Patricia Barber - If I Were Blue

if i were blue
like David Hockney's pool
dive into me and glide
under a California sky
inside your mouth and nose and eyes am i
(1)
if i were blue
like Edward Hopper's afternoon
lift the sash  to air the breeze
let my summer flush your cheek
lie supine beneath the soft and gentle season
(2)
would that this were that
this is more like black
dark as darkest indigo
sickly sweet and ripe
like nothing
smothering light

bring on the pelting rain
palpable sensual pain
like Goya in his studio
in the thick of night
absence is
dull and silent
(3)
if i were blue
a pale Picasso blue
as beauty is to sorrow
let me cover you in sleep
and in your melancholy i would give you peace
(4)
if i were blue...
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(1) "Portrait of an artist (Pool with Two Figures)" - David Hockney - 1972 (Source : David Hocney On-Line)
(2) "Cape Cod Afternoon" - Edward Hopper - 1936 (Source : Webmuseum)
(3) "El Sabado de las Brujas" - Francisco de Goya - 1797 (Source : Wikipedia)
(4) "Horta de Sant Joan" - Pablo Picasso - 1898 (Source: Artnet)

Comments

[LinaLoca]

Il y a des chansons, comme des poèmes, et des images, comme des photos. Belle découverte du matin ;-)))

[Seb]

@ Lucie et Sophie
Ravi que cette ballade vous plaise.

[Sophie K.]

Bonjour Seb ! Tu sais que là, je jubile grâce à toi ?
Mercimercimerci.
:)

[Lucie]

Superbe découverte musicale... et picturale! Merci pour ces instants partagés!