Mary Gauthier (born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American folk singer/songwriter. At age 15, she ran away from home and stole her parents' car, and spent the next several years in detox, halfway houses, and living with friends; she spent her 18th birthday in jail. These experiences provided fodder for her songwriting later on (particularly her song "Drag Queens in Limousines"). Later on, she enrolled at Louisiana State University as a philosophy major, but after five years there, dropped out due to drug problems and moved to Boston. After working waitress jobs and eventually being promoted to manager of the restaurant where she worked, financial backers paid her way to attend the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts and she opened a Cajun restaurant in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, "Dixie Kitchen" (also the title of her first album).
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The Sun Fades The Color Of Everything Lyrics

Mary Gauthier

(Mary Gauthier)

We lie here and we lie here
Awaiting the return
Of the passion that has left us
With the patience we've learned
Sinking in the ashes
Of the red night's final swing
The sun fades the color of everything

We lie here and we lie here
Without much to say
In our silent sanctuary
We call it a day
Seasons change quietly
Winter whispers Spring
The sun fades the color of everything

Me and you, we wait it out
It might be 'round the bend
Every time we think it's gone
It comes back again
We hold on to each other
But to our faith we cling
The sun fades the color of everything

We lie here and we lie here
Waiting for a sign
You follow yours
And I follow mine
Sleeping with our backs turned
Floating off on polished wings
The sun fades the color of everything

Me and you, we wait it out
It might be 'round the bend
Every time we think it's gone
It comes back again
We hold on to each other
But to our faith we cling