Written by James Hammel, this bluesy, jazz ballad is about a person awakening to the great challenges our world faces all the while deeply in love with his soulmate. Features Justin Ray (trumpet) and Paco Shipp (blues harp). From the Epiphany album.
Lyrics
Why Am I So Blue
James Hammel
I know just what your thinking
My minds playing tricks on me again
I feel the love you have for me
It’s everything that love should be
Well, my heart has a kind of ache
And the hardest thing to take
Is I know this a world
Is doing this to me
There’s a sadness I can see
So I ask myself
When can I just love you?
Where the sun shines all around us
Where we have a chance to live our dreams
They’re a shining possibility
But I’ve gotta ask
I’ve gotta find out why
Why am I so blue?
You’re were always so great at showin’
When your love for me was flowing
But you said things would get better soon
While I just sit and watch the rising moon
Well, my heart has a kind of ache
And the hardest thing to take
Is the world’s in so much pain
Is anyone left to blame?
Would someone please explain?
So I ask myself
Is life just catching up with me
Or is this some grand menagerie
I stare outside, I hear the blue bird sing
While that church bell doesn’t miss a ring
What happened to the time
When the world was so sublime?
When can I just love you?
Where the stars fill the sky above us
Did God intend our world to be?
Such a struggle for humanity
I just gotta ask
I’ve gotta find out why
Why am I so blue?
SOLO and Repeat Chorus 2
Well, I’ve been told more than twice
That anything can happen
So whats the price
For us to live our lives?
Yea, now I know
Yea, I think I know, why am I so blue.