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Artist: Martha Wainwright
Canonical path: /martha-wainwright/rainbow
Related lyric paths: 6
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Rainbow
Read Rainbow lyrics by Martha Wainwright on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Rainbow
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Why can't I be a rainbow?
And live only for seconds
And die forever young
Why do I have to go on?
For the kids and the neighbors
For love and for song
You've got me running around
Losing ground changing towns
Like a clown I was kicked
I was kicked to the ground, oh, yeah
Stop playing me like play doh
Why don't you move back to Mars
Take my car it's been paid for
I've been working hard
At changing the stars
I have altered my own ego
Stop bringing me down
Can't you hear the sound
Of angels calling
Angels singing
Why can't I be a river?
And run forever
And empty my heart and my head
Into the sea me for who I am
Not the tricks that you play or the grandstand
You've got me running around
Losing ground changing towns
Like a clown I was kicked
I was kicked to the ground, oh no
Oh-oh-oh, stop playing me like play doh
Why don't you move back to Mars
Take my car it's been paid for
I've been working hard
At changing up the stars
I have altered my own ego
Stop bringing me down
Can't you hear the sound
Of angels singing?
Angels singing
The seeds have all been sown
I'm growing up to be famous
Everybody knows from your head to your toes
That you're shameless
You can rain on my parade
It's been rained on for decades
Stop bringing me down, I
Can't you hear the sound
Of angels singing?
Angels singing
Angels singing
Angels singing
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