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Smiling Down Composer: Jay Clifford |
| Studio Recordings: | 8-track recording (Dorn Residence) / Licorice Tea Sessions |
| Releases: | Licorice Tea Demos / The Early Years Vol. I |
| Tablature: | Tablature Archive |
| First Performance: | unknown |
| Song Information: | This song was originally recorded with Henry Dorn, and featured a slower tempo. While Henry was happy with the sound of the original recording, the band decided a faster tempo suited the song better, and they've played it that way ever since. |
| Lyrical Transcription: | Official lyrics from Licorice Tea Demos liner notes |
Saturday night I was making my way
Making my way back home
Walking on the broken bottles
Swinging from the streetlights
Swinging home
Walking along with a spring in my bended knee
Walking on a leather side walk
Feeling like a cowboy
Riding on
And the moon...
And the moon...
And the moon...is smiling down
A tip of the hat and a square of the chin
To the corner milky whites
Waiting on a city streetlight
Grazing on the asphalt
Hanging out
A burning machine like a red hot iron wagon wheel
A wild horse in the city traffic
Screaming out "CAR CRASH"
In my ear
Broken glass from the tin can candy
The tin can candy red
Blue smoke and a cold sweat shower
Screaming out "SILENCE"
In the crowd
Nobody moves because nobody can
Stand back on the city corner
Everybody's wondering if they're dead
A hollering whoop from a redhead ambulance
Take off like a magic carpet
Rub the red lantern
And make a wish