All Shades Of Blue

When the wine stops working
and you're all run out
and all of your high hopes
have all headed south
The songs left the stable
and they never came home
And there ain't no forgetting
that you're out on your own
Turn the scrub oaks to timber
and you're left without friends
And you don't put your book down
even after it ends
Smoke curls up from the table
in your quiet little room
And your heart's worn the handle
of an old pushing broom
Broken bottles shine
just like stars, make a wish anyway
Just your smile lit a 60 watt bulb in my house
That was darkened for days
Been thinking you probably should stay
When the going is long gone
and the kick drum won't kick
When you fumble with your fiddle
or you're fresh out of tricks
When the horseflies are biting
but the fish never do
And your heart's a thousand colours
but they're all shades of blue
Broken bottles shine
just like stars make a wish anyway
Just your smile lit a 60 watt bulb in my house
That was darkened for days
Been thinking you probably should stay
Yeah I think that you probably should stay
And our dreams on the window sill
see those trees turning gold in the hills