They met up on the blue moon And they parted on a cloudy day They were so in love and out of school But he was going so far, far away
She said, \"I'll be true to you Even though you don't want me to And I'll be blue for you Even though you've asked me not to\"
Well, the years drifted by them as we all know they can He found other women but she refused other men But as fate would have it, they met again She was on a down hill slide, he was just slidin' in
As he looked into her eyes that night he never realized The only real love in his life was passin' by When he turned and left her there, his words, \"Good bye\" He heard her calling out to him and as he walked, she cried
\"I've been true to you Seems like speakin' to me is the least that you could do And I've been blue for you Even though you've asked me not to\"
She'd been drinking way too hard one night She'd been drinking way too long Alone and pale in a cheap hotel She died there in the dawn
Kneeling by her grave Oh, so late and oh, so wrong He longed to hold her close again Crying on and on
He cried, \"I'll be true to you After all that I have put you through And I'll be blue for you Though you never even asked me to