[Verse 1: Slow and hushed vocals while alto sax and piano slowly enter] Grey light at daybreak I rise from slumber as my mind starts to wake All of the shades of grey that I put on my jeans Ashen denim plain like they were never worn [Pre-Chorus: Drum line and piano highlight the stage] Why is all of the color gone from every single thing in sight Like it was running from a nightmare long before it disappeared Into the night I keep reaching for more But my heart came back torn... [Chorus] Come back Come back to me All these hues That are now memories Black and white And shades of grey They are now All that remain Come back Come back to me Paint my quiet world again [Verse 2] My shirt hangs loose like a cloud with no rain A dull mirror keeps my face in frame Even the window looks tired and thin No red on the curb No blue in the sky Just a long slow ache where the color used to lie. [Pre-Chorus: Drum line and piano highlight the stage] Why is all of the color gone from every single thing in sight Like it was running from a nightmare long before it disappeared Into the night I keep calling out your name In this pale, washed-out frame [Chorus] Come back Come back to me All these hues That are now memories Black and white And shades of grey They are now All that remain Come back Come back to me Paint my quiet world again [Bridge] [Half-time] If I held you closer Would the room bloom back to life Would the corners catch on fire Would the dark let go its knife [Blaring Saxophone] say something why did the color go astray? I am still here waiting At the edge of yesterday [Final Chorus: Intruments peak] Come back Come back to me All these hues That are now memories Black and white And shades of grey They are now All that remain Come back Come back to me Paint my quiet world again Come back Come back to me And let these grey skies end.
