Crowell, Rodney - Somebody's Shadow Lyrics
I've seen her in the street light once
All edgy, black and white
A flash of incandescence
Shape shifting in the night
I spied her in a clearing
I've seen her in a fever dream
And the Empress tarot card
On every crooked sidewalk
I've ever stumbled down
Where all roads lead to nowhere
On the other side of town
She's leaning on a lamp post
Or slumped against the wall
Sneaking down the alley
There in a cafe window, a figure so forlorn
She's making me the enemy of every oath I've sworn
Has anybody seen her now?
Pray tell me what you hear
'Cause I just can't get over
How she shed me like a tear
Somebody's shadow
Is pullin' out the stops
Somebody's shadow
Probably oughta call the cops
Somebody's shadow
Is sneakin' up behind
Somebody's shadow
Made a madhouse of my mind
A perfumed apparition
Out there fading into black
Somebody's shadow
Like a neon heart attack
She's lipstick on the Pall Mall butt
In an ashtray by the bed
Wine glass in the bathroom sink
And a porch light flaming red
Her eyes are cornsilk vapors
And her hair's like oil drum fire
The hoot owls in the belfrey
Back-announce her heart's desire
Is anybody out there now
And can you hear my voice?
The moondance on the rooftop
Is the phantom lady's choice
Somebody's shadow
Is making me a wreck
Somebody's shadow
Like a noose around my neck
Somebody's shadow
Is making me a slave
Somebody's shadow
Is digging me my grave
This paradise called yesterday
Is what I miss the most
'Cause somebody's shadow
Still haunts me like a ghost
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Crowell, Rodney Somebody's Shadow Comments
First hearfd Rodney Crowell in Greece 197576 or around there ....
40 yrs..and still this guy impresses me .... every single note and textually inuendo ..ya gota love it !
What an awesome and vividly picturesque song! Rodney is so wonderfully descriptive!! Love the whole album, naturally!!