Midday Moon

{Intro Melody} [Hook] A sliver of chalk Across the blue Lord knows I don't know what The hells the use of the Midday Moon You came to my arms Too god damn soon Lord knows I don't know what to do with you And the Midday Moon [Verse 1] This is just to say They've taken everything away Every step we made, fit into 6 trucks, pick ups, drawing dust above the driveway The muddy cavalcade came at half-past eight collecting everything in that grassy bank And every trace of you, was taken too, and what was once a room is just a hollow room It was a windy day That kind of makes me hate L.A Cause God gave them a perfect sun and they think gangs and smog were hardly a fair trade And they don't breathe or flinch, or even blink at how the green will shift When the wind parades across the meager ridge and kicks the leaves a bit to make seem as if the lea is a sea of waves They say you can't cheat death Maybe it's just the shortness of breath No pains in your chest A disease we agree we ain't cured yet Forgive me dear Never thought we'd end up here From "Sweet Dreams" whispered in your ear Before a long night's sleep so cold and clear [HOOK] A sliver of chalk Across the blue Lord knows I don't know what The hells the use of the Midday Moon You came to my arms Too god damn soon Lord knows I don't know what to do with you And the Midday Moon [Verse 2] I've been told when we die And we pass to the other side There is no bright light There is no bright light Death is just a pasture gate That opens by lifting a plank To just more life Just more life I met an old man, sun tan, provided by Jesus and the light that passes through stain glass pieces He clutched a rosary flat to his chest, and confessed he wasn't ready for death I seen an iron-eyed firefly femme fatale too vain to explain how her hair fell out Lusting for the next thing to erase her shame She said "I don't want to live forever, but I'm scared to fade away" And this is all how the came to me, one at a time Pilgrims to my building on the cemetery ground And all they wanted was an answer and I could never let 'em down I couldn't promise them forever but I could buy a lot of time And you Jeanvieve, well you were the straw Whispering your wishes in cotton Québéois I wonder if the maker ever felt he botched the flock, but never had the mettle to make the World stop I wonder if the maker ever felt he botched the flock, but never had the mettle to make the World stop? I wonder if the maker ever felt he botched the flock, but never had the mettle to make the World stop? [HOOK X2] A sliver of chalk Across the blue Lord knows I don't know what The hells the use of the Midday Moon You came to my arms Too god damn soon Lord knows I don't know what to do with you And the Midday Moon