Mike Gordon

Can’t Stand Still

(Words: Gordon; Music: Gordon, McConnell, Fishman, Slomoff)

Try and set your mind to find me
You’ll find baby that I’ve ducked behind some float
A rattlesnake hisses behind me
I jump up blindly and grind along down the road

I’m just saying I can’t stand still
When the drums are marching by
And the sun’s so bright
No I can’t stand still

When she twirls so wide
Blinking her sparkling eye

They came undercover to spy me
But I took my mirror and reflected back their scope
I invented a new way to fly me
To a New England town with charm beyond my hopes

Just sayin’ I can’t stand still
With a vine to swing me high
Release and glide
No I can’t stand still

When she’s closing in behind
And I hold the sky

Stones get thrown when darkness comes in
When I go, it’s faster than your throw

I’m just sayin’ I can’t stand still
When the wind will dry my eye
In pantomime stride
No I can’t stand still

Like a grounded yellow kite
When the sun’s so bright