Parker's Mood Lyrics - Joe Henry

Where's my sock? 

Where's my other shoe? 

I didn't know what time it was 

When I came to 

The only light in here 

Is my flickering TV 

Watching back at me 

Oh, my love is here to stay 

Saints alive 

And all the saints be praised 

I see them all around me now 

They've been called and raised 

Their jaws gone slack 

Their yellow nails long and curling back 

To scratch the phantom of ache 

Of our lost days 

Oh, my love is here to stay 

I came home this morning 

I was dead on my feet 

Drunk on the victory 

Of my own defeat 

Now I'm reeling on the ceiling 

But what yard bird law is this 

When a heart in chains is what remains 

The prelude to a kiss? 

God is in the details 

Of the smoke in the air 

The devil, he's a pauper prince 

Nesting in your hair 

The things we put together 

The world will ear a part 

But I've beat them to the start 

Alone the way 

Oh, my love is here to stay