Blue Medicine

waking up to sunrise
on your tongue
in your eyes the cure
for where I`m stung
so easy never run
out of chances

bringing wild flowers
in a rusty can
you knew I was a boy
said be my man
my man
of crazy dances

farewell`s never all it could have been
its ok stars saw everything
sometimes I need your eyes to bring 
blue blue medicine

your faraway look
patching my jeans
is this coming apart
at the seams
so green
so many chances

seeping like rain
through my shoe
too late you threw the stones
asked the runes 
are we immune
to short romances

farewell`s never all it could have been
its ok the stars saw everything
sometimes I need your eyes to bring 
blue blue medicine
sometimes I need your eyes to bring 
blue blue medicine



© Robert Cordrey Feb. 2018

Blue Medicine

Closing Time
By David Snyder

V1

I like you in that white dress
the one from the Civil War
It seems we’re living backwards
And ghosts come through these doors
I may have lost my mind
Cause I don’t know where I am
To be completely honestly
I do not give a damn

V2

I been reading Dylan Thomas
And I just might change my name
If I’m not tangled up in blue
I’ll come in like a Hurricane
I was born on Ellis Island
In the early morning rain
My guitar is built with coffin nails
And  I’ll sing anything

CH 1

So tell me
Is everybody fine
Go ahead and be honest
Is it closing time

V3

Push the boat into the water
Push away from the shore
We’ll sail to any place you like
I can’t take it here no more
Are we dying out
Have we reached the end
Who do I confess to
Have we really sinned

CH 2

Am I staring at the ceiling
Or am I looking at the floor
You know I have  this feeling
Don’t want to live round here no more
So tell me
Is everybody fine
Oh please be honest
Is it closing time

So tell me
Does this really need to rhyme
Go ahead and be honest
Is it closing time

V4

I like you in that white dress
the one from the Civil War
It seems we’re living backwards
And ghosts come through these doors
I may have lost my mind
Cause I don’t know where I am
To be completely honestly
I just don't give a damn

CH 

So go ahead tell me
Is everybody fine
Please be honest
Is it closing time

Words and Music copyright 2018 by David Snyder, ASCAP/Day of Faith Records

David Snyder, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Vocals, Harmonica, Production, Engineering

Closing Time

ST. JAMES INFIRMARY BLUES

It was down in Old Joe's barroom
On the corner by the square
They were serving drinks as usual
And the usual crowd was there

On my left stood Big Joe McKinney
His eyes were bloodshot red
As he looked at his friends all around him
These were the words he said:

"I went down to the St. James Infirmary
I saw my baby there
Laid out on a long white table
So young, so cold, so fair"

Let her go, let her go
God bless her, wherever she may be
If I search this wide world over
I’ll never find another true love for me

So when I die just bury me
In a fine suit with a Stetson hat
Put a twenty dollar gold piece on my vest
Let my friends know I died standin’ pat

I want six of my friends for pall bearers
A pretty girl to sing me a song
A jazz band to lead my hearse wagon
Everybody singing as we roll along

Everybody singing as we roll along
Let’s roll…

Saint James Infirmary Blues (Featuring Janice Merritt)

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Closing Time

David Snyder

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