Hand in hand with my brother and sisters
Chinese jumprope heart to heart
They ain't hiding but they're just out of earshot
Hope to the heavens their worlds don't fall apart

[chorus] I wish I could see stars over the prairie
Stars over the prairie tonight
I wish I coud see stars over the prairie
Stars over the prairie tonight

Under the gazebo where I stole my first kisses
In the fallen angel Cadillac with chrome
Where me and my buddies like a good gypsy army
Fighting each others' causes like they were our own

In the greased gravel alleys where
I ducked sucker-punches in the shadow of myoid man
Before I blacked out I wonder how Duke would've done it
Before I found out I split off with the band

(repeat chorus)

There was a Tokyo rose and a Florida songbird
Loved them both but could not pick between
They left on the downbeat found true love on the flip-flop
And all I've got is old love letters and magazines

So I sit in this city and look out my window
Where the neon moons shine when day is done
And I see all the people let it slip through their fingers
You can be with them but they can't be with anyone

(repeat chorus)