Dave Alvin - Black Sky lyrics

(Blue Horn Toad Music, BMI)

Baby black sky

Black sky is all I see

Yeah baby black sky

Black sky is all I see

Please stand beside me baby

Shine your light for me.

Well I been all around the world

Ain't nothin' I ain't seen

From the Mekong River to the

San Joaquin

I made it down to Helena

But it's just a ghost town

And I got to Jackson

But they tore old Jackson down.

Yeah I been around the world

Black sky is all I see

Why don't you stand beside me baby

Shine your light for me.

Baby well I went to the graveyard

To see my friend one last time

People gathered ‘round

Some were prayin, some were cryin'

They were talkin' about heaven

And the final judgement day

But all I could do was say goodbye to him

Turn and walk away.

Yeah I went to the graveyard

But black sky was all I seen

Please stand beside me baby

Shine your light for me.

I wake up every mornin'

Try the best I can

To make it one more day

In a world I don't understand

Now the sun baby's shinin'

But there's darkness on the land

And I can't find my way baby

Unless you take my hand.

Yeah I, I wake up every mornin' baby

Black sky is all I see

Please stand beside me baby

Shine your light for me.

Yeah black sky

Black sky is all I see

Please shine your light pretty baby

Take this black sky away from me.