http://www.wordnik.com/lists/tunie-mark-rothko-song.xml A sad song by Dar Williams, from her album The Honesty Room. <br /> <br /> <br />The <a href="/words/blue">blue</a> it speaks so <a href="/words/full">full</a> <br />It's like the beauty one can barely stand <br />Or too much things dropped in your hand <br />And there's a <a href="/words/green">green</a> like the peace <br />In your heart <a href="/words/sometimes">sometimes</a> <br />Painted underneath the sheets of <a href="/words/ashy">ashy</a> <a href="/words/snow">snow</a> <br />And there's a <a href="/words/blue">blue</a> like where the <a href="/words/urban">urban</a> <a href="/words/angels">angels</a> go, very bright <br />Now the Calder <a href="/words/mobile">mobile</a> tips a <a href="/words/biomorphic">biomorphic</a> <a href="/words/sphere">sphere</a> <br />Then it swings its <a href="/words/dangling">dangling</a> pieces <br />round to other paintings here <br /> <br />Your <a href="/words/behavior">behavior</a> is so male <br />It's like you can't explain yourself to me <br />I think I'll ask <a href="/words/Renoir">Renoir</a> to <a href="/words/tea">tea</a> <br />For his flowers are as <a href="/words/real">real</a> as they are all the time <br />And the sunlight sets the furniture <a href="/words/aglow">aglow</a> <br />It's a <a href="/words/pleasant">pleasant</a> time as far as people go, how <a href="/words/far">far</a> do they go? <br />Well his roses are <a href="/words/perfect">perfect</a> and his words have no <a href="/words/wings">wings</a> <br />I know what he can give me and I like to know these things <br /> <br />I met her at the <a href="/words/funeral">funeral</a> <br />She said "I don't know what he meant to me <br />I just know he <a href="/words/affected">affected</a> me <br />An effect <a href="/words/not unlike">not unlike</a> his art, <br />I believe." <br /> <br />The <a href="/words/service">service</a> starts and we are <a href="/words/in the know">in the know</a> <br />He had so much to say but more to <a href="/words/show">show</a>, and [ain't] that true of life? <br />So we <a href="/words/weep">weep</a> for a person who lived at great <a href="/words/cost">cost</a> <br />Yet we barely knew his <a href="/words/powers">powers</a> till we sensed that we had lost <br /> <br />A friend and I in a <a href="/words/museum">museum</a> room <br />She says, "Look at Mark Rothko's side <br />Did you know about his <a href="/words/suicide">suicide</a>? <br />Some <a href="/words/folks">folks</a> were born with a <a href="/words/foot in the grave">foot in the grave</a>, but not me, of course" <br />And she smiles as if to say we're <a href="/words/in the know">in the know</a> <br />Then she names a <a href="/words/coffee">coffee</a> place where we can go, <a href="/words/uptown">uptown</a> <br />Now the painting is <a href="/words/desperate">desperate</a>, but the crowds <a href="/words/wash away">wash away</a> <br />In a world of <a href="/words/kind">kind</a> <a href="/words/pedestrians">pedestrians</a> who've seen enough today http://www.wordnik.com http://www.wordnik.com/words/blue Tue, 06 May 2008 18:38:52 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/blue http://www.wordnik.com/words/full Tue, 06 May 2008 18:37:58 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/full http://www.wordnik.com/words/green Tue, 06 May 2008 18:37:48 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/green http://www.wordnik.com/words/sometimes Tue, 06 May 2008 18:37:45 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sometimes http://www.wordnik.com/words/ashy Tue, 06 May 2008 18:37:40 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ashy http://www.wordnik.com/words/snow Tue, 06 May 2008 18:37:36 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/snow http://www.wordnik.com/words/urban Tue, 06 May 2008 18:37:25 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/urban http://www.wordnik.com/words/angels Tue, 06 May 2008 18:37:19 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/angels http://www.wordnik.com/words/mobile Tue, 06 May 2008 18:36:30 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/mobile http://www.wordnik.com/words/biomorphic Tue, 06 May 2008 18:35:52 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/biomorphic http://www.wordnik.com/words/sphere Tue, 06 May 2008 18:35:46 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sphere http://www.wordnik.com/words/dangling Tue, 06 May 2008 18:35:41 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/dangling http://www.wordnik.com/words/behavior Tue, 06 May 2008 18:35:32 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/behavior http://www.wordnik.com/words/renoir Tue, 06 May 2008 18:35:24 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/renoir http://www.wordnik.com/words/tea Tue, 06 May 2008 18:35:07 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/tea http://www.wordnik.com/words/real Tue, 06 May 2008 18:34:58 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/real http://www.wordnik.com/words/aglow Tue, 06 May 2008 18:34:47 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/aglow http://www.wordnik.com/words/pleasant Tue, 06 May 2008 18:34:43 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/pleasant http://www.wordnik.com/words/far Tue, 06 May 2008 18:34:39 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/far http://www.wordnik.com/words/perfect Tue, 06 May 2008 18:34:34 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/perfect http://www.wordnik.com/words/wings Tue, 06 May 2008 18:34:18 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/wings http://www.wordnik.com/words/funeral Tue, 06 May 2008 18:34:09 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/funeral http://www.wordnik.com/words/affect Tue, 06 May 2008 18:33:27 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/affect http://www.wordnik.com/words/not unlike Tue, 06 May 2008 18:32:17 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/not unlike http://www.wordnik.com/words/service Tue, 06 May 2008 18:32:11 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/service http://www.wordnik.com/words/in the know Tue, 06 May 2008 18:32:01 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/in the know http://www.wordnik.com/words/show Tue, 06 May 2008 18:31:57 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/show http://www.wordnik.com/words/ain't Tue, 06 May 2008 18:31:53 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ain't http://www.wordnik.com/words/weep Tue, 06 May 2008 18:31:49 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/weep http://www.wordnik.com/words/cost Tue, 06 May 2008 18:31:45 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/cost http://www.wordnik.com/words/powers Tue, 06 May 2008 18:31:42 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/powers http://www.wordnik.com/words/museum Tue, 06 May 2008 18:31:35 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/museum http://www.wordnik.com/words/suicide Tue, 06 May 2008 18:31:31 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/suicide http://www.wordnik.com/words/folks Tue, 06 May 2008 18:31:27 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/folks http://www.wordnik.com/words/foot in the grave Tue, 06 May 2008 18:31:20 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/foot in the grave http://www.wordnik.com/words/coffee Tue, 06 May 2008 18:31:12 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/coffee http://www.wordnik.com/words/uptown Tue, 06 May 2008 18:31:07 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/uptown http://www.wordnik.com/words/desperate Tue, 06 May 2008 18:30:59 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/desperate http://www.wordnik.com/words/wash away Tue, 06 May 2008 18:30:54 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/wash away http://www.wordnik.com/words/kind Tue, 06 May 2008 18:30:49 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/kind http://www.wordnik.com/words/pedestrians Tue, 06 May 2008 18:30:46 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/pedestrians