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Blue Shade of Gray

from Before Now by Tai Shan

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This song is a story of a protitute I met in California working on Mendocino avenue.

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Down on Mendocino
When the night crawls to fly
When the black bird flutters across a melancholy sky
She comes a calling
Smeared blue with lipstick red
Her high heels may be tapping the minuet turned rag

Chorus
What a blue shade of gray of gray of gray
What she’s loosing the night takes away takes away

A ghost amidst the legend
Her face aged as wine
Her wrinkles tell the story of the
Man that robbed her blind

It true she loved him dearly
But his faded eyes did stray
And when her lips weren’t oh so supple that fool he ran away

Chorus

Her eyes slightly fade
With every street lite night
And every time she opens up
Her beauty pays the price

Yeah She’ll turn her face away
Just to ease the pain
But she knows shes nothing more than just a crying shame

Chorus:

credits

from Before Now, released December 31, 2005
Tai Shan- Vocals, Guitar
Shaunessey Scott- Bass
Pat Mckenna - Drums
Elsa Nilson- Flute

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Tai Shan Seattle, Washington

Tai Shan is an Americana songwriter whose music has been featured in Billboard Magazine, American Songwriter, Americana UK, and on NPR. Based in Nashville, her songwriting focuses on positive messages. Tai Shan and her husband Austin, have toured the United States and Canada and performed for venues such as the Bluebird and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. ... more

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