Black is the colour

That I wear

Now she has passed

Black is the new black

We met there

In Lawrence, Kansas

Twenty years ago

Black is the new black

Earth

Earth Mother cries

Her daughter has crossed

Over through the night

Black is the colour

That I wear

Now she has passed

Black is the new black

Blessed to have ridden

The waters with her

She rode the tides

Black is the new black

The rivers, the rivers

The cry

I am missing her smile

Her passion for life

Black is the colour

That I wear

Now she has passed

Black is the new black

She fought so hard

It progressed fast

Cancer is cruel

Black is the new black

So cruel

So she rides

Yes, she rides

And she rides

Yes, she rides

And she rides

The rainbow road

Into the night

Black is the colour

That I wear

I share my heartache

But struggle to wake

Black is the colour

That I wear

Now she has passed

Black is the new black

Now she has passed

Black is the new black