the flipside

the flipside of that gentle melancholy feeling

plays in the half light

just before the dawn

to the ragtag remains of some enchanted evening

the last few fallen leaves

then

gathered by the wind

but if you hold me in your arms

forget your baby's gone

moonlight won't shine

oh

so cold and old

and in the last remaining moments

before the sunlight sends us home

we'll hear the flipside of that gentle melancholy feeling

eddie's holding steady

five fingernails above the abyss

hanging on your kiss

hanging on that tough guy myth

but if you tune that radio

to the station we all know

moonlight won't shine

oh

so cold and old

and in the last remaining moments

before the sunlight sends us home

we'll hear the flipside of that gentle melancholy feeling

and you can call me mister heartbreak

if that's what it takes

i'm not leaving

and i will play you sister morphine

and dance till the end of the evening

you know i'm not leaving

the flipside of that gentle melancholy feeling

plays in the half light

just before the dawn

to the ragtag remains of some enchanted evening

the last few fallen leaves

then

gathered by the wind