the gathering field
blue sky song
The ties that bind unravelled on an August night She left his tired love behind, in a laundromat, in black and white The powers that be decided it was time to let him go So he went rolling like a tumbleweed across the desert of New Mexico And he goes chasing the angel of the blue sky And he knows she will be waiting for him there And he sees his faithful angel of the blue sky Floating in the firmament somewhere His Dodge gave out, he stepped into a crowded local bar He hitched a ride to Abilene, and wondered how he'd come so far The signs they came, the rain fell like a baby's newborn tears He stood out on the open plain, and felt her hovering so near And he goes... All that time it was not wasted It was the way it had to be Whatever sorrow that he tasted set him free Clear blue sky, he smiles to think she's waiting close at hand He sets his wet clothes out to dry, then trudges toward the promised land Come what may, come whatever makes the world go 'round He close his eyes up half the day, and listens for her healing sound And he goes...