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A Nightfall Lyrics
Late in the nighttime, met in a dream
I was only five in it and you
Were probably nineteen
You were playing in the capitol
Of Washington D.C.
I walked through corridors pale marble green
And then there you were playing
'The Streets of Baltimore' again
The fringe upon your coat sleeves
Shook like leaves upon a tree.
Maybe it was all because I played
Your records just before
Maybe it was something in your voice
That called to me again.
Just like a sweater that wraps around
So close to me
You stayed with me then.
Must have been summer porcelain clean
The room spread out a dome above me
Line of figurines
You said it was a song for me,
Your lamb a wild goose scene.
Maybe it was all because I played
Your records just before
Maybe it was something in your voice
That called to me again.
Just like a sweater that wraps around
So close to me
You stayed with me then.
I dreamed green darkness,
Sound filled the room
You walked away from me strumming a guitar
I fell with you
Maybe it was all because I played
Your records just before
Maybe it was something in your voice
That called to me again.
Just like a sweater that wraps around
So close to me
You stayed with me then, a nightfall.
I was only five in it and you
Were probably nineteen
You were playing in the capitol
Of Washington D.C.
And then there you were playing
'The Streets of Baltimore' again
The fringe upon your coat sleeves
Shook like leaves upon a tree.
Your records just before
Maybe it was something in your voice
That called to me again.
Just like a sweater that wraps around
So close to me
You stayed with me then.
The room spread out a dome above me
Line of figurines
You said it was a song for me,
Your lamb a wild goose scene.
Your records just before
Maybe it was something in your voice
That called to me again.
Just like a sweater that wraps around
So close to me
You stayed with me then.
Sound filled the room
You walked away from me strumming a guitar
I fell with you
Your records just before
Maybe it was something in your voice
That called to me again.
Just like a sweater that wraps around
So close to me
You stayed with me then, a nightfall.
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Mary's intro to the song during a show: "Way back when, when people had record albums, before CDs, before tapes, before eight-tracks, the record albums had beautiful big pictures, and John introduced me to Gram Parsons's records, and this song is really a song that I wrote words to based on a just looking at a big picture of him on a record album."