Rusty And Blue Lyrics - David Crosby

(David Crosby) 

Intro. (Acoustic Guitar and Electric Guitar)] 

How can I sweep these words into a cluster 

Put 'em in a pile like feathers on your floor? 

Voyages and sea forests deep blue and rusty 

Sew 'em in a satchel 'n leave 'em at your door 

People's lives, people's whose lives 

They fascinate me 

All my life, all my life 

I've wanted to understand 

There's a man on the corner he's got the moon in his eyes 

He just comes here to visit and he wears a disguise 

And I wonder if he's looking for friends or for truth 

I think he's calling for some in that telephone booth 

And the smiling woman answers 

She defeats fear with her eyes 

She thinks life's fine so I think she's wise 

And my heart wants to give her a gift so grand 

That it will speak for me and tell her just where I stand 

And I stand on a pillar and it's melting like ice 

Of years that I've lived and some I've lived twice 

And I have all these feathers and leaves on my floor 

That I don't want just blowing around loose anymore 

And I feel a need to gather to rummage and fetch 

To shake out my life and give it a stretch 

To bring shells to the surface, give 'em to you 

Gifts from the sea floor rusty and blue 

[Instrumental (Electric Guitar)] 

Now these two lives hold my attention quite well 

You see lives almost never run parallel 

Like the boards in the flooring all deep grained and worn 

Fated and fitted long before we were born 

People's lives, people's whose lives 

They fascinate me 

All my life, all my life 

I've wanted to understand 

Understand 

[Instrumental Ending (Electric Guitar)] 

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