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When I Say Blue

by The Gender Gnomes

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This song tells the true story of how we met, although we are often reminded by our matchmaker, best friend, and bandmate, Patty, that we ~might~ have fudged a few details for the sake of the rhyme. We were barefoot in the driveway on a Sunday just doesn’t have the same ring to it!

We met in the summer of 2018 when Patty set us up on the day of a fundraiser concert she hosted. We liked each other immediately. So much so that we were nervous as shit and barely spoke to each other. At the end of the night when we were about to part ways, possibly forever, Patty made a Hail Mary pass and locked us out of her house. We were forced to confront the elephant in the driveway- the fact that we were stupid in love with each other after just one day.

This song tells that story, but it tells the story of another important truth we’ve learned along the way: love at first sight is magical, but it’s the love you build over time, the love that evolves and reshapes itself to fit into your life as it changes, that makes you feel as infinite as the blue of the sky and sea.

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When I Say Blue
By The Gender Gnomes (Rachel Weisbart and Patrick Oberstaedt)

We were barefoot in the driveway on a Friday
I decided I would love you
So I loved you
And the moonlight wasn’t shining
And the rain it wasn’t falling, didn’t have to
Cause I had you

You were in my head from the moment that I met you
Said, “I’ll get you”
You got me instead, swung my heart around
And baby you made me feel blue

But when I say blue, I mean I feel like the sky
When I say sky, I mean I feel like I could cry
When I say cry, I mean I feel like the sea
When I say sea, I mean I feel like you see all of me
Hey!

We were young and free and beautiful
And all the things that make you fall in love
So we fell in love
But the shape of love is different than you think
When you say smooth it gives you rough
But it’s still love

Heart and home and all of the words that mean I have you don’t begin to
Wild and bold and all of the ways I tell you baby you make me feel blue

But when I say blue, I mean I feel like the sky
When I say sky, I mean I feel like I could cry
When I say cry, I mean I feel like the sea
When I say sea, I mean I feel like you see all of me
Hey!

Let us take our time as we grow old, oh
Every day will feel like something new, ooh
Love isn’t borrowed when it’s true
You make me blue

But when I say blue, I mean I feel like the sky
When I say sky, I mean I feel like I could cry
When I say cry, I mean I feel like the sea
When I say sea, I mean I feel like you see me

When I say me, I mean I feel like the sky
When I say sky, I mean I feel like I feel like I’m so high
When I say high, I mean I feel like the moon
When I say moon, I mean you make me feel blue

But when I say blue, I mean I feel like the sky
When I say sky, I mean I feel like I could cry
When I say cry, I mean I feel like the sea
When I say sea, I mean I feel like you see all of me
Hey!

credits

released May 27, 2022
Written and recorded by The Gender Gnomes at Gnome Home Studios

Guitars, bass, percussion, trumpet, organ, vocals: Patrick Oberstaedt

Vocals, percussion: Rachel Weisbart

Mixing: Patrick Oberstaedt, Rachel Weisbart, Noah Weisbart, Steve Weisbart, Shami Arslanian

Mastering: Mike Parisi

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The Gender Gnomes Brooklyn, New York

We're The Gender Gnomes.

We're your friendly neighborhood Brooklyn-based indie-folk- jazz-pop duo. Separately, we are Rachel, singer of songs and player of flutes, and Pat, player of guitars and basses and mandolins and saxophones and trumpets and...a bunch of stuff. Together, we're songwriters and home-recorders and avid music lovers. We love a good lyric and we're suckers for a jaunty beat. ... more

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