Drunk and invulnerable Driving home in the snow The pike's a time tunnel, honey lamb Won't bother quitting Already seen the way it ends for me The mine collapses in spring of '67 I was a bastard anyway But feigning tenderness I left you something dreadful And you didn't know ♪ She was a blue baby Hole in her heart From the start Came two months early Call her Marian for grandma ♪ She grows up fast and moves to new Babylon Watches the plague take her pretty friends Flash to her middle age The storm on Jupiter's abating ♪ She's our blue baby Hole for a heart From the start Her whale song wakes me Reach for your warmth You know that I am with time, honey I ain't in time And I see these arcing streams Tracing something grander than you can imagine possibly ♪ If you want I don't mind I'll whisper the date and time A phase change Condensate Reason to be afraid Now and then The light bends After my accident 'Round a room Where I hide In a sea of Virginia pines A burnt bus Further in McDowell County District I climb up Take my blade Start carving the name of my blue baby (You know that I am with time, honey) (I ain't in time) (And I see these arcing streams) (Tracing something grander than you can imagine possibly) (Reach for your warmth) (Blue baby) (Blue baby) (Blue baby) (Blue baby)