2025 Competition Entry:

Fields of Blue by Oleta Pearl

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Co-writer(s)

no

Performer(s)

Ronnie Bates – vocals
Madi Bates – vocals
Jeff Fielder – guitar
Dan White – bass, keys
Jon Hyde – pedal steel
Matt Badger – drums
Matt Brown – producer
Todd Pipes – mastering

Description

Fields of Blue chronicles being in a relationship with someone drowning in depression and how that despair affects those who love them.

Bio

Oleta Pearl is Ronnie and Madi Bates, an authentic American pop-folk duo based in Seattle, WA.

Lyrics

Well it’s coffee alone now at the table for two we loved
I go there often – just by routine
To think of you in your fields of blue

I don’t want you stuck in my tears
Don’t want you swimmin’ round in all of my fears
Better off alone

There’s a light in your window as I call up from far below
But there’s no answer – no reply
As I sing to you in your fields of blue

Who cursed your stars and brought you to despair?
Don’t know your thoughts – much less how to get there…

So it’s coffee alone now – just by routine
To think of you in your fields of blue

Who cursed your stars and brought you to despair?
Don’t know your thoughts – much less how to get there…

So it’s coffee alone now – with my mind on you
As I lay me down in your fields of blue

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