LITTLE BLUES

Lyrics for a moody song...

Tonight’s Little Blues (a mermaid memory) came from childhood baths, daydreams, and the feeling of sinking just far enough under the water that the whole world sounded soft and far away…

Thank you for reading, and for being here as I slowly stitch the music back into my days. Hope to share this song soon!

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LITTLE BLUES

Written by Rebecca Simone Schmitz / Betty Power / Dan Marfisi

Verse 1
Once I was a mermaid
I was a girl
I’d dream in my bubble bath

Under the water
sounds of the world
floated like long blonde hair

Yeah yeah yeah yeah
yeah yeah…

The ice is very thin
It breaks and I fall in
Water so cold

I like to play with fire
It makes such pretty scars
On my outside

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Chorus / Refrain
I have always known the little blues
God it’s heavy stepping in these shoes

Don’t cry for me
don’t cry for me
oh little blues

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Verse 2
Once I was a mermaid
I was a girl
I shot up so suddenly

Under the pressure
I turned to dream
but dreaming abandoned me

Yeah yeah yeah yeah
yeah yeah…

The ice is very thin
It breaks and I fall in
Water so cold

I like to play with fire
It makes such pretty scars
On my outside

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Chorus / Refrain
I have always known the little blues
God it’s heavy stepping in these shoes

Don’t cry for me
don’t cry for me
oh little blues

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Bridge
Sometimes I miss
the chemical bliss
my baby-blue
goodnight kiss

Dreamless sleep
shamelessly
my substitute for love

Ashes ashes, all fall down, down

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Final Chorus
I have always known the little blues
God it’s heavy stepping in these shoes

Don’t cry for me
don’t cry for me
oh little blues

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