Jimmy & The Moon

We are gathered here today to say goodbye

I didn't think this day would ever come so soon

Goodnight moon

And that fly up on the wall is just a fly

Nothing happens here that anyone

Would ever want to talk about

Tall tales, half-truths and lies

Jimmy built this pool hall

Then silently he documents the rise and fall

Of every boy who grew up way too soon

Beneath the shadow of that moon

But now the cranes are hanging high

Brick by brick they build it up

Then all at once it's blocking out the sky

And you can call me many things

But I'm not a glass-half-empty sorta guy

She whispers "you've been paralyzed,"

But that's not true, I just can't move

Fill my glass up one more time

And say goodbye to Jimmy and the moon

This past winter took a toll and there were nights

I couldn't make it down here from the second floor

My fire escape encased in ice

And the day was coming soon

And so I cried and prayed and cursed

And put my fist right Through the kitchen wall

Wonder if anybody made it there tonight?

But Jimmy kept the lights on still

If I could get there I would be there on that corner stool

But conversation would be scarce

Am I the only one who cares?

They're putting cranes up in the sky

They dig a hole four stories deep

And the cement trucks idle down Gerrard

Call me a sentimental fool

For sixty years I've called this corner my back yard

And should I fight to keep things as they are

When my time is coming soon

So fill my glass up one more time

And say goodbye to Jimmy and the moon

Jimmy and the moon, Jimmy and the moon

Jimmy and the moon, Jimmy and the moon

Jimmy and the

Take one last look up to the sky

My glass half-empty, watch it die

Take one last look up to the sky

My glass half-empty, watch it die