(Lawton Williams - George Jones)

Up above me are the skies like the twinkle in your eyes

These things are the colors of the blues

In the mail your letter came the ink and paper looked the same

Blue must be the color of the blues

Bluebird's singin' in the trees seems to sympathize with me

But he ain't singin' like he used to do

The pearly waters in the sea are as cold as you left me

Blue must be the color of the blues

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There's a rainbow overhead with more blue than gold and red

Blue must be the color angels choose

A blue suit you proudly wore when you left to return no more

Blue must be the color of the blues

Blue days come and blue days go how I feel nobody knows

Life is mighty empty without you

There's a blue note in each song that I sang since you've been gone

Blue must be the color of the blues