BACK ON THE MOON - Natalie Merchant


    Jenny

    Jenny you don't know the nights I hide
    below a second story room
    to whistle you down
    the man who's let to divvy up
    time is a miser
    he's got a silver coin
    only lets it shine for hours
    while you sleep it away

    there's one rare and odd style of living
    part only known to the everybody Jenny
    a comical where's the end parade
    of the sort people here would think unusual

    Jenny

    tonight upon the mock brine of a Luna Sea
    far off we sail on to Back O' The Moon

    Jenny

    Jenny you don't know the days I've tried
    telling backyard tales
    so to maybe amuse
    o your mood is never giddy
    if you smile I'm delighted
    but you'd rather pout
    such a lazy child
    you dare fold your arms
    tisk and say that I lie

    there's one rare and odd style of thinking
    part only known to the everybody Jenny
    the small step and giant leap takers
    got the head start in the race toward it

    Jenny

    tonight upon the mock brine of a Luna Sea
    far off we sail on to the Back O' The Moon

    that was a sigh
    but not meant to envy you
    when your age was mine
    some things were sworn true
    morning would come

    and calendar pages had
    new printed seasons on
    their opposite sides

    Jenny

    Jenny you don't know the nights I hide
    below a second story room
    to whistle you down
    o the man who's let to divvy up
    time is a miser
    he's got a silver coin
    lets it shine for hours
    while you sleep it away

    there's one rare and odd style of living

    part only known to the everybody Jenny
    out of tin ships jump the bubble head boys
    to push their flags into powdered soils and cry
    no second placers

    no smart looking geese in bonnets
    dance with pigs in high button trousers
    no milk pail for the farmer's daughter
    no merry towns of sweet walled houses

    here I've found
    Back O' the Moon
    not here
    I've found
    Back O' the Moon 


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