This has got to be one of the most innocent virgin green songs in the repertoire of music, ever, you feel the naïveté of the writer (Bernie Taupin) from his accessible, unsophisticated, elementary words. But you have to wait till the very end to hear the punchline, the big revel, the reason for the song, so with hesitation he proceeds now that he has laid the history down, he has already told her It may be quite simple but now that it's done (with the song), I hope you don't mind that I put down in words (the words of the song), So excuse me forgetting, but these things I do, You see, I've forgotten, if they're green, or they're blue, Anyway, the thing is, what I really mean, Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen.
Al Jarreau's rendition of this is breathtaking, he does not sing words as much as he lives them, you feel them coming from the deepest depths of his heart and soul, totally masterful maestro.
