Canyons Caverns lyrics

Words by Shawn Mullins



On a mantle made of oakwood

There`s a photograph from my childhood

It was taken in the desert early light

I look a lot like a leprechaun

With a Mexican vest and a red hippie hat on

Maracas in my left hand, stick in my right

There are canyons there are caverns

There are boarder roadside taverns

I am held captive by the big blue sky above me

She naps with the TV on

I smell the June cut grass from my pappy`s lawn

I play alone in the little room upstairs

There are Lincoln logs and cookie tins

Colored blocks and wars to win

I draw and I dream and beat my drums up there

There are circus lights and maple leaves

There are daffodils and dogwood trees

I am held captive by the big blue sky above me

Now the coffee`s strong

And the fruit`s all wrong

And my wakeup call`s for somebody else

And the TV`s hoax and neurosis jokes

Always keep my laughing at myself

And I laugh a lot that`s what I do

And I learn the things I never knew

And I see canyons I see caverns

I see border roadside taverns

And I am held captive by the big blue sky above me

I am held captive only by the big blue sky

I am held captive by the big blue sky above me