Lyrics:

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

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

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


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

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