[Verse 1]
Zaz had red hair
He didn't care
He always laughed loud
He wasn't proud
Just a real easy guy
Who wouldn't tell a lie
But then one day
Zaz turned blue

[Chorus]
Zaz turned blue
What were we supposed to do?
Yeah, Zaz turned blue
What were we supposed to do
When Zaz turned blue?

[Verse 2]
One night in the park
For a lark
Zaz let Steve Brown
Fool around
Steve squeezed his neck
He figured what the heck
But Zaz hit the ground
He was downed
[Chorus]
Oh, Zaz turned blue
What were we supposed to do?
Yeah, Zaz turned blue
What were we supposed to do
When Zaz turned blue?

[Bridge]
After high school
Zaz seemed cool
He worked on cars
Went to bars
Then one day
He went away
And became a Marine
At the age of eighteen
But he didn't want to fight
Didn't do it out of spite
And he didn't want to die
No, he didn't want to die
And he seemed kind of strange
Could it be that he changed
On that night in the park
When he fainted in the dark?

[Verse 3]
Zaz didn't die
Lucky guy
There were no parades
How the glory fades
Now he shoots lots of pool
And as a rule
He wears a silly grin
On his chin
It all started when
[Chorus]
Zaz turned blue
What were we supposed to do?
Yeah, Zaz turned blue
What were we supposed to do
When Zaz turned blue?