Moondog

Well you buckled up your pen and said Amen
Can't go home again if it's ever been
You just kept playin' your song and then
You played it even louder even when they said
When you got a tattoo you didn't think it through
Now you're getting gone to go be somebody new
Two less shoulders to bump into
Lettin' loose while truth settles in

Well for sixteen years your mom and pop had told ya
Don't you know someday you got to put it all down
But you just didn't listen, you just couldn't listen
You just kept a-wishin' and look at ya now
Well you're out there prowlin' like a moon dog
Howlin' at the night owl foolin' around
And everybody told me that you'd always be running
And you'd never settle down

You got plenty of steam, just runnin' out of green
Got enough for cheap beer and gasoline
Well momma told ya don't you let 'em make you mean
But you're harder than the hinges of eternity it seems
You got some new lines on your old face
Tryin' to fix an old heart with a new place
Bet on freedom where most got a taste
And no case for gettin' lean

Well for twenty-two years your mom and pop had told ya
Don't you know someday you got to put it all down
But you just didn't listen, you just couldn't listen
You just kept a-wishin' and look at ya now
Well you're out there prowlin' like a moon dog
Howlin' at the night owl foolin' around
And everybody told me that you'd always be running
And you'd never settle down

Well it's that old fire you never could kill
Now you're stuck between low and lower still
Just a speck to scent will your spine a chill
An old ghost floatin' like a wind under your sill
You got those old tunes that still feel new
Enough to kick up a little dust too
There ain't no sense in saving you
You're gonna do just what you will

Now for thirty-four years your mom and pop had told ya
Don't you know someday you got to put it all down
But you just didn't listen, you just couldn't listen
You just kept a-wishin' and look at ya now
Well you're out there prowlin' like a moon dog
Howlin' at the night owl foolin' around
And everybody told me that you'd always be running
And you'd never settle down