Buenas Noches From Nacogdoches

there is something I have found

in the hush of the quieting sounds

on the falling of dusk

and the chirping of crickets

and the slowing fading distance

of this world that's spinning 'round

it's spinning upright and then upside down,

and as the night bends to cover the day with her kisses

it's like a lover's benediction

that I'm sending to you now

if it can reach past the streets of this town,

then you might hear the voice of a heart that's been lifted

by the song the night has given

buenas noches from Nacogdoches

from me and from every star God lit in the heart

of the heavens that hang over Texas

may your dreams find you in a tangle of fine Spanish angels

whose halos are bright yellow roses

buenas noches

so this is no lullaby

that I send on the wings of this night

wings that flutter as silent as goldenrods blooming

bursting from bud into beauty

in a way I can't describe

in a way that's so changing my life

that the holds that once held me

have all now been loosened

and I can hear the music

buenas noches from Nacogdoches

from me and from every star God lit in the heart

of the heavens that hang over Texas

may your dreams find you in a tangle of fine Spanish angels

whose halos are bright yellow roses

buenas noches