I Need You — текст песни (Dan Bern)

Walking around the happiest place in the world

But all I do is wonder if your hair`s still curled

South of Brownsville, Texas south of Miami Beach

But all it means to me is that you`re further out of reach

Everywhere is sand and sun blue sky, water too

I need you



The Spanish moss is hanging and you find a polished stone

You pocket it for luck and then you walk on alone

They`ll rent you a bicycle with the tires blown

They`ll cook you up a blackened fish and strip it to the bone

A slave ship just came in

I been talking to the crew

I need you



In that house Hemingway is boxing in the back

I go down to the library and check out all the facts

Nowadays it`s hard to write a line my own thoughts bore me

I found me an island kid who says he`ll do it for me

I`m wiping all my tears away so no one has a clue

That I need you



The last plane out of Saigon did not know that it was

Every man in prison thinks he`s locked up for a cause

I need something to do my violin needs to sound

I`m gonna see if Ernest wants to go a couple rounds

Sometimes you get lost and you find something new

I need you



Some bird`s flapping in the road on some crazy madman`s string

Soemthing`s messed up with his wing something`s messed up with my

Everything



So here`s the truth at last I tell you Hemingway is dead

And everybody wants to find a steak that`s slightly red

I thought I could escape myself by just not getting dressed

I thought I could escape you by coming to Key West

Sometimes you get lost and you don`t find something new

I need you