Essays, Art and Plays by Dan

Lyrics:

[Verse 1]
Woke up crashed in a cornfield, smoke risin’ through the trees
Woke up crashed in a cornfield, smoke risin’ through the trees
A billion miles from my starlight, stuck with gravity on my knees

[Verse 2]
My world had twin blue oceans, skies lit like lullabies
Yeah, my world had twin blue oceans, skies lit like lullabies
Now I’m hidin’ in a barn loft, watchin’ Earth folks passin’ by

[Chorus]
I got the blues from a billion miles
This air’s too thick, this dirt don’t smile
I hum in wavelengths they can’t decode
Just tryin’ to find my way back on this road
Ain’t no starlight in these fields of clay
Just a lonesome alien waitin’ on a better day

[Verse 3]
Tried to phone home with a rigged up dish
Tried to phone home with a rigged up dish
But the static keeps on hummin’, and the stars don’t grant no wish

[Verse 4]
Folks think I’m a drifter, just talkin’ strange and low
Yeah, they think I’m a drifter, just talkin’ strange and low
They don’t see I’m built for silence, and moons that softly glow

[Chorus]
I got the blues from a billion miles
This air’s too thick, this dirt don’t smile
I hum in wavelengths they can’t decode
Just tryin’ to find my way back on this road
Ain’t no starlight in these fields of clay
Just a lonesome alien waitin’ on a better day

[Bridge]
I dream of skies that shimmer green
Of crystal caves and time unseen
Now I’m grounded here with rust and rain
Feelin’ every breath like a freight train
One call away — but no one hears
Just blues and dust and fallen gears

[Outro]
So I play this Earth guitar, let the stars hear my tune
Singin’ low for my planet, under this foreign moon
Yeah, I got blues from a billion miles — hope I get home soon

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