"Mr. Blue Sky" is a song by the rock group Electric Light Orchestra.
The song forms the fourth and last track on the "Concerto for a Rainy Day" suite on side three of the original two-LP set. The song features a heavily vocoded voice singing the phrase "Mister Blue Sky", (from 2:23 to 2:39, or from 2:20 to 2:34 on the 30th anniversary CD). Although the ending vocoded voice may sound like "Mister Blue Sky-yi", it is actually "Please turn me over" as it is the end of side three, and the listener is instructed to flip the LP over. Read more on Last.fm.
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Mr. Blue Sky Lyrics
In a BBC Radio interview, Lynne talked about writing “Mr. Blue Sky” after locking himself away in a Swiss chalet and attempting to write ELO’s follow-up to A New World Record:… Read More
[Intro]
Good morning, today's forecast calls for blue skies
[Verse 1]
Sun is shinin' in the sky
There ain't a cloud in sight
It's stopped rainin'
Everybody's in a play
And don't you know
It's a beautiful new day
Hey-ey-hey
[Verse 2]
Runnin' down the avenue
See how the sun shines brightly
In the city
On the streets where once was pity
Mr. Blue Sky is living here today
Hey-ey-hey
[Chorus]
Mr. Blue Sky
Please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long? (So long)
Where did we go wrong?
Mr. Blue Sky
Please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long (So long)
Where did we go wrong?
[Verse 3]
Hey, you, with the pretty face
Welcome to the human race
A celebration
Mr. Blue Sky's up there waitin'
And today
Is the day we've waited for
Ah-ah-ah
[Chorus]
Mr. Blue Sky
Please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long? (So long)
Where did we go wrong?
[Post-Chorus]
Hey there, Mr. Blue
We're so pleased to be with you
Look around, see what you do
Everybody smiles at you
[Interlude]
Mr. Blue Sky
Mr. Blue Sky
Mr. Blue Sky-y
[Bridge]
Mr. Blue, you did it right
But soon comes Mr. Night
Creepin' over, now his hand is on your shoulder
Never mind, I'll remember you this
I'll remember you this way
[Chorus]
Mr. Blue Sky
Please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long? (So long)
Where did we go wrong?
[Post-Chorus]
Hey there, Mr. Blue (Sky)
We're so pleased to be with you (Sky)
Look around, see what you do (Blue)
Everybody smiles at you
[Interlude]
Ah-huh, huh-huh-huh
Ah-huh, huh-huh-huh
Ah-huh, huh-huh-huh
Huh-huh
Ah-huh, huh-huh-huh (Ba, ba-bom, ba-doo-ba)
Ah-huh, huh-huh-huh (Ba, ba-bom, ba-doo-ba)
Ah-huh, huh-huh-huh (Ba, ba-bom, ba-ba-ba)
Huh-huh (Ba)
Bom-bom, bom-bom
[Outro]
Please turn me over
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