A Ballad for Blue
Oh Lord For one thousand nights Oh Lord, help me; A Man in the smokes Oh Lord, help me; Two Red, three Red Oh Lord, help me;
Let me sing
Let them days roll out
Let them ring.
Lord, help me take them blues away.
And one thousand days
Her voice played out
And stories she raised.
For she's fair and fine
Yet as cold as Snow
She waits for her Man
But her Man's gotta go.
The strength of a lion
Yet she's trampled black,
She turns down the real Man
So he ain't coming back.
Help me take them blues away.
A Wolf in his heart,
He ain't going nowhere
So she tears him apart.
He waits for the Snow
To melt in the sun,
But she ain't wanting
No Dog on the run.
So he smokes and he waits
As patient as forever,
For he ain't a quitter
And he never said never.
Help me take them blues away.
Four Red, one Blue;
Ain't none of them with me
For none fit the shoe.
Love's blacked my name;
Got it inked in Red,
But Blue's in my heart
And Blue's all that's said.
Let me sing,
Lord help me take them blues away