NEW SHADE OF BLUES, A
Andy Ackers (m) Johnny Farrow (m) Ruth Poll (l)  1948

as rec by Ella Fitzgerald w Sonny Burke & his Orch  
July 20th 1949 Los Angeles

also rec by Billy Eckstine '48


I'm wearin' a new shade of blues,
A new shade of blues,
Since you walked out my door
To come back no more.
You could have been my kind of love;
You didn't want my kind of love!

I'm wearin' a new shade of blues,
A new shade of blues,
Now I'm laughin' at me,
How dumb could I be!
You could have been my kind of love;
Now I don't need your kind of love!

For now I've found somebody that's new,
They say that they love me too;
I've been around and know that ain't true!
I'm reelin' from feelin'
I'm stealin' that feelin'
I had for you!

I'm wearin' a new shade of blues,
A new shade of blues,
I'm just kiddin' myself,
Put him back on the shelf!
So let me tell you, here's my news,
I've got the same old blues!

Yes, I've found somebody that's new,
They say that they love me too!
I've been around;
I'm reelin' from feelin'
I'm stealin' that feelin'
I had for you!

I'm wearin' a new shade of blues,
A new shade of blues,
I'm just kiddin' myself,
Put him back on the shelf!
So let me tell you, here's my news,
I've got the same old blues!





(Contributed by Peter Akers - January 2010)