Day is done, gone the sun From the lakes, from the hills, from the sky I once asked God out loud why he sent you to me But you overheard me and asked me, “why ask why?” Day is done, gone the sun But the stars provide me with just enough light to see See the lake, see the hill The sky’s amazing, don’t you wanna come stargazing with me? I don’t know what the band is playing But it can’t be as beautiful as you singing to me I don’t know what the band is playing So let me come over and sing you to sleep All is well, safely rest ‘Cause I’m running as fast as I can to get home to you God is nigh behind my eyes And he’s filling the path to you with heavenly light All is well, safely rest Can’t you hear me humming a lullaby for you under my breath? So lay your head on my chest For the sun has set in the west I don’t know what the band is playing But it can’t be as beautiful as you singing to me I don’t know what the band is playing So let me come over and sing you to sleep I don’t know what the band is playing But it can’t be as beautiful as you singing to me I don’t know what the band is playing So just let me come over and sing you to sleep

Don’t put nothin’ in my mailbox Don’t go knock upon my door Don’t even deliver the paper ‘Cause I ain’t gonna be around anymore Don’t expect me ‘round the city Don’t invite me to no baseball games ‘Cause I’m going up over the mountain Baby, I’m gonna fly away I’m going up over the mountain I’m gonna cross the river too And I’m gonna send a postcard Every time I think of you So don’t put nothing in my mailbox Don’t go hittin’ up my phone ‘Cause that number is somebody else’s now I went off and I sold my home ‘Cause I’m going up over the mountain Gonna find some peace of mind And I’m gonna send a postcard To all you friends of mine I’m gonna fly, I’m gonna fly where the lights don’t shine below I’m gonna fly, I’m gonna fly where the lights don’t shine below I’m gonna fly, I’m gonna fly where the lights don’t shine below I’m gonna fly, I’m gonna fly where the lights don’t shine below I’m gonna fly, I’m gonna fly where the lights don’t shine below I’m gonna fly, I’m gonna fly where the lights don’t shine below I’m gonna fly, I’m gonna fly where the lights don’t shine below I’m gonna fly, I’m gonna fly where the lights don’t shine below So don’t think you’re gonna see me out drinking ‘Cause I don’t need to get drunk today ‘Cause I’m going up over the mountain, yes I am Baby, I’m gonna fly away I’m gonna fly, I’m gonna fly where nobody’s been before I’m gonna fly, I’m gonna fly where nobody’s been before I’m gonna fly, I’m gonna fly where nobody’s been before I’m gonna fly, I’m gonna fly where nobody’s been before

I left Charlottetown in a terrible haste Following a cloud that looked just like your face And it made a clean getaway with the likeness it stole So I followed it westward and didn’t sleep for eight days in a row And you asked why I’d come all this way to see you again And I dodged the question I got to Santa Barbara with a smile on my face And left for Nebraska running after the rain And there I met a tornado who picked me off of the ground And dropped me at your doorstep, and that’s where you found me And you asked why I’d come all this way to see you again And I told a bald-faced lie and I said “It’s ‘cause we’re friends” And that’s nothing like the truth I was chasing the clouds But they always bring me back to you somehow

The flowers on the side of highway 95 shout to me as I go by but I don’t listen ‘Cause I know what they’re saying it’s the name in all my prayers it’s the sound of the combustion in my engine And I used to ride the T and you’d sit across from me and I’d try to touch your hand but you were gone And I’d wish that the T would go under the sea but we’d always go downtown and I’d get off If only I could be a runway light So I could guide you home on redeye flights If only I could live inside a song And be with you wherever it goes on Wherever it goes on I went to Las Vegas and I found a poker table and I tried to gamble you away You were my only card, oh, my lucky queen of hearts and I lost you cheatin’ cards oh I gave you away And the odometer dial read a hundred thousand miles and now I’m ready for another hundred K I know what I saw it was a streetlight in the fog it was God sitting in Southwest Harbor, Maine If only I could be a runway light So I could guide you home on redeye flights If only I could live inside a song And be with you wherever it goes on Wherever it goes on You don’t have to believe me, ‘cause I know what I saw, I know what I saw, I know what I saw, I know what I saw You don’t have to believe me, ‘cause I know what I saw, I know what I saw, I know what I saw, I know what I saw You don’t have to believe me, ‘cause I know what I saw, I know what I saw, I know what I saw, I know what I saw You don’t have to believe me, ‘cause I know what I saw, I know what I saw, I know what I saw, I know what I saw If only I could be a runway light So I could guide you home on redeye flights If only I could live inside a song And be with you wherever it goes on

The city’s all around and my mouth tastes like chamomile and honey And I wanna go downtown but my Charlie Card ain’t got no money I’m a tightrope away from the coldness of space feeling small And I’m empty inside ‘cause I know I could stumble and fall Should I call your telephone line? Or get drunk on champagne with cheap whiskey and wine? ‘Cause it’s after midnight and I am afraid Just one false step and the tightrope will break The city’s all around and my mouth tastes like Tennessee Honey And I’d fly home to you but I ain’t got the time or the money ‘Cause I’d rather be out drinking than at home on the porch With a paper and pen and my voice gone hoarse Writin’ songs about missing you When I oughta just be calling your phone But the slur in my voice says that now’s not the time When I’ve drank the last drops of my ten dollar wine ‘Cause it’s after midnight and I don’t love you anymore The chamomile and honey tastes like bitter truth So why don’t we leave together tonight I’ll fly you home cheap on a redeye flight And we could go east to the morning sun Leave it all behind when the night is done

Baby, don’t pull up the anchor I ain’t had time to look ‘Cause there’s words in the lights of the city But they don’t stay put like a book Baby, just wait for a moment I’m trying to hear what they say ‘Cause somewhere far, far below us Someone’s talking ‘bout leaving L.A. In a moment, I’ll be up over the hill But right now, when the air is so still Oh, I gotta hold on We’re flying to close to the moon ‘Cause I got a makeshift spaceship that I made in my basement And I want you to come along And we’ll escape this place and go meteor chasin’ And I won’t ever do you wrong, I won’t ever, ever do you wrong Baby, just give me a second I know there’s a word for this smell If all that’s below us is burning, Then surely this place could be Hell Baby, I know you’ve been patient, But a feeling has crept in my chest Maybe we’re all little swallows Maybe this place is our nest In a moment we’ll soar away But come here and look at this place I gotta hold on Hold on We’re flying too close to the moon ‘Cause I got a makeshift spaceship that I made in my basement And I want you to come along And we’ll escape this place and we’ll make love weightless And I won’t ever do you wrong No, I won’t ever, ever do you wrong ‘Cause I got a makeshift spaceship that I made in my basement And I want you to come along I’ll give you Saturn’s ring and you won’t worry ‘bout a thing and I won’t ever do you wrong No, I won’t ever, ever do you wrong We’re flying too close to the moon ‘Cause I got a makeshift spaceship that I made in my basement And I want you to come along We’ll go to Jupiter’s storm and your arms will keep me warm and I won’t ever do you wrong No, I won’t ever, ever do you wrong ‘Cause I got a makeshift spaceship that I made in my basement And I want you to come along Our shouts of joy the only sounds in the void and I won’t ever do you wrong No, I won’t ever, ever do you wrong ‘Cause I got a makeshift spaceship that I made in my basement And I want you to come along We’re gonna get married like Pluto and Charon And I won’t ever do you wrong No, I won’t ever, ever do you wrong And I can’t find our house And I don’t know why But when I look at you I know It’s ‘cause I’m at home in the sky

Midday rays are filling the room And I’d like to stay the afternoon soon And I don’t want anymore than you To stand up and walk out of the room ‘Cause as much as it might not seem like it right now, sugar We’ve got lives to be getting to So darling, wake up, it’s noon So darling, wake up, it’s noon And I’ve seen you every day the past few weeks When eyelids close they steal away something that I’d like to keep And even though we stayed up late talking, ‘till the birds started to sing I have to get up from this dream, I can’t keep dreaming about everything Oh, no, no, no, I can’t keep dreaming, I can’t keep dreaming, I can’t keep dreaming about everything Oh, So darling, wake up, it’s noon So darling, wake up, it’s noon So darling, wake up, it’s noon So darling, wake up, it’s noon So darling, wake up, it’s noon So darling, wake up, it’s noon So darling, wake up, it’s noon So darling, wake up, it’s noon