Willie Nelson - Blue Moon Lyrics






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

Blue moon
You knew 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
Without a love of my own
Without a love of my own





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  1. M.... B....

    Just for us Richard Rodgers fans Siriusly Sinatra right this moment is playing BLUE MOON – Willie Nelson's recent rendition of a movie musical song that ended up on the cutting room floor. Repeatedly. Rodgers kept the melody on file and Larry Hart kept writing alternate lyrics. I believe it had four or five different lyrics, intended for other movie musicals, before the version we know saw the light of day. Ironically it is arguably Richard Rodgers most recorded popular song! Not surprisingly the Wiki entry for this one is huge, and since I last checked on it, someone has added specific info on its various attempted lyrics:

    Rodgers and Hart were contracted to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in May 1933. They were soon commissioned to write the songs for Hollywood Party, a film that was to star many of the studio's top artists. Rodgers recalled, "One of our ideas was to include a scene in which Jean Harlow is shown as an innocent young girl saying—or rather singing—her prayers. How the sequence fitted into the movie I haven't the foggiest notion, but the purpose was to express Harlow's overwhelming ambition to become a movie star ('Oh Lord, if you're not busy up there,/I ask for help with a prayer/So please don't give me the air ...')." The song was not recorded (nor was the movie released[5]) and MGM Song No. 225 "Prayer (Oh Lord, make me a movie star)" dated June 14, 1933, was registered for copyright as an unpublished work on July 10, 1933.[6]

    Hart wrote new lyrics for the tune to create a title song for the 1934 film Manhattan Melodrama: "Act One:/You gulp your coffee and run;/Into the subway you crowd./Don't breathe, it isn't allowed".[7] The song, which was also titled "It's Just That Kind of Play", was cut from the film before release, and registered for copyright as an unpublished work on March 30, 1934. The studio then asked for a nightclub number for the film. Rodgers still liked the melody so Hart wrote a third lyric: "The Bad in Every Man" ("Oh, Lord ... /I could be good to a lover,/But then I always discover/The bad in ev'ry man"[7]), which was sung by Shirley Ross. The song, which was also released as sheet music, was not a hit.[6]

    After the film was released by MGM, Jack Robbins—the head of the studio's publishing company[8]—decided that the tune was suited to commercial release but needed more romantic lyrics and a punchier title. Hart was initially reluctant to write yet another lyric but he was persuaded.[6] They produced the song that had been submitted by Roman in 1931, claiming it as their own.[4]
    There is an introductory verse that comes before the first refrain of the song. Eric Clapton and Rod Stewart used it in their 2004 version of the song (Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Volume III). The last line of this extra verse is: "Life was a bitter cup for the saddest of all men."[9]

    Robbins licensed the song to Hollywood Hotel, a radio program that used it as the theme. On January 15, 1935, Connee Boswell recorded it for Brunswick Records. It subsequently was featured in at least seven MGM films, including the Marx Brothers' At the Circus (1939) and Viva Las Vegas (1964).

    Oh yes – 'best version of BLUE MOON ever recorded'? From my favorite uptempo swing album by our favorite singer. How could anyone improve on this? [For those who appreciate black vinyl renditions played on expensive turntables the poster took the time to make a delightful 50 second opening sequence.]

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUVr-36mR8k

  2. D.... L....

    awesome....Willie Nelson is incredible!

  3. s.... ....

    Awesome .. such a cool singer .. and at 85 years of age !! There is hope for me yet. I just love the whole new album .. Cheers.. 🙂

    s.... ....

    Yes, in a word "Awesome." As you remind us (in so few words) not many 85 year old singers can be called "Cool." But that's Willie -- to a T.

  4. k.... s....

    Hi numble1