I had been a fan of Joe Locke’s music for some time when I heard his recording of “Available in Blue” on the album “Joe Locke with Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra”. It spoke to me deeply. Coincidentally around this time, I had lost someone very dear to me~ Someone who was deeply troubled. I loved Joe’s composition and I was very motivated to write a lyric about this person to this beautiful piece of music.
At the time, Joe was working with a wonderful singer, Kenny Washington. As I was writing this lyric, I kept hearing Kenny’s voice singing it. The lyric was first performed by Joe and Kenny at Dizzy’s Club in NYC, and later performed in several other venues, including Queen’s Hall Edinburgh (which is included in the link below).It was an honor to not only write for Joe, but to hear this lyric come to life and for it to be performed so beautifully.
This was truly one of my most satisfying creative endeavors. *
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm6u-oAhGks
AVAILABLE IN BLUE
*MUSIC: JOE LOCKE *LYRICS: SARA KRIEGER
A bird that searches for the sky
A dream that never got to fly
A plaintive wish that won’t come true A heart that no one ever knew
Is just Available in Blue
A silent song, a serenade
A promise that was never made
A hope that could not follow through A song so desolate and true
Is just Available in Blue
And as the night begins to fall
A shadow dances on the wall
A silhouette of sorrow,
It reaches for tomorrow-
Wondering if perhaps another dawn Might open up its arms
And offer up a hope to hang it’s haunted heart upon
But then the dream is put away Tomorrow’s just another day
that brings a melancholy hue. So tell me, what’s a heart to do~ When Just Available in Blue
*This song may not be performed without writer permission.
