5. Danny Barnes

Danny Barnes
I went out last night to hear Danny Barnes play the banjo
What he knows about the banjo can’t be taught
And I thought about you and your beautiful hands
What was almost true when we were almost caught
All the way back to Callicoon
Crow black chicken and fly
Trick of the light made me see two moons
In the sky, like it was almost true
Crow black chicken
Crow black chicken
Crow black chicken
Then you fly away back home
I remember you from across the room the first time that
I saw you
You were talking with your hands
And the last time I saw you was the other side of something
I cannot ask a soul to understand
But when Danny Barnes plays the five string banjo
Crow black chicken and fly
His hands on the strings saying things that I believed
No one knew, but they’re still true
Crow black chicken
Crow black chicken
Crow black chicken
Then you fly away back home