You and your Blue Skies

from Speechless by Andy White

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lyrics

Open up
if you’ve got anything hidden
I can promise you nothing’s forbidden
if you come on round here

Your velvet gloves
take them off and turn on
though you say nothing is wrong
let your hair fall long
and why shouldn’t you
why shouldn’t you

I’ve tried everything I know
to get through to you
there is something wrong
if I know you
you and your skies so blue

You should know
that when you wear that perfume fatal
and your keys fall off of the table
and you say that life’s been hateful
that it’s only incidental
to you and your fateful promise

I should know
that when the lines in your heart
have been broken
and too many words thought
have been spoken
and the world’s not spinning it’s joking
and if nothing remains
there’s still hoping
why shouldn’t I
why shouldn’t I

I’ve tried everything I know
to get through to you
there is something wrong
if I know you
you and your skies so blue

Well I’ll be here in waiting
till you’ve had enough
of that engagement
and so-called romantic arrangements
and semi-permanent relationships
and one too many estrangements
why shouldn’t I
why shouldn’t I

I’ve tried everything I know
to get on through to you
there is something wrong
if I know you
you and your skies so blue

She’s so fine
she’s so pretty
she is the belle of Belfast city

She’s so fine
she’s so pretty
she is the belle of Belfast city

She’s getting married in the morning
what a bloody pity

That’s it

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from Speechless, track released April 4, 2000

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Andy White Belfast, UK

Belfast songwriter, has guitar wants to travel. Latest album - Good Luck I Hope You Make It

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