KIKO AND THE LAVENDER MOON
LOS LOBOS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
SONG LYRICS
Los Lobos (Spanish for "The Wolves") are a multiple Grammy Award–winning American rock band from East Los Angeles, California, United States. Their music is influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country, zydeco, folk, R&B, blues, brown-eyed soul, and traditional music such as cumbia, boleros and norteños. They gained international stardom in 1987, when their cover version of Ritchie Valens' "La Bamba" topped the charts in the U.S., the UK and several other countries. In 2015, they were nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Kiko and the lavender moon out playing
Makes believe nobody can see
And then he waits,
And then he fakes,
And then he bends,
And then he shakes
He plays and plays
Still playing 'til he
Goes off to sleep
Kiko and the lavender moon
Out dancing making faces at
A big black cat
And then he flies
Up to the wall
Stands on one foot,
Doesn’t even fall
Dance and dance
Still dancing 'til
He goes off to sleep
He always sleeps 'til the sun goes down
He never wakes 'til no one’s around
He never stops,
Can’t catch his breath
It’s always there,
Scares him to death
Kiko and the lavender moon
Out dreaming ‘bout green shoes
Haircuts and cake
And then he wishes
The world away,
And then he kneels
As if to pray
He dreams, and dreams
Kiko and the lavender moon