Cobalt-Blue Eyes
Words and Music: Anne-Marie Fraser, Gary Clute
There's a story that haunts me still
'Bout a bride and a wedding gone wrong
And a woman with eyes like the midnight sky
Who's been hiding the truth all along
Was at the graveside I met her
A dark silhouette on a dark afternoon
The grieving family clasping their hands
And trying to comfort the groom.
The widowed man stood strangely silent
Among all the tears and the sighs
And I noticed that, behind her veil,
The girl had cobalt-blue eyes.
She was a beauty, he was clever and bold
They shared a secret – and I never told.
They still haunt me,
those cobalt blue eyes
The eve of the wedding I walked through the night
Unable to quiet my mind
When I heard unseen lovers beneath the Oak trees
Speaking of things left behind
The man's voice I knew—it belonged to the groom
The woman's was tender and true
They planned for a future beyond the next day
If only the bride never knew
[Chorus]
“Bride Dies on her Wedding Day”
Was how the headlines read.
Could there have been an accident
Or a sinister purpose instead?
Though justice usually finds the truth
buried among the lies
The detective missed a vital clue:
He was staring at her cobalt-blue eyes.
[Bridge]
Well, don’t ask me to comment.
The groom is a friend of mine
And just because there’s circumstance
That doesn't make it a crime.
[Chorus]
This all happened quite some time ago
Though the memory runs deep
And sometimes on those moonless nights
I find it hard to sleep
They moved some way out to the country
Far from the rumours and lies
And I wonder: did he find Redemption
with the girl with cobalt blue eyes.
They shared a secret – and I never told.
They still haunt me, those cobalt blue eyes
Those cobalt blue eyes
Hey Gary; I've attached what I consider my thorough evaluation of "Cobalt-Blue Eyes" here as a PDF file. Enjoy. It was a pleasure working with this lyrical opus, and I hope to get the chance to hear some more of your quality songs whenever you want my kind of feedback.