The Scarlet and the Grey Songtext
von Mary Travers

Stop a while and say what's on your mind.
And let your thoughts just trickle down upon the dripping shifting sands.
Let the flower blossom in the sun,
Don't stop it once it has begun
Except, and try to understand

Come and tell me what you really think
Sit down and have a little drink
I will not laugh at what you say today


Never mind the raven on the tree
He does not look at you or me
his thoughts are much too far away
Maybe there are things you'd like to know
And places you would like to go
Perhaps confusion holds you down

Please don't think that I want to impress
I'm as confused as all the rest
Except for one thing that I feel, I feel

In this paper world of here and now
I feel I have to tell you how
You're something slightly more than real
There is nothing more you need to know
I've told you what I want
So you can come with me, or you can stay

You can choose the darkness or the light
It's just a question of a fight between the scarlet and the grey,
Please say

Stop a while and say what's on your mind.