Songwriter: Michael Martin Murphey
Producer: Bob Johnston
The drunken lady of the morning
Stumbles down the street
And makes a joke of every tipsy minute
Her true love is the garbage man
He sweeps her off her feet
It's not a perfect world but she is in it
She'd like to try to make the morning smile
Hold it to her breast a little while
Rockin' it to sleep just like a child
She feels her bones to be the stones
That pave the slippery street
She'd like to use a building for a bonnet
She wonders if the world will wait
So she can stand up straight;
It spins so fast she just can't stand up on it
She'd like to use the magic in her mind
To turn the oil slick in the street to wine
Or polish a policeman's eyes until they shine
The drunken lady of the morning mumbles as she swings
Her head's so heavy she can barely life it
And smashing glass she curses at the bottle that she flings;
It's not a perfect love but she sleeps with it
She'd like to try to make the morning cry
And tell the rising sun another lie
Or choke the light of day
Just like it was a spy
Feeling fine
Going blind
All mankind
Is divine
Stumbles down the street
And makes a joke of every tipsy minute
Her true love is the garbage man
He sweeps her off her feet
It's not a perfect world but she is in it
She'd like to try to make the morning smile
Hold it to her breast a little while
Rockin' it to sleep just like a child
She feels her bones to be the stones
That pave the slippery street
She'd like to use a building for a bonnet
She wonders if the world will wait
So she can stand up straight;
It spins so fast she just can't stand up on it
She'd like to use the magic in her mind
To turn the oil slick in the street to wine
Or polish a policeman's eyes until they shine
The drunken lady of the morning mumbles as she swings
Her head's so heavy she can barely life it
And smashing glass she curses at the bottle that she flings;
It's not a perfect love but she sleeps with it
She'd like to try to make the morning cry
And tell the rising sun another lie
Or choke the light of day
Just like it was a spy
Feeling fine
Going blind
All mankind
Is divine
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir (1973)
Michael Martin Murphey popular songs
- Maybe This Time
- Wildfire
- Red River Valley
- What’s Forever For
- Renegade
- Little Joe, the Wrangler
- When the Work’s All Done This Fall
- Riders in the Sky
- What Am I Doing Here
- From the Word Go
- Ring of Truth
- Children of the Wild World
- Roses and Thorns
- Let the Cowboy Dance
- Geronimo’s Cadillac
- Tying Knots in the Devil’s Tail
- Harbor For My Soul
- Running Shadow
- Cowboy Logic
- Hearts in the Right Place
- Calico Silver
- The Heart Knows the Truth
- Wild Bird
- Spanish is the Lovin’ Tongue