HAWKMOON
As recorded by Hurray for the Riff Raff
(From the 2024 Album THE PAST IS STILL ALIVE)



[Intro]
               


[Verse 1]

In the bus, I 

sleep all day
             
In the back I 


am, uh-huh

Everybody want

s to know my n

ame
             
I give just a 

          
sliver to them

, uh-huh

That's the way

, that's the w

ay
             
I've been taug

     
ht I am

Any day, any w

ay
             
I drink a fift

         
h before 3 p.m

.


[Verse 2]
             
Little girl wi

              
th a buck knif

             
e and a fake I


D
             
Sleeping bag a

              
nd a backpack 

           
in the big cit

y
             
And tell me wh

              
y, well, don't

             
 it look like 

              
I'm always cry


ing

You try to hid

e when you're 

high
             
Baby, I know y

      
ou're lying


[Chorus]
             
Well, it's a h

             
awk moon and i

            
t's just begun

    
 to rise
             
Here's a silve

             
r spoon so you

             
 could gouge o

            
ut both your e


yes
             
 I couldn't be

             
lieve them whe

             
n they'd say, 

       
"Watch out"
             
I'm becoming t

             
he kind of gir

             
l that they wa

               
rned me about


[Verse 3]
             
And you'll nev

              
er know the wa

             
y I miss Ms. J

   
onathan
             
She was beaten

              
 in the street

             
 and then I ne

             
ver saw her ag

ain
             
She opened up 

              
my mind in the

             
 holes of her 

        
fishnet tights

Dildo waving o

n her car ante

nna and
             
I could've rid

        
den shotgun fo

rever


[Bridge]
             
She'd say, "Oh

             
, baby, where 

             
do you wanna g

 
o?
            
 I know a plac

              
e no one will 

             
ever know," we

 
ll
            
 "Oh, baby, wh

             
ere do you wan

     
na go?
            
I know a place

             
 no one will e

       
ver know"


[Chorus]
             
Well, it's a h

             
awk moon and i

            
t's just begun

    
 to rise
             
Here's a silve

             
r spoon you co

             
uld eat your h

              
eart out as a 


prize
             
 I couldn't be

             
lieve them whe

             
n they'd say, 

       
"Watch out"
             
I'm becoming t

             
he kind of gir

             
l that they wa

         
rned me about


[Outro]