John Fante's Blues

You may sneer at me my friend
That i worshipped the flame

So much that i became
Its very fuel in the end

But your inner light for which i yearned
I thought it could only bronze not burn

Like a dirty lesson to be learned
I was soon to be fooled, to be spurned

Oh and now what have i got to lose
Now that love's just a lonesome bruise

You left on my sickly skin
Oh to sing the blues

Oh would you give in now
Oh would you let it out
Oh would you let the light pour out for me

Is it for your dignity that you cry
Like a baby star fallen from the sky

To me it seems you just stumbled on a lie
And never dared to reply

The years storm up like furious clouds
And twist away in a shapeless crowd

The whole sky is moving and your body shouts
Your head is dry
But your mind it is wet

If love was born under the nights of june
Well it's dead now but only like the moon

No one really knows how soon
The light, it'll be going out

Oh would you give in now
Oh would you let it out
Oh would you let the light pour out for me



Credits
Writer(s): Alex Keiling
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