Van dyke parks This town goes down at sunset When the hills start turning red The streets roll up at eight o’clock Everybody goes off to bed Everybody goes off to bed There’s someone callin’ someone names You can hear a screen door slam A car goes skatin’ down the road Everybody gets out of […]
Van dyke parks She slid on her dress under that melancholy moon Somethin’ to impress him hopin’ he would be there soon She gonna run away He got a chevrolet She wanted nat king cole He got a jelly roll Whole lotta heart and soul Saphron(?) and a river rat are rappin’ at her door […]
Van dyke parks I carry the torch for her in the orchard Apples were last name My jeanine my jeanine Each tree would ignite with blossoms of white And apple her hair enflame My jeanine my jeanine Jeanine in jean and calico A streak of mean don’t let it show So when she tells her […]
Van dyke parks We painted inside and out with just a gallon of joy We had the girl and the boy And love was never a toy Just like that old rusty ford we restored out in back It made that clickety-clack Our new old house by the track At her window was a touch […]
Van dyke parks Time to giddy-up doo wah diddy-up San francisco san francisco Her lover’s arms were open wide Where the gates of golden Waits with charms unfoldin’ Hold that cable car up there with pride I gotta ride (ride ride) Giddy up down to San francisco san francisco Where love is true as time […]
Van dyke parks Wasn’t so long ago That every year your family Would rent a house from june to labor day Summer in monterey None of us wore no clothes In monterey our feet were bare Our shorts were all we’d ever wear And i would jump for joy that you were there Take you […]
Van dyke parks This is so far from china The star light like to blind ya A lover’s way of saying come home soon Put it in a letter Let each star there remind ya It’s time for love to find ya A palm tree in the moon When a comet comes out to fall […]
Van dyke parks Rain come down for days makes such thunder This old house can’t take that much more And it just might take you and me under Makin’ such a great commotion You could hear the clatter Put the pots and pans on the floor And just let it pour In the tintinnabulation You […]
Van dyke parks Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah ooooo Woh no no no no no no oooo I had a love in every town I swore that i would sooner die than ever settle down Me and my hobo heart Me and my hobo heart Now look and see what love has done My […]
