Black Sky lyrics

Dave Alvin

(Blue Horn Toad Music, BMI)



Baby black sky

Black sky is all I see

Yeah baby black sky

Black sky is all I see

Please stand beside me baby

Shine your light for me.



Well I been all around the world

Ain`t nothin` I ain`t seen

From the Mekong River to the

San Joaquin

I made it down to Helena

But it`s just a ghost town

And I got to Jackson

But they tore old Jackson down.



Yeah I been around the world

Black sky is all I see

Why don`t you stand beside me baby

Shine your light for me.



Baby well I went to the graveyard

To see my friend one last time

People gathered ‘round

Some were prayin, some were cryin`

They were talkin` about heaven

And the final judgement day

But all I could do was say goodbye to him

Turn and walk away.



Yeah I went to the graveyard

But black sky was all I seen

Please stand beside me baby

Shine your light for me.



I wake up every mornin`

Try the best I can

To make it one more day

In a world I don`t understand

Now the sun baby`s shinin`

But there`s darkness on the land

And I can`t find my way baby

Unless you take my hand.



Yeah I, I wake up every mornin` baby

Black sky is all I see

Please stand beside me baby

Shine your light for me.



Yeah black sky

Black sky is all I see

Please shine your light pretty baby

Take this black sky away from me.