From the recording Camouflage: Stories by T.J. Gerlach
Music by Christopher Gleason / Mule-in-a-Swamp Music (ASCAP)
Lyrics by Christopher Gleason / Mule-in-a-Swamp Music (ASCAP) & Thomas J. Gerlach / Exile Incorporated (ASCAP)
©2024 Sado-Domestics
Chris Gleason: Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Drum Programming; Lucy Martinez: Vocals; Eric Royer: Pedal Steel; Jimmy Ryan: Mandolin.
Audio engineering, mixing, and production by Christopher Gleason at Noise Floor Delirium, Boston, MA.
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Based on the short story, "Deep Blue" by T.J. Gerlach from the book CAMOUFLAGE (Lithic Press, 2018)
Lyrics
Now I’m without you
And Deep Blue
Driving through a part of town
I hadn’t seen before
I first spotted Deep Blue never
Wanted nothing more
Made a good faith offer but
I needed time to score
Now I’m without you
You were almost eighteen
I was thirty-four
Lots of places we could meet
Besides that grocery store
We moved in together, who
Could ever ask for more?
Now I’m without you
A riddle with a raft and
a chicken and a fox
How to cross the river without
Gobbling the others up
Anything legal
Didn’t interest me that much
Now I’m without you
You were driving your car
Followed me in mine
Went to make the payment on that
Harley Super Glide
Fenders and a fuel tank painted
Bluer than the night
Now I’m without you
I was so in love, I’d have
Asked you to be my wife
But on one moonless evening
You took off with that bike…
Guess that’s just what happens when
There’s no more time to lose
Now I’m without you
And Deep Blue
Sha la-la-la la la
Sha la-la-la la
Sha la-la-la la la
Sha la-la-la la
Sha la-la-la la la
Sha la-la-la la
Now I’m without you
And Deep Blue
Now I’m without you
And Deep Blue
Now I’m without you
And Deep Blue