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Bisbee Blue Lyrics
when you can't find the hours
days keep on slipping thru
avenues under construction
blocking out your sky blues
burried beneath the letters
bills and the junk in the mail
finding the strain to your heart
from the troubles down the trail
no sign of your old haunts here
gone with the copper crews
veins mined in vain remind you
choices we choose to lose
new cities keep on sprawling
old towns falling too
raining a river of color
and it's flowing bisbee blue
straight to you bisbee blue
some say this way's the only one that's true
bring me back bisbee blue
bring me back
oh these days, seem dark
darkest i've seen
darling you send me thru the hours
days keep on sifting thru
chipping away to remember
days with you bisbee blue
shining like bisbee blue
bring me back bisbee blue
days keep on slipping thru
avenues under construction
blocking out your sky blues
bills and the junk in the mail
finding the strain to your heart
from the troubles down the trail
veins mined in vain remind you
choices we choose to lose
old towns falling too
raining a river of color
bring me back
chipping away to remember
shining like bisbee blue
bring me back bisbee blue
Bisbee is a small city in Arizona, home of a formerly copper and turquoise-rich mines.
The narrator appears to be bemoaning the loss of something beautifully found in nature (the blue turquoise gems from the mine) which has now been lost forever due to short-term commercial mining priorities ("Some say this way's the only one that's true/bring me back bisbee blue)
A wonderfully subtle song of longing for a time when our natural resources weren't destroyed for the almighty $$