Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Blue On Black Lyrics

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Lyrics

"Blue On Black"

Night falls and I'm alone
Skin, yeah, chilled me to the bone
You turned and you ran, oh yeah
Oh, slipped right from my hand

Hey, blue on black, tears on a river
Push on a shove, it don't mean much
Joker on jack, match on a fire
Cold on ice, it's a dead man's touch
Whisper on a scream
Doesn't change a thing
Don't bring you back
Blue on black, oh yeah, blue on black

Blind, oh, now I see
Truth, lies, and in between
Wrong can't be undone
Oh, slipped from the tip of your tongue

Hey, blue on black, tears on a river
Push on a shove, it don't mean much
Joker on jack, match on a fire
Cold on ice, it's a dead man's touch
Whisper on a scream
Doesn't change a thing
Doesn't bring you back, yeah
Blue on black, oh blue on black, oh yeah

Blue on black, tears on a river
Push on a shove, it don't mean much
Joker on jack, match on a fire
Cold on ice, it's a dead man's touch
Whisper on a scream
Doesn't change a thing
Don't bring you back
Blue on black, oh yeah, blue on black

Hey, blue on black, tears on a river
Push on a shove, it don't mean much
Joker on jack, match on a fire
And cold on ice, it's a dead man's touch
Whisper on a scream
Doesn't change a thing
Doesn't bring you back
Blue on black, oh, blue on black
Oh, blue on black
Oh, blue on black

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Writer(s): Tia Sillers, Mark Selby, Kenny Wayne Shepherd

"Blue On Black" was released as a single on the 7th of April 1998.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd explained the meaning of this song in an interview with songfacts.com, "It's really up to the listener to determine how they apply it. So many people have applied it to a death in the family, an abusive relationship, a broken relationship, or whatever."

"Blue On Black" topped the US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and won "Rock Track of the Year" at the Billboard Music Awards in 1998.

Noah Hunt provides the lead vocal on this track.

"Blue On Black" was re-released in 2019 (the 12th of April). That version was performed by Kenny Wayne Shepherd with Five Finger Death Punch, Brantley Gilbert and Brian May (Queen).

album: "Trouble Is..." (1997)

Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Trouble Is... album cover

Somehow, Somewhere, Someway

I Found Love (When I Found You)

King's Highway

Nothing To Do With Love

Chase The Rainbow

Trouble Is...

(Instrumental)

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