Spotlight

Spotlit smile over the moon Gasp at last, don't let me loose You wore your long bright overcoat Some sort of look I'd hope to know Old man wailing children's tunes He lost out for drunken youth You know what's worthy, what is toast You know it all, I'm thinkin' so There is a stillness in your stare There is a wildness wondering there Let me dive right in and look You're bold and rare, and I'm a crook Two bob sky, no room to boot Stickier tables, tattered suits The swan that swims in city streets While pigeons pick forgotten feasts Red-haired lady talks in tongues Fumbles notes of songs begun Patience paves your way to me While smoke holds moonlit mockery There is a stillness in your stare There is a wildness wondering there Let me dive right in and look You're bold and rare, and I'm a crook I go for miles And miles Goodbye, whisky Morning's misty One-way ticket to death at 50 We're gon' leave this old damn thing behind Hello Trixy You're coming with me One way ticket to Hell, no, let's see We're gon' leave this whole damn thing behind We go for miles And miles