So Blue

Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: JKohn Kadlecik, Bob Weir

First played by John Kadlecik at the High Sierra Music Festival in July 2019, and later by the Golden Gate Wingmen in December 2019. Thanks to Ben Anderson for alerting me to this.

It's a Hunter lyric that John Kadlecik and Bob Weir worked on when they were playing together in Furthur, and then finished off by John Kadlecik in 2019. See Midnight Bay.

Is it any wonder, when you wake up in the morning
And discover that you're all alone
Making coffee for two, your cup is chipped and so are you
So you wonder what you're gonna do (note 1)

Make a run for the border, or crawl under the covers
Or sit around without a clue
Staring out your window, while you rain on your pillow
The tears that never seemed so blue

So blue, so blue
Never been so blue
So blue, so blue
Never been so blue

Linger in the dark, drinking Cutty Sark
Wondering how you'd let love slip through your hands
What else could you do but to yourself be true
Assuming she would understand

The rain is indifferent, it just falls very fast
Without judgment, pity or scorn
You're torn between believing it's all for the best
And wishing that you'd never been born

So blue, so blue
Never been so blue
So blue, so blue
Never been so blue

They got a special on soap, you buy a couple of bars
And try to wash away your fears
They got a special on shoes, you buy a pair or two
And you try to run away from here

Heading somewhere else, where you've never been
And never really wanted to go
Just around the bend, you know five'll get you ten
Your troubles need some room to grow

You're saturated with the blues, every way you turn
You hear another down-hearted wail
One of them's got a broken heart
And the other's got a lover in jail

Small comfort to give, if the truth be told
You could use a shoulder of your own
Soon as you chew off a little more meat
You can maybe share a bit of the bone

So blue, so blue
Never been so blue
So blue, so blue
Never been so blue