David Crosby Rusty And Blue Lyrics

Rusty And Blue Lyrics

David Crosby



David Crosby: Vocal, Acoustic Guitar



Jeff Pevar: Electric Guitar



James 'Hutch' Hutchinson: Bass



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)



 1994 Stay Straight Music (BMI)