soup lines
For they don't have much to show
And if you don't believe you're standing on a land mine
You'll just have to wait till it blows
Blows
To the floor these have-nots
And haves divide for table scraps
And lantern light and on this spot
At last unite side by side by side
By side
Side by side by side
I gotta tell you
Rock of Ages
I am tumbling down
Where the roots of trees
Embrace you
I do fall upon my knees
And ask you how
You can just sit there and be
Rock of Ages
I am crumbling now
In an avalanche
I'm reaching for the Rock of Ages
Rock of Ages
Father I have stepped
Beyond my bounds
Now the pack I wear
It weighs a thousand pounds
It drags me down
Makes me think crazy
Oh my Rock of Ages
I have gone astray
I heard my brother call
I turned the other way
Now I'm ashamed
To face him
Oh my Rock of Ages
Rock of Ages
Reach for the Rock of Ages
In the avalanche it falls
I reach for the Rock
Heavy Rock
Such a heavy Rock