Shades of gray A category you can't quite place Like a familiar smile on a nameless face Songs that cut right to the chase In the scenes of we're about to play Shades of gray A situation that's hard to peg Like a cross country runner with a wooden leg Chocolate syrup on a scrambled egg (Uwgh) That's shades of gray A beautiful woman with no self esteem A first rate coach with a losing team Somewhere between two extremes There's a musical revue with a big broad theme A world without a sense of right and wrong Through the eyes of characters who break into song You thought you knew but you got it wrong That's shades of gray It's cliche But that's okay It's original in a post modern way Shades of gray Shades of gray Like a spending your Christmas holiday with a southern baptist who's also gay Not to mention in the KKK Shades of Gray!