When Sunny Gets Blue
Mel Tormé and George Shearing Lyrics

When sunny gets blue
As soon as the happiness and warmth fades away from Sunny's life,

Skies get grey and cloudy
The once bright and vivid skies become a dull gray and overcast with clouds,

And the rain begins to fall
The weather becomes unpleasant with the arrival of rain,

Pitter patter, pitter patter
The sound of raindrops drumming on windows and other surfaces,

Love is gone
Sunny is left without the affection she once had,

So what can I do
Sunny feels helpless and doesn't know how to proceed,

No sweet lover man comes to call
There is no one to fill the vacancy left by the lost love,

Oh when sunny gets blue
Sunny is quite desolate when the happiness evades her completely,

She breathes a sigh of sadness
Sunny's sadness and sorrow can only be expressed through a heavy sigh,

Like the winds that sway the trees.
Her sigh is as poignant as gusts of winds that move the tree branches,

Winds that set the leaves a-sway
The movement of the wind induces leaves to move and sway alongside it,

Like the violins that play
Her sadness is familiar, just like a melody played on a sad violin,

Strange and haunting melodies
The violin music is eerie and compelling at the same time,

Sunny gets blue
Sunny experiences a severe bout of depression,

People used to love to see her laugh
Sunny was once the life of the party and was loved for her infectious laughter,

And see her smile
And even her charming smile could light up a room full of people,

That's how she got her name
This is the reason behind Sunny's name being chosen for her,

Since that sad affair
After she experienced the traumatic incident,

She's lost her smile
Sunny is not the bubbly person she once was and has lost her ability to smile,

Changed her style
The way Sunny carries herself is different and more subdued,

Somehow she's not the same
Sunny fails to reflect the same warmth and cheerfulness as she did before,

The memories come back
The memory of the past lover resurfaces in her mind,

And pretty dreams rise up
Happy memories of the past come to her while she sleeps,

Where the other dreams fell through
While other dreams may have not worked out, Sunny is still clinging onto this happy memory,

Hurry new love, hurry here
Sunny wishes for a new love to fill the void left by the old one and hopes for it to come quickly,

Kiss away each lonely tear
Sunny desires for the new love to wipe away all her tears and provide her with security and comfort,

Hold me near when
Sunny asks for the new love to stay by her side in the times of adversity,

Sunny gets blue
When she falls into depression yet again,

Oh yes, when sunny gets blue
Indeed, when Sunny experiences this depressing phase, it draws attention to itself,