Multi-Colored Lady

I got on a bus in Memphis
Destination Rome

Georgia ain't no paradise
A place I could call home

I sat next to a broken hearted bride
She was cryin', tryin' so hard to hide
Her selfish sorrow

I tried to get her talkin'
Oh, she didn't have much to say
Asked me for a map to death row
Oh, I didn't know the way

She lost a million tears today
One look out my window
At the pine trees and the rain
It was not her day

Multi-colored lady
You ain't like no rainbow I've ever seen

Multi-colored lady
Angry red, passion blue
But mostly shades of green
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Midnight came, brought some rain
Oh, but nothing seemed to ease her pain
Hours that we talk seem like minutes
Seemed like minutes, all in vain

I see these tears keep runnin' wide
By and by, bye my lady goodbye
She shared a smile with me

Multi-colored lady
You ain't like no rainbow that I've ever seen

Multi-colored lady
Oh, come go with me
And I'll take you, ooh, to my home

And by the way, I'm bound to Rome