By: Rodney Crowell
1981
Down in Louisiana, bayous by and by
Pirogue pole or your natural soul
Keeps you tied to a tree high tide
Beer joint lights come on
And then the crowd starts rollin' in
Chorus:
Pretty soon you got stars on the water
You got stars on the water
It's like stars on the water, let it rain
Beaumont to Biloxi
Sea breeze at your door
Gypsy rains, dang hurricanes
White silver sandy shore
"Blue Light" lounge is shinin'
Way out on the view
Chorus:
It looks just like stars on the water
Just like stars on the water
Just like stars on the water, let it rain
(guitar instrumental)
When it's midnight down in Mobile
Moonbeams on the bay
They come from miles around to dance the jukebox down
And dig the good time sounds they play
All across the harbour
Night lights shinin' in
Chorus:
It looks just like stars on the water
Just like stars on the water
Just like stars on the water, let it rain
Chorus:
Pretty soon ya got stars on the water
You got stars on the water
It's like stars on the water, let it rain
- Notes:
Background Vocals: Timothy B. Schmitit's a sign of the times girl
sad songs on the radio
it's a sign of the times girl
as the leaves begin to go
but all these signs now
showing on my face
proving me wrong taking its place
and I pray to god
that there's more that we can do yeah
and I pray to God
that there's more we can show
more than we can do yeah.
isn't it a wonder as a new baby cries
and isn't it a wonder with the sweetness in my eyes
isn't it a wonder, on the crossroads of my life
isn't it a wonder, isn't it a wonder to me?
oh oh, yoh oh
it's the way of the world when
wrong takes hold of right
it's the way of the world
in which we've all lost sight
but isn't this world too simple to be true
holding on to memories of you.
and I pray to god
that there's more that we can do, yeah
and I pray to God
that there's more we can show
more than we can do, yeah.
isn't it a wonder, as a newborn baby cries
and isn't it a wonder with the sweetness in my eyes
isn't it a wonder, at the crossroads of my life
isn't it a wonder, isn't it a wonder
that I can see a change in me
but I won't go back 'cause that's behind me
and after all strong words are spoken
my heart will never be, never be, never be
isn't it a wonder, as a new born baby cries
and isn't it a wonder with the sweetness in my eyes
isn't it a wonder, at the crossroads of my life
isn't it a wonder, isn't it a wonder
that I can see a change in me
but I won't go back, 'cause that's behind me
and after all strong words are spoken
my heart will never be, never be, never be.