Dancin’ Statue

sing about the darkness and the light of day
with moonbeams for a picture frame
let tragedy and comedy sing harmony
'cause baby, they both know your name
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remember laughin' till the tears ran down in rhyme
chasin' rainbows down the alleys of your mind
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dancin' statue, all shiny gray
somethin' about you, like yesterday
I'm gazin' at you, while the guitars play
dancin' statue, sashay away
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it's hard not to wonder at the easy way
the memories just come and go
and leave you standin' like a statue
in the blue light at the end of the show
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the angel band is jammin', may I have this dance
run your riddles down my spine, aw sweetheart, here I am
*
dancin' statue, all shiny gray
somethin' about you, like yesterday
I'm gazin' at you, while the guitars play
dancin' statue, sashay away
*
remember laughin' till the tears ran down your mind
chasin' rainbows down the alleys for a rhyme
*
dancin' statue, all shiny gray
somethin' about you, like yesterday
I'm gazin' at you, while the guitars play
dancin' statue, sashay away

(words and music ©️May 2020 by Michael Scott Langley)
inspired by the Washington Post obituary of John Prine
by Steve Kolowich.