Somebody's Shadow Lyrics - Tarpaper Sky - Rodney Crowell

Somebody's Shadow-Rodney Crowell 

I've seen her in the street light once, all edgy, black and white 

A flash of incandescence, shape shifting in the night 

I spied her in the clearing, out beyond the switching yard 

I seen her in a fever dream, and the emperor's tarot card 

On every crooked sidewalk I've ever stumbled down 

Where all roads lead to nowhere on the other side of town 

She leanin' on a lamp post, or slumped back against the wall 

Sneaking down the alley, behind the billiard hall 

Down in a cafe window, a figure so forlorn 

She's making me the enemy, of every oath I've sworn 

Has anybody seen her pray tell me what you hear! 

cause I just can't get over how she shed me like a tear 

Somebody's shadow is pullin' out the stops 

Somebody's shadow probably ought to call the cops 

Somebody's shadow is sneaking up behind 

Somebody's shadow made a mad house of my mind 

A perfume apparition out there, fading into black 

Somebody's shadow like a neon heart attack 

She's lipstick on the pill mill, by the ashtray on the bed 

Wine glass in the bathroom, a porch light flamin' red 

Her eyes are corn silt vapor and her hair is like oil drum fire 

The hoot owl and in the belfrey backing on a heart's desire 

Is anybody out there now, can hear my voice? 

The moondance on the roof top is the phantom lady's choice 

Somebody's shadow sneaking up behind 

Somebody's shadow made a mad house of my mind 

Somebody's shadow is makin' me a wreck 

Somebody's shadow like a noose around my neck 

This paradise called yesterday is what I miss the most 

Somebody's shadow still haunts me like a ghost 

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