NEW MOON FLIES
IN THE DEEP BLUE SKY
JULY TULSA MORNIN'


NINETY BY NOON
NONE TOO SOON

THE HOUNDS THEY WERE A-BARKIN'

WASN'T THE DAY SHE WENT TO DIE

JUST THE DAY THEY FOUND HER
SHE PASSED ALONE
LIKE SHE LIVED ALONE

NO FAMILY AROUND HER

IT WASN'T THE LYRICS OF THE SONG

OR THE MUSIC I WAS PLAYIN'
I WAS 18
ALREADY GONE

AND SHE WAS MEANT FOR STAYIN'
I KNEW NEXT TO NOTHIN THEN
MORE THAN I KNOW NOW

I KNOW THE SILENCE AND THE DARK
JUST NOT THE WHEN OR HOW


WHO'S TO SAY
WHERE WE'D BE TODAY
IF I TOOK WHAT YOU HAD OFFERED

THAT NIGHT WHEN YOU COME UP TO ME
BUT MY VOICES TOLD ME NEVER


EARTH OUR MOTHER WAITS FOR ME
THE GROUND WHERE YOU ARE LAYIN'
SOMEWHERE THERE'S A BLOCK OF STONE

AND SOMEDAY I'LL BE PRAYIN'
THAT WHEN THEY FIND ME
BY AND BY

DON'T LEAVE NOBODY ANGRY
THAT SOMEONE SAYS MY NAME OUT LOUD
AND THE DOGS THEY DON'T GO HUNGRY