THEY MET UP ON

THE BLUE MOON

AND THEY PAR TED

ON A CLOUD Y DAY

THEY WERE SO IN LOVE

AND OUT OF SCHOOL

BUT HE WAS GO IN'

SO FAR FAR A WAY

SHE SAID

I'LL BE TRUE TO YOU

EV EN THOUGH

YOU DON'T WANT ME TO

AND I'LL BE BLUE

FOR YOU

EV EN THOUGH

YOU'VE ASKED ME

NOT TO

WELL THE YEARS

DRIF TED BY THEM

AS WE ALL KNOW

THEY CAN

HE FOUND OT HER

WO MEN BUT SHE

RE FUSED OT HER MEN

BUT AS FATE WOULD

HAVE IT

THEY MET A GAIN

SHE WAS ON

A DOWN HILL SLIDE

HE WAS JUST SLID IN' IN

AS HE LOOKED IN TO

HER EYES THAT NIGHT

HE NE VER RE A LIZED

THE ON LY REAL LOVE

IN HIS LIFE

WAS PAS SIN' BY

WHEN HE TURNED

AND LEFT HER THERE

HIS WORDS GOOD BYE

HE HEARD HER

CAL LIN' OUT TO HIM

AND AS HE WALKED

SHE CRIED

I'VE BEEN TRUE TO YOU

SEEMS LIKE

SPEAK IN' TO ME IS

THE LEAST THAT

YOU COULD DO

AND I'VE BEEN BLUE

FOR YOU

EV EN THOUGH

YOU'VE ASKED ME

NOT TO

SHE'D BEEN DRINK IN'

WAY TOO HARD

ONE NIGHT

SHE'D BEEN DRINK IN'

WAY TOO LONG

A LONE AND PALE

IN A CHEAP HO TEL

SHE DIED THERE

IN THE DAWN

KNEEL ING

BY HER GRAVE

OH SO LATE AND

OH SO WRONG

HE LONGED TO HOLD HER

CLOSE A GAIN

CRY ING ON AND ON

HE CRIED

I'LL BE TRUE TO YOU

AF TER ALL I HAVE

PUT YOU THROUGH

AND I'LL BE BLUE

FOR YOU

THOUGH YOU NEV ER

EV EN ASKED ME TO