Rusty And Blue
(David Crosby)
How can a sweep these words into a
cluster
Put them in a pile like feathers on the
floor
Voyages and sea forests..deep blue and
rusty
Sew them in a satchel, 'n leave them at
your door
People lives, people lives, they
fascinate me
All my life, all my life I wanted to
understand
There's a man on the corner with the
moon in his eyes
He just comes here to visit and he wears
a disguise
Wonder if he's looking for friends or
for the truth
I think he's calling for some in that
telephone booth
And the smiling woman answers, she
defeats fear with her eyes
She thinks life's fine so of course I
think she's wise
And my heart wants to give her a gift
that's so grand
That it will speak for me and say just
where I stand
I stand on a pillar, i'ts melting
like ice
Of years that I've lived and some I've
lived twice
And I have all these feathers and leaves
on my floor
That I don't want just blowing around
lose anymore
I feel a need to gather, to rummage
and fetch
To shake out my life and give it a
stretch
To bring shells to the surface and give
them to you
Gifts from the sea floor, rusty and blue
These two lives hold my attention
quiete well
You see lives almost never run parallel
Like the boards in the flooring all deep
grained and worn
Fated and fitted long before we were
born
People lives, people lives, they
fascinate me
All my life, all my life I wanted to
understand
"CPR"  
Edel Records
1998
CPR "Live At The
Wiltern"
CPR Records 1998
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