Defying Gravity

Emmylou Harris · Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town [Rhino Records] [2004]

a.k.a The Executioner's Song

(Jesse Winchester)



I live on a big blue ball

I never do dream I may fall

But even the day that I do

I jump off and smile back at you.



I don't even know where we are

But they tell us we're circling a star

Well, I'll take their word I don't know

But I'm dizzy so maybe that's so.



--- Instrumental ---



I'm ridin' a big blue ball

I never do dream I may fall

But even the high must lay low

So when I do fall I'll be glad to go.



--- Instrumental to fade ---