[Verse 1]
Got on the bus in Memphis
Destination Rome
But Georgia ain't no paradise
A place I could call home
I sat next to a broken hearted bride
She was cryin', tryin' so hard to hide
Her selfish sorrow

[Verse 2]
I tried to get her talkin'
She didn't have much to say
Asked me for a map to death row
But I didn't know the way
She had lost a million in the game
Wouldn't look out my window at the pine trees in the rain
It wasn't her day
Oh

[Chorus]
Multicolored lady
You ain't like no rainbow I've ever seen
Multicolored lady
Angry red, passion blue, but mostly shades of green

[Instrumental interlude]
[Verse 3]
Midnight came and brought more rain
Nothing seemed to ease her pain
The hours that we talked seemed like minutes, all in vain
I watched her endless tears keep runnin' wild
And bye and bye and bye, way back, after a while
She sat smilin'
Mmmm

[Chorus - Outro]
Multicolored lady
You ain't like no rainbow I've ever known
Multicolored lady
Come go with me, I'll take you to my home
Oh, by the way, I'm bound for Rome