Right Here Now - James McMurtry

If somebody’s calling

It don’t mean a thing

If I don’t feel like talking

I’ll just let it ring

I Move along slowly and

I watch my back

And you tell me I’m crazy

But I don’t believe that

No, I’m right here now

Just a shade off plum

I get that way

Though it worries you some

Right here now and I know my mind

It won’t be long a wandering

I remember a ball game I

Watched as a kid

Neglecting my homework

As I often did

Joe Namath scored on a seven-yard run

His knees barely held him

But they got the job done

And there’d be no last call if they elected me king

And if you were here with me, I’d tell you these things

But I’m right here now…

Just a shade off plum

I get that way though it worries you some

Right here now and I know my mind

And it won’t be long a wandering

Outside it’s raining soaking the ground

It started last evening and it’s still coming down

I move along slowly and I watch my back

And you tell me I’m crazy, but I don’t believe that

No, I’m right here now…

Right here now

There’s an old magic eight ball next to my plate

And I ask it a question regarding my fate

It says, «reply hazy, please try again,»

It won’t say where I’m going, it don’t know where I’ve been

But I’m right here now, just a shade off plum

I get that way, it worries me none

Right here now and I know my mind

It won’t be long a wandering