Indigo from United Music by Nick Adduci

The plaster sky was heavy and white
The morning after we had spent the night
Sitting on the kitchen floor behind the counter
Cautiously warm, bracing for the chill
Expecting the first day
Of the approaching winter’s electric thrill
Dressed in shades of black and navy blue

You wore indigo from head to toe
Your boots laced up to your knees
The Autumn breeze began to blow the ribbons
As we took to the streets

The cemetery was gray and still
Unlike the laughter from the night before
Which now subdued by the quiet of the morning
Riding with the top down of your car
Not going too fast or getting very far
But it really was a perfect place for learning

You know so many things, more than I do
From all the places your mind would go
You were more alive than I ever was
Always unafraid to be yourself

Then we walked through the fields where lay the dead
All muted colors green, ash, but a flash of auburn red
And while the sun was weeping
There stood a stone you made your throne
You claimed it as if it were your own
And all the earth was sleeping

Your milky hands of gold and black leather
Made me wish that I was better
Oh sad eyed lady of the lowlands
My warehouse eyes are empty as ever

Now it seems so long ago
When it finally came, the killing frost
Just another lonely winter come and gone
The train was here, but the tracks are lost
I wonder these days if I cross your mind
If I could have a part of you
Though I miss the time we were entwined
It does not mean that I’m in love with you

Yes, the plaster sky all sugar white
The window waiting for the snow
The season which reminds me of you
When at once the world was almost still
And we were running to the electric thrill
All dressed in shades of black and navy blue

• Folk
• Northeast Ohio
• Youngstown
• singer-songwriter
• Youngstown