Big Blue Note

See that big blue note,

Over there on the counter?

You don't wanna read that thing, man,

It's a real get-you-downer.

But don't you dare say nothin' else,

Bad about her: she's gone.

No, no, no, no, don't, don't throw it away,

'Cause tonight, I might need it.

It gets real lonely around here at night some times,

An' I have to re-read it.

Besides, you can show it to the boys down town,

They won't believe that she's gone.

There used to be a time I was all she ever wanted.

All the man that she'll ever need.

I come home to find, just like that, she's up an' vanished.

An' the only thing she left behind for me:

Is this big blue note,

Folded up in my pocket.

Yeah, don't laugh, it's been two months;

I still got it.

Sometimes I have to read the sucker twice,

Just to make sure I ain't forgot that she's gone.

You know, my psychiatrist said:

"Tell me, what do you see,

"When you look at these inkspots,

"Of, reds, yellows an' greens?"

You know, I looked at 'em all,

But they all looked to me like big blue notes.

Instrumental break.

There used to be a time I was all she ever wanted.

All the man that she'll ever need.

I come home to find, just like that, she's up an' vanished.

An' the only thing that's left to do for me:

Is stand high on this cliff,

Overlooking the sea.

With my big blue note paper airplane,

That I just set free.

but I'm gonna wait here a few more minutes,

An' if it don't come back to me:

You guessed it: she's gone.

Crash landing.

Bye bye, baby.