Paint Me Blue

I can't help but that I'm jealous of the coffee your hands cradle
You draw it near, unconsciously won't you hold my face in the same way, dear
It's never been natural to stay, even with a painful price to own
You see me through and told me today I'm starving for you but fear to be known

I've fallen shy and fought bone dry, 'fore I have come to know
A person ain't no perfect frame, no lovers fit the same
I'm standing here willing, dear, to fit to all of you
But my frame needs rearranging, take a hammer, paint me blue

Paint me blue
Paint me blue

I've never been found up higher than the Virginia line up north
You said on the telephone all of Brooklyn seemed to be at war
You've shown me reckless patience and a love I cannot earn
The time and distance, though it hinders ain't never met you with some fuel to burn

I've fallen shy and fought bone dry, 'fore I have come to know
A person ain't no perfect frame, no lovers fit the same
I'm standing here willing, dear, to fit to all of you
But my frame needs rearranging, take a hammer, paint me blue

Paint me blue
Paint me blue

Do you remember pebbled lakeshores, skipping rocks in Carolina?
Up all night, too tired to fight, only witness to our words were the trees on the shore
Won't you love me till our eyes fail, and we can say our race was run well
You'll draw me near so consciously and hold my face as in our younger years

I've fallen shy and fought bone dry, 'fore I have come to know
A person ain't no perfect frame, no lovers fit the same
I'm standing here willing, dear, to fit to all of you
But my frame needs rearranging, take a hammer, paint me blue

Paint me blue
Paint me blue
Paint me blue
Paint me blue