SO BLUE IT'S BLACK (Jeb Loy Nichols, Ned Kelly, Professor Stretch, Betty Davis) (yeah, somethin' like this) driving in the mornin' got rocks beneath my wheels like a broke down engine, girl that's the way you make feel i got a suitcase full of nothing pockets full of rain they is full of crying tears about a hat that's full of pain (look) look at the sky (look, look) look at that (ah) so blue it's black i'm standing in the night time counting stars that fall birds that rest have got their nest i've got no place at all if you don't believe me i'll tell you one more time and you can count the tears that fall from these eyes of mine (look) look at the sky (look, look) look at that (ah) so blue it's black (look) look at the sky (look, look) look at that (ah) so blue it's black from a quiet corner in a crowded room just listen to, listen to the boom while the dj plays the late night grooves his party's kind of crowded and i could use some friendship there's a quiet place i know let me take you there (look) look at the sky (look, look) look at that (ah) so blue it's black (look) look at the sky (look, look) look at that (ah) it's black (that's how it is)