Dave Alvin - Black Sky Lyrics

Baby black sky, black sky is all I see
Yeah, baby black sky, black sky is all I see
Please stand beside me baby
Shine your light for me

Well, I been all around the world, ain't nothin' I ain't seen
From the Mekong river to the San Joaquin
I made it down to Helena but it's just a ghost town
And I got to Jackson but they tore old Jackson down

Yeah, I been around the world
Black sky is all I see
Why don't you stand beside me baby?
Shine your light for me

Baby, well I went to the graveyard
To see my friend one last time, people gathered â€~round
Some were prayin, some were cryin'
They were talkin' about heaven and the final judgement day
But all I could do was say goodbye to him turn and walk away

Yeah, I went to the graveyard
But black sky was all I seen
Please stand beside me baby
Shine your light for me

I wake up every mornin', try the best I can
To make it one more day in a world I don't understand
Now the sun baby's shinin' but there's darkness on the land
And I can't find my way baby unless you take my hand

Yeah I, I wake up every mornin' baby
Black sky is all I see
Please stand beside me baby
Shine your light for me

Yeah, black sky
Black sky is all I see
Please shine your light pretty baby
Take this black sky away from me