The Color Purple

Paint the town red

And paint me in blue

Shower me in lilac

The color purple always suited you

Violets and lavender, you'd promised those too

I never noticed how

You'd say you loved me with a twisted brow

And hand me roses full of stinging thorns

And watch me smile as my heart was torn

I paint my lips red

My heart bleeds blue

I put your favorite record on

Will this music make your heart ring true?

Love and happy endings, babe, you'd promised those too

I've always known deep down

Your hands of roses swept across the town, but I

I wanted to believe so bad

That you were my woman, oh, you make me sad

I always tried so hard to make you stay and wipe my tears away

And beg for one more thorny rose bouquet

I thought my bleeding hands would make you feel some way

Baby please share your fire with me

I can be all things dark and rosy

Wear a crown made of thorns for you

Pick you violets and roses, too

I come alive only when you're near

Awe you with one thousand tender fears

I can't make it out there on my own

To me your love is like a precious stone

I dye my hair a deep ruby red

I need your lips that seem on roses fed

Curly locks cover foolish brains

Caressed by your endless flames

I'll soothe your burning fever, thaw your frozen heart

Breathe you in my lungs, babe, I've been here from the start

I'll be your queen of delights, your warmth on winter nights

I won't go anywhere, baby please just

Stay

They all say i'm doomed if I stay with you

But you're the air I breathe

Baby please

Please don't leave