FADED BLUES

 

WHAT ARE FADED BLUES, YOU SAY?

IT IS USUALLY A COLOR FADING AWAY.

THIS TIME IT IS THE EMOTIONAL KIND,

FOR I CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND.

 

THE FADED BLUES ARE NOT PRETTY TO SEE,

THEY MAKE ONE SAD AND FULL OF MISERY.

BUT MAYBE SOME DAY THEY WILL FADE AWAY,

HOPEFULLY, BEFORE I'M OLD AND GRAY.

 

THE BLUES ARE TERRIBLY HARD TO BEAR,

THEY TAKE HAPPINESS FROM THE AIR,

THEY TAKE AWAY ALL OF MY HOPEFULNESS,

AND LEAVE ME ALONE AND SO DEPRESSED.

 

YET, BLUES MUST FADE AND GO AWAY,

THEY CANNOT RULE ONE'S LIFE EVERY DAY.

I MUST TAKE CONTROL AND BE HAPPY AGAIN,

THEN I CAN FIND BRAND-NEW FRIENDS.

 

FRIENDS THAT ARE HAPPY, AND NOT SO SAD,

FRIENDS THAT ARE FOREVER AND EVER GLAD

THAT THEY FOUND ME, AND I FOUND THEM,

THAT IS WHAT ONE CALLS VERY TRUE FRIENDS.

 

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