INDELIBLE BLUES

INDELIBLE BLUES

I fell into another kind of blue last night

& hung with the insomnian moon

My heart was like a bird lost in flight

I drifted alone in dreamless rooms

Caught in the embrace of the blues

The tv and I can’t sleep at night

And I hardly know how to begin

Naming my affliction despite

The fact that my heart is wearing thin

I crawled into the arms of the blues

If it would fix the situation

To battle the problem from within

I’d call a bluesman in for consultation

But the music’s gotten under my skin

I’ve slipped down the throat of the blues

Sometimes I leave my door open wide

Just to hear him play a note or two

Now there’s no place left for me to hide

For the song has left my mind askew

Surrendered to the law of the blues

I’m singing the blues solo at night

My foolish heart can’t take more abuse

The problem: the cure’s worse than the bite

I’m too old for bad love—what’s the use?

The bluesman’s given me the indelible blues

Coming home in the early dawn light

10/8/94