10000 MANIACS - Back O' The Moon lyrics
rate me[ music: dennis drew/lyric: natalie merchant ]<br><br><br>Jenny<br><br>Jenny you don't know the nights I hide<br>Below a second story room<br>To whistle you down<br>The man who's let to divvy up<br>Time is a miser<br>He's got a silver coin<br>Only lets it shine for hours<br>While you sleep it away<br><br>There's one rare and odd style of living<br>Part only known to the everybody jenny<br>A comical where's the end parade<br>Of the sort people here would think unusual<br><br>Jenny<br><br>Tonight upon the mock brine of a luna sea<br>Far off we sail on to back o' the moon<br><br>Jenny<br><br>Jenny you don't know the days I've tried<br>Telling backyard tales<br>So to maybe amuse<br>O your mood is never giddy<br>If you smile I'm delighted<br>But you'd rather pout<br>Such a lazy child<br>You dare fold your arms<br>Tisk and say that I lie<br><br>There's one rare and odd style of thinking<br>Part only known to the everybody jenny<br>The small step and giant leap takers<br>Got the head start in the race toward it<br><br>Jenny<br><br>Tonight upon the mock brine of a luna sea<br>Far off we sail on to the back o' the moon<br><br>That was a sigh<br>But not meant to envy you<br>When your age was mine<br>Some things were sworn true<br>Morning would come<br><br>And calendar pages had<br>New printed seasons on<br>Their opposite sides<br><br>Jenny<br><br>Jenny you don't know the nights I hide<br>Below a second story room<br>To whistle you down<br>O the man who's let to divvy up<br>Time is a miser<br>He's got a silver coin<br>Lets it shine for hours<br>While you sleep it away<br><br>There's one rare and odd style of living<br><br>Part only known to the everybody jenny<br>Out of tin ships jump the bubble head boys<br>To push their flags into powdered soils and cry<br>No second placers<br><br>No smart looking geese in bonnets<br>Dance with pigs in high button trousers<br>No milk pail for the farmer's daughter<br>No merry towns of sweet walled houses<br><br>Here I've found<br>Back o' the moon<br>Not here<br>I've found<br>Back o' the moon
