I first heard this song years ago and instantly had a deep connection with it, but couldn't understand why. Years later, I met someone whom I fell in love in a way that I didn't know I was capable. I didn't know there is such a thing as sense of abandonment, that you're willing to take yourself off the pedestal, know that not everything is about yourself, and able to love someone else as if they are you. Unfortunately, we didn't stay together. I was young and certainly lacked the art of managing a love relationship. When I hear "it never entered my mind", I think to myself so many moments that my younger self didn't know, and the things that never entered my mind when I was young. So unbelievable is music, that within it, it describes feelings that can't be put into words. Regretful, yet never regret meeting him. Hopeful, yet knowing we likely won't be together in the future. Sad, yet appreciate my existence in this world, grateful that if it weren't for him, I would never have known love.
Once I laughed when I heard you saying
That I'd be playing solitaire
Uneasy in my easy chair
It never entered my mind
And once you told me I was mistaken
That I'd awaken with the sun
And ordered orange juice for one
It never entered my mind
You had what I lack, myself
Now I even have to scratch my back myself
Once you warned me that if you scorned me,
I'd say the maiden's prayer again
And wish that you were there again
To get into my hair again
It never entered my mind
It never entered my mind
I’ve listened to so many versions of this beautiful song, but this is by far my very favorite. Play it when you’re sad. Play it during romantic moments. Play it when you’re just chilling. Have a glass of wine. Be blue. RIP Miles.
You often realize things when it's too late. As a wise man once said, "I wish you could know that you are in the good times before you leave them." I don't know if I am in the good times, but God if so, I hope I never leave them.
I was merely 16 years old when I heard this gig, almost 30 years ago. I thought I hated jazz and couldn't find my way without lyrical aide. By introducing jazz to me, my eldest uncle helped to mature my young mind light years ahead and I no longer need words to understand any piece. May there be tremendous investments in education with preference in my opinion, for the Arts. They help us evolve into exceptional human beings.
My grandfather told me about this song when I was a little boy. He said it was a Rogers and Hart track called It Never Entered My Mind. He told me it was one of the most beautiful songs he'd ever heard. He passed away a few days ago. I'm filled with tears just thinking about him and the amazing generosity and beautiful spirit he and my grandma had. This is truly the end of the greatest generation. So selfless, amazingly kind spirited New Yorkers they were. RIP Peepaw I'll see you again one day.
