Colour Of The Blues

Up above me are the skies Like the twinkle in your eye Blue must be the colour of the blues In the mail, the letters came The ink and paper look the same Blue must be the colour of the blues Bluebird singin' in the tree Seems to sympathize with me 'Cause he's not singin' like he used to do Pretty waters in the sea Feel as cold as you left me Blue must be the colour of the blues Blue days come and blue days go The way I feel, nobody knows Life is finally empty without you There's a blue note in each song That I sing since you've been gone Blue must be the colour of the blues There's a blue note in each song That I sing since you've been gone Blue must be the colour of the blues

Colour Of The Blues Written by Lawton Williams & George Jones Performed by Elvis Costello & The Attractions Produced by Billy Sherrill Musicians Elvis Costello - vocal, guitar Steve Nieve - keyboards Bruce Thomas - bass Pete Thomas - drums John McFee - guitar Tommy Millar - fiddle Recorded May 18-29, 1981, CBS Studio A, Nashville Released October 23, 1981 Albums Almost Blue, 1981 Promos Elvis Costello Introduces... The Tracks From His New Album 'Almost Blue', 1981 Excerpts From The Album 'Almost Blue', 1981 Length 2:18 First known performance:  March 28, 1981, London, England Last known performance:  April 26, 2010, Atlanta, GA      (12 known performances)

Recordings by other artists

• George Jones, A-side of single, 1958; re-recorded version on Starday Presents, 1965
• Red Sovine, A-side of single and on The One And Only, 1961
• Loretta Lynn, on Loretta Lynn Sings, 1963
• Pete Drake, on The Amazing And Incredible Pete Drake, 1965
• The Willis Brothers, on Wild Side Of Life, 1966
• Skeeter Davis, on Hillbilly Singer, 1973

Internal links

• Elvis Costello Home Page: Almost Blue  •  lyrics  •  chords
• Lyrics

External links

• Elvis Costello Reissues: Almost Blue