red is the color, there's no other, red velvet tap your veins

red is the color, red is the lover, red as drippin' stains,

red as the lips the wet tongue licks, red as the eyes that weep,

mmm the bridegroom's red-devil cake, red as love,

red as hate, red as anger, red as rage, red as playin' games,

red as comin' home, red as poppies, fire and pain,

red as you and she, red as ecstasy, red as racing cars,

clinic cards, nirvana, red as a rose, a barfly's nose,

back alabama roads, the Grand Wizard's robes, red as china,

rubies, leather bridles, stirrups, red as sticky gooey syrup,

red as cavier, mars, red as hell, red stripe, life,

red as Jack the Ripper's surgical knife... (