Poi Rogers ‘Twilight Blues’ album lyrics
All lyrics by Carolyn Sills

Don’t Steal My Covers

Don’t steal my covers if you’re lying in my bed
You can have my pillow if you need to rest your head
Nights are getting colder and my skivvies are bare thread
So don’t steal the covers off my bed

You can raid my ice box until the deviled eggs are gone
You can drink my liquor until you don’t know right from wrong
You can build a go-kart with the tools inside my shed
Just don’t steal the covers off my bed

You can play my records if you treat them as your own
You can call your chickens from my rotisserie phone
What’s mine is yours so welcome in, we’ll paint the whole place red
Just don’t steal the covers off my
Don’t steal the covers
Please don’t steal the covers off my bed

Twilight Blues

Twilight blues, twilight blues
I’ve got those twilight blues
Twilight blues, twilight blues
I’ve got those twilight blues

There goes the day
I still had more to say

Twilight blues, twilight blues
I’ve got those twilight blues

Tuesday in Las Cruces

It was a Tuesday in Las Cruces, it was Valentine’s Day
It was the only bar still open for all the only ones awake
That’s when I kissed you in Las Cruces; I didn’t know what else to do
Either that or you’d keep talking and I really wanted to

I was never one for billiards, there’s just something about that sound
When the cue ball strikes the others, like a hammer on the ground
But I’m all for throwing objects with sharp points against a wall
On a Tuesday in Las Cruces, when February rains don’t fall

It was a Tuesday in Las Cruces, it was Valentine’s Day
We met a man who played piano, he used to drive for Cassius Clay
I said I loved you in Las Cruces; I didn’t know what else to do
I feared you’d be the first to say it and I really wanted to

I’d rather get to know a stranger than sit here talking about myself
For if we had nothing in common, wouldn’t we both be somewhere else
But at this bar and at this hour, don’t we all just want the same
On a Tuesday in Las Cruces, in February in the rain

It was a Tuesday in Las Cruces, it was Valentine’s Day
They began to turn the lights on, to turn us all out on our way
We fell in love that night Las Cruces; we didn’t know what else to do
And you kindly made it happen, though we really wanted to
Yes you kindly made it happen, so Las Cruces here’s to you

Why Oh Why Have I Not Been To Hawaii

Why oh why, why oh why
Have I not been to Hawaii
Not watched the sun go down on Waikiki
Why oh why, why oh why
Have I not been to Hawaii
Not spent the night beneath a Koa tree

I’ve strolled the cells of Alcatraz, surrounded by the sea
But why I’ve not been to Hawaii’s more criminal to me

Why oh why, why oh why
Have I not been to Hawaii
Not seen the seven islands of the reef

I’ve strolled the cells of Alcatraz, surrounded by the sea
But why I’ve not been to Hawaii’s more criminal to me

Why oh why, why oh why
Have I not been to Hawaii
Not seen the seven islands of the
All the people smiling on the
Sacred seven islands of the reef

You’re All That I Need

I’ll never hold somebody new
My arms are only aching for you
No one can take your place
Darling in my embrace
You’re all that I need

And when my lips burn with desire
No other kiss can put out the fire
I’ll never even try
No one would satisfy
You’re all that I need

I’ll never grow tired of your smile so tender
The sweet surrender in your eyes
How can I grow tired when there’s still no embers
This flame is burning to the sky

Just like a tattoo on my heart
Your love remains when we’re apart
There’s nothing more to say
Except I’m here to stay
You’re all that I need

Can’t Get A Long Little Doggie

I finally found a nest out west where I could swing the rent
The place was clean, the trees were nice, the view was heaven sent
But there was just one rule of which the landlord’s much too proud
He just won’t budge about that sign that says ‘No dogs allowed’

That’s why I can’t get a long little doggie
I can’t even get one that’s small
No I can’t get a long little doggie
I can’t get a doggie at all

I didn’t play guitar too loud and paid the rent on time
And after several months of this I figured they were primed
I kindly asked for reconsideration on a mutt
But they were locked and loaded with a ‘no if, ands or buts’

That’s why I can’t get a long little doggie
I can’t even get one that’s small
No I can’t get a long little doggie
I can’t get a doggie at all

Some months passed and doggone it if I finally felt fed up
A life well lived is lived beside a loyal little pup
I mustered up and went to tell the landlord that was that
And wouldn’t you know his house was filled with forty seven cats

That’s why I can’t get a long little doggie
I can’t even get one that’s small
No I can’t get a long little doggie
I can’t get a doggie at all

Moon Over Montana

Moon over Montana, shine through the night
Moon over Montana, lend your silvery light
While the herd is lowing, you’re so near it seems
Light the lonely prairie, while the cowboys dream