Don't Do Sadness/Blue Wind
Duncan Sheik & Steven Sater Lyrics

Awful sweet to be a little butterfly just winging over things and nothing deep inside.
It can be pleasant to flutter around and not be burdened by deep emotions or worries.

Nothing going going wild in you, you know, you're slowing by the riverside floating high and blue.
There is no turbulence within oneself, just a calm state of being by the river, feeling light and weightless.

Or maybe cool to be a little summer wind like once through everything and then away again.
Perhaps it would be nice to be a light summer breeze that passes through everything and then moves on, unattached.

With the taste of dust in your mouth all day but no need to know like sadness you just sail away.
Like the dusty taste in one's mouth on a windy day, sadness can be present but it doesn't have to be fully acknowledged, instead one can just move on and let it dissipate.

Cause you know, I don't do sadness not even a little bit.
The artist does not engage with sadness, not even a small amount of it.

Just don't need it in my life don't want any part of it.
Sadness is not something the singer desires or considers useful in their life.

I don't do sadness, hey I've done my time looking back on it all then it blows my mind, I don't do sadness so been there.
The singer has experienced sadness in the past and has no interest in reliving it or feeling it again.

Don't do sadness just don't care.
The artist's attitude towards sadness is one of indifference and apathy.

Spring and summer ev'ry other day Blue wind gets so sad Blowin' through the thick corn, Through the bales of hay, Through the open books on the grass Spring and summer.
The blue wind that blows through the thick corn and bales of hay on sunny days can also feel sad during certain moments of spring and summer, despite its generally carefree nature.

Sure, when it's autumn Wind always wants to Creep up and haunt you Whistlin' it's got you With its heartache, with its sorrow Winter wind sings and it cries.
In autumn and winter, the wind can become more melancholic and even haunting, bringing feelings of heartache and sorrow with it.

So maybe I should be some kind of laundry mat. Hang there things on me And I will swing 'em dry. You just wave in sun Through the afternoon And then see They come to set you free Beneath the rising moon
The singer suggests that they could be a laundry mat that dries clothes, providing a simple and practical service without getting attached to deep emotions. The clothes can be hung to dry and then set free under the moon.

[ILSE] Spring and summer ev'ry other day Blue wind gets so lost Blowin' through the thick corn, Through the bales of hay
The blue wind that passes through the cornfields and bales of hay during spring and summer can get lost and directionless at times.

Through the wandering clouds of the dust Spring and summer
The blue wind also wanders through dusty clouds during spring and summer.