Texas Moon
Kilbey, Willson-Piper, Koppes, Ploog
(Campbell Connelly Australia Pty Limited and Control)
Appears On:
- Starfish (1988) - EMI Australia 2005 Remaster, CD 2, Track 1
- Starfish (1988), Intervention Records 2021 2LP Expanded Edition, Side 4, Track 2
- 12" Arista 611 532 (1988) Limited Edition EP, Side 2, Track 2
- A Quick Smoke At Spot's (1991), Track 1
- Almost Yesterday 1981-1990 (1994), Track 17
- The Best of the Church (1999), Track 16
- All Killer No Filler - The Church (2009), Track 5
- Released as a flexi-disc single (1988)
- Reptile single B-side on:
- 7" Mushroom K574 (Australia) - 1988
Lyrics (unofficial)
[rev. Apr. 12, 2017]
One more day I may forget my reason
Sun doth sting me babe like a harpoon
Followed politely south it feels like treason
Live out my days beneath the Texas moon
Started out a cardshark in Palm City
Playing for another tablespoon
Lost my fancy vest and both my kidneys
Two red jacks and one red Texas moon
I met a bunch of fools in Oklahoma
Their leader was a loathsome old baboon
Had those rascals hooked on homemade soma
Hooked on that yeah and the Texas moon
He knew a house that opened up in Dallas
I'll stick with you in a dark and sweetened room
She said "I'm afraid I can't accept that fallacy
But lie down here and feel the Texas moon"
Crying is no substitute for laughter
I would've felt but now I feel immune
I'm hell bent for the here and ever after
Cold white fire like the Texas moon
And I expect to find life there unpleasant
My exit will be most inopportune
I'm leaving while I can see this crescent
Crescent of the ghostly Texas moon
It can't be any hotter than this jail
It can't be any colder than this mood
It can't be any deader than a doornail
Or half as live as the Texas moon
Mother send no flowers for my passing
Surely life is just one long lampoon
Brother end your vigilance and your fasting
I'm going down beneath the Texas moon
I'm going down beneath the Texas moon
I'm going down beneath the Texas moon
I'm going down beneath the Texas moon
Going down beneath the Texas moon
Going down beneath the Texas moon
Going down beneath the Texas moon, yeah, yeah