Little Blue

South Beautiful

You can't write a novel from a briefcase,


you can write a poem from a trench,


you can dream a dream from A to B,


but you can't catch a bus from a bench.





You don't back a horse called Striding Snail,


you don't name your boat Titanic II.


So why when I see your happy smiling face,


do I always end up singing Little Blue.





Little Blue, how do you do.


Your smile looks like heaven,


but your eyes hold a storm about to brew.


Little Blue,


how can a flower so pretty,


be so laden down with dew.


Little Blue,


how can a flower so beautiful,


be wo laden down with dew.


Little Blue.





You can't build a brewery on a cemetary,


you can build a pub on a church,


and people fall quicker than buildings do,


you have to decide what comes first.





You don't call a plane the Flying Roman,


'cause the Romans always walked and never flew.


So why when I see your happy smiling face,


do I always end up singing Little Blue.





Little Blue, how do you do.


Your smile looks like heaven,


but your eyes hold a storm about to brew.


Little Blue,


how can a flower so pretty,


be so laden down with dew.


Little Blue,


how can a flower so beautiful,


be wo laden down with dew.


Little Blue.





Well Bukowski wrote a story from a barstool,


and Keats from the top af a hill.


So I'm going to save my special song for you,


from a grave where it's quiet and it's chill.





'Cause there's a queue of clouds assembled


on the horizon of your smile.


Where most think that your holding back,


I know your holding bile.





Little Blue, how do you do.


Your smile looks like heaven,


but your eyes hold a storm about to brew.


Little Blue,


how can a flower so pretty,


be so laden down with dew.


Little Blue,


how can a flower so beautiful,


be wo laden down with dew.


Little Blue.