RAGTIME Lyrics

The sun comes up and the moon melts away

The moon melts away with a song

That plays in your head at the end of the day

A day that has gone on too long

Sleep walks in and it captures your soul

Captures your soul in a box

Ragtime blues playing yesterday's news

And somebody's shoes find their socks

My heartbeat warms up an alien band

An alien band still alive

Through civil war, famine, and a curse on this man

A curse on the man who survived

Sleep walks in and it lends you a dream

Lends you a dream and then leaves

Ragtime blues while you're hitting the snooze

Nothing to lose while I freeze

The pot boils over and the stove is a mess

The stove is a mess with hot stew

Hot stew dripping down the side of your dress

I have to confess, it's not you

Sleep walks in and it carries you up

Carries you right up the stairs

Ragtime blues always missing their cues

A couple of brews and I'm there

What's a matter with a life when you can't find your wife

But you're living with the one that you wed

What's a matter with this song

No one else sings along

And they whisper that it's all in his head

I keep throwing stones at an ocean of poems

But I get voicemails and emails instead

While these Ragtime blues have got nothing to lose

And they're dancing around in my head