BLUE (Billy Eckstine)
Abner Silver / Charles Kenny / Nick Kenny

as recorded by Billy Eckstine 
& his Orchestra  
1946


Blue, I was lonely and blue;
I was aimlessly drifting
Along with the tide,
Like a ship lost at sea.

Blue at a table for two,
And the sweet serenade
That the orchestra played
Was a blue melody.

Then, like the sun on a rainy day,
You took my heart on holiday;
Now I'm no longer blue,
And I'm grateful to you.

Thanks for taking me
Out of this world,
Into a world that is new,
Now my heaven is blue!

I was lonely and blue
In a world built for two;
Now you know I'm so grateful to you,
For my clouds are so new
And all my skies are blue!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - April 2013)