After Mardi Gras

See that shadow on the wall

Doesn't look like me at all

Head hung down

Intentions melting on the ground

Saddest shape I ever saw

There’s so much I need to do

Before I get over you

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained

The time’ll come, but that’s okay

Right now I ain't got the time

To sit at home and cry

When outside, it's a carnival

Maybe after Mardi Gras

I can learn to take it well

Psychoanalyze myself

But for now, I'm having fun

Until Mardi Gras is done