Valerie & Walter Crockett
Lyrics to Moonbone

Here are all the words to all the songs on Moonbone, our second album, on the Big Bark label.

  1. 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 find

    But 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 am

    CHORUS:
    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 tonight

    Here we are feeling like lovers
    Workin' hard at looking like friends
    Imagining the touch of each other
    Longing to feel it again

    Then 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 stares

    REPEAT CHORUS

    BRIDGE:
    Too close for comfort it seems
    Too close to some of my dreams about you

    REPEAT CHORUS

    Here we are lying together
    Holding all the world in our hands


  2. BUT STILL
    ©1998 Valerie Crockett

    CHORUS:
    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 today

    You 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 telephone

    REPEAT 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 blame

    REPEAT CHORUS TWICE


  3. SNOWBOUND
    ©1998 Valerie Crockett

    So 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 away

    CHORUS:
    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, not

    REPEAT 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


  4. LONELY TOWN
    ©1998 Walter Crockett

    High and lonesome blows the wind
    In Lonely Town

    Well 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 town

    CHORUS:
    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 Town

    Well 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 Town

    REPEAT 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 Town

    Well 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 Town

    REPEAT CHORUS

    High and lonesome blows the wind
    In Lonely Town


  5. 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 half

    CHORUS:
    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 love

    And 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 how

    REPEAT 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 you

    Hello, 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 light

    REPEAT CHORUS


  6. 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 wrong

    CHORUS:
    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 you

    Well 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 fight

    REPEAT CHORUS

    BRIDGE:
    Call yourself a doctor
    Call yourself a nurse
    I'm going to call myself a taxi if it gets any worse

    Got 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 hill

    REPEAT CHORUS


  7. WHAT DO ROSES SMELL LIKE
    ©1998 Walter Crockett

    Well 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 behind

    And they tied me to a meeting
    Pullin' answers from my head
    But my mind drifts off to questions
    That I'd rather ask instead, like

    CHORUS:
    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 same

    Well 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 gone

    But the credit cards are hungry
    And the banker needs new shoes
    And my mind's been throwin' curveballs
    And the catcher gets confused, about

    REPEAT CHORUS

    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 know

    REPEAT CHORUS


  8. 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 coop

    CHORUS:
    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 now

    Lightnin' 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 down

    REPEAT 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


  9. CAN SHE WALK AWAY
    ©1998 Valerie Crockett

    When 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
    Sometimes

    CHORUS:
    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 had

    He 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 love

    REPEAT 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 right

    There's fear in her heart
    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

    REPEAT CHORUS

    He's the best one she's ever had


  10. DOWN ON THE FARM
    ©1998 Walter Crockett

    Well 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

  11. ISLAND FRAME OF MIND
    ©1998 Valerie Crockett

    CHORUS:
    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

  12. THIS AIN'T THE '60S NO MORE
    ©1998 Walter Crockett

    This 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

  13. IT'S BEEN HARD
    ©1998 Valerie Crockett

    It'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