Michael Hess

Lyrics

Red filled the sky with that dawn daylight
Silver kissed the grass where the dew beads lie
Blue filled the depths of her lovers soul
When she opened hers wide

Now light casts a shadow on an empty frame
That leads through a door that burnt down in flames
To a room where my lover used to lay
No colors could hide

Now blank is the canvas on that empty wall
It holds still life picture of no one at all
I see a life burned in shades of dark and grey
So black and white

I broke the silence with a song of hope and praise
With an ole guitar that no one played
Notes metered out in 4/4 time
In my solitude go unheard

As music dances round an open flame
I paint in colors with that falling rain
Soft and subtle like the touch of her hand
I can feel without a word

Now soaked in the ground where my sweet heart lays
Are the pastel colors of the love she gave
This pain I feel makes it hard to see
Beyond black and white

As her emerald green eyes pierced into my soul
I held the finest jewel a man could ever hold
She was sunken like a treasure in these eyes of blue
So deep and wide

I miss the Ruby color of the softest lips
The passion filled sweetness of her deepest kiss
The ivory color of the fairest skin
So subtle and soft

Now as red fills the sky in that dawn daylight
When silver kisses grass where the dew beads lie
That blue that filled the depths of her lovers soul
Has turned black and white