Blues never fade away
He wasn't famous but I sure did love himI've got his picture in a little frameHe lost his life to a big diseaseBefore it even had a nameBut there's so many more and I've lost countThe hows and whys aren't important nowAll that matters is they came aroundAnd brightened up our lives
She was twenty one with her life aheadYou don't need to know her nameShe breathed her lastOn the cold stone floor of a Hollywood arcadeBut fate's right hand isn't always justPuts a lot of pressure on your faith and trustShe was just a little girl, ain't that enoughTo rage against the day
And how did we get so luckyTargets on the rifle rangeWho makes the call and who gets to chooseWho gets to win and who gets to loseIt's like a rolling diceIn the belly of the bluesAnd blues never fade awayHey hey hey, colors run when the rain fallsBut blues never fade away
He shone so bright with a lust for lifeLike the Sun King that he wasHis passions hung upon his wallsAnd were printed onto clothAnd for reasons I never understoodAbout the choices made between the bad and goodI've tried to figure out whyThe pain never goes away
And how did we get so luckyTargets on the rifle rangeWho makes the call and who gets to chooseWho gets to win and who gets to loseIt's like a rolling diceIn the belly of the bluesAnd blues never fade awayHey hey hey, colors run when the rain fallsBut blues never fade away
And there's marble markersAnd little white crossesAlong the beaten pathAnd I've spread their ashes on the windAnd I miss John Lennon's laugh
And how did we get so luckyTargets on the rifle rangeWho makes the call and who gets to chooseWho gets to win and who gets to loseIt's like a rolling diceIn the belly of the bluesAnd blues never fade awayHey hey hey, colors run when the rain fallsBut blues never fade away