Mood Indigo

Duke Ellington and Barney Bigard, Irving Mills

You ain’t been blue, no, no, no;
You ain’t been blue ’til you’ve had that mood indigo.
That feelin’ goes stealin’ down, down to my shoes
While I sit and sigh, «So long, blues».

I always get that mood indigo
Since my baby said, «Goodbye.»
And in the evenin’, when lights are low,
I’m so lonesome I could cry
’Cause there’s nobody who cares about me;
I’m just as blue as blue can be.
I always get that mood indigo
I could lay me down and die.

You ain’t been blue, no, no, no;
You ain’t been blue ’til you’ve had that mood indigo.
That feelin’ goes stealin’ down, down to my shoes
While I sit and sigh, «So long, blues».

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