The New Amsterdams - A Goodbye Rye lyrics

[Originally by Richard Buckner] Once upon a blue Thing or two Eyes in sight The moon confused We saw the sparks fly And we watched their lies Some died in retreat Some in jealousy You know boredom breeds Temptation in its wake But, look at what temptation has done The spirit is here in the hollow A message at the bottom of the bottle Oh, the sky tonight is gray All the quiver and the quake Reaching away Goodbye Rye Been bled on down the road When the buzz was over It was getting cold Oh the years go slow So we're lying low Do you want your name to burn away? Oh, but I decide Honey, will I ride? Along and through And over you Sleep shame Reno's low behind in flames With your misty mist And your low-land frame Won't you sleep shame?