Story Behind The Song
The co-writer and I both know victims of abuse. This song is for them. It's about the slow process of healing.
Song Description
The narrator of the song gives insight about why a young woman hates the color yellow
| Song Length |
3:13 |
Genre |
Country - Alternative, Country - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Moving, Poignant |
Subject |
Healing, Sorrow |
| Similar Artists |
Tim Mcgraw |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
She hates the color yellow
She wears a lot of black
Left home the day she turned 18
Tried not to look back
But when her boyfriend holds her
She turns on the lights
He sees tears she isn't cryin'
Something's just not right
And the walls came down on the day her daddy died
When the boyfriend asked why why she hadn't cried
She took him down a quiet lane
To the house where she grew up
Showed him her old bedroom
Painted bright like the sun
And there she told her secret
The one she'd kept inside
And then her tears started comin'
That's when he learned why
The walls came down on the day her daddy died
After all those years of broken nursery rhymes
She hates the color yellow
She'd love to just move on
But she can't snap her fingers
And have all those mem'ries gone
It's gonna take forgiveness
And maybe in time
She'll find a happy ending
To this broken nursery rhyme (or haunting lullaby)
Today she placed white daisies on her daddy's grave
Maybe one day she won't have to say
She hates the color yellow