Nathan Moore

Nathan Moore

Somewhere

I went out looking for my sweetheart. Didn’t find no takers but got invited to a party. Drank some really good wine, stayed up late, had a really good time. -CHORUS I know she’s out there, somewhere. And she wants…

Silly Like a Goose

I had a gal, she was the prettiest gal. She turned me on then turned me loose. Now she won’t even be my pal. Silly like a goose. Silly like a goose yall. Silly you are, silly you’ll always be.…

Rules

It’s so hard to say goodbye to the nightcrawler poet. The one who can’t help it ’cause he’s drunk. I keep sayin I’m goin straight in the mornin’. But I’ll be stronger in the morning than I thunk. I’ve seen…

Ruins

I sing for people and places, all outer spaces I’ve traveled to castles with kings. I’ve sipped wine from the vine in courtyards with pools fed by springs. Now I’m standing in the ruins. With the music they played on…

The Real World

It’s a very big world for such a little boy. Mercy Mary scared of shadow shows you to a chair. And dons a morning spun from golden somethings sweet and pure as light comes and dances in her hair. And…

Quanah

Quanah smells a flower. Goes looking for that flower. Wants to be where such a flower grows. He climbs down his tower and there’s a little shower CFC but he doesn’t mind, it feels good on his toes. He crosses…

Protest Song

It’s hard to write a protest song, to love your enemy, to know right from wrong. It’s hard to know what to say in such strange company. Who to Jesus pray while sending children to their graves. He was not…