NIGHT OUT ON THE PRAIRIE - Song Page
© words & music by Annie Wilson
from CD Clean Curve of Hill Against Sky
Album note: This tongue-in-cheek children's song is dedicated to all, young and old, who love to get out on foot and experience the prairie. We know that especially at evening time, it is a thoroughly entertaining place to be - and a great way to cleanse your mind of the day's worries. To the occasional dismayed urbanite who asks, "What do you DO out there?" - this is an attempt to explain.
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LYRICS:
Let's slip into our evening wear
of hiking boots and jeans
And walk up to the hills to make
the prairie night life scene
This night out on the prairie,
it's just the place to be
It's a walk out on the wild side,
and the tickets in are free
Our prairie evening party has
a guest list miles long
Of critters who all come to life
when evening's comin' on
Our hostess is the hoot owl
perched high up on a limb
She's calling out to all her friends:
"Who-who's a'comin in?"
The bobcat's out a'prowlin,
the rabbit's on the run
The coyote pups are howlin
and stirrin up some fun
The coons down on the creekbank,
the badger's by her den
The possum's hangin upside-down
and the bats are on the wing
The sunset is our movie,
our theatre is the sky
The coyotes sing the soundtrack
as we go strollin by
The settin sun now paints the hills
a dreamy reddish glow
In a gall'ry of the finest art
they'd call this Best of Show
The nighthawks do their nosedive
and swoop again up high
They're flyin acrobatics
like a circus in the sky
The sunset turns the lights down low
to let the romance start
The froggies & the crickets sing
to win their darlins' hearts
We finally have to head home
though the party's going strong
Our worries and our troubles now
are over with and gone
We look back one more time to see
those hilltops from afar
Our prairie evening party's filled up
with a thousand stars
This night out on the prairie,
it's just the place to be
It's a walk out on the wild side
and the tickets in are free!