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I am a blueblood I will admit that
I dance in blue shoes and wear a blue hat
Live in a blue house on a blue street
In a blue town by a blue creek
I write my blue songs with my blue pen
I sing the blue notes to my blue friends
Now I don't know that much about you
But I like you because you are true blue
I had a blue dream about a blue star
In it I drove there in a blue car
And when I got there I met a blue dog
With a blue tongue, we had real fun
We bounced a blue ball, it broke a blue glass
We banged on blue drums and called it bluegrass
I guess the thing I'm trying to tell you
Is that it is best, kid, if you’re true blue
Once I had gangrene, I had it real bad
And so the Doc came with his black bag
I said "You know doc, I don't feel well
If you had a blue bag I think I'd get well"
So he came right back with a blue sack
He said "Will this do?" I said, "Why not? Yeah"
That is how I am here today to tell you
That it is best, man, to be true blue
Out on the blue sea I sailed a blue ship
I had a first mate that always had blue lips
His name was Bluebeard, he had a weird twitch
We flew a blue flag up on a big stick
And we ate bluegill and we ate blue chips
Oh, I felt real blue eating that blue fish
Because there ain't much that I won't do
Unless it keeps me from being true blue
Once in a blue moon there is a blue sky
I wear blue jeans and fly my blue kite
It hangs like a bluebird until the wind dies
And then the tears pour out of my blue eyes
If it is your birthday we'll bake a blue cake
And then we'll eat it off my blue plates
Because, kid, I don't know much about you
But I like you because you're true blue
I dance in blue shoes and wear a blue hat
Live in a blue house on a blue street
In a blue town by a blue creek
I write my blue songs with my blue pen
I sing the blue notes to my blue friends
Now I don't know that much about you
But I like you because you are true blue
In it I drove there in a blue car
And when I got there I met a blue dog
With a blue tongue, we had real fun
We bounced a blue ball, it broke a blue glass
We banged on blue drums and called it bluegrass
I guess the thing I'm trying to tell you
Is that it is best, kid, if you’re true blue
And so the Doc came with his black bag
I said "You know doc, I don't feel well
If you had a blue bag I think I'd get well"
So he came right back with a blue sack
He said "Will this do?" I said, "Why not? Yeah"
That is how I am here today to tell you
That it is best, man, to be true blue
I had a first mate that always had blue lips
His name was Bluebeard, he had a weird twitch
We flew a blue flag up on a big stick
And we ate bluegill and we ate blue chips
Oh, I felt real blue eating that blue fish
Because there ain't much that I won't do
Unless it keeps me from being true blue
I wear blue jeans and fly my blue kite
It hangs like a bluebird until the wind dies
And then the tears pour out of my blue eyes
If it is your birthday we'll bake a blue cake
And then we'll eat it off my blue plates
Because, kid, I don't know much about you
But I like you because you're true blue
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Conor wrote this song for his newphews birthday. the kid he sings about in No lies, Just love. His newphews fav color is Blue.
it is definitely true about True Blue being for his nephew. i jsut just saw bright eyes and it's how they introduced the song.
i want to sing this song to my kids when i have kids.
He wrote the song for his nephew but I think he's talking to all the fans. Many of his fans like Conor, but not for the art, not because they can feel what he's saying. He hates that since we really don't know "him", just his songs.
"True Blue" means all the kids who really are blue, just like he was and really understand what he means when he's singing, and really relate and FEEL it in their hearts. That's who True Blue is really for.
"Because kid I don't know much about you but I like you because you're true blue. " This basically describes a fan who he doesn't know, but he still loves him because they share the feelings expressed in the art of Bright Eyes.
This song was written strictly for his nephew. Conor didn't even think of releasing it when he wrote it. Matt (his brother) said that his son wanted Conor to write a song about the color blue, so he did. It was a birthday present. WHich makes the song even cuter if you ask me. It made Matt happy to.
this song is so gosh darn good. i dont think there really is any meaning behind it. but it makes me happy.
It makes me happy as well.
Oe of the more positive songs ever written by Conor. I just kept help but smile when I hear it. I think any other song writer would have a hard time getting away with using the word "blue" so much, and rhyming his lyrics like this. But with Conor it's such a change, and his great writing ability shines through it all. I don't think there's any overbearing meaning, just that it's ok no matter who you are as long as you're true to yourself.
I believe this is a statement of Conors political stance and personal beliefs. Obviosly blue has always been somewhat symbolic of liberal democratic political beliefs.
I'm uncertain to the exact sybolism of each object or image. I want to think that the scenerio with the doctor is stating how he feels the democratic take on healthcare and medicine (ie stem-cell research, and medicare) is best. But, who knows. I do notice a reference to his vegitarianism. "I felt real blue eating that blue fish."
A symbolic statement of beliefs or just a good song. I guess it depends on who is listening.
dear black eye event, i think it's just a happy song.
if entierlykru is right thats the cutest thing ever. I found that the sound of bright eyes, on the two new LPs, is changing alot. The music to I woke up with this song in my head almost sounds like a bruce springsteen. But i like what i am hearing alot, can't wait till the full lengths come out!