Ruby Blue
from: Down From Above, 1990
[[Em]]Nice old girls [[Em]]soak up the sun
[[C]]Wondering who won the [[C]]race they run
[[Am]]Sad old boys suck on [[Am]]lager tins
[[D]]Staggering past on [[D]]tottering pins
[c]Little kids play on the [[C]]fountain by the square
And the [[D]]flower girl sells [[D]]bunches by the [[G]]pair
[[Em]]Blue stocking blue a girl of [[Em]]high-legged renown
[[C]]Strides past and through lacking [[C]]only a gown
Her [[Am]]mind is high her [[Am]]heels on the ground
Poet[[D]]ess of the ordinary [[D]]her thoughts profound
Her [[C]]eyes are bright her [[C]]nose looks down
The [[D]]books she reads are [[D]]her only [[G]]sound [[G]]
And you [[Em]]know you can't have her
You [[Em]]know it's not you
Only the [[Em]]girls in the square
[[G]]Know who is who
Only the [[Em]]drunks by the fountain
[[Em]]Know what to do
Only the [[Em]]kids on the benches can [[D]]have
Bloomsbury [[G]]blue
[[Em]]Blue stocking blue makes [[Em]]tea in her flat
[[C]]Wonders whether the day is [[C]]right to wear a hat
She [[Am]]calls a friend, [[Am]]stretches her calf
Too[[D]] lovely to be, too [[D]]beautiful by half
She [[C]]falls on the bed and [[C]]arches her back
[[D]]Closes her eyes and [[D]]dreams of [[G]]black [[G]]
And you [[Em]]know you can't have her
You [[Em]]know it's not you
Only the [[Em]]ladies of the night
[[G]]Know who is who
Only the [[Em]]sleeping drunks
[[Em]]Know what to do
Only the [[Em]]kids with their ball can [[D]]have
Bloomsbury [[G]]blue
[[Em]]See picture painters [[Em]]basking by the tree
The [[C]]colours they use [[C]]red blue and three
The [[Am]]publican laughs as [[Am]]three men bet
The [[D]]horses aren't running so they [[D]]stay in debt
[[C]]Newsprint for a bed, a [[C]]dosser falls
And [[D]]somewhere close a [[D]]tennis player [[G]]calls [[G]]
Then the [[D]]horses run and the [[C]]old girls dance
[[G]]Time for the fair and the [[G]]games of chance
[[D]]Booze is falling like [[C]]rain from the sky
And [[G]]flowers lighten be[[G]]fore they die
[[D]]Kids paint their faces and [[C]]mamas laugh
While [[G]]bloomsbury blue [[G]]ties on her scarf
[[D]]She's on the square, [[C]]she's by the park
[[G]]She's in the light, [[G]]she's in the dark
And you [[Em]]know you can't have her
You [[Em]]know it's not you
Only the [[Em]]ladies of the night
[[G]]Know who is who
Only the [[Em]]sleeping drunks
[[Em]]Know what to do
Only the [[Em]]kids with their ball can [[D]]have
Bloomsbury [[G]]blue
[[Em]]Most of it's over she [[Em]]lies by the fire
[[C]]Only she knows you [[C]]can't get much higher
Than [[Am]]blue stocking blue a girl of [[Am]]high renown
Who [[D]]seeks and finds with[[D]]out a sound
Who [[D]]uses the day as [[D]]if it's the night
Who [[D]]passes you by [[D]]never a sight
Who [[C]]makes you shiver with[[C]]out knowing why
Like [[D]]bloomsbury blue is [[D]]part of the [[G]]sky