Lyrics Parker's Mood - Joe Henry

Parker's Mood

Where’s my sock?
Where’s my other shoe?
I didn’t know what time it was
When I came o
The only light in here
Is fmy 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