Red

RED Red is the color she loved the most To her little girl heart it meant beauty and brightness and hope But some people told her it clashed with her hair She should choose something else There were plenty of other colors she could wear Dance, she used to dance every day She'd skip and she'd leap like a foal who's discovered his legs But sometimes her long, lanky limbs would get wrapped up And tangled inside themselves There was always an audience when she fell SO SHE WALKED SLOWLY AND NEVER DANCED SHE SANG QUIETLY AND NO ONE EVER HEARD SHE HEARD THEM AND SHE LISTENED WELL AND FROM THAT TIME ON SAID HER FAVORITE COLOR WAS GREEN (2ND- CONVINCED HERSELF, HER FAVORITE COLOR WAS GREEN) Sing, she used to sing with all of her heart And the songs that she sang held the music of mountains and stars But some people told her her voice was too loud She needed to learn to blend in She spent her life trying to fit in But forty years was too long to be confronted by The color of roses And scarlet poppies in bloom would catch at her heart And songs like waves on the wind Kept crashing in demanding their time to be told And the shell she'd worn for so long finally crumbled apart NOW SHE’S DANCING LIKE SHE’S NEVER DANCED AND SHE SINGS OUT FOR ALL THE WORLD TO HEAR SHE STILL HEARS THEM BUT SHE DOESN’T CARE SHE SURROUNDS HERSELF, LAUGHS AND DROWNS HERSELF IN RED © 2006 Kari Hilpert All Rights Reserved Hickory Town Music (ASCAP)