Blue Flame Lyrics by Joe Jackson

Blue Flame Lyrics

    I've got some walls around me, too
    But they're not much compared to your house
    Fifty feet high, with barbed wire
    Guards on the top, aiming rifles at your lovers one by one
    And friends, too
    I've come with hands above my head
    I'm damned if I'll try to break your door down
    If you ever come out just call me
    I'll still be armed with the memory of one evening when you smiled
    At something
    Sadness spreads like a black stain
    But I know by now that's not all there is
    There's a blue flame inside of you so beautiful and rare
    And love's not something you decide to do
    You'd be so hard to love if love was not just there
    You tell me women get you down
    And as for men, they're all bastards
    I wonder what world you call home
    And I wish I could learn their language just enough to make you laugh
    Just one time
    Yes, it was nice to see you, too
    Although I'm never sure you mean it
    I pick up the tab and you won't thank me
    Not that I mind, but in my dreams it's all so different - we even kiss
    Imagine this
    Bitterness is a black hole
    But you know by now you got more to give
    There's a blue flame inside of you so beautiful and rare
    And love's not something you decide to do
    You'd be so hard to love if love was not just there
    Impossible to love if love was not for some strange reason there

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