A spoken-word ukulele blues and the discovery of a pentimento in Picasso's The Old Guitarist at the Art Institute of Chicago. A Southern noir ballad of estranged lovers, both musicians, and the woman hidden behind the song.

Lyrics: There’s the man with the blue ukulele/ In the night, framed in a dark blue light/ In shades of blue/ With three chords and the truth/ He thinks of you/ Oh oh, he’s been up since 2/ Playing the blues/ Playing the blues/ Playing the blues

There’s a classic on the screen, it’s The Big Sleep/ With a lady villain and nekkid women/ By his side sleeps a long-haired rescue/ Always faithful, she’s his true blue (true blue)/ There’s a secret underneath the painting/ There’s a woman hidden there, but it’s getting late/ Oh, it’s getting late

And she’s been up since 2/ Playing the blues, playing the blues

There’s the man with the blue ukulele/ In the night, framed in a dark blue light/ In shades of blue/ With three chords and the truth/ He thinks of you/ And oh oh, he’s been up since 2/ He’d go to any length, any length, any length/ To be with you, playing the blues, playing the blues

ISRC: QT-48A-25-00010 | UPC 737558709702/ ISWC: T-303839298-8

Released on Bandcamp July 13, 2025, commercially August 4, 2025

All works written and performed by Silvia Passiflora/ Produced by John Pineiro/ Recorded and mastered at Perfect Image Recording, Nashville/ Metadata engineered by Silvia Passiflora

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