Being Green

Shirley Horn

It's not that easy being green

Having to spend each day the colour of the leaves

When I think it could be nicer being red or yellow or gold

Or something much more colourful like that



It's not that easy being green

It seems to blend in with so many other ordinary things

And people tend to pass you over

Cos you're not standing out like flashy sparkles on the water

Or stars in the sky



But green is the colour of spring

And green can be cool and friendly-like

And green can be big like an ocean or important like a mountain

Or tall like a tree



But if green is all there is to be

It could make you wonder why, but why wonder, why wonder

I'm green and it'll do fine

And it's beautiful and I think it's what I want to be.