the yesterday blues, take 2
i'm in the arctic circle,
the sun never rises
night is never ending
since my baby stopped pretending
the yesterday blues
i got the yesterday blues
beg steal or borrow
i can't see tomorrow
i got the yesterday blues
she hugged me and she squeezed me
she made me gasp for air
then pawed me and clawed me,
she was a polar bear
the yesterday blues
i got the yesterday blues
beg steal or borrow
i can't see tomorrow
i got the yesterday blues
i was laid down in cold ice,
i was laid low in snow
my mind, soul and body
frozen from bare head to toe
the yesterday blues
i got the yesterday blues
beg steal or borrow
i can't see tomorrow
i got the yesterday blues
5 comments:
This is excellent verse. It is deeply felt, it's compacted, it's perfect in rhythm and metre, and it is so lyrical. I want to hear these verses set to music and sung!
"she hugged me and she squeezed me
she made me gasp for air
then pawed me and clawed me,
she was a polar bear"
Too much!
Agreed with Gardenia. This is a blues standard incubating.
couldn't help but sing this poem in my head when i read it.. thank you for sharing.
Elvin Bishop or Lonnie Brooks -- to whom should I send these lyrics? How about Ann Cole?
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