THE LAST ALASKA MOON Livingston Taylor ©2002, L. Taylor/Morgan Creek Music (ASCAP) Out of Juneau in the pouring rain Up the Lynn Canal in a shaky old plane Pilots laundry on my knee He looked thirteen to me Bound for the sleepy town of Haines To ease my eyes and to rinse my brain To find my friends and to feel the change And to look up the long lost tunes In the shadows cast by the last Alaska moon Little Jimmy T.'s going stone blind Mainly 'cause of lead in the cheap moon shine Three years together in the Hanoi Inn That makes us kin His face goes white and he's choking on fear And he clutches my sleve and he spills my beer He says "We're dying right now right here." Jimmy don't give up too soon There's a blast before the last Alaska moon Cold calm crystal clear Katy's calling The sky is filled with icy diamonds Lift your apron Catch them falling Halloween at the B.C. line Border guards with nothing but time Suspicious eyes on my friend Stan He was shaking with the contra-ban He was shaking still when darkness fell And the Yukon ghosts got up from hell And the seven sons were singing their spells And the witches brought their brooms To get out fast before the last Alaska moon Rich beyond our wildest dreams Nuggets from the icy streams Gleeming gold no more care Jed's a millionaire We bought the fish and we bought the line And we bought the shoes and we bought the shine But we could not buy a bit more time To hike the sandy dunes To the quiet crash of the last Alaska moon Isaac had a master plan Clear and cunning Erin's eyes were northern lights And with one glance He came running Running to the last Alaska moon Return to lyric index