Big Blue Note

See that big blue note

Over there on the counter?

You don't wanna read that thing, man

It's a real get-you-downer

But don't you dare say nothin' else

Bad about her: She's gone

No, no, no, no, don't, don't throw it away

'Cause tonight, I might need it

It gets real lonely around here at night some times

An' I have to read read it

Besides, you can show it to the boys down town

They won't believe that she's gone

There used to be a time I was all she ever wanted

All the man that she'll ever need

I come home to find, just like that, she's up an' vanished

An' the only thing she left behind for me:

Is this big blue note

Folded up in my pocket

Yeah, don't laugh: it's been two months

I still got it

Sometimes I have to read the sucker twice

Just to make sure I ain't forgot that she's gone

You know, my psychiatrist said:

"Tell me, what do you see

"When you look at these inkspots

"Of, er, reds, yellows an' greens?"

You know, I looked at 'em all

But they all looked to me like big blue notes

There used to be a time I was all she ever wanted

All the man that she'll ever need

I come home to find, just like that, she's up an' vanished

An' the only thing that's left to do for me

Is stand high on this cliff

Overlooking the sea

With my big blue notepaper aeroplane

That I just set free

An' I'm gonna wait here a few more minutes

An' if it don't come back to me

You guessed it: She's gone

Crash landing

Bye bye, baby