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