Frank Sinatra

Blue Moon

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Blue moon
You saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own

Blue moon
You know just what I was there for
You heard me saying a prayer for
Someone I really could care for

And then there suddenly appeared before me
The only one my arms will hold
I heard somebody whisper, "Please adore me"
And when I looked to the moon, it turned to gold

Blue moon
Now I'm no longer alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own

And then there suddenly appeared before me
The only one my arms will ever hold
I heard somebody whisper, "Please adore me"
And when I looked, the moon had turned to gold

Blue moon
Now I'm no longer alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own

Lyrics © Sony/atv Music Publishing Llc

Writer

Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers

Duration

2:52

Producer

Mitch Miller

Release date

Oct 01, 1981

Sentiment

Positive

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forensics On May 15, 2004

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by jaimeh

19y ago

The lyrics are presumed to refer to an English idiomatic expression: a blue moon is either the second full moon in a month or the third one when four full moons occur in one season of the year, which is a somewhat rare occurrence. If something happens "once in a blue moon" it happens almost never. The narrator of the song is relating a stroke of luck so unlikely that it must have taken place under a blue moon.

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by quilcene54

16y ago

Just to me a cool cool song in the C Am Dm G7 mode of the fifties. But also thot blue moon had something to do with volcanic ash in the 1900's obscurring the moon and making it blue-- making that a very very rare ocurrence. SOng is cool when redone in the sixites mode. Jazz interp is cool too for a different rendition.

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by Acolapissa Indian

7y ago

A down on his luck narrative voice finds solace in a rare and beautiful full moon.

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