Oh little Jimmy's been a bad boy again
he said never waltz this way
he beat that kid with the violin again
says, boy you better not play that around me
the boy said, yea
you could pound me into ground beef
but I'm gonna sing it all night long
whether you like it or not
And then the rocks in Billy's heart falls
and he feels his empty cries
when all the colors mix together
to grey
and wake him up
There's a powerful indifference
we pray to God most every night
although we know he doesn't listen
there's hope in each of us he might
we say, I pray
but they fall on deaf ears
we're supposed to take on ourselves
to make out in this place
Then the rocks in our heart fall
and the pain grows out of sight
and it seems angry's the only way to roll
rock aloud and keep alive
oh but then the colors mix together
to grey
and wake us up
Oh then is someone outside
an old man says, let me tuck your dreams
make it real as anything
it'll take the work out of your courage
she said, please
there's a crazy man creeping outside my door
I live on the corner of Grey Street
and the end of the world
But then the rocks, the rain go over
and now she sees the one way round
no matter how she goes around finding answers
no pot of gold to be found
what but the walking and the trouble
we'll only see light
but all the colors mix together
to grey
to wake me up
to break us out
to break us out
Oh and no colors on the [?]
still the blue sky sinks to grey
oh and purple rains in his ocean
and trees wound up in their waves
oh out me down, me down in the heart wore
oh out in the wave is dumb luck
oh this one man might would show her
only then, yeah, night
but all the colors mix together
to grey
to wake us up
please wake us up
to wake yeah