“Each evening, ’bout the time for daylight to die
Each evening, ’bout the time when nighttime is nigh
Comes a feeling
Such a lonely feeling

It finds me anywhere I happen to be
Reminds me, ain’t nobody bluer than me
What a feeling
Such a lonely feeling

I pray to heaven, O lord what can I do?
But soon, soon as the evening sun goes down
I’m blue

Blue and wrapped up in sorrow
Blue like there’s no tomorrow
Empty and discontented
With life’s indigo hue

Each morning, I try to greet the day with a smile
By evening, after laying low for a while
Comes a feeling
Such a lonely feeling

I’m blue
I’m blue
I’m blue”

—Gildo Mahones (lyrics) and Jon Hendricks, “Blue,” recorded by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross in 1959.