Rhapsody in Blue - Walter Murphy

She got a tattoo of a bracelet on her wrist The love of strangers on her Christmas list She ain't sentimental, she don't like to reminisce She's a champion of action You ain't never heard her voice but that's all right 'Cause you ain't never seen her face before tonight But now you see her swaying to the left and to the right And it rocks your whole foundation See her spinning 'round Blond hair falling down You can hear the sound... Of your heart breaking From the love she's taking from you The song it's making Is like a rhapsody in blue Well you ain't never seen no aura in your life But you know her's is the color of the sky When she looks at you it kills you, when she turns away you die It's a tragic situation So you drink one down for courage, two for soul You drink a third for good luck, then you stroll Out onto the dance floor, but your feet are too damn cold And you need more insulation See her spinning 'round Blond hair falling down You can hear the sound... Oh, she don't love you Oh, she don't see you in the crowd Oh, if she did she would not want you anyhow Expectation lingers in the air The problem is that no one else is there Just the memory of your angel, all these ghosts in empty chairs Making comments 'bout the weather The taxi cab is waiting at the door You can hear the driver blowing on his horn So you close your eyes one last time, and you conjure up her form And you shake it down together See her spinning 'round Blond hair falling down You can hear the sound...

Won't you smile, you look so shocked Put the name tag on your smock We've come to see you, Eddie Walker We may pack a little tight, the girl up front says, it's alright And look there's more of us still getting off the bus We wish you'd come back home with us Eddie Walker, this is your life This ones you when you were small And you're learnin' how to walk They'd pick you up and you keep falling down There you are with Aunt Louise, you're bouncing on her knees Remember all those trees behind the garden They're gone, oh, they all got cut down when she died Eddie Walker, this is your life, you never had a son or a wife You sure had a hell of a time, oh, Eddie Walker, this is your life This one's you and Mary Jo Well, she couldn't come, she says, hello No, Eddie Walker and she doesn't hate your guts It's just the whole thing's shook her up How they picked you up and you kept falling down Eddie Walker, this is your life, no, Eddie Walker, this is your life You never had a coat or a tie, you never had a reason to cry An' this whole stack and all of these Are just a mist or overseas We're gonna leave you, Eddie Walker