after you' ve gone
Ella Fitzgerald Lyrics


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After you've gone and left me crying
After you've gone, there's no denying
You'll feel blue, you'll feel sad
You'll miss the dearest pal you've ever had

There'll come a time, now don't forget it
There'll come a time, when you'll regret it
Some day when you'll grow lonely
Your heart will break like mine and you'll want me only
After you've gone, after you've gone away

After I'm gone, after we break up
After I'm gone, you're gonna wake up
You will find you were blind
To let somebody come and change your mind

After the years we've been together
Thought joy and tears, all kinds of weather
Someday blue and downhearted
You'll long to be with me right back where you started
After I'm gone, after I'm gone away

You will find you were blind
To let somebody come and change your mind

Someday blue and downhearted
You'll long to be with me right back where you started
After I'm gone, after I'm gone away

you'll feel blue and you'll feel sad
You'll miss the dearest pal you've ever had

Someday when you'll grown lonely
Your heart will break like mine and you'll want me only
After you've gone, after you've gone away

You made and blue
But now I'm through with you




And there's nothing more you can say
So jack be on your way, miss Ella?s okay

Overall Meaning

The song "After You've Gone" talks about the aftermath of a separation. The first stanza has the singer telling their former partner that they will feel blue and sad after leaving, and they are going to regret leaving them because they will miss "the dearest pal" they ever had. The second stanza starts with the singer telling their former partner how they will feel once they, the singer, are gone. The singer says that their former partner will realize they were blind to let somebody else come and change their mind about leaving. The third stanza starts off by acknowledging that the previous verses all mention the inevitability of their former partner wanting to be with them again. The singer then says that they are done with their former partner and that there's nothing left to say, so their former partner should "be on your way."


The song is a classic example of the "break-up" song that has become a staple of the American pop songbook. Although the lyrics were written by Buddy DeSylva, the music itself was written by another famous composer, Harry Warren. The song originally appeared in the musical "Ziegfeld Follies of 1918." Ella Fitzgerald recorded her version of the song in 1963, and it became one of her signature songs. Fitzgerald often used the song to close out her live shows.


Line by Line Meaning

After you've gone and left me crying
After you have left me alone and made me cry


After you've gone, there's no denying
There is no denying that you have left me


You'll feel blue, you'll feel sad
You will feel sad and blue


You'll miss the dearest pal you've ever had
You will miss me, the best friend you ever had


There'll come a time, now don't forget it
Remember that there will come a time


There'll come a time, when you'll regret it
You will regret what you did


Some day when you'll grow lonely
Someday when you are lonely


Your heart will break like mine and you'll want me only
Your heart will break, just like mine did, and you will want only me


After you've gone, after you've gone away
After you have left, after you have gone away


After I'm gone, after we break up
After I am gone, after we have broken up


you're gonna wake up
You will wake up


You will find you were blind
You will realize that you were blind


To let somebody come and change your mind
To let someone else come and change your mind


After the years we've been together
After all the years we have spent together


Thought joy and tears, all kinds of weather
Through the good and the bad times, in any kind of weather


Someday blue and downhearted
Someday when you are feeling sad and discouraged


You'll long to be with me right back where you started
You will want to be back with me, where we started


After I'm gone, after I'm gone away
After I have left, after I have gone away


You made and blue
You made me sad and blue


But now I'm through with you
But now I am done with you


And there's nothing more you can say
And there is nothing else you can say


So jack be on your way, miss Ella?s okay
So you can leave now, because Miss Ella is okay




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Written by: Henry Creamer, Turner Layton, Ray Sherman

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

Callous Derpallous

Since most other people seem to be putting in the wrong lyrics, here it is typed straight from me singing along to it (I type quite fast! For those fast bits!)

After you've gone
And left me cryin'
After you've gone
There's no denyin'

You'll feel blue, You'll feel sad
You'll miss the dearest pal you've ever had
There'll come a time, now don't forget it
There'll come a time when you'll regret it

Some day when you grow lonely
Your heart will break like mine and you'll want me only
After you've gone
After you've gone away

After I'm gone
After we break up
After I'm gone
You're gonna wake up

You will find, You were blind
To let somebody come along and change your mind
After years we've been together
Through joy and tears all kinds of weather
Some day blue and downhearted
You'll long to be with me right back where you started
After I'm gone, after I'm gone away!

*Scat bippedy bop

You will find, you were blind
To let somebody down and change your mind

*Fantastic trumpets

Some day, blue and downhearted
You'll long to be with me right back where you started
After I'm gone, after I'm gone away!

*Scat bippedy bop

You'll feel blue and you'll feel sad
You'll miss the dearest pal you've ever had

Some day, when you grow lonely
Your heart will break like mine and you'll want me only
After you've gone, after you've gone away

You'll make me sad and blue, but now I'm through with you
And there's nothing more you can say
So Jack, be on your way
Miss Ella's okay (yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy)

Fin



Арууке Атантаева

After you've gone and left me crying
After you've gone there's no denying
You'll feel blue you'll feel sad
You'll miss the dearest pal you've ever had
There'll come a time, now don't forget it
There'll come a time, when you'll regret it
Some day when you'll grow lonely
Your heart will break like mine
And you'll want me only
After you've gone after you've gone away

After I'm gone, after we break up
After I'm gone, you're gonna wake up
You will find you were blind
To let somebody come and change your mind

After the years we've been together
Thought joy and tears all kind of weather
Someday blue and downhearted
You'll long to be with me right back where you started
After I'm gone after I'm gone away

You will find you were blind
To let somebody come and change your mind

Someday blue and downhearted
You'll long to be with me right back where you started
After I'm gone after I'm gone away

You'll feel blue and you'll feel sad
You'll miss the dearest pal you ever had

Someday when you've grown lonely
Your heart will break like mine and you'll want me only

After you've gone after you've gone away
You made me sad and blue but now I'm through with you
And there's nothing more you can say
So jack be on your way
Miss Ella's ok



Ale Scamy

After you've gone and left me cryin'
After you've gone there's no denyin'
You'll feel blue, you'll feel sad
You'll miss the dearest pal you've ever had
There'll come a time, now don't forget it
There'll come a time when you'll regret it
Someday, when you grow lonely
Your heart will break like mine and you'll want me only
After you've gone, after you've gone away
After you've gone and left me cryin'
After you've gone there's no denyin'
You're gonna feel blue, and you're gonna feel sad
You're gonna feel bad
And you'll miss, and you'll miss,
And you'll miss the bestest pal you ever had
There'll come a time, now don't forget it
There'll come a time when you'll regret it
But baby, think what you're doin'
I'm gonna haunt you so, I'm gonna taunt you so
It's gonna drive you to ruin
After you've gone, after you've gone away.



Арууке Атантаева

Now won't you listen honey, while I say,
How could you tell me that you're goin' away?
Don't say that we must part,
Don't break your baby's heart
You know I've loved you for these many years,
Loved you night and day,
Oh! honey baby, can't you see my tears?
Listen while I say
After you've gone and left me cryin'
After you've gone there's no denyin'
You'll feel blue, you'll feel sad
You'll miss the dearest pal you've ever had
There'll come a time, now don't forget it
There'll come a time when you'll regret it
Someday, when you grow lonely
Your heart will break like mine and you'll want me only
After you've gone, after you've gone away
After you've gone and left me cryin'
After you've gone there's no denyin'
You're gonna feel blue, and you're gonna feel sad
You're gonna feel bad
And you'll miss, and you'll miss,
And you'll miss the bestest pal you ever had
There'll come a time, now don't forget it
There'll come a time when you'll regret it
But baby, think what you're doin'
I'm gonna haunt you so, I'm gonna taunt you so
It's gonna drive you to ruin
After you've gone, after you've gone away.



All comments from YouTube:

Neil Leslie

Ladies and gentlemen, the incomparable Ella Fitzgerald, the greatest jazz vocalist EVER!

Acilius Bolar

No

Robert Biggs

Billy holiday but yeah Ella is number 2 all dayyyyy

Billy

No she was not. Aileen Stanley s the est female jazz vocalist of all times and maybe Marion Harris and Vaugh De Leath. This song is mush better by Marion Harris

Neil Leslie

@Billy That's a matter of opinion.

Марина Соломка

it's 2022 and this song is still a masterpiece!

William L Robinson

Ella's rendition of this old great tune. Ella is one of the best singers ever. Her music comes from her soul. Not all vocalists and musicians are blessed with music in their souls.

Callous Derpallous

Since most other people seem to be putting in the wrong lyrics, here it is typed straight from me singing along to it (I type quite fast! For those fast bits!)

After you've gone
And left me cryin'
After you've gone
There's no denyin'

You'll feel blue, You'll feel sad
You'll miss the dearest pal you've ever had
There'll come a time, now don't forget it
There'll come a time when you'll regret it

Some day when you grow lonely
Your heart will break like mine and you'll want me only
After you've gone
After you've gone away

After I'm gone
After we break up
After I'm gone
You're gonna wake up

You will find, You were blind
To let somebody come along and change your mind
After years we've been together
Through joy and tears all kinds of weather
Some day blue and downhearted
You'll long to be with me right back where you started
After I'm gone, after I'm gone away!

*Scat bippedy bop

You will find, you were blind
To let somebody down and change your mind

*Fantastic trumpets

Some day, blue and downhearted
You'll long to be with me right back where you started
After I'm gone, after I'm gone away!

*Scat bippedy bop

You'll feel blue and you'll feel sad
You'll miss the dearest pal you've ever had

Some day, when you grow lonely
Your heart will break like mine and you'll want me only
After you've gone, after you've gone away

You'll make me sad and blue, but now I'm through with you
And there's nothing more you can say
So Jack, be on your way
Miss Ella's okay (yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy)

Fin

Clarisheets

Best female jazz singer the world has ever seen.

Арууке Атантаева

After you've gone and left me crying
After you've gone there's no denying
You'll feel blue you'll feel sad
You'll miss the dearest pal you've ever had
There'll come a time, now don't forget it
There'll come a time, when you'll regret it
Some day when you'll grow lonely
Your heart will break like mine
And you'll want me only
After you've gone after you've gone away

After I'm gone, after we break up
After I'm gone, you're gonna wake up
You will find you were blind
To let somebody come and change your mind

After the years we've been together
Thought joy and tears all kind of weather
Someday blue and downhearted
You'll long to be with me right back where you started
After I'm gone after I'm gone away

You will find you were blind
To let somebody come and change your mind

Someday blue and downhearted
You'll long to be with me right back where you started
After I'm gone after I'm gone away

You'll feel blue and you'll feel sad
You'll miss the dearest pal you ever had

Someday when you've grown lonely
Your heart will break like mine and you'll want me only

After you've gone after you've gone away
You made me sad and blue but now I'm through with you
And there's nothing more you can say
So jack be on your way
Miss Ella's ok

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