Blue moon in your eye

Posted by S. on February 28, 2003

In Reply to: Blue moon in your eye posted by ESC on February 28, 2003

: I may have asked this before. What does "blue moon in your eye" mean as used in The Sophranos (HBO) theme song? (For a long time I thought the line was "boom boom in your eye" as in gunshot.)

: Woke Up This Morning
: Song by A3

: You woke up this morning
: Got yourself a gun,
: Mama always said you'd be
: The Chosen One.

: She said: You're one in a million
: You've got to burn to shine,
: But you were born under a bad sign,
: With a blue moon in your eyes.

If you ask me, it's just a pretty dumb lyric. "Blue moon" means "a long period of time", as in "once in a blue moon". So one could speculate that "a blue moon in your eye" means that "you" are special, one in a million, that kind of thing, but I'm thinking that it's just an example of superficially evocative but ultimately goofy poetry.

• Blue moon in your eye S. 02/28/03
  • Blue moon in your eye ESC 03/01/03
    • Blue moon in your eye Brekke 03/01/03
      • Blue moon in your eye ESC 03/01/03