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Jay Clifford

Lyrics

Smiling Down

Saturday night I was making my way

I was making my way back home

Walking on the broken bottles

Swinging from the street lights

Swinging home

Walking along with spring in my bended knee

Walking on a leather sidewalk

Feeling like a cowboy

Riding on

And the moon…

And the moon…

And the moon…

And the moon is smiling down.

A tip of the hat and a square of the chin

To the corner milky whites

Waiting on a city street light

Grazing on the asphalt

Hanging out

A burning machine like a red hot iron wagon wheel

A wild horse in the city traffic

Screaming out, “car crash!” in my ear.

And the moon…

And the moon…

And the moon…

And the moon is smiling down

Broken glass from the tin can candy

The tin can candy red

Blue smoke and a cold sweat shower

Screaming out, “silence!” in the crowd.

Nobody moves because nobody, nobody can

Stand back on the city corner

Everybody’s wondering if their dead

A hollering whoop from a redhead ambulance

Take off like a magic carpet

Rub the red lantern and make a wish

And the moon…

And the moon…

And the moon…

And the moon is smiling down

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