Blue Sky Song
The ties that bind unravelled on an August night
She left his tired love behind, in a laundromat, in black and whiteThe powers that be decided it was time to let him goSo he went rolling like a tumbleweed across the desert of New MexicoAnd he goes chasing the angel of the blue skyAnd he knows she will be waiting for him thereAnd he sees his faithful angel of the blue skyFloating in the firmament somewhereHis Dodge gave out, he stepped into a crowded local barHe hitched a ride to Abilene, and wondered how he'd come so farThe signs they came, the rain fell like a baby's newborn tearsHe stood out on the open plain, and felt her hovering so nearAnd he goes...All that time it was not wastedIt was the way it had to beWhatever sorrow that he tasted set him freeClear blue sky, he smiles to think she's waiting close at handHe sets his wet clothes out to dry, then trudges toward the promised landCome what may, come whatever makes the world go 'roundHe close his eyes up half the day, and listens for her healing soundAnd he goes...
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