Blind Boy Paxton
playing his blues
it seeps through my pores
straight into my blood
I feel it rushing to my heart
makes it beat slower
and stronger
healing music
it feels strange
to see the sun is out
I have to get back to work soon
but when I close my eyes
I close reality's curtains
I'm in a late night
smoke filled
New Orleans
blues bar
women drink whiskey
men smoke cigars
I don't know if I'm sleepy
tipsy or high on music
my breath slows down
feel the liquor warm me up
it's hot outside
or cold
day or night who knows
I don't care
the blues has got me hypnotised
I might have been here
for as long as I live
I don't remember
life being anything
else than this.
People clap and cheer
bring me back
to daytime
clear skies
Byron Bay Bluesfest.