MISTER BLUE
(Words & music by Tom Paxton, 1966)

(verse)
1. Good morning, MISTER BLUE,
We've got our eyes on you,
The evidence is clear that you've been scheming
You'd like to steal away and while away the day
You'd like to spend an hour, dreaming.

(chorus)
What will it take to whip you into line?
A broken heart? A broken head?
It can be arranged! It can be arranged!

2. Step softly, MISTER BLUE,
We know what's best for you
And we know where your precious dreams will take you
You've got a slot to fill and fill that slot you will
You'll learn to love it or we'll break you.

(chorus)

3. Be careful, MISTER BLUE,
This phase you're going through
Can lead you nowhere else but to disaster
Excuse us while we grin,
You've worn our patience thin,
It's time we showed you who's your master.

(chorus)

4. Don't worry, MISTER BLUE,
We'll take good care of you.
Just think of it as sense and not surrender.
But never think again
Or you'll get a something you'll remember.

(chorus)

SOURCE: Broadside, Vol III (Oak, 1970, p. 34; with music & chords)

~Masato