Papi, Lost In The Sky

They say he rolls through town in a midnight hunt And a tear so quiet as a ghost never stays long Where the wife by sight and a spark in his eye Folks just calling Poppy lost in the sky Got a house full of critters and a heart full of gold. But he'll vanish mid-story like he heard the wind blow. Gimme five, he says, and it's gone like a breeze. Out the front door with nothing but keys. Poppy, where you headed this time? Just a man with a ride They say he's drifting But he's holding the line The poppy lost in the sky There's a tale about a bathroom break back in old nine Folks say Lip Chat never gave a sign 40 minutes later came back like a breeze Said I had to think, had to smoke, had to set my mind free This tundra kicks up dust where the back roads wind A ghost in the gravel, a legend in time Talks about love like it's church on a hill And if he's quiet, well he's just keeping it real I'd be where you headed this time To the arms of his woman or the edge of a rhyme With a cat on his lap and the moon riding high He's here and he's gone, just a man in the sky They say he's drifting But he's reading the signs That poppy lost in the sky Some men run from trouble He just runs from small town A little wild, a little wise But always somewhere worth going So raise your glass when a porch light dies For the man they call Poppy Lost in the sky