Well, the songs you sung spiraled
And hung round like echoes
Or ripples on a pond
So you circled the globe
Spent a year on the road
Without ever going home
More than a couple of days
Then you leave right away
Run to a girl you barely know
But you like how she sings
And you can't help but think
That there's something that she knows
And could teach you

Well you're sleeping in that southern state
Where the bars are filled
With people you can't hate
But try as you try
You still can't relate to them
You drink that whiskey down
As they ask you:
Are you who you say you are?
The fact that we can't tell
Makes us like you even more

So now you're trying again
Or just visiting friends
One had just had his heart broke
For the first time in his life
He realized there are times
When you can't make it alone
So now you are giving advice
As if you had the right
To use a word like love
It's a negotiable term
What gets said's not what is heard
So it's different then for everyone

But you've been hanging
Around that college town
With your new life
Your new lover you found
And you are keeping her up at night
Bringing her down
She'll watch you drink yourself to death
But won't ask you
Is this really what you want?
Or are you just sticking with it now
Cause it's all you got?


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True Blue Lyrics as written by Ronald David Wood Rod Stewart

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    Conor wrote this song for his newphews birthday. the kid he sings about in No lies, Just love. His newphews fav color is Blue.

    EntierlyKruon October 21, 2004   Link
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    it is definitely true about True Blue being for his nephew. i jsut just saw bright eyes and it's how they introduced the song.

    i want to sing this song to my kids when i have kids.

    anniinnaon October 24, 2004   Link
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    He wrote the song for his nephew but I think he's talking to all the fans. Many of his fans like Conor, but not for the art, not because they can feel what he's saying. He hates that since we really don't know "him", just his songs.

    "True Blue" means all the kids who really are blue, just like he was and really understand what he means when he's singing, and really relate and FEEL it in their hearts. That's who True Blue is really for.

    "Because kid I don't know much about you but I like you because you're true blue. " This basically describes a fan who he doesn't know, but he still loves him because they share the feelings expressed in the art of Bright Eyes.

    XianSnakeon February 14, 2006   Link
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    This song was written strictly for his nephew. Conor didn't even think of releasing it when he wrote it. Matt (his brother) said that his son wanted Conor to write a song about the color blue, so he did. It was a birthday present. WHich makes the song even cuter if you ask me. It made Matt happy to.

    elmochildon April 18, 2006   Link
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    this song is so gosh darn good. i dont think there really is any meaning behind it. but it makes me happy.

    i rockon October 16, 2004   Link
  • 0
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    It makes me happy as well.

    clippy.hangeron October 16, 2004   Link
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    Oe of the more positive songs ever written by Conor. I just kept help but smile when I hear it. I think any other song writer would have a hard time getting away with using the word "blue" so much, and rhyming his lyrics like this. But with Conor it's such a change, and his great writing ability shines through it all. I don't think there's any overbearing meaning, just that it's ok no matter who you are as long as you're true to yourself.

    PeteSzebinon October 17, 2004   Link
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    I believe this is a statement of Conors political stance and personal beliefs. Obviosly blue has always been somewhat symbolic of liberal democratic political beliefs.

    I'm uncertain to the exact sybolism of each object or image. I want to think that the scenerio with the doctor is stating how he feels the democratic take on healthcare and medicine (ie stem-cell research, and medicare) is best. But, who knows. I do notice a reference to his vegitarianism. "I felt real blue eating that blue fish."

    A symbolic statement of beliefs or just a good song. I guess it depends on who is listening.

    black eye eventon October 19, 2004   Link
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    dear black eye event, i think it's just a happy song.

    i rockon October 20, 2004   Link
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    if entierlykru is right thats the cutest thing ever. I found that the sound of bright eyes, on the two new LPs, is changing alot. The music to I woke up with this song in my head almost sounds like a bruce springsteen. But i like what i am hearing alot, can't wait till the full lengths come out!

    asongtopassthetimeon October 23, 2004   Link

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