Here’s a song I wrote during a particularly depressed period following the end of my last relationship. I was having a hard time getting much of anything done, or even just getting out of bed, and it sure helped that I had some generic dextroamphetamine salts laying around (orange and blue in color depending on dosage). I sure don’t recommend ’em for long term use, but sometimes it’s exactly what you need to get that active momentum going and get out of a funk. Or as Ray Wylie says “get out of your rut and into a groove”. #country #western #americana #folk #singersongwriter #songwriter #songwriters #songwriting #music #guitar #outlawcountry #raywyliehubbard
So orange and blue keep me company so i won’t think of you orange and blue and a cup of strong black coffee that’ll do orange and blue keep my mind off anything i want them to orange and blue wow i wish that were true when i wake up and i’m staring at the ceiling i start to get the feeling of the world’s weight crushing it now it’s evening i’m still watching
The paint and there’s got to be a reason for this twisted shape i’m in i got to do a little bit better tomorrow gotta so i won’t think of you orange and blue cup of strong black coffee that’ll do orange and blue keep my mind off anything i wanted to orange and blue oh how i wish that were true i’m looking for a new way out of this labyrinth of fear and
Doubt i always end up back down here in hell i gotta keep on trying cause there’s just no point in dying knowing things they could get better they might get worse as well i got to do a thing or two to make things right sometimes i gotta pop a pillow to make it all right orange and blue keep me company so i won’t think of you orange and blue and a cup a strong
Black coffee that’ll do orange and blue keep my mind off anything i want to orange and blue i wish that that were true thanks for listening
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Orange and Blue By Warren Hayford
