Chet Baker "Almost Blue"

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Written for the Trumpet Maestro by Elvis Costello.

Baker sings near the end.

"Almost blue
Almost doing things we used to do
There's a girl here and she's almost you
Almost all the things that your eyes once promised
I see in hers too
Now your eyes are red from crying
Almost blue
Flirting with this disaster became me
It named me as the fool who
Only aimed to be
Almost blue
It's almost touching, it will almost do
There is a part of me that's always true
Always not all good things
come to an end now it is only a chosen few
I have seen such an unhappy couple
Almost me
Almost you
Almost blue"

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