Cowboy Junkies

Notice the fall of the city Please watch it closely The sun outside shining The moon also hanging The years start to gather your dreams start to tatter Your tears busy fuelling this song I'm singing tonight Through those hopeless nights I wander alon

I only want to say That if there is a way I want my baby back with me 'cause he's my true love my only one don't you see? And on that fateful day Perhaps in the new sun of May My baby walks back into my arms I'll keep him beside me forever from harm

I Cannot Sit Sadly By Your Side Cowboy Junkies <Renmin Park> You threw away the gun Did I tell you what's to be done I need it to kill just one And you said I cannot sit sadly by your side And you said I cannot sit sadly by your side I tried to push

A candle burning for everything I've ever wanted A tattoo burned for everything I've ever wanted and lost I had a long list of names that I kept in my back pocket, but I've cut it down to one and your name's at the top Won't you share a common disast

One foot strands before the crib the other by the casket A question formed upon stilled lips is passed on but never asked I guess I believe that there's a point to what we do But I ask myself is there something more besides you? Two are born to cross

There's a young man in the corner playing 'Crazy' all night long quarters piled high upon the table He orders Wild Turkey and with a quick wit and a smile he says, 'My darling, you're the one I'll drape in sable' But his baseball cap and this bar-roo

Well, I'm sorry for my lack of communication But as I'm staring out this fifth floor window It seems like the least amount of communication is better Oh well, what am I supposed to say? There's a bloody effigy on my wall And the complimentary carnati

Reach a hand to the crescent moon grab hold of the hollow If she sits in the palm of the left that moon will be fuller tomorrow If she sits in the palm of the right that moon is on the wane and the love of the one who shares your bed will be doing ju

He will call you baby But will he listen when you cry? He will call you sweetheart But always seem apart. He will tear all your fences down, Trample all into the ground. He will call you baby. She will call you honey And leave you twisting in the win