Mood Indigo

You Are Indigo

Of all the shades of blue, you are the most funky, unique, and independent. Expressing yourself and taking a leap of faith has always been easy for you.

What Color Blue Are You?

That's appropriate. I have a touch of "the post-travel blues" today. Mood Indigo is one of my favorite songs-love the Rosemary Clooney-Duke Ellington version the most.

MOOD INDIGO
-Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills (1930)

You ain’t never been blue, no, no, no
You ain’t never been blue
Till you’ve had that mood indigo
That feeling goes stealing down to my shoes
While I just sit here and sigh
Go along blues

I always get that mood indigo
Since my baby said goodbye
And in the evening when the lights are low
I’m so lonely I could cry
For there’s nobody who cares about me
I’m just a poor fool that’s bluer than blue can be
When I get that mood indigo
I could lay me down and die

You ain’t never been blue, no, no, no
You ain’t never been blue
Till you’ve had that mood indigo
That feeling goes stealing down to my shoes
While I just sit here and sigh
Go along blues

(I did try to find an audio clip of the Clooney/Ellington version to link to but could not find one with her singing.)