Song Lyrics

Blue

by Joni Mitchell

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Blue songs are like tattoos
You know I've been to sea before
Crown and anchor me
Or let me sail away
Hey Blue, here is a song for you
Ink on a pin
Underneath the skin
An empty space to fill in
Well there're so many sinking now
You've got to keep thinking
You can make it thru these waves
Acid, booze, and ass
Needles, guns, and grass
Lots of laughs lots of laughs
Everybody's saying that hell's the hippest way to go
Well I don't think so
But I'm gonna take a look around it though
Blue I love you

Blue here is a shell for you
Inside you'll hear a sigh
A foggy lullaby
There is your song from me

© April 20, 1971; Joni Mitchell Pub Corp

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Blue has been recorded by 134 other artists

  • A Cappology  (from "Will Sing For Food" - 2003)
  • A Celebration of Joni Mitchell (from "Live at The Lobero" - )
  • Abraham, Eva (from "Glowing Yellow" - 2003)
  • Amed, Roxana (from "The Voice Beyond" - 2009)
  • Amidon, Sam (from "King Speechy" - 2019)
  • Antelodic (from "Quiet Sufficient" - 2017)
  • Arc Iris (- 2018)
  • Arc Iris (from "Foggy Lullaby" - 2018)
  • Avalon Motel (from "The Whispering Breeze" - 1997)
  • Bell, Lori (from "blue(s)" - 2017)
  • Blechinger, Kate  (from "Under A Dancing Sky" - 2018)
  • Carmody (- 2019)
  • Casale, Rossana (from "Joni" - 2022)
  • Cat Power (from "Jukebox" - 2008)
  • Chansonnette, Emily-Rose  (- 2012)
  • Chapell, Phyllis (from "World Songs" - 1999)
  • Chiaraluce, Giulia (from "Impressions" - 2011)
  • Chitose, Hajime (from "Yoru ni Yomeru Uta " - 2002)
  • Chris Lawley & LaLaVox (- 2008)
  • Cipollari, Ilenia  (- 2010)
  • Clark, Merideth Kaye (from "Blue" - 2016)
  • Colin Steele Quartet (from "Joni: Jazz Interpretations of the Joni Mitchell Songbook" - 2020)
  • Colter, Trish & Paul Reed (from "The Dance Never Ends" - 1997)
  • Constantine, Lore (from "Piano Impressions" - 2006)
  • Copland, Marc  (from "Softly..." - 1998)
  • Covell-Bullock, Kate  (- 2014)
  • Craine, Nick (from "Songs Like Tatoos" - 2015)
  • D'Agostina, Simona (- )
  • Danielle, Michaela (- )
  • Dee, Charlie (from "A Tribute To Joni Mitchell Live At Kriterion" - 2009)
  • Del Pesce, Alessandra  (- 2014)
  • Deming, Connie (from "Connie Sings Joni" - 2021)
  • Dorman-Phaneuf, Mairi  (from "Digital Single" - 2016)
  • Dubistry (from "Fuel For The Fire" - 2015)
  • Elkinson, Ken (from "Borrowed Tracks" - 2008)
  • Emma Lee and Ben Cohen  (from "I wished for you" - 2003)
  • Enrico Santacatterina, Chiara Pastò  (from "Just For You !" - 2021)
  • Eriis (from "Eriis + The BoxRoom" - 2019)
  • Evancho, Jackie (from "The Carousel of Time" - 2022)
  • Ferro, Floriana  (- 2020)
  • Figgs, Oliver (- 2017)
  • Free Range Saxophone Quartet  (from "Fireflies" - 2011)
  • Frente (from "No Time EP" - 1993)
  • Fuller, Rachel (from "Attic Jam" - 2007)
  • George, Gail (from "It's Personal" - 2018)
  • Gilbert, Andy (from "Roadtrip: Road To Nowhere" - 2006)
  • Giorgia Santoro And Pat Battstone (from "Dream Notes" - 2019)
  • Giulia Firpo 4tet (- 2011)
  • Giulia Galliani MAG Collective (from "Song For Joni" - 2018)
  • Gonnie & Igor  (- )
  • Greene, Paul (from "Red Shelf Sessions Volume 2" - 2009)
  • Guitar Dreamers (from "Guitar Dreamers Cover Joni Mitchell (Instrumental)" - 2024)
  • Heffernan, Honor (from "Fire and Ice" - 2005)
  • Hollenbeck, John (from "Songs You Like a Lot" - 2020)
  • Horn, Paul (from "Visions" - 1974)
  • Hurst, Sally Jane (- 2016)
  • Husbands, Ken (from "Unique Clear Formula" - 2008)
  • Infascelli, Silvia  (from "PrimaVera" - 2014)
  • James, Morgan (from "Blue" - 2016)
  • Jazzchor After Six (- 2004)
  • Justine (- )
  • Kadoos (from "Joni Goes Dutch" - 2014)
  • Kenney, Alexi  (from "Shifting Ground" - 2024)
  • Kicks & Sticks Voices (from "Didn't We" - 2011)
  • Kitka (from "UnderCover, Faultline Studios and Kalx Present: Joni Mitchell's Blue" - 2012)
  • Kristen Cornwell Trio  (from "Spoonfull Back To The Blues" - )
  • Kulawik, Klaudia (- 2017)
  • Kulis, Agata  (from "Come a Little Closer" - 2017)
  • La Civita, Morgen (from "Digital Single" - 2015)
  • Ladies Of The Canyon (from "California Dreaming" - 2022)
  • Laswell, Bill (from "Jazzonia" - 1998)
  • Lee, Liza (from "Anima" - 2009)
  • MacDowell, Nancy (from "Green Mountain Harmony" - 2012)
  • MacEwen, Janet  (from "Back Where I Belong" - 2008)
  • Maggie Hollinbeck & Graham Sobelman (from "Another Shade Of Blue" - 2014)
  • Mann, Debra (from "Full Circle: The Music of Joni Mitchell" - 2018)
  • Martin, Audrey (from "Living Room" - 2014)
  • McLachlan, Sarah  (from "Rarities, B-Sides, & Other Stuff" - 1996)
  • Melo, Lele (from "Now And Then" - 2011)
  • Michael Ball (from "Alone Together (Live at the Donmar)" - 2005)
  • Molaskey, Jessica (from "Portraits of Joni" - 2017)
  • Montes, Marguerite (- 2010)
  • Nancy and Beth (- 2017)
  • Naomi Ferguson & Graham Wardrop (from "Don't Think Twice" - 2009)
  • Nereide (from "Nereide sings Joni Mitchell" - 2010)
  • Niemack, Judy (from "Blue Nights" - 2007)
  • Noonan, Katie (from "Joni Mitchell's Blue" - 2023)
  • Norma Winstone with the NDR Bigband (from "Here's a Song for You " - 2011)
  • Notes From The Edge (from "Notes From The Edge" - 2008)
  • Oldham, Tina (from "Don't Tell The Jazz Police" - 2011)
  • Otero, Florencia (from "Nocturno Mundo (Músicas de Joni Mitchell)" - 2012)
  • Oz, Lea (- 1997)
  • pemdas (from "Digital Single" - 2020)
  • Pennington, Maya (- )
  • Peter Herbert, ena, Wolfgang Mitterer & Koehne Quartett  (from "Joni (12 Songs by Joni Mitchell)" - 2011)
  • Petr, Gosia (- 2017)
  • Pinguin Moschner, Maggie Nicols & Joe Sachse (from "Nevergreens" - 1998)
  • Redtenbacher's Funkestra (from "BOTH SIDES NOW: AN HOMAGE TO THE SONGS OF JONI MITCHELL " - 2023)
  • Robert Summerfield, Lars Duppler (from "Joni" - 2022)
  • Robin Adler & Mutts of the Planet (from "Safaris to the Heart - The Songs of Joni Mitchell" - 2010)
  • Robin Adler & Mutts of the Planet (from "Joni Mitchell's Blue & Court And Spark - Live At Dizzy's" - 2011)
  • Robin, Julia (from "Joni Map" - 2019)
  • Rush, Emma (from "Canadiana" - 2017)
  • Sakakibara, Dai (from "Yoru Cafe - Piano" - 2011)
  • Sally Barker - Joni Mitchell Project (from "Conversation: The Joni Tapes" - 2010)
  • Sandbloom, Kevin (from "Sandbloom Still Blue" - 2011)
  • Sarina (from "Digital Single" - 2022)
  • Scattergood, Liz (- )
  • Schenck, Virginia  (from "Interior Notions" - 2015)
  • Schultz, Jessica  (from "Home" - 2011)
  • Skinner, Lynn (from "Lynnie Sings Joni: Snapshots from the Stage" - 2012)
  • Solebello, Carolann  (from "Joni Mitchell's Blue: a 40th Anniversary Celebration" - 2012)
  • Sunaga t experience and J.Lamotta Suzume (from "Re Blue" - 2022)
  • Sutton, Tierney  (from "After Blue" - 2013)
  • Suzanne M. Sheridan & And the Suzanne Sheridan Band (from "Suzanne Sheridan Sings the Music of Joni Mitchell & Leonard Cohen" - 2012)
  • The Cardinal Sinners (from "Eve" - 1990)
  • The Clancye Milne Octet (from " Rodgers & Hart - Gershwin - Joni Mitchell" - 2017)
  • The Few (- 2012)
  • The Joe Locke Quintet (from "Slander (And Other Love Songs)" - 1977)
  • The Joni Mitchell Project (from "Shades of Blue" - 2023)
  • The Lisa Bassenge Trio (from "A Sigh, A Song" - 2002)
  • The Masters School Jazz Band (from "Joni Mitchell Blue" - 2020)
  • Timmer, Inez (from "Baas Giele Taksy" - 2022)
  • Törnfeldt, Gunilla (- )
  • van Nunen, Patricia (from "19:19" - 2001)
  • Vocal Line (from "Emotional Landscapes" - 2003)
  • Volker Niehusmann & Christiane Weber (from "Another Blue" - 1997)
  • Wainwright, Rufus (from "Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration" - 2019)
  • Wallace, Liza (from "Carousel" - 2009)
  • White, Fay (from "Festival Folk Sing Joni Mitchell" - 2010)
  • Woodstock (- )
  • Wundrock, Tracy (from "Sea Dreams - A Tribute to Joni Mitchell" - 2013)
  • Yanta (- 2016)
  • YesSister, JazzSister (from "Listen To Your Sisters" - 2011)
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