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High Noon In The Wasteland

from A Candle For Durruti by Al Grierson

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HIGH NOON IN THE WASTELAND

Hey what you doin here, girl
How’d you get to my heart?
Have you got some business you ain’t finished
Or some you want to start?

Come a little bit closer
Have I got something you want?
Are you just some fallen angel
Looking for a place to haunt
Or are you just passing through, girl
Or are you planning to stay?
Did you have some clear intention
When you took my breath away?

I could wait for the answers
But that could take a long time
And I’d only end up wanting you
and that’d be some kind of crime
Because the hands on my wristwatch
And the clock on the wall
Say it’s high noon in the wasteland
Push is coming down to shove
Get out of here before I fall in love

Are you the man in the moon, girl
Or did you come from a star?
I could figure out just what I’m feeling
If I knew just what you are
Cause anything that I call you
Ain’t always all that it seems
I know you ain’t no girl, you ain’t no baby
You’re the woman in my dreams

And I’ve been dreaming all day, girl
I’ve been dreaming all year
But I never dreamed I’d wake up dreaming
And I’d see you sitting here
But every dream is a tangle
And there’s no way to romance
When the band’s all done rehearsing
And they’re calling off the dance
We’re heading out for the border
We’re going over the wall
And it’s high noon in the wasteland
Push is coming down to shove
Get out of here before I fall in love

Am I awake or asleep, girl
Am I dreaming your smile?
First I’m lookin at the Mona Lisa then the Empress of the Nile
There’s a beautiful daughter
And some heavenly queen
There’s this scarlet whore of Babylon
And every woman in between
They’ve come to sweeten my sorrow
They come to wash it away
But I’ve heard the mermaids singing
And they sound like Lady Day

So don’t you make it all shine, girl
Don’t you make it complete
Cause the mob outside is howlin
They want gunsmoke in the streets
And now the cop on the corner
And the clock in the hall
Say it’s high noon in the wasteland
Push is coming down to shove
Get out of here before I fall in love

Come here and tell me again, girl
I guess I kinda forget
Was it just last week
Or in some other lifetime that we met?
It’s been a mighty long time, girl
Since we were innocent teens
But you can still put on your high heeled sneakers
And your rolled up Levi jeans
And call me boy if you want to
And I’ll be calling you girl
And at dancetime you can be my baby
And I’ll be your Duke of Earl
But something’s going all wrong, girl
I feel alone and aloof
Cause the sky is clear, there ain’t no thunder
But there’s rain upon the roof
It’s coming down for the deluge
And coming after the fall
And it’s high noon in the wasteland
Push is coming down to shove
Get out of here before I fall in love
Get out of here before I fall in love

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from A Candle For Durruti, released January 1, 1999

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