| Lady in Blue | |
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 from the album "Abnormally Attracted to Sin" | |
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Album |
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Released |
May 19, 2009 |
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Genre |
Alternative Rock, Baroque Pop, Piano Rock, Electronica |
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Length |
7:10 |
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Label |
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Writer |
Tori Amos |
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Producer |
Tori Amos |
"Lady In Blue" is the final track on Tori Amos' tenth studio album Abnormally Attracted to Sin
Story and Meaning[]
Tori has said the song is a story of a woman who still has feelings for a man who has a family, and previously was unable to commit to him. He, however, still has feelings for her, and she recognizes this is her resolve by not running off with him.
Performances[]
Lady in Blue was one of the first songs revealed before the release of Abnormally Attracted to Sin during the SXSW Showcase on March 19, 2009, along with Curtain Call and Mary Jane in a solo performance by Amos. She has also played the song live on the Sinful Attraction tour with the band.[1]
Lyrics[]
Cigarettes recommended
“Need a Light to use?”
said the Lady in Blue
after the rain
What is left?
What is right?
you may understand
I left the right man
said the Lady in Blue
“I left the right man”
Boys play well into midnight
“Can I join you?”
said the Lady in Blue
after the rain
“Pillow cold
but she won’t stray into other lands”
he said
“Take my hand”
to the Lady in Blue
“You wronged the right man”
Cigarettes recommended
“Need a Light to use?”
said the Lady in Blue
“I wronged the right man”
Boys play well into midnight
“Can I join you?”
said the Lady in Blue
after the rain
Boys you play well into midnight
“Can I join you?”
said the Lady in Blue
said the Lady in Blue
said the Lady in Blue
“I can play too”
for you
I will play
Lady in
in Blue
for you
if you want me to
well I’ll play
Lady
Lady in Blue
for you
if you want me to
I will play
play for you
play
Lady in Blue
Quotes[]
“Lady in Blue” is the story of a woman, who runs into a man who she still has feelings for, and he for her. But she made other choices, and when he says ‘you left the right man/ pillow cold/ but she won’t stray into other lands’, he’s with another woman, he’s with somebody else. He has a family. At that time in her life, she was just not at a place where she could settle down and so, in the end, she has her music and she recognizes that that is the resolve. He is not going to run off with her, but he still loves her. I felt that was important to the song, that it doesn’t give you that Disney ending, because life, a lot of times, isn’t like that.”[2]