A lifetime waiting for the light to shine Suddenly you were here, like an angel appeared And the world that I knew changed into a wonderland Then you called out my name, looked around and I found you were gone Like the rays of the sun Disappeared into never ending nights Where everything real has turned to stone And the songbird has flown (You're gone) Now I know a rose can change a shade of blue Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah A shade of blue My body's hurtin', cryin' and yearnin' Sometimes I feel like I'm losin' my mind And I think about you, knowin' only you could understand Here alone in my room, I can feel all the walls closin' in Feelin' trapped in a shell Wishin' that I could spin the wheels of change 'Cause everything real has turned to stone And the songbird has flown (You're gone) Now I know a rose can change a shade of blue Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah A shade of blue Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah A shade of blue Everything real has turned to stone And the songbird has flown (You're gone) Now I know a rose can change Everything real has turned to stone And the songbird has flown (You're gone) Now I know a rose can change a shade of blue Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah A shade of blue Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah A shade of blue (Sometimes I feel like I'm losin' my mind) Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah A shade of blue I can feel all the walls closin' in