Titian puts down his paintbrush and picks up his guitar

by Roger West

mussel shell tuna fin cuttlefish ink
pyrite powder azurite zinc

cerulean celadon cadet and celeste
crows wing gull feather robin egg ravens nest

midnight diamond byzantine slate
imperial prussian palatinate

the heart of the spark at the heart of the flame
ferrocyanide blood in the vein

kingfisher starfish silver lake and capri
peacock periwinkle anemone

indigo aqua ultramarine
french fig and damson and aubergine

cornflour columbine lapis lazuli
indian ocean mediterranean sea

ice cap polar night magnetic ash
rock salt and cobalt thunderbolt flash

berber and breton ceylon and chartreuse
jesuit sacristan la vierge douleureuse

turquoise and teal tiffany true
woke up this morning, baby, I had all of those blues
yeah, woke up this morning, baby, I had all of those blues
all of those blues
all of those blues

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