Jerry Jeff Walker — Derby Day

[Spoken Intro] This here's "Derby Day" Written on the day of the Kentucky Derby When Foolish Pleasure lost And I was tryin' to make... amends Well, I was tryin' to finish a love song [?] [Verse 1] Yeah Susan, you are a jewel About the rarest I've ever seen I wish I could polish off All the edges of my craziest dreams But you know the way I am There's nothin' you could do If there's anything you don't want me to do Said, go ahead and tell me to [Chorus 1] It must have been one hell of a starry night The moon was so bright Guess it must've knocked out all of your lights I guess that's the night that you fell for my silvery line [Verse 2] Everything we do is backwards You know that ain't a lie You love, I love, you love Ah, you know you know I love your beautiful eyes But I can't pay you back, no I can't make it up in a song I guess I'm here tryin' to tell you that I missed myself while you were gone [Chorus 2] Yeah and it must've been one hell of a starry night Yeah the moon was so bright It must've knocked out all of your lights I guess that's the night that you fell for the silvery line [Verse 3] Baby, you always picked the winners At every Derby race I guess you just picked on me For a little bit of change of pace Go on, shake your hair, let it loose Run 'til you pass the wind I'll be runnin' right in front of you Tryin' to rein myself in [Chorus 3] And it must have been one hell of a starry night Yeah the moon was so bright Guess it must've knocked out all of our lights I guess that's the night that we tied that silvery line [Outro] Susan, you are a jewel The rarest I've ever seen I wish I could polish off All the edges of my craziest dreams