Little Blue-Beautiful South

[ti:Little Blue] [ar:Beautiful South] [al:Blue Is The Colour] [by:] [offset:0] [00:18.04]You can't write a novel from a briefcase [00:21.48]You can write a poem from a trench [00:25.17]You can dream a dream from A to B [00:29.05]But you can't catch a bus from a bench [00:32.92]You don't back a horse called Striding Snail [00:36.42]You don't name your boat Titanic II [00:40.60]So why when I see your happy smiling face [00:44.90]Do I always end up singing Little Blue [00:48.21]Little Blue how do you do [00:52.17]Your smile looks like heaven [00:53.61]But your eyes hold a storm about to brew [00:57.49]Little Blue [00:59.61]How can a flower so pretty [01:01.55]Be so laden down with dew [01:03.49]Little Blue [01:05.99]How can a flower so pretty [01:08.24]Be so laden down with dew [01:11.05]Little Blue [01:11.58] [01:19.40]You can't build a brewery on a cemetery [01:22.71]You can build a pub on a church [01:26.64]And people fall quicker than buildings do [01:30.40]You have to decide what comes first [01:32.79] [01:34.24]You don't call a plane the Flying Roman [01:37.86]'Cause the Romans always walked and never flew [01:41.80]So why when I see your happy smiling face [01:45.61]Do I always end up singing Little Blue [01:48.99]Little Blue how do you do [01:52.61]Your smile looks like heaven [01:54.61]But your eyes hold a storm about to brew [01:58.11]Little Blue [01:58.94] [02:00.25]How can a flower so pretty [02:02.27]Be so laden down with dew [02:04.08]Little Blue [02:05.64]Well Bukowski wrote a story from a barstool [02:15.17]And Keats from the top of a hill [02:19.11]So I'm going to save my special song for you [02:22.93]From a grave where it's quiet and it's chill [02:26.99]'Cause there's a queue of clouds assembled [02:30.74]On the horizon of your smile [02:33.24]When most think that you're holding back [02:35.87]I know you're holding bile [02:40.24]Little Blue how do you do [02:43.88]Your smile looks like heaven [02:45.94]But your eyes hold a storm about to brew [02:49.31]Little Blue [02:51.25]How can a flower so pretty [02:53.25]Be so laden down with dew [02:55.19]Little Blue [02:58.06]How can a flower so pretty [03:00.38]Be so laden down with dew [03:03.44]Little Blue