Thin IceThe ice is thin, the ice is thin -the shore more distant year by year,and nearly sixty since I left it now.There is no going back again.And I am old yet not so very old -I bless the ice. I pray for cold.
Cool BluesI'm stopping at the stop signs,I'm signaling my turns.I am trying to be cool,I know about what burns.I'm older than my daddy, I'm not walking in his shoes.He ate his milk and honey,and you know he paid his dues.Green glass on the sidewalkthat I don't always go around -because my sole is solidI just hear a crunching sound.I sit at my favorite table,it's the one where you are too -I love to sit and listenas you tell me what is new.Soldiers on the street,moon in the sky - owl in a treegetting ready to fly.I hear voices in my headas I fall asleep at night.
Getting Worse BluesI was broke when I met you, baby,and now I'm deep in debt.I was broke when I met you, baby,and now I'm deep in debt.They say love is full of richesbut I haven't seen them yet.I was tired when I met you, baby,and now I'm tireder still.I was tired when I met you, baby,and now I'm tireder still.To get up in the morningtakes a great force of will.I was sorry when I met you, baby,and I am sorrier now.I was sorry when I met you, baby,and I am sorrier now.I don't think this love is workinglike it should somehow.
Saying So BluesI had a sweet little womanand I never did her wrong.But one day she told meshe was going to move on.I said to her, "Baby,have you lost your mind?Have I ever abused you,have I been unkind?"She said, "Slim, I love you,you are sweet as a peach.But there are places you go that I cannot reach."You keep so much hid, Slim,and I do not knowif all that you hideis like what you show."I said to her, "Baby,I don't know what to say."She said, "Well that's it, Slim,"and she left me that day.So I'm here by myselfwondering what I should do,not trying to hidethat I'm feeling blue.