Reba Nell McEntire (born on March 28, 1955 - Kiowa, Oklahoma, USA) is a Gra… Read Full Bio ↴Reba Nell McEntire (born on March 28, 1955 - Kiowa, Oklahoma, USA) is a Grammy Award-winning singer and one of the best-selling country music performers of all time, known for her pop-tinged ballads that include 24 #1 hits. She has issued 28 studio albums and 13 compilations, with more than 50 million records sold as of 2007.

With a contract to Mercury Records (1975), McEntire began her professional career singing heavily pop-influenced ballads, a far cry from the neotraditionalist movement she would help lead a few years later.

"I Don't Want To Be A One Night Stand" became her first charting single in 1976. Her first Top 10 hit "(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven" followed four years later, and in 1982 she scored her first #1 hit with "Can't Even Get The Blues."

Frustrated at her limited commercial success, McEntire left Mercury and signed with MCA Records in 1984. 1984's "Just A Little Love" wasn't much different form her Mercury material and was only moderately successful. However, another album followed later that same year, titled "My Kind of Country." This was a return-to-roots record, complete with fiddles and steel. It was comprised largely of covers of classic country songs, as well as original songs such as "How Blue" and the Harlan Howard-penned "Somebody Should Leave", both of which reached #1 on the Billboard country singles chart.

In the early 1990s McEntire expanded her audience by adopting a softer, more pop-oriented sound. She became one of the best-selling country artists of all time, releasing three volumes of greatest hits collections.

Since that first #1 hit in 1982, she's forked out 21 more chartbusters, which are all recapped on "Reba #1s" released on November 22nd, 2005. The 2-disc compilation features all 22 number one singles (according to Billboard magazine) in chronological order, including two new tracks "You're Gonna Be" and "Love Needs A Holiday." "Reba #1s" also contains 11 singles that reached the #1 spot in publications other than Billboard.

She won the Female Vocalist of the Year award from the Country Music Association four times in a row (a record she holds with Martina McBride), and had dozens of Top Ten hits during the 80s. For her contribution to the recording industry, Reba McEntire has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Blvd. In 1995, she was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

She is one of only six solo women (others include Shania Twain, Barbara Mandrell, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, and Taylor Swift), to win the Country Music Association's highest honor, "Entertainer Of The Year". McEntire continued to hit the charts through the 2000s, as well as appearing in television and film, most notably Tremors, a cult horror movie series, Forever Love, and One Night at McCool's. She also starred as Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun on Broadway, receiving critical acclaim.

From 2001 to 2007, Reba starred in the hit WB television show, Reba (with Texan actor Christopher Rich as her philandering ex-husband), even getting a visit from fellow country star Dolly Parton who played Reba's character's supervisor at a real estate firm.

Indelibly Blue
Reba McEntire Lyrics

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Lost in the city
Deserted and cold
Watching the cars passing by
There all going places
That we used to go
And it's driving me out of my mind

[Chorus]

And it's making me blue
Indelibly blue
I can't erase the memories of me and you
Indelibly blue

They say when one love is ended
Another is born
That's no consolation to me
Just show me some sunlight
A rose without thorns
And maybe I'll start to believe

[Chorus]

(Well just color me blue)

Oh all my life
I've waited for one love to make it alright
But now I feel heartaches and tears
Of a sad souvenirs that you left me
Since you left me
I'll just go on a day at a time
Trying in vain to forget you
But time and again you enter my mind
Someday I swear I won't let you

[Chorus]

(Cause baby I'm blue)

[Chorus]

(So just color me blue)

Overall Meaning

The song "Indelibly Blue" by Reba McEntire is a heart-wrenching classic about losing love and struggling with the memories that haunt us. The lyrics express the feeling of being lost and alone in the middle of a bustling city, watching people go about their lives while feeling completely disconnected from them. The repetition of the phrase "indelibly blue" emphasizes the depth of the singer's sadness and how difficult it is to move on. The chorus expresses the idea that the memories of a lost love are so profound they are impossible to erase.

The second verse touches on the idea that people often say that when one love ends, another begins, but for the singer, this is no consolation. She longs for a life without pain and sorrow, without the thorns that often come with love. The melancholy tone of the verses combined with the repetition of the chorus create a sense of desperation and hopelessness. The last verse is a plea to move on, to forget the one who caused the heartbreak. This song captures the feeling of being stuck in a moment that is endlessly repeating, creating what feels like an inescapable feeling of gloom.

Line by Line Meaning

Lost in the city
Feeling disoriented and directionless in an urban setting

Deserted and cold
Feeling alone and unloved

Watching the cars passing by
Observing the world moving on without the singer

There all going places
The people in the cars have somewhere to be

That we used to go
Those places used to be meaningful to the artist

And it's driving me out of my mind
The sights and sounds of the city are overwhelming and upsetting

Chorus
The chorus repeats the song's title and expresses the singer's sadness and inability to forget their lost love

They say when one love is ended
Others say that new love will come

Another is born
Another love story will start

That's no consolation to me
But the artist isn't comforted by this idea

Just show me some sunlight
The singer desires positivity and hope