Pale Blues

school for the deaf
school for the blind. if i'm
going to hell
i'll take my precious time. look here
red on a rose
blue on the sky. i am
crazy for the lady
look into my diamond eyes
so blue. my pale blues
pale, pale blues
pour til i say
plowing my veins. to the brim
full of spirits
had it up to here with pain. i am
skipping winter
skipping the cold
like a stone full of spirit
i am dry as hope
full of blue. pale blues
pale, pale blues
just like a flash
of a twinkling eye
lightning flicks its wrist
to dye the open sky
drying it up
water it down
there's a hole in the bucket
henry said with a frown
full of blue
the pale blues
pale, pale blues
little biddy with
the crystalline teeth. my god
did my old lady
throw away my favorite jeans? they were
blue as the ocean
they were old as the trees
and they fit just like a river
in the deep blue sea
bare blue
my pale blues
pale, pale blues
red or yellow
uppers and downs
nothing's ever
quite as bad as it sounds. come on
listen closely
note over note. i have
stared almost directly
at the human soul
and it's blue
pale blue
pale, pale blues
all blue
pale blue
pale, pale blues