Colored Feathers

I was a sparrow

Singing to the oak trees

Floating through the fall breeze

Nobody could touch me

Fell in love with a wild thing

He was nothing like me

I trusted him with my wings

I wish I'd seen it coming

Everywhere I go, I leave a trail of colored feathers

Violets, indigos and yellows

Hoping, hurting, getting better

Everywhere I go, I leave a trail of colored feathers

Little lessons I've collected

I hope they put you back together

And when you've gotten better

Pass on my colored feathers

Take it or leave it

This is how it is now

It's never what you've planned out

I promise it'll work out

Everywhere I go, I leave a trail of colored feathers

Violets, indigos and yellows

Hoping, hurting, getting better

Everywhere I go, I leave a trail of colored feathers

Little lessons I've collected

I hope they put you back together

And when you've gotten better

Pass on my colored feathers