Bluer Than Blue

Album: Billboard (1978)
Charted: 12
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  • After you go
    I can catch up on my reading
    After you go
    I'll have a lot more time for sleeping

    And when you're gone it looks like things
    Are gonna be a lot easier
    Life will be a breeze, you know
    I really should be glad

    But I'm bluer than blue
    Sadder than sad
    You're the only light
    This empty room has ever had
    Life without you is gonna be
    Bluer than blue

    After you go
    I'll have a lot more room in my closet
    After you go
    I'll stay out all night long if I feel like it

    And when you're gone
    I can run through the house screaming
    And no one will ever hear me
    I really should be glad

    But I'm bluer than blue
    Sadder than sad
    You're the only light
    This empty room has ever had
    Life without you is gonna be
    Bluer than blue

    I don't have to miss no TV shows
    I can start my whole life over
    Change the numbers on my telephone
    But the nights will sure be colder, and I'm

    Bluer than blue
    Sadder than sad
    You're the only light
    This empty room has ever had
    Life without you is gonna be
    Bluer than blue

    Bluer than blue
    Bluer than blue Writer/s: Randy Goodrum
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Hipgnosis Songs Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 7

  • Rob from DetroitI was going through major teenage angst in the summer of ‘78. This song was like a punch in the gut yet somehow helpful too. Thank you Michael.
  • Ryan Mcminn from Sequatchie TnI currently struggle to
    Leave a toxic relationship we
    Been broke up for a while but u keep trying to hang on when she won’t
    Change I been listing to this song
    A lot
    Lately
  • Siahara Shyne Carter from United States"BLUER THAN BLUE SADDER THAN SAD"


    I could relate!

    but I stay postive in Everyday ;) +_+
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyPer: http://www.oldiesmusic.com/news.htm {07-27-2017}
    Michael Johnson, best remembered for his 1978 hit, "Bluer Than Blue" (#12), died Tuesday (July 25th, 2017*) after what was termed 'a long illness' (he had a quadruple heart bypass performed ten years ago and had suffered from emphysema), he was 72...
    Born in Alamosa, Colorado, Michael was raised in Denver and studied classical guitar in Spain in 1966. That led to a stint in the Chad Mitchell Trio (with John Denver-- who later formed another trio with Michael). He left in 1969, and after a stint in musical theatre, started a solo career in Minneapolis/St. Paul in 1971. Signing with Atlantic Records, he released "On The Road" for their ATCO subsidiary in 1973. It 'bubbled under' at #118 on the charts. A switch to EMI America brought him success with "Bluer Than Blue", which was followed by four more chart singles, including "Almost Like Being In Love" (#32-1978) and "This Night Won't Last Forever" (#19-1979). When his pop hits dried up he moved to Nashville, where he had success with "Give Me Wings" (#1 Country-1987) and "The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder" (#1 Country-1987). In 2009, he returned to the Twin Cities to be near a daughter given up for adoption 40 years earlier. He continued to perform in the upper midwest until recently, when he was forced to cancel concerts because of his ill health.
    May he R.I.P.
    * Exactly 39 years earlier on July 25th, 1978 "Bluer Than Blue" was at #21 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; twenty-five days earlier on July 2nd it had peaked at #12 {for 2 weeks} and it spent 16 weeks on the Top 100.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn April 16th 1978, "Bluer Than Blue" by Michael Johnson entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #94; and on July 2nd it peaked at #12 (for 2 weeks) and spent 16 weeks on the Top 100...
    And on June 11th it reached #1 (for 3 weeks) on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart...
    Mr. Johnson will celebrate his 70th birthday this coming August 8th.
  • Brian from Saint Leo, FlIn 1983, Michael Johnson released an album titled lifetime guarantee. Another great break-up song was an album track on that album called "I'm Gone".
  • Terry from Chicago, IlOne of my favorites
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