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Blue Sky Blues

from Aberdeen by Phil Henry

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lyrics

My name is Emma Cooper and I'm almost seventeen
My daddy has a farm near Aberdeen
If I ever hope to leave this town
I pray to God each day that it will rain
But it's been forty days of sun, and not a single cloud in sight
Our fields and bank account are all but dry
And I can't pay my way to college on this part-time drugstore wage
So let it rain

Oh, lightning flash, far away
Thunder dies before it finds me
Shadows cast far behind me

Days like this, I could cry
As I sit and wait and watch the sky
Is this all I can do?
I can't wish away these blue sky blues.

It's a Sunday afternoon and all my friends are passing by
In their cutoff shorts and darkest summer shades
For them, another perfect day, but I can't help
But dream it all away
Cause I wanna be a writer, change the world with just my words
Watch the verses fall like water to the page
But this notebook lies here empty
As the reservoir and the chance of rain today

Oh, lightning flash, far away
Thunder dies before it finds me
Fate is cast, pay no mind to

Days like this, I could cry
As I sit and wait and watch the sky
Is this all I can do?
I can't wish away these blue sky blues.

Oh, lightning flash, far away
Thunder dies before it finds me
Shadows cast far behind me

Days like this, I could cry
As I sit and wait and watch the sky
Is this all I can do?
I can't wish away these blue sky blues.

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from Aberdeen, released January 11, 2015

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Phil Henry Rutland, Vermont

Singer-songwriter Phil Henry exudes the skill of a craftsman and the authenticity of an artist. “…vivid lyrical imagery that captures the imagination.” (Seven Days, VT)

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