Song | The Late John Garfield Blues |
Artist | John Prine |
Album | Great Days: The John Prine Anthology |
Download | Image LRC TXT |
Lyrics:John Prine Music:John Prine | |
Black faces pressed against the glass | |
Where rain has pressed it's weight | |
Wind blown scarves in top down cars | |
All share one western trait | |
Sadness leaks through tear-stained cheeks | |
From winos to dime-store jews | |
Probably don't know they give me | |
These late john garfield blues | |
Midnight fell on franklin street | |
And the lamppost bulbs were broke | |
For the life of me, i could not see | |
But i heard a brand new joke | |
Two men were standing upon a bridge | |
One jumped and screamed you lose | |
And just left the odd man holding | |
Those late john garfield blues | |
An old man sleeps with his conscience at night | |
Young kids sleep with their dreams | |
While the mentally ill sit perfectly still | |
And live through life's in-betweens | |
I'm going away to the last resort | |
In week or two real soon | |
Where the fish don't bite but once a night | |
By the cold light of the moon | |
The horses scream- the nightmares dream | |
And the dead men all wear shoes | |
'cause everybody's dancin' | |
Those late john garfield blues |
Lyrics: John Prine Music: John Prine | |
Black faces pressed against the glass | |
Where rain has pressed it' s weight | |
Wind blown scarves in top down cars | |
All share one western trait | |
Sadness leaks through tearstained cheeks | |
From winos to dimestore jews | |
Probably don' t know they give me | |
These late john garfield blues | |
Midnight fell on franklin street | |
And the lamppost bulbs were broke | |
For the life of me, i could not see | |
But i heard a brand new joke | |
Two men were standing upon a bridge | |
One jumped and screamed you lose | |
And just left the odd man holding | |
Those late john garfield blues | |
An old man sleeps with his conscience at night | |
Young kids sleep with their dreams | |
While the mentally ill sit perfectly still | |
And live through life' s inbetweens | |
I' m going away to the last resort | |
In week or two real soon | |
Where the fish don' t bite but once a night | |
By the cold light of the moon | |
The horses scream the nightmares dream | |
And the dead men all wear shoes | |
' cause everybody' s dancin' | |
Those late john garfield blues |
Lyrics: John Prine Music: John Prine | |
Black faces pressed against the glass | |
Where rain has pressed it' s weight | |
Wind blown scarves in top down cars | |
All share one western trait | |
Sadness leaks through tearstained cheeks | |
From winos to dimestore jews | |
Probably don' t know they give me | |
These late john garfield blues | |
Midnight fell on franklin street | |
And the lamppost bulbs were broke | |
For the life of me, i could not see | |
But i heard a brand new joke | |
Two men were standing upon a bridge | |
One jumped and screamed you lose | |
And just left the odd man holding | |
Those late john garfield blues | |
An old man sleeps with his conscience at night | |
Young kids sleep with their dreams | |
While the mentally ill sit perfectly still | |
And live through life' s inbetweens | |
I' m going away to the last resort | |
In week or two real soon | |
Where the fish don' t bite but once a night | |
By the cold light of the moon | |
The horses scream the nightmares dream | |
And the dead men all wear shoes | |
' cause everybody' s dancin' | |
Those late john garfield blues |