Melancholy Moon (Not) - Tim O'Brien

Whistles don’t get lonesome, I guess no one told Hank

You never know that might have been the reason why he drank

What was Willie smokin' when he wrote «Hello Walls'

Where’d Bob find that cowtown?

Did it really have big balls?

There’s no regular combination on that Wabash Cannonball

And I’ve never known a telephone to ring right off the wall

Patsy didn’t fall to pieces on a midnight walk alone

And «T' don’t stand for Texas since Rose left San Antone

Highways don’t get lonesome, you’re not my sunshine

Memories don’t linger in the hallways of my mind

I don’t believe that Porter ever saw that «Rubber Room'

And I’ve neer seen a melancholy moon

Elvis hated hound dogs, so is it false or true

No one ever really saw him wearin' blue suede shoes

Was anybody watchin' when Johnny walked the line

And I wonder if it really was the last thing on his mind

If you’re minin' coal you’ll need more tonnage than sixteen

I can’t recall a time when I’ve been faded as my jeans

You’d have to be a fossil to have a heart of stone

And after «Six Days On The Road', his baby wasn’t home

«Blue Moon Of Kentucky' is more like yellow

And I’ve never seen a melancholy moon