A lifetime waiting
For the light to shine
Suddenly you were here
Like an angel appeared

And the world that I knew
Changed into a wonderland
Then you called out my name
Looked around and I found you were gone

Like the rays of the sun
Disappeared into
Never ending
Nights

Where everything real
Has turned to stone
And the songbird has flown (You're gone)
Now I know a rose can change a shade of blue

Ooh, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
A shade of blue

My body's hurtin'
Cryin' and yearnin'
Sometimes I feel
Like I'm losing my mind

And I think about you
Knowing all only you could understand
Here alone in my room
I can feel all the walls closin' in

Feelin' trapped in a shell
Wishin' that I could
Spin the wheels
Of change

'Cause everything real
Has turned to stone
And the songbird has flown (You're gone)
Now I know a rose can change a shade of blue

Ooh-ooh, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
A shade of blue

Ooh, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
A shade of blue

Oh, oh-oh-oh, everything real
Has turned to stone
And the songbird has flown (You're gone)
Now I know a rose can change

'Cause everything real
Has turned to stone
And the songbird has flown (You're gone)
Now I know a rose can change a shade of blue, yeah, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh yeah

Ooh, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
A shade of blue

Ooh, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh

Ooh-ooh, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
A shade of blue (Sometimes I feel, like I'm losin' my mind)

Ooh, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
A shade of blue

I can feel all the walls closin' in