Blue Ribbon Songtext
von Son of the Velvet Rat

Down a long flight of stairs
To a place where the big fat lights don′t shine
We'll light a big fat candle
′cause it's dark like a black hole in a coal mine
Deep down in the belly of a ship that is sailing away
We can tell the mood of the ocean by the way our candle sways


Awake & asleep & always aware of the dead
& the language they use when they speak deep in your head
Sometimes it's a whisper
Sometimes it′s a storm in your soul
′cause when they speak
They speak in a rant that you can't control

But what a sweet thing when it dawns on you
That your love′s really your best friend
Makes you feel like you're winning the blue ribbon
Without having to sail to world′s end

All those painted faces smiling down from the planks above
They came to reveal the secret conjunction of loss & love
& if you can't really seem to understand
What they are trying to say
It will be coming to you with the logic of the flow
That brings the new day