after mardi gras

see that shadow on the wall

doesn't look like me at all

head hung down

intentions meltin' on the ground

saddest shape i ever saw

there's so much i need to do

before i get over you

but i can't bother with it all

until after mardi gras

all that music in the air

happy people everywhere

make it hard to sing the blues

until mardi gras is through

put my loneliness away

save it for a rainy day

delay the pain

nothin' ventured nothin' gained

the time'll come but that's okay