Rough draft sans lead instrument.
Songwriter / Singer........ Bedroom Studio Producer
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Story behind the song
A man experiences a vision of himself in a bar mirror.
Lyrics
Sad Blue Eyes ©2009
I sat at the bar, just how long I don't know
The whiskey kept my head just hanging low
Something made me look up, something made me see
A man with sad blue eyes, staring back at me
His hair had long turned gray, and the lines around those eyes
Told his years living in a world where no one cries
CHORUS
Sad blue eyes, don't you know?
They're crying inside of your soul
Sad blue eyes, can't you see?
That ain't the way your life has to be
I said friend why you look so down?
Bartender bring us another round
He said thanks, then he drank the whole thing down
Then he told me of a lady he had loved so long ago
Her smile was like the sunshine, and her hair was like spun gold
He told me how he loved her, then how he lost it all
Then he hung his head as the tears began to fall
Chorus
The old man dried his sad blue eyes, then he looked right up at me
He said if you've got a lover son, don't ever set her free
He said life is like a whirlwind, driven 'cross the desert land
When the wind that holds you up is gone there's nothing left but sand
Chorus
What the old man told me, touched me deep inside
Life just ain't worth living, if you run away and hide
And as I turned to go, his blue eyes still haunted me
I looked back and realized, the old man had been me
Chorus
