Night Blues

Blue whinning guitars Greet shimmering stars- It's mercy the night brings To forget the day, in the evening blues I sing- Arise distant and dark moon Open despairs tomb- Melancholy, like water passes through me I am the rough and windy sea- The night's a gutter Gathering and consuming each days clutter- It's there alone in the dark Things so easily come apart- Drenched in the blues While trying to muse- Two lives I live The night takes, what the life of day gives- It's humanities eternal war... Ravaged to the core- Evil vs. good... and if you ever face it, You'll be so misunderstood- Everything is fine If you're good... and blind- But, if you want to know what's real and true It's gonna cost you- Maybe I can fake it in the light of day Put on a mask... pretend it's all o.k.- But the dark of night Brings out the true blight- Melancholy comes calling When the lights start falling- It's just the way it's going to be These old night time blues and me- So, I'll just let it go Take a little mercy where I can, Whatever grace it takes To pass on through, this darkened land.