after mardi gras

see that shadow on the wall, doesn't look like me at all, head hung down, intentions meltin' on the ground, saddest shape i ever saw, there's so much i need to do, before i get over you, but i can't bother with it all, until after mardi gras, all that music in the air, happy people everywhere, make it hard to sing the blues, until mardi gras is through, put my loneliness away, save it for a rainy day, delay the pain, nothin' ventured nothin' gained, the time'll come but that's okay