no mystery
color me in black & white or anything in between
anything but shades of gray
it would take the color from a hundred skies
to color you
how did you get so blue
paint a picture from a memory of me
paint it right upon my face
if i looked in to a mirror would i notice any change
what do i know... what i know is

life with you sure ain't no mystery
day to day's about the same
we make our way
we don't make history
and baby that's ok

picture your life as a single photograph
behind glass and inside the perfect frame
does it reveal every tear or every laugh
that ever came to your face
imagine your life on the giant silver screen
with nothing on the cutting floor
i would buy another ticket just to listen to the score
you're what i know and what i know is

life with you sure ain't no mystery
day to day's about the same
we make our way
we don't make history
and baby that's ok

while you slept the other night
i took out paper and a pen
and traced a line all around you
i am almost ready
i just need one more sky to color you

how'd you get so... blue

old times
I was once in new orleans
like a pinball shot down bourbon street
I kinda tilted but I stayed on my feet
and it was lucky for me

all my friends been to Mexico
me, I'd rather see the northwest coast
Nancy and I say someday we will go
but I don't know about Idaho

I lived awhile upon a jersey shore
had the boardwalk out my front door
had my heart broken three times or more
yea, it was a lop-sided score

spent too little time in southern Maine
something there sweetly calls my name
if I go back would it be the same
you know I don't like change when
it's only the past replaced

I tripped the light fantastic
and like a child I still believe in magic
and I will never say never

'been so many towns that I've lost track
memories slippin' through the cracks
looking forward and I'm looking back
one more thing before I fade this song to black

sometimes I wanna go crazy
is it alright if I go a little crazy in the night
you and I could go crazy for old times
sometimes I wanna go crazy
is it alright if I go a little crazy in the night
you and I could go crazy for old times
and I'll drive
I'll drive
I'll drive

the dam just broke
the serenade was nice
it wrapped around me like a perfumed coat
and so i wore it home that nite

she caught me dreaming with a guilty smile on my face
my fantasy went up in smoke
i sift the ashes that were left behind on the ground
i found the traces of a note
it said
the dam just broke...

her silhouette was nice
close to perfection and i had to study close
she caught me once or twice

into the evening
and in places i've never known
i follow anywhere she goes
i will admit i was blind but you know, in my mind
i was safe until she spoke
and then the dam just broke

the silhouettes and lights
the rhythmic cascades
when everything was right
we began our serenade
and the dam just broke

true blue
no one else has seen those secret sides of you
that is alone my prize
and sometimes a shame it's true
but i won't tell a soul if you don't want me to
what if i write a book
and put this on page two
and dedicate to you

i'm surrendering my heart
take this prisoner in your arms
i want to be anything and everything for you
and when it's hard to do
if I could be only one
yea, if i could choose one
i would choose true blue
true blue

in my eyes are reflections of the places we have been
they've seen the glory and defeat
and in between
they have looked to you to pull me through
the healing of my troubled soul
all begins and ends with you
that and this is true

I'm a prisoner of my heart
you could say right from the start
if i could be anything and everything for you
i would see it through
but if i could be only one
yea, if i could choose one
i would choose true blue
i would choose true blue

surrender to your heart
surrender to your heart

i'm a prisoner of my heart
i surrendered from the start
i want to be everything
and everything i do
oh it's all for you
but if i could be only one
if i could be only one
yea, if i could choose one
i would choose true blue
i would choose true blue

rand mcnally