Lyr. Add: AM I BLUE
Version by Ethel Waters, recorded April 1929
(Original lyrics, Grant Clark; music Harry Akst, 1929)

I'm just a woman, a lonely woman,
Waiting on the weary shore;
I'm just a woman, that's only human,
One you should be sorry for.
Woke up this mornin' along about dawn,
Without a warnin' I found he was gone.
How could he do it? Why should he do it?
He never done it before.

(Chorus)
Am I blue? Am I blue?
Ain't these tears in these eyes tellin' you?
Am I blue? Why, you'd be too,
If each plan with your man done fell through,
There was a time when I was his only one,
But now I'm the sad and lonely one,
Lawdy- was I gay? Until today-
Now he's gone and we're through,
Am I blue.

I know it- He's in Chicago
And I'm down here in Birmin'ham,
Tryin' to git the money to go and find my honey,
I am; yes indeed I am!
I've got the blues in my heart,
And my shoes want to start
And I'm in a jam; a terrible jam.

Oh, don't ask me about you
Why do you ask me about you?
Can't you see with these eyes telling you.
How can you ask me about you?
Why wouldn't you be too,
If your plan with your man had done fell through.
Don't I remember the time when I was his only one,
But look at me now,
I'm the sad and lonely one.
Oh, didn't I used to be gay,
Oh, 'til today,
Oh, dear Lord, tonight(?)
Am I blue.

The verses following the chorus depart from the song as sung by the many who followed Ethel Waters. Her version is unique. On the recording, Tommy Dorsey was on trombone and Manny Klein on trumpet.
Help is needed to verify the next to last line.

The MP3 may be heard here: Am I Blue

I don't have the original Clark-Akst sheet music, but the first verse and chorus may have been followed by this verse two:

It's aggravatin', to stand here waitin',
Waitin' for a triflin' man.
It set me hatin' to stand here waitin', Suicide's my only plan.
I think it's awful, his treatment of me,
It's most unlawful how mean he can be.
I can't forget him, I'm bound to get him,
I'll run him down if I can.

Lyr. Add: Am I Blue
Billie Holiday version

It was a morning, long before dawn
Without a warning I found he was gone.
How could he do it
Why should he do it
He never done it before.

Am I blue
Am I blue
Ain't these tears, in these eyes telling you
How can you ask me "Am I blue"?
Why, wouldn't you be too,
If each plan with your man done fell through.

There was a time
When I was his only one
But now I'm, the sad and lonely one. Lonely.

Was I gay, until today,
Now he's gone, and we're through,
Am I blue.
Am I Blue

The Travelers sang the last verse "Lordy, was I gay 'til today..."

Lyr. Add: Am I Blue
Bette Midler version

I'm just a woman, a lonely woman,
waiting on the weary shore.
I'm just a woman who's only human,
One you should feel sorry for.

Well, I woke up this morning along about dawn.
Without a warning I found that he was gone.
Why did he do it? How could he do it?
He'd never done it before.

Am I blue. Am I blue.
Ain't these tears in these eyes tellin' you?
Oh, am I blue? Well, I bet you would be, too,
If esch plan with your man done fell through.

There was a time I was his only one.
But now I'm the sad and lonely one.

Was I gay 'til today?
But now that man is gone,
He's gone and we are through.
Am I blue.

There was a time I was his only one.
But now, a now, now, now,
I'm the sad and lonely one.
Oh God, I'm lonely.

But I remember, Oh I remember when I was gay,
That was up until today,
'Cause now that man is gone,
He's gone and we are through,
Am I, am I, well, would you believe it if I told you I'm blue?

From Am I Blue

Lyr. Add: Am I Blue (parody)
Funny Lady Soundtrack- Fanny

Am I blue
Am I blue
Ain't these tears in these eyes telling you
Am I blue
You'd be too if each plan with your man
Done fell through
There was a time, I was his only one
But now I'm the sad and lonely one
Lonely
Was I gay
Till today
Now he's gone and we're through
Am I blue
There was a time, I was his only one
But now I'm the sad and lonely one
Oh lonely
Was I gay
Till today
Now he's gone and we're through
Now he's gone and we're through
Oh God, did you hear that note
It was given to me by my friend Grace Moore on my birthday
Oy, was she glad to get rid of it
Though
I think I give it to her back, or her front
Am I blue
Oy, is this thing heavy.

Am I Blue

Lyr. Add: Am I Blue
George Strait version

Chorus:
Am I blue
Yes I'm blue
It started the day I lost you
Nobody ever loved somebody like I do
Am I blue
Am I blue.

Just this mornin'
Over coffee
I sat there cryin'
cause you're gone, long gone
I didn't know just how much
I was gonna miss you
till I spent my first night alone
Am I blue
Yes I'm blue
How could I have been such a fool
Now look at all the misery I'm going through
Am I blue
Am I blue
Tried to call and say I'm sorry
I couldn't get you on the line
You'll never know just how much
I'm wishin' you would show up
and say you've changed your mind.

Chorus:

From Am I Blue
(unintentional parody)