Colors Without You

Yellow blue always drew me Lime green called my name To come back home To my first and last garden And you have the audacity to say Eventually, darling As if you don't know me And don't know I'm impatient as hell And hot just as much And now black and grey Though they are pretty and calm Call my name and I answer and put 'em on Like an old blues record I dance in my sweats and the t-shirt I didn't want But hey, every year there has to be a birthday And so now, I am surrounded by colors By florals and by the scent you didn't leave Now all I have is a memory Nothing will ever be the same, not for me Now I have to grow up and buy furtinure And work on my diction and don't lose humor Though some colors have faded, it's probably for the best The thing thaťs supposed to leave will Whether you want it or not It will not stay, it will linger and sway Across your bare body in midday Over a glass of iced tea and a second hand shirt No one else wears life like I do And I don't know if it's a win or loss There I am, useless all old rusting happening All the drunk nights and regretful mornings And I throw them out of the window I have no need for them anymore I will hold on to myself and myself only And the colors, if there're true Will follow me And I would't have it any other way And my friends and teachers bring newness New hope and inspiration and I collect it And I plant every seed which blooms into an idea I don't need vibrant neon flashes Though I love them more than cheese I need to feel real, and I think I'm almost there I'm almost there I'm almost there