Mood Indigo

Album: The Popular Duke Ellington (1930)
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  • You ain't been blue; no, no, no
    You ain't been blue
    Till you've had that mood indigo
    That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
    While I sit and sigh, "Go 'long blues"

    Always get that mood indigo
    Since my baby said goodbye
    In the evenin' when lights are low
    I'm so lonesome I could cry

    You ain't been blue; no, no, no
    You ain't been blue
    Till you've had that mood indigo
    That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
    While I sit and sigh, "Go 'long blues"

    'Cause there's nobody who cares about me
    I'm just a soul who's bluer than blue can be
    When I get that mood indigo
    I could lay me down and die

    You ain't been blue; no, no, no
    You ain't been blue
    Till you've had that mood indigo
    That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
    While I sit and sigh, "Go 'long blues" Writer/s: Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Downtown Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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