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Friday, 23 December 2005 10:53 |
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crepescule with nellie
for penny
here comes those blues again
before the sun rise,
same blues at sun down,
blues all night & day. you know i
want to be in
love with you, baby, but i
just can t stand your
low-down, incon-
siderate ways. & it's not like i
haven t tried, but every
where i turn
there it is again, the shitty end
of the stick
right back in my face. what i
wanted most of
all to be was simply
crazy about you,
baby, i wanted you to be
the onliest woman
to share my weird existence
in intimate congress, body
& soul, the way it was
when our union
once was whole, or even
like it is right now
when we strip off our troubles
along with our clothes
& pleasure one another's flesh
without constraint or reservation
just like two people in love.
the truth is, i wanted to grow
old with you, like thelonious
& nellie monk
sharing the strange twilight
of his most difficult years,
their kids all grown up,
left to themselves at last,
peering together out
into the dusk
through a life's disappointments
& high times as well,
alone together
as moon & darkness gathered
on the near horizon,
looking back over their common life
with a big smile on their face. oh,
if we could only make it
as far as the two of them
stuck it out with each other
through thick & thin,
the give & take required
to make a go of it
is just not within our grasp,
i can t give any more
nor can i take it
any farther than you let me,
baby,
this must be the end
of a love affair that failed,
there's not enough delight left
to block out the pain, no
no baby, i can t anchor my life
to the wild swings of your mood
or love you & hate you
at the very same time, you
know i want to be in
love with you baby
but it's time for you to go
those same blues are coming back now,
my heart has turned to stone
& i ve got a cold cold feeling,
it's just like ice around my heart
i know i m gonna quit somebody
every time that feeling start
detroit
august 7 , 1987
note: the blues is cold cold feeling
as performed by aaron t-bone walker
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