A sad, downbeat life story somewhat redeemed by one of the best melodies I've come up with...if I say so myself!
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Story behind the song
An homage to Ray Charles (I wrote this shortly after he passed away)
Lyrics
Born blue, heartaches and sorrow
Are things I've always known
Never seemed to find my place in this world
In the biggest crowd I can feel all alone
Born blue, and longing
For a home I can never find
And none of my friends can see what's the matter with me
They say it's all in my mind
You gotta stop all this foolishness
Get that junk out of your head
Maybe you wouldn't be so downhearted
If you didn't spend so many nights
Painting the town red
Born blue, and so tired
Of making my way by myself
Ah, but love is a luxury and a mystery too
To a person that's born blue
I don't believe in happy endings
I don't believe in second acts
You can call it negativity
I call it acceptance of the cold, hard facts
Born blue and lonesome
Guess it'll be that way until I die
Well it's not the way I planned it
But there's nothing I can do
'Cause I was born blue