Here are all the words to all the songs on Moonbone, our second album, on the Big Bark label.Valerie & Walter Crockett
Lyrics to Moonbone
ONE WAY TICKET
©1998 Walter Crockett ... as sung by Valerie
Here we are standing together
Wishin' there was no one around
But someone always needs my attention
And you cast your eyes on the ground
We've never really spoken about it
Still I think you're reading my mind
I'm dyin' just to dive in this ocean
And take all the pearls we can findBut some fear keeps me from taking your hand
Is it the heart of a woman or the hold of a man
That's callin' me to be what I was, not who I amCHORUS:
If I could just believe in that look in your eyes
That tells me spread my wings get ready to fly
I wouldn't spend this evening sayin' goodbye
I'd buy a one way ticket, one way ticket tonightHere we are feeling like lovers
Workin' hard at looking like friends
Imagining the touch of each other
Longing to feel it againThen you look up and I lock on your gaze
And it's a long, long look and I'm finally amazed
To find that we don't even care if everyone staresREPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE:
Too close for comfort it seems
Too close to some of my dreams about youREPEAT CHORUS
Here we are lying together
Holding all the world in our hands
- BUT STILL
©1998 Valerie CrockettCHORUS:
I know in your heart you're holding me close
But still you're so far away
And I know in your eyes I'll find only love,
But still I can't see you todayYou say there's a way to carry on
But still it's such a heavy load
Can we pack up our feelings and put them on our backs
And trudge on down that long icy road?REPEAT CHORUS
I won't freeze or roam like an abandoned stray
But I'm cold and hungry and alone
We can talk anytime until we kiss again
But I want a lover not a telephoneREPEAT CHORUS
New headlines appear in the daily news,
But my tears are dripping just the same
Splashing in my coffee to start the day
You are the reason, but you know you are not to blameREPEAT CHORUS TWICE
- SNOWBOUND
©1998 Valerie CrockettSo many people
Are stuck in a life they've found
Like a waiting jet in a whiteout storm
When the runways are shut down.
And every ounce of my body screams
That I want you to stay
But not because you can't find
A way to fly awayCHORUS:
Snowbound, the airport's closed
And we're a thousand miles apart, and you're
Snowbound, but it's all right
As long as you're not snowbound
In your heart.
In your heart.So many reasons people hold on so tight.
They'll miss the kids, or money's short
Not because it feels so right.
When you dream any place that your mind can go
Do you dream a life with me?
'Cause that's the way I want your love
I want it 'cause you're free, notREPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE:
If you could write another story
Or paint a sky of blue
Would my love ever find its way to you?REPEAT CHORUS
Snowbound, snowbound, snowbound
In your heart
- LONELY TOWN
©1998 Walter CrockettHigh and lonesome blows the wind
In Lonely TownWell I can see you come from Lonely Town
by the angle of your eye
As you cast an anxious glance around
for a way to say goodbye
You're wary of a lovin' heart
that could rope or tie you down
Cause lovin' hearts go homeless
on the streets of lonely townCHORUS:
Where the tears fall on fields of broken dreams
And a love call is never what it seems
And when you're torn down by a heart that can't be found
You might be allowed to hang around
Lonely Town
Lonely TownWell you sparkle like a teardrop
though I've never seen you cry
And you break a heart so casually
you never seem to try
Then you lead your walking wounded
on the pathway sloping down
Through the maze of good intentions
to the gates of Lonely TownREPEAT CHORUS
Where the victors and their victims
lead their symbiotic lives
And jealousy and treachery
parade as man and wife
Where the misbegotten children
stone the hapless circus clown
Who takes their jeers for laughter
on the streets of Lonely TownWell they scorn you when you get there
and they mock you when you leave
Cause there ain't no room in Lonely Town
for a soul that still believes
That a heart can feel redemption
that a true love can be found
Lovin' hearts alone can
break the spell of Lonely TownREPEAT CHORUS
High and lonesome blows the wind
In Lonely Town
- BY THE LIGHT OF YOUR LOVE
©1998 Walter Crockett ... as sung by Valerie
Hello, no nothing's wrong
I called to say I wrote a song
About our childhood days
About the time he went away
And you refused to cry
Refused to learn the word goodbye
You taught us how to laugh
Although your heart was torn in halfCHORUS:
And by the light of your love
On a cold and starless night
We could always read our future
In a world where the sun would shine bright
And though our dreams wandered off
And we sometimes lost our way
We could find it by the light
We could find it by the light of your loveAnd now he's really gone
The one you loved your whole life long
You've had to learn to cry
You'll have to try to say goodbye
And I'd give all I had
To trade my good times for your bad
To be there for you now
For you're the one who showed us howREPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE:
Fairy tales and nursery rhymes
Songs about the good old times
And all the gifts that got us through
Were wrapped up in this love from youHello, we're home again
Just for a while, we don't pretend
To know the words to say
We're only here to help the day
Bring sun to you who were
The one who had to guide us through
The coldest, darkest night
We've come home to return your lightREPEAT CHORUS
- TELL ME BABY DID I DO SOMETHING WRONG
©1998 Walter Crockett ... as sung by Valerie
Well you're walking 'round looking like your puppy dropped dead
Tell me baby did I do something wrong
And you're pulling the covers way up over your head
Tell me baby did I do something wrong
And you wore the same T-shirt for three long days
Tell me baby did I do something wrong
Honey whatever happened to your sexy ways
Tell me baby did I do something wrongCHORUS:
I need more
Of your hugging of your kissing of your loving
I need more
Of your squeezing of your teasing of your pleasing
I need more than the promise of a heart that's true
I need more of youWell you're leaving home early and you're coming home late
(Tell me baby...)
And you smelled like Obsession for three weeks straight
Say it's the wrong time of day or the wrong time of night
And you're too wired for lovin' and too tired to fightREPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE:
Call yourself a doctor
Call yourself a nurse
I'm going to call myself a taxi if it gets any worseGot to have a heart to heart cause we don't see eye to eye
I'd rather go toe to toe than watch our love die
But if you won't love me somebody else will
And when I'm over the hump you'll be over the hillREPEAT CHORUS
- WHAT DO ROSES SMELL LIKE
©1998 Walter CrockettWell the phone just don't stop ringin'
Long enough to clear my thoughts
And a choir of suits is singin'
Beat the deadline, cut the cost
And my breakfast looks like blueprints
And my coffee tastes like time
That's been rollin' down some blacktop road
Leavin' me behindAnd they tied me to a meeting
Pullin' answers from my head
But my mind drifts off to questions
That I'd rather ask instead, likeCHORUS:
What do roses smell like
What color is the sunrise
And are the fish still bitin'
Way down south on Pontchartrain
And how's my boy been doin'
And how's my girl been bloomin'
And who's that gorgeous woman
Says she loves me just the sameWell five o'clock comes early
And I'm still so far behind
So I shoot an old Wild Turkey
Try not to unwind
Then I call to say I'm workin' late
But there ain't nobody home
Cause they're all out at his ballgame
I guess I should have goneBut the credit cards are hungry
REPEAT CHORUS
And the banker needs new shoes
And my mind's been throwin' curveballs
And the catcher gets confused, about
Well there's a stranger in the mirror
And I guess he'll have to go
Ah but I'll be leaving with him
Cause by God I've got to knowREPEAT CHORUS
- SUGAR BABY NOW
©1998 Walter Crockett ... as sung by Valerie
Feel good 'cause I made the move
I'm off the record and I'm in the groove
My head is spinning like a hula-hoop
Flyin' high cause I flew the coop
Said I flew the coopCHORUS:
Won't you meet me on the corner 'bout half past eight
Don't keep me waiting 'cause I won't be late
I ain't got no sugar baby nowLightnin' when you walk that walk
Strikes twice when you talk that talk
Help me honey while I paint the town
C'mon baby shake it down down down
Shake it down down downREPEAT CHORUS
REPEAT FIRST VERSE AND CHORUS
SECOND CHORUS:
Won't you meet me on the corner gonna jump and shout
I want to tell you that you knock me out
I ain't got no sugar baby now
I ain't got no sugar baby now
- CAN SHE WALK AWAY
©1998 Valerie CrockettWhen he comes in
Will he be laughing, with loving on his mind
Or when he comes in
Will he be down and doing wrong this time
He's hurt her more than once or twice
But he can be so gentle and oh so nice
He's funny and kind all sugar and spice
SometimesCHORUS:
Can she walk away
Is it the right time
She weighs the good and the bad
Can she walk away
It's been a long time
And he's the best one she's ever hadHe brings her pain
Other times it's roses for her hair
He brings her pain
Other times a kiss to show he cares
And she's hiding her bruises, but not too well
And it hurts so much in her living hell
She doesn't want to lose him, but she's sorry she fell
In loveREPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE: And she struggles with the battle in her heart
Self-inflicted wounds tear her apart
She loses either way in this fight
Is she crazy to keep on trying to make it rightThere's fear in her heart
REPEAT CHORUS
Can she feed him happiness tonight
And there's fear in her heart
That someone might do something that ain't right
And even though she's afraid of him
And she caters to his every whim
There's something deep inside of him that she loves
He's the best one she's ever had
- DOWN ON THE FARM
©1998 Walter CrockettWell they don't watch nothin' but the Nashville Network
Down on the farm where they like it like that
Cause they all dig the Possum and the Ricky Skaggs fretwork
Down on the farm where they like it like that
And they don't read nothing but the new King James
Down on the farm where they like it like that
Just the Weekly World News and the stock exchange
Down on the farm where they like it like that
CHORUS:
Hey down on the farm they don't buy no bacon
Down on the farm they don't pay no nevermind
Down on the farm there ain't nothin' much shakin'
Just the pony in the meadow and the wind in the pines
Well they ain't gonna judge you if you're white or you're black
(Down on the farm where they like it like that...)
Just by the love in your heart and the spine in your back
And there's no nosy neighbors be minding your bidness
Just the preacher in the pulpit cryin' can I get a witness
REPEAT CHORUS
Well they polish up the pickup and they hit the city Saturday
Then they high-tail it home cause they can't take the rat race
They go swimmin' in the creek if it ain't too polluted
And they'll haul home a catfish even if they have to shoot it
REPEAT CHORUS
Well a skinny mochaccino never was a special favorite
They just grab the Folger's Crystals and they microwave it
And as close as you can get to vegetarian fajitas
Is a loaf of white bread and a box of Velveeta
And each slice of cheese food is shrink-wrapped in plastic
You can scarf 'em all down cause your waste-band's elastic
CHORUS:
Hey down on the farm they don't buy no bacon
Down on the farm they don't pay no nevermind
Down on the farm there ain't nothin' much shakin'
Just the pastoral jingle of the Wal-Mart sign
And late in the evening when the whip-poor-will sings
They give thanks to the Lord for the blessings that he brings
Lord when I die if you take me by the hand
I'll be pleased to feed the chickens in the Promised Land
Lord if I die and you let me pick my work
Make me the guardian angel of this Tennessee dirt
REPEAT FIRST CHORUS
LAST CHORUS:
Hey down on the farm, just a mile from the interstate
Down on the farm, where they don't mind pesticides
Down on the farm there ain't nothin' much shakin'
Just the former family farmer in the welfare line
Just the pony in the meadow and the wind in the pines
Hey down on the farm
- ISLAND FRAME OF MIND
©1998 Valerie CrockettCHORUS:
Oh, to hear your voice again
Stirring embers from within
To be remembered is, my friend
A way to fan the flames
Of a flickering, innocent love once again
We met on paradise
A week of the island's slower pace
We called it "island frame of mind"
Such a beautiful, glorious, mystical place
Trading neckties for Mai-Tais
Exotic flowers, shimmering sea and sand
Melting bodies in the sun
Making love in the starlight to the tropical band
REPEAT CHORUS
It tore my heart we had to leave
Off to busy, city lives we flew
Did you pack me in your suitcase
I had room in mine and I took you
Home again once more
With only photographs of a magical time
Then you surprise me at the door
We hug and kiss that island frame of mind
REPEAT CHORUS
Well, if you want to know the truth
It's just a fantasy of mine
Still I feel like we were there
It's a frame of mind we're free to find
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
- THIS AIN'T THE '60S NO MORE
©1998 Walter CrockettThis ain't the '60s, he said with a sneer
As if trying to debase everything I held dear
As if all my ideals and principles screamed
To revive some Haight-Ashbury scene
This ain't the '60s, he said with a laugh
That was more like a sob from a heart torn in half
You can't save the world - or are you still stoned?
And each must look out for his own
And as he continued I searched in his eyes
For a thin strand of hope that was not compromised
A small vein of gold in the heart of the whore
Sayin' this ain't the '60s no more
Who ruled the decades of glitter and greed
With a chip on their hearts and the world at their knees
With the almighty dollar embroidered in green
On the pages of Us magazine?
And what makes them think they're immune to our fate?
They have only to look, they have only to wait
Till the tides of neglect beat a path to their door
Because this ain't the '60s no more
Who'll bear the burden of Martin and John
Who will march in the front, who will strike up the song?
And who will declare that it's never too late
To speak love to the powers of hate?
And you who made promises decades ago
To the spirit of justice that burns in your soul
It's time to redeem them for rich and for poor
Because this ain't the '60s no more
This ain't the '60s, he said with a grin
Don't you know what is out, can't you see what is in?
I've earned what I have and I am what I own
And I'll thank you to leave me alone
And off in the distance I heard his young voice
From the days he believed that we still had a choice
The days when we dreamed we could right every wrong
To the words of some Bob Dylan song
This must be the '90s, I slowly replied
Cause you don't even claim to have God on your side
And you can't feel the beats of the hearts broke in two
Cause you don't see what's in it for you
But others will work so the ship can come in
And the bright chimes of freedom will flash once again
And we'll dance on the graves of the masters of war
Singin' this ain't the '60s no more
And you who made promises decades ago
To the spirit of justice that burns in your soul
It's time to redeem them for rich and for poor
Because this ain't the '60s no more
This ain't the '60s no more
This ain't the '60s no more
- IT'S BEEN HARD
©1998 Valerie CrockettIt's been hard on my baby
'Cause it's been hard on me
It's been hard on my baby
Cause I've been so low, I've been so low
I've been so low I just can't stop the tears
I can't stop the tears
And I have love in my life
And it's with joy that I share my life
But I'm so alone with my strife
And I'm grieving, I'm really grieving
For a friend of mine I'm gonna lose
I'm gonna lose
Don't you worry, we'll see it through
We'll come around, we always do
Don't you worry, babe, I'm true to you
But this ache in my heart has got a hold on me
Right or wrong, I just can't get away
I can't get away from the pain
Get away
I can't get away from the tears
I want to get away
And it's been hard