Silver Sky

The Infamous Stringdusters Silver Sky Lyrics
1.Don't Mean Nothin'

Let the winter's cold winds blow let the summer sun beat down
Life moves fast, love goes slow
While the world keeps spinning round
All the things I wish I'd done that never came to be
They won't matter after I'm gone
So they don't mean nothin to me

Some men live to hear the sound of a dollar being made
Mansions crumble to the ground
And treasures fade away
I don't worry on things I own though a poor man I may be
They won't matter after I'm gone
So they don't mean nothing to me

As you run life's rugged race good times come and go
But even in the darkest place
My spirit's never low
Troubles there as many as the leaves upon a tree
They won't matter after I'm gone, so they don't mean nothin to
me


2.Rockets

Holding the fire, standing in the rain
Eyes of desire, close to the flame
nothing can be done, to change their minds

Out in the dark, far beyond the light.
Home is with the stars, out of sight.
Nothing can be done, to make them stay.

Here and then they're gone
How long until they go
How long until they know
All they need to fly
Rockets to the silver sky

If I had the chance to do it all again
I'd follow every stream, fearless like them
Let everything be done, in it's own time

Don't worry if it's wrong

How long until I go
How long until I know
All I need to fly
Rocket to the silver sky


3.The Hitchhiker

I heard you favored another
And to me it came as no surprise
I had all I can take of feeling this way
knowing I was gone beyond goodbye

I hear a voice in the distance
Crying like a sorrowful ghost
There's a dark sky moving behind me
And I'm riding my thumb by the road

Buddy can you take me to Virginia
It's a long time now I've been gone
Or take me to the coast of California
There's a cold wind blowing here at home
Anywhere your restless wheels are rolling
Is better off than staying here alone

So i paid a price for the learning
Measured in the passing of time
Money can't buy back the years I've lost
Water that never turned to wine


4.Tears Of The Earth

I?ve known rivers ancient and deep
I?ve seen the ripples in the moonlight, and the secrets they
keep
Rushing like a torrent, and carving the land
Picking up trees, the stone and the sand


And the cities of man, grow up from the ground
They grow up so tall, where the river runs down
Paris to London, Boston New Orleans
From the heartland down to dixie, out to the seven seas.


Like the tears of the earth, the rivers they run
Coming down from the mountains in the bright morning sun
Where I clean my soul and get carried away
Let me stay in the valley by the river, one more day.


I remember a place, where mountains divide.
And I stood at the edge of the canyon so wide
I saw so many years, ten thousand before
and it will carve out the land, for ten thousand more


Like the tears of the earth, the rivers they run
Coming down from the mountains in the bright morning sun
Where I clean my soul and get carried away
Let me stay in the valley by the river, one more day.


When the ?rst light of dawn heats up the dew
And the drops shine like diamonds where sunlight shines through
My heart can rest if just for a while
And my tired feet can walk for another mile


Like the tears of the earth, the rivers they run
Coming down from the mountains in the bright morning sun
Where I clean my soul and get carried away
Let me stay in the valley by the river, one more day.


5.The Place That I Call Home

When I cant still my restless mind
There's a place where i like to spend some time
Where it's alright when I'm a lone
The place that I call home


A different town most every night
No relief when I turn out the lights
And all that keeps me hanging on
Is her love there at home


Where I long to be
Where she waits for me
The sweetest love I've ever known
The place that I call home


Sometimes she whispers in my ear
Does her best to make me feel she's near
And though there's comfort on the phone
A place that I call home


6.Like I Do

Read the words off the back of your hand
like I do, like I do.
Say them loud so the world can understand
like I do, like I do.
You can't keep your head on straight,
so don't hesitate to concentrate but don't be late for school.
Read the words off the back of your hand
like I do, like I do, like I do.


Take a stick and draw a line in the sand
like I do, like I do.
Just make sure they know you are in command
like I do, like I do.
You can't keep your mind at ease,
but a gentle breeze blows through the trees if you appease the
school.
Take a stick and draw a line in the sand
like I do, like I do, like I do.


Slanted statues spewing out on cue,
books of faces blocking a clear view,
it doesn't matter if the words are true,
as long as what they want comes out of you.


Make it up when there's something you don' t know
like I do, like I do.
Chalk it up just as part of the show
like I do, like I do.
You can look in to their eyes,
but don't compromise and don't revise to realize the school.
Make it up when there's something you don't know
like I do, like I do, like I do.


7.Heady Festy


8.Night On The River

I don't know where the money's gone
Don't know where it's gonna be
Not much to show for the work I've done
What else would I need


A night on the river is all I need
A cool drink of water is all I need


The bottom of the barrel
I know I've had my share
Tastes like it always does
No surprises there


When I think about old times
I laugh so hard I cry
Got turned around along the line
But I still enjoy the ride


9.When The Night Comes Around

I don?t know how you got inside my heart
You?re kinda crazy but I knew that from the start
I gotta go before this gets too deep
I?m kinda tired but you just won?t let me sleep


I think I need a little fun
I?m looking for the setting sun


The night can?t come fast enough for me
Life can move too fast to see
And tonight I?ll be casting off, the chains that keep me to the
ground
Everything?s gonna be alright when the night comes around


I gotta call my friend and talk this through
Ah what?s the point I can?t make sense of you
I?m goin out I just might see the dawn
I?m gonna rage it until your memory?s gone


The night can?t come fast enough for me
Life can move too fast to see
And tonight I?ll be casting off, the chains that keep me to the
ground
Everything?s gonna be alright when the night comes around


10.Fire

There were storms in her eyes and blood on the tracks
She left some fool never lookin back
Her walk was steady headin my direction
I never knew a knife to the heart was a sign of affection


Her dark hair was ?owin like a smokey ?re
She stared right through me that look of desire
She?s gettin close now and I?ve lost control
It?s burns me up but I?m still not letting go


You can?t put out the ?re, you can?t put out the ?re
You can?t buy love, or shake desire.
You can?t put out the ?re, you can?t put out the ?re
You can?t buy love, or shake desire.


Good lord I need some cool, cool water
For the heat comin out of the devils daughter
I took a bite of the apple and I lost my mind
My eyes can see but my heart is always blind


You can't put out the ?re, you can?t put out the ?re
You can?t buy love, or shake desire.
You can?t put out the ?re, you can?t put out the ?re
You can?t buy love, or shake desire.


Well I get cut so deep can?t understand
Why it can?t happen to another man
A lesson learned is a lesson lost I?m broke again
I can?t pay the cost of love


You can?t put out the ?re, you can?t put out the ?re
You can?t buy love, or shake desire.
You can?t put out the ?re, you can?t put out the ?re
You can?t buy love, or shake desire.


11.Walking On The Moon

Giant steps are what you take
Walkin' on the moon
I hope my leg don't break
Walkin' on the moon

We could walk forever
Walkin' on the moon
We could be together
Walkin' on, walkin' on the moon

Walkin' back from your house
Walkin' on the moon
Walkin' back from your house
Walkin' on the moon

Feet they hardly touch the ground
Walkin' on the moon
My feet don't hardly make no sound
Walkin' on, walkin' on the moon

Some, may say
I'm wishin' my days away
No way
And if it's the price I pay
Some say
Tomorrow's another day
You stay
I may as well play

Giant steps are what you take
Walkin' on the moon
I hope my leg don't break
Walkin' on the moon

We could walk forever
Walkin' on the moon
We could be together
Walkin' on, walkin' on the moon

Some, may say
I'm wishin' my days away
No way
And if it's the price I pay
Some say

Tomorrow's another day
You stay
I may as well play

Keep it up
Keep it up
Keep it up
Keep it up