Moonlit Prayer - Michael McDermott

These evenings soaked with dreams hung on the lines of eternity

Stephanie and me we were caught in the light of reality

Fixed on a star like a candle hangin' above me

I’m never gonna stray too far from my savior in second hand blue jeans

It’s a losing proposition when you’re born on this block

Your eyes can’t move and your legs can’t talk

I can’t even begin to explain the staleness in the air

We were just two lost souls gettin' wasted on a moonlit prayer

Conner and Des sat there so statuesque

On barstools leanin' forward lookin' in need of some rest

The accordion player with that jagged one eyed smile

Said «I'm gonna take a little break and I’ll be back in just a while»

While the old songs of Ireland disappeared into the walls

The bandit boy was carvin' his perversions in the stalls

Stumblin' to the street he walked away like he didn’t have a care

He was dressed like poisonous sunlight wishin' on a moonlit prayer

Detroit Junior was in a mid life scheme

Another aberration to his real life dream

Slippin' and slidin' and a skatin' with the best

He was always on the corner with Connie in her Guatemalan vest

Tellin' tales of when he was a singer right before the war

He’ll never get a chance to tell us why he kicked that chair to the floor

Some kids were at the quarry last night they said hey saw his ghost with fire

in his hair

He was dancin' on the water…

Under a moonlit prayer

There’s balconies and barbers and a mistress in the door

There’s a shrine of faith in the window upon the second floor

At the bottom of the hamper is where all of Earl’s money is stashed

And the marks upon the wall mark the day since she’s passed

The supermarket junkies are out on parade

With their nickels in their pockets

And their bottles of Chardonnay

Smashing those broken bottles and those bodies into the walls of despair

Disappearing down the alley

Lost in a moonlit prayer

Stephanie accept me just the way I am

For my love is one of limits and of things that I don’t understand

In this nameless town and a tainted crown I’m a king without a throne

But I still get overcome with doubt in these nights all alone

I’ve been lookin' for a sign babe, I haven’t got a clue

If you surrender your heart to me

I’ll surrender mine to you

Imagine the two of us riding bareback in the distance on a silk white mare

We’ll disappear into the sky

Chasin' a moonlit prayer