First recorded by Care of the Cow, Chicago, Oct 2023
https://soundcloud.com/careofthecowband

This version recorded A'dam Jan 2024.
Part of an ongoing queer temporalities project to incorporate bits of past work into future musics. A line from the 1970 ballad Every Now and Then found its way here.
LYRICS
And I thought I knew a thing or two
I was so sure I knew this about that, that about this
Then I was not so sure for after all
What is blue? 
What is blue?
I can easily recall a memory of you 
and feel quietly certain that it might be true
Or? Or not?
Or is it just a story I tell tiredly? Over and over and over again 
Is it just a story I repeat entirely, to keep from fading away?
In a way
I tend to bend the end, I tend to bend the end

I found a clue outside a laundromat,
It suggested I should temporarily
Let the past enfold futurity
Give myself a break before I break 
and you?
Can you tell me what is blue? 
Please, can you tell me what blue is?

I know I know I know you said
When you close your eyes in search of lost illusions
it worries you to find they’re not your own
You know you know you know I said
when I close my eyes to conjure fabulations
It surprises me to feel they cut the bone.
             
Are these just a stories I tell casually? Over and over and over again 
Are these stories we repeat insistently, to keep from fading away?
Are these stories we repeat insistently, to keep from fading away?
In a way

What is Blue

What Is Blue

In Chicago band Care of the Cow from 1974 to present. 
Worked in new music for dance and theater in NYC from 1983-1993.
After a 35 year hiatus as a Prof of Artistic Research in Europe, now re-exploring songwriting and re-learning guitar. Site will host archive material from 70’s, 80’s and 90’s plus song sketches from 2023 to present. Currently focusing on queer temporalities and memory as topics of interest.
See also CareoftheCowband on soundcloud and 
Care of the Cow 1983 album Dog’s  Ears are Stupid also on bandcamp, soundcloud and all streaming services.

What Is Blue

sher doruff