Song for the Windows of the Soul
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Wear Yellow for Me
(D major)
Wear yellow for me; it’s a spring thing you see, There’s daffodil and whin: the colour of new sin — That’s where we’ll begin. Yes, yellow is fine, with dandelion wine — I hope you’ll agree, so set yourself free Wear yellow for me!
Chorus — Don’t care if you come in red or cerise, It’s loud and it’s warn but don’t give me no peace; That’s why I’m beggin’, down here on your leash, If you dress to kill — on the bed or the beach — Wear yellow for me!
The green of your eyes I could never despise, Though my iris is darker, like Dorothy Parker’s. A lacivious grin, the colour of sin, Is the way to begin, my blue heart to win; They may tut-tut and glower, the Yellow Bird, yellow flower, When the pretty lemon tree, wears yellow for me!
Chorus — In the blue of your gin, you seem sad and tragic; You like your toast thin, and the black of your magic. Me, I’d rather be lost, like the scarf that you tossed From the car to the sea, it flew high and so free, It was yellow, for me!
— Frank Callery April 10th 2015.