The inspiration for this collection comes from a song.
The Colors of My Life from the Broadway show Barnum.
Phineas sings first:
The colors of my life
Are bountiful and bold,
The purple glow of indigo,
The gleam of green and gold.
The splendor of the sunrise,
The dazzle of a flame,
The glory of a rainbow,
I’d put ‘em all to shame.
No quiet browns and grays,
I’ll take my days instead
And fill them till they overflow
With rose and cherry red!
And should this sunlit world
Grow dark one day,
The colors of my life
Will leave a shining light
To show the way…
Then it’s Charity’s turn:
Spoken:
It’s your own fault Charity Barnum
If you only asked a few logical questions
Before you married him
You would have put a healthy distance
Between yourself and a fella
Who wants to give the whole world a paint job
Which I’m not so sure it needs
Sung:
The colors of my life
Are softer than a breeze.
The silver gray of eiderdown,
The dappled green of trees.
The amber of a wheat field,
The hazel of a seed,
The crystal of a raindrop,
Are all I’ll ever need.
Your reds are much too bold,
In gold I find no worth.
I’ll fill my days with sage and brown
The colors of the earth,
And if from by my side
My love should roam,
The colors of my life
Will shine a quiet light
To lead him home.
