Miracles

Miracles keep happening

The sun rose in the east today

I sat up and sighed for the millionth time

As the dawn was phasing a night away

The blues can last for just so long

And from the depth

There will arise another song

And I'll sit here in the sea and the sun

Waiting for that other song to come

That other song to come

You don't have to be black to sing the blues

From what I gather all you got to be is blue

Self-indulgence is universal

Adolescence was merely a rehearsal

Look around you and you will see

Everyone has a small franchise on misery

On misery

And I will sing you a song

Just as soon as I get my voice

When you're up, you're up

And when you're down

You really got no choice

No rain this winter

The manzanita reminded me

We've been living in a drought

And the ocean looks good to me

Haven't been in love for a year or so

Because I get fussy

And hard to live with as I grow

Ask the hungry manzanita

You cannot cross a cypress and a cedar

And a cedar

My moods are changing like the sea

There are a hundred things

That I'd like to be

Meanwhile I'll sit in the sun

Waiting for that other song to come

That other song to come

And I will sing it to you

Just as soon as I get my voice

When you're up, you're really up

And when you're down

You really got no choice