The Meaning of the Blues - Carmen McRae

Blue was just the color of the sea

Till my lover left me

Blue was just a blue bird in a tree

Till he said forget me

Blue always made me think of summer

Cloudless summer skies so fresh and warm

Now the blue I see is more like winter

Winter skies with clouds about to storm

Blue was just the color of his eyes

Till he said goodbye love

Blue was just a ribbon for first prize

Till he said dont you cry love

And blues were only toward somes

Fashioned for impulsive engineer

But now I know

Too well I know

Too well I know the meaning of the Blues