Cover Up The Sun
(专辑: Somewhere Under Wonderland - 2014)
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Colorado passes by like writing on a
wall Headed eastward down to New Orleans Dipping into Texas as the
stars are fading out There's still a
lot of country in between When I
left California I
was 29 years old And the
world just spun me around Now I
watched Louisiana scroll across the
window pane And I'm facing the
direction I
am bound Cover up the
sun Let the
river run Make that waters come Wash me away Me, Clifton and the
king of cats We sat down in the
road Pedro said, boys, we're three of kind He said I
sat with river rats and I
hung my hat with diplomats Had four brothers once upon a
time He said they tore the
country far away from the
Rio Grande And the
road just wore them down So they bought a
house beside a
lake, outside of New Orleans And they stared in the
direction of the
escalating sound Cover up the
sun Let the
river run Take this good man's son And wash him away Well Sister indeciperable is talking to a
wall Back in New York city, she's a
queen (in New York she's a
queen) Well, resurrect or genuflect, she saves the
one she can't protect Keeps the
chapel Pris', if not Sis' tine She drinks Absinthe mixed with Kerosene to keep herself upright But the
word still brings her down If you can't keep your shit together When God is on your side What chance do you have when he's not around? Cover up the
sun Make that water run Let the
river come To wash me away People of the
Mardi Gras, in their Tuesday best Waiting for the
South to rise again Children of Geronimo grieving for the
West Feather dressed and marching their refrain Oh in the
dark of Armstrong Park the
marching bands ascend But they never make a
sound Just a
quiet prayer for Congo Square A
silent conversation there With the
night to rest our eyes in We just look to the
horizon for a
change Cover up the
sun Let the
river run I
pray the
water come and wash me away Color in the
sky Make that diesel fly Oh, just lay me down to die and just take me away Yeah