Carlisle Floyd - Ain’t It a Pretty Night lyrics

Ain’t it a pretty night! The sky’s so dark and velvet-like And it’s all lit up with stars It’s like a great big mirror Reflectin’ fireflies over a pond Look at all them stars, Little Bat The longer y’look the more y’see The sky seems so heavy with stars That it might fall right down out of heaven And cover us all up in one big blanket of velvet All stitched with diamon’s Ain’t it a pretty night Just think, all those stars can all peep down An’ see way beyond where we can: They can see way beyond them mountains To Nashville and Asheville and Knoxville I wonder what it’s like out there Out there beyond them mountains Where the folks talk nice an’ the folks dress nice Like y’see in the mail order catalogs I aim to leave this valley some day An’ find out for myself: To see all the tall buildin’s and all the street lights An’ to be one o’them folks myself I wonder if I’d get lonesome fer the valley though Fer the sound of crickets an’ the smell of pine straw Fer soft little rabbits an’ bloomin’ things An’ the mountains turnin’ gold in the fall But I could always come back I get homesick fer the valley So I’ll leave it someday an’ see fer myself Someday I’ll leave an’ then I’ll come back When I’ve seen what’s beyond them mountains Ain’t it a pretty night The sky’s so heavy with stars tonight That it could fall right down out of heaven An’ cover us up, and cover us up In one big blanket of velvet and diamon’s