Cover art for Green Grass by Tom Waits

Green Grass

Oct. 5, 20041 viewer13.6K views

Green Grass Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Lay your head where my heart used to be
Hold the earth above me

Lay down in the green grass
Remember when you loved me

[Verse 2]
Come closer, don't be shy
Stand beneath a rainy sky
The moon is over the rise
Think of me as a train goes by

[Verse 3]
Clear the thistles and brambles
Whistle "Didn't He Ramble"
Now there's a bubble of me
And it's floating in thee

[Verse 4]
Stand in the shade of me
Things are now made of me

The weather vane will say
"It smells like rain today"

[Verse 5]
God took the stars and he tossed 'em
Can't tell the birds from the blossoms
You'll never be free of me
He'll make a tree from me
[Verse 6]
Don't say goodbye to me
Describe the sky to me
And if the sky falls, mark my words
We'll catch mockingbirds

[Outro]
Lay your head where my heart used to be
Hold the earth above me
Lay down in the green grass
Remember when you loved me

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