Woke up to a sky I didn’t earn
Too clean to keep, too wide to hold
Hung the washing on the line outside
Watched it lift and settle in the breeze
There’s a plane going somewhere I won’t be
And it’s fine by me, it’s fine by me
Rode my bike down to the water’s edge
Let the whole hill do the work for once
The kind of morning that forgets your name
In the best way, the softest way
Pale blue, pale blue
Nothing heavy in the air today
Just the light and the long way round
And the whole thing going my way
I’m not chasing, I’m not late
I’m just moving like the water does
Pale blue, pale blue
Easy as the morning was
Bought a drink and I let it sweat
In the shade of somebody’s awning
Didn’t check the time, didn’t need to know
Where the day was going
’Cause some days ask for nothing back
They just open like a hand
And you learn to take the good ones plain
The way they land
Pale blue, pale blue
Nothing heavy in the air today
Just my shadow and the quiet streets
And the salt not far away
I’m not holding, I’m not gone
I’m just drifting like the tide allows
Pale blue, pale blue
Soft and simple, here and now
No big feeling, no big line
Just a clean sky and a little time
The wash still lifting on the line
And everything exactly fine
I could stay here in the middle
Of an ordinary blue
And call it more than plenty
‘cause it’s true, ‘cause it’s true
Rode back slow with the sun behind
Salt still drying on my skin
Let the good day be a good day
And just let it in
Pale blue, pale blue
Nothing heavy, nothing owed
Just the wind and the way back home
And the light along the road
I’m not asking, I’m not through
I’m just easy as the morning was
Pale blue, pale blue
Soft and simple, just because
Pale blue…
The wash still lifting…
The whole day, going my way…
And nothing in it heavy at all
