Recent Song: Moon Over Water Street (Soggy Roots)

Moon Over Water Street (Soggy Roots)


Goose-Man stood the band up
But they swear he’s worth the chase
The pixie girls all found Jesus
This time they won’t let him escape
Another fellowship comes apart, I guess
Before cause outlives effect
I’ve got half a mind to tell the whole lot off
But I don’t trust my impulses

I don’t know what I’m doing
But you – ease my mind
So if you’re not too tired
I will steal the time
It’s not yet midnight
Though there’s a full moon over Water Street
Pulling the tides of nostalgia up over me

Cyrano says to woo you
Astrophel insists take flight
The firemen ready the trampoline
When you ask me for a light
I’ve been thinking about a blind friend of mine
That never answers when I call
Because she knows I’ve been a tightrope walker
Ever since I learned to fall

And I don’t know what I’m doing
But you – ease my mind
So if you’re not too frightened
I’ll keep walking the line
It’s not yet midnight
Though there’s a full moon over Water Street
Pulling the tides of nostalgia up over me

Last call at the end of the street
Less of a crawl than an exodus
The Hurdy Gurdy Man laid every one off
But keeps things floating like an octopus
And hey, whatever happened to Goose-Man?
Got into alchemy with dreams of swans
The band’s still waiting for his golden eggs
Those were the first things that he pawned

Well I could them tell how I felt sorry
I could say that I support the cause
I could piss in the alley against a drainpipe
And make it sound like an applause
Lately I’ve been so pessimistic
I’ve stopped polishing my boots
Let my hair grow gray while wasting away
Like a plant with soggy roots

And I don’t know what I’m doing
But you – ease my mind
I probably shouldn’t call you
But you’ve always been so kind
It’s not yet midnight
Though there’s a full moon over Water Street
Pulling the tides of nostalgia up over me


May 22, 2016