Dead Moon

dead moon tonight
i saw his black tongue
and it was salamander-shaped
oh, it moved like a nightcrawler
and i was struck
was overcome, boys and girls
i had never seen
the likes of it, binoculars
i need it farther
i turned them back
once i did then i saw
how the most lonesome crow does not call
where did i go
where did i go
where did i go wrong?
i don't even know
i don't even know
i don't even know
what i lost and now it's gone
what i lost and now it's gone
where did i go
where did i go
where did i go wrong?
i don't even know
i don't even know
what i lost and now it's gone
what i lost and now it's gone
gone, gone
gone like the highway crow
when the cars come the cars come
dead moon tonight
i slid under his thumb
and he, he called me whistle bait
it hurt me
i hollered till the trees shook birds
from the branches there, boys and girls
i had never seen
such a lot of them ever before
blocking the starlight
darker than dark, it was
and I cried for the loss
when one bird doesn't turn, does the flock?
where did i go
where did i go
where did i go wrong?
i don't even know
i don't even know
i don't even know
what i lost and now it's gone
what i lost and now it's gone
where did i go
where did i go
where did i go wrong?
i don't even know
i don't even know
what i lost and now it's gone
what i lost and now it's gone
gone, gone
gone like the highway crow
when the cars come the cars come