Grass Is Blue

Hey lord, take a look on around tonight
And find out where my baby's gonna be
Hey lord, would ya look out for him tonight
For he is far away from me
Hey lord, would ya look out for him tonight
Make sure that he's gonna be alright
Things gonna be alright with me
Hey lord, would ya look out for him tonight
And make sure all his dreams are sweet
Send down that ya got him on the road
But you'll make it softer for his feet
Hey lord, would ya look out for him tonight
Make sure that he's gonna be alright
'til he's home and here with me

Hey lord, would ya look out for him tonight
For he is sleeping under the sky
Hey lord, make sure the ground he's sleepin' on
Is always warm and dry
Ooo, don't give him too much pain
And keep him away from planes
Cause my baby hates to fly

Hey lord, would ya look out for him tonight
For it gets rough along the way
And if it all sounds strange
Just because i don't know how to pray
Ooo, won't you give him peace of mind
And if you ever find the time
Tell him i miss him everyday

Hey lord, take a look on around tonight
And find out where he's gonna be
Hey lord, would ya look out for him tonight
For he is far away from me
Hey lord, would ya look out for him tonight
Make sure that he's gonna be alright
'til he's home and here with me
Here with me

Train, train
Gonna take him on out of this town
Train, train
Gonna take him on out of this town
Yeah, that man i'm in love with
Lord, he's memphis bound
He's leavin' here
Like a raggedy old coat
Oh, he's leavin' me
That no good so-and-so
Yeah, that man i'm in love with
Lord, he wants to go
Let him go
Good-bye, good-bye
I'll find myself another man
Good-bye, good-bye
I'll find myself another man
You take that night train to memphis
Me, i'll make new plans
Take that night train to memphis
Oh leave while you can

I've had to think up a way to survive
Since you said it's over
Told me good-bye
I just can't make it one day without you
Unless i pretend that the opposite's true
Rivers flow backwards
Valleys are high
Mountains are level
Truth is a lie
I'm perfectly fine
And i don't miss you
The sky is green
And the grass is blue

How much can a heart and a troubled mind take
Where is that fine line before it all breaks
Can one end their sorrow
Just cross over it
And into that realm of insanitive bliss

There's snow in the tropics
There's ice on the sun
It's hot in the arctic
And crying is fun
And i'm happy now
And i'm glad we're through
And the sky is green
And the grass is blue

And the rivers flow backwards
And my tears are dry
Swans hate the water
And eagles can't fly
But i'm alright now
Now that i'm over you
And the sky is green
And the grass is blue
And i don't love you
And the grass is blue

I just found out today
The little game you play
While i been sleepin' all my life away
You been steppin' so they say
Between midnight and day
So i'm gonna sleep with one eye open from now on
Chorus:

From now on, all night long
You won't have a chance
To treat your momma wrong
You been steppin' so they say
Between midnight and day
So i'm gonna sleep with one eye open from now on

There's a honky-tonk down the road
Just about a mile or so
And i understand that's where you spend your time
Baby, i got news for you
Your little game is through
Yeah, from now on baby
You better tow the line

Repeat chorus

You thought you were bein' smart
Breaking my little heart
And leavin' me to spend my time alone
Well you'll find out today
It just don't work that way
You've started a little game that two can play

From now on, all night long
You won't have a chance
To treat your momma wrong
You been steppin' so they say
Between midnight and day
But you better sleep with one eye open from now on
Yeah an' i'm gonna sleep with eye open from now on

I got in a little trouble at the county seat
Lord, they put me in the jailhouse
For loafing on the street
Well, the judge said guilty
He made his point
He said fourty-five dollars
Or thirty days in the joint
That'll be cash on the barrelhead, hun
You can take your choice
You're twenty-one
No money down
No credit plan
No time to chase you
Cause i'm a busy man

I found a telephone number on a laundry slip
I had a good, hardy jailor
With a six gun hip
He let me call long distance
She said, "number, please"
And just as soon as i told her
She shouted back at me

Said that'll be cash on the barrelhead, hun
Not part, not half
But the entire sum
No money down
No credit line
Cause a little boy tells me
You're the travelin' kind

Thirty days in the jailhouse
Four days on the road
I was feelin' mighty hungry
My feet, a heavy load
I saw a greyhound comin'
Stuck out my thumb
As soon as i was seated
The driver caught my arm

Said that'll be cash on the barrelhead, hun
This old, grey dog gets paid to run
When the engine starts
And the wheels will roll
Give me cash on the barrelhead
I take ya down the road
Ohh, cash on the barrelhead
I take you down the road

I cry awake at night and hug my pillow
And pray that i will die before i wake
No such luck
Another day of cryin'
Don't know how much more my old heart can break
Flooded with these memories and emotions
The tears like rain keep on falling down
They say that i'll forget
But my face is just as wet
As it was the day you left this town

Chorus:

Drowning in this endless, endless
Drowning in an endless stream of tears
It's relentless and i'm defenseless
Drowning in an endless stream of tears

I can't believe that i can talk about it
I never thought i'd live to see this day
But a broken heart won't kill you
You just want to die
But you have to go on livin' anyway
I feel it through and through
And i've never been so blue
And i cried a river over you

Repeat chorus

Oh, i'm drowning in this endless, endless
Drowning in this endless, endless
Drowning in this endless, endless
Drowning in this endless stream of tears