The grass is brown

And the sky looks pink

And I'm racking my little brain

For an ounce of rain

But it don't fall down

It don't shoot up

I keep it all inside my love

And someday soon the dam will break

And I will wash you away

The sky bleeds red

When the sun goes home for the night

And I'm racking up all the points

So I can win a prize

But I don't need toys, I don't need cash

I just want enough so you'll want me back

And someday soon my luck will fade

The ruby slippers decay

The facts will cease to matter once the movie fades to black

And your compliments mean nothing to a swollen, crippled calf

I've lost in love so many times, what does one more failure do?

But I see so many things in you and none of them are cruel

I try to sleep, your absence stings me, I can't sleep

I'd like to be so far out west I never met me

This can't be real, you can be so sweet I feel bad

I'm tender like a cinder block, you must know that

But the grass is brown

And the sky looks pink

And the sun went home

Now we're all alone

And I hope you still like me when I'm sad

And I hope you still like me when your grass is green

Your grass is green, your grass is green

Your grass is green, your grass is green

Your grass is green, your grass is green

Your grass is green, your grass is green