Any Naked Eye

Lyrics: David Nelson
Music: David Nelson

A David Nelson song played with his band and with Phil Lesh & Friends and with the New Riders of the Purple Sage. Thanks to David Rosen for pointing me to the lyrics printed with the David Nelson Band CD "Once In A Blue Moon".

Papa John said, son, the longest way around
Is the fastest way to get back home
And that what you hold in your heart is
All that you can call your own
Call your own, or call it mine
Call it such a good idea at the time

Well I met her in the back of a limousine
And we was getting out of jail for free
Lost all track of time in the best tradition
And the rest is a mystery
Far as any naked eye could see
On the blind, or by design
'Cause it's such a good idea at the time

Say if you ever win big at the lottery
And you live to tell the tale
Be sure to boppa be, boppa be, boppa lula
While the money rolls in by the bale
All the money rolls in by the bale

Call it yours, call it mine
Call it something on the vine
Call it such a good idea at the time

It took a long line of dedicated maniacs
Just to get this birdy off the ground
A crackerjack team of enlightened masters
Just to help me see the ground
See the ground, I'm heaven bound
And it's such a good idea at the time

Well it's the age old dilemma when you try to remember
Which is real and which is genuine
Just you pick out the truth from hallucination
And drive through the ones in your mind
Drive that bus right through those ones in your mind
In your mind, or on on the vine
'Cause it's such a good idea at the time

Say if you ever win big at the lottery
And you live to tell the tale
Be sure to boppa be, boppa be, boppa lula
While the money rolls in by the bale
All the money rolls on in by the bale

Call it yours, call it mine
Call it something on the vine
Call it such a good idea at the time