True Blue

from Lua by Bright Eyes

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I am a blueblood I will admit that. I dance in blue shoes and wear a blue hat. Live in a blue house on a blue street, in a blue town by a blue creek. I write my blue songs with my blue pen. I sing the blue notes to my blue friends. Now I don’t know that much about you but I like you because you are true blue.

I had a blue dream about a blue star. In it I drove there in my blue car. And when I got there I met a blue dog with a blue tongue, we had real fun. We bounced a blue ball. It broke a blue glass. We banged on blue drums and called it bluegrass. I guess the thing I’m trying to tell you is that it is best kid if you’re true blue.

Once I had gangrene I had it real bad. And so the Doc came with his black bag. I said “You know doc, I don’t feel well. If you had a blue bag I think I’d get well.” So he came right back with a blue sack. He said, “Will this do?” I said, “Why not? Yeah.”That is how I am here today to tell you that it is best man to be true blue.

Out on the blue sea I sailed a blue ship. I had a first mate that always had blue lips. His name was Bluebeard. He had a weird twitch. We flew a blue flag up on a big stick. And we ate bluegill and we ate blue chips. Oh, I felt real blue eating that blue fish. Because there ain’t much that I won’t do unless it keeps me from being true blue.

Once in a blue moon there is a blue sky. I wear my blue jeans and fly my blue kite. It hangs like a bluebird until the wind dies and then the tears pour out of my blue eyes. If it is your birthday we’ll bake a blue cake and then we’ll eat it of my blue plates. Because kid I don’t know much about you but I like you because your true blue.

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from Lua, track released October 26, 2004
2004 Saddle Creek

Conor Oberst- guitars, piano, keyboards, voice

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Bright Eyes Omaha, Nebraska

Bright Eyes are the Omaha, Nebraska based band consisting of Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Nathaniel Walcott.

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Downtown Las Vegas Event Center

Las Vegas, NV
Nov 15

Weissenhäuser Strand Hotel

Hamburg, Germany

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