The Man with the Blue Guitar
See the old guy sitting there
Guitar man with silver hair
He's been around a time or two
The color of the song is blue
Looking back he sees a boy
Through wheat fields running full of joy
He waves his hand above the grass
The birds just like the days fly past
Hello memory, hello
Seems like I've been seeking something
Down here below
And the bread is the bread
And the stone is the stone
Hello memory, hello
And he met her there in that same field
And he wrote a song 'bout how you feel
When you play the world upon a string
And together you both start to sing
Hello memory, hello
Seems like I've been seeking something
Down here below
And the bread is the bread
And the stone is the stone
Hello memory, hello
In the war he tried to write it down
And the ink just like the tears flowed out
But he knew she'd wait however long
So he closed his eyes and he heard the song
But the sky rained fire upon the land
And he returned to an empty hand
The world lay crumbled all around
Nothing but the rubble marked the ground
So he conjured up a ghost from long ago
Hello memory, hello
Dear Marie, I hope this finds you well. We have heard of the zeppelins heading toward France, and so I worry and pray you are taking care. I know we promised forever to be true. And so I won’t lie. I find myself now in the trenches. The rain has filled them foot-deep with mud and so we struggle to sleep. Thank god for the reprieve at night from the shelling. We hear that sometime soon we are to rush the line. My heart races but I take courage knowing you are safe at home and that I will some day return to your loving arms.
And he dropped down to his knees at last
And he reached right back into the past
And he tried to change the way thing are
Bent over there on his guitar
See the old guy sitting there
Broken man with silver hair
He's been around a time or two
The color of the song is blue
Hello memory, hello
Feel like I've been seeking something
Down here below
And the bread is the bread
And the stone is just the stone
Hello memory, hello, etc.