Melancholy Lullaby

Smokey voice
Drifting with lovers and friends
Just a shadow of their life
Just a lantern in their way
Blues hanging low
With the clouds it’s all about
Lightning and women
Storm and the stars
I’ll sing you now
Melancholy lullaby

Lonely woman
Sitting in cafes open all night
A lover without a room
Kissing the vast midnight
Named after streets
She’s been working so many years
She thinks of the river
Drowning in her drink
I’ll sing you now
Melancholy lullaby

Poet’s choice
Lonely room and a gallon of wine
World’s paying his dues
Sharing unused time
Riding on freight trains
To sweeter towns out west
He thinks of true roses
Things that can last
I’ll sing you now
Melancholy lullaby

We played true old jazz
Since the world was born
We sang of the good times
Metallic cool blue dawns
Kicking our cans where
Beggars found their faith
Hobos found their journeys
We stumbled onto fate
I’ll sing you now
Melancholy lullaby