Paper Moon
Author: Ryan Adams

Official Appearance:

Pneumonia -- Whiskeytown

Unofficial Appearance:

Pneumonia Pre-Release Version -- Whiskeytown
Pneumonia Rough Mix -- Whiskeytown

Notes:

Ryan Adams: "That's another one of my eternal love songs to someone. It's absolutely, completely true. I'm not being facetious. I'm not being ironic. I'm not being coy. I listen to that song now, and that's absolutely where I was at the time. I was cosmically in love. And this one to me is the Star Wars of all my love songs. The light saber of all my love songs."

Played Live:

Lyrics:

I go walkin' under a paper moon
All the birds are singing
Singing you a pretty tune
All the constellations and all the stars above
They all start to whistling
They start singing along

The world is not a monster
And I'm not scared at all
Floatin' through your heavens
The world is in my arms

Oh rainy day
Don't follow me
Cause I'm her baby doll
She's my cup of tea

I go walkin' under a paper moon
And my eyes are made of crystals
Plastic flowers bloom
All the leaves are changing
And the skies are blue
All these seasons of distraction
Can't take the smile God's given you

The world is but a monster
And I'm not scared at all
I'm floatin' through the heavens
The world is in my arms

Oh rainy day
Don't follow me
Cause I'm her baby doll
She's my cup of tea

Love takes care of love
Hate just burns you out

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