No Ordinary Blue

Last night Turned on the TV Looked out the window And then pulled down the shades And I came to The conclusion My mind could not be made She said "Well what're you thinkin'?" "I'm just a-wonderin' "Is it somethin' that I did?" I said "It's nothin' "Just somethin' "I picked up as a kid" I hear a [?] empty spaces I see a big hole in the view I feel an outline that traces An imaginary path back to you This ain't no ordinary blue Last night For a split sec I was a train-wreck I was a complicated guy I hope we don't find This's the last time We ever say "Goodbye" The orange gleam Is risin' On the horizon Of the outskirts of my mind I sat and listened As it glistens It says "Leave the past behind" I hear a [?] empty spaces I see a big hole in the view I feel an outline that traces An imaginary path back to you This ain't no ordinary blue Too cold to hold Too deep to swim to Too cold to hold Too deep to swim to Last night Turned on the TV Looked out the window And then pulled down the shades --- No Ordinary Blue - John Prine