The sun rose in the east today
 I sat up and sighed for the millionth time
 As the dawn was phasing a night away
 The blues can last for just so long
 And from the depth
 There will arise another song
 And I'll sit here in the sea and the sun
 Waiting for that other song to come
 That other song to come

 You don't have to be black to sing the blues
 From what I gather all you got to be is blue
 Self-indulgence is universal
 Adolescence was merely a rehearsal
 Look around you and you will see
 Everyone has a small franchise on misery
 On misery

 And I will sing you a song
 Just as soon as I get my voice
 When you're up, you're up
 And when you're down
 You really got no choice

 No rain this winter
 The manzanita reminded me
 We've been living in a drought
 And the ocean looks good to me
 Haven't been in love for a year or so
 Because I get fussy
 And hard to live with as I grow
 Ask the hungry manzanita
 You cannot cross a cypress and a cedar
 And a cedar

 My moods are changing like the sea
 There are a hundred things
 That I'd like to be
 Meanwhile I'll sit in the sun
 Waiting for that other song to come
 That other song to come

 And I will sing it to you
 Just as soon as I get my voice
 When you're up, you're really up
 And when you're down
 You really got no choice