John Kander
My Coloring Book
If you admire coloring books
And lots of people do
I've a new one for you!
A most unusual coloring book
The kind you never see
Crayons ready, crayons set
Begin to color me!
These are the eyes that watched her
As she walked away
Color them gray!
This is the heart
That thought she would always be true
Color it blue!
These are the arms that held her
And touched her
Then lost her somehow
Color them empty now!
This is the tie, I wore
Until you came between
Color it green!
This is the room I sleep in, and walk in, and weep in
And hide in, that nobody sees
Color it lonely please!
This is the girl that once I depended upon
Color her gone!