It must be the colors and the kids that keep me alive   'Cause the music is boring me to death   It must just be the colors and the kids that keep me alive   'Cause I wanna go right away to a January night      I built a shack with an old friend, he was someone I could learn from   Someone I could become   Will you meet me down on a sandy beach   We can roll up our jeans so the tide won't get us below the knees      Yellow hair you are a funny bear   Yellow hair you are such a funny bear   Slender fingers would hold me, slender limbs would hold me   And you could say my name like you knew my name      I could stay here   Become someone different   I could stay here   Become someone better      It's so hard to go in the city 'cause you wanna say hello to everybody   It's so hard to go into the city   'Cause you wanna say hey I love you to everybody   When we were teenagers we wanted to be the sky   Now all we wanna do is go to red places and try to stay outta hell      It must be the colors and the kids that keep me alive   'Cause the music is boring me to death   It must just be the colors and it must just be the kids   That keep me alive on this January night      Yellow hair you are a funny bear   Yellow hair you are such a funny bear