Music : Donna Summer - Crayon (2008)

Donna Summer sounds younger here than on her previous studio album, 1991's Mistaken Identity, or just about any of the isolated tracks that surfaced throughout the previous 17 years, which is a good thing as frequently as it is a bad thing. Crayons benefits from Summer's effortless energy; she was clearly into making this album, and her voice is as able and flexible as ever. However, almost all of the material with which she has to work -- several stylistic angles are taken with the likes of Danielle Brisebois (Natasha Bedingfield, Kelly Clarkson) Greg Kurstin (Lily Allen, Nelly Furtado), J.R. Rotem (Leona Lewis, Trey Songz), and several others -- would make more sense on an album by a female teen pop group from the U.K. or, in some cases, a young adult catering to the coffeehouse market. One exception, if only from a lyrical standpoint, is "The Queen Is Back," where Summer refers to herself in the third person, as well as her past: "So many years ago on the radio/She crept into your soul and learned to love you." But it's really the type of move you'd expect from an aspiring diva on her second or third album. In-fashion vocal effects, which Summer certainly does not need, detract from a handful of these tracks, but as a whole, the album won't have trouble pleasing fans who just want to hear their queen have a blast and tear it up. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

taken from www.billboard.com





Crayons - lyrics :

Hey hey oh
Donna, what's going on?

1 2 3

Chorus:

We're like crayons melting in the sunshine
Take a big eraser and wipe out the line
Oh ,oh what's up tell me what's a-happening
say you want love but why ain't you sacrificing?
we're like crayons melting in the sunshine
I'll colour your world if you colour mine
Oh ,oh what's up tell me what's a-happening
say you want love but why ain't you sacrificing?


Come on over you sleepyhead
it's time to colour my dress in red
It don't matter if it's day or night
we play in colour not in black in white

Come on let's colour the world in green
Let's make a difference in the way we dream
We're going to colour a smiling face
on the people of the human race

123

I'll take a walk on the wild side
Don't be afraid you can be mine
In and out, in and out, in and out of the lines
Take a walk on the wild side
Don't be afraid you could be mine
In and out of the lines, in and out , in and out of the lines

Chorus

( everybody dreaming )

If we mix in some pink and blue
We get a beating at a purple hue
Mellow yellow when the day is done
Becomes the orange of the setting sun

123 come on

I'll take a walk on the wild side
Don't be afraid you can be mine
In and out, in and out, in and out of the lines
Take a walk on the wild side
Don't be afraid you could be mine
In and out of the lines, in and out , in and out of the lines

Chorus

Red is the colour of the blood in our veins oh
Like the rainbow we are one the same (just one yeah)
( everybody dreaming )
Yellow is the colour of the sun we share
The green grass is everywhere
( everybody dreaming )


Chorus