Sitting in the day room, looking at picture of myself with long hair, drinking beer
With some of my old friends.
And a tear rolls down the photograph and clearly spells out the question:
“What am I doing here?”
Then it all begins (Spoken)
But there was nothing else that I could do
There was no place else to go
Was I right or wrong?
Lord I wish I knew
Right now I only know
The only thing I know is:
Chorus:
Yesterday I was a rainbow
Wearing colored shirts and my freak flag flying high
Yesterday I was a rainbow
And the jeans I wore were bluer than the sky
Standing at the mirror
Looking at a stranger it seems I used to know
Is this a boy or a man? (spoken)
And was it only yesterday
I was telling friends goodbye
Someone hollered hurry home
Well I hope they understand (Spoken)
But there was nothing else that I could do
There was no place else to go
Was I right or wrong?
Well I wish I knew
Right now I only know
The only thing I know is:
Chorus:
Yesterday I was a rainbow
Wearing colored shirts and my freak flag flying high
Yesterday I was a rainbow
And the rainbow holds the colors of the sky
Sitting in the dayroom thinking back of all the fun and the good times I recall
It makes me kind of sad (spoken)
I miss my friends, my dear sweet lovers
Football games and all the others
But most of all
Mom and Dad (spoken)
But there was nothing else that I could do
There was no place else to go
Was I right or wrong?
GOD I wish I knew
Right now I only know
The only thing I know is:
Chorus:
Yesterday I was a rainbow
Wearing colored shirts and my freak flag flying high
Yesterday I was a rainbow
And the jeans I wore were bluer than the sky
Yesterday I was a rainbow
Wearing colored shirts and my freak flag flying high
Yesterday I was a rainbow
And tomorrow I’m supposed to learn to fly
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Lyrics submitted by Armand.