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It All Turned Blue

from Rainbow of Color by Joanie Calem

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It All Turned Blue © by Sally Rogers, used by permission: I love this song of Sally’s about the beauty of diversity and the drabness of everyone trying to be the same. My 2013 fourth-grade class staged this song with everyone wearing blue shirts until the very end, when they did a quick, on-stage clothing change.

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It All Turned Blue, by Sally Rogers, used by permission
Oh I woke up today and when I went out to play, the world had changed overnight.
All the birds and the bees and the flowers and trees, and the buses and the trucks and the tall street lights
And the houses and the yards and the driveways and the cars, and the clothes that hung on their racks
Had all turned blue (and my Gramma too), and there wasn’t any way to change ‘em back.

There was blue underwear, blue tables and chairs, and blue dogs chasing blue cats.
There were very blue bears, blue kids with blue hair, blue bankers and lawyers with big blue hats
And the people on the street had blue hands and blue feet, blue faces, blue lips and blue eyes.
And when I looked in the mirror I was blue ear to ear, I gotta say, it was a big surprise!

The days came and went, blue money we spent, and the radio was playing the blues.
I turned on the TV, but all I could see was a great big screen where my eyes were glued to
Blue traffic jams, blue wars and blue fans, cheering wildly for the team in blue
The stars and the stripes were waving that night, we saluted the blue, blue and blue.

At the next sunrise when I opened my eyes, I was blinded by a wild display
Of fuscia and gold, magenta and mauve, gilded green with silver and a rainbow array of
People gathered ‘round, yellow, white, black, and brown, to celebrate the end of our strife
And we all agreed that as far as we could see variety’s the spice of life.

Coast to coast, sea to sea, According to me, Variety’s the spice of life. (2x)

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from Rainbow of Color, released January 1, 2018

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Joanie Calem Columbus, Ohio

Joanie Calem is a folk musician, singer/song-writer, storyteller and inclusion advocate for audiences of all ages. Joanie writes songs and sings about life's different twists and turns, angles and perspectives, telling stories through her songs of the ups and downs of reality. She performs regularly at festivals, retirement homes, shelters, libraries and schools throughout the US and abroad. ... more

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