Lately I have been researching blues songs and their lyrics. While they originally reflected another era and way of life I appreciate their brevity and directness. While there are many different forms of lyric, some stand out and are easy to reflect on. 

I started writing Be Back Another Time while in the genre and trying to follow where my thoughts on a blues form were taking me. I was surprised at where it ended up but then again this reflects something Paul McCartney said in his book on lyrics, “give it a little twist.” And I did. 

Be Back Another Time

There are songs to be sung

Now I am singing me the blues

There are rags to be rung

As I am paying my dues

Waiting for the whistle

Looking for some good news

I’m heading to the store

Need to buy a bottle of wine

Maybe some flowers

Roses should be fine

I should be arriving 

About dinner time

I walk up the stone path

That leads to your door

Sit down on the grass

Felt my eyes getting sore

Can’t help but thinking

I’ve never loved you more

Just finished drinking

My bottle of wine

Slipped my flowers in

That will do just fine

Leave them by your headstone

Be back another time

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by Bill Ferguson

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