Sunflower Cat / It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry Lyrics - Bruce Hornsby

One eye is open, the other eye is shut 

Don't throw anything to me 

I'm in no place, no place to receive 

And I just can't move a thing 

Things are rough down here 

You know it's a little grim 

Whatever you've got to pick me up 

To help me out, I'm in 

I'm down with that 

In my dream I can fly, fly high 

Over the fields and across the sky 

Then I'm awake and I'm back on the ground 

If you could take me back up there 

I'm down, down with that 

When I escape and close my eyes 

Can't tell you from me 

Sometimes in the dreams I look at myself 

And it's looks so good, what I see 

I'm having a little trouble here 

Could you maybe help me out? 

A little confidence pill you got 

To take away my self-doubt 

I'm down with that 

In my dream I can fly, fly high 

Over the fields and across the sky 

Then I'm awake and I'm back on the ground 

If you could take me back up there 

I'm down, down with that 

Slow down sun, shake yourself 

Why make your own hell? 

Say what are you doing son? 

I'm just trying to likemyself 

I'd love to help myself 

You know I really, really would 

May your days be bright and well 

In my dream I can fly, fly high 

Over the fields and across the sky 

Then I'm awake and I'm back on the ground 

If you could take me back up there 

I'm down, down with that 

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Well, I ride on a mailtrain, baby, can't buy a thrill 

Well, I've been up all night, baby, leanin' on the window sill 

Well, if I die on top of the hill 

And if I don't make it, you know my baby will 

Don't the moon look good, mama, shinin' through the trees? 

Don't the brakeman look good, mama, flagging down the "Double E"? 

Don't the sun look good goin' down over the sea? 

Don't my gal look fine when she's comin' after me? 

Now the wintertime is coming, the windows are filled with frost 

I want to tell everybody, but I could not get across 

Well, I wanna be your lover, baby, I don't wanna be your boss 

Don't say I never warned you when your train gets lost