The Sun, Moon And Stars - Nanci Griffith

The sun, the moon and the stars

They make the wind blow

It took me twenty years to understand

Lost to me are how the lives of friends go

Like autumn leaves in Oklahoma wind

But it made me strong to be on my own

It never did me no harm to live all alone

Oh, but now and then

In the colour of the evening

Drunken in a barroom

With a fan turning

I’ve come to miss a few

This afternoon was cloudy and the rains came

Third day of my first day San Miguel

Seems lately that I’m doubling as Storm bait

I’ve been followed like a shadow through the dell

But it made me strong to be on my own

It never did me no harm to live all alone

Oh, but now and then

In the colour of the evening

Drunken in a barroom

With a fan turning

I’ve come to miss a few

Dear friends and relations

See what I have done

I’ve gathered all my fingers in one place

They breathe a breath that’s deadly stale

Since they tooled a song for me

I guess mechanics never really set the pace

Cause I’m back and I’m strong

I’m here on my own

It never did me no harm

To live all alone

Oh, but now and then

In the colour of the evening

Drunken in a barroom

With a fan turning

I’ve come to miss a few

The sun, the moon and the stars

They make the wind blow

It took me twenty years to understand

But lost to me are how the lives of friends go

Like autumn leaves in Oklahoma wind

…oh, but now and then

It’s in the colour of the evening

Drunken in a barroom

With a fan turning

I’ll come to miss a few