Lyrics: First Recollection Album: Pale Sun, Crescent Moon Artist: Cowboy Junkies   My first recollection is a day in December black iron steam engine covered in ice like some Precambrian monster moaning and snorting Nothing was ever going to beat…

Lyrics: The Post Album: Pale Sun, Crescent Moon Artist: Cowboy Junkies   Eyed it, dried it, untied it Chilled it, spilled it, refilled it Taste it, traced it, erased it He’s my post to lean on And I just cut…

Lyrics: Pale Sun Album: Pale Sun, Crescent Moon Artist: Cowboy Junkies   Fifty miles from Dakota territory Cheyenne scalp hangs from his belt Found him alone washing in the Bighorn a steady aim and he bagged his game Pale sun…

Lyrics: Anniversary Song Album: Pale Sun, Crescent Moon Artist: Cowboy Junkies   Have you ever seen a sight as beautiful as that of the rain-soaked purple of the white birch in spring? Have you ever felt more fresh or wonderful…

Lyrics: Floorboard Blues Album: Pale Sun, Crescent Moon Artist: Cowboy Junkies   Look under his floorboards, Mama, I don’t trust his silly grin He’s got a beat-up Rambler, Nebraska plates, and I ain’t getting in I don’t like the way…

Lyrics: Cold Tea Blues Album: Pale Sun, Crescent Moon Artist: Cowboy Junkies   If I pour your cup, that is friendship If I add your milk, that is manners If I stop there, claiming ignorance of taste, that is tea…

Lyrics: Hard To Explain Album: Pale Sun, Crescent Moon Artist: Cowboy Junkies   If it ain’t one thing I tell you it’s always another I wonder why I started treating you like a step-brother Love is hard to explain I…

Lyrics: White Sail Album: Pale Sun, Crescent Moon Artist: Cowboy Junkies   Raise a white sail if you love me a black sail if you don’t Seal me up in an impregnable tower or surround me with an impassable moat…

Lyrics: Hunted Album: Pale Sun, Crescent Moon Artist: Cowboy Junkies   Emma’s in a part of town where she doesn’t recognize the streets named for famous native sons and out of every crevice comes creeping a threat in her direction…

Lyrics: Crescent Moon Album: Pale Sun, Crescent Moon Artist: Cowboy Junkies   Reach a hand to the crescent moon grab hold of the hollow If she sits in the palm of the left that moon will be fuller tomorrow If…