Lyrics

Purple Patches

Just like all of you out there
Good people living everywhere
Inner city, outer suburbs, out-back country, by the sea
Not just living in big towns
I can have my ups and downs
But it's purple patches lift me up to where I'd rather be

When we're down we've got the blues
Blues so dark it misconstrues
Our best efforts to recover, lift ourselves up from the floor
But how quickly fortunes change
Luck in life can strike so strange
As we enter purple patches, purple patches one time more

When we enter purple patches
All our bruises bumps and scratches
Tend to disappear or dissipate their pain
Purple patches, luck in batches
Winning life's more vital matches
Sure lifts us to the right track once again

Bridge:

If there's a formula for making purple patches for ourselves
It's got to be the way we plan things and prepare
Got to be our attitude to life attacking every day
With a positive mind, revealing to the world around you're there
A positive mind
Relax, unwind
Your positive mind can tell the world around you that you're there
Purple patches
Purple patches

Try to climb out of those blues
Do your best to win, not lose
Doing this you can recover, lift yourself up from the floor
Feel your fortunes quickly change
Change so quick it may seem strange
As you enter purple patches, purple patches one time more


Then tell your friends, your world out there
Good people living everywhere
Inner city, outer suburbs, out-back country, by the sea
Not just living in big towns
They're not alone with ups and downs
And those purple patches lift us up to where we'd rather be

When we enter purple patches
All our bruises bumps and scratches
Tend to disappear or dissipate their pain
Purple patches, luck in batches
Winning life's more vital matches
Sure lifts us to the right track once again
Purple patches, luck in batches
Winning life's more vital matches
Sure lifts us to the right track once again
Purple patches
Purple patches
Purple patches

Copyright Gary Woods, June 28th, 2013. APRA/AMCOS Reg: GW44554093