Tom P Buckley

Lyrics

[Intro]
[rhythmic acoustic guitar strumming]
[Verse 1]
[male vocals enter]
Old and crusted, letters torn at [electric guitar enters, clean tone]
I'm the captain, you should have known that
Trying to prevail, ways to come and go
Sorrow wants to, tell me to know
[Chorus]
[full band enters, driving drums]
Here we go
Oh, glory in the moonlight
Oh, glory feel like gold
Oh, glory in the moonlight
Oh, where you want to go, glory
[Instrumental Break]
[acoustic and electric guitar interplay]
[Verse 2]
So I can tell you what you want to say
If you love the world, you even love me
Whiskey bottle's the best friend you've known
There you go, and you watch it all the way
And you watch it all behave
Oh no
[Chorus]
[bass guitar pulse]
Oh, everybody loves you
Oh, everybody needs you
Oh, baby I can't get enough
Oh yeah
[Bridge]
[drums drop to half-time feel]
And it's an easy place to fly, as life goes by us
Play these games for yourself
[Outro]
[falsetto vocals]
Why can't I be someone else, sitting on a plastic shell
Why can't I tell, tell so long, I'll forget it all
Why can't I cry when it's that time, and the night is cold
How can I be, I'm just fired from my job
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Yeah
Oh yeah
Everybody loves you
Everybody needs you
I just want to be with my baby tonight
Find her, tell the stories, tell the tale
Tell her I don't care, but I really care
I just want to be
Up in the sky with my baby
[acoustic guitar strumming fades out]