Mr. Horizon by Little Jack Melody And His Young Turks Lyrics
Mr. Horizon didn't even get two weeks' notice
He never saw it coming there in the land of dreams
He cleared his desk out at the office of hopes and wishes
And thought, "How very strange it is that the sky may swallow the ocean"
The afternoon that my ship came in
I sent him on his way
My ship's the only thing I needed him for
Mr. Horizon is having a very bad day
Mr. Horizon took a detour to happy hour
He grabbed an ashtray and a small bowl of party mix
A swizzle stick, a smoke, another Tequila Sunrise
He wondered what will happen after the sky has swallowed the ocean
The afternoon that my ship came in
I sent him on his way
My ship's the only thing I needed him for
Mr. Horizon is having a very bad day
Mr. Horizon stumbled out in the wee, wee hours
He caught a cab and headed home to his radio
Where Billie Holiday was singing that "Gloomy Sunday"
It started raining everywhere as a gray sky swallowed the ocean
The afternoon that my ship came in
I sent him on his way
If I'm not watching, what the hell is he for?
Mr. Horizon is having a very bad day
Mr. Horizon's a hopeless has-been
If no one's watching for ships to come in
Whenever somebody's wishes come true
Lonely horizons have nothing to do
He never saw it coming there in the land of dreams
He cleared his desk out at the office of hopes and wishes
And thought, "How very strange it is that the sky may swallow the ocean"
The afternoon that my ship came in
I sent him on his way
My ship's the only thing I needed him for
Mr. Horizon is having a very bad day
Mr. Horizon took a detour to happy hour
He grabbed an ashtray and a small bowl of party mix
A swizzle stick, a smoke, another Tequila Sunrise
He wondered what will happen after the sky has swallowed the ocean
The afternoon that my ship came in
I sent him on his way
My ship's the only thing I needed him for
Mr. Horizon is having a very bad day
Mr. Horizon stumbled out in the wee, wee hours
He caught a cab and headed home to his radio
Where Billie Holiday was singing that "Gloomy Sunday"
It started raining everywhere as a gray sky swallowed the ocean
The afternoon that my ship came in
I sent him on his way
If I'm not watching, what the hell is he for?
Mr. Horizon is having a very bad day
Mr. Horizon's a hopeless has-been
If no one's watching for ships to come in
Whenever somebody's wishes come true
Lonely horizons have nothing to do