Let Me Be

I can still hear him playing, April in Paris
Dexter's blowing his horn
It's a used up tune for a faded moon
And played for the memory of something tha...

When trouble comes a-calling
Knocking at your door
It all looks so familiar
You’ve seen it all before
Somehow you always made it through
Keep it all i...

I was dancin' with my darlin' to the Tennessee Waltz
When an old friend I happened to see
I introduced him to my darlin' one and while they were danci...

Will you ever see that I couldn't turn a blind eye
The day that we said goodbye.
It's true that someday your honesty will pay
Now who's gonna say...
(...

He came from new Orleans played the tong rhythm and blues
He wears a sequins jacket a thousand dollar alligator shoes
He’s git a vintage fedora a diam...

There's drag-queen preaching Jesus in the middle of the square
And a young kid playing “Yesterday” on a Japanese guitar
There's a loser on the talk sh...

Time will not be mastered
He will do just as he please
He will watch you when you stumble
Watch you fall upon your knees
He will place upon your break...

There's a time when the truth is bad
And that's so very sad, I know
When I was a kid like a mother's sigh
I used to hear the freight trains cry
They k...

I was looking all night till the break of day
Somewhere in the city you're hiding away
I tried your number just one more time
But like a fool I'm talk...