Blue skies, all of them gone Nothing but blue days, from now on Those blue skies, they once smiled on me Nothing but blue skies did I see And those bluebirds, singing their song Was nothing but bluebirds, all day long Now I never see the sun, shining bright Never see things going right Noticing the days, hurrying by These moments in time, my how they fly I never see the sun, shining bright Never see things going right Noticing the days, hurrying by These moments in time, my how they fly Now my blue days, why aren't they gone? When these blue skies just go on and on

Won't you take me down for awhile Seems I forgot how to smile in this while Won't you take my crown for awhile I'll try out a new style for awhile Won't you take me down, won't you take me down Won't you take me down for awhile Bury my frown in the ground for awhile And to the sky let's be bound for awhile With backs stacked 'pon the lawn for awhile Won't you take me down, won't you take me down Won't you take me down, won't you take me down Getting lost we'll be found Blue skies waiting, just past the clouds Don't need no airship, when we've got a plow To furrow a lane straight through this haze Then fall back into some shady, breezy place And dismiss this... this gloom without bliss Won't you take me down for awhile I still can't find my smile in this while Won't you wake my clown for awhile Shake up the mild child inside for awhile Won't you take me down, won't you take me down Won't you take me down for awhile And in your sea I will drown for awhile Where up is down, down is up for awhile And time's trap is wound shut for awhile Won't you take me down, won't you take me down Won't you take me down, won't you take me down And sweet surrender... we'll let surround Blue skies waiting, if we take a look Let's get to baiting, sunshine we may hook We'll cook up daydreams to hang in the trees And watch them helicopter down on the breeze Blue skies waiting and they're within grasp This is no illusion, we're not birds about to crash into glass Come on, let's slip back in through Eden's gates And claim a stake in some alternative fate Than this... this gloom without bliss Come my sweet dish, won't you, won't you, won't you run away with this spoon

Before And once more Before And will be once more I'm looking over a four leaf clover That I overlooked before One leaf is sunshine, the second is rain The third's for the flowers, that grow midst my pain No needing explaining, the one remaining Is somebody I adore I'm looking over a four leaf clover That I overlooked before... And will it be once more? Before, before and will it be once more? Are you looking over your four leaf clover? Over that four leaf clover Are you looking over that four leaf clover? Over the clover, over the clover You looking over that clover that you overlooked? And will it be, will it be once more? Will it be once more? Yeah, will it be once more? Are you overlooking that same old clover? That you looked over before There's that one leaf for sunshine, that second for rain That third for the flowers that grow amidst your pain No needing explaining, the one remaining Is somebody you'd better adore Better look over that same old clover That you overlooked before Better look over that four leaf clover That you overlooked before Will you overlook once more? Just like before and once more Before and once more Before it's over, before it's over better look over the clover Over it... it's over

Will you stay or you go? When the locomotive starts to slow down Approaching your town Where all your broken motives slink 'cross the ground Like dogs beaten down And will you bow or stand tall? When all the alternatives draw up to you 'Cause through and through the old altered narratives No longer ring true They're backed by too many proofs No matter which one you choose You find you're biting off nothin' you can chew One-two, things were handed to you And you threw and threw them up in the air without a care You knew they'd pour down and with the streams you'd be bound for Fortune's shore But three-four, the rain's had more in store Then you had planned and splashin' 'pon your shoulder Take a look – the waves are about to wash 'way the last leaf of your four leaf clover One-two, the world was handed to you And you blew and blew it up in the air without a care You knew it'd float down and with the streams you were bound to be bound for Fortune's shore But three-four, the wind's had more in store And now you're desperate for a shoulder to cry upon As you look down at the leafless sprig of your, of your, of your four leaf clover Will you stay or you go? When the locomotive won't slow down Approaching your town And your broken motives, they crowd 'round Imploring you to buy them one last round Oh, but the train's whistle – how it does sound And it ain't slowin' down Better jump now It ain't slowin' down You better jump now You better jump now or never You were so clever But it's now or never Now or never Yeah, it was pleasure for pleasure But now it's measure for measure Measure for measure, measure for measure...

What's that to the right? A little white light? Could it lead to my blue heaven? When whippoorwills call And evening is nigh I hurry to my blue heaven A turn to the right There's that little white light Yes, it's leading to my blue heaven I see a smiling face, a fireplace, a cozy room A little nest that's nestled where some love can bloom Yeah, just Mollie and me Let's add a baby, let's make it three Oh, how happy we'll be in our blue heaven Come on, Mollie, let's go... Cut that rug, cut that rug... Just like a slice of heaven... Don't stop now... Just like a slice, a slice of heaven I see a smiling face, a fireplace, a cozy room Yeah, a little nest that's nestled where love can bloom Just Mollie and me Yeah, and the baby makes three We're happy in my blue heaven We're happy in my blue heaven We're happy in our blue heaven