R.E.M. - Blue

^Em Yellow circus left the stakes a broken ropes world's useles^Ds mug The ties that bi^Cnd, ha ha I can be bad poet Street poet Shit poet ^EmKind poet too

Almo^Dst 4AM Halloween night Had enough to d^Crink to make my own party All my fellow writers in half co^Emstume, half asleep Half silly, gone to s^Deed I don't mark my t^Cime with dates, holidays, faded wisdom, locked karma holders ^EmConvenient I am m^Dade by my times I am a creation of n^Cow Shaken with the cracks and crevices I'm not giving up ^Emeasy I will not f^Dold I don't have much But what I have is g^Cold

^EmI sa^Dw your f^Cace...

^EmI sing in platinum I dress in brass I eat in z^Dinc Let it p^Cass ^EmCompare a toast I like that I understand courage I still roll with the s^Dhout of a character I was married to today I try to se^Ce outside myself I understand the eyes Excuse all the highs ^EmSorry I am sorry ^DHa ha ^C

^EmI like you, love you, every coast of you. I've s^Deen your eddies and tides and hurr^Cicanes and cyclones. ^EmLow ebb tide and high, full moon. Up close and distant. I read you. Li^Dke, the sky, the sea, the o^Ccean, the sun, the moon. Em----> D ---> C------> Em----> D----> Blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue blue, blue, blue, blue, blue. Naked a^Cnd blue. ^EmBreathing with you. Touch. Change. Shift. Allow air. Window o^Dpen. Drift. Drift away.^C Into now. I want Whitman proud. Patti Lee proud. My br^Emothers proud. My sisters proud. I want^D me. I want it a^Cll. I want sensational. Irresistible. This is my t^Emime and I am thrilled to be alive. ^DLiving. Bles^Csed. I understand.

^EmTwentieth century: Collapse I^Dnto Now ^C

^EmCinde-r^Della b^Coy ^EmYou've l^Dost your s^Choe

^EmCinde-r^Della b^Coy ^EmYour co^Dach aw^Caits

^EmA su^Dn makes s^Chadows ^EmAll ov^Der your ^Cface ^EmAs y^Dou s^Cit