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PEARL BLUE

pointed steel friend
invade me one last time
let your white blues
run through my veins

exploding in my mind
ravishing my soul
drifting to a feathery sleep
never again to awake
alone

I sang away every piece of my heart tonight
tearing at the blues
with all that keeps me alive
now I'm drained and empty
you can't replenish me

my songs are gone
soothing beautiful people now
only your song soothes me
pearl they all shout
expecting perfection

Well I ain't that fine
"I make love to thousands each night

then go home alone"
no love
or an overdose of your sweet love

the choice is easy
indulge me friend
and together we'll take my encore

"Didn't I make you feel like you were
the only one? And didn't I give you
everything .... "
from "Piece of my Heart"
Janis Joplin, the Pearl
died 1969

Glenn Meizlesh

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