Crystal Green

Crystal Green
by Tom Chapin
© The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

Remember when I met you
At the door of a darkened room
You thought love would not upset you
This late in the afternoon

And the sun sank in the water
You said “What can it mean?”
We are shadows slowly drifting
Me and Crystal Green

Crystal Green, got me living in-between
This road I ride by habit
And a movie that I’ve seen
Shadow on the water
And I wonder what it means
There’s nothing quite as good as Crystal Green

Somewhere in the morning
I hear a baby cry
I touch your sleeping body
And I swear that I can fly
Away from what I am
Above the things I’ve seen
Somewhere in the morning
I touch you Crystal Green

Crystal Green, got me living in-between
This road I ride by habit
And a movie that I’ve seen
Shadow on the water
And I wonder what it means
There’s nothing quite as good as
Crystal Green

I was working in a city band
Playin’ second-hand rock ‘n’ roll
Waiting for that big break
And trying not to fold
And you look like morning to me
You feel like a solid dream
I should have known that life
Ain’t what it seems
But we thought that love would keep us
Crystal Green

Well it’s been so long now
I’ve learned to live alone
Been working steady
Got a place in the city
That almost feels like home
And I sometimes think of you
And wonder what it means
We are shadows slowly drifting
Me and Crystal Green

Crystal Green, I’m still living in-between
This road I ride by habit
And a movie that I’ve seen
Shadow on the water
And I wonder what it means
There’s nothing quite as good as
Crystal Green
Nothing quite as good as Crystal Green
Is there nothing quite as good as Crystal Green?

This song appears on Tom Chapin's Let Me Back Into Your Life CD.

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