Under the Lilacs
Lyrics by Jerry Joseph

Under the lilacs in the evening sun
beyond the grasping hands of time
basking in the sunlight of the one I love
in the forgotten summers of my mind

whatever happened to a love so blind
under the halo and under the gun
under the lilacs rum and melon rind
basking in your laughter...
laughter of my only one

yeah, and fingers touching in a electric storm
sweet summer rain and a breeze so warm
yeah, your conversations in your pickup truck
and an august passion, passion in a ???? tone

now, I long
long to feel...
feel the rain
and let nature's smile
wash away...
wash away the stain

like a circus clown (?)
now in summer
blown away
all the ruthless
the ruthless winds of change
singing life...life...
life so strange
a life so strange

well bye bye baby
you got your brand new start
??? and memories
and like an emerald you hold my heart
for the whole damn world to see

and yet I recall and Arizona dawn
and the way you whisper when you sleep
and your red rock as the shadow falls
and the summer love
summer love so deep

now, I long
long to feel...
feel the rain
and let nature's smile
wash away...
wash away your pain

a Mona Lisa's smile
now that summer
blown away
all the ruthless
ruthless winds of change
singing life...life...
life so strange
a life so strange

under the lilacs
in the evening sun
beyond the grasping hands of time
basking in the laughter of the one I love
forgotten summers of my mind

whatever happened to a love so blind
under the halo and under the gun
under the lilacs rum and melon rind
bask in your laughter, laughter of my only one
left alone

because I long
long to feel
feel the rain
and let nature's smile
wash way...
wash away the pain

like a shotgun blast
now that summer
blown away
all the ruthless
ruthless winds of change
singing life...life...
life so strange
a life so strange

Transcribed from
12/16/99 Hogs Wallow, Salt Lake City, UT
by Patrick Sprowls