Shades of Gray

(Joyce Trudeau)

If you have ever been unjustly judged by someone who had no right to judge you in the first place, then you will be able to relate to these lyrics. There is a lot of emotional content in these lyrics.

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Everybody walks a line,
A line that can often stray
From a world of black and white
And into shades of gray.
When you try to find the line
Between good and bad
You’ll find a line that isn’t straight
And it’s not iron clad.

When you pick up the gavel 
And sit at the bench
You must honor my right
To present a defense.
Before drawing that line
Between wrong and right
Let me have my say
Before you indict.

Chorus
Sometimes we are sinners,
Sometimes we are saints,
Sometimes we are lovers,
Sometimes we’re full of hate.
Even lines in the sand
Get washed away
When we’re in muddy water,
When we’re into the gray.

You can’t render a verdict
When the truth isn’t weighed;
Paint a line black and white –
It fades into gray.
Let me be judged by someone
Bearing no prejudice or hate,
Perhaps by the person waiting
Beside Heaven’s gate.

Or let me be judged at midnight
In the Garden of Good and Evil,
Where the Bird Girl metes out justice
For which there is no reprieve.
If her scale tips toward “evil”
And I am to be damned,
Let it be as she commands,
Let my fate rest in her hands.

Chorus
Sometimes we are sinners,
Sometimes we are saints,
Sometimes we are lovers,
Sometimes we’re full of hate.
Even lines in the sand
Get washed away
When we’re in muddy water,
When we’re into the gray.
© Joyce Trudeau 2023