ELIOT EIDELMAN
Silhouette Album Lyrics
Dandelion Wine
On the road to Jefferson, we were feelin mighty down
Came across a rodeo and started dancin with the lady clown
She said call me Dandy, Dandelion Wine’s my name
Been on the road for most my life and everywhere’s about the same
Dandelion Wine won’t you take me away?
Follow me down to another place
She took us back to her trailer, took off her makeup and her big red nose
She was the prettiest girl I’d ever seen wearin chaps and pantyhose
We spent the night together, yes she rode me all night long
And I was just about ready to join the rodeo when my bandmates dragged me along singin
Dandelion Wine won’t you take me away?
Follow me down to another place
As we were pullin away I could see her wavin her arms from behind
She said I’ve had about enough of this clownin life, can you fellas offer me a ride?
Now she’s singin lead in the band, yes and Dandelion Wine’s my bride
And every night after the show, you know, she’s always ridin me astride, singin
Dandelion Wine won’t you take me away?
Follow me down to another place
Going Down
She met me in the middle
We played it as it laid
I played my second fiddle
With a razor blade
Standing in the shade
She met me on the corner
Of St. Claude and Dumaine
No one had informed her
That everything had changed
And nothing was the same
Our love was like a war-torn creature
Was like a foreign feature
Was like a wailin sound
I held her like the old Grim Reaper
Like a Virginia creeper
Like we were going down
To the ground
To the ground
To the ground
To the ground
She told me it was over
That neither was to blame
I tried hard to show her
That I felt the same
As I burned with shame
I knew I was a liar,
A loser and a fraud
A parrot on a wire
More like a lightning rod
Askin where’s my act of God
I loved her like a country preacher
Though I could hardly reach her
As the world turned ‘round
I held her like the old Grim Reaper
Like a Virginia creeper
Like we were going down
To the ground
To the ground
To the ground
To the ground
To the ground
Coronation Song
We waited most of our lives
With no information
Nothing to talk about
It’s a long way down
To the confirmation
Of your own worst fear
It’s a long way down
To the coronation
Of the idiot king
It’s a long way down to
All that you’ve seen and
All that you’re shown and
All that you think it means
And all that you think you’ve known
It’s not what you think
It’s not what you’re shown
It’s not what you think it means
It’s not what you think you’ve known
It’s us wasting most of our time
Zero information
Not a lot to worry about
It’s a long way down
To the confirmation
Of the horrible truth
It’s a long way down
To the coronation
Of the idiot king
It’s a long way down to
All that you’ve seen and
All that you’re shown and
All that you think it means
And all that you think you’ve known
It’s not what you think
It’s not what you’re shown
It’s not what you think it means
It’s not what you think you’ve known
No, no, no, no, no, no…
Swallow Bird
I’ve got a swallow bird in my eye
I’ve got reasons to live, I’ve got reasons to die
I’ve got reasons to live, I’ve got reasons to die
I’ve got the sun and the moon and the clouds goin by
I’ve got a swallow bird in my eye
Woke up this mornin to the swallow’s song
Oh yes, indeed
I’ve got things to go right, I’ve got things to go wrong
Oh yes, indeed
I’ve got things to go right, I’ve got things to go wrong
I’ve got the sky and the wind and the day so long
Woke up this mornin to the swallow’s song
Oh yes, indeed
Oh yes, indeed
Oh yes, indeed
Oh yes, indeed
Hey little swallow, won’t you come on by
Oh yes, indeed
We can get real low, we can get real high
Oh yes, indeed
We can get real low, we can get real high
We’ve got the stars and the caves and the meteorites
Hey little swallow, won’t you come on by
Oh yes, indeed
Ya swallow me up and ya shit me out
Oh yes, indeed
I’ve got everything and nothing to complain about
Oh yes, indeed
I’ve got everything and nothing to complain about
I’ve got the blood within and the body without
Ya swallow me up and ya shit me out
Oh yes, indeed
Oh yes, indeed
Oh yes, indeed
Oh yes, indeed
Oh yes, indeed
Oh yes, indeed
Farms in Hawaii
On the Sunset Strip in ‘71
Stepped into a health food restaurant
There I found my father
In a five-bedroom house in the Hollywood Hills
Livin there with a hundred other people
All my sisters and brothers
We fucked like fireflies
Burned our eyes out on sight of the sun
Had a lot of fun
And then made a lot of money on the tech boom
And started farms in Hawaii
In a rock ‘n’ roll band at UCLA
Playin those holy righteous spiritual vibrations
Chest-deep in the pool in the middle of the night
Starin into the moon til we don’t know if we’re immortal or alive
Whoa, it’s hard to believe it’s not magic
It’s tragic to think that we don’t know where we’re goin
What are you showin?
On a cliff o’er Mahonalu Bay
One day, our father found that he was bound to fly away
All his children left didn’t know what to do
So we went our separate ways but we always remembered what we knew
That we’d fucked like fireflies
Burned our eyes out on the side of the sun
And had a lot of fun
And then made a lot of money on the tech boom
And started farms in Hawaii
Farm in Hawaii
Organic sustainable homestead farms
On the islands of Hawaii
Whoa, it’s hard to believe it’s not magic
It’s tragic to think that we don’t know where we’re goin
What are you showin?
What are you showin?
What are you showin ‘n’ whoain me?
Avalanche of Sunshine
Goin my way I’ve got nothin but sunshine
Wind in my face, I’ve got an avalanche of sunshine
They think I’m crazy when I’m lickin up the sunshine
I might be lazy but I’m livin on sunshine
And though I’ve never been this way before
The feeling’s so familiar like I know just what’s in store
Believe and trust that it’s meant to be this way
Acceptin what’s been given and what’s comin my way
Goin my way, I’ve got nothin but sunshine
Wind in my face, I’ve got an avalanche of sunshine
They all think I’m crazy when I’m lickin up the sunshine
So what if I’m lazy, I’m a-livin on the sunshine
It’s so fine in the summertime
And though I’ve never come this way before
The feeling’s so familiar, like a million times before
Believe and trustin that it’s meant to be this way
Acceptin what’s been given and what’s comin my way
What’s comin my way
Comin my way
An avalanche of sunshine
So fine in the summertime
I’ve got an avalanche of sunshine
California Blues
I should probly be in California
People get me better over there
What’m I doin in this dirty delta?
Don’t know and I don’t care
Meet me at the levee round the sunset
Hear me playin sad and somber tunes
Thinkin bout the life I left behind me
All that’s left is these blues
What’s really so great bout California
Everythin’s expensive over there
Who really needs the future?
Don’t know and I don’t care
Silhouette
Silhouette, you are all I have left
Silhouette, you are all I have left
Silhouette, you are all I have left
Wedding dress, hang it back on the wall
Wedding dress, hang it back on the wall
Wedding dress, seven sizes too small
Mountain tall, you will crumble and fall
Mountain tall, you will crumble and fall
Silhouette, you are all I have left
Hang it back on the
Hang it back on the
Hang it, hang it, hang it back on the
Hang it back on the
Hang it back on the
Hang it, hang it, hang it back on the
Hang it back on the
Hang it back on the
Hang it, hang it, hang it back on the
Silhouette, you are all I have left
Silhouette, you are all I have left
Silhouette, you are all I have left
Wedding dress, hang it back on the wall
Wedding dress, hang it back on the wall
Wedding dress, seven sizes too small
Mountain tall, you will crumble and fall
Mountain tall, you will crumble and fall
Silhouette, you are all I have left
Silhouette, you are all I have left
Silhouette, you are all I have left
Silhouette, silhouette, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay
Hang it back on the
Hang it back on the
Hang it, hang it, hang it back on the
Hang it back on the
Hang it back on the
Hang it, hang it, hang it back on the