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Blue Flame Lyrics by Joe Jackson

Volume 4

2003

[Verse 1]
I've got some walls around me too
But they're not much compared to your house
Fifty feet high with barbed wire
Guards on the top
Aiming rifles at your lovers one by one
And friends too

[Verse 2]
I've come with hands above my head
But I'm damned if I'll try to break your door down
If you ever come out, just call me
I'll still be armed
With the memory of one evening when you smiled
At something

[Pre-Chorus]
Sadness spreads like a black stain
But I know by now
That's not all there is

[Chorus]
There's a blue flame inside of you
So beautiful and rare
Love's not something we decide to do
You'd be so hard to love
If love was not just there

[Verse 3]
You tell me women get you down
And as for men, well, they're all bastards
I wonder what world you call home
And I wish I could learn their language
Just enough to make you laugh
Just one time

[Verse 4]
Yes, it was nice to see you too
Although I'm never sure you mean it
I'll pick up the tab, and you won't thank me
Not that I mind
But in my dreams it's all so different, we even kiss
Imagine this

[Pre-Chorus]
Bitterness is a black hole
Don't you know by now
You've got more to give?

[Chorus]
There's a blue flame inside of you
So beautiful and rare
Love's not something we decide to do
You'd be so hard to love
If love was not just—
There's a blue flame inside of you
So beautiful and rare
Love's not something we decide to do
You'd be so hard to love
If love was not just there

[Outro]
Impossible to love
If love was not
For some strange reason
There

About “Blue Flame” by Joe Jackson

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"Blue Flame" is credited to Joe Jackson. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Blue Flame" appears on "Volume 4" in 2003.

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