Adding The Blue
CHRISSIE HYNDE · Stockholm 2014 · Track 05 of 05
Everybody's asking where did you go? This was gonna be my masterpiece The paint's not even dry yet, oh no I could trace the outline of a shadow I need blood and breath To mix my colours
Where did you go After you promised me a portrait Took off your clothes, held a pose Drawing your arms, your hands and veins And fingers and your lips Broken nose On your eyes, so just stare into the distance Please don't move, whatever you do While I'm adding the blue
I know I'm not Monet or Van Gogh I can't draw like S. Clay Wilson You got inside this brush That drips with red I can't draw from memories or photos I need blood and breath But you left me nothing
Where did you go After you promised me a portrait Took off your clothes, held a pose Drawing your arms, your hands and veins And fingers and your lips Broken nose On your eyes, so just stare into the distance Please don't move, whatever you do While I'm adding the blue
Closed this chapter yesterday Take this page and throw it away Fill the holes in, sand the wall
You were never here at all The warmth where someone never stood Promises were never good The smell of human sweat and tears
A passing thought, the passing year, baby
Where did you go After you promised me a portrait Took off your clothes, held a pose Drawing your arms, your hands and veins And fingers and your lips Broken nose On your eyes, so just stare into the distance Please don't move, whatever you do While I'm adding the blue