Lost in Blue (bare bones version)
Original Blues, Rock & Country for the Soul
Story behind the song
Strangely the first line of the lyrics 'Champagne n' bullets' was inspired after I watched a documentary by the League Against Cruel Sports, entitled 'A Life's Struggle'. One of the images in the film was the aftermath of an organised shoot which showed a mess of discarded champagne bottles and bullets.
Lyrics
'Lost in Blue'
Champagne n' bullets was all it ever gave me
Loose tongued n' weary the devil saved me
If I had a thousand miles for every step I took
Into this ruined book
I'd never make it
Thieves n' liars s'all I ever trusted
Old wheels n' broken days, this heart is busted
If these hands are worn to steal a grain a' corn, well
I'll sing for justice
Take off your shrouds of doom
For every livin' thing there is a risin' moon
Pack up your mourners robes
Hand in your broken shoes
This ain't no waitin' room
For in a line we queue to meet the loves we knew
Beyond our hell, this life
Forever lost in blue
Too many soldiers, too many mothers
Too many restless graves
Too many daughters, too many brothers
Behind a fear too brave
Too many lovers
Take off your shrouds of doom
For every livin' thing there is a risin' moon
Pack up your mourners robes
Hand in your broken shoes
This ain't no waitin' room
For in a line we queue to meet the loves we knew
Beyond our hell, this life, this life
Forever lost in blue
Forever lost in blue
Forever lost in blue
Forever lost in blue
© Maria Daines/Paul Killington
2007
Photograph by Mary Alice Pollard.
There is so much irony in your voice. Thanks for sharing....................peace!