Kentucky Blue

They dimmed the lights
On Broadway tonight
For you
Kentucky Blue
Everyone I know is writing eulogies
And truths about you
Playbooks and bills won't be the same
Without you
Gone too soon
Kentucky Blue
Is where your spirit flew
You and your crescent moon
Typewriter tappin'
Black barns on the hill
Women in the garden
You've fallen still
Bullfrogs croaking
Fireflies burning
The rain is fallen
Your breath has softened
The painted desert cries
It's colors whine
Man of the road
You've disappeared
Kentucky Blue
Is where your spirit flew
You and your crescent moon
Kentucky Blue
You gone and flew
Could not wait
We'll miss you
So I drove through
As if to say
Thank you
Ol' Kentucky Blue
They dimmed the lights
On Broadway tonight
For you