I say a day is
a day,
busy or still.
Between sunrises
do ten
thousand things.
Do nothing.
Do sit.
All the same.
Bit of shit.
Bit of shine.
Hang the
washing on the line.
Willie playing
“Blue Eyes.”
I sleep well
for being tired.
I wake well
for having slept.
A tooth hurts.
Sun slips down
the street
through autumn leaves.
Hanging Laundry -- Jeffrey T. Larson
Fred Rose wrote "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" in 1947, and, beginning with Roy Acuff, it was recorded by many musicians. Willie Nelson included it on his 1975 concept album "Red Headed Stranger" about a fugitive preacher on the run from the law after killing his wife. The song became Nelson's 1st no. 1 record, although he had had modest success for a decade and a half (mainly as a songwriter). In 1979 Nelson convinced William D. Wittliff to write a movie based on the album, which was finally completed in 1986.
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Blue eyes cryin' in the rain
When we kissed goodbye and parted
I knew we'd never meet again
Love is like a dyin' ember
Only memories remain
Through the ages I'll remember
Blue eyes cryin' in the rain
Some day when we meet up yonder
We'll stroll hand in hand again
In a land that knows no partin'
Blue eyes cryin' in the rain
Now my hair has turned to silver
All my life I've loved in vain
I can see her star in heaven
Blue eyes crying in the rain