Ribbons of Moonlight Lyrics

I chased you through ribbons of moonlight

I chased you through valleys of snow

I chased you through caverns and coal mines

I chased you 'till I had to go

We borrowed our sorrow from love songs

And paid back through desperate sins

I chased you through ribbons of moonlight

Because that's where all heartache begins

A hundred and twenty-five hobos

Built a bonfire from junk mail and bills

A hundred and twenty-five hobos

All homeless in a home on a hill

They borrowed their sorrow from bottles

Of whiskey, cheap wine, and warm beer

I chased you through ribbons of moonlight

The hobos said, No, she's not here

Seventeen lawyers from Austin

In a downtown Dallas hotel

Seventeen lawyers from Austin

Pretending they're doing so well

Their wives and their overwrought children

Plotting revenge, getting high

I chased you through ribbons of moonlight

While the lawyers stood watching love die

In a cabin just north of Lake Placid

A blind man plays fiddle and dines

A knock at the door starts to move him

Is it a goddess or just Frankenstein

It's cold and it's dark in the mountains

I had to chop wood through the frost

I chased you through ribbons of moonlight

Because the fiddler said that's what it cost

I chased you through smoky dark pool halls

I chased you through alleys of dust

I chased you through nightmares and daydreams

Deserts and fountains of lust

I found myself endlessly shopping

In a flea market without a list

I chased you through ribbons of moonlight

As if you were someone I missed

Summer days over my shoulder

Autumn still stuck to my shoes

Christmas lights glowing at sunset

Burning with rhythm and blues

I'm really not fond of nostalgia

The winter wind bites at my eyes

I chased you through ribbons of moonlight

For a chance to stop saying good-bye