Mood Indigo
Nina Simone Lyrics
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You ain't never been blue,
Till you've had that mood indigo.
That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
While I just sit here and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
I always get that mood indigo,
Since my baby said goodbye.
I'm so lonely I could cry.
'Cause 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 feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
While I just sit here and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
In Nina Simone's song Mood Indigo, the lyrics describe a feeling of deep sadness and loneliness that comes with the experience of losing a loved one. The opening lines suggest that the listener has never truly experienced a feeling of "blue" until they have felt the "mood indigo", which is a metaphor for the deep and all-encompassing sadness that the singer is experiencing. The feeling extends through her entire body, "stealin' down to my shoes," and all she can do is sit and sigh "Go 'long blues," meaning she is resigned to the sadness and cannot escape it.
The second stanza reinforces this sadness, with the singer expressing how she always feels this "mood indigo" since her baby left her, and how she is so lonely that she could cry. She feels unloved and forgotten, and describes herself as a "poor fool that's bluer than blue can be." The final line of the stanza, "I could lay me down and die," is a powerful expression of the depth of her despair.
Line by Line Meaning
You ain't never been blue; no, no, no,
You have never experienced true sadness or despair.
You ain't never been blue,
You have never experienced a deep and profound sadness.
Till you've had that mood indigo.
You won't truly understand the depths of sorrow until you've experienced the feeling that consumes me.
That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
The feeling of sadness travels through my entire body, all the way down to my feet.
While I just sit here and sigh, 'Go 'long blues'.
Despite my attempts to push away the sadness, it lingers and overpowers me.
I always get that mood indigo,
I am constantly consumed by this feeling of sadness.
Since my baby said goodbye.
My sadness stems from the pain of losing someone I loved deeply.
And in the evenin' when the lights are low,
Especially at night, when everything is dark and quiet, my sadness feels more intense.
I'm so lonely I could cry.
I feel overwhelmingly alone, to the point where it brings me to tears.
'Cause there's nobody who cares about me,
I feel as though no one in the world cares about me or my feelings.
I'm just a poor fool that's bluer than blue can be.
I am a hopeless and pathetic person, consumed by sadness to the point where it feels like there is no way out.
When I get that mood indigo,
Whenever I am overpowered by this feeling of sadness,
I could lay me down and die.
It feels so unbearable that sometimes I feel as though death would be a relief.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Barney Bigard
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Nancy Méndez
You ain't never been blue; no, no, no,
You ain't never been blue,
Till you've had that mood indigo.
That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
While I just sit here and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
I always get that mood indigo,
Since my baby said goodbye.
And in the evenin' when the lights are low,
I'm so lonely I could cry.
'Cause 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 feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
While I just sit here and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
Samantha Jones
One of the best examples of swing time jazz.
CrossBonesAlex
Love that freedom in her playing
IAN MORTON
Don't know what I love best - her singing or her piano playing !
Charles Field
It's humbling to listen to her toss off this song. What an incredible musician, storyteller, human.
Rojo Ramírez
Una maestra digna de nuestro amor y pasión por sus creaciones. Larga vida nina!!
Nancy Méndez
You ain't never been blue; no, no, no,
You ain't never been blue,
Till you've had that mood indigo.
That feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
While I just sit here and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
I always get that mood indigo,
Since my baby said goodbye.
And in the evenin' when the lights are low,
I'm so lonely I could cry.
'Cause 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 feelin' goes stealin' down to my shoes
While I just sit here and sigh, "Go 'long blues".
Ana Antonelli
una de los mejores de la historia, gracias nina
blackcosmos
"I always get that mood indigo,
Since my baby said goodbye.
And in the evenin' 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." 🌺🌿
Nosferatu 85
I wish kids of today would listen to this..... damn, that rhythm!
Scotch Beef
i have this on vinyl and sounds even better if u can believe such a thing ☺