Natalie Merchant
Back O’ The Moon
[Verse 1]
Jenny! Jenny!
You don't know the nights I hide
Below a second story room
To whistle you down
The man who's left to divvy up time is a miser
He's got a silver coin
Only lets it shine for hours
While you sleep it away
[Pre-Chorus 1]
There's one rare and odd style of living
Part only known to the everybody
Jenny!
A comical where's the end parade
Of the sort people here would think unusual
Jenny!
[Chorus]
Tonight upon the mock brine of a luna sea
Far off we sail on to back o' the moon
[Verse 2]
Jenny! Jenny!
You don't know the days I've tried
Telling backyard tales
So to maybe amuse
O, your mood is never giddy
If you smile i'm delighted
But you'd rather pout, such a lazy child
You dare fold your arms, tisk and say that i lie
[Pre-Chorus 2]
There's one rare and odd style of thinking
Part only known to the everybody
Jenny!
The small step and giant leap takers
Got the head start in the race toward it
Jenny!
[Chorus]
Tonight upon the mock brine of a luna sea
Far off we sail on to back o' the moon
[Bridge]
That was a sigh
But not meant to envy you
When your age was mine
Some things were sworn true
Morning would come
And calendar pages had new printed seasons on
Their opposite sides
[Verse 1]
Jenny! Jenny!
You don't know the nights I hide
Below a second story room
To whistle you down
The man who's left to divvy up time is a miser
He's got a silver coin
Only lets it shine for hours
While you sleep it away
[Pre-Chorus 3]
There's one rare and odd style of living
Part only known to the everybody
Jenny!
Out of tin ships jump the bubble-headed boys
To push their flags into powdered soils and cry
No second placers
[Outro]
No smart looking geese in bonnets
Dance with pigs in high button trousers
No milk pail for the farmer's daughter
No merry towns of sweet-walled houses
Here I've found back o' the moon
Not here, I've found, back o' the moon