Sing Me a Rainbow
Sing Me a Rainbow - meaning Summary
Hope in Song
A weary speaker asks Josie to "sing me a rainbow," pleading for music to brighten a life of missed chances, lost dreams, and persistent longing. The rainbow functions as a request for emotional rescue and brief beauty amid regret, exhaustion, and various hungers. The poem frames song as a temporary balm that might make a difficult night feel right and offer a momentary lift from darkness and aimlessness.
Read Complete AnalysesJosie it´s been a long hard day Down the road to where it´s at I must have lost my way When I got there they said I was too late Now you´re the only one can get me straight So won´t you sing me a rainbow Josie Roll me a song Just tonight make it right Cause it´s been wrong for oh so long There´s lots of shades of darkness, Josie Deep inside a man So sing me a rainbow if you can The train I went to meet Had come and gone Seems like I spend all my time Gettin´ off and gettin´ on I sold my mind And gave my dreams away And tomorrow I´ll start lookin´ ´Round for yesterday But til then Sing me a rainbow Josie Roll me a song Just tonight make it right Cause it´s been wrong for oh so long There´s lots of kinds of hunger Josie You don´t understand So sing me a rainbow if you can If you can, If you can Sing me a rainbow if you can.
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