Life and a Dark, Blue Lake

[couchgrouch]

Life and a Dark Blue LakeI useta rent an outboard all the timelookin' to reel General Pershing on my linebut my days haven't been mine recentlysince cigarettes took my poor wifeI've seen death eats at those who surviveand lately I've doubted I've lived my life decentlyso maybe searching for that big fishis a gentle way to copeI've heard the General's just a mythbut dreams are the sweetest part of hopeso it's a quart of Bud and a sack of baitmy boat is small and leaves a tiny wakesome say we barely leaves ripples in fatebut I have faith for heaven's saketonight it's life and a dark blue lakeI swear I saw him several years agoa huge murky shadow movin' slowbut like heaven...he's not something that shows with claritybut drifting 'neath the sky in the crisp mountain airhoping my sweetheart's watching me somewhereit seems like the sky and this lake have theirsimilaritieswell, something jerked and I awokeI had a monster on the lineand when I hauled the General on my boatI took it as a signcos it's a quart of Bud and a sack of baitmy boat is small and leaves a tiny wakesome say we barely leaves ripples in fatebut I have faith for heaven's saketonight it's life and a dark blue lakewell, I threw that legend backjust seein' him was enoughnow when life looks lonely and blacksomehow I'll see my lovecos I have faith for heaven's sakeI've learned from life and a dark blue lakelife and a dark blue lake(c)2005 Robert George