Shout Down the Moon [Part 3]

Two days later mama called me
"Guess what I've got in store for you"

"Tell me mama, what is it?"

"You won't believe it's true

Rick crashed in to a barn
Somewhere in Idaho
Seeing as how that's close to you
I thought that you should know"

All my voice could whisper
Was, "my God, what has he done?"

"Patty, has he been to see you?"

"No mama, he hasn't come"

I knew I shouldn't have lied
But the words just spilled right out
The truth was, he'd seen me twice
But that's not what my lying was about

"Keep my grandson in close proximity
I don't want that man to see
The child he created with you
He doesn't deserve Willie"

"Mama, I've got to go
We've got a gig in half an hour
I'm not nearly ready
I haven't even had a shower"

I had to catch my breath
I knew he was sorry for what he'd done
But I knew I had to hurry
I knew I had to run

Jonathan was reading his jazz book
When we pulled off the road to eat
I told him we'd be quick
And I tried to be discreet

But he was annoyed with me again
I had taken much too long
He told me "I don't know anything
And in his band, I don't belong"

I picked up a magazine
And ignored what he had to say
But somehow I was comforted
In a strange, and unique way

We got back on the road
Neither of us said anything at all
Jonathan was a good guy
And I was starting to fall..