"Fadograph of a Yestern Scene"—Crooked Timber

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Fadograph of a Yestern Scene

(Music and lyrics by Scott Ryan)

Take me back when my days are done
And lay me down in the noonday sun;
I want to go to a place I know—
I saw it once a long time ago.

I don't know how and I don't know where;
I don't know if it's even there
Today.
But I've got to get home sometime;
I've spent my life just trying to find
The way.

          I want to go where the wind blows clean
          Where the days are young and the world is green.
          I saw it once in a magazine
          In a fadograph of a yestern scene.

Take me back where the sweet streams flow
Down the side of the mountain to the rocks below.
I want to walk the hills all day
With the friends and the family who have gone away.

I don't know if it's even real;
All I know is the way I feel
Today:
All the promises of youth betrayed
And everything just seems to fade
To grey.

          I want to go where the wind blows clean
          Where the days are young and the world is green.
          I saw it once in a magazine
          In a fadograph of a yestern scene.

Take me back when my days are done
And lay me down in the noonday sun;
I've got to go to a place I know—
I saw it once a long time ago.

It can't be gone; I can see it now,
So it's got to be there somehow.
I know
I could spread my wings and fly
And go where the geese on the far horizon
Go.

          I want to go where the wind blows clean
          Where the days are young and the world is green.
          I saw it once in a magazine
          In a fadograph of a yestern scene.

          I want to say all the things I mean
          To a red-headed woman with eyes of green.
          I saw her once in a magazine
          In a fadograph of a yestern scene.