Jay Farrar

Sunday morning paper dated 1992
There are cowboys in my kitchen
empty bottles on the roof
I've been trying to quit these cigarettes
I've been trying to think its true
Maybe she's gone to California
maybe Ill go out there too
Daylight fading come and waste another year

To my surprise, and my delight
I saw sunrise, I saw sunlight
I am nothing in the dark
And the clouds burst
To show daylight

Daylight coming much to soon Up all night with the moon in my eyes Shining down on my dreams Nothing's really ever what it seems Clouds are clearin' movin' on Come together all as one like family Open up and believe That the moon will come shining on your dreams Yes, the moon will come shining on yo...

Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor
Time will tell on their power minds
Making war just for fun

Oh, when I think about the old days
Lord, it sends chills up and down my spine
Yeah life ain't what it seems
Guess I opened my eyes in the nick of time
'Cause it sure felt like the end of the line

One, two, three, four billion souls are gonna rest
If all our friends don't try their best
To change the way this world is headed for
We can find our hapiness
It aint so hard to find
Just look a little further up the line
Just a little further up in time

All the good girls
Are at home with broken hearts

I am standing up at the water's edge in my dream
I cannot make a single sound as you scream
it can't be that cold, the ground is still warm to touch
this place is so quiet, sensing that storm

red rain is coming down
red rain

Last Sunday morning, the sunshine felt like rain.
Week before, they all seemed the same.
With the help of God and true friends, I come to realize
I still had two strong legs, and even wings to fly.

And oh I, ain't wastin time no more
'Cause time goes by like hurricanes, and faster things.

Wasted days and wasted nights
I have left for you behind
For you don't belong to me
Your heart belongs to someone else

You're just a waste of time to me Katie.
And you're a waste of time and errant space.
And I've been wasting time on you Katie.
There isn't any time left I can waste

If you think someone's cryin'
For the love that is dyin'
With the trust that you betray each time you fall
Look around you on that stairway to the bottom
No one's watchin' but that mirror on the wall

I've been waiting so long
To be where I'm going
In the sunshine of your love.

I've seen your face a thousand times
Everyday we've been apart
I don't care about the sunshine, yeah
'Cause mama I'm coming home
I'm coming home

Oh, take me back, you were proud and strong
You taught me right from wrong, what a friend
Take me back for the words you spoke
Always get me home to the end