Story Behind The Song
The song is about a 1940's New York model and her son and love that was never fully lived.
Song Description
Nostalgic about loves that could never be fully lived.
| Song Length |
3:09 |
Genre |
Folk - Alternative, Folk - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Gracious, Charming |
Subject |
Unrequited Love, History, Past |
| Similar Artists |
Shawn Colvin, Lyle Lovett |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
FIZZY BLUE WATER
On the edge of an age-old romance
Cliffs above a rolling sea
Silver frames on a grand piano
Posed in a black and white dream
There?s a thin black line for an eyebrow
An angry jaw
Sipping blue water between bites
Would she know the man sitting with me now?
The candle?s flame illuminates the past
Shining cobalt into our eyes through the glass
Life today is not so different than she knew
Even then a bottle could be a haunting shade of blue
The hairs around her face are all smoke-stained brown
And ironed in place
A handkerchief tucked into her handbag
Chanel No. 5 clinging to the lace
His profile is her shadow
It could be her sitting there
He has all of her luminous beauty
And his father?s broken heart
Our steps crunch a rhythm up the red-rock path
Nothing in this world?s left to say
Tender fog whispers past my face
And leaves a wet kiss on my cheek
CHORUS