Lyrics
all lyrics by Doctor Fish
The Last Troubadour
Look at that old fool
Up there on the stage
Who the hell does he think he is
Must be from another age
Someone needs to tell him
You need more than six strings
Those days are over
You just can’t stand there and sing
But he’s hearing echoes
Voices from the past
And keeps on asking questions
We’ve forgotten how to ask
CHORUS
He’s the last troubadour
Late in coming down the pike
I thought that God had killed them all
What’s he doing on his feet
He’s the last folk singer
A tattered lookalike
A scrap from time left long behind
Still out there planting seeds
He’s Don Quixote
Tilting at the world
A broken lance and a barber’s bowl
Perched on his greying gourd
He doesn’t seem to notice
How the times have changed
He carries on his mission
Be it noble or deranged
But the sword he’s wielding
His beat-up old guitar
It strikes against the silence
It’s holding back the dark
CHORUS
SOLO (chorus)
All you need is love, well
That never was the score
How naïve if you still believe
We can imagine anymore
The peace train stopped rolling
Nothing’s blowing in the wind
Tomorrow won’t be brighter
It doesn’t matter in the end
But we’re bound for glory
He keeps on telling us
Believe it and we’ll see it
If we put our faith in trust
CHORUS
TUESDAY MORNING
(GO STRAIGHT AND JUST DON'T KNOW)
TUESDAY MORNING
5:00 AM
It’s still dark outside
As I ponder who I am
I should have found the answer
A long, long time ago
But maybe that’s the secret
Go straight and just don’t know
When I was younger
I had it figured out
I clearly understood
What life was all about
But life, of course, knew better
And had its way with me
You know that I’m still standing
Just not where I thought it be
I’d go back to sleep
If only I could
Put these thoughts away
If only they would let me be
Friday afternoon
Just made it home
An empty house
Can make you feel alone
I still don’t know what happened
Where did we go wrong
Once it seemed so perfect
Were we star-crossed all along
I’ve been thinking about
All the losses
And the way the wind
Keeps on tossing us around
Sunday evening
Half past nine
The phone’s been ringing
My brother’s on the line
He said that you had reached out
But somehow couldn’t touch
Something hanging in the void
I wonder what it was
I thought there’d be more time
To say goodbye
To say what I should have said
To be there by your side
TUESDAY MORNING
Now 6:00 AM
It’s getting light outside
Another day begins
There’s no more time for pondering
I’ll save it for tomorrow
Here’s what I’ll do for now
Go straight and just don’t know
I'M NOT DONE YET
CHORUS:
I’M NOT DONE YET
I’M NOT DONE YET
Go and tell the world that
I’M NOT DONE YET
I’M NOT DONE YET
I’M NOT DONE YET
I’ve still got things to do
So, I’M NOT DONE YET
Twists and turns
Crash and burn
Lord, by now
You’d think that I’d learn
The best-laid plans
Of mice and men
Go awry
Once again
PRE-CHORUS:
But it’s not over
Till it’s over
It’s not the end
Until it ends
CHORUS (repeat)
SOLO (verse)
PRE-CHORUS & CHORUS (repeat)
The fates allow
What they allow
I used to think
But here’s what I’ve found
It’s still me
Who holds the key
Open doors
Learn to be
PRE-CHORUS & CHORUS (repeat)
A MAN AND A WOMAN
Up on her mantle
There’s a faded photograph
A young lad in uniform
He’s walking with a lass
I recognize her features
She was pretty in her day
Her hair dark as a moonless night
Now it’s turned to grey
I used to tend her garden
When I was a kid
Go in for lemonade
See the photo when I did
She never talked about him
The young man in the frame
And of all the times we chatted
She never spoke his name
CHORUS:
A MAN AND A WOMAN
A woman and a man
They’re strolling on a beach somewhere
They’re footprints in the sand
The man loves the woman
The woman loves the man
That’s how life has been
Since the world began
I went back to see her
The last time I was home
She still raises flowers
She still lives alone
Another glass of lemonade
Another friendly chat
But this time I broach the subject
I asked her about that
BRIDGE:
That, ah, the photo
Is that what you mean
What must I have been back then
Maybe still nineteen
She said his name was Jimmy
He was headed overseas
I met him at a dance downtown
He was only home on leave
We would have gotten married
I still have the ring
But Jimmy never made it home
He never saw the spring
CHORUS (repeat)
We talked a little longer
We gossiped and we mused
She said I took up gardening
The day I got the news
I don’t know why I did it
I just had a need
To feel the good earth in my two hands
So I started planting seeds
CHORUS (repeat)
HANG THE MOON FOR YOU
A thousand years ago
On a night just like this
A shepherd and a maiden
Shared a secret kiss
They had to hide their love
Where others could not see
The village would not understand
They had to be discrete
So, in a forest deep
Midst the juniper and fir
As the village slept below them
He’d sing this song for her
CHORUS:
I’LL HANG THE MOON FOR YOU
In the heavens up above
I’ll paint the night in velvet hues
To symbolize my love
I’LL HANG THE MOON FOR YOU
I’ll be the evening star
I’ll always light the way for you
No matter where you are
In their forest deep
They dreamed their lovers’ dreams
He’d marvel as the night bathed her
In starlight and moonbeams
Then she'd slip away
In the darkness ‘fore the dawn
But as she’d reach the village
She would hear his song
CHORUS (repeat)
SOLO (verse)
CHORUS (repeat)
A half a year ago
On a night just like this
We sanctified the feelings
First anointed with a kiss
Now you’re far away
Across an ocean blue
So, I ask the summer wind
To take this song to you
CHORUS (repeat)