I scribbled
a rainbow on a cold grey sky
Waved my arms and the cloud
s hurried by
Salute it at the sun
Oh, the dead and rise
The shine of light
It's like the fire in your eyes
I played a wild note to reach the
heavens so high
Splashed in a motion till the well went dry
It takes a mile to drown before the thirst
to realize
Desire should be prized
and not kept in disguise
I paint my tunes in blue,
no other color will do
I've tried to write it in red
and yellow too
Hoping they'd leave
me back to you
But you meant it when you
said we were through
Now I'm lost in the conclusions
you drew
Seems no other col or will do
I'm paying my dues in blue
I wrote a love note in red,
hoped in that sheet
Hear my heart beating
in the words she would read
To find my own voice
I plant these seeds
But a man is made worthy
Not by words but by deeds
I'm paying my dues in blue
No other color will do
I've tried orange and red
And yellow too
Hoping they'd lead me back to you
Yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah
I've never been a man who
believed I could lose
I expressed my emotions in
bright and blazing hues
And now I'm drowning,
trying to swim all the way back to you
I paint my dues in blue
No other color will do
Well, I'm payin' my dues in blue
No other, no other color will do
Yeah, yeah, well
I'm, well I'm paint my,
paint my shoes in blue
No other, no other,
no other color will do
Well, I'm paying my dues in blue
No other color, no other color will do
you