They build wooden houses on frozen ponds
In the summertime when the water’s gone
Diagonal lines in their rolled-out lawns
And the sage always smells so pretty
But nobody cares where the birds have gone
When the rain comes down on Babylon
The stonemason’s phone rings all day long
And you gotta get back to the city
I build my house up on this rock, baby
Every day with you
There’s nothin’ in that town I need
After everything we’ve been through
Me out in my garden and you out on your walk
Is all the distance this poor girl can take
Without listenin’ to you talk
I don’t need their money, baby
Just you and me on the rock
It’s you and me on the rock
I can’t feel you anymore
I can’t even touch the clothes you wear
Every time I come into your door
You leave me stranded in the middle of the air
. . .
Idiot wind
Blowing through the buttons of our coats
Blowing through the letters that we wrote
Idiot wind
Blowing through the dust upon our shelves
We’re idiots, babe
It’s a wonder we can even feed ourselves
Before you came into my world
I couldn’t get my flag unfurled
Any wind to find my sail
was moving me to no avail
The thing about the man I was,
lonely is as lonely does
Everyday a blinding blur, ‘cause,
that was just the ways things were
How many times have I heard myself say
If I hadn’t got lucky, if I hadn’t had you on my side
I wouldn’t be standing here today
‘Cause I’m looking for something,
and you are too
A crescent moon or a shooting star
to hold onto
A ghost ship to sail you home
A nod that says, “I know where you’re coming from”
And you’re not gonna to see it
when you’re diggin’ so hard
When you’re looking for something, ya gotta be quiet
Let it come to where you are.
Well, she can dance a Cajun rhythm
Jump like a Willy’s in four-wheel drive
She’s a summer love in the spring, fall and winter
She can make happy any man alive
Sugar Magnolia
Ringin’ that blue bell
Caught up in sunlight
Go on out singing, I’ll walk you in the sunshine
Come on, honey, come along with me