Greg Brown - Banjo Moon lyrics

There was someone that I used to know She was a personal friend of mine We were lovers long ago Back in the traveling times And I happened to pa** through her town I thought I'd call her on the phone So we could talk about what we'd found She said, hey, please just leave me alone Oh, and I I don't know Everywhere I go Sorrow is as thin as an electric mandolin And the moon is as round as a banjo I guess he took it pretty hard He just kept drinking all through the night We walked along by the old church yard In the bloodshot morning light He said, "I was always afraid she'd go away I've been expecting it for years" And as I looked at the cold blue bay It looked like my friend's eyes all full of tears Oh, and I I don't know Everywhere I go Sorrow is as thin as an electric mandolin And the moon is as round as a banjo Oh, grandmother has seen such grief That when she laughs we all go crazy She says that it is her belief That us youngsters get too lazy We give up on love so fast And we scatter out so wide and so far We dream of no future and we love no past Grandma don't know where all her great grandchildren are Oh, and I I don't know Everywhere I go Sorrow is as thin as an electric mandolin And the moon is as round as a banjo There's so many of my friends And I bet there's some of yours too Who find themselves at such loose ends All grown up and nothing to do Just trying to make a little dough And help eachother through the dark I hope they find a way to go I pray they will not lose their spark Oh, and I I don't know Everywhere I go Sorrow is as thin as an electric mandolin And the moon is as round as a banjo I'd like to meet you someplace Besides a tavern or a station Where we could look at eachother's face In a little better situation We could have some supper and a talk Play that music that we love And we could take a country walk Under the holy stars above Oh, and I I don't know Everywhere I go Sorrow is as thin as an electric mandolin And the moon is as round as a banjo