Big Blue Note

See that big blue note, over there on the counter?

You don't wanna read that thing, man, it's a real get-ya-downer

But don't you dare say nothing else bad about her

She's gone

No, no, no, no, don-don't throw it away

'Cause tonight I might need it

It gets real lonely around here at night sometimes, and I have to reread it

Besides, you can show it to the boys downtown, and they won't believe that

She's gone

There used to be a time I was all she ever wanted

All the man that she'll ever need

I come home to find, just like that, she's up and vanished

And the only thing she left behind for me

Is this big blue note folded up in my pocket

Yeah, don't laugh, it's been two months, I still got it

Sometimes, I have to read the sucker twice just to make sure I ain't forgot that

She's gone

You know, my psychiatrist said, "Tell me what do you see

When you look at these ink spots of reds and yellows and green?"

You know, I looked at 'em all, but they all looked to me like

Big blue notes

There used to be a time I was all she ever wanted

All the man that she'll ever need

I come home to find, just like that, she's up and vanished

And the only thing that's left to do for me

Is stand high on this cliff overlooking the sea

With my big blue note paper airplane that I just set free

And I'm gon' wait here a few more minutes, and if it don't come back to me

You guessed it

She's gone

Crash landing

Bye-bye, baby