LITTLE FISH - CD lyrics

Drought

Drop my knees to the bone dry ground

Death and dust swirling all around

And not a cloud to be seen

I put my new shoes on

I’m out the door and on my way

All I get is a slow walk home

All alone in morning grey

I’m a night-life spy

I see it all without an eye on me

They all preen and pose

They all speak in boasts and flattery

You gotta show better than your best

And that’s just not in the flesh for me

Another weekend comes

And I’ve got plans for my pay

My hope falls with he rising sun

Beaming down, it’s agony all day

But I’ll go on just the same

I know that it’s got to rain some day

That rain’s gonna fall

That rain’s gonna fall

That rain’s gonna fall

That rain’s gonna fall

That rain’s gonna fall

That rain’s gonna fall

That rain’s gonna fall

That rain’s gonna fall

And I’ll just run out in the pouring rain

And let that sweet loving flood wash all my pain away

Little Fish

I once knew this little fish who made all the women wait

Never took that bobber down when he was snacking on the bait

When they threw a pretty lure, made him do a little more than look

He just listen at ‘em moan as he wiggled off the hook

How he loved to swim around in his shady swamp so green

Thought no one could ever come end his free and easy dream

But I’m cunning and I’m wise, I’m stubborn mean and tall

When I hooked that little fish I had him mounted on my wall

I get the real thing, yeah I get the real thing

You wanna end up in these arms, don’t have to say “I do”

But you gotta shine all your love right on me

Until we’re through

I once knew this little bird, had the sweetest song around

I believe he tried to sing at every window in the town

When a little girl got brave, tried to get him in her grasp

He’d just spring off into flight, leave her breathless in the grass

Oh how the girls would cry, when that brilliant bird they knew

Was just a tiny little speck in the wild and windy blue

But I had my hunger soothed, had the whole encounter planned

When that little bird came by I had him eating from my hand

I get the real thing, yeah I get the real thing

You wanna end up in these arms, don’t have to say “I do”

But you gotta shine all your love right on me

Until we’re through

So think you wanna give it, then snatch it all right back

Better find a way to live it or you’ll find your luggage packed

Think you wanna run around breaking hearts, causing strife

Better get it into line or get it outta my life

I get the real thing, yeah I get the real thing

You wanna end up in these arms, don’t have to say “I do”

But you gotta shine all your love right on me

Until we’re through

Don’t need no preacher’s vows, don’t need to diamond right

But if you wanna be my man you better bring on the real thing