Rusty and Blue Songtext
von David Crosby

How can I sweep these words into a cluster
Put them in a pile like feathers on your floor
Voyages and sea forests deep blue and rusty
Sew them in a satchel and leave them by your door

People′s lives, people's lives fascinate me
All my life, all of my life I wanted to understand

There′s a man on the corner
He's got the moon in his eye
He comes here to visit
And he wears a disguise
And I wonder if he's looking
For friends or for truth
I think he′s calling for some
That telephone booth


And the smiling woman answers
She defeats fear with her eyes
She thinks life′s fine
So I think she's wise
And my heart wants to give her
A gift so grand
That it will speak for me
And tell her just where I stand

And I stand on a pillar
And it′s melting like ice
The years that I live
Some I live twice
And I have all these feathers
And leaves on my floor
That I don't want just blowing
Around loose anymore

And I peel a knee together
Rummage and fetch
Shake out my life
And give it a stretch
To bring shells to the surface
And show them to you
Gifts from the sea floor
Rusty and blue


Now these two lives
Hold my attention quite well
I see the lives almost never
Run parallel
Like the boards in the flooring
All deep green and worn
Faded and fitted
Long before we were born

People′s lives, people's lives fascinate me
All my life, all of my life I wanted to understand

Understand
Understand