#Baby blue song george strait meaning update#

This song about blue eyes from 1988 commemorates Jenifer Straight, GeorgeвЂ™s daughter who was killed at age 13 two years before the song was released.В вЂњAnd baby blue was the color of her eyes / Baby blue like the Colorado skies / Like a breath of spring, she came and left / And I still donвЂ™t know why / So hereвЂ™s to you and whoever holds my baby blue tonight.вЂќ

#Baby blue song george strait meaning update#

ThisВ Johnny Cash song got an update in 1989 withВ NicksвЂ™ signature waspy sound.В вЂњOh, no I never got over those blue eyes, I see them everywhere /В I miss those arms that held me when all the love was there.вЂќ вЂњCome back baby, donвЂ™t you cry / DonвЂ™t you drain those big blue eyesвЂќ is about an exhausting relationship with an abusive alcoholic, but not being able to leave.

The classic 1969 prelude to their imminent breakup was all the more heartbreaking on lyrics like вЂњThis does not mean I donвЂ™t love you / I do, thatвЂ™s forever.вЂќ вЂњSuite: Judy Blue EyesвЂќ by Crosby, Stills & NashД¬rosby, Stills & Nash debuted this song atВ Woodstock, written byВ Steven Stills to his girlfriend atВ the time, singerВ Judy Collins. вЂњMy baby lives in shades of blue / Blue eyes and jazz and attitude / He lives in California too / He drives a Chevy Malibu.вЂќВ Lana details a blue, blue romance with a manВ whoвЂ™s cool exterior only leads to an impenetrableВ icy heart. This feel good Euro- dance track builds up from a simple groove intoВ chants of, вЂњI was lost in those blue eyes.вЂќ Perfect for chilling on an beach in Mykonos, but your backyard will do. вЂњDark as the midnight hour, IвЂ™m bright as the morninвЂ™ sun / Brown skinned, but your blue eyes tell me your mama canвЂ™t run.вЂќ LamarвЂ™s poignant track from To Pimp A Butterfly tells stories ofВ colorism and racism while proclaiming вЂњComplexion donвЂ™t mean a thing.вЂќ вЂњComplexion (A Zulu Love)вЂќ by Kendrick Lamar This country jam is so infectious, when the band harmonizes on ?вЂќI see a dust trail following an old red Nova / Baby blue eyes, your head on my shoulderвЂќ itвЂ™s impossible not to sing out in agreement. вЂњBabyвЂ™s got blue eyes like a deep blue sea / On a blue blue day.вЂќ OurВ list would be soulless if not for this signature 1982 Grammy-nominated piano ballad, complete with a cinematic ocean-side video on SydneyвЂ™s Bondi to Bronte coastal walk. вЂњOh, your heart is broken to your surprise /В YouвЂ™re sick of crying for blue eyes.вЂќ Mika said in an interview that the song is about a woman who loses her heart on the London subway system, and goes to the lost and found to retrieve it.

вЂњNo one knows what itвЂ™s like to be the bad man, to be the sad man / Behind blue eyes.вЂќ The WhoвЂ™s Pete Townshend reportedly wrote the lyrics from the point of view of a villain who just wants to be a good guy.