Once upon a time
You were too small to wonder why
Hooked on every second
Tomorrow never beckoned
You never saw the curve
Now you see the curve

And so you testify
Youth is wasted on the young
Frozen adolescence
Your sad experiment
Now you see the curve
Gravity is served again

What are we to do
It’s just blue and beautiful

Forget your Christian name
You wish you were an alien
Causing such a bother
Plucking from the water
Innocent pleasurecraft
Man they’d see the curve

And the tangled rope of faith
It’s so hard for you to hold
Creeping to confession
Reeking of possessions
Coming round the curve
Have you got the nerve to drive

What are we to do
It’s just blue and beautiful

Looking for that cool cool space
Got to find that cool cool space
Try to leave without a trace
Without a trace

What are we to do
It’s just blue and beautiful

© John Newlands