Lyrics
You ain't never been blue; no, no, no,
You have never experienced sadness or melancholy.
You ain't never been blue,
Reiterating that the listener has not felt the depths of sadness.
Till you've had that mood indigo.
True sadness is only known when one has felt the mood indigo.
That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
The feeling of sadness penetrates down to the speaker's shoes, emphasizing its depth.
While I just sit here and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
The speaker is sitting and expressing their emotions, telling the blues to go away.
I always get that mood indigo,
The speaker consistently experiences the mood indigo since their beloved left.
Since my baby said goodbye.
Referencing the sadness that started when the speaker's baby said goodbye.
And in the evenin' when the lights are low,
During the evening when the surroundings are dim, the loneliness intensifies.
I'm so lonely I could cry.
The speaker is so lonely that crying seems inevitable.
'Cause there's nobody who cares about me,
Expressing the feeling of abandonment, with no one caring for the speaker.
I'm just a poor fool that's bluer than blue can be.
The speaker describes themselves as a profoundly sad person.
When I get that mood indigo,
Revisiting the theme of the mood indigo and its impact on the speaker.
I could lay me down and die.
The depth of sadness is so great that the speaker could imagine dying.
You ain't never been blue; no, no, no,
Repetition of the idea that the listener has not experienced true sadness.
You ain't never been blue,
Restating the absence of deep sorrow in the listener's life.
Till you've had that mood indigo.
Reiterating that true sadness comes with the mood indigo.
That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
Emphasizing the depth of the feeling, extending down to the shoes.
While I just sit here and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
While experiencing deep blues, the speaker is resigned, expressing a sigh.
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